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Was it any good? Can't even find a thread about it.

Yep it was a good fight, Sykes was his usual workman self throwing a lot of punches, pushing him back and he looked so fit, he did the 12 rounds reletively easily.

Yeah O'Hara was picking some lovely single shots in the first 2 rounds but then Sykes took over throwing close to a 1000 punches and constantly movng O'Hara backwards. Good fight but Sykes was always there to be hit which I would worry about if they are going to put him in with someone like Johanneson who was mentioned a couple of times. A work in progress but he looks good and seemed to finish with easily enough for 3 more rounds

One of the KO's of the year so far with Max Maxwell over Brian Rose.

bfchunk wrote:One of the KO's of the year so far with Max Maxwell over Brian Rose.

I was worried for Brian for a while, he went down VERY heavy

Was Rose the favourite?

By far the fave...was lined up to fight Sam Webb for british title next!

Night-Nurse wrote:By far the fave...was lined up to fight Sam Webb for british title next!

Who will fight Webb next?

I'm not sleeping well at the moment.
Let Small have the rematch. That should cure it.

great knockout by maxwell. thankfully brian seemed to recover.Lets hope maxwell gets his chance.Honest solid semi pro.Well done max and to his team.

twenty six wrote:I'm not sleeping well at the moment.
Let Small have the rematch. That should cure it.

Please no!

Night-Nurse wrote:By far the fave...was lined up to fight Sam Webb for british title next!

Pressumably Maxwell is entitled to a shot at the title, then?

whicker wrote:

Night-Nurse wrote:By far the fave...was lined up to fight Sam Webb for british title next!

Pressumably Maxwell is entitled to a shot at the title, then?

Or prince arron !

bfchunk wrote:One of the KO's of the year so far with Max Maxwell over Brian Rose.

I hope Brian is ok and there is no repurcusions from the heavy KO loss but I would like to also say well done to Boxrec's jonp and Max Maxwell.

A great win for the Brummie underdogs!

markinmidd wrote:great knockout by maxwell. thankfully brian seemed to recover.Lets hope maxwell gets his chance.Honest solid semi pro.Well done max and to his team.

couldn't agree more martin, well done to Max, absolutely made up for him, good lad and a good pro.

@ terry

Max's record doesn't make him out to be much of a banger but you really don't want to let him tee off on overhand rights.

To be honest with Brian Rose I haven't overly been impressed with him on the way up, he has a padded record and has probably suffered a bit from the fact that VIP promotions seem to bring in absolute bums for their prospects for the first 10 fights or so, which isn't really gona learn them anything in preparation for getting in with a tough little cookie like Maxwell who is a very good yardstick for any fighter in UK.

I hope the lad Rose is ok, but talk of a british title shot for the kid was surely premature based on beating a past it Rushton and a bunch of journeymen fighters with losing records.

TheCobra wrote:
talk of a british title shot for the kid was surely premature based on beating a past it Rushton and a bunch of journeymen fighters with losing records.

I think thats a very good point. Just being a prospect , in itself, shouldn't ever be seen as qualification for challenging for the British Title.

Was Maxwell winning the bout?

Night-Nurse wrote:By far the fave...was lined up to fight Sam Webb for british title next!

Alex Matvienko

whicker wrote:

TheCobra wrote:
talk of a british title shot for the kid was surely premature based on beating a past it Rushton and a bunch of journeymen fighters with losing records.

I think thats a very good point. Just being a prospect , in itself, shouldn't ever be seen as qualification for challenging for the British Title.

Was Maxwell winning the bout?

It was up to interpretation whether Maxwell was winning the fight or not, but it was very close without a doubt. I didn't understand the matchmaking in this fight, due to it basically being a tune-up for Rose - they could have picked a easier opponent than Maxwell (who gives everyone a good fight), especially when they were looking at a British title shot next.

Brave matchmaking that sadly backfired, but I hope Rose can come back from the defeat and get into domestic title contention. I was really looking forward to Webb vs Rose as well...

whicker wrote:

TheCobra wrote:
talk of a british title shot for the kid was surely premature based on beating a past it Rushton and a bunch of journeymen fighters with losing records.

I think thats a very good point. Just being a prospect , in itself, shouldn't ever be seen as qualification for challenging for the British Title.

Was Maxwell winning the bout?

no maxwell wasnt winning the bout brian was up 4 rounds to 1.. and got caught with a shot that would knock any light-middle.. middle or super middlweight boxer out, how some of you can have the ordasity to come on here and say he was never worthy of being put in for a british title fight is beyond me yet you come up with names like prince arron and alex matvienko.. you have obviously never watched brian box in any length of time.. i hope he proves every last one of you wrong.

