In the middle of the discussion about the fight of Lewis Crocker this Saturday with Padda Donovan, co -coach of Crocker, Billy Nelson, resembles the night Alex Arthur lost an invincible record against Michael Gomez in 2003. This is an critical fight, not because Nelson trained Arthur at that time – he was “T – but more because Arthur discovered in Gomez an opponent, whom he did not understand, the one who showed Arthur Sport, from which Arthur had until then he was protected .

“I remember this fight,” says Nelson. “Alex left us by that time, but he was intimidated by Michael Gomez, 100 percent. He was intimidated from the moment he [Gomez] I got on the ring and put his head before the fight. His expression was: “You don’t have to do it. I am a star here. He was not used to this kind of reaction. “

Arthur, despite the fact that he is a great favorite before the fight, was finally intimidated by Gomez from the very beginning, before he was thrown out of misery in the fifth round. It was then one of the biggest doubts this year, certainly in Great Britain, and for Artur the most complex lessons.

As for why it happened, the opinion was divided. Some said that Gomez was simply inspired and fought for the fight of his life, while others suggested Artur, a golden boy from Scotch boxing, he was self -drawn or simply not equipped with the intensity and approach of Gomez.

Either way, this is not a scarce boxing story, the perspective is too deep. Indeed, it is this story of Nelson who expects his man, Lewis Crocker, to fight Paddy Donovan in Belfast on Saturday. Of course, there may be differences in the story about it, but he thinks that the result will still be the same.

“If you look at him [Donovan’s] He was resumed, he did not fight absolutely no one but Lewis Ritson, whom I trained, and was a distinguished lightweight, not a welterweight, “says Nelson. “Paddy also drew a comparison with Jose Felix [a Crocker opponent]. But Jose Felix was a really delicate weight that Lewis Crocker dismantled in four rounds. Paddy Donovan detained Ritson in nine. It was a tedious fight to watch. I was live there, watching it. Lewis had a destructive performance against a lighter guy, while Paddy, who thinks he struck more than Lewis, took nine rounds to pull Ritson from there. “

The question about power was a feature of the first press conference that announced Saturday’s fight. Donovan of Limerick said he was a bigger blow, and Crocker from Belfast also offered his case. Finally, without any real proof, this afternoon there was an impasse; agreement for disagreeing; A contract to wait and see.

“He [Crocker] He definitely has an advantage in power, “says Nelson. “I was stunned that he was even arguing about it. Interest may say that Paddy Donovan, but look at who he fought to get this percentage of knockout. There is no comparison in my mind. Lewis hits more and fought better opponents.

“He [Crocker] He also has experience on his side. He had six more fights than Paddy as a professional, but not only he fought with a better opposition than Paddy. I couldn’t call you Paddy Donovan’s opponent other than Ritson. I know for sure that Lewis Crocker is a more rounded professional boxer than Paddy Donovan.

“I think Paddy awaits the rude awakening in this fight, to be forthright. Andy Lee [Donovan’s coach] He is my good friend, but call him [Donovan] At this stage, there is a “vast generational”.

“I am not sitting here saying that Paddy Donovan is not a good warrior. Paddy Donovan Is A good warrior. But I think Lewis Crocker is better fighter.”

If the element of surprise was what in 2003 reached Alex Artur, Nelson expects to be a witness to something similar between Crocker, 20-0 (11) and Donovan, 14-0 (11), on Saturday. Considering what he thinks is an experience between two welterweight weight, he thinks, he thinks, that Donovan will be introduced to fresh feelings and fresh problems than Crocker.

“I know exactly how Paddy Donovan will fight,” says Nelson. “The best way to find out how Paddy fights while watching Andy Lee. He teaches him what he knows. But as a trainer you must adapt to the forceful and weakness of the warrior. You couldn’t take Mike Tyson and turn him into a boxer, right? You must work on his strengths and work on what you classify as his weaknesses.

“Paddy was never in trenches, and he is 100 percent in the trenches in this fight. We’ll see what he has. I don’t think he has minerals.

“Is it too early for Paddy? I think it is like that. “