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EPISODE: Episode 46
Mike and Cedric discuss Solomon Dacres (3-0-0) is a Pro Boxer out of Warley, West Midlands, United Kingdom.
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Transcribed:
[, Music ]: what up talking fight fans thanks for tuning in to today’s episode of knuckle up with mike orr and cedric ben in the den bringing you the prospects all around the world, and really only people out here doing it? Man we’re talking about matchroom.
Today, again talking about some of these guys that are sitting in that stable right now that we haven’t seen in a little while that you might not remember and we’re talking about solomon dakers, yes, this cat, let me tell you about him cedric.
I know you’re watching his highlights as we speak right now.
He is currently 3-0 with one ko in the heavyweight division he’s ranked 12 out of 53 in the united kingdom, 90 out of 1286 in the world, and this 28 year old is known as the real deal and he’s standing a whopping six foot, five weighing in At 227, 230 pounds and uh he’s coming off a wonderful points, win over uh, camille skolowski and that’s back on october, the 9th uh 2021.
So you know he’s been out of the ring for a little while uh cedric.
Let’S talk about the highlights that you’re watching that that i’m also seeing as well um what i studied was his last fight and uh.
I like to go back uh what i do with all these prospects i like to see, watch them watch their pro fight, then i’ll go back and watch one of their amateur fights to see uh.
You know how much, how well they’ve, adjusted to to the pro ranks um, i’m not sure i’d pronounce the last name, doc dickers, like acres with a d bakers.
Yes, yes, mr acres, mr dakers has improved his boxing skills over over the years.
Um very good straight punches, um, very good straight punches nice and aggressive uh.
The only thing i just wanted to tighten up that defense just a little bit because the same the same punches that he’s very good at throwing and landing are the same punches.
He gets hit with sometimes with the straight uh, the jab and the straight cross um, but his opponent is trying to throw some big hooks at him and he blocks them very good and then he jabs well that’s how he’s able to win these fights.
He is a very good jab, even though he has his hands down.
He is a very good jab.
Um just needs to tighten up um slipping and catching those straight punches coming at him, but he’s still early in his career know he’s got 3-0 right now, so he still has lots of time to improve that um other than that, though yeah he looks really good.
Definitely definitely, he looks really good man.
I honestly i’ve watched his kid improve drastically uh from the time he’s turned pro and honestly yeah he’s uh he’s really established himself.
Well, with that jab, which is helping to win these three fights uh, you know he’s got to learn uh, maybe some knockout power.
He definitely’s got him and he’s an ex-rugby player.
So you know the guy can take a beating.
You know he’s.
He has no trouble getting in there and you know taking it on the chin.
I’D like to see him uh, you know tighten up that defense.
A little more, maybe uh not enter so many of those uh uh.
You know collisions there with his chin head.
You know held high, he needs to learn to tuck that a little more and maybe keep that right hand up, but he definitely is using that jab really well man great long extension on it he’s got good power in it.
He can definitely stop you dead in your tracks and make you have to reset and throw your combo all over again.
Definitely has that ability um, so he signed a master man and this uh.
You know six foot five uh gb standout, who is managed by adam marley and uh sam jones of s.
Jam boxing has been a regular sparring partner for heavyweight anthony joshua and joe joyce and daniel dubois, ahead of their clashes um in an impressive stint in the amateurs.
Uh dakira’s won gold medal in the 2017 national championships before joining team gb uh squad in april 2017 and representing the british lionhearts in the world series of boxing during a three-year spell in sheffield he’s trained by max mccracken alongside former wba super featherweight world champion kyle Yaffi and newly crowned european super phantom champ gamaliafi the real deal plans on using his explosive power and strength to make him a mark in this thriving domestic scene and honestly, he has the ability to do it.
Man uh, we got to see him knock some people out more, but you know what we’re talking about a guy here who uh you know.
Definitely is an ex-rugby player.
Man uh.
