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Re: Boxing thread
« Reply #61720 on: December 27, 2019, 03:26:17 pm »
Usyk and Parker are 1 and 2 with the WBO so that’s a potential fight for the vacant title. Would also mean Eddie keeps the belts under Matchroom if Joshua takes the IBF mandatory and fights Pulev next.

Usyk v Chisora is in talks already. Sells more tickets than Usyk v Parker.

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Re: Boxing thread
« Reply #61721 on: December 27, 2019, 04:18:33 pm »
What the Michelin Man said is correct.  ;D More likely Chisra v Usyk at the O2 probably.

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Re: Boxing thread
« Reply #61722 on: December 27, 2019, 05:53:09 pm »
Fury v Wilder 2 confirmed for February 22nd in Las Vegas at the MGM Grand.  :D ;D


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Re: Boxing thread
« Reply #61723 on: December 27, 2019, 07:45:38 pm »
Wilder will send him into outer space when they meet

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Re: Boxing thread
« Reply #61724 on: December 27, 2019, 08:04:12 pm »
But Fury will come back from the trip.  :D

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Re: Boxing thread
« Reply #61725 on: December 27, 2019, 09:13:53 pm »
Usyk v Chisora is in talks already. Sells more tickets than Usyk v Parker.
I'd expect Usyk to pummel Chisora to be honest.

Wilder will send him into outer space when they meet
After losing the first 10 rounds.

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Re: Boxing thread
« Reply #61726 on: December 27, 2019, 10:50:22 pm »
Wilder will send him into outer space when they meet

Fury's got a head like a stegasaurus. I think he might do it.

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Re: Boxing thread
« Reply #61727 on: December 27, 2019, 11:56:19 pm »
Wilder is far too reliant on his right, biggest one-trick pony in boxing. Fury takes it on points but gets baptized atleast once like he was last time.

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Re: Boxing thread
« Reply #61728 on: December 28, 2019, 08:49:50 am »
Fury the one that backed out of immediate rematch. He might be more match fit but he is also older and he didn't look that elusive facing the last Latvian he fought. Wilder is what he is, crude and sloppy but we know he has nuclear power in that right and he will catch Fury. I suspect him to be a good stone, stone and a half heavier (wtf he playing at coming in 212lbs the last time) and to use the extra weight to his advantage

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Re: Boxing thread
« Reply #61729 on: December 28, 2019, 11:00:03 am »
Fury the one that backed out of immediate rematch. He might be more match fit but he is also older and he didn't look that elusive facing the last Latvian he fought. Wilder is what he is, crude and sloppy but we know he has nuclear power in that right and he will catch Fury. I suspect him to be a good stone, stone and a half heavier (wtf he playing at coming in 212lbs the last time) and to use the extra weight to his advantage

I think Wilder loses every round but you're right that he's got that cheat code and he'll get to use it at least once. But Fury has taken it and got back up again, twice. When he was out of shape and out of practice.

If you can survive that nuclear right hand when it lands then I don't think Wilder has got anything else up hus sleeve.

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Re: Boxing thread
« Reply #61730 on: December 28, 2019, 11:13:34 am »
I think Wilder loses every round but you're right that he's got that cheat code and he'll get to use it at least once. But Fury has taken it and got back up again, twice. When he was out of shape and out of practice.

If you can survive that nuclear right hand when it lands then I don't think Wilder has got anything else up hus sleeve.

He has nothing outside of that right. It's crazy, He should develop more weapons but I guess at this stage he is what he is.

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Re: Boxing thread
« Reply #61731 on: December 28, 2019, 11:28:12 am »
He has nothing outside of that right. It's crazy, He should develop more weapons but I guess at this stage he is what he is.


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Re: Boxing thread
« Reply #61732 on: December 28, 2019, 11:42:08 am »
They're lucky the rematch is in Vegas because even the first fight didn't sell out and the PPV numbers for arguably the biggest Heavyweight fight at the time was crap.

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Re: Boxing thread
« Reply #61733 on: December 28, 2019, 04:05:11 pm »
He has nothing outside of that right. It's crazy, He should develop more weapons but I guess at this stage he is what he is.
The man himself is an utter weapon!

