British Scene: Jamie McDonnell vs Stephane Jamoye Preview
by The Boxing Bulletin on Jan 20, 2011 4:54 PM EST
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Dave Oakes previews Saturday night's Sky Sports main-event between Jamie McDonnell and Stephane Jamoye.
Jamie McDonnell kicks off Sky’s 2011 boxing coverage on Saturday night when he takes on Stephane Jamoye at the Doncaster Dome. The fight will be McDonnell’s second defence of the European bantamweight title he won so impressively last March, when he defeated Jerome Arnould in the Frenchman’s backyard.
The Frank Maloney promoted show hasn’t quite gone as planned, Benjamin Pitteloud, Malik Bouziane (personal problem) and Ivan Pozo (blood infection) all signed up and then pulled out, leaving McDonnell with the task of facing the relatively unknown and untested Jamoye. The show has also been hit by the cancellation of the bout between Carl Johanneson v Akaash Bhatia, although Johanneson will still fight on the undercard in an eight rounder against George Watson.
Despite being fourth choice as an opponent, Jamoye is a decent fighter and will be a sterner test than what Pitteloud and Pozo would have been. He’s an aggressive fighter who is more at ease on the front foot than boxing off the back foot, he tends to hook rather than jab his way into range and he has a solid chin. The negatives for him are that he can be left hook happy at times, his defence is poor and he has a bad habit of leaving his chin in the air when he steps back.
The Belgian has a respectable record - 19-1 (9 KO’s), his only defeat coming against Tomoki Kameda, the unbeaten Japanese prospect winning via split decision after a nip and tuck fight. Jamoye has had one fight since that defeat, stopping Giovanni Jaramillo in the eleventh round, his favoured left hook having a debilitating effect late in the fight.
McDonnell, 15-2-1 (7 KO’s), has been in great form of late. He’s on a run of seven victories, five of which were inside the distance, and has claimed the British, Commonwealth and European titles along the way. The Doncaster man is arguably the most improved British fight of the past twelve months. He’s improved his defence immeasurably, has begun to pick his punches better and is showing increased punch power.
I liked the way McDonnell went about business against Arnould, he produced a near punch perfect performance, methodically picking apart the Frenchman before stopping him in the tenth round. He then had an easy first defence against an overmatched Rodrigo Bracco, winning inside three one-sided rounds.
I feel Jamoye will show more resistance than what Bracco did, he looks like a tough fighter, one who’s willing to fight fire with fire. McDonnell should have a big advantage in size, technique and experience, and despite Jamoye’s brave efforts, I can’t see him pulling off an upset. McDonnell will be made to work hard but he should be able to secure a wide-ish points victory in front of his hometown fans.
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Graham Houston thinks Jamoye is nearer 5'5 than the 5'2 listed on boxrec
What do you think Dave? Haven’t seen him fight before
I have Jamoye in an upset here...
A guy that loses by a point to Tomoki Kameda should not be a 4/1 underdog against a fighter that was extremely lucky to get the nod against Ian Napa. Crap reasoning, but I’m not too keen on McDonnell.
Still searching for an alive Dan Tucker.
Taking a punt on him Dafs?
I’ll probably contribute to your thread when I see something I like, really fancy Matthews to beat Lawton so that may be my first one
I can’t see why not… I’ve gone for value over how the fight pans out this time, which might bite back with some dodgy Brit decisions. I think both fighters are one-dimensional, but I like Jamoye, he’s exciting, competitive and more than willing to engage in a fire fight.
I might take a punt on Danny McIntosh too. The guy is a big light heavyweight and can bang a little. That said, so can Thierry Karl.
Still searching for an alive Dan Tucker.
Brick warned me against backing against Thierry Karl in France.
And that was when the opponent was Gabriel Campillo.
I’m taking that advice. :)
In 2008 Lewis commented on a possible match up with Riddick Bowe. "He waits until I am in retirement to call out my name," said Lewis. "I will come out of retirement to beat up that guy. I'll beat him up for free."
I'll take that advice too...
Karl can finish this early, which I can’t see McIntosh doing. And if it does go to the judges, Karl has the advantage. Everything’s pointing towards Karl, I guess.
Still searching for an alive Dan Tucker.
and if it goes to the judges with Jamoye
I can’t see him getting any decision. I remember the Napa fight well, and while it was a gift decision, McDonnell’s definitely better now than he was then. Agree that the line seems off, but I think Jamoye needs a KO to win….
I hated every minute of training, but I said, ‘’Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'’ (Bernard Hopkins)
I think Karl will beat McIntosh
He would have been worked over by Campillo though. HUGE gulf in class between the two though. Campillo is a legitimate world class fighter. McIntosh is a second-tier British fighter. Karl can punch too.
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You told me not to back against him when he was fighting Campillo....
