The Boxing Thread

[Giggles]

Hearing Katie Taylor talk, you'd think she was the one getting routinely pummelled in the head.

[SincereTheRebel]

Hearing Katie Taylor talk, you'd think she was the one getting routinely pummelled in the head.

She does get pummled in the head for a living. Just not as often as others i guess.

[John]

Errol Spence v Mikey Garcia is on ITV 4 tonight, which seems a bit small time for what is almost certainly two of the top ten pound for pound boxers around at the moment.

[John]

This Nery v Arroyo fight on now is bedlam. Great stuff.

[John]

As expected, Spence v Garcia is properly high level stuff.

EDIT - Obviously Garcia being seriously undersized at that weight played its part, but Errol Spence is a special fighter.

[SincereTheRebel]

I wanted Garcia to win but it was too much to ask. Spence is humungous at the weight and used it as a huge advantage. Dominant performance from spence. Garcia was so poor.

[niko_cee]

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:D

[John]

David Price has just won by DQ because his opponent, on the verge of losing anyway, rugby tackled him to the floor and had a bite of his stomach.

[Lewis]

'See you, you plumber from Liverpool...'

[Lewis]

I remember seeing an Imgur (of all places) breakdown of this Vasyl Lomachenko ages ago and thinking he looked pretty swish. How is anyone meant to beat him?

How is this geezer doing it? It's like he isn't even doing the same sport as his opponents.

[SincereTheRebel]

He is a special talent. No doubt about it. He is already up there with the gods for me in terms of skillset. He just needs to fight the opponents that will make his resume look great.

[Baz]

The end of the third round was an absolute calamity. Saw a few people going nuts on Telegram who had big bets on Loma in the 3rd.

[SincereTheRebel]

Please No

https://www.instagram.com/p/BwS1dr3BpHZ/

How do we embed instagram videos?

[SincereTheRebel]

Also Crawford vs Khan is this weekend. To Khan's credit, ive never really seen him out boxed. No doubt it happenes this weekend.

[SincereTheRebel]

Khan went down inside round one in which Crawford through a grand total of three punches. Khan didnt show his usual super fast speeds but he still cant throw punches from a standing posistion. Khan quit in the sixth after he felt a low blow. Claiming his legs locked up and couldnt move. I dont blame him.

[Spikey M]

So he's got a glass cock as well?

[SincereTheRebel]

So he's got a glass cock as well?

Don't we all?

[SincereTheRebel]

Canelo vs Jacobs in 24 hours. Canelo the drugs cheat by Ko.

[Baz]

In Vegas, Canelo could get knocked out in the first round and it’d still be a draw.

In fact, both are managed by the same company (DAZN) so a draw could happen for the money grab.

[SincereTheRebel]

I don't know if Jacobs has a rematch clause (probably not) but Canelo defiantly does.

Canelo made a second-day weigh-in of 170 pounds but Jacobs failed his and must pay some fines. Jacobs had no interest in making the second day weigh in.

[SincereTheRebel]

No better sound in the world than the Mexican boxing national anthem :drool:

[Ian]

So is Wilder genuinely a nutter who's hoping to brain somebody or is it all just for effect?

[niko_cee]

He's just an idiot. It's always just hype.

Well, nearly always, I guess Mike Tyson probably did mean most of the shit he said.

[Baz]

Makes me like him.

[SincereTheRebel]

Makes me like him.

I full exspect him to decapite breazeale's head from his body.

[John]

Inoue is the next Pacquiao. He goes up a weight and somehow hits twice as hard.

He'll burst Donaire.

[Kikó]

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[SincereTheRebel]

Wilder has come out and he has entered the ring looking like Shredder. He sounds way to upset for my liking during the build uo. He has made this personal. That is never a good thing.

Still, don't expect Brazil to survive.

[SincereTheRebel]

Damm. It's over in around. Wilder hurt brazil and went in for the finish but got caught. Wilder was hurt bad and was on shaky legs. Took a minute to recover. He then sends a perfect left-right and Brazil collapses to the canvas. On his back. Lights out.

