Boxing News – July 04, 2019

NO doubt you will receive many
emails about Ohara Davies’
controversial victory over Miguel
Vazquez on the MTK promotion at
York Hall. Whatever the reason for the
decision, I hope it won’t overshadow
the fact that this was a great show, with
several entertaining fights on the bill. I
have no knowledge of the ins and outs
of broadcasting and the business behind
it, however, perhaps the mainstream
broadcasters could start to stream/
televise some cards like this one. It
doesn’t have to be shown live necessarily

• a great concept would be a weekly
  round-up show similar to football’s
  Match of the Day or Rugby League’s Boots
  ‘N’ All. A special mention must go to
  Daniel Egbunike and Martin McDonagh
  who engaged in a great fight.
  Jamie Ingleby

SO MUCH WENT WRONG
I HAVE been a referee since 1993. I run
a boxing club and I boxed myself as
a senior for 20 years. I just wanted to
give my view on Anthony Joshua’s loss

to Andy Ruiz Jnr last month. A lot of

disruptive things happened to Joshua

in the build-up to the fight. His original

opponent, Jarrell Miller, failed three drug

tests, then there were various rumours

about who was going to replace him,

until Ruiz – a better fighter than Miller –

was finally brought in. So after training

for a fight with Miller, Joshua had to

switch things up to focus on Ruiz. It’s

easy to forget that Joshua hasn’t had a

huge amount of fights as a professional

and he’s still essentially learning his trade.

So much went wrong for Joshua, and

the way he was acting both immediately

before and during the fight makes you

think that he could possibly have been

suffering from concussion, although this

has not been proved.

Jack Wilson MBE

TOUGH TO SCORE

ALONG with many other armchair fans, I

do like to score TV fights round by round

while making a determined effort not

to be influenced by the commentators.

Midway through the Josh Warrington-Kid

Galahad IBF featherweight title bout, I

abandoned my scorecard in frustration

at my own indecision. There was so little

clear-cut action that I quite simply found

it impossible to reach a conclusion as to

who was prevailing in the rounds. My

overall feeling at the final bell was that

Galahad had not done enough to wrest

the title away from the holder, and two

of the officials agreed with me. The three

scoring judges did not have the luxury

of abandoning their cards and they

therefore have my utmost respect.

David Hibbert

NOT IMPRESSED

I READ with interest your interview with

Jarrell Miller ( June 20 issue) and his

denials about cheating didn’t surprise

me one bit! In my opinion, the guy

is a drug cheat, plain and simple. He

failed multiple tests and got a paltry

punishment, yet is now somehow being

talked about as a potential foe for Tyson

Fury, if rumours are to be believed.

Boxing needs to ban all drug cheats!

Owen Hollifield

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UNFORTUNATE:
Many observers
believe Vazquez
deserved to get
the decision over
Davies
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