Nasser Al Harbi V Marcus Portman 11th May 2012
Posted: 18 Apr 2012, 18:39
Young mutley pulled out of his fight with Nasser Al Harbi, so in comes former British and Commonwealth challenger and WBF champ Southpaw Marcus Portman
As I thought, they stayed with a local lad. Way I seen other there was only Lloyd or Portman. Still a good fight, Marcus represents less danger IMO as he doesn't posess the power Lee had/has (and that was the only way I saw Muttley winning) but he is a rangey lefty that won't let Nas have it all his own way.safeerah wrote:Young mutley pulled out of his fight with Nasser Al Harbi, so in comes former British and Commonwealth challenger and WBF champ Southpaw Marcus Portman
It was a bad stoppage, Portman looked good in that fight and defence looked good against the agressive Cox, shame the ref spoiled it with a terrible stoppage, it was a real good clash of styles and would of made a good fight.smoggy7188 wrote:Good fight, he was unlucky to get stopped by Cox last time out.
Should be a really good boxing match, both good counter punchers, will be a technical fight, Nas has sparred Marcus quite a few times in the wednesbury gym.The Insider wrote:As I thought, they stayed with a local lad. Way I seen other there was only Lloyd or Portman. Still a good fight, Marcus represents less danger IMO as he doesn't posess the power Lee had/has (and that was the only way I saw Muttley winning) but he is a rangey lefty that won't let Nas have it all his own way.safeerah wrote:Young mutley pulled out of his fight with Nasser Al Harbi, so in comes former British and Commonwealth challenger and WBF champ Southpaw Marcus Portman
We wanted it at 11st for a title, but they would not do any less then 11st 3lbs day before weigh in, so to make the fight we had to agree to their demand to make the fight happen, Portman is a very big guy, so they will be a big difference in weight on the night, as Nasser will be not much over 11st 3lbs on the night and Portman will be much bigger, Portman is a very good boxer, has a good jab and a fast left hand, he is also a tricky southpaw counter puncher. So why would we agree to the fight then ? Because Nasser has great ability and he likes a real challenge and he has given away weight many times before and still been victorious, lets be honest we are not going to get our own way in this business, we just play the cards we are dealt.saturday_kid wrote:Done a little piece on this (cheers for the info too safeerah)
http://yamyamboxing.blogspot.co.uk/2012 ... ce-al.html
Think its a good fight me, especially as a replacement. Portman always looks big for a light middle to me, could be more of a dangerous fight than Mutley i reckon
Good write up.saturday_kid wrote:Done a little piece on this (cheers for the info too safeerah)
http://yamyamboxing.blogspot.co.uk/2012 ... ce-al.html
Think its a good fight me, especially as a replacement. Portman always looks big for a light middle to me, could be more of a dangerous fight than Mutley i reckon
saturday_kid wrote:Apparently they might be trying to get Al Harbi Vs Portman on the 1st team show the day after in Walsall?
Safeerah will be able to provide more info
Doubtful this will happen, although I hear some of Coldwells undercard are to feature on the Walsall bill.saturday_kid wrote:Apparently they might be trying to get Al Harbi Vs Portman on the 1st team show the day after in Walsall?
We are looking at 3 different options at the moment since the show was cancelled, we are waiting for the outcome of talks, then I will let you guys know.saturday_kid wrote:Apparently they might be trying to get Al Harbi Vs Portman on the 1st team show the day after in Walsall?
Safeerah will be able to provide more info
So many shows being cancelled it's a joke. F.........w..... show cancelled for tonight. Boxing is becoming unreliable. Hearns seems to be the only stable promoter nowadays. Feel sorry for Nasser he has had very unlucky few months which messes up your training patterns and peak timessmoggy7188 wrote:Coldwell seems to have some terrible luck.
-Al Harbi/Ball finished early due to cuts
-Barnes/harris finished early due to cuts
-Putting back Bellew/McIntosh several times
-Now this show has been cancelled.