Magee gets home advantage against Froch

states · Post by **states** » 14 Dec 2005, 16:02

news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/boxing/4529436.stm

I'm not sure it'll help though. Froch, for all his flaws, should have enough power to dispose of Magee, who I've never really rated since the Brian Barbosa pull-out.

steve689 · Post by **steve689** » 14 Dec 2005, 16:11

My missus lives in Belfast...let's hope she will be fair and let me go to this fight

Phenomenal-Nutrition · Post by **Phenomenal-Nutrition** » 14 Dec 2005, 16:18

A good step up and 1 he should win by ko comfortably

jamesmcdonnell · Post by **jamesmcdonnell** » 14 Dec 2005, 16:26

Hmm, my family live in Armagh, maybe I could make this one, it's not far.

liamlion · Post by **liamlion** » 14 Dec 2005, 16:27

Phenomenal-Nutrition wrote:A good step up...

Are you sure? I reckon Magee is no better than Matthew Barney. The Robin Reid fight exposed Magee as clearly not having the minerals.

johnswan1 · Post by **johnswan1** » 14 Dec 2005, 16:29

liamlion wrote:
Phenomenal-Nutrition wrote:A good step up
Are you sure? I reckon Magee is no better than Matthew Barney. The Robin Reid fight exposed Magee as clearly not having the minerals.

He is far better than Barney. Far more skilled. His chin is probably worse though.

dondada · Post by **dondada** » 14 Dec 2005, 16:38

A fair bit more from top Irish writer Tomas Rohan here:

http://www.britishboxing.net/news_1127- ... -bids.html

liamlion · Post by **liamlion** » 14 Dec 2005, 16:41

johnswan1 wrote:
liamlion wrote:
Phenomenal-Nutrition wrote:A good step up
Are you sure? I reckon Magee is no better than Matthew Barney. The Robin Reid fight exposed Magee as clearly not having the minerals.
He is far better than Barney. Far more skilled. His chin is probably worse though.

Well, it will be interesting to see if Magee is able to stay on his feet and hear the final bell, without his arse having touched the canvas at any time during the previous 12 rounds.

nickd · Post by **nickd** » 14 Dec 2005, 17:29

Thats a long way away, surely they could make it sooner?

ebeneezer · Post by **ebeneezer** » 15 Dec 2005, 04:31

jamesmcdonnell wrote:Hmm, my family live in Armagh, maybe I could make this one, it's not far.

Same as me.
I`ll probably head up for this. First boxing show I`ll have been to since the Neil Sinclair vs Bradley Pryce fight.

What part of Armagh do your folks live in James, if you don`t mind me asking?

Foggy · Post by **Foggy** » 15 Dec 2005, 08:30

I think Brian will put up a better performance than most people think, didnt he only lose controversally in Germany recently, i think he takes Froch the distance in a close fight.

I sure if Froch beats Brian he'll boast about beating Brian in his back yard.

hammer · Post by **hammer** » 15 Dec 2005, 09:31

dont make me laugh brain mcgee is shit froch will batter him,look what robin read done to him.

jamesmcdonnell · Post by **jamesmcdonnell** » 15 Dec 2005, 09:40

ebeneezer wrote:
jamesmcdonnell wrote:Hmm, my family live in Armagh, maybe I could make this one, it's not far.
Same as me.
I`ll probably head up for this. First boxing show I`ll have been to since the Neil Sinclair vs Bradley Pryce fight.

What part of Armagh do your folks live in James, if you don`t mind me asking?

Do you know I don't actually know....

My family originally lived on Railway street, they had a house at number 12, where my Grandfather Paddy Agnew ran a sort of home for waifs and strays.

Achybreaky · Post by **Achybreaky** » 15 Dec 2005, 10:00

hammer wrote:dont make me laugh brain mcgee is shit froch will batter him,look what robin read done to him.

Whos brian mcgee and robin read?

Froch had better get a defence before this fight happens or a lot of people will have to find another banwagon to jump onto.

ALI · Post by **ALI** » 15 Dec 2005, 10:04

Froch had better get a defence before this fight happens or a lot of people will have to find another banwagon to jump onto.

Well said!

josh fg · Post by **josh fg** » 15 Dec 2005, 15:12

Seems a way away not sure Maggee wants the fight as a loss will put him a lot further down the pecking order for world and european honners.

Doubt home advantage will bother froch much I seem to remember froch calling for a fight in Belfast at two days notice aftere the Calzagehe pull out.

We all recognise that Maggee is an opponent around European level so the fight will tell us all a lot about how good froch is if he wins and the manner of the win will also be important. Lets hope the fight can be sold to ITV. Would be good to see top domestic fights on terrestrial TV will make up for some of the bobins fights we see for "world titles".