Hooded_Terror

I'm an idealist. I think when fighters pay into a sanctioning body they should be getting value for the buck. These cartoon fights are ridiculous. The inactivity level of the current World heavyweight champion is understood given the context of his age and this era of accepted non-activity. Having made those excuses for my favorite fighter today, I am displeased with his next title defense, a cartoon fight. The deserving contender is Agit Kabayel. I disqualify my 2nd favorite current heavyweight Moses Itauma due to his unconscionable inactivity (under myriad poor excuses) and having to date, not defeated anybody fresh of noted high top-5 ranking, let alone top ten. As for Fabio Wardley, perhaps my 3rd favorite current heavyweight, I am pleased that he disqualified himself as in no way did he deserve an express shot at the World heavyweight champion off of an email championship appointment and a title defense against a fighter that earned said title shot by being KO'd in his previous effort, to say nothing about the fact that the WBO's number one contender, for years, got nowhere near his earned title shot, before losing to Wardley, in a questionable stoppage - given the context of Wardley's recent stoppage loss where the defending 'champ' was handed round after round to regroup and prove himself. Convenient rules apply to those that are popular - and of convenient geographic placement. I'm not happy with any of it and I'm not sure that my favorite current fighter isn't purposefully causing Kabayel, an adept heavy-handed accurate body puncher and deserving operator, to both rust and age. But here we are. A mostly senseless colorful cartoon title defense (alphabet obligations be damned) against Rico Verhoeven when there is other serious work to be done. As bad as I may have made it all out, I'd rather see it than a Dubois or Greedy Belly rubber match.

Fury/Joshua is the Bowe/Lewis of this era. I believe it will never happen and that despite always being in sight, it is a bridge too far.

Surprised by all the negative comments regarding Wardley. A man with zero amateur background, learning on the job who has fought world class fighters and beaten them. Yes, he has limitations but anyone who thinks Dubois is an easy night for a first defense clearly knows nothing about boxing. The point made about Agit deserving a shot is absolutely fair. Usyk should be fighting him next. I guess some American fight fans just don't credit that anything exists outside of America and make moronic comments about fighters that don't originate from the US. This is a great fight between two very dangerous fighters with different limitations. Why complain? Just enjoy the fight. Dubois getting a title shot off of a KO loss is an embarrassment to the defending champion. Or has pride changed? Lets not kid ourselves, there are MANY others the email champ should be defending against.

I keep reminding myself HOW Wardley gained his "world" title and just how DD qualified for his "title shot" by being KO'd in his last fight, every time I start believing that their upcoming match is some sort of big deal (it isn't).

Yawn. Another 2-fight year when it should be a 4 or 5 fight year. Hitching your wagon to somebody else isn't wise.

Looking good with another natural super middleweight at cruiserweight isn't the same as facing and beating a natural cruiserweight (Opetaia) or better yet, a natural cruiserweight fitted by years, to heavyweight (Usyk).

So perhaps this is more about the fence getting a new paintjob than the storybook facade put forth in the media.

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****** Yes, because Agit holds all those belts. Hang on...he doesn't have a single one. Just like Joe Parker. Maybe they should fight each other just to stay relevant. Belts are one thing, beating several top flight challengers to EARN a legitimate title shot against the man who beat the man for the title is a whole different matter - on a higher level. Kabayel earned his place for a title shot. An email title being defended against a former email titlist coming off a KO loss speaks volumes about the email champ. And it doesn't matter if I like the way Wardley parts his hair or not. Wardley vs Dubois is transparent.

It hasn't been proven he snorted anything so perhaps you could provide some evidence he did ? Me thinks the promoters and possibly Wardley are the ones doing the snorting. Think about it. He is defending his email title against a cat coming off a KO loss.

Sure, this is a decent match-up but frankly, given the UKs recent ramming of Fabio Wardley down our throats as some wonderking, fully equipped with his email title, would Wardley vs Okolie be a better match-up? I mean after all, weren't they chirping off on Okolie being ready for a major world title at heavyweight some months back? Or is he a knockout loss away from actually qualifying for a shot at Wardley and the email strap?

You are the WORST poster on this site As soon as a possible contender for that title appears it is revealed to be another one of your alts. You sir, are gay. Little one, I have yet to read anything constructive or thought provoking from you. Perhaps you have reached your limits and are incapable.

The new 'GREAT' heavyweight, Fabio Wardley has decided to defend his newly appointed alphabet title strap against Daniel Dubois, a man coming off of a KO loss and today's boxing variant of Humpty Dumpty. Terrific. Should Wardley prevail, yet more hoopla about him be rammed down our throats. Should he lose, we could see yet another episode of Dubois vs Usyk. I'm not impressed.

Hahaha...what happened to Pacheco being 'the next big thing' and 'Canelo's successor'? :rofl: :rofl: Told you he was NOTHING special at all and this fight exposed him badly. He gets rolled up and SMOKED by anybody with a pulse at 168lbs i.e. Crawford, Canelo, Sheeraz, Iglesias, Mbilli, Martinez, Resendiz etc. "Told you he was NOTHING special at all".....yet you go out of your way to post something special about Pacheco, emojis and all. You are confused beyond being derogatory.

