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Post by yellowsnowman on Jul 20, 2024 22:22:21 GMT
Nice got it even! Oh hes just gone down!
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Post by stokiejoe89 on Jul 20, 2024 22:23:05 GMT
That was coming..from the 11th round Pauls was battering him again.
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Post by maninasuitcase on Jul 20, 2024 22:23:46 GMT
Game over.
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Post by cokecystfit on Jul 20, 2024 22:27:29 GMT
Unlucky. Just caught with too many good shots in the end. Done us proud again as ever
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Post by benjaminbiscuit on Jul 20, 2024 22:27:55 GMT
Very very proud of nathan going out fighting a credit to himself his family and city Please now it a day it's been a great ride and head held high
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Post by likelyladgalizmo on Jul 20, 2024 22:33:26 GMT
Great fight but Heaney never shaked the Cornish lads hand. Paul's was a beast.
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Post by st3mark on Jul 20, 2024 22:43:40 GMT
Even without that last knock down I thought he lost it.
Wouldn't have had him down by 5 rounds like one of the judges did though.
Shame because he will probably have to call it a day now, its hard to stay relevant in that weight division once you've lost the belt.
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Post by RF10 on Jul 20, 2024 22:47:28 GMT
Great fight but Heaney never shaked the Cornish lads hand. Paul's was a beast. I think that's extremely unfair after taking a beating at the end there. It's not a game of chess. They've just spent a length of time together in dressing room chatting and all is good.
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Post by RF10 on Jul 20, 2024 22:49:22 GMT
Even without that last knock down I thought he lost it. Wouldn't have had him down by 5 rounds like one of the judges did though. Shame because he will probably have to call it a day now, its hard to stay relevant in that weight division once you've lost the belt. He never seemed to recover from the 4th Round and that gave Brad even more belief he could hurt Nathan. Although he won rounds after he didn't have to power to hurt which he struggling with.
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Post by LGH87 on Jul 20, 2024 22:49:26 GMT
Been to both fights
Absolute wars both of them but Paul’s won the first and was comfortably in front tonight before the final round.
Nothing taken away from nathan though but he just hasn’t got the power.
Hopefully he gets a swan song at the Brit next summer
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Post by Block 26 on Jul 20, 2024 22:53:14 GMT
Paul’s has got a bit of everything where as nath lacks the power for me.
After the last fight I knew that Paul’s would come on strong the longer the fight went on. Nath did us all proud as usual though.
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Post by baconburger on Jul 21, 2024 9:03:30 GMT
Great fight but Heaney never shaked the Cornish lads hand. Paul's was a beast. Didn’t think he was being unsportsmanlike. I think there was just a medical concern about him. He still didn’t look steady on his legs as he walked from the ring and Woodvine his trainer was doing the congratulations being gracious. A bit of an unfair take on things for me. He should call it a day now, I think he’s achieved everything he’s going to and hopefully made enough money doing it.
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Post by Mr_DaftBurger on Jul 21, 2024 9:36:56 GMT
Great fight but Heaney never shaked the Cornish lads hand. Paul's was a beast. Didn’t think he was being unsportsmanlike. I think there was just a medical concern about him. He still didn’t look steady on his legs as he walked from the ring and Woodvine his trainer was doing the congratulations being gracious. A bit of an unfair take on things for me. Exactly this, even a bloke from Paul's corner turned Paul away from going over to Nathan. Seems like some can't wait to stick the boot in! 😞
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Post by Trouserdog on Jul 21, 2024 9:47:32 GMT
Even without that last knock down I thought he lost it. Wouldn't have had him down by 5 rounds like one of the judges did though. Shame because he will probably have to call it a day now, its hard to stay relevant in that weight division once you've lost the belt. At 35 he might want a few more years in the sport though- got to earn a living and all that. He'll still shift a few tickets with Stokies even if title fights don't happen anymore.
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Post by baconburger on Jul 21, 2024 9:51:18 GMT
Didn’t think he was being unsportsmanlike. I think there was just a medical concern about him. He still didn’t look steady on his legs as he walked from the ring and Woodvine his trainer was doing the congratulations being gracious. A bit of an unfair take on things for me. Exactly this, even a bloke from Paul's corner turned Paul away from going over to Nathan. Seems like some can't wait to stick the boot in! 😞 Yeah he wasn’t even in a fit state to go to the ref when he held up Paul’s hand as the winner. Took a lot of heavy shots at the end the doctor was with him in the ring for a good while. It’s serious shit with possibly dire consequences. I do enjoy the sport but the damage that can be caused is not to be trivialised .
