Thursday 23 July 2015

23-7-15 Boxing and cricket news over the week

CRICKET
IRELAND DON’T FIND IT EASY

Ireland and Scotland secured automatic qualification for the cricket world cup after topping their leagues but Ireland were very lucky to finish top after they needed to win on the final day and two other results to go their way which they did.
The Netherlands secured a win against Namibia to secure a spot in the world cup the Netherland would need to improve in the semi-finals they are always a threat in this type of tournament. Hong Kong defeated Afghanistan in the second/ third play-off they are definitely the surprise package.
Afghanistan showed a little bit of style at the end of their game against Papa New Guinea to secure their spot in the world cup but as top seeds they were expected to do better they had to go into the fourth place play off to do so
Ireland will play the Netherlands in the semi-final while Scotland would play Hong Kong  and in my opinion one match could be as interesting as the other.
BOXING
FRAMPTON GETTING BETTER

Northern Irishman Carl Frampton fought and beat Alenjendro Gonzalez Jr to  secure  his IBF Super Bantamweight  title but had a few early knockdowns  early on and did look quite nervous in the early rounds. But he did get better as the fight went on looked very strong in the later rounds. He did have a problem with his weight but I don’t know what exactly that means for him. I would not be surprised if Gonzalez Jr won the World title in the next few years but I do think that Frampton was a very lucky boy on Saturday and now they show be aiming to fight.

This was his first fight in the USA and I think that a fight like this can only help him in setting up the big fight against Scott Quigg or Mexican Leo Santa Cruz maybe that fight can be set up in the US

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