Boxing 2023

[Gareth]

The Fury’s stage these stupid events they decide the results

[aldridgeboy]

Only saw the last few rounds. I don’t think I saw Fury land a decent punch.
With the knockdown, surely a dubious decision?

[Rory]

The whole spectacle has been nothing more than the latest humiliating debasement of the sport.

[PeterWithesShin]

Wrestling on World of Sport had more credibility than boxing does these days.

[Smirker]

Fury won. Landed more shots. No robbery whatsoever.

Still embarrassing for him though.

[Rory]

Fury won. Landed more shots. No robbery whatsoever.

Still embarrassing for him though.

Indeed. At least when Mayweather fought McGregor he was 40-odd and McGregor pretty much didn't land a glove on him.

For the heavyweight champ to be knocked down and only marginally win against a bloke with no record is disgraceful.

[Villafirst]

I'm by no means any boxing expert, but Fury just didn't take this fight seriously. His physical condition was appalling, and clearly he hadn't trained properly. He should've shown his opponent more respect.

[PaulWinch again]

Boxing is an absolute mess and these crossover sideshows just water it down even more.

[tomd2103]

The Fury’s stage these stupid events they decide the results

He was never going to.lose that last night.  Already now talking about delaying the Usyk fight.  The whole circus stinks to he honest.

[Rory]

Fury won. Landed more shots. No robbery whatsoever.

Still embarrassing for him though.

Just watched the full fight, having skipped it live, and yeah, Fury won by 2 or 3 rounds, for me. But that was not a good look for boxing.

I hated the Mayweather/McGregor fight, but by the end of it at least McGregor looked like a decent journeyman who got skilled. He wasn't looking like a fucking debutant who lost a split decision.

Is anybody else wondering why Fury can't lose that spare tyre?

Yes he weighed almost 30 stone, but that was 6 or 7 years ago. And yes, I wouldn't look any better than Fury shirtless, but I haven't been in ten training camps since then.

I know he was never exactly Cassius Clay, but if he were maintaining the healthy lifestyle he claims he would not look about as lean as he did in the first Wilder fight. The no booze, the healthy diet, the training; simple biology dictates that he would be slimmer by now.

My apologies to body positivity, and I know everybody is blessed with different genetics and a unique metabolism, but Fury is still as fat as he is for a reason. I don't think he's anywhere near as clean-living and dedicated as he makes out.

That is his business, but when it impacts on the credibility of the sport? I'm not so keen.

Edit: credit to Ngannou though, he was excellent. The only problem being that I don't want the boxing heavyweight champion of the world to make a novice look excellent.

[dave.woodhall]

Knockout of the year contender just happened on DAZN.

[dave.woodhall]

If anyone's thinking of watching this one Joe Cordina is making hard work of a fight he started as 1/12 favourite

[dave.woodhall]

And won by wider scores than he deserved.

[Gareth]

And won by wider scores than he deserved.

Was it another Hearn scorecard?

[dave.woodhall]

116 x 2 and 114-114. I had it 115-113, so not a massive robbery but it was still a bit smelly. I think the reason why there will be such a furore is what Tony Bellew said - like the Fury fight last week, if a boxer does much better than expected it doesn't mean he necessarily won.