The thread about Boxing

cafcfan1990 · April 2022

CAFCsayer said:

Fury late on by TKO. Dillian will come out all guns blazing and try to take his head off and wont be able to rough fury up like he does everyone else. Will tire towards then end and then fury will box his head off

Pretty much how I see the fight going. Fury in around 8/9.

Croydon · April 2022

Absolute farce of an undercard for this

Chris_from_Sidcup · April 2022

Croydon said:

Absolute farce of an undercard for this

Dreadful. The stick Hearn would get for putting that on.

Although Warren did have some potentially valid excuses:

“I’d have loved to put Anthony Yarde on, but unfortunately I can’t risk him fighting at the moment. Joe Smith Jr is fighting Artur Beterbiev for the [WBC, IBF and WBO light-heavyweight] unification fight in about eight weeks’ time. Yarde has got the winner, so I don’t want him getting injured. Even if he was on there, I’d have given him a pretty easy job because I don’t want him risking that position – and I’d have probably got some stick over that."

"Dubois, I’d love him to have been on the undercard, but he’s got the WBA [‘regular’] heavyweight title fight, so he can’t be on there. I’d love for him to have got the exposure on the card."

“Joe Joyce has got a broken wrist, I can’t get him on there."

“Hamzah Sheeraz – it’s ramadan, so he can’t box."

Pelling1993 · April 2022

Got everything crossed for a Dillian Whyte win. Can't seeing it happening though

Milan · April 2022

Speaking as a boxing enthusiast, I'm really not sure what to expect on Saturday. Fury has often looked pedestrian and cumbersome in fights where he isn't motivated, and I question how engaged he is with this fight. Whyte has a shot at the world title, something he's waited years for. That said, I can't see anybody in the division knocking out Fury, and I certainly can't imagine Whyte going 12 rounds and winning on points.

I optimistically hope for a real tear up, but expect 12 tedious rounds that give Fury a comfortable points victory, leaving me regretting spending £25 to watch it.

AllLeftFoot · April 2022

Chris_from_Sidcup said:

Croydon said:

Absolute farce of an undercard for this

Dreadful. The stick Hearn would get for putting that on.

Although Warren did have some potentially valid excuses:

“I’d have loved to put Anthony Yarde on, but unfortunately I can’t risk him fighting at the moment. Joe Smith Jr is fighting Artur Beterbiev for the [WBC, IBF and WBO light-heavyweight] unification fight in about eight weeks’ time. Yarde has got the winner, so I don’t want him getting injured. Even if he was on there, I’d have given him a pretty easy job because I don’t want him risking that position – and I’d have probably got some stick over that."
"Dubois, I’d love him to have been on the undercard, but he’s got the WBA [‘regular’] heavyweight title fight, so he can’t be on there. I’d love for him to have got the exposure on the card."
“Joe Joyce has got a broken wrist, I can’t get him on there."
“Hamzah Sheeraz – it’s ramadan, so he can’t box."

Or perhaps more honestly - nearly everything spent on the main fight and never had any intention of a better undercard.

Would imagine they need to sell a fair few PPVs to get that purse bid money back, so interesting to see if things get more ‘heated’ at the weigh in.

Southendaddick · April 2022

Two tough men and Dillian has more than a punchers chance if he can regularly land the left hook clean, definitely wouldn’t surprise me if he drops him at some point
But head says Tyson will have a higher work rate and will land a lot more shots and will get the points win, I don’t see him getting a KO unless Dillian tires massively 10-12.

Croydon · April 2022

One way to improve the undercard

CarltonAthleticDance · April 2022

Chris_from_Sidcup said:

bobmunro said:

Controversial but I'll put it out there - Whyte stops Fury on Saturday.

Very controversial. Whyte couldn't even stop Joseph Parker or a 40 year old Marius Wach

Parker has a very decent chin. Whyte burgled that victory and came very close to being knocked out by Parker in the final round.

bobmunro · April 2022

Croydon said:

One way to improve the undercard

If he's got any sense, Whyte's dad should insist on gloves - Fury senior is a bit handy with his thumbs!

ValleyGary · April 2022

Much better interview from Fury yesterday after the weigh in. Looked much happier and said there’s a lot of respect between the camps so probably why it’s been a bit quieter.