Post by: dave.woodhall on January 09, 2024, 08:24:38 PM
Post by: Drummond on January 10, 2024, 02:00:39 PM
Post by: Simon Page on January 10, 2024, 02:06:10 PM
Post by: dave.woodhall on January 14, 2024, 01:35:32 AM
Post by: TonyD on January 14, 2024, 02:21:43 AM
My parents have always raved about it when they watched live in 74.
Now that’s a proper scrap.
No bollocks
Cooper’s left hook is still a classic.
Post by: dcdavecollett on January 15, 2024, 01:13:17 AM
Post by: Villa Lew on January 20, 2024, 11:05:50 PM
Post by: Tucson Villain on January 20, 2024, 11:07:05 PM
Post by: dave.woodhall on January 20, 2024, 11:07:59 PM
Post by: Tucson Villain on January 20, 2024, 11:14:24 PM
Post by: Brazilian Villain on January 20, 2024, 11:53:17 PM
Er, Cooper?
Indeed, my mnemonic for remembering which is which is that Foreman didn't fight Ali in Manila and Frazier didn't fight him in Zaire.
Post by: Rory on January 21, 2024, 05:07:06 AM
Er, Cooper?
Indeed, my mnemonic for remembering which is which is that Foreman didn't fight Ali in Manila and Frazier didn't fight him in Zaire.
Or you could just know your boxing history 😉
Post by: dave.woodhall on January 27, 2024, 08:48:04 PM
Post by: Villa Lew on February 01, 2024, 09:27:30 PM
Post by: PeterWithesShin on February 02, 2024, 10:11:23 PM
Quote
Tyson Fury's undisputed heavyweight title fight against Oleksandr Usyk has been postponed after the Briton sustained a "freak" cut in training.
Fury, 35, was cut in sparring at his training camp in Saudi Arabia on Friday in preparation for the bout on 17 February in Riyadh.
The injury above Fury's right eye needed "urgent medical attention" and "significant stitching".
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/boxing/68187055
Post by: Risso on February 02, 2024, 10:27:06 PM
Post by: Villa Lew on February 03, 2024, 07:45:04 PM
Post by: PaulWinch again on February 03, 2024, 07:47:27 PM
Post by: dave.woodhall on February 03, 2024, 08:52:43 PM
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Post by: dave.woodhall on February 04, 2024, 04:21:18 PM
Post by: tomd2103 on February 05, 2024, 04:11:50 PM
Blimey, I haven’t been that surprised since somebody told me tomorrow is Saturday.
Saw an interview with Johnny Nelson where he was saying that there are a lot of rumours flying around that Fury was getting turned over in the gym, his legs have gone and what we saw against Ngannou is a reflection of where he's at.
Post by: Risso on February 05, 2024, 04:28:04 PM
Blimey, I haven’t been that surprised since somebody told me tomorrow is Saturday.
Saw an interview with Johnny Nelson where he was saying that there are a lot of rumours flying around that Fury was getting turned over in the gym, his legs have gone and what we saw against Ngannou is a reflection of where he's at.
Wouldn't surprise me at all. He should have fought Usyk a couple of years ago while he could still be arsed.
Post by: Villa Lew on February 09, 2024, 02:05:40 PM
Post by: Rory on February 10, 2024, 04:00:21 AM
Blimey, I haven’t been that surprised since somebody told me tomorrow is Saturday.
Saw an interview with Johnny Nelson where he was saying that there are a lot of rumours flying around that Fury was getting turned over in the gym, his legs have gone and what we saw against Ngannou is a reflection of where he's at.
Wouldn't surprise me at all. He should have fought Usyk a couple of years ago while he could still be arsed.
I'd still be very surprised if Usyk beat him. Fury is busy and smart enough to keep him at range, and Usyk doesn't have devastating power on the inside to hurt him.
I want to see the fight, but can't help thinking it'll be a disappointment.
Post by: Risso on February 10, 2024, 07:39:44 AM
Post by: dave.woodhall on February 10, 2024, 08:54:15 PM
Post by: dave.woodhall on February 10, 2024, 09:24:41 PM
Post by: Rory on February 10, 2024, 10:28:15 PM
It's just that continuous forward momentum from Usyk that I think would trouble Fury. He's always moving, and always trying to throw punches, which at the very least would probably give him a points victory.
You may well be right, mate, Usyk is an excellent fighter. If they were both the same size, I'd favour Usyk.
Post by: Villa Lew on February 10, 2024, 10:38:42 PM
Post by: dave.woodhall on February 10, 2024, 10:59:42 PM
No messing about from Sheeraz, that was very impressive.
I don't like him, but it was. It also meant I could catch the last rounds of Bellotti beating Dillon.
Post by: dave.woodhall on March 01, 2024, 10:03:11 PM
Post by: Gareth on March 01, 2024, 10:15:30 PM
Sam Eggington's fighting on Channel 5 now, so no messing around with streams or subscriptions. One day the wars he's been in will catch up with him and it might be tonight but there's more action in one of his fights than in a dozen of Eddie Hearn's snoozathons.
