The Boxing thread

[citytill1die84]

Usyk has called his bluff and agreed ha

 

[Don Karleone]

 

[Franny 1234]

It's obvious to me which fighter wants this fight
And which one would rather go down the pantomime route.

 

[Edghill OG]

To be honest Usyk has not got anything to lose. Huge money fight for him and even if he is defeated he will still be regarded as one of the best cruiserweights of all time. I do think Fury is the main draw in that fight as I'm not sure how big Usyk's profile is stateside.

All the politics in boxing and belts have made it a complete circus. If it wasn't bad enough having 4 main boxing organisations each regarded as having legitimate world champions in each weight division we now have interim, regular and super champions. You now have a 'World Champion' that in all truth may not even be top 10 in their weight classification. If their promoter thinks their mandatory challenger is a genuine threat they can vacate the title and seek an easier opponent for another belt. They very rarely do unifications as its better having a stacked card of so called champions. The tv organisations are the same and very rarely work together as they don't want their asset losing their world champion status.

As much as I thought it was a barbaric sport initially I've started watching a fair bit of mma. Yes, there's different promotions but it's widely regarded that the best fighters are in the UFC. They have one belt to fight for, people can't duck one another and the best fights are continually made. No Spence-Crawford issues there.

 

[Don Karleone]

That wasn't pretty

 

[Worsleyweb]

That wasn't pretty

What was that ? Hatton?

 

[Don Karleone]

What was that ? Hatton?

Watch his ankle as he goes down.

 

[Paul1970]

Usyk has called his bluff and agreed ha

Fight should have been 50/50 split but Tyson fury who doesn’t fight for money has made it about money but usyk has made him look stupid . Still think fury doesn’t make this fight happen .

 

[Worsleyweb]

Fight should have been 50/50 split but Tyson fury who doesn’t fight for money has made it about money but usyk has made him look stupid . Still think fury doesn’t make this fight happen .

I really want usyk to win

 

[Salford in the City]

City v United.

I know who's corner I'm in!

 

[Churchlawtonblue]

Usyk's agent said that he thinks Fury is now desperately thinking of ways to pull out if this fight as he didnt think Usyk would agree to the 70/30 split and therefore hadn't been training. Watch this space.

 

[MCFC Wirral]

Terry Flanagan just randomly popped in to my head. Is he still boxing? Huge Blue.

 

[SWPISHOME]

Fury is looking for ways out of this fight, 70/30 split is an absolute joke in the first place, Usyk accepted it because he wants this fight to happen.
I wouldn't believe a word from Fury and Frank Warren the snidey twats.

I wouldn't be surprised if Fury is back on the drugs and drink to be honest.

 

[VOOMER]

 

[Dirty Harry]

Good video that mate, cheers for posting, glad he addresses the ‘unnatural’ added weight and extra stress on the joints etc and the challenges that brings, and whilst I agree with his comments behind the strength/power stuff and CrossFit style stuff in keeping them separate in a broad sense, I think it’s beneficial to at least include some combined sessions.

Think Fury is on a loser here no matter what popularity-wise given what’s going on in the Ukraine.

 

[ell]

DAZN finally accepting people dont want to stream live sport and having a sky channel

 

[wilmslowblue1]

its off.

Struggling to like fury now and i was a huge fan. ' i dont care about the money ' - clearly you do and your greedy

 

[ell]

He's an idiot. Properly fed up with him

 

[Churchlawtonblue]

Haha no surprise, the man's a fraud and a chicken. Chisora 4 coming to a ring soon.

 

[willipp]

Why not just retire. You either want the fight or you don’t, money is hardly a major factor in it so if it is true he is making so many stupid demands, then just retire.