I want to see it, but Fury usyk will be an awful fight regardless imo... fury is too clever to try to box him, itll be 12 rounds of him being ragdolled. He is probably the best technical boxer around, but the weight and size difference is way too big when someone knows how to use it
What a joke this was. Only watched the Wilder fight as can't be doing with Joshua. I've seen better atmospheres in a dentists waiting room! The refereeing was a joke. Some of the things he was letting go was unbelievable! But I suppose if you are fighting with fluffy pillows on your mits it doesn't really matter. 12 rounds of heavyweight boxing and neither of them had a mark on them!
Joshua hasn't ducked anyone to my knowledge. The challenging fights for him are Fury, Usyk and Wilder and none of those make sense in the next 4m. Why not take a fight like this for publicity
This is what happens when Saudis take over the circus. Millions of people, not purist boxing fans of which we are the vast minority, will gladly pay to watch. So with enough Saudi money it gets made.
For me, the opposite should be true. The Saudi money should be getting fighters who haven't fought but should have fought into the fucking ring with each other. Everyone has a price and they seem keen to put these shows on in front of insipid, sycophantic crowds. Instead we get a circus event
Ponderous first round from Smith, Beterbiev easily stepping inside his jab and landing bunches of shots. Callum Smith as a Gallagher fighter although I cant see Joe with him tonight is a jab, jab, jab shot round the guard fighter and this is just not going to work against Beterbiev who clearly wat hed the John Ryder fight or more likely is just doing what he does
Smith not been able to put a dent in Beterbiev and he now badly needs to. I get the feeling Beterbiev might take a round off and starch Callum next round
Slightly better round from Smith but still managing to be using his face as target practice for Beterbiev. He really does need to stop staying in the pocket and use his jab at a distance
Smith boxed better that round again, he spent less time on the ropes and landed a couple of nice combinations but I get the feeling its like trying to cut a tree down with a spoon
Unfortunately, Beterbiev in a different class to Smith. None of Smith's punches ever bothered Beterbiev. He just walked through them and marched forward like the terminator.
I've posed this question before. Beterbiev has a very heavy beard as do a lot of boxers if not as thick as Beterbiev's . A thick beard must act as a nice cushion, an absorber of punches, so how are boxers allowed to wear such heavy 'protection' ?
I've posed this question before. Beterbiev has a very heavy beard as do a lot of boxers if not as thick as Beterbiev's . A thick beard must act as a nice cushion, an absorber of punches, so how are boxers allowed to wear such heavy 'protection' ?
It is something an opponent can insist on that the other boxer shaves their beard. I have a feeling because of religious sensitivity this doesn't happen really anymore. A beard if not softened can scratch an eye, deflect slightly punches if greased up. In all honesty I think insisting on stuff like that is psychological and very marginal. Smith needed a baseball bat rather than a razor to use on Beterbiev last night
John Ryder is as hard as they come and I've always rated him and Munguia just walked through him. I hope John Ryder got paid really well for that. He has not ducked anybody and been on the wrong end of one of the worst judging decisions I've ever seen with Smith. Boxing has a nasty habit of not rewarding men like him where lots of actual boxing fans rate him and he is a relatable man but was operating in a time when a lot of British boxers clearly sold more tickets than him and had better little black books
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Only watched the Wilder fight as can't be doing with Joshua.
I've seen better atmospheres in a dentists waiting room!
The refereeing was a joke. Some of the things he was letting go was unbelievable!
But I suppose if you are fighting with fluffy pillows on your mits it doesn't really matter.
12 rounds of heavyweight boxing and neither of them had a mark on them!
Joshua still fighting cherry picks rather than real opponents.
For me, the opposite should be true. The Saudi money should be getting fighters who haven't fought but should have fought into the fucking ring with each other. Everyone has a price and they seem keen to put these shows on in front of insipid, sycophantic crowds. Instead we get a circus event
Ponderous first round from Smith, Beterbiev easily stepping inside his jab and landing bunches of shots. Callum Smith as a Gallagher fighter although I cant see Joe with him tonight is a jab, jab, jab shot round the guard fighter and this is just not going to work against Beterbiev who clearly wat hed the John Ryder fight or more likely is just doing what he does
2nd round he has started a bit better (Smith)
Smith boxing a lot better this round
None of Smith's punches ever bothered Beterbiev. He just walked through them and marched forward like the terminator.
It is something an opponent can insist on that the other boxer shaves their beard. I have a feeling because of religious sensitivity this doesn't happen really anymore. A beard if not softened can scratch an eye, deflect slightly punches if greased up. In all honesty I think insisting on stuff like that is psychological and very marginal. Smith needed a baseball bat rather than a razor to use on Beterbiev last night
John Ryder is as hard as they come and I've always rated him and Munguia just walked through him. I hope John Ryder got paid really well for that. He has not ducked anybody and been on the wrong end of one of the worst judging decisions I've ever seen with Smith. Boxing has a nasty habit of not rewarding men like him where lots of actual boxing fans rate him and he is a relatable man but was operating in a time when a lot of British boxers clearly sold more tickets than him and had better little black books