[SincereTheRebel]

It looked similar to the tyson fury knockdown in the 12th. Could have easily been waved off. Brazil went down in thr same way, he even attempted to get up but referee waved it off.

[SincereTheRebel]

Lennox Lewis beat someone with a amazing left-right straight combo. Was it Rahman? It looked very similar to what i can remember.

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[phonics]

You think the obvious corruption makes you bored by professional fighting and then you watch one fighter casually walk up to another and just absolutely end the guys life and it all comes rushing back.

[SincereTheRebel]

Breazeale has deleted or deactivated all his social media platforms.

[Baz]

Breazeale has deleted or deactivated all his social media platforms.Why?

[Shindig]

So Wilder thinks he's killed him.

[bruhnaldo]

When is your coward gonna fight THE BRONZE BOMBER? :drool:

[niko_cee]

Hopefully Fury will finish the job after he's dispatched Joshua.

[SincereTheRebel]

Thurman vs Pacman has been announced. Should is decent. Pac can still compete but Thurman really should be getting Pacman out of there. The old fighters need to be sat down and it's up to the younger fighters to do so.

[SincereTheRebel]

AJ should dispatch of Ruiz quick, fast and in a fucking hurry. Ruiz os built like a slob. First time AJ fights in the USA. It shouldn't last long. Wilder cleaned his fight inside one round. Its over to AJ now and the. Fury in a few weeks.

Wilder has already announced a Ortiz rematch and Fury after that so the mega fight isn't happening for another year.

[Disco]

They should be forced to fight each other rather than fannying about against these chumps.

[Baz]

Is Schwarz, who Fury is fighting in 2 weeks, a complete and utter bum?

[SincereTheRebel]

Is Schwarz, who Fury is fighting in 2 weeks, a complete and utter bum?

I never heard of him before fury took the fight. Its typical Fury though. His resume before Wlad was awful but he won. (I bet against him) and his resume before Wilder was awful but ge won (I bet against him)

[SincereTheRebel]

Damm. AJ has been humiliated. FatBoy won.

[John Arne]

Joshua didn't look right from the first knockdown. The commentator reckons he was gassed, I reckon he was just not with it.

[SincereTheRebel]

Joshua didn't look right from the first knockdown. The commentator reckons he was gassed, I reckon he was just not with it.

He did look a little bit suspect but fuck that, you need to be with it.

[SincereTheRebel]

Actually, AJ quit. He didn't respond to the referees calls after he got it. He just didn't want it. Proper TKO

[SincereTheRebel]

Im wrong a lot, but Im happy about this one.

[niko_cee]

:roflol:

That sorts the rest of his year out then.

[Spikey M]

Wilder must be kicking himself.

[Spikey M]

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The man needs investigating at this point.

[niko_cee]

The reactions of Fury and Wilder are so telling. The latter is such a colossal pleb. Big Tyson's going to beat them all.

Ruiz Jr v Fury to unify the division. Battle of the tubsters.

[Baz]

LMAO at “AJ.” :roflol:

[SincereTheRebel]

I need to start respecting male slobs more. Especially since they technically have a tyre around their gut.

[Kikó]

As Dylan Whyte says, the drugs don't work.

Love a fat Mexican being the heavyweight champ.

[Manc]

His conditioning is awful. AJ that is.

[SincereTheRebel]

His conditioning is awful. AJ that is.

I think they all have bad energy. Ive seen Wilder, Fury and Joshua across multiple fights look exhausted on their feet.

[Lewis]

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What an absolute legend. He actually beat him properly as well, rather than just Hasim Rahman him and get lucky. Amazing.

[SincereTheRebel]

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What an absolute legend. He actually beat him properly as well, rather than just Hasim Rahman him and get lucky. Amazing.

That makes it even better. Often boxings elite fighters. When they lose, are controversial. This was a complete beating. Clear victory with no complaints.

[Lewis]

That said, he wasn't as big a bum as the build-up suggested was he? An underdog yes, but he seems to have a reasonable pedigree.

