The **BOXING** thread (Vol 3)

[g4ry13]

Povetkin was throwing everything at 100% and one caught.

[EddieSteadyGo]

hyphen said:

Whyte will learn from this and improve his defence. A KO and not outboxed so will recover.

The thing is that Whyte was boxing well. And his defence and balance looked good. But that uppercut... what a shot!

[hyphen]

EddieSteadyGo said:

hyphen said:

Terrible entrance. I want £5 back.

You don't like Jaws?

He was wooden, dad dancing. As a boxer he should have been light on his feet.

T'was a sign

[Jonnny]

Absolutely textbook duck and uppercut follow, perfect.

[biggbn]

sky commentary was dreadful. Sasha was down twice yes, but never outclassed, and done much better than the team suggested. And. Bang. Goodnight. Nothing lucky about that, he had been trying the body head combo all night. Just made fifty quid!!

[EddieSteadyGo]

Jonnny said:

Absolutely textbook duck and uppercut follow, perfect.

Yep, and apparently he says he had watched Whyte and thought he was vulnerable to this type of uppercut, so he had been working on it in camp... amazing!

[Amirhussain]

Bit of a cliche but damn one punch is all it takes. Boom game over. Iced out. Whyte had the fight in his pocket and Povetkin just found a one hitta quitta.

[hyphen]

Rematch clause confirmed!

By "end of year".

[g4ry13]

Rematches are so boring, let's see a new fight for once.

[biggbn]

Eddie even saying Pov started well. Sky is a joke with their commentary

[jules_s]

Eddie looks and sounds more like a politician every time I see him

[hyphen]

jules_s said:

Eddie looks and sounds more like a politician every time I see him

His ego is growing.

It was introduced as "Brought to you by Eddie Hearn and matchroom boxing" as opposed to just Matchroom.

[EddieSteadyGo]

hyphen said:

jules_s said:

Eddie looks and sounds more like a politician every time I see him

His ego is growing.

It was introduced as "Brought to you by Eddie Hearn and matchroom boxing" as opposed to just Matchroom.

Let's be honest - Hearn's skills are exceptional. And he is earning millions per year. There is no way we will see him taking a pay cut down to £82k per year which is an MP's salary - his watch collection will be worth 10 times that!

[hyphen]

I think his pocket money at private school was £82k

[EddieSteadyGo]

hyphen said:

I think his pocket money at private school was £82k

Exactly!

[Birkin1932]

hyphen said:

His ego is growing.

It was introduced as "Brought to you by Eddie Hearn and matchroom boxing" as opposed to just Matchroom.

This is normal, Eddie is the promoter, look back they say it every time

[Bright Halo]

That was very much a Mike Tyson style uppercut like when he took out Marvis Frasier.
Get in close, create the gap and bang.
Up until then Dillian was way ahead and in control. That probably puts him out of the frame of fighting AJ or Fury for some time or maybe even ever.

[hyphen]

Bright Halo said:

That probably puts him out of the frame of fighting AJ or Fury for some time or maybe even ever.

Will it? Rematch in a few month will put him back where he was won't it?

There are not that many big names in the Heavyweight division that will sell the tickets, and I think both AJ and Fury would consider the risk-reward to be favorable.

He is 32, so has a few years left.

[biggbn]

Bright Halo said:

That was very much a Mike Tyson style uppercut like when he took out Marvis Frasier.
Get in close, create the gap and bang.
Up until then Dillian was way ahead and in control. That probably puts him out of the frame of fighting AJ or Fury for some time or maybe even ever.

I thought the commentary made Whyte out to be absolutely dominating, which he wasn't. Yes, he won every round, but, and i will watch it back, I thought Povetkin hurt him to the body at least twice and stumbled him with a jab at one point. Povetkin was setting up that uppercut all night, looked to me as though whyte was expecting another hurtful bodyshot when Povetkin switched to the head and bingo.

[DocJock]

Spot on. The old man used his boxing brain brilliantly.