David Price retained his Lonsdale belt and Commonwealth Title at Aintree Racecourse, And in the process remained Unbeaten as Matt Skelton was Counted -out with a 2nd round Stoppage. Skelton couldn`t deal with the Power and boxing craft of the Liverpudlian in the 1 and bit rounds that happened.
1st round Skelton came straight at Price which as Price admitted afterwards Surprised him with the tactic, but Price weather it and had a few punches connect in succession and Matt Skelton raised his arms as if to use the Universial action "Didn`t hurt me at all".
2nd round Price then caught Skelton with a jab leading to the Crushing and bruising body shot which hurt him and tried to cover up, as he was on the ropes literally. Price finished him off with a flurry of punches and Skelton couldn`t carry on and took a knee and his Corner threw the towel in, which the ref didn`t see but the referee counted him out as he knew he was trouble.
So with Skelton successful career coming a close, David Price career seems to be flourishing and looking the real deal at Heavyweight Division at the moment. He is lined up to fight a TOP Unknown American fighter in the U.S February time. And should both fighter come through their fights, then that would lead to a possible fight against Bitter Rival and fellow Unbeaten fighter Tyson Fury in the Summer sometime.
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Meanwhile at the Manchester Arena, Freddie Flintoff made his Boxing debut against American Boxer Richard Dawson in a 4 ,2 min Rounds. A big crowd witnessed Flintoff win on points against the Oklahoma fighter, Flintoff boxing ability will hardly have the Klitschko brothers running scared.
As he spent most of the fight trying to find a big shot to send the America on the mat, He caught Dawson with some good jabs, and when he used the basic skills taught by Father & Son Trainers Shane and Barry Mcguigan. he looked abit compentant with the quick jabs before getting giddy and trying to hit him with a Knockout punch. His punches bordered on slapping more than proper punches thrown by Professional boxers.
He had the fans backing in the fight and Dawson wasn`t exactly a the most mobile of fighters. But he took his shots that was decent very well. 2nd round things didn`t go to script as when he came forward swinging away as he was off balance and moving back, Dawson caught him on Chin and Freddie hit the Canvas.
That seemed to possibly put an end to his 1st win, as he did look abit unsteady when the Standing 8 Count was given. He got through the round and was given instructions by his Corner to just use the Jab and be sensible. He came and still had rush of blood to the head though he did a great combo in the final round and at point he may have had in serious trouble if he better Boxing skills.
But the end of the 4th round came and so we went to the Judge Scorecard and had it 39-38 in favour to the ex-England Fast Bowler and has a record of 1-0-0!
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