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  • superclive98
    superclive98 Posts: 5,472
    Superb performance from Jesse 'Bam' Rodriguez to win the WBA Bantamweight title, with a knockout win over Antonio Vargas, making him a 3-weight world champion.
    I don't think there's a more exciting boxer at the moment.
  • thenewbie
    thenewbie Posts: 11,695
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/boxing/articles/c6210pk8klro

    Usyk vacates all belts - but not retiring. Probably wants more choice to who he fights and go out on his own terms, which honestly you can't blame him for.
  • Chris_from_Sidcup
    Chris_from_Sidcup Posts: 37,616
    thenewbie said:
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/boxing/articles/c6210pk8klro

    Usyk vacates all belts - but not retiring. Probably wants more choice to who he fights and go out on his own terms, which honestly you can't blame him for.
    Wants one big final fight apparently so can't be arsed with the mandatory challenges they want to give him.

    Fair play to him, as rather than hold the divisions up, it now means the belts are all available for the guys next in line to fight for them.
  • Leroy Ambrose
    Leroy Ambrose Posts: 14,801
    superclive98 said:
    Superb performance from Jesse 'Bam' Rodriguez to win the WBA Bantamweight title, with a knockout win over Antonio Vargas, making him a 3-weight world champion.
    I don't think there's a more exciting boxer at the moment.
    Inoue
  • superclive98
    superclive98 Posts: 5,472
    Leroy Ambrose said:
    superclive98 said:
    Superb performance from Jesse 'Bam' Rodriguez to win the WBA Bantamweight title, with a knockout win over Antonio Vargas, making him a 3-weight world champion.
    I don't think there's a more exciting boxer at the moment.
    Inoue
    Hopefully, they will meet.
    Who wins, I don't know, but I don't find Inoue as exciting.
  • Leroy Ambrose
    Leroy Ambrose Posts: 14,801
    superclive98 said:
    Leroy Ambrose said:
    superclive98 said:
    Superb performance from Jesse 'Bam' Rodriguez to win the WBA Bantamweight title, with a knockout win over Antonio Vargas, making him a 3-weight world champion.
    I don't think there's a more exciting boxer at the moment.
    Inoue
    Hopefully, they will meet.
    Who wins, I don't know, but I don't find Inoue as exciting.
    Wild opinion. I can't think of a boxer as impressive as Inoue in years. 
  • Carter
    Carter Posts: 14,695
    I remember Inoue absolutely schooling two decent British and certainly European level fighters in McConnell and Rendall Munroe, like they had never boxed before it was that conclusive and have watched and admired him ever since. I love how businesslike he is, the same as Gennady Golovkin doesn't have to talk bollocks and play up just always turns up and does the business looking like a rolls royce 
  • Leroy Ambrose
    Leroy Ambrose Posts: 14,801
    Carter said:
    I remember Inoue absolutely schooling two decent British and certainly European level fighters in McConnell and Rendall Munroe, like they had never boxed before it was that conclusive and have watched and admired him ever since. I love how businesslike he is, the same as Gennady Golovkin doesn't have to talk bollocks and play up just always turns up and does the business looking like a rolls royce 
    This. I don't think I've ever seen a man be so genuinely destructive with his body punches. They are absolutely ruthless. I'll never forge watching him repeatedly detonate on Boywaux, to the point he actually cried out in pain when he finished him. A truly hard puncher. Got a good chin as well, seen him take a few big shots as the opposition has gone up in class and weight over the years. I genuinely think he could still be effective at feather - though super feather is probably beyond him. 

    Generational fighter, slept on by many, but I think most aficionados would have him at #1 or #2 pfp with only a fag paper between him and Crawford. 
  • Leroy Ambrose
    Leroy Ambrose Posts: 14,801
    Whittaker looked good. Obviously the opposition was little more than a Mexican roadsweeper, but did the job and looked good getting rid of him. Fight with Buatsi has to be closer now
  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 59,022
    Is Joshua fighting anyone decent or not?

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  • bobmunro
    bobmunro Posts: 21,889
    AFKABartram said:
    Is Joshua fighting anyone decent or not?