[Offshore Toon]

Yeah, it seems like anybody who actually knew what they were talking about knew Ruiz could do some damage.

[Kikó]

Watched it an hour a go and Joshua didn't seem to have much of a game plan. The knock down in 3 seemed to just stop him throwing anything significant. 6 and 7 were embarrassing from a champion point of view.

Hopefully we can see the division unified now.

[Magic]

Warrington Galahad looking forward to that.

[niko_cee]

Not really sure about Joshua's 'minor setback' comments. It's a bit more than that lad.

Rematch is surely made for a Las Vegas headline event now, or have a trilogy with fights in London and, if Joshua wins in London, a decider in Mexico City.

[Ian]

I think the thing I saw said the rematch clause stipulates it'll be a UK fight.

The rematch clause Joshua never even asked about because he was so confident.

[niko_cee]

Yeah, I assumed it would be in the UK, I was just thinking, if you want to make your name in America, then this is the chance to do it (or, do it better maybe).

[Ian]

Given he's, as you say, trying to pretend like this result isn't a big deal he's presumably hoping to obliterate Ruiz on home turf so he can say that he's BACK and then have another go at the States.

It would be ballsier to do the rematch in Murica though.

[SincereTheRebel]

Its a massaive setback. A minor setuback would be if he got sparked with one-punch and it was lights out and he was winning. He was throughly beaten during the course of the whole fight. That hurts way more than a KO in a competative fight. Its an embarassment.

[Pepe]

Having watched the highlights, I have to say that I am SHOCKED to see that the heavyweight division is still a shitfest.

[Shindig]

I like how people are fixating on Ruiz's weight. George Foreman clubbed his way to titles in that shape.

[phonics]

About 50 years ago. The Vietnam war is younger than your reference.

[Shindig]

That was still going on in 1994? He lost the title in 1996.

[phonics]

You're saying that the most promotable man was set-up with a bunch of fights that could keep the money rolling in?

[Shindig]

Nah, I'm saying their shape is comparable at the time of their title reigns.

[Gray Fox]

I just reckon he hit Joshua really, really hard. He should do that again next time.

[SincereTheRebel]

Fury vs Schwartz was over in two. It was a pure comedy bout.

[John Arne]

The upper body swerves by Fury just before he knocked him down genuinely had me lolling.

[SincereTheRebel]

For a man of that size, his upper body movement is crazy.

[Baz]

He's great.

[John Arne]

https://gyazo.com/b0297dd566dd25fea7706404d52b65a9.gif

[Shindig]

That's a man loving life.

[Lewis]

'And you know your gay lover Tony Bellew?'

[Spikey M]

He's such a don.

[Magic]

Fud Galabad is a fucking shithouse. Never seen such a boring twat.

[John Arne]

Man, I loved this fight.

https://youtu.be/vV4Bn1nkJ_E

[SincereTheRebel]

From what I can remember. Wasnt there about 15 knockdowns before Nas won?

[John Arne]

Yeah, 2 or 3 each. Commentators and ref very US-centric. Turns into a proper brawl. Love it.

[niko_cee]

Just caught up on the Fury fight in full, what an absolute legend.

That's how you do a US debut.

He's going to lol everyone else in the division out of town.

Prince Naseem was one of the best boxers to watch, such a nutter. The fact that he's the size of a small planet now makes it even better somehow.

[niko_cee]

I know he's good and all, but how does Usyk become a mandatory challenger without ever fighting at heavyweight?

[SincereTheRebel]

Its the politics of boxing. If your a champion at a lower weight, when you move up. You usually dive straight into the top 10. No idea about becoming mandatory though. Thats the ultimate line skip.

[SincereTheRebel]

Loma looks set to fight in the UK against Luke Cambell for the vacant WBC at 140.

[Spikey M]

Just been watching Hughie Fury vs Samuel Peter. What an absolute fucking shambles. Peter was down right cheating, repeated punches to the back of the head, multiple deliberate low blows, and a fake injury to end it. Even the ref ended up with a nose bleed. Dirty cunt.

