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lefty wrote:How does Linares fare against Easter jnr?

Too clever for him at this stage for me.

I hate Sky / Matchroom events when you have a home referee for World Title fights

Not a poster on here has a Crolla win, I don't think, which is good

The right man won

tobyh5 wrote:When you are the only person on a boxing forum or Twitter or any other forum I have read so far that has scored it that way, could be an indicator that you are wrong. You really are a fecking gobshite horse.

I'm not the only one on this thread to score it even, so you clearly haven't looked very hard.

lefty wrote:How does Linares fare against Easter jnr?

Really interesting one that. Easter could be outboxed, but he is a much better puncher than Crolla in my opinion, and several inches taller. Maybe I don't give Linares enough credit, but I'd expect him to fall apart at least once if he were to fight Easter, Rances, or Zlat. Mikey Garcia is at 135 now and he'll be a major threat too.

Horse wrote:

tobyh5 wrote:When you are the only person on a boxing forum or Twitter or any other forum I have read so far that has scored it that way, could be an indicator that you are wrong. You really are a fecking gobshite horse.

I'm not the only one on this thread to score it even, so you clearly haven't looked very hard.

You just stick out as the most notable w4nker

ElJefe wrote:If boxing did what made sense we could have Linares vs Zlaticanin and Flanagan vs Crolla with the winners then fighting each other.

That's what I'd like to happen, but it probably won't.

Let's see Crolla v Flannagan in 2017.

tobyh5 wrote:

Horse wrote:

Kilburn wrote:Why does Eddie think Crolla would win a rematch?

Because he almost won the first time.

When you are the only person on a boxing forum or Twitter or any other forum I have read so far that has scored it that way, could be an indicator that you are wrong. You really are a fecking gobshite horse.

To be fair I don't think horses scoring is that off, the rounds he scored to Corolla were close but I had many of them to linares I thought he did the cleaner work and was busier. Horse didn't score any of the clear linares rounds to Crolla.

skanksta wrote:

don't call it a comeback wrote:Linares by one for me. Early rounds Linares, middle rounds Crolla - undone by getting caught badly in the sixth - and then final rounds Linares.

Good fight, both fighters deserve credit. Always pretty close.

The Sky commentary was irritating dribble for the most part. Adam Smith has never been able to commentate action in the ring and Malignaggi is the guy if he were a taxi driver you'd slide the partition so you don't have to listen to him warbling on in his falsetto. Froch just agrees with whatever the person who speaks before him says.

I put the commentary on mute at the halfway point - first time I've ever done that.

Waay harsh on The Magic Man - very insightful commentator for me.

Well I suppose if you really believe he was deserving of the Magic Man title you will be disposed towards him.

He says one interesting thing then follows it with repetition, exclamation and argument. He's there to add analysis but he ends up trying to commentate the whole action.

The point at which he started castigating Crolla for trying to referee the fight by calling a low blow I just had to check there weren't two Paulie's and that he really was the fighter that I remember in the ring who had no problem whinging about anything slightly south.

And then his patronising lecture began about how the if Uk really wanted to be in the first rank of boxing countries at some point in the future we would have to stamp this awful refereeing out - I started frantically searching for the mute button.

Finn wrote:To be fair I don't think horses scoring is that off, the rounds he scored to Corolla were close but I had many of them to linares I thought he did the cleaner work and was busier. Horse didn't score any of the clear linares rounds to Crolla.

Nice rational post.

don't call it a comeback wrote:

skanksta wrote:

don't call it a comeback wrote:Linares by one for me. Early rounds Linares, middle rounds Crolla - undone by getting caught badly in the sixth - and then final rounds Linares.

Good fight, both fighters deserve credit. Always pretty close.

The Sky commentary was irritating dribble for the most part. Adam Smith has never been able to commentate action in the ring and Malignaggi is the guy if he were a taxi driver you'd slide the partition so you don't have to listen to him warbling on in his falsetto. Froch just agrees with whatever the person who speaks before him says.

I put the commentary on mute at the halfway point - first time I've ever done that.

Waay harsh on The Magic Man - very insightful commentator for me.

Well I suppose if you really believe he was deserving of the Magic Man title you will be disposed towards him.

He says one interesting thing then follows it with repetition, exclamation and argument. He's there to add analysis but he ends up trying to commentate the whole action.

The point at which he started castigating Crolla for trying to referee the fight by calling a low blow I just had to check there weren't two Paulie's and that he really was the fighter that I remember in the ring who had no problem whinging about anything slightly south.

And then his patronising lecture began about how the if Uk really wanted to be in the first rank of boxing countries at some point in the future we would have to stamp this awful refereeing out - I started frantically searching for the mute button.

I thought he made a good point - if top International fighters see Cleverly vs Kovalev refereeing and Jamie Cox vs Sai decisions - they're going to stop coming to the UK.

Hopefully there's no rematch, far better fights out there for both fighters. Wasn't remotely close, Crolla had his moments but Linares was a class above throughout, had it 118-110, not sure what two of the judges and a good few on here were watching to have it so close, think Horse has been given too much ket today.

I can't bear Mallinaggi's ramblings. Trust Adam Smith & Sky to take British boxing down another wrong turn.

expe wrote:Hopefully there's no rematch, far better fights out there for both fighters. Wasn't remotely close, Crolla had his moments but Linares was a class above throughout, had it 118-110, not sure what two of the judges and a good few on here were watching to have it so close, think Horse has been given too much ket today.

Your scorecard is wack.

Horse wrote:

expe wrote:Hopefully there's no rematch, far better fights out there for both fighters. Wasn't remotely close, Crolla had his moments but Linares was a class above throughout, had it 118-110, not sure what two of the judges and a good few on here were watching to have it so close, think Horse has been given too much ket today.

Your scorecard is wack.

Pot, kettle...

expe wrote:Hopefully there's no rematch, far better fights out there for both fighters. Wasn't remotely close, Crolla had his moments but Linares was a class above throughout, had it 118-110, not sure what two of the judges and a good few on here were watching to have it so close, think Horse has been given too much ket today.

But with respect mate, do you not think that when two professional judges and the majority of people on here have it a close fight says more about your scoring? The main thing is that the right man won.

At least expe had the winner right

crusader wrote:At least expe had the winner right

Who had Crolla winning?

Edit:.you're obviously referring to Horse's draw. Sorry

Deno1986 wrote:

crusader wrote:At least expe had the winner right

Who had Crolla winning?

Haven't seen any cards for him, but Horse had it even when Linares deserved it.

He also thought Kell "shaken to his boots" Brook got the better of GGG in round one

expe wrote:Pot, kettle...

Let's see your scorecard.

crusader wrote:

Deno1986 wrote:

crusader wrote:At least expe had the winner right

Who had Crolla winning?

Haven't seen any cards for him, but Horse had it even when Linares deserved it.

When Sky showed the highlights from each round at the end they barely showed a punch landing on Linares. Comfortable win for him.

crusader wrote:He also thought Kell "shaken to his boots" Brook got the better of GGG in round one

So what? Get over it.

116-114 Linares I had it. Unless Linares gets old or doesn't turn up focussed the rematch goes the same way, he's a level above Crolla.

Horse wrote:

expe wrote:Hopefully there's no rematch, far better fights out there for both fighters. Wasn't remotely close, Crolla had his moments but Linares was a class above throughout, had it 118-110, not sure what two of the judges and a good few on here were watching to have it so close, think Horse has been given too much ket today.

Your scorecard is wack.

You mean whack?