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The Boxing Thread

Discussion in 'Other Sports' started by Liam Scales, Jul 1, 2011.

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  1. FrankMcCallum Gold Member Gold Member

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    Usyk is levels above Wilder mate. Usyk is probably the bigger man as well despite Wilders power.
     
  2. Slaw Gold Member Gold Member

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    I’m well aware of Wilder’s technical ability.. or lack thereof. I bet big on Fury in both of those fights and bet Ortiz against Wilder. Usyk is easily better than Wilder technically but I think Wilder would take his head off.

    Not saying it wouldn’t be competitive. I could see Usyk potentially beating Wilder or Joshua but I don’t think either of those fights would go his way.
     
  3. Gyp Rosetti Gold Member

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    Jesus Christ! What a knockout by Gervonta Davis.



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  4. Sentinel

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    Yeah just watched that fight. One of the cleanest and sickest KOs I have ever seen.
     
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  5. PaulM1888 Moderator Moderator Gold Member

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    Levels above him in technical ability definitely but the one shot knockout power is the leveller, there’s literally only been 1 single guy that could take his power shot and 1 guy that could negate it as well.

    It would be an intriguing fight but I’m not sure the bull and matador routine he managed to beat Chisora with works against the better guys. I honestly think Usyk would struggle against Whyte.
     
  6. FrankMcCallum Gold Member Gold Member

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    I think he’ll adapt to the weight quite well. That was his first real fight at heavyweight and was out of the ring for over a year.

    Fury is the only one who beats him in my opinion.
     
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    Competent enough performance from Usyk, but I didn't see enough from him to suggest that he's going to threaten the top players in the division.
     
  8. McChiellini..

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    The top trio would walk through the Usyk of Saturday and stop him..
     
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  9. FrankMcCallum Gold Member Gold Member

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    Wilder is rank rotten troops.

    Any top heavyweight with good movement walks all over him.

    Fury beat him the first time after dropping 9 stone in 6 months ffs.

    Hrgovic, Povetkin, Hunter all give him all sorts of problems, never mind Usyk who is arguably the best boxer of this generation.
     
  10. PaulM1888 Moderator Moderator Gold Member

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    Fury is a one off, Wilder beats almost every other heavyweight.

    Usyk may be the elite cruiserweight on the planet but a marginal win over Chisora at heavy isn’t going to see him favoured over a guy like Wilder.
     
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  11. FrankMcCallum Gold Member Gold Member

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    Couldn’t disagree more.

    Wilder is so technically limited it’s unreal. His best wins are against a 40 year Luis Ortiz in two fights in which he lost every round other than the knockouts, and the first fight was about 10 minutes away from being cancelled due to Ortiz’ blood pressure.

    As much as I love Fury, any top heavyweight walks through him the way he was the first fight with Wilder. You only had to watch the second fight to see what happened when he had a few training camps behind him.

    Wilder loses to 7-8 heavyweights for me at least. Klitschko could come out of retirement tomorrow and give it a good go. He has the most padded record in the sport and ducked every major challenge. His voluntary defences of that WBC belt were quite frankly embarrassing.

    He has the equaliser of the big right but any top level heavyweight would negate that.
     
  12. PaulM1888 Moderator Moderator Gold Member

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    Any top heavyweight walks through Fury in the first fight to Wilder? :56:

    He was massively out of shape and got up from taking a shot that would have ended any man walking the face of the earth never mind boxer. He also, clearly, won the fight.
     
  13. Al Bootyerbaws

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    Povetkin’s got covid. Whyte rematch postponed.
     
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    Tomorrow late night from The Bubble, Las Vegas

    Set your alarm, order that pizza cause someones getting KTFO.

    Terence Crawford (US) vs Kell Brook (UK)

    TV Sat - Premier Sports 1 HD
     
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    Think Brook has been written off by people i think he will give him a great fight . Like you say either one could ko the other in round 1
     
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    I think Crawford will rip the utter pish out of Brook tonight..

    Brook has miles on the clock and quit against Spence..

    He's weak mentally now. Damaged physically also because of that criminal triple G match-up..

    Crawford is fresher, has more variety and is elite. P4p he has to be in anyone's top 5 list's. He's that good..
     
  17. Free the Adblock Gold Member Gold Member

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    Brook has been finished for ages, he's a payday or 2 away from chucking it. Waste of a career, chasing after Khan, instead of going for glory.
     
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    Natasha Jonas here :35:
     
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    Farooq just won on sky sport's and now Docherty of Montrose just dropped his man in the first for anyone interested..
     
  20. Al Bootyerbaws

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    Big ginger lassie looks like Mick Hucknall’s lovechild.
     
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