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Yes BILL i've been down the PEACOCK lately and I think Kevin has improved,

Mario: "....Mitchell hits harder?......"...not sure how you work that one out. Johanneson is one of the more powerful punchers to come on the british scene in the last few years.

Mario: "....the likes of Johanneson"......what exactly does that mean. Carl has barely put a foot wrong. For someone who is so "slow, lazy bad etc..." not saying YOU said all that by the way....he has swept up domestically with ease and only come unstuck against a very competent, powerful, thinking boxer like Kirakosyan. Where's the shame? The phrase "the likes of Johanneson" I think kind of detract from Carl's achievement.

Also I have to question why anyone believes that the current Gomez is compared to Kirakosyan in this thread...."Carl showed he can come through this onslaught (from Gomez) so Kirakosyan really is his bogeyman etc..."..........go and watch the tapes again of both fights, Gomez used what he had left to have a good go, but his work was nohere near similar to that of Kirakosyan's.

When i said Mitchell hits harder i did say 'maybe'. I accept i may have got a little bit carried away but i guess we'll see come fight night.

Also, saying 'the likes of Johannesson' was not meant to be derogatory to him, perhaps i could have worded it better, but i think the quote from Mitchell that someone else mentioned in the thread sums it up:

"And let's face it, if I can't beat the current British champion, then I might as well pack it in. I want to win world titles at three different weights, so this fight is definitely a stepping stone to greater things."

Mario wrote:When i said Mitchell hits harder i did say 'maybe'. I accept i may have got a little bit carried away but i guess we'll see come fight night.

Also, saying 'the likes of Johannesson' was not meant to be derogatory to him, perhaps i could have worded it better, but i think the quote from Mitchell that someone else mentioned in the thread sums it up:

"And let's face it, if I can't beat the current British champion, then I might as well pack it in. I want to win world titles at three different weights, so this fight is definitely a stepping stone to greater things."

Fair play Mario I wasn't trying to single you out for criticism or anything, and you have explained what you meant.
I just remember 3 -5 yrs ago those late nights on the BBC when Johanneson was coming through and I thought this guy could be heading all the way.
Power -wise he was blitzing people, and even now he's back in Britain and has a higher profile over here (he boxed in the U.S. for anyone who didn't know) not much has changed, he's still finishing his opponents inside the distance at Brit title level - I'm surprised Kevin Mitchell's power is even being mentioned in the same breath to be honest.
Don't get me wrong , I like Mitchell, good luck to him, have enjoyed watching him on many an occasion and comes across very down to earth in interview which is always nice to know the bloke you've just spent 20 minutes supporting doesn't turn out to be a tw*t....but he has done nothing for me to suggest he possesses Carl's power.

But like Carl, he too has got plenty of people on this forum queueing up to say he's no good or not going to amount to much, which from what I've seen is unjustified as he hasn't done much wrong in my opinion.
However I respect everybody's right to an opinion in case that ruffles feathers.

..or super-feathers for that matter.

this is gonna be an absolute stonker, a complete tear up, hard one to call and one that is gonna cause so so much debate until then.....but, i think that mitchell will stop johannesen.

I agree, even despite Carl's dominance of the British scene if you can really call 2 or 3 fights that, I think Mitchell will have the tools for the job.

EddieShredder wrote:Mitchell gets stopped rds 7-9. I'm surprised they're taking this fight.

How can you be surprised by that?! I can see Mitchell taking him apart over nine rounds.

It's time for Mitchell. What's he had about 2 fights this year?
Time to sink or swim

Captain Hook wrote:

EddieShredder wrote:Mitchell gets stopped rds 7-9. I'm surprised they're taking this fight.

How can you be surprised by that?! I can see Mitchell taking him apart over nine rounds.

YUP ME TOO MID LATE STOPPAGE TO THE HAMMERS MAN!

Carl will go after him all night so Mitchell better have "it" or he'll be found out.

DavidPayne wrote:..or super-feathers for that matter.

Arf. Nice one.

On-topic: great great fight. It's mad what a crushing defeat or two will achieve in terms of brave matchmaking, innit?

All of a sudden all are thinking "I could do that" or at least "Fricking hell, I can do better than that".

We are entering a New Golden Age of British Boxing et cetera (cont. on p94)...

Anyone know when tickets are on sale? I'll be there with bells on.

Are we going to try and have a Box Rec meet up at this one?

Autobarn wrote:

Mario wrote:I just sat back and thought of all the great matches we've got coming up and suddenly got all excited!

A bit random i know, but besides the cracking Mitchell-Johanesson fight, theres Haye-mormeck, hatton-mayweather, calzaghe-kessler, all possible classics, to look forward to, then just think of the potential match ups after that!

And they say Boxings dying!

the UFC meatheads have to say that. they seem to have a huge chip on their shoulder.

UFC meatheads? Listen, I love boxing, but when boxing fans try to take the moral highground over MMA it greatly amuses me. Either way, MMA is doing boxing a favour. I ABSOLUTELY think the threat of it has lit a fire under boxing, and we're reaping the rewards.

Yes please, should be good.... maybe we should get tee shirts or summat done, otherwise how will we know?

actually scrap that, check my facebook you will see i look like Rick Astley.... Terry D will have to bring the belt he stole

MIKEE wrote:Yes please, should be good.... maybe we should get tee shirts or summat done, otherwise how will we know?

actually scrap that, check my facebook you will see i look like Rick Astley.... Terry D will have to bring the belt he stole

Perhaps we should all wear red carnations? :P

Emerson Poncey Name Ghent wrote:

MIKEE wrote:Yes please, should be good.... maybe we should get tee shirts or summat done, otherwise how will we know?

actually scrap that, check my facebook you will see i look like Rick Astley.... Terry D will have to bring the belt he stole

Perhaps we should all wear red carnations? :P

I would only crush its tender petals

Dirk Kelly wrote:Are we going to try and have a Box Rec meet up at this one?

I'm up for that, definetly.

jamesmcdonnell wrote:

Dirk Kelly wrote:Are we going to try and have a Box Rec meet up at this one?

I'm up for that, definetly.

Cool. Maybe we can hit a club afterwards and throw some shapes.

Terry D wrote:

MIKEE wrote:Yes please, should be good.... maybe we should get tee shirts or summat done, otherwise how will we know?

actually scrap that, check my facebook you will see i look like Rick Astley.... Terry D will have to bring the belt he stole

I live in Manchester. I'll try and get there.

daan saff we have these things called trains, I dont know if you lot are still on canals....

Emerson Poncey Name Ghent wrote:

jamesmcdonnell wrote:

Dirk Kelly wrote:Are we going to try and have a Box Rec meet up at this one?

I'm up for that, definetly.

Cool. Maybe we can hit a club afterwards and throw some shapes.

I see my reputation has preceded me. I've got more moves than Gary Kasparov mate.

Terry D wrote:

MIKEE wrote:

Terry D wrote: I live in Manchester. I'll try and get there.

daan saff we have these things called trains, I dont know if you lot are still on canals....

£129 to get there. Give me a lift.

I live in London... ill try and get up there

how is £129 anyway... my missus is a man u season ticket holder, im fairly sure she doesnt pay that...

You can get it cheaper than that surely? If you book in advanced it's normally a lot cheaper, or come down before friday, more expensive at weekend isn't it?

jamesmcdonnell wrote:

Emerson Poncey Name Ghent wrote:

jamesmcdonnell wrote: I'm up for that, definetly.

Cool. Maybe we can hit a club afterwards and throw some shapes.

I see my reputation has preceded me. I've got more moves than Gary Kasparov mate.

Yes James.

You are as nimble as a concrete padstone