Boxing Thread
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@kiwiinmelb Yup guys like Chisora, Kevin Johnson, Danny Williams etc. just enjoy fighting and don't know when to call it a day. Bernard Hopkins is also another example of this.
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@African-Monkey said in Boxing Thread:
@kiwiinmelb Yup guys like Chisora, Kevin Johnson, Danny Williams etc. just enjoy fighting and don't know when to call it a day. Bernard Hopkins is also another example of this.
……and let’s be quite honest. That is probably Parkers level. No disgrace in that though !
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If this fight doesn't get made - and it certainly looks that way - then it appears it's all on Fury.
If that's the case, very disappointing and a move which could hurt his legacy.
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@MN5 Yeah, he's had a decent career and has done well with some decent win along the way. The Takam and Ruiz fights virtually showed us the level he was at, and there's no shame in that.
@MiketheSnow the fight was never happening let's be honest here. Hearn doesn't want it as he wants AJ to go on some world tour and beat up a bunch of journeymen to get his confidence up, and Fury is supposedly fighting Manuel Charr, so is trying to use the old trick of trying to make big fights happen when they were never realistic.
The fight was never gonna happen so soon after AJ lost to Usyk.
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Apparently Manuel charr put it on his social media a week or so ago that he is fighting Fury on December the third ,
Someone forgot to tell him to wait for the fury aj circus to wind down before announcing it
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@MiketheSnow said in Boxing Thread:
If this fight doesn't get made - and it certainly looks that way - then it appears it's all on Fury.
If that's the case, very disappointing and a move which could hurt his legacy.
Fury has been playing games for some time now , the whole retirement thing was never real ,
I actually think he believes the more you deceive and delay things you build up anticipation for when it finally happens from a money perspective, and the event becomes bigger , but it may have the opposite effect , people are getting pissed with it all
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@kiwiinmelb said in Boxing Thread:
@MiketheSnow said in Boxing Thread:
If this fight doesn't get made - and it certainly looks that way - then it appears it's all on Fury.
If that's the case, very disappointing and a move which could hurt his legacy.
Fury has been playing games for some time now , the whole retirement thing was never real ,
I actually think he believes the more you deceive and delay things you build up anticipation for when it finally happens from a money perspective, and the event becomes bigger , but it may have the opposite effect , people are getting pissed with it all
I certainly won’t be paying to watch him beat a bum
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@MiketheSnow I think the plan all along when usyk said he won’t fight until next year was to have a tune up fight to stay active .
Calling out Aj was a publicity stunt knowing it’s not ideal timing for aj , probably thinking they would find a reason to turn it down . And I think they would’ve in the end and we’re in the process of saying the contract isn’t right as we speak . -
@kiwiinmelb Charr is an absolutely terrible opponent as well. Fury will have to carry him for a few rounds so it doesn't look like a complete waste of time.
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Bob Jones telling it like it is. Sounds remarkably like one of my posts actually ! ( minus the humiliating bit, that sounds very “grumpy old man” to be honest )
'Little bit humiliating': Parker's former manager calls for boxer to retire
Joseph Parker's former manager Sir Bob Jones has called for the former heavyweight champion to end his boxing career following his 11th round knockout defe
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@MN5 said in Boxing Thread:
Bob Jones telling it like it is. Sounds remarkably like one of my posts actually ! ( minus the humiliating bit, that sounds very “grumpy old man” to be honest )
'Little bit humiliating': Parker's former manager calls for boxer to retire
Joseph Parker's former manager Sir Bob Jones has called for the former heavyweight champion to end his boxing career following his 11th round knockout defe
That’s because He is a grumpy old man 😁.
I disagree to a point , not everyone that can’t win a title should retire , the sport would be a pretty empty place.