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Post by baconburger on Jul 21, 2024 9:54:13 GMT
Even without that last knock down I thought he lost it. Wouldn't have had him down by 5 rounds like one of the judges did though. Shame because he will probably have to call it a day now, its hard to stay relevant in that weight division once you've lost the belt. At 35 he might want a few more years in the sport though- got to earn a living and all that. He'll still shift a few tickets with Stokies even if title fights don't happen anymore. Depends what he’s made from his exploits so far I suppose. Hopefully enough to have a nice life.
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Post by Bera’s Beano on Jul 21, 2024 10:53:48 GMT
Experts at the end were suggesting Nathan’s only logical next move is to go up in weight class. For me I think that’s a difficult idea to get behind.
He struggled for power in his current weight so I think going up he might get blown away by power from bigger fighters. Still a fantastic journey he’s been on and I’m sure he won’t be giving it up just yet.
Pauls probably edged the first fight in fairness and once he decided to push in close it was always going 1 way.
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Post by stokiejoe89 on Jul 21, 2024 10:57:39 GMT
Experts at the end were suggesting Nathan’s only logical next move is to go up in weight class. For me I think that’s a difficult idea to get behind. He struggled for power in his current weight so I think going up he might get blown away by power from bigger fighters. Still a fantastic journey he’s been on and I’m sure he won’t be giving it up just yet. Pauls probably edged the first fight in fairness and once he decided to push in close it was always going 1 way. Yeah the lack of power Nathan has means he can only go so far. He did brilliant to get to the level he did. But to go to that next level in boxing you need knockout power and he sadly doesn't have that. Pauls knew he wasn't going get hurt by Nathan so he got close and was more free and ultimately that is what won him the fight.
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Post by baconburger on Jul 21, 2024 11:23:00 GMT
Experts at the end were suggesting Nathan’s only logical next move is to go up in weight class. For me I think that’s a difficult idea to get behind.
He struggled for power in his current weight so I think going up he might get blown away by power from bigger fighters. Still a fantastic journey he’s been on and I’m sure he won’t be giving it up just yet. Pauls probably edged the first fight in fairness and once he decided to push in close it was always going 1 way. Definitely with you on the logic there Super Middles would have way too heavy hands for him.
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Post by callas12 on Jul 21, 2024 11:48:48 GMT
Unfortunately & unknowingly, the tickets I'd purchased for last nights fight were amongst the Cornish contingent!
To be fair they were quite noisy and passionate in support of their man Paul's from the outset and despite them knowing that we (6 of us) were clearly supporting Heaney they remained gracious but 'playful' throughout.
Was funny at one point when one of their lads was getting a touch over zealous at one stage towards us, but his Missus sat next to him quickly pulled him back in line and he was fine & on best behaviour afterwards 😉🤣..
Despite the rather abrupt ending to the fight and the Cornish lot clearly celebrating their man Paul's achievements they were all gracious in victory and shook our hands as we were about to leave & all commented that it had been another great fight & that Heaney was a tough opponent.
They were clearly giving the massed ranks of Stokies dogs abuse as a whole in a footy banter type way, but were fine with us on a personal level & fair play to their sportsmanship for that.
We were actually sat behind the 'Cornish Troll' that Nath referred to in his pre fight post interview which was quite an experience. To be fair he was full of admiration for Nath & stated that despite being born and bred in the South West that he had even big a follower of Nath prior to his match ups with Paul's. He thinks Nath engaged with him because of this as he had followed him for such a long time previous. But what this lad couldn't get his head around was why Nath called him out when he did. This made the Cornish lad think he'd got into Naths head somewhat pre-fight despite blocking all the other so called 'Cornish Trolls' which I tended to agree with. Was suprised Nath had mentioned this pre-fight & it was clear this particular 'Cornish Troll' was successfully despite quite commically winding him up!
Fair play to the Cornish fans though, clearly outnumbered but very noisy and passionate in support of their guy Paul's.
Whilst chatting to them pre fight it was interesting to footy chat as they were all Plymouth Argyle fans (who else is there for them to support down that way on?!) and they were all still full of praise and admiration for Shuey & gutted he'd left them. They all stated that once he manages to assemble his own squad he'll do really well for us.
Was absolutely gutted for Nath last night on leaving the arena. Nath had fought like a Lion and as he promised left everything and more besides in the ring. For Nath it's never been about the big bucks or the stardom, he wanted to make his dad proud & do well for his City & it's people which he has most certainly done. Boxing at the Bet365, his one main ambition now possibly and most likely hanging in the balance will I'm sure be one of the toughest things for him to contemplate now going forwards.
Guessing Nath will rightfully need some time out to recover from the devastation of this defeat, mentally as much as physically. Whatever Nath decides on going forwards, he'll have the full backing & support of his passionate fan base I've no doubts. Nath, You've done yourself, your family and your city proud, 'We'll Be With You' ⚪️🔴⚪️
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