Boxing Thread
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Watched the fight again , there is a common theme with usyk fights , he takes fighters into deep water with their fitness levels, then he steps up the pace to another level and they can’t go with him .
Fury appeared to be right in the fight and even in front on many peoples scorecards middle rounds, then 7 and 8 you sensed something was changing . Fury no longer looked the much bigger man , usyk s footwork was getting him into good position where he could hit him, and then 9 he finished him , not literally, but there was nothing left .
Although usyk is the older man , fury appears further into his decline , hard to see the rematch being different at this point .
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Sad to see how shot Wilder is now. I enjoyed his career, was always in entertaining scraps, but it's clear that Fury broke him pretty bad and he's now a shadow of his former self.
I do hope he calls it a day now and doesn't become an opponent for guys to boost their resumes.
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@African-Monkey said in Boxing Thread:
Sad to see how shot Wilder is now. I enjoyed his career, was always in entertaining scraps, but it's clear that Fury broke him pretty bad and he's now a shadow of his former self.
I do hope he calls it a day now and doesn't become an opponent for guys to boost their resumes.
I’m sure he has enough cash. His wife was on one of those celebrity real estate shows looking at a flash pad for them, mind you he does have eight kids !
But yeah, very sad decline. He fought an epic trilogy with Fury but that clearly fucked up both men all things considered.
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@MN5 Yeah, 8 kids to 4 different women too haha.
But yeah, the last fight with Fury which was just a straight out slugfest, that would have taken years off his career. I honestly think he'd struggle to beat someone like Dereck Chisora now he's that far gone.
I really hope we don't see him again I'm a ring.
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Just saw this pop up on the sports news and had forgetten that Mikhailovich was lined up to fight Alimkhanuly for the IBF and WBO middleweight titles next month in Las Vegas.
I've bene following him for some time now. Tough lad but this will be a big step up from those he has been in the ring with before. Both unbeaten..
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Announced this morning the Nyika has teamed up with Parker and Duco for multi fight deal to lift his profile and get him in to a title challenging position.
David Nyika teams up with Joseph Parker in multi-fight deal - NZ Herald
Highly touted cruiserweight prospect signs with Duco and Parker's first promotional foray.
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@JK said in Boxing Thread:
Just saw this pop up on the sports news and had forgetten that Mikhailovich was lined up to fight Alimkhanuly for the IBF and WBO middleweight titles next month in Las Vegas.
I've bene following him for some time now. Tough lad but this will be a big step up from those he has been in the ring with before. Both unbeaten..
Gee what a let down for the lad.
Kiwi boxer's world title fight off after champion hospitalised from dehydration
Peach Boxing coach Isaac Peach has called for the champion to be stripped of his titles.
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Alimkhanuly should be stripped for not being able to make weight and move up to 168.
Mikhailovich should fight for a vacant title next.
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Dubois knocks out AJ in the 5th ,
Aj dropped in the first with a good right hand , got to his feet and potentially saved by the bell and probably never recovered ,
Great fight , good card ,
That’s why we love the heavyweights, anything can happen on the night
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There's a reason why AJs team have avoided punchers for the majority of his career.
Dubois hits hard and AJ doesn't like getting hit. I said this on another forum and got funny looks.
This result is no surprise.
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@African-Monkey said in Boxing Thread:
There's a reason why AJs team have avoided punchers for the majority of his career.
Dubois hits hard and AJ doesn't like getting hit. I said this on another forum and got funny looks.
This result is no surprise.
My only concern for Daniel was the amount of shots he himself gets hit with himself ,particularly right hands ,
I guess it always had the feel of a gunfight , the first guy to get hit hard might struggle to recover from there on .
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@kiwiinmelb said in Boxing Thread:
@African-Monkey said in Boxing Thread:
There's a reason why AJs team have avoided punchers for the majority of his career.
Dubois hits hard and AJ doesn't like getting hit. I said this on another forum and got funny looks.
This result is no surprise.
My only concern for Daniel was the amount of shots he himself gets hit with himself ,particularly right hands ,
I guess it always had the feel of a gunfight , the first guy to get hit hard might struggle to recover from there on .
Yup Dubois did the right thing going at him straight from the get go. Didn't allow AJ to have any time to ease himself into the fight.
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@African-Monkey said in Boxing Thread:
@kiwiinmelb said in Boxing Thread:
@African-Monkey said in Boxing Thread:
There's a reason why AJs team have avoided punchers for the majority of his career.
Dubois hits hard and AJ doesn't like getting hit. I said this on another forum and got funny looks.
This result is no surprise.
My only concern for Daniel was the amount of shots he himself gets hit with himself ,particularly right hands ,
I guess it always had the feel of a gunfight , the first guy to get hit hard might struggle to recover from there on .
Yup Dubois did the right thing going at him straight from the get go. Didn't allow AJ to have any time to ease himself into the fight.
@African-Monkey said in Boxing Thread:
@kiwiinmelb said in Boxing Thread:
@African-Monkey said in Boxing Thread:
There's a reason why AJs team have avoided punchers for the majority of his career.
Dubois hits hard and AJ doesn't like getting hit. I said this on another forum and got funny looks.
This result is no surprise.
My only concern for Daniel was the amount of shots he himself gets hit with himself ,particularly right hands ,
I guess it always had the feel of a gunfight , the first guy to get hit hard might struggle to recover from there on .
Yup Dubois did the right thing going at him straight from the get go. Didn't allow AJ to have any time to ease himself into the fight.
Yeah His jab is underrated and I think aj was a bit taken by surprise by the speed and power of it , aj was immediately on the back peddle and didn’t allow him to plant his front foot where he himself becomes dangerous
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Thinks Dubois got written off a bit after losing to Joyce despite landing a series of bombs but took a knee and people deemed him a quitter after that, Usyk too.
Dubois has always had a solid jab too. Don't know where AJ goes from here.
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I thought it was poor form how AJ was treated as the A side in this where DD was the champ and should have come out last to the fanfare etc.
AJ is great when he is the aggressor - he doesn't like the fight taken to him, as far as his future as a fighter.... Wilder fight which didn't make sense yesterday now could....and if Usyk beats Fury in the rematch that fight becomes possible.
No way Eddie Hearn puts AJ in with ZZ, Bakole or slick boxers Kabayel or JP -
Some good shots landed when you watch the highlights
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@kiwiinmelb said in Boxing Thread:
Some good shots landed when you watch the highlights
Dubois certainly gets a lot into that overhand right. Loads of power there
