Boxing 2024

[PeterWithesShin]

At least he's a better breakdancer than that Australian girl at the Olympics

[Brazilian Villain]

At least he's a better breakdancer than that Australian girl at the Olympics

And she's the world No. 1.

[Steve67]

A rematch in the. contract apparently.  AJ will get hammered again if he looks as half arsed as he did last night.

[edgysatsuma89]

At least he's a better breakdancer than that Australian girl at the Olympics

And she's the world No. 1.

I saw a news clip from Australia about this and I still don't understand how.

[Rory]

Joshua was always a triumph of hype over substance. He's had some decent wins, but he's nowhere near to being one of the greats. Looking at him you'd think he should be able to box like Lennox Lewis, but he's actually more on a par with David Haye.

The heavyweight Haye, I presume you mean?

I respect Joshua, but he's not as good a fighter at Heavy as Haye was at Cruiser. In my opinion.

[Rory]

A rematch in the. contract apparently.  AJ will get hammered again if he looks as half arsed as he did last night.

With the benefit of having listened to the 5Live boxing podcast and rewatched the highlights, it is stark how low Joshua's gloves were and how high his chin was. I noticed the low guard during the fight but not the high chin.

As previously stated, no way should that first knockdown shot be landing; not in the first round, with full concentration.

Joshua was visibly carrying extra weight but did nothing to make use of it. Who adds weight and then decides to stay on the outside? Then, when you've already been clipped multiple times, instead of clinching, making use of your strength and targeting the body, go fishing for outlandish uppercuts that leave you open?

I reckon Ben Davison fucked up royally.

[Risso]

Joshua seemed to allude to that in his press conference after the fight. Said thanks to his team but that mistakes were made.

[Steve67]

Apparently there is no rematch clause for Joshua and Dubois. 

[Rory]

Apparently there is no rematch clause for Joshua and Dubois.

Problem presumably being that if Usyk beats Fury, is he going to be arsed to fight Dubois again instead of just retiring? Is the money and interest there for that fight? Perhaps, as it would be another unification fight.

If Fury beats Usyk, there will be a third fight between them.

If the latter happens, in the meantime, Dubois will want to stay active, so whom does he fight if not AJ? Who are his mandatories? Parker? Zhang?

If Fury loses again, does anybody care about AJ/Fury with no belts on the line? Not really, yet it would still probably be more profitable than Usyk/Dubois II.

[dave.woodhall]

Back to reality and Gal Yafai's fighting an eight rounder tonight. As he's got Sunny Edwards in a few weeks don't expect the opposition to be up to much.

[aldridgeboy]

I’ve just posted in stuff on the telly thread, but as we are all actual boxing fans in here ….
Four Kings documentary on Prime. It’s excellent. The story of Benn, Eubank, Bruno and Lewis rivalries and the two week period where they fought each other ( the second Benn/Eubank)

Very good , with current  day interviews with all, looking back.

[Villa Lew]

Scouser Nick Ball defending his world title in Liverpool tonight.

[dave.woodhall]

Scouser Nick Ball defending his world title in Liverpool tonight.

Let me know what's happening - I'm out tonight.

[Villa Lew]

After 6 Ritchie Woodhall has it 5-1 to Nick Ball.

[Gareth]

Ref should really have stopped it at end of rnd3 when Ball spent 90 seconds throwing shots at a statue…admittedly he had his gloves up but nothing was coming back.

Ball v impressive so far though poss broke his nose (end of 7)