The WBC shot themselves in the foot years ago by not enforcing a Canelo defense against David Benavidez. That they never stripped Canelo after giving zero warnings and deadlines to sign indicates that the WBC does not give value for the dollar, unless you are Mexican. The WBC has a long history of rimming their favorites; Julio Cesar Chavez JR, Vitali Klitschko, to name but a couple. Some of their reasons are better than others, but the shafting of Benavidez underlined the very blatant worst of it. Now suddenly they ARE good at stripping titles. Bet the farm this has something to do with Canelo in 26-27.

You need to pass whatever it is that your smoking, coz that sht got you high AF and rambling paranoia. theres a big difference between Dubois and Paul. and his head looking big because his beard gives an extra 30% to his profile. Plus ******* to much PEDS looking Joe Rogan esque he looks like a chubby blown up cruiserweight.It’s a mismatch, I wouldn’t get all “Joshua been slipping” Sure thats true, but it still means nothing. Jake Paul is an awful boxer at the world stage. And understandably so. He will struggle with the length, the jab and the timing, the skill, combos and speed of Joshua he will be intimidated by his power and once he feels it, he will understand why The step up in class will be insurmountable Oh and I’ll let you know this … Franklin, Dubois, helanius, wallin would all beat that journeyman as well. Easily. its ****** posts like yours that even slightly entertains a Paul win that irritates me with this sport. You are exactly the fkn fan that pisses me off. You should know better as it sounds like you’ve got some general concept of the sport. But yet this “I wonder if he is talented and tough enough to play matador with a tired old bull” “I truely hope I’m wrong” fkn lol EDIT:; I forgot to add, you said he looked “strangely lacking” against Franklin. The man was coming off a loss that he did not take well at all. As someone who boxed previously, I can tell you now, confidence plays a big part. That’s why WHEN fights happen, it matters. Not just WHO. second, you said “Then AJ looked stellar against novice boxer Francis Ngannou.” exactly cnt, because that’s what happens when you setup a fkn mismatch. And that’s an actual heavy weight. Now you got a blown up cruiser Oh And fk you also boxing scene. My god with the ads t hi site has now, it’s actually near unusable. i been on this site since 2007 and every new update you do gets worst and worst bunch of dcks rant over What an angry little post from a demonstrated illiterate. The non-masculine display of venom is precisely the sort of response one would expect from an immature baseline intellect. Read my last line carefully. All logic suggests an AJ win, however, I suspect that there may be an unseen hand at play given Jake Paul and his history. If you are angry with the sport, stop following it. If you have a lack of male examples in your circle, branch out. If you wish to curse and denigrate Boxing Scene, then why the 487 posts to date? Isn't your energy best spent on a sport that doesn't cause emotional chaffing, among fans that can appreciate its finer details and intrigue? Credit to you on one point. You are amusing.

This match is an unlikely move on Jake Paul's part. Or is it? I've wondered just how used-up AJ really is these last few years. He looked strangely lacking against Jermaine Franklin and then suddenly dangerous (after an over cautious several early rounds) against a zombie in Robert Helenius. He appeared to get into Otto Wallin's head and had his way with the big Swede in their bout, but how much did Wallin really have left himself by that point? Then AJ looked stellar against novice boxer Francis Ngannou. When they made AJ vs Dubois I remembered the old rumor from back around 2018; Dubois had manhandled AJ in sparring, dropping him and in some circles, word was he had all but knocked AJ out. When I saw AJ get all wound-up with DD at their pre-fight round table, I knew something was up re the rumors and wondered if he had enough for the revitalized Dubois. As we all now know, DD rag-dolled AJ with apparent ease. The on again off again promise of a comeback was spiced with several reasons, but to me, I wondered if they were hiding something. They say that fans in the U.S. have zero belief in AJs remaining skills and chin, and that they vastly underrate him today, as he is (or is it really, how he appears to be). On some level that may be true, and if so, count Jake Paul among those American ranks. But my instincts suggest there is more to this. I couldn't help but marvel at Jake Paul's face to face yesterday. Watching them square up, the size difference became readily apparent. But looking closer, I was caught by how much larger Paul's head appears to be than AJ's. I'm curious about their respective fist size. Paul's structure is freakish, as is his level of confidence. While his MO is to go after shot former fighters, the consensus thinking is that this time he's laid his packet out on the table for the world to see, and stepped it up. But has he really? Why do I get the feeling that AJ is more hollow husk than substance, today. His muscular athletic physique suggests ring readiness but is that really an illusion at this point? There is no doubt in my mind that Paul is a brilliant, hard working and physically talented, tough, circus clown. And I wonder if he is talented and tough enough to play matador with a tired old bull. He thinks he is and he may have conned all of us into thinking he has stepped-up his game, when in reality his eye for the shot has been working overtime. Look for Paul's voodoo, his witchcraft, to do a number here. Somewhere in the mix, AJ thinks he can get the music playing once again as he did with Ngannou, but most of the band has left and his inactivity will show early. This may in fact be a cash-out, whether AJ knows it or not. I truly hope I am wrong.

