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Yiliterate

3,786 posts

205 months

Monday 6th July 2015
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Hmmm...just had a look at the EasyJet flights out of Gatwick...very reasonable. Less than two weeks from my birthday as well... scratchchin

tuscaneer

7,738 posts

224 months

Monday 6th July 2015
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Haha!! Good man!......I'm in hard negotiations as we speak. Ringside for pulev was great. For fury????!!! Off the fking chart!!!

Yiliterate

3,786 posts

205 months

Monday 6th July 2015
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tuscaneer said:
Haha!! Good man!......I'm in hard negotiations as we speak. Ringside for pulev was great. For fury????!!! Off the fking chart!!!
The way I figure it, as the two combatants are 6'6'' and 6'9'' respectively, you'll probably be able to see well enough wherever your seat is!

Just slightly edgy about the fight getting cancelled after booking up...know you know what that feels like!

StuTheGrouch

5,714 posts

161 months

Monday 6th July 2015
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How much are tickets likely to be for this fight? Might even try to make the trip myself (on my lonesome)

FredClogs

14,041 posts

160 months

Monday 6th July 2015
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I've proper slagged Tyson Fury off in the past, but let me be the first to say that if he shows well against Klitchko (and lets face it he has the mass and talent and team behind him to at least give himself a chance against an aging champion who has looked vulnerable in the past) he's my new bff.

tuscaneer

7,738 posts

224 months

Tuesday 7th July 2015
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Yiliterate said:
tuscaneer said:
Haha!! Good man!......I'm in hard negotiations as we speak. Ringside for pulev was great. For fury????!!! Off the fking chart!!!
The way I figure it, as the two combatants are 6'6'' and 6'9'' respectively, you'll probably be able to see well enough wherever your seat is!

Just slightly edgy about the fight getting cancelled after booking up...know you know what that feels like!
size of those two fkers you could probably see it from the airport!

my biggest worry is a fury pull out.he talks so much a loss would mentally devastate him, and all the twitter ramblings aside him and his team know full well they are jumping up in level 5 fold.
a mentally wrecked chisora and christian hammer are not any preparation at all for what's coming...

one thing to do is take out the small insurance premium on the flights and hotel should it get cancelled/rescheduled.




tuscaneer

7,738 posts

224 months

Tuesday 7th July 2015
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StuTheGrouch said:
How much are tickets likely to be for this fight? Might even try to make the trip myself (on my lonesome)
you should be looking at a start price of 40 euro for the bleechers up to 800/1000 euro for something a few rows back

tuscaneer

7,738 posts

224 months

Tuesday 7th July 2015
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FredClogs said:
I've proper slagged Tyson Fury off in the past, but let me be the first to say that if he shows well against Klitchko (and lets face it he has the mass and talent and team behind him to at least give himself a chance against an aging champion who has looked vulnerable in the past) he's my new bff.
he's got talent to go with his size no doubt.......but i don't think he cracks hard enough to keep wlad off. i see a similar type of wlad here as in the mariusz wach fight. he won't be able to lean on because of fury's size so i think we'll see him take it to tyson like he did to wach. plenty of right hands off the jab and a few cheeky left hooks to keep tysson off balance when he is coming in

Yiliterate

3,786 posts

205 months

Tuesday 7th July 2015
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tuscaneer said:
Yiliterate said:
tuscaneer said:
Haha!! Good man!......I'm in hard negotiations as we speak. Ringside for pulev was great. For fury????!!! Off the fking chart!!!
The way I figure it, as the two combatants are 6'6'' and 6'9'' respectively, you'll probably be able to see well enough wherever your seat is!

Just slightly edgy about the fight getting cancelled after booking up...know you know what that feels like!
size of those two fkers you could probably see it from the airport!

my biggest worry is a fury pull out.he talks so much a loss would mentally devastate him, and all the twitter ramblings aside him and his team know full well they are jumping up in level 5 fold.
a mentally wrecked chisora and christian hammer are not any preparation at all for what's coming...

one thing to do is take out the small insurance premium on the flights and hotel should it get cancelled/rescheduled.
When you went to the Pulev fight, did you go on one of those event package type deals or did you sort everything out yourself?

tuscaneer

7,738 posts

224 months

Tuesday 7th July 2015
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Yiliterate said:
When you went to the Pulev fight, did you go on one of those event package type deals or did you sort everything out yourself?
did it on my own mate. i wanted the right tickets, right hotel etc. i actually rang the o2 hamburg and ordered over the phone within a minute of the tickets going on sale. once the tickets were sorted i sorted the flights then the hotel.

i think you get your pants pulled down on those package jobbies. all someone is doing really is what you could do yourself as long as you are organized and book early.

Fas1975

1,777 posts

163 months

Tuesday 7th July 2015
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Just read Mayweather got stripped of his WBO title due to not paying some $200k sanctioning fee? Can anyone explain what that actually means, it's not explained in this article:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/boxing/article-31...

