Gotta tip my hat to the Brits the amount of good fighters coming from there right now is pretty special....tony bellews WBC title win this past weekend just adds to all the accomplishments coming out of there right now...
Serious contenders, big names like Frampton,quigg,brook,fury,joshua,haye,degale and so many more... is this the brightest time the uk boxing scene has seen?
First of all let me just say the UK is a country filled with the biggest hype-jobs in boxing -- The HW champion (Tyson Fury) is ashamed of being considered British check his tweets if you don't believe me...Lennox Lewis represented Canada in the Olympics btw...Lee Selby has robbed his last two opponents : Eric Hunter and Fernando Montiel ( lost in America ) same applies for Jamie McDonnald ( In America unofficially ) vs Kamieda...then you got the biggest cheat in the HW division the incredible Hulk himself Anthony Joshua. Lets talk about Tony Bellew .....whenever Tony Bellew wins a vacant WBC title that means the stars have aligned for a miracle and they did as the REAL champion (Drozd was stripped to give that bum a shot) however if Drozds wouldn't have been stripped there's no way on earth Bellew has that title right now and you all know this.
Kell Brock...nvm I just got sick thinking about him. Carl Frampton when Santa Cruz get him in NY city this July its going to be the same tale when Brits come to America ; I think you know how the story ends. But I got to give props to Amir Khan and James Degale them are true Road Warriors: they dared to be great by coming over to USA they could of stayed home and fought the Voldemorts and Hugwarts of the UK for easy money but no they came into the Lions Den and made it..yet these ungrateful ignorant British fans dont appreciate the sacrifice that James Degale and Amir Khan have made to rep the UK...* Puke*
You can say that, but many nations had 'filler' champs too. Very few nations have multiple hall of fame type resumes today due to many of the old guard retiring.
Also you must remember that many of the US, Eastern Euro's and probably south americans are cheats too if you mention Aj. In fact mant HOF from the US have been caught with something or admitted it.
First of all let me just say the UK is a country filled with the biggest hype-jobs in boxing -- The HW champion (Tyson Fury) is ashamed of being considered British check his tweets if you don't believe me...Lennox Lewis represented Canada in the Olympics btw...Lee Selby has robbed his last two opponents : Eric Hunter and Fernando Montiel ( lost in America ) same applies for Jamie McDonnald ( In America unofficially ) vs Kamieda...then you got the biggest cheat in the HW division the incredible Hulk himself Anthony Joshua. Lets talk about Tony Bellew .....whenever Tony Bellew wins a vacant WBC title that means the stars have aligned for a miracle and they did as the REAL champion (Drozd was stripped to give that bum a shot) however if Drozds wouldn't have been stripped there's no way on earth Bellew has that title right now and you all know this.
Kell Brock...nvm I just got sick thinking about him. Carl Frampton when Santa Cruz get him in NY city this July its going to be the same tale when Brits come to America ; I think you know how the story ends. But I got to give props to Amir Khan and James Degale them are true Road Warriors: they dared to be great by coming over to USA they could of stayed home and fought the Voldemorts and Hugwarts of the UK for easy money but no they came into the Lions Den and made it..yet these ungrateful ignorant British fans dont appreciate the sacrifice that James Degale and Amir Khan have made to rep the UK...* Puke*
First of all let me just say the UK is a country filled with the biggest hype-jobs in boxing -- The HW champion (Tyson Fury) is ashamed of being considered British check his tweets if you don't believe me...Lennox Lewis represented Canada in the Olympics btw...Lee Selby has robbed his last two opponents : Eric Hunter and Fernando Montiel ( lost in America ) same applies for Jamie McDonnald ( In America unofficially ) vs Kamieda...then you got the biggest cheat in the HW division the incredible Hulk himself Anthony Joshua. Lets talk about Tony Bellew .....whenever Tony Bellew wins a vacant WBC title that means the stars have aligned for a miracle and they did as the REAL champion (Drozd was stripped to give that bum a shot) however if Drozds wouldn't have been stripped there's no way on earth Bellew has that title right now and you all know this.
Kell Brock...nvm I just got sick thinking about him. Carl Frampton when Santa Cruz get him in NY city this July its going to be the same tale when Brits come to America ; I think you know how the story ends. But I got to give props to Amir Khan and James Degale them are true Road Warriors: they dared to be great by coming over to USA they could of stayed home and fought the Voldemorts and Hugwarts of the UK for easy money but no they came into the Lions Den and made it..yet these ungrateful ignorant British fans dont appreciate the sacrifice the James Degale and Amir Khan have made to rep the UK...* Puke*
Gotta tip my hat to the Brits the amount of good fighters coming from there right now is pretty special....tony bellews WBC title win this past weekend just adds to all the accomplishments coming out of there right now...