Meanwhile, I still believe Fury is mythologised by many. He is a very good boxer for a HW but his CV as it were is very bare barring Wlad and a draw with Captain Windmill. I suppose beating Bell Boy twice counts a little.

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Re: Boxing thread
« Reply #61734 on: December 28, 2019, 04:14:15 pm »
The longer Fury was "retired" the better his legacy grew.  :D ;D

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Re: Boxing thread
« Reply #61735 on: December 28, 2019, 04:21:47 pm »
The longer Fury was "retired" the better his legacy grew.  :D ;D
He was a giant version of Willie Pep by the time he returned!

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Re: Boxing thread
« Reply #61736 on: December 29, 2019, 03:11:20 am »
Fury the one that backed out of immediate rematch. He might be more match fit but he is also older and he didn't look that elusive facing the last Latvian he fought. Wilder is what he is, crude and sloppy but we know he has nuclear power in that right and he will catch Fury. I suspect him to be a good stone, stone and a half heavier (wtf he playing at coming in 212lbs the last time) and to use the extra weight to his advantage

Fury is 3 years younger than Wilder.
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Re: Boxing thread
« Reply #61737 on: December 29, 2019, 07:18:38 am »
Fury is 3 years younger than Wilder.

I know. I mean he himself is older than when they first fought, i know that is being Captain Obvious but Fury's style with the excessive use of feet is not one that ages well. Yo could rightly argue its only 15 months but considering the abuse he has put his body through with the PEDs and the excessive weight loss, those 15 months will be more significant to  him then they would be for Wilder IMO.

Sacking his trainer also not too much of a good look either

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Re: Boxing thread
« Reply #61738 on: December 29, 2019, 07:20:12 am »
The longer Fury was "retired" the better his legacy grew.  :D ;D

Also, probably the most well regarded drug cheat in boxing. You could almost forget that he took them. Even with Canelo people online have been calling him Clenelo but with Fury, nothing

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Re: Boxing thread
« Reply #61739 on: December 29, 2019, 10:18:45 am »

Sacking his trainer also not too much of a good look either


I think hiring that guy in the first place was a crazy move. He just wanted a yes man who would let hin do what he wanted. Sacking him for someone who can plot their way through 12 rounds for him makes sense.

I'd rather he was back with his uncle though.

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Re: Boxing thread
« Reply #61740 on: December 29, 2019, 10:33:08 am »
Wilder against Ortiz is KO of the year lads? Or is it Canelo against Kovalev?

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Re: Boxing thread
« Reply #61741 on: December 29, 2019, 10:48:00 am »
I think hiring that guy in the first place was a crazy move. He just wanted a yes man who would let hin do what he wanted. Sacking him for someone who can plot their way through 12 rounds for him makes sense.

I'd rather he was back with his uncle though.

That ship has long  since sailed unfortunately

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Re: Boxing thread
« Reply #61742 on: December 29, 2019, 10:48:49 am »
Wilder against Ortiz is KO of the year lads? Or is it Canelo against Kovalev?

For drama probably but for brutality I prefer his one v Brezeale and Chisora v Spitza

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Re: Boxing thread
« Reply #61743 on: December 29, 2019, 10:52:14 am »
Yeah forgot about the Brezeale one.  :D But I think the Ortiz one takes it for me. He lost all 6 rounds in the fight against a dangerous fighter and he got it done. Yes he fought a pensioner but that pensioner is skillful compared to some of the rest.  ;D :D

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Re: Boxing thread
« Reply #61744 on: December 29, 2019, 11:01:51 am »
Yeah forgot about the Brezeale one.  :D But I think the Ortiz one takes it for me. He lost all 6 rounds in the fight against a dangerous fighter and he got it done. Yes he fought a pensioner but that pensioner is skillful compared to some of the rest.  ;D :D

I hear that, I was seeing him get schooled and was moaning at the screen, why take this fight etc etc and then bam. Guy was on floor

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Re: Boxing thread
« Reply #61745 on: December 29, 2019, 11:30:54 am »
Wilder against Ortiz is KO of the year lads? Or is it Canelo against Kovalev?

It might be KO of the decade to be honest.  He landed one punch all night and it sent Grandpa into outer space.

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Re: Boxing thread
« Reply #61746 on: December 29, 2019, 11:53:49 am »
Just read that Badou Jack lost to Jean Pascal last night on a split decision, anyone here seen the fight?