Going way back, I figured Holmes to zoom Michael Spinks in their rematch, and then a year later, Gerry Cooney to steamroll Spinks. I also expected Hagler to turn back Sugar Ray. I figured Nunn over Toney and Razor Ruddock over Lennox Lewis. Actually, in four of his biggest matches I figured Ruddock would do it, but he always found a way to lose.

I am reminded of the sudden and sharp fall-off of Donald Curry.

It's funny. Years ago, maybe around 1986, I recall reading an article in KO Magazine or maybe The Ring. It was back during the period where the heavyweight division was just about completely tied-up under Don King. Tim Witherspoon had just beaten Frank Bruno and the writer of the article had effectively denigrated UK heavyweights as a whole, suggesting that they always crumble and would likely never annex a major world title, Bruno being the latest to underline that notion. Just a few short years later Lennox Lewis turned that all around. Fast forward to 2025 and UK heavies have completely usurped American heavies, the great Oleksandr Usyk aside. And just as back then, the WBA strap is akin to the town bike, passed around to anyone and everyone for a ride.

Logic is out the window in a Jake Paul event. The Dubois debacle gave credence to the notion that some of them simply get old overnight, and for some reason, AJ hasn't returned in 15 months. The return kept getting pushed back under various "niggling" reasons. As with the aborted Hasim Rahman Jr fight some years back, Paul has stipulated a 240lb limit for Joshua, who is probably having to pare off 20 or more pounds to make that weight. And that is but one card in a stacked deck in Paul's favor. I'm certain Paul sees something amiss with AJ, who again, is in recovery mode, coming off the shock of being manhandled and ring rusty (even for this day and age). Look for the unseen to alter the outcome of this yet-to-happen debacle. Look for Paul's witchcraft to take hold as he pitches victory over a zombie. AJ was chosen for a reason. This match makes no sense for a serious fighter looking to regain form but it makes complete sense given the cash-out value of a career quietly already effectively over and waiting to be revealed truly as such. I truly hope I am wrong.

All things being equal, Joshua should end this within a round, but all things will not be equal. Like with his aborted match with Hasim Rahman Jr a few years back, Paul's weight stipulations are being imposed on a heavyweight and its likely Joshua will need to crash diet and condition hard to make the weight on the appointed date (read: drain himself beyond measure). And that is but one card i a deck that I know will be stacked in Paul's favor. I'm expecting the unlikely and the unexpected here and for Joshua to somehow come up short, or perhaps worse.

Im a Brit and it's funny how you bring politics into this, but if you insist. It's embarrassing how you criticise the American President when us Brits have put a complete imbocile in No 10 a complete moron, I would rather have President Trump than 2 tier Starmer any day of the week. So stick to commenting on boxing rather than politics you are embarrassing yourself. To say nothing of Kanaduh, over a decade of the same woke not-of-working reality political party that worshipped Turdeau. There is ZERO critical thinking in Kanaduh and along with New Zealand and Australia, it will be among the very first to embrace the WEF mandates by 2030. Eubank Jr/Benn Jr rematch makes infinitely more sense than ANYTHING our leader(s) (insert woke party carbon tax embracing automaton figurehead) come up with.

Who would you all rather have over for a BBQ and some back and forth, possibly contentious debate? Claressa Shields or Devon Haney (and the attached appendage/Dad)?

I like Hrgovic, but he seems to have cooled off some ober the last 18 months.

nah he looked the same as he always did. He looked slower. By the rematch, and at the heavier weight, it was worse. Joyce crossed the line sometime just after defeating Parker.

I don't expect to see Spence back in the ring before June. Frankly, one wonders if the lathering he took last time out, coupled with his inactivity, if Spence goes much farther at all.

As I stated as far back as 2020, I don't trust a guy to make it to the top if he continually eats punches. The wheels will come off somehwere. Joyce looked almost shot to these eyes in the 1st Zhang match. At 37 he would have been relegated to the glue factory in a different number of eras. Such seemed to hold true in his case in today's era. Curious though, I suspect Fury as being finished as well. If they had both met back in April it would have been very competetive, with the winner not going much farther, methinks.

I remember all the big talk back in 2008-2010 from Haye about facing a top heavyweight. Then the on/off Klitschko stuff. Then the toe. Frankly, I think Haye was a complete disappointment. He jerked off a lot but produced little. Then the Fury disappointment. His best win was after everybody figured him done, against Chisora. No, if prime Haye were around today there'd be no Whyte match and no Povetkin match. They'd dust off Carlos Takam or maybe, just maybe Bryant Jennings. Povetkin? Not a chance. Prime Haye would almost certainly avoid Povetkin, today's Povetkin, given his non-event career history. Hell, Povetkin has a FAR BETTER resume, NOT the type Haye ever chased at heavy.

The window is closing on getting a great win that makes people think his pfp status is justified. He can still fight at 36 but you can age overnight, but if your really great you can do things at 38 years old. Exactly. These guys can age overnight past 35. Ali was really great but at 38 spent and a shell of his former self, even with the meds. Today sports sorcery is light years beyond Ali's meltdown tactics, but to your first point, "overnight" can come at any time despite the polished look.