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Re: Brad Foster vs. Ionut Baluta | BT Sport - 20 May 2022
Posted: 20 May 2022, 15:47
by skanksta
maverick23 wrote: ↑20 May 2022, 15:31
skanksta wrote: ↑20 May 2022, 15:28
This sh1t undercard has been pretty good.
The last fight was good. Just the kind of opponent a 5-0 prospect should be in with.
The first 2 fights were poor.
1 sh1t fight with a late replacement, a 20sec KO and that.
Not terrible
Maybe Fwank has softened me up with dross for so long I'm happy.
Allegedly...
Re: Brad Foster vs. Ionut Baluta | BT Sport - 20 May 2022
Posted: 20 May 2022, 16:06
by Ruthless-RKO
skanksta wrote: ↑20 May 2022, 14:49
handsofstone wrote: ↑20 May 2022, 14:47
skanksta wrote: ↑20 May 2022, 14:35
Naeem Ali is becoming something of a legendary journeyman.
86 losses but only 3 by KO
Fair play for being durable but I hate these records, either try to win, fight at your level or pack it in
I know what you mean, but as Frankham just said - and you surely know - without "guys like him, there'd be no prospects"
Bellew said that once.. about that journeyman who retired a few years back. Had 200 plus losses.
You can still have prospects without these guys tbh.
Especially ones that don’t even try.
Re: Brad Foster vs. Ionut Baluta | BT Sport - 20 May 2022
Posted: 20 May 2022, 16:35
by handsofstone
Fair play to Warren, his cards are actually getting worse, quite the achievement
Re: Brad Foster vs. Ionut Baluta | BT Sport - 20 May 2022
Posted: 20 May 2022, 17:15
by skanksta
Close and hard to score.
Ionut has an awesome workrate, but isn't very good.
I think Foster looks stronger and faster.
29-28 Foster.
Re: Brad Foster vs. Ionut Baluta | BT Sport - 20 May 2022
Posted: 20 May 2022, 17:19
by TheGoods
Tough to score. Loads of grappling. Cleaner stuff from Foster?
Re: Brad Foster vs. Ionut Baluta | BT Sport - 20 May 2022
Posted: 20 May 2022, 17:25
by skanksta
Home advantage can win a fight like this.
Very scrappy, Foster just looks a little better and is maybe creeping ahead..?
Re: Brad Foster vs. Ionut Baluta | BT Sport - 20 May 2022
Posted: 20 May 2022, 17:33
by skanksta
4-3 Brad Ritchie has it level.
Re: Brad Foster vs. Ionut Baluta | BT Sport - 20 May 2022
Posted: 20 May 2022, 17:38
by skanksta
5-3 Foster, The Jackal has it 5-3 Ionut the Donut.
Re: Brad Foster vs. Ionut Baluta | BT Sport - 20 May 2022
Posted: 20 May 2022, 17:42
by Fightnight Scores
Been more focussed on the Dazn bout, but sounds like this could be close going into the last round!
Foster with a potential hand injury.
Re: Brad Foster vs. Ionut Baluta | BT Sport - 20 May 2022
Posted: 20 May 2022, 17:46
by skanksta
5-5 draw for me.
Happy with either winning - as long as it's close...
Re: Brad Foster vs. Ionut Baluta | BT Sport - 20 May 2022
Posted: 20 May 2022, 17:48
by skanksta
98-94 97-93 97-93 for... Baluta !
That was almost an anti-robbery
Re: Brad Foster vs. Ionut Baluta | BT Sport - 20 May 2022
Posted: 20 May 2022, 17:48
by milpool
Baluta deservedly wins.
Not a very big crowd in there tonight.
