i havn't seen anything of tommy ghent i know his had injury problems hope to see him box soon, watched toms and chris's last two fights and both looked good.The Insider wrote:Tommy Ghent
Tom Costello
Chris Keane
He's fought all 3 local mate. Walsall, Wolvo and Brum. He's 3 and 0 and looks decent. All the lads from the gym reckon he's the one to watch (even his brother and fellow pro Richard).maley1984 wrote:i havn't seen anything of tommy ghent i know his had injury problems hope to see him box soon, watched toms and chris's last two fights and both looked good.The Insider wrote:Tommy Ghent
Tom Costello
Chris Keane
The Insider wrote:He's fought all 3 local mate. Walsall, Wolvo and Brum. He's 3 and 0 and looks decent. All the lads from the gym reckon he's the one to watch (even his brother and fellow pro Richard).maley1984 wrote:i havn't seen anything of tommy ghent i know his had injury problems hope to see him box soon, watched toms and chris's last two fights and both looked good.The Insider wrote:Tommy Ghent
Tom Costello
Chris Keane
Martin Gethin was one I missed. He's got a crack at the Commonwealth lightweight title @ Walsall in September so good luck to him.
Hopefully a good year for Midlands fighters with plenty of lads ready to make their mark later this year/early next and plenty of established pros in Macklin, froch, Munroe, Mcphilbin etc keeping the flag flying.
Macklin should be fighting for another world title soon, great Irish support in the USA, unlucky against Sturm, fought like a lion against Martinez till he got caught late on, one thing about Macklin he don't take the easy route when he goes for a world title, Chavez would be a good fight for him, not in Mexico though, I think he is at a higher level at the moment with all due respect to the prospects on here, but still all the midlanders will be looking to see what he does next.Talkischeap wrote:If I had a top 5 Macklin would be in it as would Rendall Munroe.Frankie Gavin, Nasser Al Harbi,Thomas Costello my son has already been mentioned. James Welborn , Khalid Yafai,Martin Gethin, Chris Keane,Ryan Aston all good lads.New lads to make debuts Tommy Langford, hope things work out for Antonio Counihan.
no tommy ghent mate never saw him fight. ive saw chris keane twice i think a 30 second blow out in walsall and in wolvo 6 rounds enzo undercard where he bossed a journeymen his got a decent following and looks heavy handedsafeerah wrote:Are you on about Chris Keane ? If you are, he is still fighting, his career as just begun good fighter.
Yes Maley, can see it now, we used to spar with Tommy Ghent quite a lot, I don't think he as been in touch with his trainer for quite a while, think his girlfriend is having a baby, maybe his head is not right at the moment, shame good kid.maley1984 wrote:no tommy ghent mate never saw him fight. ive saw chris keane twice i think a 30 second blow out in walsall and in wolvo 6 rounds enzo undercard where he bossed a journeymen his got a decent following and looks heavy handedsafeerah wrote:Are you on about Chris Keane ? If you are, he is still fighting, his career as just begun good fighter.
safeerah wrote:Yes Maley, can see it now, we used to spar with Tommy Ghent quite a lot, I don't think he as been in touch with his trainer for quite a while, think his girlfriend is having a baby, maybe his head is not right at the moment, shame good kid.maley1984 wrote:no tommy ghent mate never saw him fight. ive saw chris keane twice i think a 30 second blow out in walsall and in wolvo 6 rounds enzo undercard where he bossed a journeymen his got a decent following and looks heavy handedsafeerah wrote:Are you on about Chris Keane ? If you are, he is still fighting, his career as just begun good fighter.
safeerah wrote:Maley, We approached Ochieng's team to fight for his English title, but his team already have someone in mind, I think they would rather the fight happen down the line for a british title, Nasser is now fighting on the 8th of september in Birmingham, still trying to get an opponent, want someone with a good record if pos, if Jamie Ball is interested we are still here, Nas wants meaningful fights, but it is hard to make them happen.
