Boxing Thread
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Gallen beat Hunt didn't he? I don't watch any boxing, was that result a sign of how good Gallen is or how unprepared Hunt was compared to last night?
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@Crazy-Horse Hunt had Gallen stunned a couple of times but Gallen recovered well and won on superior workrate.
Gallen will retire after fighting Hodges who dropped him last time as Gallen is showing less and less punch resistance.
Still would like to see Gal v SBW just out of interest.
Hunt was all wrong for SBW as he doesn't have Gals workrate to rely on and Hunt looked fitter this time around. SBW could never stop Hunt but Hunt had the power to stop SBW -
@Paekakboyz said in Boxing Thread:
@nostrildamus with what we know about head injuries and such I'd be wrapping things up. He's been a top class athlete for a long period so hopefully he calls it quits after this fight. He might not want to end on a KO though, that would be tough for a guy who is used to winning.
I totally agree!
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@nostrildamus said in Boxing Thread:
@Paekakboyz said in Boxing Thread:
@nostrildamus with what we know about head injuries and such I'd be wrapping things up. He's been a top class athlete for a long period so hopefully he calls it quits after this fight. He might not want to end on a KO though, that would be tough for a guy who is used to winning.
I totally agree!
Me too. I hope SBW retires gracefully. He's probably had lots of head knocks in his career, and boxing on just increases the chances of serious brain injury later on in life.
SBW has had a magnificent career. He has nothing left to prove to anyone.
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@Paekakboyz said in Boxing Thread:
@nostrildamus with what we know about head injuries and such I'd be wrapping things up. He's been a top class athlete for a long period so hopefully he calls it quits after this fight. He might not want to end on a KO though, that would be tough for a guy who is used to winning.
Yeah it's all fun and games until you get your head smacked in. Will be interesting to see what he does and how he makes the transition to retirement. I assume he'll want to go out on a high so maybe just one last pub boxer to knock out? I just hope he stays away from being a pundit and commentator. Damn he's shit at that.
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Great to see
Hopefully Mark made some bank
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Entertaining fight.
Some more highly rated heavyweights could take note at how they both kept swinging. SBW showed heart, skill ( particularly early on ) and toughness but a fighter of Hunts calibre is obviously just a bridge too far.
@Rancid-Schnitzel in terms of his punditry I find him so bad that he’s good, certainly more entertaining than any NZ based ones anyway.
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@Duluth said in Boxing Thread:
I know nothing about boxing , other than 15yr old Mike Tyson was the scariest dude on the planet
But watching that replay, SBW just appears to have zero jab, despite the reach advantage? I'd have expected him to use reach to keep him at bay and clock points? Weird tactics
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@voodoo said in Boxing Thread:
@Duluth said in Boxing Thread:
I know nothing about boxing , other than 15yr old Mike Tyson was the scariest dude on the planet
But watching that replay, SBW just appears to have zero jab, despite the reach advantage? I'd have expected him to use reach to keep him at bay and clock points? Weird tactics
Exactly what I was going to ask.
Why let Hunt get in close and swinging when SBW has that reach advantage? -
@voodoo said in Boxing Thread:
@Duluth said in Boxing Thread:
I know nothing about boxing , other than 15yr old Mike Tyson was the scariest dude on the planet
But watching that replay, SBW just appears to have zero jab, despite the reach advantage? I'd have expected him to use reach to keep him at bay and clock points? Weird tactics
I thought the same; why with a reach advantage are you constantly coming forward and crowding a shorter opponent with a reputation as a hard puncher?
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@antipodean said in Boxing Thread:
@voodoo said in Boxing Thread:
@Duluth said in Boxing Thread:
I know nothing about boxing , other than 15yr old Mike Tyson was the scariest dude on the planet
But watching that replay, SBW just appears to have zero jab, despite the reach advantage? I'd have expected him to use reach to keep him at bay and clock points? Weird tactics
I thought the same; why with a reach advantage are you constantly coming forward and crowding a shorter opponent with a reputation as a hard puncher?
Report I read said that SBW did have a good jab and used it well but Hunt decided wtf and started walking through it. Tough guy throws caution to the wind and backs himself landing a good one (which he did)
Good that SBW seems to understand his ceiling though. Hope he retires from this game and good on him for having a go. -
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@Nogusta said in Boxing Thread:
@mikedogz heard from a good sauce he's gonna get back in the ring for that often dreamed/talked about fight that never happened with Iron Mike.
Better late than never I guess.I’ll believe that when I see it.
Would have been interesting in their primes though. At their respective bests I think Iron Mike woulda taken it comfortably but Tua whilst never having that “peak” was more consistent for longer.
Tyson seemed to abandon the sweet skills, head movement and combination punching later on.