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Re: Boxing thread
« Reply #61747 on: December 29, 2019, 11:57:33 am »
No mate but did read comments, Pascal was dropped too I beelive. Must've been a shitter than usual Badou Jack.  :D

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Re: Boxing thread
« Reply #61748 on: December 29, 2019, 12:06:02 pm »
Didn't see the fight but apparently it was another shit job from the judges and even Mayweather kept saying "what the fuck?" at ringside.

Gervonta Davis was also in action last night, KO'ed Yuriorkis Gamboa.

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Re: Boxing thread
« Reply #61749 on: December 29, 2019, 03:39:27 pm »
I know. I mean he himself is older than when they first fought, i know that is being Captain Obvious but Fury's style with the excessive use of feet is not one that ages well. Yo could rightly argue its only 15 months but considering the abuse he has put his body through with the PEDs and the excessive weight loss, those 15 months will be more significant to  him then they would be for Wilder IMO.

Sacking his trainer also not too much of a good look either

He's brought in Andy Lee and they are going back to a gym they both trained at(will it be the kronk?), and it sounds like they want him to go for the KO. Think it really adds intrigue to the fight.

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Re: Boxing thread
« Reply #61750 on: December 29, 2019, 10:49:36 pm »
He's brought in Andy Lee and they are going back to a gym they both trained at(will it be the kronk?), and it sounds like they want him to go for the KO. Think it really adds intrigue to the fight.

Not sure Andy Lee is exactly the style I'd want to emulate if I was going to fight Wilder ;D

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Re: Boxing thread
« Reply #61751 on: December 30, 2019, 02:52:10 pm »
Warren has lost the plot today. Saying that AJ should give up all his belts (so no mandatory fight or warm up fight) and wait for the winner of Fury vs Wilder 2, even though last week he said they've already done a deal for Wilder vs Fury 3 for the end of 2020.  :lmao :lmao :lmao :lmao

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Re: Boxing thread
« Reply #61752 on: December 31, 2019, 11:25:58 am »
Ring Magazine Fighter of the Year is Canelo Alvarez

and

Fighter of the Decade hasn't been announced yet but pretty much everyone is saying it will be Floyd Mayweather Jr.

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Re: Boxing thread
« Reply #61753 on: December 31, 2019, 11:40:12 am »
Ring Magazine Fighter of the Year is Canelo Alvarez

and

Fighter of the Decade hasn't been announced yet but pretty much everyone is saying it will be Floyd Mayweather Jr.

No one really stands out this year, so GBP were always going to give it to their cash cow.  Maybe Naoya Inoue, but a Japanese bantamweight is never going to win it.

Hard to argue against Floyd for the decade either, even though he was semi retired for half of it.

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Re: Boxing thread
« Reply #61754 on: December 31, 2019, 11:43:02 am »
Yeah mate got to give the rewards to the fatties.  :D

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Re: Boxing thread
« Reply #61755 on: December 31, 2019, 11:50:03 am »
Some good candidates for 'fattest bastard of the decade' now I think of it.  My man James Toney had 7 fights, there's obviously Andy Ruiz this year, and there was that business with Tyson fury sending his Mrs out for a multipack of kitkats.

I give it to Chavez Jr though.

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Re: Boxing thread
« Reply #61756 on: December 31, 2019, 11:51:24 am »
Aye good ones.  ;D

Who was the fatty who came in over 2 stones over the limit for a Lightweight contest?  ;D

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Re: Boxing thread
« Reply #61757 on: December 31, 2019, 11:58:29 am »
Oh man I must have missed that ;D

Shawn Porter had to shave his head to make weight earlier in the year which was good.  Paul Smith missed weight by a fair amount as well from memory.  Can't remember anyone beating 2 stone though ;D

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Re: Boxing thread
« Reply #61758 on: January 3, 2020, 05:43:57 pm »
The official poster for Fury vs Wilder 2. You can tell its the Christmas period as this is the most basic Wordart level poster. They got a fuckin' apprentice to do this shit.  ;D


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Re: Boxing thread
« Reply #61759 on: January 3, 2020, 05:59:05 pm »
At least they've not used comic sans ;D