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**SKELTON FALLS SHORT**Heavy by T_J (U7725783) 19 January 2008  Just want to say a massive well done to Matt skelton for making this fight a very difficult one for chegaev. The first few rounds really made Chegaev uncomfortable, and the phrase "Skelton has the ability to make any boxer look bad", really started to materialise. I mean matt skelton was a HUGE underdog and i believed the skill gap was just to much, but the guy gave it his all and did alot better then i expected. I was a bit dissapointed with two of the judges scores but with Matt fighting in germany, we all expected it. Latest 10 commentsRead members' comments or add your own
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RobVilla (U2218243) posted Jan 21, 2008 Well done Skelton. So many other heavyweight Brits have bottled big style in their title fights. Least he tried.
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Toe2Toe (U6288427) posted Jan 21, 2008 Any fighter deserves respect for getting into the ring and giving his best.
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alphawarlock (U10864034) posted Jan 21, 2008 Skelton should be commended not condemed heck he only started boxing a short time ago at an age when most have already been beaten, battered and suffered severe head trauma. I say back to the gym work the bags do a little running and pull a Foreman on them all.
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johndem (U6948096) posted Jan 22, 2008 Sorry, but the holding for Skelton all match long was a joke.
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BOLTEASER (U10861444) posted Jan 22, 2008 Kinda reminds me of tyson bruno 1. There was an aweful lot of clinching there. Anyone see the felix trinidad Jones Junior, now that was boxing!
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Craig Currans Right Peg (CCRP) (U7079254) posted Jan 22, 2008 A valiant effort but skeltons lack of boxing skill was clearlt evident.He is not polished enough at world level to trouble the best.Any clean hitting counter puncher and the fight would of been stopped around round 10.
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The Happy Giraffe (U1665797) posted Jan 23, 2008 Matt Skelton seems like a nice guy but is absolutely awful to watch. Holds and grabs and doesnt even have a knockout punch. Cant believe the Setanta commentator thought it was close going into the last round!!!!!!
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bazza001 (U1936072) posted Jan 23, 2008 The fact that we can even have a debate about this fight is a sad indictment of the whole heavyweight division right now. There hasn't been a decent heavyweight fight since the 90s with Holyfield, Tyson and Lewis in their prime.
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eldo_d (U7555901) posted Jan 28, 2008 skelton has to be one of the worst fighters ive ever seen. Comment on this article |
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