Topic: Boxing thread

[Samie]

It is mate and will give Loma his toughest test to date. One thing I find interesting though he signed the contract early but Lopez was holding out but for what? 

[tinner777]

conlon trying to get disqualified

[Samie]

 

Bite the ear off does the job mate.

[tinner777]

or a few digs in the balls 

[Barneylfc∗]

Comfortable win for Frampton. He'll need to improve a fair bit if he wants to win a world title though. Plenty of rust.

[Samie]

Carl should just go for the money fights now. No need to slog it out against fighters who need to prove something.


I think he's fighting Jamal Herring for the WBO Super Featherweight title next.

[Fordy]

Carl should just go for the money fights now. No need to slog it out against fighters who need to prove something.


I think he's fighting Jamal Herring for the WBO Super Featherweight title next.

Doubt real money fights will take place until crowds are allowed back

[tinner777]

I like Carl, but no real fireworks there

[Fordy]

Frank and Eddie meeting up to discuss how they can get 10/15 fights happen across BT Sports and Sky - says Frank.

Queensbury v Matchroom

[Samie]

Doubt real money fights will take place until crowds are allowed back

Don't doubt something that's pretty much confirmed from Bob Arum mate. 

He said if Carl came through this fight the next one is going to be against Herring in November/December time.

[duvva 💅]

Don’t know what’s happened to Frampton since he beat Santa Cruz. Not looked the same fighter. Thought he was poor given the level of opponent tonight. Did I hear he didn’t make weight for it either, that’s not the first time if so. Not entirely convinced he really wants it anymore.

[duvva 💅]

Confirmed lads, Lomochenko v Lopez.

https://www.boxingscene.com/lomachenko-lopez-deal-reached-october-team-lopez-pumped--150880

How come they can make this a free to air fight but not Whyte Povetkin etc next week?

[Samie]

Because Eddie thinks we (British public) are mugs mate. 

[duvva 💅]

Because Eddie thinks we (British public) are mugs mate. 

It’s even more of a joke than usual given the financial hardship for many at the moment

[Alf]

How come they can make this a free to air fight but not Whyte Povetkin etc next week?

Dillian Whyte has been fighting on box office for a while now, Povetkin's not going to come over for an apple, an orange, a horse shit sandwich and the promise of being another Matchroom show in the future. You've also got Katie Taylor vs Persoon on the undercard which stole the show in New York last year.

[Samie]

But you have the P4P #1 currently not fighting on PPV for his next fight. Which is arguably his biggest and definitely most toughest fight. 

[duvva 💅]

Dillian Whyte has been fighting on box office for a while now, Povetkin's not going to come over for an apple, an orange, a horse shit sandwich and the promise of being another Matchroom show in the future. You've also got Katie Taylor vs Persoon on the undercard which stole the show in New York last year.

I do get that during a normal year it would be PPV but as Samie points out above it’s more for me that you’ve got Lomachenko fighting in a massive fight on free to air plus the current situation in the world. It just doesn’t seem to be the right time for PPV events.

[Alf]

I do get that during a normal year it would be PPV but as Samie points out above it’s more for me that you’ve got Lomachenko fighting in a massive fight on free to air plus the current situation in the world. It just doesn’t seem to be the right time for PPV events.

I agree it's not the time for PPV events but without a crowd it's the only way they can pay for it. I'd be surprised if it does more than 200,000 buys. They might also use the PPV to forecast the buy rate for Joshua-Pulev because there is no guarantee they'll be crowds again this year.

But you have the P4P #1 currently not fighting on PPV for his next fight. Which is arguably his biggest and definitely most toughest fight. 

The US PPV model is different from the UK one, primarily because they pay a lot more in the States. Essentially they're paying £60-£75 and I don't know the strength of the undercard.  Here are Bob Arum's comments on the subject.

https://www.espn.co.uk/boxing/story/_/id/29654068/teofimo-lopez-jr-fight-vasiliy-lomachenko-always-personal

"I think that sanity prevailed," Top Rank CEO and founder Bob Arum told ESPN. "I don't blame anybody here, if this was ordinary, normal times, the fighters would've got what they believed the fight was worth, more money.