    Not
  • AndyG
    AndyG Posts: 6,526
    AFKABartram said:
    Is Joshua fighting anyone decent or not?
    Punchers chance is about it mate 
  • superclive98
    superclive98 Posts: 5,472
    How are the commentators, Carl Frampton and Andy Lee thinking that Sheeraz is winning this comfortably?
    He has been dreadful.
  • bobmunro
    bobmunro Posts: 21,889
    Leroy Ambrose said:
    Carter said:
    I remember Inoue absolutely schooling two decent British and certainly European level fighters in McConnell and Rendall Munroe, like they had never boxed before it was that conclusive and have watched and admired him ever since. I love how businesslike he is, the same as Gennady Golovkin doesn't have to talk bollocks and play up just always turns up and does the business looking like a rolls royce 
    This. I don't think I've ever seen a man be so genuinely destructive with his body punches. They are absolutely ruthless. I'll never forge watching him repeatedly detonate on Boywaux, to the point he actually cried out in pain when he finished him. A truly hard puncher. Got a good chin as well, seen him take a few big shots as the opposition has gone up in class and weight over the years. I genuinely think he could still be effective at feather - though super feather is probably beyond him. 

    Generational fighter, slept on by many, but I think most aficionados would have him at #1 or #2 pfp with only a fag paper between him and Crawford. 

    You and @Carter have nailed it (as usual). Inoue is a freak of a fighter without any obvious weakness.
    I would put him above Crawford as current PfP and would have him in the top five I've seen in my lifetime.
  • superclive98
    superclive98 Posts: 5,472
    Garbage performance and not what I was expecting.
    Absolute borefest.
  • Clem_Snide
    Clem_Snide Posts: 12,130
    Sheeraz genuinely sent me to sleep. Just woken up to watch the farcical mis match they are calling the main event
  • Clem_Snide
    Clem_Snide Posts: 12,130
    Lol
  • Clem_Snide
    Clem_Snide Posts: 12,130
    Joshua down in 30 seconds and hanging on
  • Clem_Snide
    Clem_Snide Posts: 12,130
    Down again
  • superclive98
    superclive98 Posts: 5,472
    Embarrassing.

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  • Clem_Snide
    Clem_Snide Posts: 12,130
    Is this fixed? It’s like the Albanian has been told not to upset Eddie Hearns big plan
  • superclive98
    superclive98 Posts: 5,472
    He won but how shit was that??
  • Croydon
    Croydon Posts: 13,570
    One of the most suspect fights I've ever seen. Prenga just stood off and stopped boxing immediately after a break in between rounds, having completely dominated the fight. 

    Was like watching snatch
  • SuedeAdidas
    SuedeAdidas Posts: 8,132

  • thenewbie
    thenewbie Posts: 11,695
    Croydon said:
    One of the most suspect fights I've ever seen. Prenga just stood off and stopped boxing immediately after a break in between rounds, having completely dominated the fight. 

    Was like watching snatch
    Knocks AJ down twice in one round then... nothing. It would be comical except absolutely nothing will be said or done about it.
  • shine166
    shine166 Posts: 14,534
    edited July 26
    Was sad viewing, I think he should retire and forget about the Fury fight. Both him and Fury are shadows of them former selves 
  • bobmunro
    bobmunro Posts: 21,889
    shine166 said:
    Was sad viewing, I think he should retire and forget about the Fury fight. Both him and Fury are shows of them former selves 

    There are probably about 50 million reasons for each of them to make the fight - then retire.
  • shine166
    shine166 Posts: 14,534
    bobmunro said:
    shine166 said:
    Was sad viewing, I think he should retire and forget about the Fury fight. Both him and Fury are shows of them former selves 

    There are probably about 50 million reasons for each of them to make the fight - then retire.
    Well yeah its only happening for financial reasons, but both of them already have multi generational levels of wealth. 
  • Chris_from_Sidcup
    Chris_from_Sidcup Posts: 37,616
    Where do we expect Fury v AJ to take place?

    Seen rumours that if it's in the UK then Turki is pushing for it to start in the early hours of the morning at Wembley, for which he'd need to get special approval from the local council.

    But i don't see how this is viable. Outdoors in November at 3-4am doesn't seem the smartest idea.
  • Carter
    Carter Posts: 14,695
    Chris_from_Sidcup said:
    Where do we expect Fury v AJ to take place?

    Seen rumours that if it's in the UK then Turki is pushing for it to start in the early hours of the morning at Wembley, for which he'd need to get special approval from the local council.

    But i don't see how this is viable. Outdoors in November at 3-4am doesn't seem the smartest idea.
    Its been done a couple of times indoors. Memorable Hatton v Tszyu, Haye v Maccarinelli. And as someone who attended it was a pain in the arse, a fucking nightmare to get back from and I imagine was a nightmare for the security going on what I saw. 

    Nah, if its in the UK, outdoors in November it needs to be a 10pm main event. Regardless of how little I care for the fight it will sell out Wembley with no problem 

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