It almost goes without saying that backing against him when he’s fighting an inferior opponent would eb a bad idea… ;)
In 2008 Lewis commented on a possible match up with Riddick Bowe. "He waits until I am in retirement to call out my name," said Lewis. "I will come out of retirement to beat up that guy. I'll beat him up for free."
Hell, you've convinced me.
I’ve had a bet on Jamoye. I took 7/2, it was the best price I could find.
Decent logic you have there…. Even if he loses, you’re right, that’s a decent price for a value bet.
In 2008 Lewis commented on a possible match up with Riddick Bowe. "He waits until I am in retirement to call out my name," said Lewis. "I will come out of retirement to beat up that guy. I'll beat him up for free."
Same here
I like Jamoye to be the better boxer. My fear is that it’s in the UK, and I don’t think he’s knocking McDonnell out.
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Really good write-up as usual by the way ;)
I hated every minute of training, but I said, ‘’Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'’ (Bernard Hopkins)
how do you rate
McIntosh’s chances against Karl later on, by the way?
I hated every minute of training, but I said, ‘’Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'’ (Bernard Hopkins)
Pardon me if this is inaccurate,
But I just read on Sky’s app that Matt Macklin is fighting Winky Wright on the Marquez Morales undercard. Can anyone elaborate on this?
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by Scott Christ on Jan 21, 2011 11:08 PM EST up reply actions
It’s been all change again for Macklin, he’s split with Frank Warren and signed with Golden Boy. I can’t recall an other fighter that’s had as many changes in promoter and trainer as Macklin has had. It’s ridiculous and has had a detrimental effect on his career.
It looks like the much anticipated fight with Darren Barker is dead in the water, with Macklin expected to vacate his European title in the near future. Barker is expected to challenge for the vacant title, possibly against the winner of Andy Lee v Craig McEwan.
If he beats Winky, he'll have bigger and better opportunities than Barker anyway
I would have liked the fight, but Macklin pretty much deserves a title shot at this point. I doubt he’d beat any of the current titlists (other than Sylvester, who has a Geale mandatory on the horizon, and Zbik if you really want to count him as a titlist), but he deserves the shot.
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Winky seems like he's been around for ages..
I saw him fight Stevie Foster (senior) and Paul Wesley (I think).. back in the mid nineties. He was a class act, a bit boring, but skilled.
no rbr thread?
awesome fight through 4….jamoye started like a train and won the first two, but Mcdonnell slowly coming back….lucky to get out round 2 though
I hated every minute of training, but I said, ‘’Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'’ (Bernard Hopkins)
R5
toe to toe, I think 3-2 to jamoye would be fair, but very close the last couple of rounds, excellent fight
I hated every minute of training, but I said, ‘’Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'’ (Bernard Hopkins)
R6
A couple of low blows, Jamoye’s clearly so but McDonnell’s on the belt line, and he caught Jomoye flush as he stopped to complain. A very close one again, level at the moment for me
I hated every minute of training, but I said, ‘’Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'’ (Bernard Hopkins)
second warning for McDonnell
use of shoulder
I hated every minute of training, but I said, ‘’Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'’ (Bernard Hopkins)
R7
pace is still very high, but Jamoye looks like he’s starting to struggle a little bit and this was McDonnell’s best round, continuing to work the body. The Sky commentators are the happiest they’ve been as this is the first clear McDonnell round
I hated every minute of training, but I said, ‘’Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'’ (Bernard Hopkins)
R8
Jamoye is still right there, still in the center of the ring and I have it level now, but this is a great fight. The view that he was fading was premature….
I hated every minute of training, but I said, ‘’Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'’ (Bernard Hopkins)
McDonnell should have a point deducted by now
he’s had enough warnings
I hated every minute of training, but I said, ‘’Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'’ (Bernard Hopkins)
McDonnell landed his best punches in that round, snapping Jamoye’s head back a few times and now he looks more controlled and Jamoye is getting a bit more wild, but he’s still the one pressing and coming forward
I hated every minute of training, but I said, ‘’Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'’ (Bernard Hopkins)
Jamoye needs a KO
and he can hurt McDonnell…
I hated every minute of training, but I said, ‘’Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'’ (Bernard Hopkins)
Again Jamie’s lucky not to have a point off with his pushing with the shoulder. I still think its close, but Sky are talking like its a done deal. I thought it was a very even round again, but then I’ve got splinters in my ass from sitting on the fence :)
I hated every minute of training, but I said, ‘’Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'’ (Bernard Hopkins)
this is
the point finally being taken away, good on the ref
I hated every minute of training, but I said, ‘’Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'’ (Bernard Hopkins)
all up for it in the 12th now with that point deduction
here we go
I hated every minute of training, but I said, ‘’Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'’ (Bernard Hopkins)
outstanding 12th
they left it all in there, and I think McDonnell nicked the last. Nice to see them embrace at the end, they sure put on a great show and Jamie’s improved heaps since I last saw him. He wasn’t this exciting before….lol
Maybe an SD/MD?
