The Boxing thread

[BlueHammer85]

Heavyweight boxing is on its arse

Comeback to that when (if) AJ v Fury fight. Will be one of the biggest boxing events ever, even one of the biggest sporting events ever.

 

[BlueHammer85]

Go back a 1000 or so pages and many on here completely write of AJ as ‘finished’

 

[ancoats]

It’s going to take someone to get seriously hurt or killed before they put a stop to this crossover nonsense.AJ has done what that gobshite Fury should have done and put this circus to bed

Fury was not taking it seriously and thought it was just a show fight and never trained for the fight.
But he soon found out Ngannou was not playing around, By then it was too late and Fury lost the fight even though they gave him the win on the scorecards,

Aj 100% did and respected Ngannou and trained and did a proper training camp and his homework.
Boxing is an art form and anybody who thinks they can walk into the sport and beat Great Boxers are daft.

 

[jimharri]

Comeback to that when (if) AJ v Fury fight. Will be one of the biggest boxing events ever, even one of the biggest sporting events ever.

Behave.

 

[bluemoon32]

Go back a 1000 or so pages and many on here completely write of AJ as ‘finished’

In fairness, not sure you should judge him on beating someone who doesn't know how to box

 

[Nellies left peg]

They're NOT completely different sports, though, are they?

There are MMA fighters that rarely kick or grapple and use boxing as their main skill in the ring, so you can't say someone will get seriously hurt, like they're amateurs at it. It's not the same for everyone, especially if the gloves are smaller in MMA.

Admittedly Ngannou is a champion athlete, I was specifically thinking of these you tuber twats who think they are as good as professional boxers. They might be as good as Tommy Fury who is a clown but the public will clamour for these dicks to come across proper boxers like I heard Paul has called out Canelo Alvarez. That will only end one way

 

[Nellies left peg]

In fairness, not sure you should judge him on beating someone who doesn't know how to box

He was defending himself like an mma fighter with his hands protecting himself as if he was defending a kick to the side of the head and AJ smashed him straight through his guard

 

[BlueHammer85]

In fairness, not sure you should judge him on beating someone who doesn't know how to box

Someone that can knock down Fury knows how to box

 

[tweety]

Joshua was very mobile and loose, his decision to drop weight was the right one. Probably his best fight for some years and puts him back up the pecking order, the Fury fight needs to happen soon.

 

[Corky]

He was defending himself like an mma fighter with his hands protecting himself as if he was defending a kick to the side of the head and AJ smashed him straight through his guard

He didn't have a guard.

He got knocked down the first two times throwing punches, the third time he stuck a limp left out. He wasn't defending himself any of the times. His rear hand was in front of his face the final time, not stuck to his temple like a kickboxer.

 

[bluemoon32]

Someone that can knock down Fury knows how to box

The Fury fight was a complete gimmick, not to be taken seriously at all

 

[DaveyG]

Go back a 1000 or so pages and many on here completely write of AJ as ‘finished’

He just beat a guy who's never won a boxing fight. He's still the same limited fighter. Once some shows him angles he will be lost

 

[Phil1]

Great KO but I doubt AJ will ever meet another opponent who’s as wide open as last night.
Not sure who the defensive coach was in his corner but I’d be tempted to change him if staying around in boxing.
Not that I do expect him to carry on. Had his fun, earnt big dough, so should sail off into the sunset and enjoy his riches.

 

[bluemc1]

Didn't bother staying up for it in the end (fell asleep, to be honest). Just seen the KO on twitter. Wow. Like a tree being felled, or a tall building being demolished by explosives. And that was the same guy who was cheated out of the decision against Fury? Yet people on here reckon Fury is a better boxer than Joshua?

It doesn’t work like that though

Frazier & Norton beat Ali, Foreman destroyed Frazier & Norton, Ali beat Forenan

1 of thousands of Examples

 

[bluemc1]

That's fair enough. They are two different skill sets.

However, I like MMA cos it's closest to a street fight, so much more applicable to the Human form in distress.

I appreciate the skill they must have and the dedication they put in to learn the grappling but as someone who doesn’t understand what’s going on once grappling I just find it boring once they’re on the floor

 

[Broken Biscuits]

Styles make fights.

 

[SWPISHOME]

Comeback to that when (if) AJ v Fury fight. Will be one of the biggest boxing events ever, even one of the biggest sporting events ever.

More chance of Logan Paul v Oascar Pistorious in Saudi Arabia than AJ v Fury unfortunately.

That fight will never happen.

Plus Usyk is going to school that **** Fury.

 

[BlueHammer85]

More chance of Logan Paul v Oascar Pistorious in Saudi Arabia than AJ v Fury unfortunately.

That fight will never happen.

Plus Usyk is going to school that **** Fury.

Possibly but everyone knocking the boxers of today - in 10 years or so people will look back at Usyk/AJ/Fury/Parker/Wilder as a golden generation

 

[Phil1]

Possibly but everyone knocking the boxers of today - in 10 years or so people will look back at Usyk/AJ/Fury/Parker/Wilder as a golden generation

You said that already. Sometimes golden generations are just that and not every generation has them.
I don’t think you can define this era as such, certainly not if the 5 you mention are your benchmark.

 

[Gareth Barry Conlon]

Possibly but everyone knocking the boxers of today - in 10 years or so people will look back at Usyk/AJ/Fury/Parker/Wilder as a golden generation

The problem with the current generation is they are so in consistent. Fury possibly the best but what an idiot he is and he should have lost the wilder fight. I hope Usyk beats him as it will be good for boxing.

Compare to the likes of Lewis, Holyfeild, Tyson. They would not have risen to the top in those eras. So many good fighters if you had an of night you would lose and you might never get back. This lot have all had numerous bad fights.