Esham Pickering v Noel Wilders - Result!

ArtOfWar · Post by **ArtOfWar** » 08 May 2005, 14:12

Pickering won on points over 8 rounds.

stujones · Post by **stujones** » 08 May 2005, 18:13

I thought this was a European title defence?

kevin · Post by **kevin** » 08 May 2005, 18:16

No that is against Mallon in June

stujones · Post by **stujones** » 08 May 2005, 18:19

I seriously do not get sanctioning bodies. Fair enough Pickering has a mandatory but surely Wilders could have been a voluntary defence or was it a similar situation as to Calzaghe and Magee.

Freiheit · Post by **Freiheit** » 08 May 2005, 18:28

Wilders was eligible for a EBU fight. There can be several reasons that it wasnt an EBU fight.
Purse size (EBU has a minimum purse for title fights)
Promoter simply would pay sanction fee
Mallon camp wouldnt allow a title fight. If Wilders would have won they would have to start all over with pursebids ect.

Jack Bower · Post by **Jack Bower** » 09 May 2005, 03:11

Wilders is a fat bastard. It was originally down to be a 10-rounder until porky Noel showed up and it was changed to 8.

stujones · Post by **stujones** » 09 May 2005, 07:22

Jack Bower wrote:Wilders is a fat bastard. It was originally down to be a 10-rounder until porky Noel showed up and it was changed to 8.

Was he over the Super Bantam limit?

Jack Bower · Post by **Jack Bower** » 11 May 2005, 03:13

stujones wrote:
Jack Bower wrote:Wilders is a fat bastard. It was originally down to be a 10-rounder until porky Noel showed up and it was changed to 8.
Was he over the Super Bantam limit?

He looked comfortably over but curiously no weights were announced.