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Post by realview on Nov 25, 2018 9:04:45 GMT
Tom Hilton: Hello ladies and gentlemen, I hope you are all having a great weekend and have been looking up the amazing action in the BBU this week.
This week was a little tour of Britain for the Marti's Maulers fighters, so that is the focus of this weeks show, these are the subjects of today's show: *Sydney Craven vs Lucy Fallon* *Danielle Harold vs Shona McGarty* *Jasmine Armfield vs Chantelle Houghton* And *Tilly Keeper vs Charlie Brooks*
In other quick news; the BBU PPV will be this Wednesday, keep an eye out for that with some exciting fights taking place.
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Post by realview on Nov 25, 2018 9:05:20 GMT
Part 1: Sydney Craven vs Lucy Fallon This was a fight I took great interest in, these are two women who deservedly been called future BBU stars as since their debuted they have been awesome and went undefeated so far.
Sydney and Lucy are both good technical boxers with a good punch, which considering they are both early twenties that power will grow.
It was also interesting to see that neither had any malice towards the other, plenty of respect was shown between the fighters as they discussed the fight and even on the night they were business with no wasted energy taunting.
The early action wasn't exactly exciting but was a show of defensive skills from both women, Lucy was better it has to be said as she changed up her style to a counter punching one and caught out Sydney several times to win the early rounds.
Lucy's counter punching allowed her to floor Sydney twice in the first 5 rounds shockingly, she couldn't find the drive to finish off Sydney though.
With a stunning sixth round seeing Sydney put down Lucy with a pinpoint uppercut that would take the legs out of most flyweights, it was a surprising turn of events that ended the fight with Lucy counted out.
Afterwards Sydney showed great sportsmanship to come over and help up Lucy, she even raised her opponent's hand to show you that the respect is genuine between the two.
This was the hardest test so far for Sydney, who I have to say showed the most mistakes she has in a fight, she took a long time to adapt to the counter punches of Lucy and can't expect to be bailed out by her powerful right.
As her coach Kara Tointon kept saying in the fight; Sydney needs to rely on her boxing skills to set up the big right hands, this was a step back in terms of performance but she proved her toughness and it'll be interesting to see how future opponents see her, maybe as vulnerable?
Lucy meanwhile showed a little too much respect to Sydney, I applaud respecting who you fight and she did box superbly but when she had Sydney hurt she didn't take the chance like she had in the past.
The main thing is neither should take this criticism too hard, I still see them becoming big stars around the league but I recommend both to watch videos of Cheryl Cole, Jenna Louise Coleman, Michelle Keegan and Samia Ghadie, they all have the tools that make a great fighter as they can box, brawl and have the killer instinct that makes them the best that Britain has ever seen in the celebrity boxing world.
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Post by realview on Nov 25, 2018 9:06:36 GMT
Part 2: Danielle Harold vs Shona McGarty Inter stable rivalries are always interesting to watch play out, if not nipped in the bud it can lead to massive tension and even fighting within stables, like Maria Ozawa and Emily Atack were rumored to have fought many times, with others I have heard about but can't give out details.
Anyway these two I heard had been arguing over who was the better fighter, giving snide comments in interviews when asked about the other.
So I'll give Tamzin Outhwaite for putting these two in the ring to prove who was right to our enjoyment as the fighters came off their starting blocks as if having rockets strapped to their backs.
Back and forth went the early action; Danielle was the better boxer compared to the powerful Shona, who was clearly hoping to bludgeon her rival into submission.
That was till Shona started to take control of the fight, using her power to knock Danielle onto the back foot, each time the blonde got into a groove McGraty would knock her out of it.
With a barrage of punches finishing off Danielle in round 7, the blonde was kissing the canvas flush knocked out as Shona certainly proved her point.
Going forwards I guess Shona will be pushed as the bantamweight queen, it'll be interesting to see if Danielle gives her trouble now or if the issue is sorted.
I think Danielle is a decent boxer but she needs to sort her head out in the ring, she kept getting caught because of her gung ho approach, if she slowed down and studied opponents more when she is in the ring then she would be a good fighter.
Shona meanwhile looked a little better but still has work to do on her boxing, she could make a great boxer puncher like Miguel Cotto if she practices on the basics a little more.
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Post by realview on Nov 25, 2018 9:07:35 GMT
Part 3: Jasmine Armfield vs Chantelle Houghton OK so I want to make clear that Jasmine is someone I have no clue about, I know you are all probably getting sick of me saying that about fighters but I want to be totally honest if I make an arse of speaking about her.
It's the same with Chantelle; who I do know of but couldn't tell you anything about them since ironically her ex or is he current partner Preston whatever he was called stormed off "Never Mind the Buzzcocks" I miss that show when it had Simon Amstell in it.
Sorry getting off topic! Anyway Jasmine won her debut and Chantelle after years of toiling is still looking to actually get on the board, so you can safely guess who the odds favoured.
The opening round was a plodding affair, they seemed afraid to open up which lead to them just trading single punches as they came near each other, if the round was anything to go by then they should go on Strictly Come Dancing, unless of course they have partners, just ask Katya Jones and Sean Walsh on that front.
Sorry off topic again! Any who Jasmin did open up in round 2, she honestly looked good as she boxed behind a crisp jab with combos flying in when she found openings.
It was the third round when Jasmine finished things off with a right cross crashing into the reality stars face and down she went like a sack of spuds.
This was a glorified sparring session for the youngster Jasmine, who I give a bye due to her being so young in her career, confidence is a big part of boxing, I mean nearly all the greats start off fighting bums, only a finite percentage to do a Lomachenko and nearly win a title in their first fight.
She did show some good technical skills, the issue of course comes when she has someone not playing the role of punchbag for the night, will she keep her head or lose it?
While Chantelle should think about retirement, unless she needs the fights she is better slinking off into the sunset where I guess people might remember her, my bet is they won't for the record.
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Post by realview on Nov 25, 2018 9:08:30 GMT
Final Part: Tilly Keeper vs Charlie Brooks See I know Charlie well, playing the Queen bytch of EastEnders kind of gives you a rep that people notice, even if they don't watch the show.
Tilly seems to be of a similar mould; which maybe I am misjudging her but her and Charlie were right into the thick of taunting each other.
I was told off my friend Georgie Thompson who was do play by play for BBU TV that Tilly has ballet training, hey if it is good enough for American footballers then I won't mock anyone doing it.
Seriously though it showed as she danced around the older, it has to be said more cumbersome Charlie, who seemly couldn't lay any real punches on the youngster.
I have to say watching at ringside that Tilly looked to be holding back somewhat, shocking to believe as she was landing some beautiful combinations, but didn't look to be pressing as hard as she could.
Round 4 saw that change as she simply butchered Charlie up the middle of her guard, smacking her face with a four punch combo that send Brooks to her back.
Tilly was rough to say the least with Charlie after the bell rung to end the fight, clearly they won't be exchanging numbers and being friends anytime soon.
On this performance Tilly looks good; I'd put her ahead of her stablemate Jasmine Armfield due to her going for the kill early in this fight, she looked impressive doing it too, though the same reservation on will she freeze when put against tougher opposition stands here too.
While Charlie is looking bad to say the least, at best I can say she landed glancing blows, realistically that is an overstatement as she looked to find thin air most of the time, against the older women in the BBU she might do well, against the rookies she is a fish out of water.
That's all we have time for folks; thank you to everyone who took the time to read this, hopefully you'll join us next Sunday for the next edition.
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