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hixxstar · « **Reply #65680 on:** February 28, 2021, 03:58:06 am »

is right... not canelos fault, just no fight in Anvi.. at least it wasn't a 5am fight

Zeb · « **Reply #65681 on:** February 28, 2021, 04:08:32 am »

Dull Tools · « **Reply #65682 on:** February 28, 2021, 07:50:19 am »

Eddie wasn't kidding about the ring walk!

Canelo just as good as ever. Yildrim barely had a punch.

Looking forward to the Saunders fight. Just hope a decent Billy turns up.

L4Red · « **Reply #65683 on:** February 28, 2021, 09:41:24 am »

Did anyone see the fella fall off the BMX on the ring walk

Complete waste of time for everyone that fight then, anything decent on the undercard worth going back to watch?

Lusty · « **Reply #65684 on:** February 28, 2021, 09:56:59 am »

Quote from: Dull Tools on February 28, 2021, 07:50:19 am

Eddie wasn't kidding about the ring walk!

Canelo just as good as ever. Yildrim barely had a punch.

Looking forward to the Saunders fight. Just hope a decent Billy turns up.

Saunders is one of those who fights to the level of his opponent, so you never know.

The problem he's got though is that getting a decision against Canelo is basically impossible, especially with a style like his. And he's not knocking him out in a million years.

Samie · « **Reply #65685 on:** February 28, 2021, 01:14:35 pm »

BJS has to get 2 KO's in Vegas to get a split decision for fuck sakes. He's got barely any power to trouble anyone at Super middleweight anyway.

Fordy · « **Reply #65686 on:** February 28, 2021, 01:18:11 pm »

Quote from: Samie on February 28, 2021, 01:14:35 pm

BJS has to get 2 KO's in Vegas to get a split decision for fuck sakes. He's got barely any power to trouble anyone at Super middleweight anyway.

I doubt BJS would even beat Eubank Jr if they boxed again.

Lusty · « **Reply #65687 on:** February 28, 2021, 04:14:30 pm »

Quote from: Fordy on February 28, 2021, 01:18:11 pm

I doubt BJS would even beat Eubank Jr if they boxed again.

Speaking of Jr, apparently Eddie is lining him up to fight your buddy Kell Brook...

Legs · « **Reply #65688 on:** February 28, 2021, 04:21:55 pm »

Quote from: Fordy on February 28, 2021, 01:18:11 pm

I doubt BJS would even beat Eubank Jr if they boxed again.

Eubank Jnr has turned into the invisable man.

Probably waiting to destroy GGG as he keeps saying I mean a bloke who lost to BJS and Groves thinks he is gonna beat GGG 🤣🤣

L4Red · « **Reply #65689 on:** February 28, 2021, 05:52:08 pm »

Quote from: Legs on February 28, 2021, 04:21:55 pm

Eubank Jnr has turned into the invisable man.

isn't he living with Roy Jones Jr?! Sure I heard that on a podcast

Samie · « **Reply #65690 on:** February 28, 2021, 05:54:04 pm »

He's being trained by him not sure if he's camping out in Roy's back garden like.

Legs · « **Reply #65691 on:** February 28, 2021, 10:30:30 pm »

Quote from: L4Red on February 28, 2021, 05:52:08 pm

isn't he living with Roy Jones Jr?! Sure I heard that on a podcast

It must be getting on 2 years since he last boxed.

I think he is training with Jones Jnr correct.

Dull Tools · « **Reply #65692 on:** March 1, 2021, 11:15:38 am »

Quote from: Legs on February 28, 2021, 04:21:55 pm

Eubank Jnr has turned into the invisable man.

Probably waiting to destroy GGG as he keeps saying I mean a bloke who lost to BJS and Groves thinks he is gonna beat GGG 🤣🤣

I was just thinking about him on Saturday while watching the Yildrim fight. Mad how he has just disappeared.

owens_2k · « **Reply #65693 on:** March 1, 2021, 05:30:50 pm »

Is matchroom boxing's fightpass no longer a thing?

L4Red · « **Reply #65694 on:** March 1, 2021, 06:10:12 pm »

Quote from: owens_2k on March 1, 2021, 05:30:50 pm

Is matchroom boxing's fightpass no longer a thing?

Presumably it's hard to charge for early ticket access when they aren't selling tickets for events

Samie · « **Reply #65695 on:** March 2, 2021, 07:03:10 pm »

Josh Taylor v Jose Ramirez confirmed for the Undisputed Light Welterweight title May 22nd.

Vegas likely to be the venue.

