WelshDevilRob Posted October 9, 2010 Share Posted October 9, 2010 Round by Round: Prizefighter The Heavyweights Prizefighter Heavyweights IV is a sell out - 06/10/2010 Prizefighter Heavyweights IV at York Hall, Bethnal Green on Saturday October 9 is a complete sell out. All tickets for the 14th edition of Barry Hearn’s eight-man, one night tournaments have now been snapped up and there will be no tickets on the door for the show. Fans that have missed out can catch all the action live on Sky Sports from 8pm and should stay tuned to the Prizefighter website as promoters Matchroom Sport will be announcing the next event soon. http://www.theprizefighterseries.com/images/articles/318_1_l.jpg Which one of these fighters will lift the trophy in front of a sold out York Hall? Tonight on Sky Sports 2 from 9.30pm is Prizefighter – No Guts, No Glory – a countdown of the top ten moments from the first two series of Prizefighter, the perfect way to whet your appetite for what promises to be another breathless night of action from York Hall. Former European, Commonwealth, British and English champion Matt Skelton opens the action against Londoner Ali Adams. The victor in that fight faces the winner of the second bout of the night between Kevin McBride, the Irishman who was the last fighter to beat Mike Tyson and Franklin Egobi, the Tooting fighter. The third quarter-final pits Michael Sprott against Danny Hughes for the right to face either unbeaten Irishman Declan Timlin or Shane McPhilbin, the 24 year-old Nottingham boxer fighting for the fourth time in his career. To watch this show tonight click on the link below and enjoy! http://budweiserboxing.forumcircle.com/viewtopic.php?t=6243 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WelshDevilRob Posted October 9, 2010 Author Share Posted October 9, 2010 Caitlin and Emma win Zoo Prizefighter ring girls comp! - 08/10/2010 TODAY'S weigh-in live on Sky Sports News from 3pm The search for our Prizefighter ring card girls is over! Models Caitlin Boxwell and Emma Watts are the lucky winners and they will make their first appearance at York Hall, Bethnal Green at the Heavyweights IV tomorrow night. The two 20 year-old’s won a public vote on Zoo Magazine’s website after the initial flood of applications was whittled down to six. Boxwell and Watts were the most popular and they will appear in the next six Prizefighter events. http://www.zootoday.com/pub/21publish/g/girls/Caitlin-Boxwell-Topless_1.jpg Both girls have worked with Zoo magazine and various other promotional activities, but they cannot wait to get in front of the Sky Sports cameras in Saturday’s sold out night. To check out the winners visit: http://www.zootoday.com/girls/archive/2010/09/21/in-bed-with-emma-watts.htm and http://www.zootoday.com/girls/archive/2010/08/18/in-bed-with-caitlin-boxwell.htm “I’m really excited about it – I love to watch boxing so I cannot wait to get a taste of it up close!” said Caitlin, from Staffordshire. “I’ve done some ring card work before but smaller local shows so Prizefighter is going to be great.” “It’s going to be such a good night and I’m definitely going to enjoy every minute of it,” said Emma, from Leicester. “I’ve just signed to model agency Girl Management so this has come at a great time for me!” Before the girls get to strut their stuff on Saturday, the fighters today go through the weigh-in, which will be broadcast live on Sky Sports News from 3pm. PRIZEFIGHTER HEAVYWEIGHTS IV DRAW Matt Skelton v Ali Adams Kevin McBride v Franklin Egobi Michael Sprott v Danny Hughes Declan Timlin v Shane McPhilbin Bet your Bud coins in the betting section on the fights and overall winner here: http://budweiserboxing.forumcircle.com/viewtopic.php?t=6254 To watch this show tonight click on the link below and enjoy! http://budweiserboxing.forumcircle.com/viewtopic.php?t=6243 Please post your Predictions and thoughts on the actionb in this topic. time// Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_budweiser Posted October 9, 2010 Share Posted October 9, 2010 bunch of slappers, no place in boxing for them . get the young kids in doing the round by round gaining bit of experience for when they make the step up and pay there boxing clubs the money, alot of gym out there are in some mess. invest in boxing instead of some slappers make up account. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WelshDevilRob Posted October 9, 2010 Author Share Posted October 9, 2010 Prizefighter returns tonight by Graham Houston On Saturday we have the fourth installment of Prizefighter: The Heavyweights, with Sky Sports televising from east London’s atmospheric York Hall. Veterans Matt Skelton and Michael Sprott are the joint favourites but anything can happen in this event, with its three-round format. Here’s a look at the quarterfinals. MATT SKELTON vs ALI ADAMS Former European champion Skelton is 43 but he’s been stopped in three of his last four fights and his punches looked slow and laboured in his last fight when he chopped down trial horse Lee Swaby in the fifth round. Adams, 29, was born in Iraq, moved to Britain as a teenager to study and work and has been doing quite well with his boxing, winning eight and drawing one of his last nine fights although the longest he has been is six two-minute rounds. Sometimes, Prizefighter isn’t so much about experience and ability but who can get off quickest and throw more punches for three rounds. Loveable old warhorse Skelton is probably the sentimental favourite but Adams hasn’t had an easy life, working long hours for low wages while studying in the UK, and he has persevered with his boxing — he is the type of young man one would like to see do well. Adams has a well-regarded trainer in Johnny Eames, physically he is the most impressively built of the Prizefighter contestants, and although he is stepping up hugely in class he has a useful left jab and says he has been working on speed. In a three-rounder, I give him a chance of upsetting the odds against the more experienced but 14-years-older Skelton. KEVIN McBRIDE vs FRANKLIN EGOBI McBride turned professional 18 years ago in the UK and the big Boston-based Irishman returns to familiar territory to try his hand at Prizefighter. I’m not sure how serious McBride is about his boxing these days. He is 37 and has boxed once in the past three years, when he was well beaten on points by the much smaller journeyman Zack Page. McBride has now lost three in a row, two by stoppage — and his last win was more than six years ago. He did, of course, belabour what little was left of Mike Tyson five years ago, and McBride had a 39-year-old Andrew Golota looking awfully wobbly in the first round of their fight at Madison Square Garden in 2007 before running out of steam to be stopped in the sixth. Egobi, 34, is a Nigerian who lives in south London and he once looked like a decent prospect, winning 12 successive bouts in South Africa only to lose his way when he moved to the UK — he has lost three of his last six fights, all on points, and on Saturday he will be boxing for the first time in two years. It is tempting to pick Egobi to upset the odds against McBride but in his last fight The Nigerian boxer lost to Edgar Kalnars, a Latvian who has been stopped 16 times, which includes six first-round collapses. Admittedly Egobi’s loss to Kalnars was on his opponent’s home ground in Latvia, but you have to wonder about a boxer who couldn’t get a W against an opponent of such lowly status. Still, Egobi has lost only once in the UK, when he was outpointed by the 6ft 5ins Chris Burton, undefeated at the time and subsequently a Prizefighter semifinalist. On paper, McBride should win, but I see this as an “anything can happen” fight. MICHAEL SPROTT vs DANNY HUGHES Co-favourite to win the tournament, 35-year-old Sprott ironically boxed better than he has in years only to get caught and knocked out by Audley Harrison in the final round in his last fight. Sprott has boxed at a high level and although twice a loser to Matt Skelton (a last-round knockout in 2004, then a defeat by majority decision in a dreary rematch three years ago) he is arguably in better form than his old rival. On paper, Sprott should be able to defeat the far less experienced Hughes, a 6ft 5ins boxer from the north east of England. Hughes’s only loss was on points to Harrison in the last Prizefighter heavyweight tournament, but in his last bout he could only manage to get a draw with a much smaller opponent who had boxed just three times professionally. Still, Hughes won the first round on two judges’ cards against Harrison. If Hughes can do the same against Sprott, and then fight well enough to be competitive in the next couple of rounds, he will give himself a chance of scrambling to a decision in the three-rounder. DECLAN TIMLIN vs SHANE McPHILBIN The oddsmakers in the UK have made Timlin the favourite but this is a typical Prizefighter bout that, to me, could go either way. Timlin, from Ireland, is unbeaten but has had spells of inactivity in a stop-and-go career. McPhilbin had something of an amateur background although Tyson Fury was too big and strong for him in the English championships semi-finals. Timlin looks more of the “fighter” type, McPhilbin more of a stand-up boxer. McPhilbin has boxed just three times as a professional, losing once, worryingly, to an opponent who had never boxed professionally and hasn’t boxed since. Still, McPhilbin did stop his last opponent. Some of the British pundits have been talking up Timlin but, to me, this looks an even-money bout. Full previews of Skelton-Adams; Timlin-McPhilbin are now available in the subscribers’ section. I will also take a stab at picking the Prizefighter outright winner in the subscribers’ section at fightwriter.com. 