Boxing Megathread

[ABBEY]

so did he say it yes or no?

could he of not said it yes or no? 

was there genuine hate in what he said yes or no?

me always wrong ? give over , i make mistake I hold me hand up . You should try it old bean .

[K-Hod]

23 minutes ago, ABBEY said:

so did he say it yes or no?

could he of not said it yes or no? 

was there genuine hate in what he said yes or no?

me always wrong ? give over , i make mistake I hold me hand up . You should try it old bean .

He said it paraphrasing someone else, like I said. Just because you’re determined to believe something to be true doesn’t mean that it is. Not seen it happen from you yet, meanwhile I’ve done it numerous times.

Swing and a miss Abbey.

 

[ABBEY]

oh there's a couple on tbe other section but hey you make judgements. 

So if you was asked to read something you didn't believe to be right you would just do it regardless?

swing n miss my arse only in your shadow world

[Hasta]

10 minutes ago, K-Hod said:

He said it paraphrasing someone else, like I said. Just because you’re determined to believe something to be true doesn’t mean that it is. Not seen it happen from you yet, meanwhile I’ve done it numerous times.

Swing and a miss Abbey.

 

To be fair to Abbey it was pretty numb from Joshua. 

[ABBEY]

exactly,  tensions in the world was high and he spewed this hate out , paraphrasing or not .

Edited September 21 by ABBEY

[K-Hod]

Dubois looked incredibly comfortable there. Once Joshua got a jab, he folded like a deck chair.
Massive gulf in class for me.

[ABBEY]

get in DDD and thanks for the memories Josh

[K-Hod]

Does she wanna wear this coat, or what?

[SIMON GARNERS 194]

Dynamite from Dubois 👍

Edited September 21 by SIMON GARNERS 194

[ChrisyG]

Dubois was very impressive. Remarkable come back after the Joyce fight. Fair play, he's really come on. Joshua is surely finished, he was beaten easily, again. 

Joshuas left hand jabs to the body had me cringing. His guard was poor too. I felt sorry for the bloke but he's not good enough. He's fights are exciting though, I'll give him that. 

For Dubois onwards and upwards. 

[ABBEY]

big question from me...why did aj only get in his dressing room less than an hour before the fight? strange that.

ring walk .. comms said he looked focused, I genuinely said to grandson that it was bollox, he looked freythened and I said vacant.  Was strange performance from before and after. His interview after , I'm ready to kick off haha knob should of done that 20 mins earlier. As for tap tap mcgregor what an absolute belled that idiot is.

[tomphil]

Late leaving hotel then caught in traffic apparently.

We remarked on the way he walked to the ring before he even just stood there in the corner whilst Dubois paced around like a young Mike Tyson waiting to get straight at it.

Guy was stiff as a board, too heavy again and came out like a 60 year old Frank Bruno knowing full well this fast handed big puncher was going to jump straight on him. DD was excellent his jab was the business and gone was the recklessness of recent fights but AJ by the same token was awful, as Froch put it he looked like a novice and threw white collar boxer type shots.

It was a big challenge anyway dealing with someone like Dubois but to offer him the whole of his chin/head to crack was genuinely bizarre but Joshua has got more bizarre in recent years. For all his money that lad won't handle retirement well i don't think, boxing is all hes known and like Iron Mike himself when you realise you're no good at it anymore the fall out can be very bad.

Should hang them up now, great career, good legacy, no point beating bums then eventually starting to lose to them. Only exception is a fight with Fury still if he doesn't win his rematch with Usyk.

Still enough left for that probably and it doesn't need a belt, great retirement fight for the pair of them next year.

Edited September 22 by tomphil

[bluebruce]

1 hour ago, tomphil said:

It was a big challenge anyway dealing with someone like Dubois but to offer him the whole of his chin/head to crack was genuinely bizarre but Joshua has got more bizarre in recent years. For all his money that lad won't handle retirement well i don't think, boxing is all hes known and like Iron Mike himself when you realise you're no good at it anymore the fall out can be very bad.

Tbf to Mike, whilst for a while after his career he definitely made a mess of things, eventually he got his act together and seems happier and more stable now than at most points of his career, to me.

[onlyonejackwalker]

Huge credit to Dubois, big stage, big crowd, big audience and a lot of jeopardy. He handled it very well.

Joshua however never turned up amd totally embarrassed himself.  

I think everyone now understands he's just been a very carefully managed hype job. His world titles were won against a total nobody in Charies Martin and a largely unknown (at the time) Parker. No wonder he avoided Wilder.

Klitchko amd Whyte remain his best victories for me. And they were a decade or so ago. Time to pack it in.

[tomphil]

10 hours ago, bluebruce said:

Tbf to Mike, whilst for a while after his career he definitely made a mess of things, eventually he got his act together and seems happier and more stable now than at most points of his career, to me.

AJ is Mary Poppins compared to Mike Tyson but i still think he might have a hard time calling it a day.

Tyson was desperately hanging on for years at the end purely fighting to pay his debts but Joshua won't have that problem he can exit the sport now with is head held high.

That's his biggest challenge now.

[Darrenbot]

Eubank jr not holding back in todays press conference,Llook at Warren fuming in the background lol

 

[K-Hod]

Found that really funny tbh. 

P.S- what's his accent though? Like half Brighton/Half NY Gangster.....

[onlyonejackwalker]

Brilliant from Eubank. Never a truer word spoken, irrespective of his retraction.  To steal the limelight off Beterbiev / Bivol. Comical.

[tomphil]

Think Eubank has been holding that in a while it's often been said he has never pressed his career on the way he should but maybe not all his fault.

Gangster Frank has a long back catalogue of ending up in legal battles with his own fighters after hes shafted them. Nice that Chris jnr didn't leave Hearn and co out as well though.

[Norbert Rassragr]

All the boxing promoters are shady characters. They're usually vaguely associated with gangster types, and/or murderers or crooks. 

[ABBEY]

ABSOLUTELYchorle MONUMENTAL PERFORMANCE BY JACK CATTERALL ... CHORLEY CHORLEY

[Gav]

On 26/10/2024 at 23:01, ABBEY said:

ABSOLUTELYchorle MONUMENTAL PERFORMANCE BY JACK CATTERALL ... CHORLEY CHORLEY

I was away so I missed it, going to watch it on play back.

[ABBEY]

still buzzing me

[Vinjay]

Tyson not the bookmakers favourite for his upcoming exhibition. That's interesting. Will certainly take a look at that. Live on Netflix. Should read the book by Tyson on his mentor Cus D' Amato. A strange man but not always a bad thing.

Edited November 11 by Vinjay

[tomphil]

It's a total farce the whole world would love to see Tyson ice Paul but it's highly unlikely because as much as a goon Paul is he is 31 years younger and can punch.

Tysons punch resistance was gone 20 odd years ago after Lewis pounded the shell that was left of him then he got beat by guys not good enough to spar with him years earlier.

Give him his due he's got himself in great shape but he always did it's purely cosmetic now because on the inside is 58 years of very hard living in and out the ring and sadly that will be found out very quickly.

I pray he proves me wrong but i won't be watching although Taylor v Sorrano would be worth staying up for.