Boxing Thread
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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.
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Reasonably comfortable decision to Parker in the end. Massey improved as the fight went on.
Critics will point out that Parker should have knocked a pumped up cruiserweight out though I’m sure. Probably not the convincing win he’d have hoped for.
I’ll stop talking to myself now
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@MN5 said in Boxing Thread:
@Bovidae said in Boxing Thread:
A decision is like a loss for Parker. Andy Lee might say that Massey was negative but Parker needed to find some answers and be busier.
Massey was tough. Took some pretty big hits.
Yes, but the shots were from Parker. That has always been his problem, a lack of a reasonable punch.
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@Pepe said in Boxing Thread:
@MN5 said in Boxing Thread:
@Bovidae said in Boxing Thread:
A decision is like a loss for Parker. Andy Lee might say that Massey was negative but Parker needed to find some answers and be busier.
Massey was tough. Took some pretty big hits.
Yes, but the shots were from Parker. That has always been his problem, a lack of a reasonable punch.
I said “pretty big”
Parker has decent enough power but you’re right, not compared to others. He did look to have improved this a few fights back though.
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@Bovidae said in Boxing Thread:
Parker's problem was a lack of combinations. He landed that good uppercut but failed to follow that up with other punches.
Just another fight that proves what we all know.
He’s “there and there abouts” without really having the goods to beat the very top fighters. Losses to Joshua and Joyce prove that.
No way would he trouble Fury or Wilder based on what we just saw.
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Can Fury bring as much heat as Joe?
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@MiketheSnow said in Boxing Thread:
Can Fury bring as much heat as Joe?
“I think Jake Paul would kill Tommy Fury”
Next sentence…..
“I don’t know how good Jake Paul is”
Hats off to Joe for shooting this imbecile down
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@MiketheSnow hahaha. it's sad how the common man does not see skills unless someone is world elite. I see it on here with rugby players all the time.
Tommy fury out boxes 99.999% of the world population.
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@muddyriver said in Boxing Thread:
@MiketheSnow hahaha. it's sad how the common man does not see skills unless someone is world elite. I see it on here with rugby players all the time.
Tommy fury out boxes 99.999% of the world population.
Was it one of the Klitschkos who said everyone is an expert on boxing but no one boxes yet no one is an expert on chess but everyone plays ?
I hit the heavy bag ( which I love ) and have done a bit of light sparring. The dedication to be a top fighter is extraordinary and something the average joe would have no idea about. Even doing this has made me fitter and more conditioned at 45 than I ever was in my 20s and 30s.
Top fighters to me are THE ultimate all round athletes if you take every factor into it ( skill, toughness, strength, power, speed, heart etc )
It is human nature to have a go though, I’m fairly sure George Bridge would runs rings around any ferner who marked him in a game of touch for example despite all the criticism.