Hughie isn't deserving of his surname, mind. Absolutely average.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

lol at Amir Khan battering some shit Aussie called Billy Dib in Saudi Arabia to show HE'S BACK.

[Baz]

Aye, out of retirement from a lower weight division. MASSIVE.

Then calls out Pacquiao? :wtf:

[Spikey M]

The whole of the build up has been about Khan looking for "One more big pay day". I mean, this was meant to be some bullshit MMA fight, then changed at the last minute to a boxing match against a bloke 3 weights below. Mate. Mate? Atleast change to another MMA fighter if you're going to jump the shark.

[Kikó]

He got £5-7m for it. Fair play.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

He was given half for the fight and the other half for saying the Saudi government are glorious and that women are shit.

[Lewis]

He would have said that for free, so lol at them.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

He would have said that for free, so lol at them.

They also paid Vince hundreds of millions for the same service but he's been doing it for decades.

The Saudi princes just love burning money.

[John]

Pernell Whittaker died in a car crash over the weekend.

[Pepe]

Sucks. He was so good.

[SincereTheRebel]

Pacman vs Thurman on Saturday. Im going with Pacman until he shows me he isnt fit enough to figiht anymore.

[Baz]

I expect Whyte to lose.

[SincereTheRebel]

The last round against Parker was comedy. Ive never seen one man so exhaustied in my life.

[Baz]

The last round against Parker was comedy. Ive never seen one man so exhaustied in my life.https://media.giphy.com/media/xxaiDO5iPO5OM/giphy.gif

[John]

That fight was a disgrace. I think they both went straight to the hospital after the result was read.

Mark Hunt v Bigfoot 1 is a good example of two fighters being absolutely fucked but pushing through.

[niko_cee]

Anyone got a stream for the Whyte fight?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

http://crackstreams.com/boxingstreams/watch-dazn-whyte-vs-rivas/

[niko_cee]

:hat:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVsUmcVWC6I

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

£5 on Rivas to win by KO @ 9.

[SincereTheRebel]

Whyte usually Goes all in until exhaustion. I expect the same here

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Whyte usually Goes all in until exhaustion. I expect the same here

I've put another £5 on Rivas by KO. The man looks good and I think he's going to trouble White a hell of a lot.

Dillian will be breathing out of his arse by round 4, gone by round 6.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Apparently Allen was taken to hospital after his fight with Price and has been put into a coma.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Whyte has been eating cakes in preparation for this it seems.

[SincereTheRebel]

Overhand right punches are so disrespectful.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Rivas looks good.

I'd love it if he connects with one of those overhands.

Edit: Seemed to wilt completely in the fourth though.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Third round seems to have killed this off as a fight as Rivas got shook by Whyte's great jab. Has been going backwards since then.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Well that's something.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Rivas' chin is something.

[SincereTheRebel]

Pac to win vs thurman. Surprised Pac is a betting favourite. Thurman @2.5 are great odds.

[SincereTheRebel]

Thurman went down in the first round. Pacman has a different type of energy i haven't seen for about 10 years.

[SincereTheRebel]

Pac was incredible. Thurmans punches didn't affect Pac at all and surprisingly, Thurman got tired. Pac won for me clearly.

[SincereTheRebel]

Split decision victory for Pac. Deservedly so. This victory can be compared to Floyds with Canelo. It was that good.

[Shindig]

There's going to be Floyd v Pacman 2 when they're in their fifties, at this rate.

[SincereTheRebel]

Loma is fighting in the London O2 arena, on the 31st August. I will be in the building to witness a master at work.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/boxing/49091133

Russian boxer Maxim Dadashev has died at the age of 28 following injuries suffered in his IBF light-welterweight fight against Subriel Matias.

Dadashev was reportedly unable to walk to the dressing room after his bout was stopped by trainer Buddy McGirt at the end of the 11th round on Friday.

