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Re: Boxing 2025
« Reply #135 on: July 20, 2025, 09:10:49 PM »
True so. I guess the money is hard to turn down.

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Re: Boxing 2025
« Reply #136 on: July 20, 2025, 11:57:53 PM »
Not enjoying a couple of the comments I'm hearing (one from Froch) about how Dubois 'chose' to go down the first time, and 'quit' the second.

There was similar after the first fight.

Just because something doesn't look like a clip from Rocky, doesn't mean it isn't a hard shot, and just because a fighter isn't out cold, motionless, doesn't mean it's not a clean knockout.

I haven't seen many people going on about how Ali's shot vs Foreman didn't 'look' like a knockout punch, or complaining that Foreman was still moving on the canvas so he must've quit.

It's disrespectful to both men.

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Re: Boxing 2025
« Reply #137 on: July 21, 2025, 08:58:09 AM »
There's always been huge controversy over the Clay-Liston fight.

I haven't read Froch's comment but there were fewer fighters more durable than he.

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Re: Boxing 2025
« Reply #138 on: July 21, 2025, 01:34:07 PM »
There's always been huge controversy over the Clay-Liston fight.

I haven't read Froch's comment but there were fewer fighters more durable than he.

Was never a fan of Froch, but his knockout of Groves was probably the best knockout punch I've ever seen.

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Re: Boxing 2025
« Reply #139 on: July 21, 2025, 03:27:33 PM »
There's always been huge controversy over the Clay-Liston fight.

I haven't read Froch's comment but there were fewer fighters more durable than he.

That one did look iffy though, from Liston's perspective.

Dubois has had to work to re-establish himself after two tough losses before, and I just don't think it's fair to suggest he'd now go down easily in a unification fight.

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Re: Boxing 2025
« Reply #140 on: July 21, 2025, 03:28:50 PM »
There's always been huge controversy over the Clay-Liston fight.

I haven't read Froch's comment but there were fewer fighters more durable than he.

Was never a fan of Froch, but his knockout of Groves was probably the best knockout punch I've ever seen.

Yeah, one made for slow-mo, that.

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Re: Boxing 2025
« Reply #141 on: July 21, 2025, 10:26:46 PM »
Absolutely brilliant Usyk.

No wonder he won.


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Re: Boxing 2025
« Reply #142 on: July 21, 2025, 10:37:52 PM »
Absolutely brilliant Usyk.

No wonder he won.



Haha someone sent me a link to a 'football lads' FB page post about that earlier today. Something about 'definite hard man attire'.

*rolls eyes*

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Re: Boxing 2025
« Reply #143 on: July 21, 2025, 10:42:04 PM »
The way he punched Dubois out was pwopa fackin nawty.

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Re: Boxing 2025
« Reply #144 on: July 21, 2025, 10:46:22 PM »
The way he punched Dubois out was pwopa fackin nawty.

Sparked him out, lamped him, word's all over the fackin' manor!

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Re: Boxing 2025
« Reply #145 on: July 26, 2025, 08:22:41 PM »
Tonight's got off to a good start and it should be a decent card.

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Re: Boxing 2025
« Reply #146 on: August 06, 2025, 09:57:18 PM »
Eubank v Benn rematch set for 15 November, that's as long as Benn hasn't decided to join the SAS in the meantime!

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Re: Boxing 2025
« Reply #147 on: August 06, 2025, 11:47:30 PM »
Unless it's at a lower weight I can't much see the point.

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Re: Boxing 2025
« Reply #148 on: August 07, 2025, 07:55:37 AM »
££££££

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Re: Boxing 2025
« Reply #149 on: August 07, 2025, 10:21:21 PM »
££££££

Of course, but I certainly won't be paying for it after the first fight.

 


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