Boxing Thread
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@kiwiinmelb About bloody time. Should have happened years ago as is usually the case in boxing, but better late Tham never I suppose.
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@African-Monkey said in Boxing Thread:
@kiwiinmelb About bloody time. Should have happened years ago as is usually the case in boxing, but better late Tham never I suppose.
Yeah both still close enough to their prime , so I’m still pumped
I can’t pick this one , I go back and forward, maybe years ago I was leaning towards Spence due to being the more genuine welterweight, but the car accident has me a little bit uncertain if he is still the same ,
Best welterweight matchup since Leonard v lHearns
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Ridiculously close and impossible to call and always so exciting when two undefeated fighters come face to face. Amazing that it’s happening too without some clause or other bullshit getting in the way.
It possibly speaks volumes that Joseph Parker knocked a journeyman out in the first round a few days back and it doesn’t even get a mention on here. I really wish he’d think of giving it up.
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@MN5 said in Boxing Thread:
It possibly speaks volumes that Joseph Parker knocked a journeyman out in the first round a few days back and it doesn’t even get a mention on here. I really wish he’d think of giving it up.
He has a top trainer and well known champion telling him he can get back to the top. Why would he pull the plug?
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@Crucial said in Boxing Thread:
@MN5 said in Boxing Thread:
It possibly speaks volumes that Joseph Parker knocked a journeyman out in the first round a few days back and it doesn’t even get a mention on here. I really wish he’d think of giving it up.
He has a top trainer and well known champion telling him he can get back to the top. Why would he pull the plug?
Blowing smoke up his arse. Parker is a fantastic guy and a very good boxer but he just doesn’t quite have the goods to trouble the absolute elite of the sport.
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@MN5 said in Boxing Thread:
@Crucial said in Boxing Thread:
@MN5 said in Boxing Thread:
It possibly speaks volumes that Joseph Parker knocked a journeyman out in the first round a few days back and it doesn’t even get a mention on here. I really wish he’d think of giving it up.
He has a top trainer and well known champion telling him he can get back to the top. Why would he pull the plug?
Blowing smoke up his arse. Parker is a fantastic guy and a very good boxer but he just doesn’t quite have the goods to trouble the absolute elite of the sport.
If every rugby player gave up because they weren't challenging the best in the world it would be left to the clubbies.
If he can make a good living without getting damaged why not?
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@MN5 said in Boxing Thread:
Parker is a fantastic guy
if you can ignore the money laundering allegations.
Always struck me as a big dumb lummox who had some athletic ability and overachieved despite limited boxing skills.
Great tik-tok videos though.
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@Crucial said in Boxing Thread:
@MN5 said in Boxing Thread:
@Crucial said in Boxing Thread:
@MN5 said in Boxing Thread:
It possibly speaks volumes that Joseph Parker knocked a journeyman out in the first round a few days back and it doesn’t even get a mention on here. I really wish he’d think of giving it up.
He has a top trainer and well known champion telling him he can get back to the top. Why would he pull the plug?
Blowing smoke up his arse. Parker is a fantastic guy and a very good boxer but he just doesn’t quite have the goods to trouble the absolute elite of the sport.
If every rugby player gave up because they weren't challenging the best in the world it would be left to the clubbies.
If he can make a good living without getting damaged why not?
Yeah but he has to be in the elite to make the elite money.
The guy he just fought doesn’t even have a Wikipedia page.
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@Crucial said in Boxing Thread:
Who need elite. He averages $1M (US) a fight and much more against the second tier. Even as a gateway fighter he probably nets a few million a year. I'd take that.
I get what you mean but seriously, how much would he have made fighting the guy he just fought ? Such a step down from Joshua/Joyce etc.
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@MN5 said in Boxing Thread:
@Crucial said in Boxing Thread:
Who need elite. He averages $1M (US) a fight and much more against the second tier. Even as a gateway fighter he probably nets a few million a year. I'd take that.
I get what you mean but seriously, how much would he have made fighting the guy he just fought ? Such a step down from Joshua/Joyce etc.
Presumably he needed to show off his improved ring attitude and lined up a bum to do it. Fury turning up pointed to the team looking at Oz as a market and he did a good sales job. It wouldn't surprise me at all if a decent fight emerges from an Oz promoter. Fury dropping hints about fighting there (even as a warm up) would attract eyes and dollars plus a better opponent for Joe on the undercard. No one at the top wants to fight Fury but there are a couple of guys that might fancy a rematch.
He surely has to reposition himself (which looks like what they are doing). He isn't the contender to get past at the moment and those wanting to be contenders are wary of him. Someone will roll the dice and take him on. I reckon someone like Sanchez needs a 'name' fight.
I reckon they are trying to set him up with Ruiz somehow. The attraction for Ruiz is overcoming the black mark on his CV that was Joe.
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@MN5 said in Boxing Thread:
The guy he just fought doesn’t even have a Wikipedia page.
Oh shit I just realized I can't be an elite boxer!
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@nostrildamus said in Boxing Thread:
@MN5 said in Boxing Thread:
The guy he just fought doesn’t even have a Wikipedia page.
Oh shit I just realized I can't be an elite boxer!
Na don’t sweat it. Send me your details and I’ll make up a page for you. I’ll also pad out your record with some imaginary bouts against made up fighters ( they’ll have Wikipedia pages too ) and we’ll get you a title fight in no time.
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@MN5 said in Boxing Thread:
Na don’t sweat it. Send me your details and I’ll make up a page for you. I’ll also pad out your record with some imaginary bouts against made up fighters ( they’ll have Wikipedia pages too ) and we’ll get you a title fight in no time.
Thank fudge for that! I was worried I might need to develop skill, fitness, and toughness!
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@nostrildamus said in Boxing Thread:
@MN5 said in Boxing Thread:
Na don’t sweat it. Send me your details and I’ll make up a page for you. I’ll also pad out your record with some imaginary bouts against made up fighters ( they’ll have Wikipedia pages too ) and we’ll get you a title fight in no time.
Thank fudge for that! I was worried I might need to develop skill, fitness, and toughness!
Na fuck that, we’ll just fudge the page and also mention your incredible strength, technique, mobility, showmanship and heart.
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On Parker , while it feels like he has been around forever now , he is only 31 and apart from the Joyce fight , has escaped any real beatings ,
I think he is in this for business, by all reports he has been pretty smart with his money and is well set up , and while title aspirations are probably out of reach,at the same time the division doesn’t bat that deep .you only have to look at fury and Joshua’s last opponents to see they were lower ranked than joe , he might still sneak in a few more paydays and line his super before hanging them up .
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@Duluth interesting scenario developing . He has been Charlos ( jermell) mandatory for some time . They paid him step aside money while Charlo unified the belts at 154 . Then Charlo develops an injury that requires surgery and needs time out . Meanwhile Tim stays active , has fought and beat other top contenders in convincing fashion.
If we go right back to the start I didn’t give Tim much of a chance to be honest , just thought he was over his head , now with the improvement he has shown and Charlo being inactive, this is developing into a 50/50 imo . -
It's on like Donkey Kong