Re: Brad Foster vs. Ionut Baluta | BT Sport - 20 May 2022
Posted: 20 May 2022, 18:16
by handsofstone
Had Foster nicking that 96-95 but no complaints, there was barely a clear round in the fight apart from late on when Baluta seemed to finish stronger, it was a terrible fight, too much holding and spoiling, Baluta especially got away with murder, how he never even got a warning let along a point off if baffling, ref was poor there, instead he warned Foster a couple times, Baluta was wild and inaccurate mostly and lunged in all night, Foster landed the (rare)cuter punches imo, mainly the left hook in the exchanges but after injuring the right hand he sort of succumbed to Baluta, still thought Foster edged it but as long as I don't see it again I'm not arsed
Re: Brad Foster vs. Ionut Baluta | BT Sport - 20 May 2022
Posted: 20 May 2022, 18:40
by NoScoutingReports
I had Baluta winning that, scrappy fight though - both fighters pushed the boundaries somewhat and were allowed to do so by the referee. Thought commentary didn't give Baluta any credit, he was inaccurate at times for sure but he landed a number of good shots which were ignored by Rawling, not a great spectacle it must be said.
Re: Brad Foster vs. Ionut Baluta | BT Sport - 20 May 2022
Posted: 21 May 2022, 03:07
by maverick23
handsofstone wrote: ↑20 May 2022, 16:35
Fair play to Warren, his cards are actually getting worse, quite the achievement
This is the only show of his in May and I genuinely saw zero promotion for it in advance.
The main event was fine and well matched. A scrappy fight but nothing at all wrong with it.
I quite liked the Frankham vs Bhatti fight. Bhatti tried to win which was pretty novel on this show.
The rest were mismatches with opponents who weren’t trying to win. The co-main in Cain vs Moreno had Moreno fighting a division higher than he usually fights at and he’s a guy who’s never had a win against an opponent with a running record and lost every round a division lower against McCann. Is it a surprise he was wiped out here against a good powerful prospect in Cain?
The rest of the card was really poor and the kind of thing that Boxxer/Matchroom would have left on YouTube.
Re: Brad Foster vs. Ionut Baluta | BT Sport - 20 May 2022
Posted: 21 May 2022, 03:10
by handsofstone
maverick23 wrote: ↑21 May 2022, 03:07
handsofstone wrote: ↑20 May 2022, 16:35
Fair play to Warren, his cards are actually getting worse, quite the achievement
This is the only show of his in May and I genuinely saw zero promotion for it in advance.
The main event was fine and well matched. A scrappy fight but nothing at all wrong with it.
I quite liked the Frankham vs Bhatti fight. Bhatti tried to win which was pretty novel on this show.
The rest were mismatches with opponents who weren’t trying to win. The co-main in Cain vs Moreno had Moreno fighting a division higher than he usually fights at and he’s a guy who’s never had a win against an opponent with a running record and lost every round a division lower against McCann. Is it a surprise he was wiped out here against a good powerful prospect in Cain?
The rest of the card was really poor and the kind of thing that Boxxer/Matchroom would have left on YouTube.
Frank doesn't even bother his arse turning up to his own shows these days, he knows their shite
Re: Brad Foster vs. Ionut Baluta | BT Sport - 20 May 2022
Posted: 21 May 2022, 03:48
by Ruthless-RKO
handsofstone wrote: ↑21 May 2022, 03:10
maverick23 wrote: ↑21 May 2022, 03:07
handsofstone wrote: ↑20 May 2022, 16:35
Fair play to Warren, his cards are actually getting worse, quite the achievement
This is the only show of his in May and I genuinely saw zero promotion for it in advance.
The main event was fine and well matched. A scrappy fight but nothing at all wrong with it.
I quite liked the Frankham vs Bhatti fight. Bhatti tried to win which was pretty novel on this show.
The rest were mismatches with opponents who weren’t trying to win. The co-main in Cain vs Moreno had Moreno fighting a division higher than he usually fights at and he’s a guy who’s never had a win against an opponent with a running record and lost every round a division lower against McCann. Is it a surprise he was wiped out here against a good powerful prospect in Cain?
The rest of the card was really poor and the kind of thing that Boxxer/Matchroom would have left on YouTube.
Frank doesn't even bother his arse turning up to his own shows these days, he knows their shite
He’d only turn up for Dubois, Yarde, Joyce, Fury.