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Richards defends his Commonwealth Super Middleweight title against Clarke on the Warren BT card this weekend, vacant British title on the line as well, battle of the unbeatens which always brings interest, ive seen Clarke once or twice but i'd be lying if I said I remember much about him, he does have a good win over Smyle


Richards dominated Langford last time out to win the title, easy win as far as the scores were concerned but my god it was a brutal watch, Richards has talent but is boring, negative, lazy and looks incapable or unwilling to put guys to the sword, lets hope he doesn't stink the joint out again, he lacks experience so I'm maybe being harsh but still a sh1t fight is a sh1t fight

Right man got the decision for me, I had it 116-112 for Richards, cant fault Clarke's effort he never stopped trying to get to Richards but for the early part especially he was picked off and countered at will, Richards put on a bit of a clinic, very slippery southpaw, Clarke just couldn't land anything clean and was chasing shadows, Richards is a bit one paced though, has talent to burn but is a bit reluctant to turn the screw as the rounds go on and this time allowed Clarke to finally get to him as he slowed down, you seen Clarke gaining confidence late in the fight, he was still missing a lot and Richards was still getting through with the better punches but Clarke did look stronger up close, think Richards felt some of those shots late on and looked like he folded slightly from a body shot in the 10th, Richards built up too much of a lead for Clarke to catch up though