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Brick Top Posted October 9, 2010 Share Posted October 9, 2010 bunch of slappers, no place in boxing for them . get the young kids in doing the round by round gaining bit of experience for when they make the step up and pay there boxing clubs the money, alot of gym out there are in some mess. invest in boxing instead of some slappers make up account. speak for your self!!! Theyre the highlight of the night at live events mlol/ usually get the best reception too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brick Top Posted October 9, 2010 Share Posted October 9, 2010 Sprotts my pick for tonight outright Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WelshDevilRob Posted October 9, 2010 Author Share Posted October 9, 2010 Steve Bunce Previews PrizeFighter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WelshDevilRob Posted October 9, 2010 Author Share Posted October 9, 2010 Sprotts my pick for tonight outright Yeah, I've gone for Sprott aswell. Think Skelton is too past it. Listening to the Billy C TalkinBoxing Show and Billy was tipping Declan Timlin as a good outside bet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAZZ-MCFC Posted October 9, 2010 Share Posted October 9, 2010 i've gone with Sprott also Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheelchair Posted October 9, 2010 Share Posted October 9, 2010 TBH, I have no idea who is going to win this. Both Sprott and Skelton are a class above the other protagonists, but both have seen better days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WelshDevilRob Posted October 9, 2010 Author Share Posted October 9, 2010 Show is on now live. Watch here http://budweiserboxing.forumcircle.com/viewtopic.php?t=6243 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brooklynbrawler Posted October 9, 2010 Share Posted October 9, 2010 I reckon Skelton is getting knocked out tonight... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brooklynbrawler Posted October 9, 2010 Share Posted October 9, 2010 Skelton's taken a messy first round vs Ali Adams anyway. Adams hasn't offered much at all, and took to running and spoiling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WelshDevilRob Posted October 9, 2010 Author Share Posted October 9, 2010 Ali Adams vs Matt Skelton Adams in great shame but out muscled by the more experienced bruiser Skelton in the 1st round Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheelchair Posted October 9, 2010 Share Posted October 9, 2010 Adams looks like he wants to make love to Skelton rather than fight him, he's just hug, hold, hug. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brooklynbrawler Posted October 9, 2010 Share Posted October 9, 2010 More of the same in round 2, a slightly better round with a few clean punches, but still a pretty dirty fight, with Adams doing plenty of hugging and running again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brooklynbrawler Posted October 9, 2010 Share Posted October 9, 2010 Round 3 - Adams throwing a few bombs from range, but landing nothing meaningful. Skelton has this in the bag 3 rounds to 0. Skelton is a messy fighter, and he was the main guy making the fight as bad to watch as it was, although Adams jogging round the ring didn't help either. Still don't fancy Skelton to win Prizefighter, but he's got this fight nailed at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheelchair Posted October 9, 2010 Share Posted October 9, 2010 Dreadful opening fight. yawn// Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brooklynbrawler Posted October 9, 2010 Share Posted October 9, 2010 30-27, 30-27, 29-28... Don't know where one judge found a round for Adams from, but still. An easy victory for Skelton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WelshDevilRob Posted October 9, 2010 Author Share Posted October 9, 2010 All Matt Skelton. I gave him all 3 rounds. Big experience gap showed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brooklynbrawler Posted October 9, 2010 Share Posted October 9, 2010 Is it just me or does McBride's speech seem a bit slurred? Think he's taken one too many beatdowns... He's fairly out of shape too! I fancied him to beat Skelton and win this fight, but not so sure now :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheelchair Posted October 9, 2010 Share Posted October 9, 2010 McBride sounds very punchy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brooklynbrawler Posted October 9, 2010 Share Posted October 9, 2010 A better second fight at least... McBride with a tight defence...slow, but accurate. Egobi with more speed, and athleticism, but seeming wary of McBride's power. I slightly favoured McBride in that round but it could easily have gone either way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheelchair Posted October 9, 2010 Share Posted October 9, 2010 McBride is a turd in trunks. Way out of shape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brooklynbrawler Posted October 9, 2010 Share Posted October 9, 2010 McBride with a nice land, but Egobi edging the rest of the round for me. You're right about McBride's condition anyway, my grandad is in better shape than this guy. I've gone against the commentators, they went the other way, so it could end up being close or a SD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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