Boxing Thread

kiwiinmelb

Errol Spence is very lucky , no broken bones and a few facial lacerations ,

maybe one of the few occasions wearing no seat belt saved someone, thrown clear of the car , ( somehow safely by the sound of things ) while it kept rolling,

Expected to make a full recovery

Godder

Tyson Fury is apparently wrestling at the next WWE PPV, Crown Jewel in Saudi Arabia on Oct 31 (Nov 1 NZT).

kiwiinmelb

@Godder From a boxing point of view, that is a concern, maybe if anyone can not be distracted from that , it is him , but I think it makes more sense to get involved in that tomfoolery when you are retired

African Monkey

@kiwiinmelb Clear marketing ploy to raise his profile in the States.

Godder

@kiwiinmelb
Agreed, but I guess if he's paid enough, he probably doesn't care.

jegga

Cool story about an Afghani refugee representing New Zealand

Stuff

Salacious Crumb

I own one of his grills.

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kiwiinmelb

@Salacious-Crumb said in Boxing Thread:

I own one of his grills.

The funny thing with that grill , they originally went to Hulk Hogan with the idea to use his name to market it , he basically told them stupid idea , piss off , then they went to george ,

George has earnt millions from it

jegga

@kiwiinmelb said in Boxing Thread:

@Salacious-Crumb said in Boxing Thread:

I own one of his grills.

The funny thing with that grill , they originally went to Hulk Hogan with the idea to use his name to market it , he basically told them stupid idea , piss off , then they went to george ,

George has earnt millions from it

According to wikipedia he never got back to them and they went with Foreman . Hogan has a grill out now too, doesn't seem to be doing too well.

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MiketheSnow

Wilder v Ortiz II

Ortiz leading by a mile on the cards, then Goodnight Irene

JK

Wow wee. Had forgotten this fight was even on and little (or even no) coverage on the news here.

Ortiz looked well in control there and then bam...goooone

raznomore

I watched this at the pub and was with mates on a pub crawl so didn't see as much as I would have liked.

What I did see was a superior boxer once again get sloppy and knocked out by a sloppy boxer that saw an opening and took it. Hardest hitter on the planet.

MiketheSnow

Been quiet on here considering we're in to fight week

Barry tipping Joshua this time round

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/boxing/50534700

kiwiinmelb

@MiketheSnow said in Boxing Thread:

Wilder v Ortiz II

Ortiz leading by a mile on the cards, then Goodnight Irene

Wilder is always behind on the cards , never seen a fighter so content to sit there the way he does, then wait for the opportunity to throw his money punch, that straight right ,

The funny thing was , he threw it just the once , thats all it took

kiwiinmelb

@MiketheSnow said in Boxing Thread:

Been quiet on here considering we're in to fight week

Barry tipping Joshua this time round

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/boxing/50534700

Im leaning towards Joshua ,

But a result either way wouldnt surprise me that much

JK

@kiwiinmelb said in Boxing Thread:

@MiketheSnow said in Boxing Thread:

Been quiet on here considering we're in to fight week

Barry tipping Joshua this time round

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/boxing/50534700

Im leaning towards Joshua ,

But a result either way wouldnt surprise me that much

Same for me. Think AJ is gonna be way more prepared re what to expect and bring his A game. Ruiz is unique tho so still could cause AJ problems

TeWaio

AJ is done I reckon, mentally shot, rumour is he had a panic attack before the first Ruiz fight. He'll lose this then retire. He doesn't even really like boxing, he was manufactured into the sport, he'll take the $$$ and run.

mofitzy_

The other rumour is that he was KO'd in training and wasn't fully recovered when he fought Ruiz. Him and Eddy denied it but would explain why he might have had a panic attack prior and his dad was pissed.

MiketheSnow

AJ with a boxing masterclass

Bovidae

I found the comments by Tyson Fury amusing.

'Everyone has a bogeyman in their career, I think personally that Ruiz Jr is the bogeyman for Joshua.'

The Silver Fern

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