He was hospitalised with bleeding on the brain and underwent emergency surgery but failed to recover.

13-0 heading into the fight too.

[SincereTheRebel]

The footage of Buddy telling him, the fight is being stopped brings tears to your eyes.

[Baz]

Whyte has been eating cakes in preparation for this it seems.And taking drugs. :harold:

[Lewis]

Loma is fighting in the London O2 arena, on the 31st August. I will be in the building to witness a master at work.

I was considering this. How much was your ticket?

[SincereTheRebel]

I was considering this. How much was your ticket?

I paid £60 for mine.

[Baz]

Bring your binoculars.

[Shindig]

Tyson should grab the coke belt back. It's up for grabs.

[niko_cee]

This is amazing. (https://www.instagram.com/p/B1G0OV0A1tS/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=embed_video_watch_again)

:D

Seems he might get a job out of it. (https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/boxing/49358951)

[Spikey M]

That's great. :D

[Shindig]

Outstanding. Hope he does well out of it.

[John]

Redd Pepper got his start fucking around on the mic on the underground too.

[niko_cee]

Anyone got a stream for the Yarde fight?

[John]

The arena music between rounds in the Kovalev v Yarde fight is really something.

[John]

The parade of unexplained Russian celebrities in the crowd have been more entertaining than the fight until that eighth round, with the completely inexplicable nine year old in a waistcoat and flat cap being a particular highlight.

[SincereTheRebel]

Decent fight. Yarde was fatigued from the 9th or was it earlier? He put everything into the KO and exhausted himself in the process. Yarde biting off too much too early.

[Baz]

Not a chance in hell he’s ever beating Canelo

[Lewis]

Where can I stream Luke Campbell being killed?

[niko_cee]

I found it via vipbox.

I dunno if you can link directly to it (http://vipboxing.top/boxing/watch-37bd98-vasiliy-lomachenko-vs-luke-campbell-main-event-and-undercard?l=1365436112)

You obviously have to evade all those little x things and hope your computer doesn't die from some terrible ailment.

[niko_cee]

The Fury fight has been dross.

[Lewis]

Cheers chief.

[Kikó]

Typical Fury fight.

Povetkin deserved it.

[niko_cee]

This is a cracking fight but there is a bit of a sense of inevitability to it.

Hopefully Campbell can hit him with something big on the way in again.

[Lewis]

Hey this is an actual fight.

[niko_cee]

He deserved to win but those scorecards are a disgrace.

[John]

Cards were at least twice as wide as they should have been.

[Baz]

Tank Davis, Berchelt or Mikes Garcia next?

[SincereTheRebel]

Event was good. Loma really is a special talent. He didn't see to get off as he usually does but he won clearly.

Mikey is the only real challenge for him but that is going out of a weight class which i never like to force on fighters. He destroys fat tank. Tank does not have the work ethic to keep up with Loma

[niko_cee]

I know it's all the rage to be up on these things, but with Rob McCracken being hauled over the coals for saying he knew Joshua was 'concussed' against Ruiz, surely calls for a 'concussion protocol' in boxing sort of miss the entire point of the sport.

[Ian]

I know it's all the rage to be up on these things, but with Rob McCracken being hauled over the coals for saying he knew Joshua was 'concussed' against Ruiz, surely calls for a 'concussion protocol' in boxing sort of miss the entire point of the sport.

Yeah they shouldn't let them punch each other in the head. Would really improve the sport imo.

[Spikey M]

Channel 5 have dropped a bollock here. There's some fucking prison program on instead of Alex Dilmaghani vs Francisco Fonseca. Unless something has happened? The undercard went ahead as planned.

[Spikey M]

Fonseca collapsed apparently

[John]

The Golovkin fight is far more of a contest than anyone expected it to be. Great viewing at the moment.

[SincereTheRebel]

Errol Spence was in a car accident

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/boxing/50002861

[niko_cee]

Why are yanks so obsessed with driving without a seatbelt on?

[Lewis]

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Thanks for clearing that up.

[Baz]

:lol:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/boxing/50066825

Patrick Day has died.