"But again, we had to make them understand that I don't have a live gate, which was at least two, three million dollars. I couldn't do it on pay-per-view because I don't have an essential element -- the closed-circuit [showings], all the bars and places are closed. Who's going to buy it?"

[FTH]

How is Whyte currently training in Portugal - I thought they had to fly in 14 days before?

[Samie]

Is he? I thought Portugal was now on the exemption list? 

[FTH]

He's applied for an exemption it seems

[duvva 💅]

Did I read that if Terence Crawford can’t agree a fight with Pacquiao that he may be fighting Kell Brook next, anyone else heard that?

[Samie]

He's applied for an exemption it seems

Ah okay, sports people always looknig for exemptions huh? 

[Samie]

Did I read that if Terence Crawford can’t agree a fight with Pacquiao that he may be fighting Kell Brook next, anyone else heard that?

Not heard that one mate i.e he fights Kell Brook. He and Errol Spence have been calling each other out for a while though. That's the probably the big fight of the Welterweight scene currently.

[duvva 💅]

https://twitter.com/pugboxing/status/1295202336684482561?s=21

No idea how legit/real this is

[I've been a good boy]

Did I read that if Terence Crawford can’t agree a fight with Pacquiao that he may be fighting Kell Brook next, anyone else heard that?

I know Kell Brook called him out last week but nothing more. That's a very bad fight for him, won't be any different to the Spence fight.

[Samie]

https://twitter.com/pugboxing/status/1295202336684482561?s=21

No idea how legit/real this is

Well the journo is legit in the sense that he's the Boxing writer for The Athletic. 

Fordy's second best mate losing another fight, Fordy might have to let him go if he loses one more time.

[1892tillforever]

I know Kell Brook called him out last week but nothing more. That's a very bad fight for him, won't be any different to the Spence fight.

It will be a LOT worse IMO. Brook has hardly fought since then, and it was over three years ago. Bit of a step up from Mark De Luca to Crawford 

[Lusty]

Brook's going to get beaten so badly he'll wake up with an Amir Khan tattoo.

[Samie]

Why is Crawford even looking at the likes Brook? He should try and get the Errol Spence fight going.

[duvva 💅]

Alvarez is fighting Yildirm the guy Eubank jr KO’d in his next fight. What’s the fuckin point?

[Lusty]

Alvarez is fighting Yildirm the guy Eubank jr KO’d in his next fight. What’s the fuckin point?

And so Callum Smith becomes the latest British boxer to let his career waste away while he waits for a superfight that never comes...

[Samie]

Agreed with that point mate but why  the fuck is Canelo fighting some plumber? 

[Fordy]

Why is Crawford even looking at the likes Brook? He should try and get the Errol Spence fight going.

You don't seem to be getting it mate..Until crowds are allowed back then big fights will be rare.

However, Brook is a massive fight for Crawford 

[Fordy]

Agreed with that point mate but why  the fuck is Canelo fighting some plumber? 

Like Mayweather, Canelo clearly doesn't like those just chasing the money! Smith should be fighting other top level fighters now. He is just wasting away like Khan did chasing Mayweather.

Poor by Smith.

[Diomedieocre]

Brook's going to get beaten so badly he'll wake up with an Amir Khan tattoo.

:..next to fordy.

[Lusty]

Agreed with that point mate but why  the fuck is Canelo fighting some plumber? 

He's reached the point Floyd got to where he can fight whatever bum he likes and still get paid millions.

Andre Berto is probably half expecting the phone to ring.

[Lusty]

:..next to fordy.

They've never been seen in the same room at the same time...

[Diomedieocre]

They've never been seen in the same room at the same time...

 

[Alf]

Povektin, Persoon, Taylor & Whyte all got exemptions from the government not to quarantine. I think they were all tested before coming into the UK and then tested again upon arrival to fight camp.

Have heard Dazn don't consider Yildrim a credible opponent for Canelo, so there's no guarantee that fight will happen.