By Scott Gilfoid: If you watched heavyweight prospect Andrew “Freddie” Flintoff (1-0) make his pro debut last night against Richard Dawson (2-1, 1 KO’s) in Manchester you’re probably wondering about why Dawson failed to go after Flintoff after knocking him down with a sharp left hand in the 2nd round. I’ve seen the fight now four times and I still can’t understand why Dawson didn’t throw any punches after knocking Flintoff down.
Normally a fighter goes after an opponent once they’ve got them down on the canvas, but not Dawson. He didn’t throw many shots before the knockdown, but after the knockdown it was like water being turned off on a faucet. Dawson stopped throwing almost entirely, and I’m still wondering what happened with the guy?
Did Dawson get injured from throwing that one punch? Was he tired from the exertion of throwing that one shot? Dawson would waive his arms around from time to time after the knockdown, but there wasn’t a real effort put in by him to finish off Flintoff. I don’t understand. I’ve seen fighters with little experience and ability before, but they usually try to go after their opponents in some way when they get them hurt. They don’t just stop throwing punches once they get them on the deck like Dawson did.
I thought the fight was horrible to watch, but it got even worse after the knockdown occurred because Dawson never even tried to go after a guy that was there for the taking. Dawson looked like he could have finished Flintoff at that moment but didn’t pull the trigger on his shots and he didn’t look tired to me.
Flintoff was not impressive at all to me. I know he’s new to the sport and has a long ways to go before he reaches whatever level he’s searching for, but he looked skinny and weak to me. There wasn’t anything there as far as I can tell for him to be even bothering. I’m kind of surprised that the fight was even televised because Flintoff is so far behind other more talented prospects that it’s not even funny. It’s actually kind of sad because Flintoff’s fight was televised, whereas a lot of other guys that have some ability don’t always get their fights shown.
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