Metalartin
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nope boxing nerd, every issue of boxing monthly since 1997 and been to more live shows in so many different places I couldn’t remember them all
best was Trinidad v Mayorga at MSG
it’s strange that my opinion on AJs ability not being the same as yours means I hate him
hey ho
I said that because of this: "I’m pretty sure you’re a big AJ fan but he basically gave up tonight"
I like AJ but that's neither here nor there since I'm a fan of both fighters. That looked a subtle attempt to suggest I'm an AJ superfan(fanboy as they are known in the boxing community). I found that rich, since you've been quite defensive of Fury, dismissing Usyk as a "a blown up Cruiserweight with an average KO record". It almost looked like you were saying Wilder was a bigger risk to his 0 than Usyk would be. I don't think Fury will fight Usyk, at least not while he has his 0 to protect. Not because he thinks he'll be knocked out by him. I just don't think he fancies his chances of being able to out box Usyk and he's not knocking him out either. I think most would rather face Wilder because he's more beatable, he's not been avoided, he's been protected. You also said "Whyte gives Usyk a lot more problems than AJ", which I also disagree with.
I think it's more strange you think I must be an AJ super fan because I think it's a silly thing to do to call AJ "average" or make out he doesn't have the heart of a fighter and that he "gave up". I like AJ but I'm a boxing fan first, I just don't like to see these false narratives and double standards. I think I pretty much called it earlier on this thread a few days before the fight, it was a lose lose for AJ. He wouldn't have got the credit if he knocked him out and people would use a loss to say he was never any good. That's pretty much what I said and the latter is exactly what some people are doing.
Criticising ranked opponents with credible boxing resumes of their own for AJ's wins, whilst rating Wilder as a massive win for Fury. If you think it's worth more that Wilder was "ranked in the top 3"(Wlad was ranked in the top 2 when AJ fought him if I remember right) without actually beating any top 10 opponents himself outside of Ortiz, who shouldn't have been ranked that high either(how is he still in any top 10? I don't get it). Isn't that double standards? Also, if you don't think the main reason AJ didn't get to Wilder first was first of all because Wilder was a protected fighter(like a lot of PBC title holders). While secondly believing, the fact that Wilder admitted he ducked AJ when he said to Fury "I was offered more money to fight AJ but I honoured my word with you" was worth anything. If you believe all that, then are in the tiny minority if you are the hardcore boxing fan you claim to be. Wilder does have a punchers chance but AJ could both outbox and knock Wilder out and he's not the only one that could do that to Wilder at HW.
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