Yes I think Nas/ Ochieng would be a great fight, I like Ochieng, interested to see who they have picked, hope it is someone who can test him, the crowd at the Nas/Ball fight was great, loud and a lot of friendly banter between 2 sets of fans.maley1984 wrote:safeerah wrote:Maley, We approached Ochieng's team to fight for his English title, but his team already have someone in mind, I think they would rather the fight happen down the line for a british title, Nasser is now fighting on the 8th of september in Birmingham, still trying to get an opponent, want someone with a good record if pos, if Jamie Ball is interested we are still here, Nas wants meaningful fights, but it is hard to make them happen.
thats a shame think it would b a cracker with ochieng. b interested to see who he fights. not sure wat jamies plans are, u know its a fight id like to see happen.
safeerah wrote:Yes I think Nas/ Ochieng would be a great fight, I like Ochieng, interested to see who they have picked, hope it is someone who can test him, the crowd at the Nas/Ball fight was great, loud and a lot of friendly banter between 2 sets of fans.maley1984 wrote:safeerah wrote:Maley, We approached Ochieng's team to fight for his English title, but his team already have someone in mind, I think they would rather the fight happen down the line for a british title, Nasser is now fighting on the 8th of september in Birmingham, still trying to get an opponent, want someone with a good record if pos, if Jamie Ball is interested we are still here, Nas wants meaningful fights, but it is hard to make them happen.
thats a shame think it would b a cracker with ochieng. b interested to see who he fights. not sure wat jamies plans are, u know its a fight id like to see happen.
Arfan Iqbal doesnt realise how good he isJames Harte wrote:Some very good picks to look out for in the picks above.
Antonio Counihan will defintely be one to look out for once he turns pro.
Khalid Yafai turned heads with his pro debut, and will continually do so. Ryan Aston can bounce back. It all depends on his mental make up now.
Thomas Costello has banked some rounds this year, and is looking ready to gatecrash ther middleweight ranks.
Birmingham's Dave Egan is proving something of a cult hero, selling in excess of 200 tickets, and has loked good inhis two outings so far. Grant and Craig Cunnignham both unbeaten and steadily improving.
Arfan Iqbal, despite only having four fights, looks a talent.
Ryan Clark is confiedent that a second victory over Jonjo Finnegan will take him to a potential English title tilt against Frank Buglioni.
And that's at domestic level. We have Carl Froch and Matthew Macklin flying the flag at world level, and all of the names mentioned above.
Exciting times
spudder56 wrote:Arfan Iqbal doesnt realise how good he isJames Harte wrote:Some very good picks to look out for in the picks above.
Antonio Counihan will defintely be one to look out for once he turns pro.
Khalid Yafai turned heads with his pro debut, and will continually do so. Ryan Aston can bounce back. It all depends on his mental make up now.
Thomas Costello has banked some rounds this year, and is looking ready to gatecrash ther middleweight ranks.
Birmingham's Dave Egan is proving something of a cult hero, selling in excess of 200 tickets, and has loked good inhis two outings so far. Grant and Craig Cunnignham both unbeaten and steadily improving.
Arfan Iqbal, despite only having four fights, looks a talent.
Ryan Clark is confiedent that a second victory over Jonjo Finnegan will take him to a potential English title tilt against Frank Buglioni.
And that's at domestic level. We have Carl Froch and Matthew Macklin flying the flag at world level, and all of the names mentioned above.
Exciting times
Good points Naj he is a murderous puncher he will get even better now that he is training properly and if Clifton and co can calm him down and get him to be more patient instead of "headhunting" all the time he can go a long way IMO but as always time will tellsafeerah wrote:spudder56 wrote:Arfan Iqbal doesnt realise how good he isJames Harte wrote:Some very good picks to look out for in the picks above.
Antonio Counihan will defintely be one to look out for once he turns pro.
Khalid Yafai turned heads with his pro debut, and will continually do so. Ryan Aston can bounce back. It all depends on his mental make up now.
Thomas Costello has banked some rounds this year, and is looking ready to gatecrash ther middleweight ranks.
Birmingham's Dave Egan is proving something of a cult hero, selling in excess of 200 tickets, and has loked good inhis two outings so far. Grant and Craig Cunnignham both unbeaten and steadily improving.
Arfan Iqbal, despite only having four fights, looks a talent.
Ryan Clark is confiedent that a second victory over Jonjo Finnegan will take him to a potential English title tilt against Frank Buglioni.
And that's at domestic level. We have Carl Froch and Matthew Macklin flying the flag at world level, and all of the names mentioned above.
Exciting times
Watched a few clips of Iqbal, he looks to have a lot of talent, great ko in his first fight, boxed lovely on the outside, set him up for the right hand, then good night, great move, bit early to get too excited, but he certainly has the tools, looking forward to watching his progress.
just seen some clips saf, and Iqbal seems to have Khan-disease with his feet. what is it about fighters nowadays bouncing around dementedly, settle the fvck down man!!!!!!!safeerah wrote:
Watched a few clips of Iqbal, he looks to have a lot of talent, great ko in his first fight, boxed lovely on the outside, set him up for the right hand, then good night, great move, bit early to get too excited, but he certainly has the tools, looking forward to watching his progress.