Speaking of fights 25 years ago...Mike Tyson, Roy Jones Jr this evening. It's a no from me. On PPV? Absolute joke
Me neither
I dont blame either of them, Mike Tyson especially for pursuing fulfilment but I'm not staying up nor am I paying to watch it
Mike Tyson floating all over social media with 30 econd clips of him whacking mitts doesn't mean he is going to be doing anything other than blowing out of his arse, not only that it could get embarrassing because Roy Jones is still Roy Jones as old as he is and he will hit Mike Tyson who could well then turn a bit nasty. I'd rather neither of them were doing it and I hope they put a circus show on and both keep their dignity
20 years ago its a fight I would have killed someone to get a ticket for
Two pretty poor heavyweights on show there. Not really the level of fight the hype would have had you expecting.
The jab to that eye looked absolutely minging. Hope there's no lasting damage.
You must be joking ! @bobmunro can remember Danny Mcalinden v Jack Bodell for the British Heavy weight title. DD would have beaten both in round 1.
Another two rounds of that Left Jab and Daniel could have been blinded in that left eye. Not great taking the knee in boxing but nor is having your eye permanently damaged. At 23 he can come back as long as he doesn't lose his bottle.
Joe Joyce came into boxing late but did learn his ring craft in the amateur game. I have seen so many poor British Heavyweights over the years but I enjoyed that fight between two evenly matched fighters.
Two pretty poor heavyweights on show there. Not really the level of fight the hype would have had you expecting.
The jab to that eye looked absolutely minging. Hope there's no lasting damage.
You must be joking ! @bobmunro can remember Danny Mcalinden v Jack Bodell for the British Heavy weight title. DD would have beaten both in round 1.
Another two rounds of that Left Jab and Daniel could have been blinded in that left eye. Not great taking the knee in boxing but nor is having your eye permanently damaged. At 23 he can come back as long as he doesn't lose his bottle.
Joe Joyce came into boxing late but did learn his ring craft in the amateur game. I have seen so many poor British Heavyweights over the years but I enjoyed that fight between two evenly matched fighters.
Heavyweights were a lot smaller in those days. These two were really average and will not register beyond national/commonwealth level.
Two pretty poor heavyweights on show there. Not really the level of fight the hype would have had you expecting.
The jab to that eye looked absolutely minging. Hope there's no lasting damage.
You must be joking ! @bobmunro can remember Danny Mcalinden v Jack Bodell for the British Heavy weight title. DD would have beaten both in round 1.
Another two rounds of that Left Jab and Daniel could have been blinded in that left eye. Not great taking the knee in boxing but nor is having your eye permanently damaged. At 23 he can come back as long as he doesn't lose his bottle.
Joe Joyce came into boxing late but did learn his ring craft in the amateur game. I have seen so many poor British Heavyweights over the years but I enjoyed that fight between two evenly matched fighters.
Heavyweights were a lot smaller in those days. These two were really average and will not register beyond national/commonwealth level.
No way, ill give you it wasn't a bang fest but these two are good fighters. I still have rancid memories of Williams v Harrison and Williams v Skelton as comparable fights. They were horrible watches tonight wasn't
Not sure on the draw but that was a great watch. Mike clearly loved it so I think we’ll see him in there again, for 2 50 odds they’ve shown you never do really lose it.
Not sure on the draw but that was a great watch. Mike clearly loved it so I think we’ll see him in there again, for 2 50 odds they’ve shown you never do really lose it.
He said afterwards it wasn't his last fight and he will he doing a few more of those, not sure how long he can carry on for tho but maybe a couple of those a year for 2 years max.
Apparently they said in the studio aftetwards Holyfield had already said he could be up for one
He is clearly already in the gym based on a tweet last week
I'm torn with what Dubois did. Yeah he quit, but if he'd carried on he could've done permanent damage to his eye. He's young enough to come back & still have a big career.
On the flip side, if quitting is engrained in him psychologically, his career is effectively over as he'll never be more than a domestic level fighter.
It'll be interesting to see where his career goes from here.
I'm torn with what Dubois did. Yeah he quit, but if he'd carried on he could've done permanent damage to his eye. He's young enough to come back & still have a big career.
On the flip side, if quitting is engrained in him psychologically, his career is effectively over as he'll never be more than a domestic level fighter.
It'll be interesting to see where his career goes from here.
Hard for any of us to criticise as, I would suggest, none of us has ever taken punches of that strength to a badly damaged eye.
But your second point is very valid and one of the reasons I tipped Joyce. Dubois is very inexperienced and has never really had anyone in front of him with the exception of Johnson that didn't buckle under one of his big right hands. Joyce is a different level (that's not saying Joyce is at elite level) to Johnson and not only didn't he buckle (granite chin) he had the ability to get to Dubois both physically and psychologically.
Now that Dubois knows that not every heavyweight is a glass jawed journeyman he may learn to use more than just his right hand - or perhaps he won't and doesn't have the stomach for it.
He is young and can come back, if he is prepared for tough fights.
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I dont blame either of them, Mike Tyson especially for pursuing fulfilment but I'm not staying up nor am I paying to watch it
Mike Tyson floating all over social media with 30 econd clips of him whacking mitts doesn't mean he is going to be doing anything other than blowing out of his arse, not only that it could get embarrassing because Roy Jones is still Roy Jones as old as he is and he will hit Mike Tyson who could well then turn a bit nasty. I'd rather neither of them were doing it and I hope they put a circus show on and both keep their dignity
20 years ago its a fight I would have killed someone to get a ticket for
I'm impressed with the amount, and quality, of the matchups during lockdown
You must be joking !
@bobmunro can remember Danny Mcalinden v Jack Bodell for the British Heavy weight title. DD would have beaten both in round 1.
Another two rounds of that Left Jab and Daniel could have been blinded in that left eye. Not great taking the knee in boxing but nor is having your eye permanently damaged. At 23 he can come back as long as he doesn't lose his bottle.
Joe Joyce came into boxing late but did learn his ring craft in the amateur game.
I have seen so many poor British Heavyweights over the years but I enjoyed that fight between two evenly matched fighters.
These two were really average and will not register beyond national/commonwealth level.
2020 at its best
Apparently they said in the studio aftetwards Holyfield had already said he could be up for one
He is clearly already in the gym based on a tweet last week
On the flip side, if quitting is engrained in him psychologically, his career is effectively over as he'll never be more than a domestic level fighter.
It'll be interesting to see where his career goes from here.
(Pre or post covid)
Would be like watching David Haye outside the ring in his trash talk days when he was promoting ticket sales.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/boxing/55122753
Don't think Garcia offered enough, needed to change the game plan early on.
Spence v Crawford will be a great fight.
Pretty disappointed in Danny Garcia to be honest, he has more in his locker. Spence Jnr boxed brilliantly
Who will be watching and who do you think will win 🤣🤣🤣
What a joke of a fight
Fucking clownshow for muppets.