Yiliterate

3,786 posts

205 months

Tuesday 7th July 2015
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Fas1975 said:
Just read Mayweather got stripped of his WBO title due to not paying some $200k sanctioning fee? Can anyone explain what that actually means, it's not explained in this article:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/boxing/article-31...
It's basically the way the sanctioning bodies (WBC, WBA, IBF, WBO, etc) fund themselves. Actually, it isn't that dissimilar to some professional organisations; you can pass their exams to become qualified but you need to pay your membership fees to continue to use the letters after your name, etc. Mayweather hasn't paid the fee so the WBO are no longer recognising him as champion.

Incidentally, it wasn't just that Mayweather wouldn't pay the sanctioning fee - it's also that the WBO apparently doesn't allow its champions to simultaneously hold belts in different weight divisions. Personally, I can't really understand why that's a problem - if a fighter can operate at two weight divisions and remain active in both (which in fairness Mayweather hasn't - he hasn't defended his Light-Middleweight titles he won from Alvarez for about 2 years now), then I don't see the issue. Okay, fair enough, if the WBO don't want to have a fighter holding more than one of their belts, then fine - but Mayweather holds the WBC and WBA Light-Middleweight belts, not the WBO title, so what's it got to do with them???

Robatr0n

12,362 posts

215 months

Tuesday 7th July 2015
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Yiliterate said:
It's basically the way the sanctioning bodies (WBC, WBA, IBF, WBO, etc) fund themselves. Actually, it isn't that dissimilar to some professional organisations; you can pass their exams to become qualified but you need to pay your membership fees to continue to use the letters after your name, etc. Mayweather hasn't paid the fee so the WBO are no longer recognising him as champion.

Incidentally, it wasn't just that Mayweather wouldn't pay the sanctioning fee - it's also that the WBO apparently doesn't allow its champions to simultaneously hold belts in different weight divisions. Personally, I can't really understand why that's a problem - if a fighter can operate at two weight divisions and remain active in both (which in fairness Mayweather hasn't - he hasn't defended his Light-Middleweight titles he won from Alvarez for about 2 years now), then I don't see the issue. Okay, fair enough, if the WBO don't want to have a fighter holding more than one of their belts, then fine - but Mayweather holds the WBC and WBA Light-Middleweight belts, not the WBO title, so what's it got to do with them???
yes

He is basically holding the LMW division to randsom by not vacating the belt or moving back up in weight and defending his title. It isn't the first time he has refused to pay sanctioning fees either as witnessed when he fought Mosley for a belt he didn't want. He declined to pay the $675k fee (!!!) so the belt was removed from the equation.

It's no new thing really and I can certainly see why you would decline to pay sanctioning fees.

SR7492

495 posts

149 months

Tuesday 7th July 2015
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Fas1975 said:
Just read Mayweather got stripped of his WBO title due to not paying some $200k sanctioning fee? Can anyone explain what that actually means, it's not explained in this article:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/boxing/article-31...
Means Tim Bradley now holds this belt officially

Fas1975

1,777 posts

163 months

Tuesday 7th July 2015
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Yiliterate said:
It's basically the way the sanctioning bodies (WBC, WBA, IBF, WBO, etc) fund themselves. Actually, it isn't that dissimilar to some professional organisations; you can pass their exams to become qualified but you need to pay your membership fees to continue to use the letters after your name, etc. Mayweather hasn't paid the fee so the WBO are no longer recognising him as champion.

Incidentally, it wasn't just that Mayweather wouldn't pay the sanctioning fee - it's also that the WBO apparently doesn't allow its champions to simultaneously hold belts in different weight divisions. Personally, I can't really understand why that's a problem - if a fighter can operate at two weight divisions and remain active in both (which in fairness Mayweather hasn't - he hasn't defended his Light-Middleweight titles he won from Alvarez for about 2 years now), then I don't see the issue. Okay, fair enough, if the WBO don't want to have a fighter holding more than one of their belts, then fine - but Mayweather holds the WBC and WBA Light-Middleweight belts, not the WBO title, so what's it got to do with them???
Super clear, thanks for that

London424

12,826 posts

174 months

Tuesday 7th July 2015
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I thought this was a good article/opinion piece.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/boxin...

FredClogs

14,041 posts

160 months

Tuesday 7th July 2015
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London424 said:
I thought this was a good article/opinion piece.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/boxin...
Yep, and who can blame him? like I've said on the previous page re Joshua's number 2 ranking, the sanctioning bodies have only got themselves to blame if Al Hamon can pull off what some people say he wants, a UFC style overarching commission. If i were in charge I'd run the pro game much more like the amateurs with a series of local qualifiers and then a bi yearly end 16 tournament, world cup style. (I realise there is flaws in this idea, just go with it!!)

Amirhussain

11,486 posts

162 months

Wednesday 8th July 2015
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Anyone watch Bad Boy Boxer: The last chance, on BBC Three?

tuscaneer

7,738 posts

224 months

Wednesday 8th July 2015
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Amirhussain said:
Anyone watch Bad Boy Boxer: The last chance, on BBC Three?
good documentary that. selby was at that milton keynes signing. really nice fella, had loads of time to talk and was engaging genuinely with people.

StuTheGrouch

5,714 posts

161 months

Wednesday 8th July 2015
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tuscaneer said:
good documentary that. selby was at that milton keynes signing. really nice fella, had loads of time to talk and was engaging genuinely with people.
Was that the signing event you kept a secret?
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