[John]

'Either a stoppage in the first four, or in the mid to late rounds.'

Lawstradamus Okolie there with the precise prediction.

[SincereTheRebel]

It has crept up on me but im watching Kovalev vs Canelo at 175

[John Arne]

Why have I only just read about this fight? Sidon v Valuev… looks like the ref stops the fight near the end of the 3rd as Sidon as taking a fair few hits, and not defending that much - however, he wants to continue, and after some persuasion Valuev agrees. It looks like the ref refs the next round, but then gives up. They fight the last 2 rounds with no ref :D


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZGfkCX8Lrw

[Kikó]

Billy Joe Saunders was pretty average yesterday until he threw a few uppercuts and taking out the Argentine in the 11th.

[SincereTheRebel]

Wilder was losing every round bs Ortiz but as always. He lands one right hand in round 7 and Ortiz is crosseyed on the canvas. Fight over. Fury in February. Wilder's power is disgusting.

[SincereTheRebel]

Joshua weighs in 10 pounds lighter (237 pounds) than his first bout with Ruiz. The Fat Champion weighs in at 283 fully clothed. He was 20 pounds lighter the first time.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I thought all the talk was that Ruiz had shifted a lot of weight? lol.

[Waffdon]

Muscle weighs more if that’s the case bruh

[Baz]

C’mon Ruiz. :drool:

[Disco]

I laughed at this:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/boxing/50633807

As if it's happening there for any other reason.

[Ian]

Yeah. Eddie Hearn's WELL SOMEBODY'S GOING TO BE MAKING SOME COIN HERE was good too.

[Spikey M]

I laughed at this:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/boxing/50633807

As if it's happening there for any other reason.

The ring posts are probably rooted in Afghans eyesockets.

[niko_cee]

Christ, this geezer's got some serious garb for his ring walk.

[Smjffy]

What time is the Joshua/Ruiz fight likely to happen? Anyone have a stream site for boxing?

[niko_cee]

I got one off vipbox or whatever it is called now.

I think the main event is supposed to be 9ish. No doubt the streams will go to shit at that time.

[John Arne]

List of links...
https://sportsurge.net/#/streamlist/1834

I'm currently at...
http://www.cr7streams.club/?m=0

[Smjffy]

Cheers chaps. I'm backing Ruiz to end Joshua's career.

[Disco]

He already did.

[Smjffy]

Fair.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I think it's 10ish for the ring walk. 1am or so local time, lol.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7767211/Anthony-Joshua-fans-unable-heavyweight-fight-huge-orange-pillar-new-stadium.html

Lol.

[Disco]

Well that was a meaningful worthwhile contest.

[Kikó]

Looking forward to the stirring rendition of Sweet Caroline later from the Saudis.

[Baz]

This is deffo the first time George Groves has ever been in sun.

[Disco]

The rain of course not an issue for the Saudi crowd as most of them are waxworks so it runs straight off.

[Spikey M]

Boxing, in the desert, without beer. Fuck going to that dump to watch this.

[Spikey M]

The atmosphere. :sick:

[phonics]

School discos have more atmosphere.

[Spikey M]

Fucking hell.

[Kikó]

Just bizarre all round.

[Mike]

They don’t like to rush do they...

[Spikey M]

There's a 'documentary' on Netflix about some dodgy fucker running a bare knuckle boxing company up north, whilst working as an illegal debt collector on the side. His events were better put together than this.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

The princes spend most of the time in armchairs ringside on their phones at the WWE events.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Muscle weighs more if that’s the case bruh

Lot of muscle on Ruiz right now...

[Smjffy]

Finally found a reliable stream at round 5. :moop:

EDIT: Spoke to soon ffs.
EDIT: http://oomovie.net/boxing-andy-ruiz-vs-anthony-joshua-stream/

Flawless.

Ruiz needs a KO.

[Spikey M]

I'll be wanting the DVD of this one for Christmas. :yawn:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

That was pretty crap.

