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MrJasonM wrote:I have just read this Luke Campbell story on the front page and he talks about his last performance and how he didnt realise it was a four rounder until the third round. He had thought it was six.

“I found out in the third round that it was a four rounder and not a six. I was expecting to do the six and grind him down and go for the stoppage in the last two rounds."

How does this happen?

I find it surprising a big prospect on a Matchroom undercard would be unsure about how many rounds his fight is.

MrJasonM wrote:I have just read this Luke Campbell story on the front page and he talks about his last performance and how he didnt realise it was a four rounder until the third round. He had thought it was six.

“I found out in the third round that it was a four rounder and not a six. I was expecting to do the six and grind him down and go for the stoppage in the last two rounds."

How does this happen?

I find it surprising a big prospect on a Matchroom undercard would be unsure about how many rounds his fight is.

Anzi wrote:

MrJasonM wrote:I have just read this Luke Campbell story on the front page and he talks about his last performance and how he didnt realise it was a four rounder until the third round. He had thought it was six.

“I found out in the third round that it was a four rounder and not a six. I was expecting to do the six and grind him down and go for the stoppage in the last two rounds."

How does this happen?

I find it surprising a big prospect on a Matchroom undercard would be unsure about how many rounds his fight is.

It happens when cards are moved around and they can't fit a 6 rounder in, so they make it 4, also when the away opponent is changed and the new opponent who has took it at short notice, is not fit enough to do 6 rounds, we thought we was doing 6 two minute rounds once, but the opponent asked the promoter to change it to 4 three minute rounds, we was not told it had been changed, funny enough the first round was only 2 minutes long ( mistake by the time keeper ) so we did not notice until the second round, which was 3 minutes long, we then asked and were told the bout was 4/3, it meant tactics had to be changed slightly, as Luke Campbell would have had to do. It happened to Tony Jeffries once, on a Maloney show, He and his team thought they were doing 6 three minute rounds, that's what they trained for, Jeffries put everything into the 6 rounds, to get what he thought was the win, against tough journeyman Banbula, only to find that he had 2 rounds still to go, he was totally knackered and ended up getting a very fortunate draw, as he clearly lost the last 2 rounds and a few of the others.

spudder56 wrote:

Anzi wrote:

MrJasonM wrote:I have just read this Luke Campbell story on the front page and he talks about his last performance and how he didnt realise it was a four rounder until the third round. He had thought it was six.

“I found out in the third round that it was a four rounder and not a six. I was expecting to do the six and grind him down and go for the stoppage in the last two rounds."

How does this happen?

I find it surprising a big prospect on a Matchroom undercard would be unsure about how many rounds his fight is.

It happens when cards are moved around and they can't fit a 6 rounder in, so they make it 4, also when the away opponent is changed and the new opponent who has took it at short notice, is not fit enough to do 6 rounds, we thought we was doing 6 two minute rounds once, but the opponent asked the promoter to change it to 4 three minute rounds, we was not told it had been changed, funny enough the first round was only 2 minutes long ( mistake by the time keeper ) so we did not notice until the second round, which was 3 minutes long, we then asked and were told the bout was 4/3, it meant tactics had to be changed slightly, as Luke Campbell would have had to do. It happened to Tony Jeffries once, on a Maloney show, He and his team thought they were doing 6 three minute rounds, that's what they trained for, Jeffries put everything into the 6 rounds, to get what he thought was the win, against tough journeyman Banbula, only to find that he had 2 rounds still to go, he was totally knackered and ended up getting a very fortunate draw, as he clearly lost the last 2 rounds and a few of the others.

Everybody is aware of contest duration before first bell sounds if they weren't aware they are obviously not paying attention

Anzi wrote:

spudder56 wrote:

Anzi wrote:]It happens when cards are moved around and they can't fit a 6 rounder in, so they make it 4, also when the away opponent is changed and the new opponent who has took it at short notice, is not fit enough to do 6 rounds, we thought we was doing 6 two minute rounds once, but the opponent asked the promoter to change it to 4 three minute rounds, we was not told it had been changed, funny enough the first round was only 2 minutes long ( mistake by the time keeper ) so we did not notice until the second round, which was 3 minutes long, we then asked and were told the bout was 4/3, it meant tactics had to be changed slightly, as Luke Campbell would have had to do. It happened to Tony Jeffries once, on a Maloney show, He and his team thought they were doing 6 three minute rounds, that's what they trained for, Jeffries put everything into the 6 rounds, to get what he thought was the win, against tough journeyman Banbula, only to find that he had 2 rounds still to go, he was totally knackered and ended up getting a very fortunate draw, as he clearly lost the last 2 rounds and a few of the others.

