The **BOXING** thread (Vol 4)

[fridaypassion]

Wilder Zhang I think is a proper 50/50 fight another great Saudi card. If they could only funnel money into MSG or the o2!

[Yazza54]

fridaypassion said:

Wilder Zhang I think is a proper 50/50 fight another great Saudi card. If they could only funnel money into MSG or the o2!

Two guys that are only really good at one thing, who will bang who!?

[fridaypassion]

Actually I should say it's a 50/50 if Wilder doesn't just turn up for the paycheque like the Parker fight!

[EddieSteadyGo]

What a card this is going to be if we get Beterbiev vs Bivol for undisputed, with Dubois vs Hrgovic and Wilder vs Zhang both on the undercard.

[biggbn]

fridaypassion said:

Actually I should say it's a 50/50 if Wilder doesn't just turn up for the paycheque like the Parker fight!

I don't think he turned up for a paycheck, he just fought a guy who fought to a plan, and was much, much better than Wilder expected. Look at all bangers, they fall in love with their power and their hype and eventually they get found out.

[Biker's Nemesis]

fridaypassion said:

Just caught up with the Heany Vs Pauls fight crikey that was a belter not seen a war like that for a while.

Yes, it was an excellent fight, one of the best I've seen in a while.

[Gerradi]

Yazza54 said:

Two guys that are only really good at one thing, who will bang who!?

Zhang is a bloody good boxer , far superior to Crash Bang Wallop Wilder...he has a serious stamina problem , I don't see it a 50-50 fight unless after round 6...

[Bright Halo]

Gerradi said:

Yazza54 said:

Two guys that are only really good at one thing, who will bang who!?

Zhang is a bloody good boxer , far superior to Crash Bang Wallop Wilder...he has a serious stamina problem , I don't see it a 50-50 fight unless after round 6...

Zhang can take a good punch as well. I only see one winner. Zhang round 5 KO.

[Bairn]

Anyone watching the DAZN card tonight?
Just watched Hatton make hard work of his central area title shot. No way he’s won, but we’ve seen shockers before in boxing!

[MonkeyBusiness]

Fair judging in a Campbell fight?
Blimey.

[dickymint]

Bairn said:

Anyone watching the DAZN card tonight?
Just watched Hatton make hard work of his central area title shot. No way he’s won, but we’ve seen shockers before in boxing!

Just tuned in for the Smith fight.

[dickymint]

Wowzers

[Bairn]

MonkeyBusiness said:

Fair judging in a Campbell fight?
Blimey.

I was as shocked as anyone!
Hatton looks well out his depth at central area level.
Will need to improve tenfold if he’s going to stay under the matchroom wing.

[Bairn]

dickymint said:

Bairn said:

Anyone watching the DAZN card tonight?
Just watched Hatton make hard work of his central area title shot. No way he’s won, but we’ve seen shockers before in boxing!

Just tuned in for the Smith fight.

I’ll catch that and the Sandy Ryan fight on YouTube had to go to bed early was shattered!

[EddieSteadyGo]

I don't understand the Saudi 'Vision 2030' strategy. They now seem to be planning on staging an event on Wembley, which will no doubt lose them a small fortune based on the fighter's purses that they pay. They seem obsessed with appealing to the British boxing market, as their main events are timed for a British audience, and they mostly work with British promoters and mostly get British fighters on their cards. And now they want to host an event at a British venue!

If they want to build Saudi as a "destination" for business, sports and holidays, I would have thought they would make much more effort to get actual people to travel there, possibly by subsidising flights and offering discounted flight upgrades and upgraded hotel packages. And making getting a visa really, really easy. Paying for an event at Wembley won't mean we all start paying homage to 'His Excellency'.


https://twitter.com/MichaelBensonn/status/17719270...

[epom]

EddieSteadyGo said:

I don't understand the Saudi 'Vision 2030' strategy. They now seem to be planning on staging an event on Wembley, which will no doubt lose them a small fortune based on the fighter's purses that they pay. They seem obsessed with appealing to the British boxing market, as their main events are timed for a British audience, and they mostly work with British promoters and mostly get British fighters on their cards. And now they want to host an event at a British venue!

If they want to build Saudi as a "destination" for business, sports and holidays, I would have thought they would make much more effort to get actual people to travel there, possibly by subsidising flights and offering discounted flight upgrades and upgraded hotel packages. And making getting a visa really, really easy. Paying for an event at Wembley won't mean we all start paying homage to 'His Excellency'.


https://twitter.com/MichaelBensonn/status/17719270...

Wash Wash Wash…. In a much more public place, get treated like Royalty by citizens of another Country while washing, it’s working.

[fridaypassion]

They are in danger of burning out of fights to put on

[MonkeyBusiness]

fridaypassion said:

They are in danger of burning out of fights to put on

Or maybe we will get the fights ticking over and some of the slackers hogging belts will actually fight.

[ThisInJapanese]

MonkeyBusiness said:

fridaypassion said:

They are in danger of burning out of fights to put on

Or maybe we will get the fights ticking over and some of the slackers hogging belts will actually fight.

Joshua seems to be doing well with being active, same could be said of Parker.

[Unreal]

ThisInJapanese said:

MonkeyBusiness said:

fridaypassion said:

They are in danger of burning out of fights to put on

Or maybe we will get the fights ticking over and some of the slackers hogging belts will actually fight.

Joshua seems to be doing well with being active, same could be said of Parker.

Anything that sorts out the scandal of inactive belt holders and cherry pickers like Fury is fine by me.