im gutted i never went to this fight, the bill was great with guys like gary lockett, john simpson and ricky burns all fighting not to mension the war between arthur and foster.
plus the fact ricky hatton came in just before the main event......
the fight was awesome but it really shouldn't have been, arthur should have beaten foster inside a couple of rounds, it was very noticable that arthurs punches never had much on them and he looked very,very slow.
alex is seriously struggling to make 130 these days and its really affecting him all-round, his chin isnt as good either the way he's boiling himself down to the weight.
young foster was very game though and showed me enough to sujest he's gonna be a force at british and european level in the future, he'll never be a world champion but he doesn't lack the heart for a battle, he looked down and out in the 9th round but came back big in the 11th scoring a crushing knockdown which had arthur bundled through the ropes, alex was able to tie him up for the last 30 seconds though and cruised through the last round.
great fight, not FOTY but in the top 5-6.