Everybody is aware of contest duration before first bell sounds if they weren't aware they are obviously not paying attention

Not if it is changed behind the scenes Spudder, especially with Tv, british boxing is full of communication lapses and miss-understandings.

Final round wrote:Wasn't there some confusion in rounds during a Tony Jeffries fight?

Anzi wrote:Had a feeling you would come on, the announcer does, the ref usually tells the fighters to protect themselves at all times and to obey instructions at all times, some tell the fighters about the call to break, hitting below the belt, to name but a few, not the duration of the fight or the rounds, fighters are in the zone, corner men are sorting out the corner, so don't always listen to the announcer at the start, but I have a feeling that might not be enough for you, fact of the matter it does happen. http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j& ... 5280,d.bGE

Anzi wrote:

spudder56 wrote:

Anzi wrote:It happens when cards are moved around and they can't fit a 6 rounder in, so they make it 4, also when the away opponent is changed and the new opponent who has took it at short notice, is not fit enough to do 6 rounds, we thought we was doing 6 two minute rounds once, but the opponent asked the promoter to change it to 4 three minute rounds, we was not told it had been changed, funny enough the first round was only 2 minutes long ( mistake by the time keeper ) so we did not notice until the second round, which was 3 minutes long, we then asked and were told the bout was 4/3, it meant tactics had to be changed slightly, as Luke Campbell would have had to do. It happened to Tony Jeffries once, on a Maloney show, He and his team thought they were doing 6 three minute rounds, that's what they trained for, Jeffries put everything into the 6 rounds, to get what he thought was the win, against tough journeyman Banbula, only to find that he had 2 rounds still to go, he was totally knackered and ended up getting a very fortunate draw, as he clearly lost the last 2 rounds and a few of the others.

Everybody is aware of contest duration before first bell sounds if they weren't aware they are obviously not paying attention

Not if it is changed behind the scenes Spudder, especially with Tv, british boxing is full of communication lapses and miss-understandings.

johnnygreaves wrote:

Anzi wrote:Had a feeling you would come on, the announcer does, the ref usually tells the fighters to protect themselves at all times and to obey instructions at all times, some tell the fighters about the call to break, hitting below the belt, to name but a few, not the duration of the fight or the rounds, fighters are in the zone, corner men are sorting out the corner, so don't always listen to the announcer at the start, but I have a feeling that might not be enough for you, fact of the matter it does happen. http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j& ... 5280,d.bGE

They do tell you how long the fight is sir.some times there is confusion before hand but you need to listen to what the ref says. Also, I've had fights change from 6 to 4 more or less on the way to the ring.

johnnygreaves wrote:

Anzi wrote:Had a feeling you would come on, the announcer does, the ref usually tells the fighters to protect themselves at all times and to obey instructions at all times, some tell the fighters about the call to break, hitting below the belt, to name but a few, not the duration of the fight or the rounds, fighters are in the zone, corner men are sorting out the corner, so don't always listen to the announcer at the start, but I have a feeling that might not be enough for you, fact of the matter it does happen. http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j& ... 5280,d.bGE

They do tell you how long the fight is sir.some times there is confusion before hand but you need to listen to what the ref says. Also, I've had fights change from 6 to 4 more or less on the way to the ring.

handsofstone wrote:

Final round wrote:Wasn't there some confusion in rounds during a Tony Jeffries fight?

Yeah wasnt that when he ended up with a draw?

handsofstone wrote:

Final round wrote:Wasn't there some confusion in rounds during a Tony Jeffries fight?

Yeah wasnt that when he ended up with a draw?

Parson Cross wrote:Sorry not buying this.
Campbell and his team will have been told prior to leaving the dressing room even if that was last minute.
Smacks of an excuse for a very average performance.

jameswilson wrote:I think there was confusion on how long a round was in an Enzo Maccarinelli and a Danny Williams fight not so long ago.