You know he had been fine-tuning his final preparations for tokyo olympics in the summer, but instead on a saturday night, uh makes his professional fight debut against mladen menov uh and with the team gb super heavyweight birth at the games having um long been destined for frasier Clark uh the chara um dakers instead made the decision to turn pro and was staffed up by matroom um.
Now he’s on the quest to emulate a former heavyweight star uh of the former heavyweight stars of the team, gb set up like anthony joshua, with whom he sparred ahead of his last heavyweight title defense in london against kermaphula, on facing joshua on the ring.
He said.
Well, he wasn’t in there to play tiddlywinks he’s there to spar and improve uh he’s a strong fighter, but he’d like to think he was able to hold his own uh he’s a power puncher and i’ve got a good chin.
So i can take them well and definitely he’s got that good chin, very, very good experience to be able to get some sparring with uh.
You know top five heavy weight in the world.
You know it’s hard to find good sparring for heavyweights.
You know they punch.
So hard so and, like you know it’s despite that, it’s hard to find a good heavyweight that knows how to still go lightly in sparring and still work work with uh.
Where were the partners, so you know he’s at 3-0 right now already getting sparring with anthony joshua.
You know, that’s, that’s! That’S very good! That’S a huge thing and, and – and you know like also daniel, dubois and uh, you know it’s.
It’S pretty crazy man like uh.
The amount the amount of heavyweights that are in the upper echelon that he’s that he’s been able to smart, has definitely gave him a lot of experience, and that’s where you can see him really uh.
Once he’s been in the paid ranks from his first fight to his third fight, he has improved drastically um.
You know he’s a well-experienced opponent between the ropes uh.
You know, dakira has been able to use joshua as a sponge for information, not just in the ring, but outside it uh.
You know, as well as plotting a pass similar to joshua’s for his own journey to the top.
You know like joshua, he was a latecomer uh to take it up boxing properly.
He first entered the boxing gym at 15 and then returned five years later, alongside his other sporting ambition in rugby.
So you know he took a while man, you know he’s a former worcester warriors academy player.
He was a semi-professional, a national league level before opting to focus full-time on boxing uh.
Then joshua’s root helped him.
You know he was training up in sheffield, um yeah years uh.
You know looking at the klitschko as an american champion, they’re always somewhere else.
You know – and he cares he’s one of these uh he’s one of these prospects man that uh, i think we’re gon na see him drastically improve over the next little while and i think he’s going to be uh.
You know a big, a big problem in that heavyweight division.
He definitely has power.
He desolate definitely learning that skill, man and uh.
You know with sparring the guys that he’s been sparring.
He definitely is going to be drastically getting better.
Every time we see him and guys, if you haven’t yet go watch his kid man, solomon dakers watch the way he’s improved watch the way he has established his job in the game.
Now and honestly, this is what’s winning these fights uh cedric.
Do you want to add to it uh yeah, just to touch on the the rugby thing again um, you know the one thing that that helps athletes that play other sports when they make a transition to boxing um.
Is that you you have that experience in as far as competing in front of uh in front of crowds yeah at a high level? That doesn’t necessarily mean just because you played a high level sport.
It’S not! That doesn’t mean you’re going to be able to keep your hand up when you, but it does help calm down your nerves and, like you know, because, if you’re nervous in a fight that those that’s when you make kind of mistakes, yeah so um playing other sports.
Well, first of all, playing other sports does help.
You know footwork and agility, just general athleticism um, but the one the number one thing that it helps with.
If you, if you you know, if you want a championship or played at high level, is that just getting into the boxing ring just stepping into that ring alone.
You know uh is a little bit nerve-racking, but it helps calm down your nerves.
Just knowing that you compete at a high level in another sport, so just to help you calm down a little bit still got to keep your hands up, though yeah definitely got to keep your hands up.
Keep that chin tucked keep your hands up, don’t get knocked out.
That’S how you knock people out man.
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