Hope it’s not tonight that it catches up Dave, one of those you have to watch!
Post by: dave.woodhall on March 01, 2024, 11:13:40 PM
Post by: Gareth on March 01, 2024, 11:18:10 PM
Post by: dave.woodhall on March 01, 2024, 11:19:36 PM
Post by: Gareth on March 01, 2024, 11:26:03 PM
And a very classy touch during the post-fight interview.
Absolutely, an hour of how boxing should be, good fight with nothing left in there, full respect - proper fight…tho no Hearn or Warren involved so we shouldn’t be surprised
Post by: dave.woodhall on March 01, 2024, 11:35:22 PM
Post by: Villa Lew on March 08, 2024, 04:45:54 PM
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Post by: dave.woodhall on March 08, 2024, 06:03:09 PM
Post by: PaulWinch again on March 08, 2024, 08:25:42 PM
Post by: dave.woodhall on March 08, 2024, 08:51:22 PM
So do people reckon Joshua will win?
Easily.
Post by: PaulWinch again on March 08, 2024, 08:53:16 PM
Post by: dave.woodhall on March 08, 2024, 09:55:07 PM
Post by: Nunkin1965 on March 08, 2024, 10:29:54 PM
Post by: Gareth on March 08, 2024, 10:32:32 PM
Nick Ball's getting a bit of a lesson here.Guess a draw would have been taken at halfway
Post by: dave.woodhall on March 08, 2024, 10:33:21 PM
Post by: dave.woodhall on March 08, 2024, 10:34:48 PM
Probably for another time to answer Dave, but where does your love of boxing come from?
I was brought up with it. My granddad was a pro boxer, my dad was an amateur.
Post by: Smirker on March 08, 2024, 10:53:54 PM
Baffles me a bit that we seem underrepresented in this sport.
Are we and if so, why?
A big part of why I can watch UFC is because I get support Leon Edwards. I'd like a Birmingham fighter to get behind. I know of the Yafai brothers but they're not world stars and doesn't look like they will be.
Post by: dave.woodhall on March 08, 2024, 11:01:12 PM
Post by: Smirker on March 08, 2024, 11:16:27 PM
Post by: Risso on March 08, 2024, 11:21:39 PM
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Post by: aldridgeboy on March 09, 2024, 12:35:58 AM
Post by: tomd2103 on March 09, 2024, 12:43:42 AM
What a punch that was !!
Tough one as he probably shouldn't have been allowed to carry on after the second knockdown, but it would have been a big call to stop it at that point.
Post by: Rory on March 09, 2024, 05:08:29 AM
Post by: aldridgeboy on March 09, 2024, 08:55:54 AM
Post by: Demitri_C on March 09, 2024, 09:17:11 AM
If he wants to stay in this sport needs to go fight some lower level boxers like takam, joyce zhang ruiz who are names. Personally think he should go back to UFC and fight jon Jones
Post by: ozzjim on March 09, 2024, 10:15:34 AM
Wathching Ball was the best bit of the night though, what a little scrapper lol - should have had the decision too.
Post by: Gareth on March 09, 2024, 10:32:28 AM
Not a chance Fury will take the AJ fight while AJ is looking confident. For all his talk he has an incredible ability to duck fights. AJ prepared like a pro for a huge money fight and did the job he should do. Fury is a disgrace for how out of shape he was for the Ngannou fight last time.
Wathching Ball was the best bit of the night though, what a little scrapper lol - should have had the decision too.
I’ll still be shocked if Fury gets in the ring with Usyk let alone AJ
Post by: tomd2103 on March 09, 2024, 01:39:11 PM
Not a chance Fury will take the AJ fight while AJ is looking confident. For all his talk he has an incredible ability to duck fights. AJ prepared like a pro for a huge money fight and did the job he should do. Fury is a disgrace for how out of shape he was for the Ngannou fight last time.
Wathching Ball was the best bit of the night though, what a little scrapper lol - should have had the decision too.
I’ll still be shocked if Fury gets in the ring with Usyk let alone AJ
He looked in good shape in the pictures and footage over there. From a British perspective, hopefully Fury beats Usyk and then fights Joshua at Wembley (more likely to be in Saudi though).
Post by: ozzjim on March 09, 2024, 02:09:58 PM
Post by: nigel on March 09, 2024, 11:23:54 PM
Don’t be fooled, he will be well up for Usyk and AJ.
Post by: Rory on March 11, 2024, 01:18:06 AM
Disagree, Fury didn’t take the Ngannou fight seriously and almost paid the price.
Don’t be fooled, he will be well up for Usyk and AJ.
I have to agree.
I think Fury beats Usyk on size alone. I think he'll move him around, attack on the outside and disrupt his rhythm. (If not, Usyk is an even more accomplished fighter than I thought, and I rate him very highly already.)