Serious contenders, big names like Frampton,quigg,brook,fury,joshua,haye,degale and so many more... is this the brightest time the uk boxing scene has seen?
Props to the UK big time. I think it was after Froch lost in the super six that they had 0 champs big time turnaround thst startedwith the amateur system
I feel ya... dc and boston is and odd place to stage a degale fight
For sure. Still, he got paid a boatload to fight for the IBF title in Boston, and the DC fight sets up a massive event for him in the UK (where all parties seem quite happy to stage the fight).
If I was in the circle, I would've advised him to take the two fights too.
Degale took that fight, to set up Degale vs Jack, for the WBC/IBF 168 belts, in London (which seems to be the direction that everyone is seemingly heading).
The US TV audience got another chance to see him live, Degale's name is still buzzing in the UK, and now he's positioned to take a massive fight back home (bringing Showtime International with it).
Not every fight is going to be a barnburner or mega-event.
I feel ya... dc and boston is and odd place to stage a degale fight
Yeah what the hell is degale thinking...why not build your fan base out there where the fans actually show up..... guys like crolla, smith, lee saunders,eubank jr and so many otheres contending right now
Degale took that fight, to set up Degale vs Jack, for the WBC/IBF 168 belts, in London (which seems to be the direction that everyone is seemingly heading).
The US TV audience got another chance to see him live, Degale's name is still buzzing in the UK, and now he's positioned to take a massive fight back home (bringing Showtime International with it).
Not every fight is going to be a barnburner or mega-event.
Props to them, fan of most of their fighters as well.
UK probably deserves to be the Mecca of Boxing since their fans actually give a sh1t about the sport while the attitude towards boxing is 98% NEGATIVE here in the States and nobody even bothers to show up to boxing events
Watching DeGale fight in DC in front of absolutely **** crowd is embarrassing considering that he could probably be fighting at home in front of a much bigger Crowd. No way should DeGale vs Jack be here in the states!
Yeah what the hell is degale thinking...why not build your fan base out there where the fans actually show up..... guys like crolla, smith, lee saunders,eubank jr and so many otheres contending right now
in recent years, there was one point where the brits didn't have any beltholders at all aside from Khan and Haye was their greatest HW hope
how things have changed
Props to them, fan of most of their fighters as well.
UK probably deserves to be the Mecca of Boxing since their fans actually give a sh1t about the sport while the attitude towards boxing is 98% NEGATIVE here in the States and nobody even bothers to show up to boxing events
Watching DeGale fight in DC in front of absolutely **** crowd is embarrassing considering that he could probably be fighting at him in front of a much bigger Crowd. No way should DeGale vs Jack be here in the states!
I think it's going to happen in the UK. Hearn hinted at securing a big unification fight in the UK in an interview last week and i think that's what he meant. It would make more financial sense.
Big time for UK Boxing. IMO is all starts from the amateur program which actually pays money lol. So from 2000 Olympics I believe that was.
Yeah, there's been a lot of funding going into the amateur game in the past 10-15 years here.
That's why i think it's ridiculous that professionals can fight in the Olympics. By doing that, it's stopping the development of young amateurs because a lot of them aspire to fight in the Olympics as a springboard into the pro game. Luckily i think the Britain are still putting amateurs in the Olympics as before, but for other countries i think it's detrimental to the sport. The UK are leading the way right now in showing that if you put proper funding into the sport, it breeds success, and probably getting kids off the street as well.
Boxing is getting back into the mainstream in the UK now.
Props to them, fan of most of their fighters as well.
UK probably deserves to be the Mecca of Boxing since their fans actually give a sh1t about the sport while the attitude towards boxing is 98% NEGATIVE here in the States and nobody even bothers to show up to boxing events
Watching DeGale fight in DC in front of absolutely **** crowd is embarrassing considering that he could probably be fighting at home in front of a much bigger Crowd. No way should DeGale vs Jack be here in the states!
The UK has more quality fighters now than they have in the last 30 years. Unlike the majority of American fighters, at least most of these guys are willing to fight quality competition.
Yes and No.
DeGale has taken some tough fighters overseas.
Anthony Joshua and Kell Brook, not so much.
Gotta tip my hat to the Brits the amount of good fighters coming from there right now is pretty special....tony bellews WBC title win this past weekend just adds to all the accomplishments coming out of there right now...
Serious contenders, big names like Frampton,quigg,brook,fury,joshua,haye,degale and so many more... is this the brightest time the uk boxing scene has seen?
The UK has more quality fighters now than they have in the last 30 years. Unlike the majority of American fighters, at least most of these guys are willing to fight quality competition.