Joshua did enough but I wonder if champ gets advantage.

[Smjffy]

Joshua had his plan but by God what a pussy.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Ruiz was absolute shit. Clearly carrying far too much weight.

[niko_cee]

It's professional boxing, not having a scrap in the street.

He probably showed him too much respect, but he didn't show him enough last time and this was the sure fire way to win. If you can actually box you don't need to make it a scrap. Fight to your own strengths.

[Spikey M]

Joshua had his plan but by God what a pussy.

He did what he had to do. He'd lose to Ruiz every time if it came down to a scrap. Becoming Klitschko is what was required.

[Shindig]

It's a shame Ruiz couldn't come out on top again just to give his reign a bit more legitimacy. It never hurts to have another face in the division, too.

[SincereTheRebel]

Calculated performance from AJ. He picked a great strategy. His inability to trade on the inside though is worrying. He does nothing that convinces me he beats wilder or fury.

[bruhnaldo]

Wilder walks through him in my estimation.

[niko_cee]

Wilder can't box, Joshua can't really take a shot all that well. Can Wilder? It'd be interesting to see who's short-comings win out.

Fury probably lols them both to death in a boring points shitfest.

[Spikey M]

Wilder lost every round in his last fight. Avoid getting knocked out and anyone decent beats him.

[SincereTheRebel]

He losses most round in most fights and still finds the right time to clip his opponent. The best defensive fighter in fury got clipped twice. AJ lunch resistance isnt that great and he gets touched in most of his elite fights. Pov was hitting him with right hands on a consistent basis.

[niko_cee]

As an alternative take, Fury straight out of the pub probably beat him.

[Ian]

AJ lunch resistance isnt that great

Given the state of his 'physique' in Saudi I really wish you'd been talking about Ruiz with that typo.

[SincereTheRebel]

Its Wilder vs Fury 2 this weekend. First fight was great. I picked Wilder and i thought Fury won. Im going with Fury on this one, I can given how he rose from the dead once. I dont think he will get touched this time

[Shindig]

Too close to call. Hopefully it doesn't disappoint. I'd like Fury to get back on the perch.

[phonics]

Ruiz let himself down by only doing the 'fucking come at me' motions 15 seconds away from the final round bell.

Call him out earlier if you're not terrified of getting owned.


edit: Just realised the posts above are months old. Point still stands.

[Lewis]

I am sitting here watching a Deontay Wilder knockout compilation, and is it fair to suggest that his power is a bit overrated? He can obviously whack people, but it seems to me that it is more the case that he is simply lanky enough to throw decent shots over/through defensive positions at a safe distance than he is able to generate freakish Mike Tyson/George Foreman standing force. I suspect if you measured it it would be relatively normal.

[phonics]

Is it on tomorrow? My new boss starts Monday so I can't stay up if it's Sunday night.

[five time]

I am sitting here watching a Deontay Wilder knockout compilation, and is it fair to suggest that his power is a bit overrated? He can obviously whack people, but it seems to me that it is more the case that he is simply lanky enough to throw decent shots over/through defensive positions at a safe distance than he is able to generate freakish Mike Tyson/George Foreman standing force. I suspect if you measured it it would be relatively normal.

Fat old Foreman is bizarre to watch. It's like he's punching underwater and still knocking people out.

I think of Deontay as more 'athleticism' than old man strength/power.

[Lewis]

That one that decked Michael Moorer was like some weird playful jab.

[Ian]

I would have considered sitting up and finding a stream such is THE HYPE and then I saw it'd be starting at 4am or something so fuck that.

Is Wilder as much of a one-trick pony who isn't actually that good at boxing as some of the stuff I've seen would lead me to believe? it makes it sound like he just does enough to stay out of harms way until he lands one brutish hit.

[John]

He won't outbox anyone good. Ortiz made Wilder look daft for seven rounds until he finally landed one on Ortiz' forehead and killed him.

[Ian]

So what's your prediction for this one?

Would he beat Joshua?

[John]

I fancy Fury to do him on points. I think they both beat Joshua.

