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Heavyweight Boxing

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    #2522
    alan partridge aha
    Registered Users Posts: 3,230 ✭✭✭alan partridge aha


    eagle eye wrote: »
    Katie clearly won three rounds, Persoon clearly won three rounds and there were four that were tight.
    I think a draw would have been fair. People calling it a robbery are going way ott.

    Robbery of the highest order, Belgian girl far more aggressive and dominant.


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    #2523
    brendanwalsh
    Registered Users Posts: 988 ✭✭✭brendanwalsh


    Boxing is rigged but Joe blogs doesn't care.
    Mammy and daddy will see on the news taylor won all the belts and sure the whole country will be delighted for her and all the Irish in America will keep buying her fights and she'll remain undefeated until hearne has another golden goose to cash in.
    Boxing is so predictable. Good scrap. Feel bad for the Belgian.
    Of course the taylor nut huggers won't admit she got battered cause she's ireland best sportsperson. LOL


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    #2524
    brendanwalsh
    Registered Users Posts: 988 ✭✭✭brendanwalsh


    Boxing is rigged but Joe blogs doesn't care.
    Mammy and daddy will see on the news taylor won all the belts and sure the whole country will be delighted for her and all the Irish in America will keep buying her fights and she'll remain undefeated until hearne has another golden goose to cash in.
    Boxing is so predictable. Good scrap. Feel bad for the Belgian.
    Of course the taylor nut huggers won't admit she got battered cause she's ireland best sportsperson. LOL


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    #2525
    kmart6
    Registered Users Posts: 15,172 ✭✭✭✭kmart6


    Hearn practically guaranteeing a rematch on BBC saying if there is any question over the result Taylor will want a rematch.


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    #2526
    brendanwalsh
    Registered Users Posts: 988 ✭✭✭brendanwalsh


    Boxing is rigged but Joe blogs doesn't care.
    Mammy and daddy will see on the news taylor won all the belts and sure the whole country will be delighted for her and all the Irish in America will keep buying her fights and she'll remain undefeated until hearne has another golden goose to cash in.
    Boxing is so predictable. Good scrap. Feel bad for the Belgian.
    Of course the taylor nut huggers won't admit she got battered cause she's ireland best sportsperson. LOL


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    #2527
    alan partridge aha
    Registered Users Posts: 3,230 ✭✭✭alan partridge aha


    eagle eye wrote: »
    Typical response from somebody who hasn't a clue.

    Carl Froch doesn't know either take the blinkers off.


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    #2528
    Woodsie1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 949 ✭✭✭Woodsie1


    alan partridge aha wrote: »
    Robbery of the highest order, Belgian girl far more aggressive and dominant.

    Hahahahahahaha.....
    Katie should have lost that very tight decision but your comment is braindead :pac:


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    #2529
    fonecrusher1
    Registered Users Posts: 5,700 ✭✭✭fonecrusher1


    Strazdas wrote: »
    It was very close and could easily have been a draw. Had Katie lost, she might have claimed herself she was robbed......when a fight is as close as that, the result can become a lottery

    It was close but not so close that I couldn't determine who finished the fight ahead. I had Persoon ahead at the finish. As did the pundits ringside. Well done Katie but this is bitter sweet.


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    #2530
    Blanco100
    Registered Users Posts: 1,933 ✭✭✭Blanco100


    Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »
    Sounded like the Rocky movie listening to it on the radio. I'd pay to see a rematch and I never expected I'd feel that way about a women's boxing bout.

    Its hard to watch I think, defence technique is very poor. The first girl who comes along who can really hit hard will make things very ugly for some of these girls, Katie included.

    Both girls shipped alot of punches. Pro boxing is very different to the amateurs.


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    #2531
    Strazdas
    Registered Users Posts: 18,630 ✭✭✭✭Strazdas


    alan partridge aha wrote: »
    Robbery of the highest order, Belgian girl far more aggressive and dominant.

    The complete clash of styles can have judges marking it different ways. Certainly, Persoon could have won it narrowly on another day but that's boxing for you. It was a very close fight.


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    #2532
    kona
    Registered Users Posts: 7,525 ✭✭✭kona


    Woodsie1 wrote: »
    Hahahahahahaha.....
    Katie should have lost that very tight decision but your comment is braindead :pac:

    Katie lost that fight because she was braindead.


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    #2533
    eagle eye
    Registered Users Posts: 38,388 ✭✭✭✭eagle eye


    alan partridge aha wrote:
    Carl Froch doesn't know either take the blinkers off.
    How many fights has he judged?


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    #2534
    Woodsie1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 949 ✭✭✭Woodsie1


    kona wrote: »
    Katie lost that fight because she was braindead.

    Couldnt agree more!


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    #2535
    applehunter
    Registered Users Posts: 6,034 ✭✭✭applehunter


    Women boxing is struggling for credibility and this did it no favours.


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    #2536
    alan partridge aha
    Registered Users Posts: 3,230 ✭✭✭alan partridge aha


    eagle eye wrote: »
    How many fights has he judged?

    Anyone could see that, what was your take


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    #2537
    goalie2
    Registered Users Posts: 296 ✭✭goalie2


    alan partridge aha wrote: »
    Absolutely disgusting decision that what's fu5ks boxing. She had the head beat off her.
    It was close I had it 6-4 for persson. Thant was Katie real wakeup to pro boxing.


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    #2538
    Strazdas
    Registered Users Posts: 18,630 ✭✭✭✭Strazdas


    fonecrusher1 wrote: »
    It was close but not so close that I couldn't determine who finished the fight ahead. I had Persoon ahead at the finish. As did the pundits ringside. Well done Katie but this is bitter sweet.

