Boxing Thread
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@kiwiinmelb said in Boxing Thread:
Great fight , both men warriors
Not as close as I thought.
Usyk is so awkward, relentless……
But Fury is a fucken warrior too, incredible stuff.
I wonder if there’s room for a third fight ?
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@MN5 said in Boxing Thread:
@scribe said in Boxing Thread:
Awesome fight to end the year. 116-112 on all 3 cards? I personally thought it was slightly closer.
Closer yes, but Fury didn’t win despite what Frank Warren says.
Agreed
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@MN5 said in Boxing Thread:
@kiwiinmelb said in Boxing Thread:
Great fight , both men warriors
Not as close as I thought.
Usyk is so awkward, relentless……
But Fury is a fucken warrior too, incredible stuff.
I wonder if there’s room for a third fight ?
Yeah he just doesn’t stop moving and working , gives you very little time to set yourself , very difficult to outpoint but I actually though fury may have got more than 4 rounds though,
The guy that beats him if it happens probably has to stop him , the judges love his workrate ,
I suspect the winner of Dubois v parker fights him now ,
Joe has a massive opportunity if he’s good enough
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I had it wider, 117-111 Usyk, 116-112 was the best I could do for Fury.
Will watch again when I get a chance but yeah, time the boxing world realizes that we're witnessing an ATG in Oleksandr Usyk.
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@MN5 said in Boxing Thread:
@kiwiinmelb said in Boxing Thread:
Keep an eye out for 19 year old heavyweight, Moses Itauma.
Could be the future of the division
Most understated post ever.
Huge early knockout. McKean is no chump either, 22-1 record.
Will definitely watch this young fellas progress!
McKean's record let's just say is extremely padded. He even got a couple of gifts along the way in those fights.
Itauma I'm surprised jumped pro so early. Thought he'd try and go to an Olympics but with the uncertainty going around with it being scrapped due to corruption, it may have forced his hand.
Probably worth chucking Itauma with another English prospect, someone like Clarke (if he's ready to fight again after his nasty KO loss to Wardley), or maybe David Adeleye for the English title.
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@African-Monkey said in Boxing Thread:
I had it wider, 117-111 Usyk, 116-112 was the best I could do for Fury.
Will watch again when I get a chance but yeah, time the boxing world realizes that we're witnessing an ATG in Oleksandr Usyk.
Yeah I’d compare Usyk to Larry Holmes or Lennox Lewis. Perhaps not as flashy as others with no amazing standout trait but just does the fucken business. When Dubois jumped in the ring to challenge him ( fucken tasteless act if you ask me ) Usyk just calmly accepted as if he was asking him to meet for a beer.
Legend.
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@African-Monkey said in Boxing Thread:
@MN5 said in Boxing Thread:
@kiwiinmelb said in Boxing Thread:
Keep an eye out for 19 year old heavyweight, Moses Itauma.
Could be the future of the division
Most understated post ever.
Huge early knockout. McKean is no chump either, 22-1 record.
Will definitely watch this young fellas progress!
McKean's record let's just say is extremely padded. He even got a couple of gifts along the way in those fights.
Itauma I'm surprised jumped pro so early. Thought he'd try and go to an Olympics but with the uncertainty going around with it being scrapped due to corruption, it may have forced his hand.
Probably worth chucking Itauma with another English prospect, someone like Clarke (if he's ready to fight again after his nasty KO loss to Wardley), or maybe David Adeleye for the English title.
Yeah I’ll admit to not knowing much about him but that power can’t be denied. Incredible stuff
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@African-Monkey said in Boxing Thread:
I had it wider, 117-111 Usyk, 116-112 was the best I could do for Fury.
Will watch again when I get a chance but yeah, time the boxing world realizes that we're witnessing an ATG in Oleksandr Usyk.
Olympic gold medalist and dominating 2 weight divisions,
Ill put my hand up and admit I knew he was a great cruiserweight but I did not expect him to dominate at heavyweight the way he has as well I thought he would go ok , but not clean it out .
He is an all time great , that is not even debatable
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Neither Dubois nor Parker will go the distance with Usyk
Different league
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@MiketheSnow said in Boxing Thread:
Neither Dubois nor Parker will go the distance with Usyk
Different league
Harsh but probably true.
…..then again I’d completely written him off after his loss to Joyce, for him to come back and beat Wilder and Zhang was incredible.
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@MiketheSnow said in Boxing Thread:
Neither Dubois nor Parker will go the distance with Usyk
Different league
Dubois already has been stopped by Usyk too, although there was a bit of controversy in that fight. Dubois was stopped by a jab in the end due to exhaustion.
Parker, he'd go the distance, but would lose very wide.
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@MiketheSnow said in Boxing Thread:
Neither Dubois nor Parker will go the distance with Usyk
Different league
If Parker beat Dubois and actually gets his hands on a belt again , that in itself is his Everest,
Getting a unification fight with usyk would be massive for him , the payday would be enormous , usyk would be too much for him though
The funny thing is , the way he is fighting now , he is probably more similar to usyk than anyone else , the Temu version maybe , but maybe he has enough movement and speed to give Dubois some problems too.
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@kiwiinmelb said in Boxing Thread:
@MiketheSnow said in Boxing Thread:
Neither Dubois nor Parker will go the distance with Usyk
Different league
If Parker beat Dubois and actually gets his hands on a belt again , that in itself is his Everest,
Getting a unification fight with usyk would be massive for him , the payday would be enormous , usyk would be too much for him though
The funny thing is , the way he is fighting now , he is probably more similar to usyk than anyone else , the Temu version maybe , but maybe he has enough movement and speed to give Dubois some problems too.
Yeah I get what you mean about Parker.
If you’re being particularly churlish he beat a shot to bits Wilder and an old Zhang.
VERY hard to see him competing with Usyk.
…..and I say this as a huge fan of him, my favourite NZ sportsman by quite a margin.
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@MN5 Wilder was gun-shy damaged goods
Zhang at 40 is probably in his prime though as he wasn't a pro in his 20's.
Only the patient and highly cardio trained HWs beat Zhang atm- so JP and Uysk top that list and poss Kabayel which we will find out. Dubois likely sparked by ZZ, Bakole would be fun but still favour ZZ.
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@Cyclops said in Boxing Thread:
Between Uysk and the Klitschkos, Ukraine has had an incredible run of success in boxing.
And Loma , if you watch him and usyk , they are very similar in technique ,both southpaws , and the footwork and movement is almost identical, they were close friends growing up with lomachenkos father training the two of them through their very early years taking them both through to gold medals at the olympics
