mancunianfox

Groves v Johnson will be a cracking fight and Burns is a good fighter too. Hope they find a decent opponent for him.

Largely because the only fights for Price at the moment are Fury (and that isn't going to happen) and Chisora who has just fought Haye. It is still a bit too early for him to fight someone like Povetkin. I would imagine after Harrison they will try and put him in against somebody who got easily beat by a Klitschko or look for a decent gate keeper.

Garcia has never and will never be a hard hitter, Khan just struggles to take a shot. I think he really missed his conditioning coach Alex Ariza and I think he played a big part in helping prepare Amir to deal with bigger shots. He does have great boxing skills but Amir refuses to use them and instead tries to fight with a chin and with power that he doesn't possess. Instead of using his speed and size he always gets drawn into a war which turns his fights into a 50/50 affair because this is not his strength. The fourth round was exciting in that fight but only because he was so dumb. He could have easily taken that round as a recovery round and stayed out of the way but instead he stood in front of Garcia desperately trying to knock him out. That is the exact opposite of what he needed to do and he got battered. While he does this he will always lose fights to lesser skilled fighters like Prescott, Garcia and Peterson.

You know, I don’t actually think we were responsible for overhyping him for a change. Golden Boy and HBO hyped him to the moon once he started to fight in the states, partly because their Victor Ortiz investment had blown up in their face. He was offered large TV deals early in his career by both ITV and then Sky because of the Olympic silver medal but even then nobody was really talking about him as a top ten pound for pound fighter. The way he was built up in America over his last few fights was ridiculous to those who had followed his career from the start.

Khan didn’t look good in the first two rounds either as it was clear then that his game plan was all wrong. He just doesn’t have the power to trade and every time he gets drawn into a fight he loses. I think he is just a bit too stupid to realise what he needs to do and trying to be the tough guy doesn’t work for his skillset. His camp certainly don’t help and I was surprised that Freddie Roach had prepared him so poorly for this fight. With his size, speed and chin he should always be fighting at range and concentrating on his defence. He could even have got through the fourth if he had have been sensible and not gone after a desperate KO which was never going to happen with his lack of power. Until he accepts his limitations and actually uses the tools he does have he will keep getting built up only to be knocked flat on his face against a crude opponent.

The crowd was perhaps a factor in this fight because Bute is a stay at home fighter who is not used to fighting outside of his comfort zone. It would not be enough of a factor in Canada to make a rematch worthwhile especially as Froch has traveled pretty well. Froch has fought five world champions in three different countries and was very competitive in all but one of those fights (the Ward bout would have been as one sided if it had have been held in Carl's garden). It's a mute point anyway as nobody ever invokes a rematch clause against a guy who gives you a career ending beating like Froch did. Froch will have another tear up against Kessler, this time in the UK.

The Red Lion in Withington normally show every championship game and will usually show two games if there is a clash. Normally a few foxes in there for Sky games as well, plus its the best pub in South Manchester (imo). Only a few stops on the 42/43 from Fallowfield too. If not there I'll watch them with friends, but as most of them support Manure (Irish not mancs coincidentally) or Cov I usually just get the p*** ripped out of me which isn't too fun.

Withington, Manchester. Home games when I'm not working and Northern away games for me.

Chrissy Weale song is the best song I have seen/heard for a Leicester player in ages!

Loving that AC 3rd kit. What are the sizes like on these????

I bought the Finals boxset in the sale and watching the old days made me anything but depressed.

I get on really well with winrar. Go to www.rarlab.com to download it for free.

I'm confused now.

I'm kipping in the shed for now.

Yes it really is that bad. Isn't this a safehouse?

The Cotterill thread has officially tipped me over the edge. I just don't think I can take it anymore.

The most obvious one springs to mind Montgomery Burns Sven-Goran Eriksson