[SincereTheRebel]

The fact that wilder, in nearly every fight loses round after round and still ends up with his arm being raised and his opponent on the canvas. Make him even more dangerous. I think Fury can pull it off though this time. Wilder is a freak though. At this point, AJ seems the weakest of the three.

[SincereTheRebel]

Weigh in

Fury 273
Wilder 231

[Lewis]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsMWXZJQ6Rg

Mental victory.

[phonics]

It seems mad to me that this is starting at 4am. Is coverage outside the US just completely ignored within boxing? I presume it's not because they give a shit about the Asian market.

[Lewis]

Is there an Asian market?

[Jimmy Floyd]

It seems mad to me that this is starting at 4am. Is coverage outside the US just completely ignored within boxing? I presume it's not because they give a shit about the Asian market.

Isn't it all about selling US pay per views, which means they need to have it on at a time when people are home from the bar/saloon/frat party?

Overseas market will be tiny compared to that.

[niko_cee]

/shooting range

But yeah, I bet 95% of the money comes from the US, 4% the UK and the rest of the world makes up the remaining 1% on a fight like this.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

https://metro.co.uk/2019/12/09/anthony-joshua-andy-ruiz-ppv-pay-per-view-records-fight-earnings-11463818/

UK just doesn't really do PPV buys.

Joshua/Ruiz started at like 9pm UK time as well so it's prime viewing time.

Compared to America:

https://www.businessinsider.com/the-50-best-selling-pay-per-view-events-boxing-ufc-wrestling-tv-history-2017-8?r=US&IR=T#2-floyd-mayweather-v-conor-mcgregor-43-million-ppv-buys-54 (doesn't include McGregor's last fight for the UFC with the event getting around 2m buys).

Plus the Americans are being charged like $75 or something when over here it's £15/£20.

[niko_cee]

1.6m is pretty respectable considering the US's best effort, with 5 or 6 times our population, is only 4.5m.

[Shindig]

They can market boxing to the yanks a lot more. I mean, the US tends to pack the division, often leading it.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

1.6m is pretty respectable considering the US's best effort, with 5 or 6 times our population, is only 4.5m.

It is but we were paying £24.95.

But in America they pay A LOT more, Fury/Wilder II is priced at $79.99.

[Lewis]

As if the rappers and film stars are going to turn out for the Chinese timezone as well.

[Boydy]

It is but we were paying £24.95.

But in America they pay A LOT more, Fury/Wilder II is priced at $79.99.

Who pays that for a boxing match?

How likely am I to be able to find a decent stream of this and is it likely to be worth staying up for?

[Shindig]

Staying up? Getting up early.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Who pays that for a boxing match?

How likely am I to be able to find a decent stream of this and is it likely to be worth staying up for?

There are a hell of a lot of mongs in America with more money than sense.

[Boydy]

Staying up? Getting up early.

There's not a chance I'd get up if I was already sleeping.

[Jimmy Floyd]

America is so, so much more capitalist than here and sometimes I think a lot of people don't realise it. Their sports only exist to make money, whereas ours would carry on perfectly well in some form even if you took all the money away.

[Queenslander]

Late afternoon down here for most combat sports is such a monthly treat.

[Queenslander]

Fight starts at 3pm local :cool:

[Lewis]

You can't really lose after this entrance.

[Lewis]

That 'You big dosser' chant. :lol:

[Queenslander]

How fucking good is this!

[Lewis]

Wilder looks like a competition winner up to now.

[SincereTheRebel]

Fury is fighting an amazing fight.

[Bam]

They really had no other choice but to throw the tail in really.

[Lewis]

I think you could make the case for the coach stopping that, but the referee has stepped in prematurely.

EDIT: Oh they chucked the towel in.

[SincereTheRebel]

I wss wrong. Fury didnt givr a fuck sbout wilders power. Walked straight through him and domianted from start to finish. Perfect gameplan.

[Queenslander]

Does Fury beat AJ?

Fury's story is so good for the mentals.