The **BOXING** thread (Vol 3)

[272BHP]

Jacks cut was one of the worst I have seen - looked as though someone had taken an axe to the middle of his forehead.

Cannot understand how any doctor having a look at that would say it was ok to carry on for another 6 rounds.

[Gameface]

The ref looked like he'd murdered somebody! He was covered in blood.

[DocJock]

272BHP said:

Unbelievable, I recorded the fight in the end and yep it cut out with 'End of programme' at the end of the 8th round!

I nearly kicked the Sky Box out into the street.

Same here! Useless gits, even Eurosport can manage to cope with overruns!

[hyphen]

Amirhussain said:

Missed the fight as I was at work but just seen the post fight interview on Twitter...delusion is what sprang to mind.

Broner is very clever, the crap he spouts is why his ppv numbers make him millions.

But surely after this he is done and won't get any huge fights, shame Manny didn't put him down.

[Amirhussain]

hyphen said:

Amirhussain said:

Missed the fight as I was at work but just seen the post fight interview on Twitter...delusion is what sprang to mind.

Broner is very clever, the crap he spouts is why his ppv numbers make him millions.

But surely after this he is done and won't get any huge fights, shame Manny didn't put him down.

No doubt. Does what he does and says what he says to stay relevant. Against any top opponent he is a walking talking L.

Jim Gray nicely put him in his place too

[Gameface]

Highlights on ITV4 in a few minutes.

[Zammy]

Gameface said:

Highlights on ITV4 in a few minutes.

Thanks... Missed it last night.

[EddieSteadyGo]

Amirhussain said:

No doubt. Does what he does and says what he says to stay relevant. Against any top opponent he is a walking talking L.

Jim Gray nicely put him in his place too

It is the weight he is fighting at which is the main issue. He is not a 147lb fighter.

[hyphen]

Wilder has said in an interview that they have told Hearn what they will accept, and so ignoring anything lower.

Wonder if camp AJ will go for Miller, or pay up.

[JLC25]

hyphen said:

Wilder has said in an interview that they have told Hearn what they will accept, and so ignoring anything lower.

Wonder if camp AJ will go for Miller, or pay up.

Eddies left out in the cold again - Looks like Miller...

[Amirhussain]

JLC25 said:

hyphen said:

Wilder has said in an interview that they have told Hearn what they will accept, and so ignoring anything lower.

Wonder if camp AJ will go for Miller, or pay up.

Eddies left out in the cold again - Looks like Miller...

Millers promoters saying he hasn’t had any discussions with Hearn...only a few more days till the end of that ten day deadline Hearn was talking about..he’ll probably end up fighting Katie Taylor.

[NuckyThompson]

hyphen said:

Wilder has said in an interview that they have told Hearn what they will accept, and so ignoring anything lower.

Wonder if camp AJ will go for Miller, or pay up.

Pretty good for them if both Fury and Wilder come out with the same rhetoric ‘Eddie offered us a rubbish split, with rematch clauses and options on us if we beat Joshua’ and then sign to fight each other.

Whyte is already hinting at something similar, Lennox Lewis hates on Hearn a lot atm so a few more on the bandwagon and even the casuals start questioning things. Especially if miller is the opponent as they’ll have never heard of him and he certainly doesn’t look like a challenge in the shape he generally turns up,in.

Edited by NuckyThompson on Tuesday 22 January 22:32

[EddieSteadyGo]

NuckyThompson said:

Pretty good for them if both Fury and Wilder come out with the same rhetoric ‘Eddie offered us a rubbish split, with rematch clauses and options on us if we beat Joshua’ and then sign to fight each other.

Whyte is already hinting at something similar, Lennox Lewis hates on Hearn a lot atm so a few more on the bandwagon and even the casuals start questioning things. Especially if miller is the opponent as they’ll have never heard of him and he certainly doesn’t look like a challenge in the shape he generally turns up,in.

I think that is a good perspective.

Hearn was saying "we need a decision by the 1st Dec" just a few weeks ago. Now he is saying is will be the end of Jan...

And he has moved from a Wilder deal equivalent to around 75/25 split back late last year to now saying 60/40 is on the table. That April Wembley date is a millstone...

"Big Baby" Miller is also poor opposition. A lump of a man, no question. But he has no amateur record to speak of, and he hasn't faced any decent opposition in his professional career, despite being 30 years old.

And let's not start the debate how a 290 lb man achieves his level of aerobic performance but won't sign up to the WBC clean boxing programme...

[Amirhussain]

I’ve read that Usyk could become mandatory for the WBO heavyweight title when/if he moves up to heavyweight. Wouldn’t even be surprised if Hearn is using that to pressurise Whyte to fighting AJ.

Hearn has bought all these problems on himself...I keep hearing him say when AJ fought Charles Martin he fought for ‘peanuts’ and that winning the title meant more. I’m sure he could persuade AJ to take slightly less to fight Wilder...I mean it is a chance to unify...I’m sure that means a lot.

In other news...the WBO have ordered Andrade to denfed his title against Billy Joe Saunders.

[EddieSteadyGo]

Amirhussain said:

I’ve read that Usyk could become mandatory for the WBO heavyweight title when/if he moves up to heavyweight. Wouldn’t even be surprised if Hearn is using that to pressurise Whyte to fighting AJ.

Definitely one of his tactics. Hearn needs multiple routes, in order to leverage a better deal for his 'client'.

Amirhussain said:

In other news...the WBO have ordered Andrade to defend his title against Billy Joe Saunders.

About time. As I have posted previously, BJS was harshly dealt with. And BJS can be a spiteful boxer. Watching him vs Andrade will be a very interesting contest.

Edited for a typo

Edited by EddieSteadyGo on Tuesday 22 January 23:49

[tuscaneer]

also just seen that lemieux looks like he will be fighting john ryder on the canelo/jacobs undercard...really like that fight for ryder. very underrated boxer who deserves to be getting the bigger fights

[EddieSteadyGo]

tuscaneer said:

also just seen that lemieux looks like he will be fighting john ryder on the canelo/jacobs undercard...really like that fight for ryder. very underrated boxer who deserves to be getting the bigger fights

That's a good point. Wonder if Golden Boy haven't done their research properly, and are presuming it will be easy win for Lemieux.

[tuscaneer]

EddieSteadyGo said:

tuscaneer said:

also just seen that lemieux looks like he will be fighting john ryder on the canelo/jacobs undercard...really like that fight for ryder. very underrated boxer who deserves to be getting the bigger fights

That's a good point. Wonder if Golden Boy haven't done their research properly, and are presuming it will be easy win for Lemieux.

i certainly hope so! since he got robbed against fielding a couple of years ago he's looked brilliant against nielsen,cox and sirotkin.... but none of those fights will have caused so much as a ripple in the pond over there.

[Robatr0n]

I like Ryder but I'm not sure I like that fight for him. It really depends on which version of Lemieux turns up given his last attempt to make weight almost ended with him needing kidney dialysis.

I'm chuffed that Broner took a sound beating from Pacquiao. The man is just trash. How he can claim he won the fight and then threaten people like Jim Gray and Dan Rafael who challenge his claim to winning the fight is beyond me. He's way more cocky than Mayweather ever was and nowhere near the fighter Mayweather was so really needs to drop that act.

[Gameface]

It's the only way he stays relevant.

His big mouth gets him headlines, which gets him fights which gets him paydays.