Boxing Thread

[kiwiinmelb]

Usyk vacated his wbo belt , making wardley the wbo champion,

And there you have it , Joe was leading that fight with a few rounds to go and if he could have hung on would be world champion again.

Instead lost and tested positive to cocaine and looking at a 2 year ban which could finish his career, talk about a sliding doors moment

[kidcalder]

So uysk only made the call after Parker loses and cannot rematch.
Frank Warren has worked some magic here..expect Wardley to fight some tin cans and milk this belt for as long as possible.
Be an interesting few weeks/months for Parker

[nostrildamus]

@kidcalder said in Boxing Thread:

So uysk only made the call after Parker loses and cannot rematch.

Usyk is obviously scared of Parker ... no, I can't write that even as a bad joke...

[kidcalder]

Not scared obviously but Warren knows where the $ are at and its not Parker

[kidcalder]

Junior Fa

[MiketheSnow]

Always good value

[scribe]

So listening to that, John’s saying Jake Paul won’t be saved by the bell end; in fact quite the opposite.

[kidcalder]

First time John Fury has made sense

[MN5]

I still can't believe people out there legitimately think Paul beat Tyson fair and square.

[MiketheSnow]

[kiwiinmelb]

looks like usyk has chosen to fight Wilder , interesting choice given that Wilder has looked cooked for some time ,

im not knocking usyk because i think hes probably done enough to justify his greatness, but it does look like hes cashing in now choosing Wilder over Wardley

[MN5]

@kiwiinmelb said in Boxing Thread:

looks like usyk has chosen to fight Wilder , interesting choice given that Wilder has looked cooked for some time ,

im not knocking usyk because i think hes probably done enough to justify his greatness, but it does look like hes cashing in now choosing Wilder over Wardley

I saw this and wondered if it was some sort of satire.

Wilder is cooked. The Fury trilogy and the losses to Parker and Zhang well and truly proved this.

He’s a punchers chance sure but Usyk will absolutely school him.

[nostrildamus]

It is still a big opportunity for Wilder, not sure why he deserves it to be honest, now, but good for him.

[mariner4life]

That was fucking stupid. Joshua isn't even warmed up let alone tired.

[nostrildamus]

I reckon they had an agreement not to box with any serious intent the first x rounds. Glad I didn't pay to watch that glorified bout of knee-hugging.

[MN5]

@nostrildamus said in Boxing Thread:

I reckon they had an agreement not to box with any serious intent the first x rounds. Glad I didn't pay to watch that glorified bout of knee-hugging.

Sounds like sanity prevailed and the actual boxer boxed and won.

If there were no fixes involved ( and that’s a massive IF ) then it’s incredible it went as long as it did.

[mariner4life]

It was free on Netflix?

JP spent 5 rounds running, diving at AJs legs and basically avoiding a fight. Joshua was pretty patient and not overly aggressive. He didn't even try real hard but the class difference was ridiculous.

Also AJ has a fucking sexy rig holy shit. Shredded and huge.

[Rembrandt]

Proper sanctioned bout though right? Rigging chances pretty slim considering consequences if anything came out. JP to retire now surely.

[MN5]

@Rembrandt said in Boxing Thread:

Proper sanctioned bout though right? Rigging chances pretty slim considering consequences if anything came out. JP to retire now surely.

It went six rounds. That raises massive question marks.

[mariner4life]

He sounded very much like he wanted to fight again