The Boxing thread

[peoffrey]

I thought Whyte's defeat was hilarious. He's thick and was a piece of a shit as a child by all accounts.

 

[Man_City_Loyal]

I thought Whyte's defeat was hilarious. He's thick and was a piece of a shit as a child by all accounts.

he's not done any interviews yet has he?

Well when i looked yesterday he hadn't

Taylor fight was a war, they should do a 3rd one.

Whyte should of won that, but what a punch.

matchroom certainly saved the better card for last

 

[Tim of the Oak]

I thought Whyte's defeat was hilarious. He's thick and was a piece of a shit as a child by all accounts.

So he’s improved himself

 

[peoffrey]

So he’s improved himself

Boxing is full of morons. From Tyson Fury's outspoken comments liking homosexuality to paedophilia or Billy-Joe Saunders encouraging wife beating to Anthony Joshua being a convicted drug dealer.

 

[Metalartin]

Thought Price was getting the better of him in their fight then he unloaded a big right And Price was out on his feet before being clubbed with a left

Yeah that's fair, Price has always had good fundamentals though(he's also got decent power himself), there was some hype around him when he was coming through from the amateurs. He also normally has a height and reach advantage given his dimensions, which I think Povetkin was having problems with.

Povetkin is an underrated fighter but he normally starts to tire after 6 rounds these days. So I do think if Whyte didn't make that mistake, his tank would have started to empty. In fact, it might have been in the same round, the way the other rounds had gone and how Dillian was digging into the body.

Whyte really needs to work on how to defend against the uppercut, he's been dropped 3 times with one now, 2 of those were fight ending. Other fighters will be looking for it from now on if they weren't already, so perfecting a slip and counter left hook would be a decent deterrent. Especially since his left hook is already good.

 

[Man_City_Loyal]

Yeah that's fair, Price has always had good fundamentals though(he's also got decent power himself), there was some hype around him when he was coming through from the amateurs. He also normally has a height and reach advantage given his dimensions, which I think Povetkin was having problems with.

Povetkin is an underrated fighter but he normally starts to tire after 6 rounds these days. So I do think if Whyte didn't make that mistake, his tank would have started to empty. In fact, it might have been in the same round, the way the other rounds had gone and how Dillian was digging into the body.

Whyte really needs to work on how to defend against the uppercut, he's been dropped 3 times with one now, 2 of those were fight ending. Other fighters will be looking for it from now on if they weren't already, so perfecting a slip and counter left hook would be a decent deterrent. Especially since his left hook is already good.

Do believe Price could of gone higher than what he has done

Shame he was cheated out of two fights

 

[Metalartin]

Do believe Price could of gone higher than what he has done

Shame he was cheated out of two fights

There was an interview with Emanuel Steward putting his fundamentals above Fury's at the time(early 2012 I think), since he had them all in training camp but giving Fury the edge in toughness, which is why he thought Fury would be more elite(placed a lot of stock on the toughness of a champion).

Another fighter that impressed him was Robert Helenius, who pulled off an upset against Kownacki earlier this year but he put him at Price's level too(could have won a world title but not quite elite).

That also reminds me, in one of Steward's other interviews, he was talking about how he was good at Basketball and Baseball but he was drawn more to boxing because they were team sports and he prefers one vs one.

Since Pep draws inspirations from other sports, including non-team sports for the mental aspects(such as golf or tennis), I wonder whether boxing is one of the sports he has looked at. Especially since the UK is punching well above it's weight in recent years in the sport. If I remember right, he said Tennis was the best sport to look at for one vs one but for me it's boxing. The mental side of it is huge and if he wants to inspire some of our English players, that's the sport to get your examples from, that they can relate to. Maybe he doesn't like the violence though, although passionate and mentally strong, he does seem to be a pacifist in his sensibilities.

 

[Xhavenjoe]

1 thing if you were married to any one off them,& they say dinner at 6,you be there 1/2hr early

I think if you were married to one of them you'd be making it yourself and washing the dirty plates afterwards

 

[kippax4ever]

I think if you were married to one of them you'd be making it yourself and washing the dirty plates afterwards

And hoping they dont have a strap on.

 

[Man_City_Loyal]

There was an interview with Emanuel Steward putting his fundamentals above Fury's at the time(early 2012 I think), since he had them all in training camp but giving Fury the edge in toughness, which is why he thought Fury would be more elite(placed a lot of stock on the toughness of a champion).