I hated every minute of training, but I said, ‘’Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'’ (Bernard Hopkins)
Thanks for providing the round by round, Brock!
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no worries
it wasn’t very good, and I don’t know how Scott manages it, but this was fun to watch for sure.
I hated every minute of training, but I said, ‘’Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'’ (Bernard Hopkins)
I’m very good at watching TV and typing. It’s a skill I’ve honed. I wish I was good at something else instead, to be honest.
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by Scott Christ on Jan 22, 2011 5:40 PM EST up reply actions
MD it is
115-113, 114-113, and 114-114
I hated every minute of training, but I said, ‘’Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'’ (Bernard Hopkins)
Before we talk about home cooking....
I don’t think this was an example of that, he’s clearly got every single close round, but there we go. When he needed to win the 12th, I think he got that one clearly enough with no favors, so he deserved it.
I hated every minute of training, but I said, ‘’Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'’ (Bernard Hopkins)
I had it 115-112 Jamoye, so 7-5 and a point deduction, but it certainly wasn’t home cooking. That fight could have gone either way, and each would have a fair argument. Top fight, really enjoyed it.
Such were the days, still, hot, heavy, disappearing one by one into the past, as if falling into an abyss for ever open in the wake of the ship; and the ship, lonely under a wisp of smoke, held on her steadwast way black and smouldering in a luminous immensity, as if scorched by a flame flicked at her from a heaven without pity.
by Oli Goldstein on Jan 22, 2011 5:48 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
adding it up now I would have had it 114-113 Jamoye. It was an either/or kind of thing with at least 4 pretty close rounds. I always figured if it was close overall McDonnell would get it, though. Impressed with the pair of them
I hated every minute of training, but I said, ‘’Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'’ (Bernard Hopkins)
So I backed Jamoye on points at more than 5/1
And both you and Oli think he won?
I am less than happy with this outcome.
In 2008 Lewis commented on a possible match up with Riddick Bowe. "He waits until I am in retirement to call out my name," said Lewis. "I will come out of retirement to beat up that guy. I'll beat him up for free."
well
its that foreign fighter thing again. If he doesn’t knock him out, he has to win quite wide to get it on points, and basically every really close round went the other way. And remember McDonnell got a decision over Napa where he clearly lost – for some reason that fight stuck in my mind, so I wasn’t surprised with the way the decision went, although I thought it would be closer than a UD. Oli’s card is likely more accurate as I was being charitable with at least 1/2 rounds.
If he was a better finisher it would have been over in the 2nd. but he’s a very decent fighter, not that its any consolation
I hated every minute of training, but I said, ‘’Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'’ (Bernard Hopkins)
And
it was not looking good at all for him after the first two rounds – Jamoye came at him like a whirlwind, beating him to the punch and quite frankly looking a couple of classes above him. He badly hurt him in the second round and he did awesome to even make it close from there, as Jamoye never stopped coming. And while he should have had a point deduction earlier, the ref was brave to do it in R11 (just when I was thinking he wouldn’t do it that late in a close fight).
I hated every minute of training, but I said, ‘’Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'’ (Bernard Hopkins)
Thanks for the round by round update Brock ...
I’m looking forward to take a look at that fight real soon From my area, it’s impossible to watch Sky … do you have any internet link for future interesting bout like that ?
Thanks !
RedCorner, go to atdhe.net when you fancy seeing Sky, and they’ve usually got a link up for the fights.
Such were the days, still, hot, heavy, disappearing one by one into the past, as if falling into an abyss for ever open in the wake of the ship; and the ship, lonely under a wisp of smoke, held on her steadwast way black and smouldering in a luminous immensity, as if scorched by a flame flicked at her from a heaven without pity.
by Oli Goldstein on Jan 22, 2011 5:50 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
yeah....what OliGold said ;)
or myp2p.eu
I hated every minute of training, but I said, ‘’Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'’ (Bernard Hopkins)
This is the one I use.
It almost never fails me. The streams are a whole lot more reliable than Justin, too.
In 2008 Lewis commented on a possible match up with Riddick Bowe. "He waits until I am in retirement to call out my name," said Lewis. "I will come out of retirement to beat up that guy. I'll beat him up for free."
Might be helpful
Already know about the first link (just discovered 2 weeks ago) …I just hope to be lucky next time around.
I will keep the second address in memory.
Thanks guys
I might take a punt on Danny McIntosh too. The guy is a big light heavyweight and can bang a little. That said, so can Thierry Karl.
Why oh why did I change my mind!?
Still searching for an alive Dan Tucker.
yeah, that was not a good switch....
I thought about it too much too before deciding on Karl. No idea how the fight went/if McIntosh just got lucky, got mixed up with the time difference and arrived right at the end of the piece….
I hated every minute of training, but I said, ‘’Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'’ (Bernard Hopkins)
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