To be fair guys Brian was a multi titled amateur who had made his way through to 14-0-1 fairly inconspicuously having tuned pro with Wally Dixon and then moving over to Steve Wood. The journeyman he had beaten were of the decent variety Noble and Harvey both capable of very good results as was the opponent he drew with in Salari.

The fight with Webb appeared to be signed and sealed so I'm wondering why it was nessesary to take on Maxwell who had proven himself to be an awkward handful win, lose or draw. Surely after having fought so many moderate opponents- the time for a step up in class shouldn't have come in the run up to such a big fight?

Bobby Rimmer and Steve Wood have done a fine job negotiating him to this stage so i'm wondering why the sudden change of heart, was it something that Sky insisted on, and if so why? Being such a physical fighter head clashes were also a possibility and sure enough he was cut early in the fight. Risky enough when you've got a British title fight scheduled in a matter of weeks.

I'm not aware of all the facts but I know Brian will be absolutely gutted as will his team. They've worked hard building his experience and certainly his following so i'm really confused at the whole scenario. Perhaps i'm been a little wise after the event and I did think Brian would be too good for Maxwell but thats boxing I suppose. Best wishes to Brian and his team. I'm sure he'll be back wiser for the experiience, hopefully there will be some light shed on this in the next week ors so.

Jeff Thomas wrote:To be fair guys Brian was a multi titled amateur who had made his way through to 14-0-1 fairly inconspicuously having tuned pro with Wally Dixon and then moving over to Steve Wood. The journeyman he had beaten were of the decent variety Noble and Harvey both capable of very good results as was the opponent he drew with in Salari.

The fight with Webb appeared to be signed and sealed so I'm wondering why it was nessesary to take on Maxwell who had proven himself to be an awkward handful win, lose or draw. Surely after having fought so many moderate opponents- the time for a step up in class shouldn't have come in the run up to such a big fight?

Bobby Rimmer and Steve Wood have done a fine job negotiating him to this stage so i'm wondering why the sudden change of heart, was it something that Sky insisted on, and if so why? Being such a physical fighter head clashes were also a possibility and sure enough he was cut early in the fight. Risky enough when you've got a British title fight scheduled in a matter of weeks.

I'm not aware of all the facts but I know Brian will be absolutely gutted as will his team. They've worked hard building his experience and certainly his following so i'm really confused at the whole scenario. Perhaps i'm been a little wise after the event and I did think Brian would be too good for Maxwell but thats boxing I suppose. Best wishes to Brian and his team. I'm sure he'll be back wiser for the experiience, hopefully there will be some light shed on this in the next week ors so.

HIndsight is a wonderful thing

chris s wrote:

Jeff Thomas wrote:To be fair guys Brian was a multi titled amateur who had made his way through to 14-0-1 fairly inconspicuously having tuned pro with Wally Dixon and then moving over to Steve Wood. The journeyman he had beaten were of the decent variety Noble and Harvey both capable of very good results as was the opponent he drew with in Salari.

The fight with Webb appeared to be signed and sealed so I'm wondering why it was nessesary to take on Maxwell who had proven himself to be an awkward handful win, lose or draw. Surely after having fought so many moderate opponents- the time for a step up in class shouldn't have come in the run up to such a big fight?

Bobby Rimmer and Steve Wood have done a fine job negotiating him to this stage so i'm wondering why the sudden change of heart, was it something that Sky insisted on, and if so why? Being such a physical fighter head clashes were also a possibility and sure enough he was cut early in the fight. Risky enough when you've got a British title fight scheduled in a matter of weeks.

I'm not aware of all the facts but I know Brian will be absolutely gutted as will his team. They've worked hard building his experience and certainly his following so i'm really confused at the whole scenario. Perhaps i'm been a little wise after the event and I did think Brian would be too good for Maxwell but thats boxing I suppose. Best wishes to Brian and his team. I'm sure he'll be back wiser for the experiience, hopefully there will be some light shed on this in the next week ors so.

HIndsight is a wonderful thing

Sure it is but considering the outcome of the bout before it took place did you think it was going to be easy? Maybe they wanted to test him before the Webb fight to give some indication of what he needed to work on going forward.

matthew hall should be next in line for webb imo.that would be a decent scrap

shame selkirk has been hinderd by injuries, he'll clean up domesticly