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Good fight this on the Smith/Eggington card this weekend and a European/British Super Lightweight unification to boot, I'm really struggling to separate these 2, I thought Hughes was excellent against Scarpa to win the European, dominated the fight and it wasn't anywhere near a SD, Davies Jr for his part won equally as wide against Foot for the British and Commonwealth but it was a messy fight, lots of blood and spoiling, still Davies showed his class

I think I'm gonna go for Davies Jr, having a bit more tools in his locker, he can switch and mix things up a bit, punches fairly hard as well, Hughes for his part only really has the jab/hook from the left hand, he makes it work wonders for him though so will be hard to beat and I can still make a case of him fiddling his way to a decision, he's tricky to box

Davies Jr decision final answer

This fight could end in anyway possible really, very 50/50 for me. I was impressed with Davies Jnr on his way up, the shocking loss to Syrowatka stands out, as it wasn't a lucky win by the Polish boxer he really took Davies Jnr apart. The rematch wasn't all one way either, so Hughes could do the same and impose himself early on and wear Davies Jnr down for a late stoppage or points win.
But Hughes can be outboxed and Davies Jnr has the skills to do that, and he can punch a bit harder than Hughes as well. So a points win for Davies Jnr could happen.

At a push i'm going for Hughes to up his game again and come out on top, by a very small points win

Robbie is a cousin of a friend of mine and has apparently been flying in training camp and looks in great shape. I'm expecting him to win fairly comfortably

Hughes does so well considering the issue he has with his right arm/hand limiting his punch variety, comes across as a nice bloke. Wish him well in this fight, tough one to call!

Hard not to root for Hughes - that guy has some determination !

I think it's closer than the odds suggest, I reckon I'll back Hughes for value and get squeaked out by an RDJ decision. He's got that extra length even w/o the arm.

i favour davies but stuff like 1/6 seems too high

Close fight I fancied Davies Jr for the win but had Hughes nicking 115-113 but it was one of those fights, you always know what your gonna get with Hughes. plenty of steady pressure, effort and making that jab and hook work a treat, he clipped Davies with some clean shots especially early on, Davies Jr looked like he was struggling early, struggling to get his own shots off and get out of the way of Hughes's punches, Davies was switching but never looked convincing in either stance, he did whip in some body shots and there was some nice inside work when both me stood in the pocket

I had Hughes in quite a handy lead by about 8/9 but Davies Jr finished strong and finally found some rhythm, getting off some nice combinations and moving, still wasn't enough on my card for Davies Jr to win but luckily for him my card means heehaw

Decent fight though, shout out to Terry O'Connor, he's a hoot

skanksta wrote: ↑27 Mar 2019, 16:01 Hard not to root for Hughes - that guy has some determination !

I think it's closer than the odds suggest, I reckon I'll back Hughes for value and get squeaked out by an RDJ decision. He's got that extra length even w/o the arm.

Quoting yourself is a bit rubbish, but I bet big on Hughes points and got squeaked by a bad decision.

Could have understood an SD (that was close but Hughes edged it out for me), but that sort of UD... yikes.

Imo Hughes nicked it,what can ya do eh

Oiky wrote: ↑31 Mar 2019, 07:33 Imo Hughes nicked it,what can ya do eh

Yeh probably just , but you couldn't argue either way .
Wide scorecard a joke .

Davies will be feeling that today, he was in a bad old state afterwards.

Has Davies got the benefit of close decisions previously? - or am I get him mixed up with somebody else?

Not necessarily mega controversial, but seems to get the nod in close ones?

I had Hughes be a few tbh, landed the better shots throughout.

I could stretch to a draw, but not a Davies win.

Hughes seemed to know he came up short at the end, obviously knew the scouser would get the benefit of the doubt on the cards.

O'connor needs to stop drinking before work.

keirw wrote: ↑31 Mar 2019, 09:12 O'connor needs to stop drinking before work.

Or start drinking before work - might allow the mask of corruption to slip!

I had Hughes by 3-4 rounds and I wanted Davies jnr to win.. I disagree that the fight could of gone either way scoring is so bad in British boxing just now.. It was the same for the Fowler v Fitzgerald fight. Boxing is so corrupt it’s unreal

daviddee wrote: ↑31 Mar 2019, 12:31 I had Hughes by 3-4 rounds and I wanted Davies jnr to win.. I disagree that the fight could of gone either way scoring is so bad in British boxing just now.. It was the same for the Fowler v Fitzgerald fight. Boxing is so corrupt it’s unreal

I do agree mate, however in both fights the right man won.

Something needs to be done though - at least in title fights there are 3 judges.

Imagine being the opponent in a 6 rounder and you see big Terry putting on his dickie now to ref your fight ......

bripez wrote: ↑31 Mar 2019, 13:37

daviddee wrote: ↑31 Mar 2019, 12:31 I had Hughes by 3-4 rounds and I wanted Davies jnr to win.. I disagree that the fight could of gone either way scoring is so bad in British boxing just now.. It was the same for the Fowler v Fitzgerald fight. Boxing is so corrupt it’s unreal

I do agree mate, however in both fights the right man won.

Something needs to be done though - at least in title fights there are 3 judges.

Imagine being the opponent in a 6 rounder and you see big Terry putting on his dickie now to ref your fight ......

bripez wrote: ↑31 Mar 2019, 13:37

daviddee wrote: ↑31 Mar 2019, 12:31 I had Hughes by 3-4 rounds and I wanted Davies jnr to win.. I disagree that the fight could of gone either way scoring is so bad in British boxing just now.. It was the same for the Fowler v Fitzgerald fight. Boxing is so corrupt it’s unreal

I do agree mate, however in both fights the right man won.

Something needs to be done though - at least in title fights there are 3 judges.

Imagine being the opponent in a 6 rounder and you see big Terry putting on his dickie now to ref your fight ......

im not really sure the right man won hughes vs davies

Na Hughes was the right man in his fight,ridiculous scorecard