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Re: Boxing thread 2016
« Reply #345 on: September 10, 2016, 11:42:54 PM »
Sounds like his eye socket was broken.

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Re: Boxing thread 2016
« Reply #346 on: September 11, 2016, 12:21:19 AM »
I thought he was getting hit a lot. GGG has it right, Brook is an excellent fighter but he's not a middleweight. Or at least not a middleweight in GGG's class.

Thought GGG looked quite ordinary at times tonight and I would think there are a few out there who would fancy a fight against him after seeing how many times Brook caught him.

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Re: Boxing thread 2016
« Reply #347 on: September 11, 2016, 12:26:00 AM »
Oh I don't know. Brook's a quality world champ and GGG looked a step above.

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Re: Boxing thread 2016
« Reply #348 on: September 11, 2016, 12:30:17 AM »
Looking at it rationally it was like how we invariably used to play against Manchester United back in the days when we were top six and they were top two. We'd come out swinging, they contained us, then stepped up a gear.   

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Re: Boxing thread 2016
« Reply #349 on: September 11, 2016, 12:59:13 AM »
He looks a bit of a machine doesn't he Golovkin. Scary bloke.

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Re: Boxing thread 2016
« Reply #350 on: September 11, 2016, 09:26:51 AM »
Oh I don't know. Brook's a quality world champ and GGG looked a step above.

He did, but I think the weight difference played a big part in that as GGG was able to manhandle him at times.  GGG's awesome power was evident throughout, but Brook did land quite a lot and if you factor in the extra power a natural middleweight would have, I think there are a few who might see a chance.  As it was said in commentary, the only real chink in GGG's armour is that he does not move his head at all. 

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Re: Boxing thread 2016
« Reply #351 on: September 11, 2016, 03:50:13 PM »
I'd say if the fight might have gone differently if Brook had done 2-3 warm up fights at that weight first.  I think he needed to get used to the extra power in a competitive environment and work on his own power.  He landed more than enough clean shots to put golovkin down but there just wasn't the power behind them.  I suspect Brook will step down one from here and I think he'll do very well.

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Re: Boxing thread 2016
« Reply #352 on: September 12, 2016, 06:29:30 PM »
The best in the world at that weight don't want to fight GGG. Brook had no chance.

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Re: Boxing thread 2016
« Reply #353 on: September 12, 2016, 09:19:02 PM »

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Re: Boxing thread 2016
« Reply #354 on: September 23, 2016, 10:24:15 PM »
I see Fury has called off the Klitschko fight again. Not passing any judgement, but how long before he's stripped of his titles?

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Re: Boxing thread 2016
« Reply #355 on: September 24, 2016, 10:55:57 AM »
I see Fury has called off the Klitschko fight again. Not passing any judgement, but how long before he's stripped of his titles?
From what I'm reading im gathering its a mental issue rather than physical. He doesn't deem the most stable of blokes and I'd worry about where he would go from here.

I thoroughly dislike the bloke but I hope he gets the treatment he needs and can come back from it.

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Re: Boxing thread 2016
« Reply #356 on: September 24, 2016, 10:44:22 PM »
What is it with boxing and Sweet Bloody Caroline?

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Re: Boxing thread 2016
« Reply #357 on: September 24, 2016, 11:42:26 PM »
Right decision reached though there was quite a disparity on the cards.  Crolla did seem to be getting some momentum, but that was all taken away when he got caught in the sixth.  He just didn't seem to have much in the tank after that.

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Re: Boxing thread 2016
« Reply #358 on: October 01, 2016, 12:48:44 PM »
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The world heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, who last week pulled out of his proposed rematch with Wladimir Klitschko citing mental health issues, has reportedly tested positive for cocaine.

Fury, who holds the WBA and WBO world titles, was said to have been informed on Thursday night that his A sample from a random urine test on 22 September had tested positive for the substance benzoylecgonine, the central compound found in cocaine. Fury pulled out of the rematch a day after the test.

The news was broken by ESPN, which quoted a letter from the Voluntary Anti-Doping Agency (Vada) president, Dr Margaret Goodman, to representatives for Fury, Klitschko, the British Boxing Board of Control and the United States’ Association of Boxing Commissions. In it Goodman wrote: “This letter is to advise you that the ‘A’ sample urine specimen number 4006253 collected from Tyson Fury on September 22, 2016 in Lancaster, England through his participation in the Voluntary Anti-Doping Association program has been analysed for anabolic agents, diuretics, beta-2 agonists, stimulants and drugs of abuse. The results of the analysis are as follows: Adverse. Urine specimen contains benzoylecgonine.”

However in an email to the Guardian, Goodman said that Vada would not be commenting on story and that they “do not release results publicly unless requested by the athlete”. Even if the positive test is confirmed Fury is unlikely to face a ban from competing as cocaine is not prohibited when it is taken out of competition under World Anti-Doping Agency rules. However with the WBO having requested he provide evidence that he was “mentally unfit” to fight against Klitschko by Wednesday, and the IBO having also asked him for a medical report, the 28-year-old from Morecambe still faces the prospect of losing one or more of his world title belts before he next steps in the ring. Separately Fury also has a UK Anti-Doping investigation hanging over him after a sample tested positive for the anabolic steroid nandrolone last year. However he denies any wrongdoing and is contesting those charges.

Fury won the world title with a convincing points victory over Klitschko last November but since then he has made headlines for what he has done outside the ring. His rematch against Klitschko was originally due to take place in Manchester during the summer but Fury pulled out citing an ankle injury. Earlier he had admitted he was five stone over his fighting weight having eaten and drunk to excess.

The fight was then rescheduled for 29 October but doubts were raised about it going ahead when Fury didn’t show up for the press conference in London on 10 September, claiming that his car had broken down on the motorway and his phone battery had also died. Those fears were realised less than a fortnight later when Fury was declared medically unfit to fight.

Bernd Bönte, Klitschko’s manager, responded to the cocaine claim by telling ESPN: “I think Fury is probably the most unworthy heavyweight champion in history, not only because of this situation but because of the whole package of his sexist comments, his antisemitic comments and his homophobic comments that have been [well documented].”

It was widely reported that Fury had severe depression, with a statement from Hennessy Sports saying he was “devastated” when the rematch was called off. A statement released last week added: “Medical specialists have advised that the condition is too severe to allow him to participate in the rematch and that he will require treatment before going back into the ring. Tyson will now immediately undergo the treatment he needs to make a full recovery.”

Neither Fury’s representatives nor the BBBC were available for comment when contacted by the Guardian. A Ukad spokesperson said: “UK Anti-Doping will not discuss or disclose information relating to cases, until due legal process has been completed.”

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Re: Boxing thread 2016
« Reply #359 on: October 02, 2016, 12:53:24 AM »
That's a good, if strange, win for Nathan Cleverley.

 


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