If he enjoys the challenge , the lifestyle, the income it brings , that’s his choice . But only he knows the answer to that .Pretty sure that was a first of a new 3
Fight deal , I reckon he will See out the
Deal then reevaluate -
@kiwiinmelb said in Boxing Thread:
@MN5 said in Boxing Thread:
Bob Jones telling it like it is. Sounds remarkably like one of my posts actually ! ( minus the humiliating bit, that sounds very “grumpy old man” to be honest )
'Little bit humiliating': Parker's former manager calls for boxer to retire
Joseph Parker's former manager Sir Bob Jones has called for the former heavyweight champion to end his boxing career following his 11th round knockout defe
That’s because He is a grumpy old man 😁.
I disagree to a point , not everyone that can’t win a title should retire , the sport would be a pretty empty place.
If he enjoys the challenge , the lifestyle, the income it brings , that’s his choice . But only he knows the answer to that .Pretty sure that was a first of a new 3
Fight deal , I reckon he will See out the
Deal then reevaluateOh for sure, he was a grumpy young man too according to my Grandparents when they met him. You’d think a multi millionaire would be more cheerful.
I do agree though, a fight with Whyte is kinda the RWC equivalent of 3rd/4th playoff.
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Only saw the highlights but doesn't sound like Parker would have any serious hope in a rematch? That opponent was a human tank.
I thought Parker said he wouldn't continue too far on in years, if so, probably time to do other things. -
@MN5 said in Boxing Thread:
@kiwiinmelb said in Boxing Thread:
@MN5 said in Boxing Thread:
Bob Jones telling it like it is. Sounds remarkably like one of my posts actually ! ( minus the humiliating bit, that sounds very “grumpy old man” to be honest )
'Little bit humiliating': Parker's former manager calls for boxer to retire
Joseph Parker's former manager Sir Bob Jones has called for the former heavyweight champion to end his boxing career following his 11th round knockout defe
That’s because He is a grumpy old man 😁.
I disagree to a point , not everyone that can’t win a title should retire , the sport would be a pretty empty place.
If he enjoys the challenge , the lifestyle, the income it brings , that’s his choice . But only he knows the answer to that .Pretty sure that was a first of a new 3
Fight deal , I reckon he will See out the
Deal then reevaluateOh for sure, he was a grumpy young man too according to my Grandparents when they met him. You’d think a multi millionaire would be more cheerful.
I do agree though, a fight with Whyte is kinda the RWC equivalent of 3rd/4th playoff.
Yeah his interview with Ali when he came to New Zealand was a bit awkward , to put it bluntly Ali thought he was a dickhead
Not everyone can be the top dog in any sport , I find it interesting he is more respected in a more genuine boxing environment like the uk for just being thereabouts, being a top 10 fighter in the world that took on all comers is still something to hang your hat on .
A guy like chisora is loved there for just being a warrior
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@Bovidae Because Frank Warren was running the promotion who is Joe Joyce's promoter and it is sadly common place for promoters who run the shows to put in rematch clauses for their fighter only, even for non title fights like this.
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@kiwiinmelb As well as Frank Warren having the rights to the show. Its funny that Warren wanted Parker to sign a 2 fight deal in hindsight which Parker declined, otherwise I would assume that Warren was gonna throw him to Daniel Dubois as well.
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@African-Monkey said in Boxing Thread:
@kiwiinmelb As well as Frank Warren having the rights to the show. Its funny that Warren wanted Parker to sign a 2 fight deal in hindsight which Parker declined, otherwise I would assume that Warren was gonna throw him to Daniel Dubois as well.
Parker said in an interview leading into the fight with a smile on his face , after chisora 1 they offered him the Joyce fight with no rematch clause .
After chisora 2 , they added in the clause .
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@kiwiinmelb Haha, not that it mattered, but that's boxing for you, the worse you look in fights, the more likely you are to land fights on a fairer playing field.
The funniest case being the start of Wilder v Fury. Fury had come off a 3 year layoff on drugs and alcohol binges with 2 lackluster wins over Sefer Seferi and Francesco Pianeta, Wilder's team thought he'd be an easy touch with obvious name value to strengthen his case for being the A side against AJ at the time, and let's just say it was a cherry pick gone wrong for him.
