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For those that didn't already guess, Graham Earl will not be defending his British lightweight title against Steve Conway in the original chief support to Arthur-Gomez this weekend in Edinburgh. The fight is off, no reason given.
Earl struggled against Jon Honney two weeks ago in an eight-rounder.

He certainly stuttered his way past Honney and looked poor, i thought he lost to Bobby Vanzie and he may be primed for a fall. Not particuarly anything special from what i can see, i would pick both Jason Cook and David Burke to win if either met Earl.

bennie wrote:For those that didn't already guess, Graham Earl will not be defending his British lightweight title against Steve Conway in the original chief support to Arthur-Gomez this weekend in Edinburgh. The fight is off, no reason given.
Earl struggled against Jon Honney two weeks ago in an eight-rounder.

If there is such an award for "turn around" fighter of the year then surely Honney would be a contendor. While, Ayers looked like an incredably old man, Honney didn't resemble a fighter not in the UK top twenty. Now a credible showing against the British champion.

Maybe he can stake a claim for some eliminator bout soon, how about that for a turn around.

I agree with Steve, Cook would beat Earl - not sure about Burke.

Can Earl be stripped?

lightsoot wrote:Can Earl be stripped?

Surely not at this stage Lightsoot. Although that is just a guess.

Why have the BBBoC mandated Vanzie vs Earl II is the question we should be asking.