I think Fury beats Joshua on unpredictability. AJ looks better against more technical opponents because as a late developer and Olympian, he has been taught to pick apart fighters who adopt a technical approach.
Taking no credit away from AJ whatsoever, because it was a proper demolition job, he clearly saw Ngannou was trying to 'box', but wasn't moving his head and was dropping his left after throwing a shot, leaving him open to the right cross and hook. He executed beautifully, but no way would Fury's head be in the kind of space you'd expect it to be in for a man fighting technically correct - he fights intuitively and his head could be fucking anywhere.
Post by: Rory on March 11, 2024, 01:23:09 AM
Let’s see if Mike Tyson does that to Jake Paul in the latest farce fight
The saddest thing about that fight isn't that I think Tyson should be above it; but I think Jake Paul should be above it.
I hate 'influencer boxers', but Paul has at least shown he has technique and power. He shouldn't be fighting a 57-year old. Even if, 35 years ago, that 57-year old was one of the best fighters the sport has seen.
Post by: PaulWinch again on March 11, 2024, 03:00:39 AM
Post by: dave.woodhall on March 16, 2024, 06:57:40 PM
Post by: Gareth on March 16, 2024, 10:21:50 PM
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Post by: dave.woodhall on March 16, 2024, 11:17:51 PM
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Post by: dave.woodhall on March 17, 2024, 12:21:30 AM
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Post by: Villa Lew on March 17, 2024, 12:31:11 AM
Post by: dave.woodhall on March 17, 2024, 12:46:10 AM
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Post by: dave.woodhall on March 22, 2024, 08:41:23 PM
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Post by: dave.woodhall on March 22, 2024, 10:28:13 PM
Post by: Gareth on March 22, 2024, 10:29:52 PM
That's what boxing is all about. 33 years old, a pro for thirteen years, 17-10-2. Cut, lost the first two rounds and won in the sixth.
He threw a serious amount of punches as well….whirlwind
Post by: dave.woodhall on March 22, 2024, 10:54:17 PM
Post by: Gareth on March 22, 2024, 11:04:06 PM
Post by: dave.woodhall on March 22, 2024, 11:58:38 PM
Was a good interview…I want to see him fight the European champ also now :-)
That would be a good match up.
Post by: dave.woodhall on March 23, 2024, 09:32:39 PM
Post by: nigel on March 30, 2024, 01:38:55 PM
I remembered that he was pretty good, too, but never really achieved what he was, undoubtedly, capable of.
I’d forgotten, until I googled him, that he’d beaten Roberto Duran.
He sadly passed away in 2021
Post by: Simon Page on March 31, 2024, 02:24:02 PM
Post by: Villa Lew on March 31, 2024, 07:41:21 PM
Post by: dave.woodhall on March 31, 2024, 09:53:52 PM
Don't know anything about Frazer Clarke's opponent tonight Fabio Wardley, other than he's won all his 17 fights, with 16 stoppages, hopefully it's gonna be a good fight.
He's got more pro experience despite being younger and Boxing News have tipped him to win with a late stoppage.
Post by: dave.woodhall on March 31, 2024, 10:09:39 PM
Post by: Gareth on March 31, 2024, 10:14:27 PM
Post by: tomd2103 on March 31, 2024, 10:17:12 PM
Saved by the bell but Clarke will do well to pull this back
Yep. Wardley starting to boss it a bit.
Post by: tomd2103 on March 31, 2024, 10:22:48 PM
Post by: dave.woodhall on March 31, 2024, 10:25:29 PM
Post by: tomd2103 on March 31, 2024, 10:30:21 PM
He does. I've got it 76-74.
Nose injury looks a bad one.
Post by: Gareth on March 31, 2024, 10:37:50 PM
He does. I've got it 76-74.
Nose injury looks a bad one.
The ring floor looks like a Jackson Pollock
Post by: Villa Lew on March 31, 2024, 10:41:05 PM
Post by: tomd2103 on March 31, 2024, 10:41:48 PM
Great fight could be a draw
Good chance of that I'd say.
Post by: Gareth on March 31, 2024, 10:45:13 PM
Happily watch that again
Post by: dave.woodhall on March 31, 2024, 10:53:43 PM
Post by: Gareth on March 31, 2024, 11:11:30 PM
Post by: tomd2103 on April 01, 2024, 12:02:13 AM
Was a class fight….how domestic scene should be sorted out. Get it on again hopefully
Yep and a big event for for a fight that was not a world title contest.
Post by: dave.woodhall on April 01, 2024, 12:40:37 AM
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Post by: Gareth on April 15, 2024, 08:38:40 PM
Willie Limmond has died ten days after a brain seizure. He was 45.
Just read that, mad so young! Very decent fighter in his day RIP
Post by: dave.woodhall on April 20, 2024, 09:50:15 PM
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Post by: dave.woodhall on April 21, 2024, 12:12:38 AM