Boxing Thread
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@raznomore said in Boxing Thread:
@mn5 I think yeah, he might actually hit harder. It's a close call.
Yeah hard to measure that sort of stuff , they hit differently , Tua had very heavy hands ,
Like getting hit with a Besser block from closer range ,
Wilder is like hitting you with a house brick from further back at higher speed .
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@kiwiinmelb said in Boxing Thread:
@raznomore said in Boxing Thread:
@mn5 I think yeah, he might actually hit harder. It's a close call.
Yeah hard to measure that sort of stuff , they hit differently , Tua had very heavy hands ,
Like getting hit with a Besser block from closer range ,
Wilder is like hitting you with a house brick from further back at higher speed .
both of those sound awful to be honest.
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sickening disrespect that this thread completely ignores the fight in Brisbane tonight...
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@mariner4life said in Boxing Thread:
sickening disrespect that this thread completely ignores the fight in Brisbane tonight...
You got to wonder how much longer Mundine can milk that villan role and keep getting paydays out of it , at 44 I can’t believe it’s happening again .
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@kiwiinmelb said in Boxing Thread:
@mariner4life said in Boxing Thread:
sickening disrespect that this thread completely ignores the fight in Brisbane tonight...
You got to wonder how much longer Mundine can milk that villan role and keep getting paydays out of it , at 44 I can’t believe it’s happening again .
and yet, i bet there are a few turning in tonight simply to watch Horn punch him in the head. Plays it to perfection, master promoter.
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@mariner4life made more money out of boxing than any Australian boxer in history,
Yet nowhere near the best , says it all.
Everybody lines up to see the villain bashed .
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@mariner4life said in Boxing Thread:
@kiwiinmelb said in Boxing Thread:
@mariner4life said in Boxing Thread:
sickening disrespect that this thread completely ignores the fight in Brisbane tonight...
You got to wonder how much longer Mundine can milk that villan role and keep getting paydays out of it , at 44 I can’t believe it’s happening again .
and yet, i bet there are a few turning in tonight simply to watch Horn punch him in the head. Plays it to perfection, master promoter.
I remember when he fought Green and won. About the entire pub minus two blokes were hoping Mundine would lose. He knows how to get people to watch.
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@antipodean said in Boxing Thread:
@mariner4life said in Boxing Thread:
@kiwiinmelb said in Boxing Thread:
@mariner4life said in Boxing Thread:
sickening disrespect that this thread completely ignores the fight in Brisbane tonight...
You got to wonder how much longer Mundine can milk that villan role and keep getting paydays out of it , at 44 I can’t believe it’s happening again .
and yet, i bet there are a few turning in tonight simply to watch Horn punch him in the head. Plays it to perfection, master promoter.
I remember when he fought Green and won. About the entire pub minus two blokes were hoping Mundine would lose. He knows how to get people to watch.
If he's fighting a white dude the script writes itself.
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@kiwiinmelb said in Boxing Thread:
@raznomore said in Boxing Thread:
@mn5 I think yeah, he might actually hit harder. It's a close call.
Yeah hard to measure that sort of stuff , they hit differently , Tua had very heavy hands ,
Like getting hit with a Besser block from closer range ,
Wilder is like hitting you with a house brick from further back at higher speed .
Yeah guess it is. Similar to George Foremans punches which looked pretty slow and ponderous but fuck getting hit by him !
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My respect for SBW has gone through the floor. We should always, always be encouraging scantily clad models at as many events as possible.
Honestly, some men just want to watch the world burn.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=12169099
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@antipodean said in Boxing Thread:
@mariner4life said in Boxing Thread:
@kiwiinmelb said in Boxing Thread:
@mariner4life said in Boxing Thread:
sickening disrespect that this thread completely ignores the fight in Brisbane tonight...
You got to wonder how much longer Mundine can milk that villan role and keep getting paydays out of it , at 44 I can’t believe it’s happening again .
and yet, i bet there are a few turning in tonight simply to watch Horn punch him in the head. Plays it to perfection, master promoter.
I remember when he fought Green and won. About the entire pub minus two blokes were hoping Mundine would lose. He knows how to get people to watch.
I remember it well , the average man on the street who doesnt follow it that closely thought it was a forgone conclusion , green who was being promoted as the average aussie bloke next door. was going to shut Chocs mouth for good apparently .
I tried warning people , Mundine actually had a fair bit of skill about him then , probably 3rd or 4th best super middleweight in the world at that time , I knew he would be too sharp for green who was tough but a bit one dimensional .
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@mn5 said in Boxing Thread:
@kiwiinmelb said in Boxing Thread:
@raznomore said in Boxing Thread:
@mn5 I think yeah, he might actually hit harder. It's a close call.
Yeah hard to measure that sort of stuff , they hit differently , Tua had very heavy hands ,
Like getting hit with a Besser block from closer range ,
Wilder is like hitting you with a house brick from further back at higher speed .
Yeah guess it is. Similar to George Foremans punches which looked pretty slow and ponderous but fuck getting hit by him !
Getting hit by George was like being hit by a swinging sledgehammer , he was a hardman
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@mariner4life 96 seconds and what appeared to be a glancing blow ended Mundine patchy but chased up career.
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if you watch the slow motion footage , wasnt hit by much at all ,
I heard rumors some time ago , he was being touched up in sparring by young amateurs ,being embarrassingly dropped by nobodies ,
I wouldnt get too carried away with Horn getting to the top at middleweight going off that .
Gone in 96 seconds: Jeff Horn KOs Anthony Mundine in first round at Suncorp Stadium
Gone in 96 seconds: Horn sends Mundine into retirement
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@kiwiinmelb He'll be going to Light Middleweight after this and yeah, he'll do well to make progress there in a pretty strong division these days with guys like Munguia, Hurd, Lara etc. running around there and possibly Errol Spence going there in the near future.
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@african-monkey said in Boxing Thread:
@kiwiinmelb He'll be going to Light Middleweight after this and yeah, he'll do well to make progress there in a pretty strong division these days with guys like Munguia, Hurd, Lara etc. running around there and possibly Errol Spence going there in the near future.
Yeah I think he needs to fight in a division as light as he can get away with , where he can maintain some strength,
Never going to outclass the better boxers , look what Crawford did to him , his best chance is to out bully guys , the higher he goes up , less likely he is do to that imo.
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But after giving it more thought , junior middle is probably an easier gig compared To welterweight from a talent point of view . And that is probably their thinking .
I reckon welterweight is the premier division for depth of raw talent right now .
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@kiwiinmelb Yeah and Horn won't be fighting to make weight as much at 154 but still, I don't see him winning a world title there.
