Hello all,

Following on from Bill's (Judd) comments regarding the Shah v Johnson fight. I was commentating ringside and therefore judging the fight as we commentate (if you know what I mean)

Before I tell you who I think won, I would like to say this:

Adam Johnson, providing he stays with the sport, trains hard, stays disciplined, and learns from his mistakes will be a tremendous fighter and has the ability at such a young age to go all the way. Phil (Williams) has unearthed a fantastic talent. He has the ability and talent to fight anyone in this country at his weight and give it another year, match him up to the ultimate test of the Thai's (who are unquestionably the strongest race at this weight). He has an excellent amateur & adult record, a very high knockout percentage (which is quite rare at his weight) and seems like a nice kid. He wants to fight as often as possible and will fight anyone at his weight...all this and he is ONLY 16 years old!! What a great talent we have I will look forward to seeing him dominate his weight division in the coming years.

However, in my honest opinion, he did not win the fight (apologies if this upsets anyone, but it is my opinion) Shah's style and battleplan was not crowd - pleasing or stylish, but he cut down the space and worked very hard against a very dangerous and cool (too cool, for my liking) opponent. When Johnson got distance between himself and Shah you really could tell that Johnson was a powerful puncher with a decent right hand. However, he seldom managed to do this and I had Shah winning 4 rounds with Johnson winning the third 10-8, making Shah the overall winner. Shah, threw more kicks and knees which I always believe score more points, regardless of what organisation the fight was fought under. I can understand if people called it a draw, cos all it would take is to score one of the rounds in Johnsons favour, but to award the fight to Johnson I thought was harsh. However, I am not a judge, have never judged, and I appreciate that it can be a very difficult job and like life itself - it's all about opinions.

Johnson was never in trouble in the fight at any stage, and Shah was in trouble at the very end of the third when Johnson caught him with a tremendously quick right hand and Shah was saved by the Bell, but Shahs' tactics, heart, work rate and ability to neutralise Johnsons superior boxing techniques worked wonders.

I know Phil/Adam visit this site and I will be interested in hearing their opinions as Phil was very vocal during and after the fight.

Congratulations to Adam, I have heard that some decisions have gone against your way in recent times so maybe it's a case of 'What goes around come's around', and in this game you need to take all the luck you can get. I will definately look out for you in the future, you are definatly Britain's most exciting prospect.

As to Imran and Bill - unlucky, you fought the 'right fight' but unfortunately the judges didn't see it your way. Imran showed how clever a fighter he is, and how well he listens to his corner and showed that he is very tough, solid and determined and improves on every performance.

I know it's a cliche, but........Rematch?

I'll pay for a ticket - anyone else??