Another fighter that impressed him was Robert Helenius, who pulled off an upset against Kownacki earlier this year but he put him at Price's level too(could have won a world title but not quite elite).

That also reminds me, in one of Steward's other interviews, he was talking about how he was good at Basketball and Baseball but he was drawn more to boxing because it wasn't a team sport and he prefers one vs one.

Since Pep draws inspirations from other sports, including non-team sports for the mental aspects(such as golf or tennis), I wonder whether boxing is one of the sports he has looked at. Especially since the UK is punching well above it's weight in recent years in the sport. If I remember right, he said Tennis was the best sport to look at for one vs one but for me it's boxing. The mental side of it is huge and if he wants to inspire some of our English players, that's the sport to get your examples from, that they can relate to. Maybe he doesn't like the violence though, although passionate and mentally strong, he does seem to be a pacifist in his sensibilities.

i see rugby sides taking their squads over to the boxing gym, it be great to see it happen more with our footballers.

 

[LongsightM13]

Daniel Dubois, hyped young heavyweight, fight against Dutch champion about to start on BT. He’s supposed to be a KO artist so lets see how long it lasts

 

[LongsightM13]

Daniel Dubois, hyped young heavyweight, fight against Dutch champion about to start on BT. He’s supposed to be a KO artist so lets see how long it lasts

Not very long is the answer. Down four times, ref stopped it in the second. Pointless really, Snijders didn’t want to know from the first bell

 

[yeseye]

Daniel Dubois, hyped young heavyweight, fight against Dutch champion about to start on BT. He’s supposed to be a KO artist so lets see how long it lasts

Fighting Joe Joyce in October who’s also unbeaten, could be a decent fight but I think Dubois will get the win which will put him in the mix with the big boys in 2021.

 

[LongsightM13]

Fighting Joe Joyce in October who’s also unbeaten, could be a decent fight but I think Dubois will get the win which will put him in the mix with the big boys in 2021.

Should be a decent fight that, Joyce probably a better boxer but Dubois looks like he can bang

 

[yeseye]

A decent debut from the latest Fury cousin Joshua Frankham,
I’ll keep an eye on this fellas progression .
Yarde on soon.

 

[Xhavenjoe]

Not quite boxing
But
CONOR McGregor has been released without charge after spending 48 hours in custody on suspicion of attempted "sexual assault and indecent exposure".

Prosecutors on the French holiday island in the Mediterranean confirmed that the 32-year-old Irishman was arrested on Thursday night following a complaint against him.

 

[dublinblue12]

Not quite boxing
But
CONOR McGregor has been released without charge after spending 48 hours in custody on suspicion of attempted "sexual assault and indecent exposure".

Prosecutors on the French holiday island in the Mediterranean confirmed that the 32-year-old Irishman was arrested on Thursday night following a complaint against him.

There's a history there with these allegations

 

[Metalartin]

Tony Yoka, French Olympic gold medallist made short work of his opponent yesterday, stopping him in the 1st round. Although a bit of a premature stoppage, he had put him down twice, within just 1 and a half minutes. Duhaupas was expected to be at least a durable opponent, since he had only been stopped twice before by none other than "the hardest hitter in boxing history" Wilder, where he lasted until the 11th round. Povetkin was the only other fighter to stop him who stopped him in 6 but Duhaupas was a late replacement after Povetkin failed a VADA test in 2016(meldonium).

The Heavyweight World Boxing Super Six idea that's being floated around, might be a pipedream but it would be great to see some of these up an comers in one of those tournaments. It would do them all good but these days a loss against decent opposition is never put in the right context by the masses.

Who wouldn't want to watch this super six?

Daniel Dubois (UK)
Tony Yoka (FR)
Filip Hrgovic (CRO)
Arslanbek Makhmudov (RUS)
Efe Ajagba (NG)
Jared Anderson (USA) - Maybe he's too young for a tournament like this though.

There's even some lesser known heavies with good records as second choices, who would make it interesting:
Frank Sanchez (CUB)
Agit Kabayel (GER)

It's a shame we'll never see it because the above shows the talent is there to do it, even outside of the title holders or current top 10 contenders.

 

[Southern]

 

[mccity]

McGregor Pacquiao is on the horizon apparently.