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Is this fight going ahead or what? It's only just over a month to the scheduled fight. Who do you think will win?

macklin runs him over in front of a baying birmingham crowd

Counter-puncher wrote:macklin runs him over in front of a baying birmingham crowd

I hope so but I'm not overly confident. Watching a few vids of Pirog on youtube and this guy is no bum. Very slick, quick accurate punches. I do think Macklin will win but it ain't gonna be a cakewalk. Pirog does not move his head nearly enough so hopefully Mack can land another cracking hook we have seen so much of lately and take him out. If it goes the 12 rounds I reckon Pirog may scrape it on points.

ImElvis666 wrote: If it goes the 12 rounds I reckon Pirog may scrape it on points.

i assume the judges will want to get out of aston so macklin will def. win if it goes to decision!

on another thread someone (jonp) pointed out that pirog makes amateurish mistakes with his footwork, that combined with like you say lack of head movement, means i bet you Joe G will come up with the perfect plan for matthew to get to Pirog

but pirog does seem quite heavyhanded so I'd like to see Matt box clever and canny, especially early on

I think this fight is off for the time being.

Also notice how pirog stands with his right hand down admiring his work after he lands a nice shot or combo not a good thing when facing a clever fighter who can whack a bit.

jonp wrote:I think this fight is off for the time being.

Also notice how pirog stands with his right hand down admiring his work after he lands a nice shot or combo not a good thing when facing a clever fighter who can whack a bit.

this fight is not off it will go ahead on the scheduled date

i see macklin winning a fairly wide decision

Jon's right. I'm told the fight has been pushed back to April with the new venue either the NIA or the LG Arena.

Matt told me it was April, not sure of date.

MrBoxingUK2 wrote:

jonp wrote:I think this fight is off for the time being.

Also notice how pirog stands with his right hand down admiring his work after he lands a nice shot or combo not a good thing when facing a clever fighter who can whack a bit.

this fight is not off it will go ahead on the scheduled date

i see macklin winning a fairly wide decision

Very rare im wrong have a look thru my posts im always first with bad news

Got anything coming up Jon ?

End of feb i think dinner show at holiday inn just making sure everything drop into place.

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Fight to move to April. Who will headline the February Hatton bill. I don't think they got anymore headline acts.

craig watsons on the show, he could fight daws for the british

Good shout Daws v Watson.

jonp wrote:

MrBoxingUK2 wrote:

jonp wrote:I think this fight is off for the time being.

Also notice how pirog stands with his right hand down admiring his work after he lands a nice shot or combo not a good thing when facing a clever fighter who can whack a bit.

this fight is not off it will go ahead on the scheduled date

i see macklin winning a fairly wide decision

Very rare im wrong have a look thru my posts im always first with bad news

my bad

rendall munroe apparently is vacating his commonwealth title so i can imagine that hatton will get scott quigg a shot at it. he was trying to get a fight with jason booth for quigg. im pretty sure quigg will headline the february show if it still goes ahead

Quigg v dodgy african no thanks. Hatton have put two poor main fights on Small V Mcdonagh and Hatton v Ndou no more please. The undercard are good though.

diggler wrote:craig watsons on the show, he could fight daws for the british

good fight an one that watson wants i was talking to him on facebook an he was saying he is super eager to get to light welterweight an hessasy sports havent got any t.v now so they very well may just put this fight on !!!!!!!