The **BOXING** thread Vol 2
Discussion
tuscaneer said:
well, ...funny you should mention me in training. had a couple novices in the gym today for a bit of sparring....
Bellew - 'I'll never be given credit for my ability'http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p059xmt4
It was being pushed quite heavily in adverts, albeit on C5:
http://www.channel5.com/show/live-boxing-carl-fram...
http://www.channel5.com/show/live-boxing-carl-fram...
Not happy with the new Sky channels format - I recorded the Broner vs Garcia fight to watch this morning and it taped only 40mins of the event and then cut off. Was the main event PPV?
Never had a scheduled program cut out before when it was Sky Sports One and not the new Sky Sports Main Event HD. Did anybody else have a problem or was it just me?
Never had a scheduled program cut out before when it was Sky Sports One and not the new Sky Sports Main Event HD. Did anybody else have a problem or was it just me?
Predictable outcome regarding Broner vs Garcia. Broner was terrible, no desire, no ambition, not a great punch output...
Garcia did not have to work that hard to beat him. Broner looked like he did not want to be in the ring.
As odd as it sounds I was more interested in watching Jarrell 'Big Baby' Miller vs Gerard Washington.
Miller weighed in at 298.9 lb!
That's one big baby
Interesting to see a couple of US heavyweights, outside of Wilder obviously. Both were shockingly bad. I expected them to be poor, but they really were terrible. I'd see Washington 1-2 before, against Wilder most recently. Miller has zero boxing skill, he struggles to land one single clean punch when his man is on the ropes for 30 seconds. That's against Washington too! He has no defense, no head movement, just marches forward eating punches. He's a poor mans Derek Chisora.
The heavyweight division is really not far off being as bad as it was some years ago when you think about it, apart from AJ who is there?
Wlad gone forever in a few months, Tyson depressed and on drugs, no license, very unlikely to ever fight again, Daniel Dubois just turned 20 a few days ago so years away from reaching his peak.
Just leaves AJ and some very poor opposition for him to beat. Shows you how poor the division is when someone as past it as Pulev, (who went 12 rounds with Kevin Johnson this year) is a mandatory challenger for the IBF belt.
Garcia did not have to work that hard to beat him. Broner looked like he did not want to be in the ring.
As odd as it sounds I was more interested in watching Jarrell 'Big Baby' Miller vs Gerard Washington.
Miller weighed in at 298.9 lb!
That's one big baby
Interesting to see a couple of US heavyweights, outside of Wilder obviously. Both were shockingly bad. I expected them to be poor, but they really were terrible. I'd see Washington 1-2 before, against Wilder most recently. Miller has zero boxing skill, he struggles to land one single clean punch when his man is on the ropes for 30 seconds. That's against Washington too! He has no defense, no head movement, just marches forward eating punches. He's a poor mans Derek Chisora.
The heavyweight division is really not far off being as bad as it was some years ago when you think about it, apart from AJ who is there?
Wlad gone forever in a few months, Tyson depressed and on drugs, no license, very unlikely to ever fight again, Daniel Dubois just turned 20 a few days ago so years away from reaching his peak.
Just leaves AJ and some very poor opposition for him to beat. Shows you how poor the division is when someone as past it as Pulev, (who went 12 rounds with Kevin Johnson this year
) is a mandatory challenger for the IBF belt.JuniorD said:
So Frampton loses his last fight because he failed to adapt to a different game plan (despite accusing his opponent of being able to do so), then resigned from Cyclone promotions last week and now fails to make the weight...I give it a month before they part ways.
Ructions said:
Frampton had apparently left McGuigan and gone with Matchroom. Should be confirmed tomorrow.
I think giving a month was too generous 
Yiliterate said:
Seems to be quite some animosity between Cyclone and Matchroom - it would be a genuine coup for Hearn to re-sign Frampton.
Also sensed animosity between Hearn and Frampton?At the end of the day, Frampton is IMO the best British boxer we have, and I really hope Hearn keeps him fighting a good caliber of opposition.
Looks like there might be a bit of 2+2=5 going on anyway...
http://www.irish-boxing.com/nonsense-matchroom-dis...
http://www.irish-boxing.com/nonsense-matchroom-dis...
kers. About the most unsporting people in the business. Very surprised to hear there could be trouble in paradise with Frampton though, I'd always expected him to remain with Shane for the rest of his career.hyphen said:
So Garcia needs to decide if he wants to keep fighting at 140 or even 147.
He has said after the fight that he felt the power of his punches whilst a problem at lower weights, hasn't carried through and had the same effect on larger guys.
What happened to Garcia v Linares?He has said after the fight that he felt the power of his punches whilst a problem at lower weights, hasn't carried through and had the same effect on larger guys.
Amirhussain said:
What happened to Garcia v Linares?
Think Garcia is seeing $$$ at Light-Welter (Broner, winner of Crawford-Indongo?) and possibly Welterweight, while Linares is seeing £££ this side of the pond, having built a profile through the Mitchell and Crolla fights over here, with contests against Luke Campbell (even though that's in the US apparently?) and potentially a unification with Terry Flanagan in the pipeline. In short, Garcia vs Linares may just have been a contest neither of them particularly needed...benm3evo said:
So no rematch then. Eddie has just been on the radio to say Klitschko has retired, gutted. Can't blame him though.
I guess that's Pulev next for AJ then as I think he is mandatory.
Klitschko has released a statement, unfortunately no one knows what this statement is I guess that's Pulev next for AJ then as I think he is mandatory.
as he has released it on his own website rather than twitter, and it has crashed as was designed to cope with 1 person at a time...Gassing Station | Sports | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff