The Silver Fern

@kiwiinmelb said in Boxing Thread:

@African-Monkey

I’m over the Fury v AJ debate , the fight that never happened and their fans hijacking every heavyweight boxing thread arguing over who is better . Both finished now. Usyk pretty much finished both their careers .

Do you think Frank will risk putting Moses in with the winner of Dubois v Parker while the opportunity to be the youngest ever champ is still alive ?

I agree. How it's still being talked about as a potential fight in 2025 is everything that is wrong with boxing until the Saudi's came along, and yes, they waited so long that Usyk just came and schooled them all.

Yep, I think so in regards to Itauma. He looks after Dubois, and Parker is always ready to get in with anybody. It could also be the only chance that we might get to see it happen in our lifetimes too, so I feel like Frank will try and push it along, and I think the era of protecting zeros is coming to an end finally, and Itauma will learn a lot more getting in with guys like Parker and Dubois then he will fighting more journeymen. He can do that if he loses.

@MiketheSnow PPV numbers have been on the slide for a year. There has been a necessity to bring outside influences/old glories( CM Punk, Lesnar, GSP etc) to the octagon because the organic draw cards like Rousey and Jones have failed to keep the momentum going. Mighty mouse is a great champion but only true mma fans a. respect what he has done and b.even know who the hell he is. And there are bunch of people with belts that the passerby will not have a clue who they are.

When McGregor and Rousey last fought they topped 1m PPV buys. When any other fight headlined - except UFC 200 which was stacked and had Brock Lesnar vs Mark Hunt on the undercard - every other PPV since 200 has struggled to sell more than 500k in PPV. UFC is huge, no doubt, but they are awfully dependent on McGregor right now.

Love him or hate him ,

He is a bit unique , looking forward to this fight

@MajorRage said in Shitty Australian Boxing:

@antipodean Blimey how old is that and what card is that?

I'm not saying there isn't some shitty fights out there ... but you aren't going to see something like Quade Vs Fat Kid 2 fights before the main event at any UFC.

You arent going to get it on the big international promoters cards either,

Seems to be an obsession of local promoters Khoder Nasser and Duco

That was Pathetic from Dimitrenko who wanted a payday and tried to get a DQ. Having said that, Parker looked a lot better in this fight and is in a good position for a title fight whether it is Joshua, or if the rumours are true, through the WBO if Fury is stripped of his titles (which would be the far more sensible route to go).

@Rembrandt said in UFC / MMA:

Rumours are Kai Kara-France will be facing Pantoja for the title at UFC314...no idea how accurate rumours are but surely he's the most likely candidate left

It's almost certain. KKF has been talking about that date recently. Hopefully we get the official announcement at the event this weekend

It's a big few months for CKB

This weekend - Adesanya v Imavov
A tricky fight. I'm interested too watch Izzy's cardio, Bareman was critical after the last fight. He was in control against DDP then made an error that Bareman blamed on tiredness. We're at the stage where age might be becoming a factor. Maybe a change in tactics and he'll go for a stoppage earlier?

If Adesanya wins he'll probably fight the winner of DDP v Strickland for the belt

March 8th - Hooker v Gaethje (UFC 313)
5 rounds. I expect Hooker to get a title challenge if he wins. This fight should be fun

March 22 - Ulberg v Blachowicz (London)
Ulberg might get a title challenge if he wins. He probably needs to do it in style though

April 12 - Probably Pantoja v KKF (UFC 314)
For the title

Maybe Volk in April too?