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I think this is a winnable fight for Wayne. Never really saw what the fuss was about AA. AA is strong so Wayne will have to be at his fittest. Movement and a good workrate could see Wayne through. AA is either punching or tucked up blocking.

i wish elcock well but i think its a mismatch, sorry guys, i know we should all get behind the britain and we will, but elcock does not beat AA in any department at all.

i can only see elcock getting KO'd, sorry. :(

Great scoop BBN.... Excellent news, tough ask mind.

This piece has had to be taken down for the time because, as petty as it might sound, Abraham’s promoters don’t want anything up until the press conference on October 29.

I just got a call from Wayne, who said he couldn’t believe how petty they were being.

Tom Podmore.

Podmore_Birmingham wrote:This piece has had to be taken down for the time because, as petty as it might sound, Abraham’s promoters don’t want anything up until the press conference on October 29.

I just got a call from Wayne, who said he couldn’t believe how petty they were being.

Tom Podmore.

He shouldnt really complain..he has got a shot completely out of the blue...

Max Molyneux wrote:

Old bones Ian wrote:Great news for Wayne and British boxing in general.

So if Elcock, Hatton and Calzaghe all win in December, who would get your boxer of the year award?

If Elcock won I'd say him considering the upsets and level he's at.

Not havin' a go here


But AA is no Mayweather


If Hatton beats him he should get BBC Sports personality never mind boxer of the year

Smigga wrote:

Max Molyneux wrote:

Old bones Ian wrote:Great news for Wayne and British boxing in general.

So if Elcock, Hatton and Calzaghe all win in December, who would get your boxer of the year award?

If Elcock won I'd say him considering the upsets and level he's at.

Not havin' a go here


But AA is no Mayweather


If Hatton beats him he should get BBC Sports personality never mind boxer of the year

True AA Is no Floyd, but Hatton's a world class fighter and Elcock's considered British level and Hatton and Floyd wouldn't be considered as big a mismatch then AA and Elcock.

Max Molyneux wrote:

Smigga wrote:

Max Molyneux wrote: If Elcock won I'd say him considering the upsets and level he's at.

Not havin' a go here


But AA is no Mayweather


If Hatton beats him he should get BBC Sports personality never mind boxer of the year

True AA Is no Floyd, but Hatton's a world class fighter and Elcock's considered British level and Hatton and Floyd wouldn't be considered as big a mismatch then AA and Elcock.

True true.... For Hatton to beat PBF will be an amazing achievement as woult Elcock beating AA

I hope he does, leave his British for me

That's great news, but I can't see Elcock winning this one.

Hats off to him anyway - seems like he's really pulled this out of the hat.

Abraham is very underrated. He'll KO Elcock, in my opinion.

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I'm presuming as well that this will be on Sky. At the very least will be good to see AA in action and it'll be great to see a live German show.

Never seen Elcock but I think I have some of his fights on disc. Good stuff, another Brit in a world title fight. Something to look forward to, but I think we should have more Johanesson-Gomez style fights!

DG. wrote:Wow, big ask for WE - ut hopefull he gets paud well.

I think he loses his but he has a chance, points? - NAH - not in germany.

AA gets this - BUT 'COME ON WAYNE'!

He won't be getting paid well, I think that is why the Germans have been struggling to make the fight with anyone.

The purse is bout 60,000 US dollars, so by the time deductions are taken and this is before the taxman takes his cut it will be less than 20k sterling take home

It was rumoured that Gary Lockett had been offered this shot as well.

Yeah it appears a lot of our fighters don't take the chances they get offered, so Lockett turning it down is no surprise.

Good luck Wayne.

Coco wrote:

DG. wrote:Wow, big ask for WE - ut hopefull he gets paud well.

I think he loses his but he has a chance, points? - NAH - not in germany.

AA gets this - BUT 'COME ON WAYNE'!

He won't be getting paid well, I think that is why the Germans have been struggling to make the fight with anyone.

The purse is bout 60,000 US dollars, so by the time deductions are taken and this is before the taxman takes his cut it will be less than 20k sterling take home

Well, that is not good

DG. wrote:

Coco wrote:

DG. wrote:Wow, big ask for WE - ut hopefull he gets paud well.

I think he loses his but he has a chance, points? - NAH - not in germany.

AA gets this - BUT 'COME ON WAYNE'!

He won't be getting paid well, I think that is why the Germans have been struggling to make the fight with anyone.

The purse is bout 60,000 US dollars, so by the time deductions are taken and this is before the taxman takes his cut it will be less than 20k sterling take home

Well, that is not good

but if wayne wins then he could be looking at a huge payday with pavlik or he would sell out anywhere in birmingham. Wayne isn't a young guy just setting out, he's over 30 so has to give it a shot when he gets the chance.

exactly, its short term loss for long term gain, if he wins he will be in the big money league....unfortunately he will get stopped about half way i feel...

Can totally understand taking this fight, even though he will be a massive underdog, you've got to take those chances when they come along, especially at his age. If he wins, then he can get a really nice payday off the back of it, and if he loses, but acquits himself well, he could get another opportunity.

It's amazing how a fighter can sometimes seem to rise several levels of ability on the night, look at Gavin Rees, nobody gave him a prayer.

Whilst Elcock doesn't have Eastman's ability (a prime Eastman I mean), he probably will make a better go of it than Eastman did, in that he will give it everything, win or lose.

How comes no one has brought up the fact that it's a joke of a fight?

Abraham is going to hammer Elcock.

at least Abraham's fighting a proper middleweight who's going to go for it.

from what we know elcock's not the same class, especially with abraham improving, but the fight raises the likelihood of getting sky coverage. sky are a bit on-off with qulity boxing from germany

ArtOfWar wrote:How comes no one has brought up the fact that it's a joke of a fight?

Abraham is going to hammer Elcock.

With Elcock holding the British title and a recent clear win over Howard Eastman I dont thinnk its a 'joke' fight - not for a voluntary anyway.

Good luck Wayne - bring the title home to Brum!

This is great news. A British Champion getting a title shot - raises the stock and worth of the British belts, hopefully we'll see more people going down the traditional route!!!

Old bones Ian wrote:It was rumoured that Gary Lockett had been offered this shot as well.

Lockett would have a slim chance of beating AA, just due to him getting an early KO.

TerribleTerry wrote:

ArtOfWar wrote:How comes no one has brought up the fact that it's a joke of a fight?

Abraham is going to hammer Elcock.

With Elcock holding the British title and a recent clear win over Howard Eastman I dont thinnk its a 'joke' fight - not for a voluntary anyway.

Good luck Wayne - bring the title home to Brum!

The British title is league's apart from world level and Eastman is well past it. It's a terrible voluntary defense.