Samie · « **Reply #65696 on:** March 3, 2021, 05:22:05 pm »

Bob Arum saying everyone agreed on all the stipulations for Furv v Joshua, just needs to be signed now by both fighters.

Lusty · « **Reply #65697 on:** March 3, 2021, 05:26:31 pm »

Quote from: Samie on March 3, 2021, 05:22:05 pm

Bob Arum saying everyone agreed on all the stipulations for Furv v Joshua, just needs to be signed now by both fighters.

Haven't they announced this about 10 times already?

sminp · « **Reply #65698 on:** March 3, 2021, 05:29:25 pm »

Quote from: Lusty on March 3, 2021, 05:26:31 pm

Haven't they announced this about 10 times already?

Think it was mostly from the AJ side saying it was happening before now. Can’t remember the Fury side confirming it before but I could be wrong.

Samie · « **Reply #65699 on:** March 3, 2021, 05:30:34 pm »

Quote from: Lusty on March 3, 2021, 05:26:31 pm

Haven't they announced this about 10 times already?

Before it was Edwardo saying it's getting close. First time Arum has come out with both sides agreeing everything.

Samie · « **Reply #65700 on:** March 3, 2021, 05:31:58 pm »

Quote from: sminp on March 3, 2021, 05:29:25 pm

Think it was mostly from the AJ side saying it was happening before now. Can’t remember the Fury side confirming it before but I could be wrong.

Fury's agent/promoter is Arum, don't take any notice of Frank Warren. He's just a patsie or pasty? One or the other.

Dull Tools · « **Reply #65701 on:** March 3, 2021, 05:50:29 pm »

Quote from: Lusty on March 3, 2021, 05:26:31 pm

Haven't they announced this about 10 times already?

Think it is just Covid stopping it. Hard to agree a fight of this size. I guess they are thinking they could do it at full capacity in the UK now after June?

Samie · « **Reply #65702 on:** March 3, 2021, 06:04:02 pm »

Not UK for the first fight. Edwardo pretty much guaranteeing the money on offer for the first one is mega.

Lusty · « **Reply #65703 on:** March 3, 2021, 06:10:15 pm »

Quote from: sminp on March 3, 2021, 05:29:25 pm

Think it was mostly from the AJ side saying it was happening before now. Can’t remember the Fury side confirming it before but I could be wrong.

Think Fury himself has announced it, because he had that Irish gangster involved.

Bob Arum loves to stop big fights from happening though, so if he's saying it's done that's good news.

I've been a good boy · « **Reply #65704 on:** March 3, 2021, 06:39:09 pm »

This fight can only happen infront of a crowd, if that's Saudi then so be it. Would hate for the biggest heavyweight fight in 20 something years to be fought infront of seats.

Creg · « **Reply #65705 on:** March 3, 2021, 10:45:58 pm »

Quote from: Samie on March 2, 2021, 07:03:10 pm

Josh Taylor v Jose Ramirez confirmed for the Undisputed Light Welterweight title May 22nd.

Vegas likely to be the venue.

Had hoped to get to this but not going to happen.

Hopefully Taylor comes back with all the belts.

L4Red · « **Reply #65706 on:** March 4, 2021, 07:02:53 am »

Quote from: I've been a good boy. on March 3, 2021, 06:39:09 pm

This fight can only happen infront of a crowd, if that's Saudi then so be it. Would hate for the biggest heavyweight fight in 20 something years to be fought infront of seats.

Be better if it was a crowd of actual boxing fans rather than rich fellas there for a day out like the WBSS finals

Lusty · « **Reply #65707 on:** March 4, 2021, 09:40:35 am »

Quote from: Creg on March 3, 2021, 10:45:58 pm

Had hoped to get to this but not going to happen.

Hopefully Taylor comes back with all the belts.

Hasn't been a British undisputed champion since Lennox, and there's only been 3 or 4 in history. Now we might have 2 before the end of the year.

Quote from: L4Red on March 4, 2021, 07:02:53 am

Be better if it was a crowd of actual boxing fans rather than rich fellas there for a day out like the WBSS finals

That rules out Vegas as well then

Really hope it's in the UK, but I don't hold much hope. I think the Euros might make it complicated as well.

Barneylfc∗ · « **Reply #65708 on:** March 4, 2021, 03:14:54 pm »

Fuck Saudi Arabia. c*nts

Legs · « **Reply #65709 on:** March 4, 2021, 03:39:04 pm »

Quote from: Barneylfc∗ on March 4, 2021, 03:14:54 pm

Fuck Saudi Arabia. c*nts

Correct.

It should be in the UK there is no excuse to not do it money shouldnt be a factor.

