John Erskine vs Shawn Thornton

close..thornton edge

Not much going on here, but Thornton had the edge.

Erskine is a good fighter, but Thornton simply outfought him in this scrap. Very close, but Thornton won.

Good bout between two very mean, tough hockey players. Thorty gets the edge in this bout because he landed a couple more shots and did a better job of controlling his opponent. Can't wait for a re-match!!

a draw. Erskine was better most of the time, but Thornton waited for the right time and finished it for himself.

John Erskine gives Shawn Thornton a few checks in the back while they were battling for the puck in the corner of the Washington end of the ice. Thornton was not happy about the checks and they swap a few words with each other before they dropped their gloves and grabbed a hold of each other.

They locked on to each other with both holding on tightly for a second or two at the start, before Thornton threw a right hand that fell short and Erskine respond with two right hands that also fell short of the target. Thornton then threw a weak upper cut that fell short but he then landed a right cross on Erskine jaw. Erskine then threw a left jab and straight right hand in response but only landed the jab..

Thornton then threw another right hand at Erskine but this missed and he then attempted a couple of jersey jabs with his left hand. Erskine then landed a glancing right hand on Thornton but had to take a right hand in return. Both guys then threw one more right hand each before Thornton pulled Erskine's jersey over his head and the lino's came in to end the fight.



OK fight between these two decent heavyweight fighters. Overall this fight looked about even to me with both landing a similar amount of punches and neither guy getting the upper hand. I think Thornton deliberately pulled the jersey over Erskine head at the end of the bout so the lino's could come in and end it. I was thinking maybe his stamina was not up for the fight to go any longer so he was looking for a way to end it. I'm going to call this fight a draw.

Draw.

Thornton gets the best of Erskine's sweater, but this is a tough call for me. I'll go with Thornton, but barely.

Draw.

Solid DRAW in my opinion. Neither guy did enough to edge out a win either way. Nice fight to start off the season.

Thornto did better very slightly better.
He was smarter of the two BUT
both landed the same amount of shots AND...
Erskine landed bigger punches.
So its a DRAW

good shots been thrown , draw

Nothing to exciting Thorton seemed to land better shots

SHAWN DANGLES THORNTON

lol bruins not have a good % this year for the fight

draw

Thornton with the win in a piss poor game for the Bs. Erskine is a bull and he did land a few good shots so I wouldnt say it was lopsided. Note to Oneill theGiant: YOU DONT NEED TO NARRATE THE FIGHT WE ALL WATCHED! Nobody on this site wants to read 20 paragraphs.