Clinton Woods Beats Elvir "The Kosovo Kid" Muriqi

Clinton Woods Beats Elvir "The Kosovo Kid" Muriqi

After a fairly impressive performance by Clinton Woods against Elvir "The Kosovo Kid" Muriqi, Woods is now in line to face the winner of Chad Dawson Vs Antonio Tarver.

Clinton Woods comfortably beat Elvir "The Kosovo Kid" Muriqi, a fight which many people thought he would struggle with. Clinton said he would retire if he lost this fight, so i guess he is back in contention. I must say though, on a previous post i wrote, i did say he would win this fight. The main factor is the next fight and Clinton Woods confidence, he seemed OK with the banter Antonio Tarver was throwing at him all the way through the weight-in and press conferences of their last fight, but come fight night and he just froze, everything clearly got to him and made him not perform.

This is worrying, let's say he fights Antonio Tarver again, if he does, i think he will have some serious confidence issues again. If he fights Chad Dawson i also think he will have confidence issues, like he mostly does all the time against someone he's meant to lose against. He just never rises to the occasion.

On this outing, whether it be against Tarver or Dawson, i really hope he can put on the performance of his whole career and win in style to capture the world title, he has the ability and skill, he just needs to believe in himself more.

I wish him luck.

Watch footage of Clinton Woods decorating after the fight with The Kosovo Kid.

Clinton Woods Vs Elvir "The Kosovo Kid" Muriqi

Clinton Woods Vs Elvir "The Kosovo Kid" Muriqi

So, Clinton Woods is fighting Elvir Muriqi on Feb 14th 2009, which should be a good fight. Although i must say, Clinton Woods has had a tendency to under perform on fight night on quite a few occasions, just look at his last fight against Antonio Tarver, Tarver looked terrible but still convincingly beat Clinton, and beat him badly. I could not believe how Clinton Woods performed, or under performed.

Personally i think Clinton Woods should hang up his gloves, fair play to him, he has been a world champion, and he is not a bad fighter, but his confidence issues cost him the big fights.

Clinton Woods Vs Elvir Muriqi should be a good fight for Woods as he has much more experience at world level then Elvir Muriqi. But with Clinton Woods now 37 years old, and with some tough fights in the bag, maybe he has just come to the end of the road, we shall see.

Theres always that niggling thing inside me with Clinton Woods, he will do well in this fight, he will win in style, but then when it comes to a title shot or big name fight, he never performs on the night like we know he can, which is a real shame because he is a nice guy, a good example of an honest fighter.

This should be a good tune up fight for Woods, i don't see Elvir Muriqi winning this fight, he has lost to much less experienced fighters. But he does have some good combinations and possess some power, so who knows, he could pull off an upset.

The winner from this fight will go on to face Chad Dawson later in the year. So this fight is a genuine world title eliminator. May the best man win.