Imagine Saudi getting the biggest fight with two UK boxers for decades next you will be telling me Qatar are going to host a world cup before Holland 🤣

Welshred · « **Reply #65710 on:** March 4, 2021, 03:44:23 pm »

It shouldn't be in the UK if you can't get a full crowd in and they can't wait for that

Legs · « **Reply #65711 on:** March 4, 2021, 03:46:42 pm »

Quote from: Welshred on March 4, 2021, 03:44:23 pm

It shouldn't be in the UK if you can't get a full crowd in and they can't wait for that

Be able to by July id imagine or could have it later in the year at Cardiff.

Put it this way if it was two Americans there is zero chance the fight goes overseas.

Welshred · « **Reply #65712 on:** March 4, 2021, 03:50:36 pm »

No because they could find a way of having a full crowd in America. If they could fill Wembley in the first part of the year it would be there and it had to happen in the first half of the year

I'd be very surprised if there were large crowds at sports anywhere before September

AndyMuller · « **Reply #65713 on:** March 4, 2021, 03:51:30 pm »

I hope Fury batters him.

The new Bruno v Tyson documentary is worth a watch. I didn't realise how badly Tyson battered him in the second fight, Tyson just seemed a level above him altogether to be honest.

Alf · « **Reply #65714 on:** March 4, 2021, 04:09:28 pm »

Quote from: owens_2k on March 1, 2021, 05:30:50 pm

Is matchroom boxing's fightpass no longer a thing?

Will be interesting to see if this comes back into play if they start having fights with smaller crowds as things open up again.

Quote from: AndyMuller on March 4, 2021, 03:51:30 pm

The new Bruno v Tyson documentary is worth a watch. I didn't realise how badly Tyson battered him in the second fight, Tyson just seemed a level above him altogether to be honest.

The only reason the first fight lasted so long was because Bruno spent half the time holding onto Tyson and the other half fighting dirty. He was lucky he didn't get chucked out. Richard Steele was very patient with Bruno, probably because he knew what was coming.

Lusty · « **Reply #65715 on:** March 4, 2021, 05:19:09 pm »

Quote from: AndyMuller on March 4, 2021, 03:51:30 pm

I hope Fury batters him.

The new Bruno v Tyson documentary is worth a watch. I didn't realise how badly Tyson battered him in the second fight, Tyson just seemed a level above him altogether to be honest.

It'll be a stinker of a fight. Massive though and I can't wait for it.

The documentary is on my list. Went to one of these 'evening with' things with Frank Bruno a few years ago, was a really nice guy, made time for everyone. Obviously has had his demons in the past which he acknowledged. He said there was no way he should have been allowed to take that second fight though, he had a detached retina from the McCall fight, but Don King made it happen. He could barely see but he'd been put it front of dodgy doctors etc. to get clearance. Then some of the stuff that was happening to him in the run up to the fight in Vegas... Interested to see how much of the story he tells in the documentary anyway, might be a bit different with a camera on him!

AndyMuller · « **Reply #65716 on:** March 4, 2021, 07:01:07 pm »

Quote from: Lusty on March 4, 2021, 05:19:09 pm

It'll be a stinker of a fight. Massive though and I can't wait for it.

The documentary is on my list. Went to one of these 'evening with' things with Frank Bruno a few years ago, was a really nice guy, made time for everyone. Obviously has had his demons in the past which he acknowledged. He said there was no way he should have been allowed to take that second fight though, he had a detached retina from the McCall fight, but Don King made it happen. He could barely see but he'd been put it front of dodgy doctors etc. to get clearance. Then some of the stuff that was happening to him in the run up to the fight in Vegas... Interested to see how much of the story he tells in the documentary anyway, might be a bit different with a camera on him!

Bruno does seem like a lovely fella to be honest. My girlfriend who has no interest in boxing but watched this with me said that Tyson looked absolutely terrifying during his ring walk in the second fight. I couldn’t disagree, he was a scary bastard.

Samie · « **Reply #65717 on:** March 4, 2021, 07:03:44 pm »

Here's the thing though by the time the second fight came around Tyson's aura had gone unless you were a limited fighter. None of the top guy's at the time feared him.

arthur sarnoff · « **Reply #65718 on:** March 4, 2021, 07:55:59 pm »

Twitter has just reminded me that Calzaghe-Lacy was 15 years ago today. Time flies, but that was one of the most comprehensive beatings I've ever seen, in a supposedly even fight.

Alf · « **Reply #65719 on:** March 4, 2021, 11:26:35 pm »

Have read Liam Smith will no longer be trained by Joe Gallagher, Joseph Parker has also parted ways with Kevin Barry. Gervonta Davis stepping up to 140.