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In Nottingham. This is a voluntary defense for Kiko. I assume the rumored Pickering-Munroe fight won't happen.

http://www.thisisderbyshire.co.uk/displ ... eId=124562

I told Mark, the writer in the Derby paper, about this... and then he beats me to the punch sending it off! I wrote about it yesterday but forgot to send it to BBN. Oh well.

Rendall said he plans to tear away the European title and go for the British title after that. He added that he wants to fight East Midlands rival Esham Pickering in Leicester, probably in July.

What a month March will be for Nottingham: Froch on the 15 at the Arena and Munroe, supposedly according to the man himself, on the 21.

Better hope Kilo makes weight

The Hawk wrote:Better hope Kilo makes weight

least i can turn back if he doesn't

no disrespct meant to rendal,l but he has no one on his record to even suggest he should have a shot at kiko, let alone stand a chance of beating him he,s only faught one decent opponent, mc and he's fringe british level.

I think this ones more about Kiko than Rendal.

After the screw up that was Kiko v wayne, he'd better come within the weight.

your probably right and the fiasco last time did question his attitude,did you see the dunne fight, and was the performance as clinicle as it looks or was bernard just caught cold.

ryeboy wrote:your probably right and the fiasco last time did question his attitude,did you see the dunne fight, and was the performance as clinicle as it looks or was bernard just caught cold.

Yea mate I was there, and told my bro to stick cash on Kiko (just to win I meant distance) as it was only a matter of time before bernard was caught out.

He went and stuck £100 for Kiko to ko him. Bloody made £1K.

I didnt think he would beat him so conviningly. I would say dunne was a bit cold, but you have to look at the fact that kikos team put ALL of his purse money on a rd 1 ko!

Made themselves crazy money.

I will be follwing kikos career after this one. So lets see him in against someone with good skills and movement that will go the distance, then we'll see if kiko is the real deal.

ryeboy wrote:no disrespct meant to rendal,l but he has no one on his record to even suggest he should have a shot at kiko, let alone stand a chance of beating him he,s only faught one decent opponent, mc and he's fringe british level.

I'd mentioned on another thread a couple of weeks ago that I thought Rendall had a really 'hungry' look and that 2008 would be a 'breakthrough' year for him, but this is a massive gamble.
I think it's probably come too soon for him but I still see him as a very live underdog in this and wouldn't be shocked if he pulled it off. The key to the fight is obviously whether he can take Kiko's power or not. If he can, I can see his strength and fitness causing the Spaniard all sorts of problems.

Ren has natural elusiveness on his side, so could cause Kiko problems in that area. We know that the Spaniard can punch, but can he deal with someone who won’t present a moving target?

Whilst Martinez's win over Dunne was impressive, let us not forget that Bernard, despite his talent, was never hard to tag, was caught cold and had question marks surrounding his chin.

When Munroe, as has been demonstrated when i've seen him in sparring on several occasions, doesn't want to be hit, he won't be hit. That said, this is a big step-up for him. Sink or swim time.

He is confident that he has the speed and power to take away the European title and then fight Esham Pickering in an all-Midlands clash in Leicester, probably in June or July.

I think this could be interesting. Do we know enough about Kiko not to give Munroe any chance? He looks the part, but caught Dunne cold and there are question marks on Bernard's punch resistance.

I don't think Munroe has ever been down or hurt (correct me if I am wrong) and that often been at Feather. He looks better as a Super Bantam.

I wouldn't be at all surprised if Munroe gets the upset.

I give Munroe a fair chance on this one alright. Martinez has good power and sparked Dunne in 1, he didn't outbox him. Provided Munroe stands up straight early then do we know enough about the Spaniard to know what he brings? We know Munroe can do the distance at pace (versus Morris) and has good pressure fighting ability too. The way he dismantled Callaghan was impressive.

I give Munroe a very good chance , infact I'm picking him to win .
Munroe has never showed any signs of a poor chin , his power is okay and skill wise he seems to be getting better and better .

I've heard Martinez didn't look great when beating the average enough Bouaita , and it seems he may be over reliant on his power .

If he stops Munroe he's the real deal .

The fight is taking place on March 7 at the Harvey Hadden.

Podmore_Birmingham wrote:I told Mark, the writer in the Derby paper, about this... and then he beats me to the punch sending it off! I wrote about it yesterday but forgot to send it to BBN. Oh well.

Tom as they say in Northern Ireland you would have been better off "Holding your water" and making sure your mate didn't steal your thunder

I think this will be a good fight. I like Munroe to win then we came have him v Pickering which should be good.

The good news is Leicester southpaw Rendall Munroe looks set to challenge for the prestigious European super-bantamweight title on relative home turf in Nottingham in March. The bad news is the title belongs to vaunted Spanish puncher Kiko "La Sensación" Martinez.
Munroe was said to be challenging British champion Esham Pickering in the same month but will still presumably get his chance as Pickering's mandatory. In the meantime, he steps up against unbeaten Martinez, who has taken out 14 of his 17 career victims (11 of them inside three rounds) and won the title smashing Dubliner Bernard Dunne in 86 stunning seconds in Dublin last year, a big, big win for the previously unheralded 21-year-old who hurt touted Dunne every time he hit him and felled him twice.
So bin man Munroe looks up against it but has lost only one of his 14 outings and proved his worth when he pushed classy Wythenshawe stylist Andy Morris 12 hard rounds for the British featherweight title in Glasgow in 2006 in just his 10th fight (Morris took a unanimous but close decision), although Morris isn't much of a banger. Since then, Munroe has reeled off three solid wins and belted perennial domestic contender Marc Callaghan in six one-sided rounds last time out in Peterlee in October for the English super-bantamweight title (corner retirement). He looks to be approaching his prime at 27. Like Martinez, Munroe boils down to make super-bantamweight, a big, strong fighter for the weight.
This brings us to the shenanigans surrounding Martinez's last scheduled fight against Belfast veteran Wayne McCullough in December when the fight - the whole King's Hall show - was cancelled at the weigh-in after Martinez failed to make even the agreed non-title weight of 8st 12lbs, which is two pounds over the super-bantamweight limit. McCullough came in well under it. Indeed, with a discepancy of four-and-a-half pounds between them, one journalist (who clearly had an axe to grind) vented his frustration unfairly at McCullough (and his manager wife) and there were ugly scenes. Bottom line is, Wayne made the weight; Martinez and his team refused to work off the excess.
So Martinez, a growing boy, is clearly tight at the weight and hasn't fought since the quick win over previously unbeaten Dunne last August. He's a prodigious talent - unbeaten amateur and pro. Youtube has a clip of him hitting the pads as a 10-year-old and it is mighty impressive. But Munroe showed great fitness and determination in the Morris 12-rounder, maintaining a fast pace from start to finish. He has a real shout against the champion if he gets through the early rounds, especially on local turf.
But home turf didn't help Bernard Dunne.