Reid will notice a big difference
Reid will notice a big difference
Robin Reid has to box in front of 20,000 pro-Sven Ottke fans tomorrow night in Nuremberg. When he beat Vincenzo Nardiello for the WBC title in Milan back in 1996, he must have boxed in front of a few hundred...
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DG.
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Re: Reid will notice a big difference
bennie wrote:Robin Reid has to box in front of 20,000 pro-Sven Ottke fans tomorrow night in Nuremberg. When he beat Vincenzo Nardiello for the WBC title in Milan back in 1996, he must have boxed in front of a few hundred...
I Think RR is strong enough mentally to deal with the size of the crowd.
Apparently - the Italian crowds are more vocal than the very quiet Germans......
He won't suffer nerves because of it, IMO..
Re: Reid will notice a big difference
Good point. Italian crowds, small or otherwise, are notably hostile and the Germans are more reserved.DG. wrote:bennie wrote:Robin Reid has to box in front of 20,000 pro-Sven Ottke fans tomorrow night in Nuremberg. When he beat Vincenzo Nardiello for the WBC title in Milan back in 1996, he must have boxed in front of a few hundred...
I Think RR is strong enough mentally to deal with the size of the crowd.
Apparently - the Italian crowds are more vocal than the very quiet Germans......
He won't suffer nerves because of it, IMO..
Read a preview of the Reid-Ottke fight by Steve Bunce in the Independent yesterday. Bunce says Reid won the title in Italy in front of 18,000 people!! That's all wrong. I can remember it was a small arena.
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MightyWarrior
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Yes to be fair the German's are generaly a sporting audiance - no booing of the anthems for instance.
This is going to be an interesting one. I hope Reid fights like he knows this is his passport to big money: he can't be too respectful of the German. Sven surely wont knock him out, so why not go for it and make sure he heavily outlands Ottke in every round - it's the only way he'll get the decision.
First few rounds will probably tell us which Robin Reid has showed up.
This is going to be an interesting one. I hope Reid fights like he knows this is his passport to big money: he can't be too respectful of the German. Sven surely wont knock him out, so why not go for it and make sure he heavily outlands Ottke in every round - it's the only way he'll get the decision.
First few rounds will probably tell us which Robin Reid has showed up.
Re: Reid will notice a big difference
Yea they are quiet for the most part except for when the German fighter lands the lightest tap on the opponents gloves or arms they absolutely explode.DG. wrote:bennie wrote:Robin Reid has to box in front of 20,000 pro-Sven Ottke fans tomorrow night in Nuremberg. When he beat Vincenzo Nardiello for the WBC title in Milan back in 1996, he must have boxed in front of a few hundred...
I Think RR is strong enough mentally to deal with the size of the crowd.
Apparently - the Italian crowds are more vocal than the very quiet Germans......
He won't suffer nerves because of it, IMO..