    C'est la vie. Many pundits had Taylor ahead in the fight she lost at the Olympics in in Rio 2016. If a fight is close or very close, there's always a big risk the scoring will go against you.


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    #2539
    uptherebels
    Registered Users Posts: 1,651 ✭✭✭uptherebels


    earthwormjack wrote: »
    When she wants to she can. There was a couple of rounds in there where Taylor absolutely embarrassed Persoon. Persoon was just relentless in coming forward.

    have to agree with this, if Katie had kept using her footwork and landing that hook and jab she would have cruised. No point in getting in a brawl with a brawler when you have the skills to avoid it.


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    #2540
    RicketyCricket
    Registered Users Posts: 732 ✭✭✭RicketyCricket


    alan partridge aha wrote: »
    Robbery of the highest order, Belgian girl far more aggressive and dominant.

    In the latter rounds yes, Katie was out on her feet. But the early rounds saw Katie through. Some fight. Those 2 women are as tough as nails.


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    #2541
    alan partridge aha
    Registered Users Posts: 3,230 ✭✭✭alan partridge aha


    Strazdas wrote: »
    C'est la vie. Many pundits had Taylor ahead in the fight she lost at the Olympics in in Rio 2016. If a fight is close or very close, there's always a big risk the scoring will go against you.

    But it wasn't close 6 4 against Taylor


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    #2542
    Wailin
    Registered Users Posts: 4,425 ✭✭✭Wailin


    brendanwalsh wrote: »
    Boxing is rigged but Joe blogs doesn't care.
    Mammy and daddy will see on the news taylor won all the belts and sure the whole country will be delighted for her and all the Irish in America will keep buying her fights and she'll remain undefeated until hearne has another golden goose to cash in.
    Boxing is so predictable. Good scrap. Feel bad for the Belgian.
    Of course the taylor nut huggers won't admit she got battered cause she's ireland best sportsperson. LOL

    Oh shut up Brendan.


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    #2543
    Blanco100
    Registered Users Posts: 1,933 ✭✭✭Blanco100


    lads Katie always fights this way. It wasnt under par. Longer fights against pressure fighters will make her look average unfortunately.

    She fights one way, theres very little variation or thought process. She gets into range and unloads quick flurries and gets out, often eating punches in the process. Rinse and repeat.

    She shouldnt move up she will get stopped


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    #2544
    alan partridge aha
    Registered Users Posts: 3,230 ✭✭✭alan partridge aha


    RicketyCricket wrote: »
    In the latter rounds yes, Katie was out on her feet. But the early rounds saw Katie through. Some fight. Those 2 women are as tough as nails.

    Well she lost the 2nd clearly


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    #2545
    theballz
    Registered Users Posts: 1,272 ✭✭✭theballz


    I had Katie winning that fight by 4 rounds. Don’t let the sky commentary team make you think any different. She was the better fighter


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    #2546
    uptherebels
    Registered Users Posts: 1,651 ✭✭✭uptherebels


    brendanwalsh wrote: »
    Boxing is rigged but Joe blogs doesn't care.
    Mammy and daddy will see on the news taylor won all the belts and sure the whole country will be delighted for her and all the Irish in America will keep buying her fights and she'll remain undefeated until hearne has another golden goose to cash in.
    Boxing is so predictable. Good scrap. Feel bad for the Belgian.
    Of course the taylor nut huggers won't admit she got battered cause she's ireland best sportsperson. LOL

    what metric are you using that katie got battered?


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    #2547
    kmart6
    Registered Users Posts: 15,172 ✭✭✭✭kmart6


    theballz wrote: »
    I had Katie winning that fight by 4 rounds. Don’t let the sky commentary team make you think any different. She was the better fighter
    The Sky team were fully on her side until the second half of the fight when Persoon was edging rounds and they saw how it was going.


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    #2548
    gilmour
    Registered Users Posts: 497 ✭✭gilmour


    kmart6 wrote: »
    Hearn practically guaranteeing a rematch on BBC saying if there is any question over the result Taylor will want a rematch.


    Like **** he'll sign off on that rematch :D

    Standing straight up in the firing line after landing and then bullied like a child on the inside and in the clinch. She was lucky to hear the final bell, out on her feet.

    Serious stamina and chin on Persoon, reminded me of Margarito v Cotto I the way she was walking through everything Katie landed on her.


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    #2549
    Blanco100
    Registered Users Posts: 1,933 ✭✭✭Blanco100


    uptherebels wrote: »
    have to agree with this, if Katie had kept using her footwork and landing that hook and jab she would have cruised. No point in getting in a brawl with a brawler when you have the skills to avoid it.

    Does she though?

    Even as an amateur she suffered some scares with often crude pressure fighters.

    Ive yet to see a flawless pro performance from her where she controls the ring and uses a variation of punches.


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    #2550
    PsychoPete
    Registered Users Posts: 8,862 ✭✭✭PsychoPete


    This won't last much longer by the looks of it


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    #2551
    Strazdas
    Registered Users Posts: 18,630 ✭✭✭✭Strazdas


    RicketyCricket wrote: »
    In the latter rounds yes, Katie was out on her feet. But the early rounds saw Katie through. Some fight. Those 2 women are as tough as nails.

    I think people are ignoring the very good work Taylor put in in the early rounds.

    She may well have 'lost' the fight overall certainly and she won't be happy with that performance. But we could just as easily have been talking about a scenario tonight where the Sky pundits all convinced themselves Taylor won narrowly and then the decision goes to Persoon. Once you have a very close fight, the result can become a bit of a lottery.


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