Liam Walsh

Liam Walsh: Britain’s most underrated fighter?

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By Gav Duthie: Liam ‘Destiny’ Walsh 21-0 (14) proved he is more than ready for a world title shot after a dominant performance against former world title challenger Andrey Klimov 19-3 (9). Whether Walsh was attacking or defending, orthodox or southpaw he was completely in control over his rugged Russian/American opponent over all 12 rounds. Klimov was a great yardstick fight as he had only previously lost to top fighters Terrence Crawford and Jose Pedraza but Walsh did just as good a job as these superstars before him. Britain has 13 world champions at present but I would honestly say that he is one of the UK’s top 10 fighters.

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A Look Back On Last Weeks Boxing

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fury54By Shane Newsome: With a heavy schedule of fights on both sides of the pond its easy for a fight or a whole fight card to have been missed by a casual boxing fan recently and could be forgiven, and if this is the site you use for all you boxing news (which for a lot of people that may be the case) then its too easy to get drawn in by a bias writers opinion of a fight.

Starting in Blackpool, Lancashire, UK and the main event on this card between Brian Rose (23-1-1) and Joachim Alcine (33-4-1) here was a case of a European level fighter in Brian Rose attempting to begin to build a bridge towards world level and for this he picked a once formidable opponent in former WBA Light-Middleweight Champion Joachim Alcine, Rose acquitted himself well in a relatively uneventful (in comparison to the other fights on the night) fight and walked away with a win via a 12th round TKO.

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Scott Harrison: Does he sill have a future?

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harrison3243By Stevie Ocallaghan: After a tough and grueling fight for the WBO European lightweight title between defending champ Liam Walsh and Scott Harrison, you have to ask the question if Harrison still has it? I think he does.

Liam Walsh at 26 and with a perfect record of 14 wins from 14 fights is a very talented young fighter. Better than I actually thought he was and with a stoppage record of 71%, he can punch as well, but Harrison took all of it and kept coming back with Walsh even admitting he wouldn’t have liked to have fought the rugged Harrison ten years previous.

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Ricky Burns looking for an opponent after Liam Walsh suffers back injury

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Image: Ricky Burns looking for an opponent after Liam Walsh suffers back injuryBy Scott Gilfoid: Here’s the bad news: Fringe lightweight contender Liam Walsh (13-0, 10 KO’s) has suffered a bad back injury in an automobile accident and won’t be able to challenge WBO lightweight champion Ricky Burns (35-2, 10 KO’s) in an all Brit match-up that was looked upon by many boxing fans as a TERRIBLE mismatch on December 15th. Now the good news. It probably won’t be hard to find a much better opponent than Walsh to face Burns on 12/15.

What we don’t want to see is another Nathan Cleverly type affair where the original opponent, little known contender Ryan Coyne, was replaced by a 2nd tier fighter in Shawn Hawk and it ended up being a one-sided fight that was hardly interesting to watch. With a month to go before December 15th there should be more than enough time to pick out a top 15 lightweight contender that can replace Walsh and give Burns a much better fight.

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Liam’s speed will be too much for Ricky Burns, says Ryan Walsh

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Image: Liam's speed will be too much for Ricky Burns, says Ryan WalshBy Scott Gilfoid: Ryan Walsh, the brother of #13 WBO Liam Walsh (13-0, 10 KO’s), sees his brother’s speed as being too much for WBO lightweight champion Ricky Burns (35-2, 10 KO’s) on December 15th at the ExCel Arena, Dockland, London, United Kingdom.

Ryan told the BBC Radio Norfolk “I fancy him [Walsh] big time. Liam’s speed should definitely be key. Boxing’s about styles, not size Give me speed.”

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Dirrell to fight on 12/15 on Burns-Walsh undercard

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Image: Dirrell to fight on 12/15 on Burns-Walsh undercardBy Scott Gilfoid: The now Floyd Mayweather Sr. trained Andre Dirrell (20-1, 14 KO’s) reportedly will be back in action against an opponent still to be determined on December 15th on the undercard of the Ricky Burns vs. Liam Walsh fight card at the ExCel Arena, Dockland, in London, United Kingdom. Mlive.com reports that Dirrell is being added to the card.

It’s interesting that the 29-year-old Dirrell is winding up on the undercard of a Burns vs. Walsh fight in the UK, as Dirrell is from the United States and his fans base is over there in Michigan area. I wouldn’t figure Dirrell to have too many boxing fans in England, especially after the trouble he gave to British fighter Carl Froch in the Super Six tournament when Dirrell came over to Nottingham and gave Froch a 12 round schooling, only to wind up on the receiving end of what many boxing fans, British fans included, felt was a robbery.

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Walsh amused that people see Ricky Burns whipping him on December 15th

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By Scott Gilfoid: For some reason #13 WBO Liam Walsh (13-0, 10 KO’s) is pleased that boxing fans are seeing him as just another one of WBO lightweight champion Ricky Burns’ typical fodder opponents for their December 15th fight at the ExCel Arena, Dockland, in London, United Kingdom. This makes the 26-year-old Walsh happy because he believes it’ll take the pressure off of him in this fight so that if fights well he’ll surprise some people.

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Liam Walsh: I know I can beat Ricky Burns

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By Scott Gilfoid: #13 WBO contender Liam Walsh (13-0, 10 KO’s) is the latest overmatched opponent picked out to face WBO lightweight champion Ricky Burns (35-2, 10 KO’s) on December 15th at the ExCel Arena, Dockland, London, United Kingdom. Walsh, 26, is being given no chance of winning this fight, and having seen Walsh fight six or seven times in the past, I’m not going to disagree with that.

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Ricky Burns to fight Liam Walsh on December 15th

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Image: Ricky Burns to fight Liam Walsh on December 15thBy Scott Gilfoid: In yet another laughable fight for WBO lightweight champion Ricky Burns (35-2, 10 KO’s), he’ll be defending his title against 26-year-old fringe contender Liam Walsh (13-0, 10 KO’s) on December 15th at the ExCel Arena, Dockland, London. Walsh is ranked #13 by the WBO, but has only fought once in his entire four year career at lightweight, beating Domenico Urbano by an 8th round TKO in his last fight in July to pick up the WBO European lightweight title.

I’m not quite sure how Burns’ promoter is swinging this fight, as the World Boxing Organization president recently was quoted as saying that Burns’ next fight hand to be against a mandatory challenger, not fringe contender. Walsh is hardly a mandatory challenger, meaning that Burns is getting to fight two optional title defenses in a row, because his last opponent Kevin Mitchell wasn’t a mandatory.

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