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There is a kid from Philly named Salim Ellis-Bey, an 14-time national champion, 18yrs old & just announced his last amateur fight so I assume he is now about to turn pro rather than go to the olympics. Remember the name, he's a wonderful talent.

I keep saying belts are meaningless for most part and we've reached a period where even unified and even undisputed means nothing in many cases. The world champions at 147 are Barrios, Crocker and Rolly...lol *takes a moment to gather himself* Its not his fault but damn 147 is a wasteland. He deserves credit for beating Norman Jr he proved many/most wrong & we should focus on the positives even if it was another rather dull performance, hopefully he gets that. However, moving forward I genuinely do not want to see these fights and I'm sure nobody else does, not even cause Devin is boring as such, just simply they are poor fights. Genuinely 3 of the worst world champions I have ever seen. I don't want to hate on him but I can not find it within me even as a fan to give him credit for beating them. I have to be honest, they are bloody awful.

Abdullah Mason vs Sam Noakes - Noakes is a decent fighter he does a lot well. Smart, educated pressure its not often I say that. Applies good pressure, cuts the ring off well & works well behind his jab. I think he does just about everything well, a good well schooled fighter but I feel his hands and feet are slow to the point I expect that'll be his undoing here. Mason is too athletic, too fast and reactive, too sharp. Mason, late stoppage i'll say. If Noakes had a little more speed I think I'd be quite torn. Bam vs Puma - Be fun while it lasts & it'll be interesting to see Bam vs someone so aggressive and mean but I really don't feel that is a good idea, simple as that really. its something different, maybe he can expose something but I feel it will play into Bams strengths. Bam stoppage Devin Haney vs Brian Norman Jr - Brian Norman Jr is improving & I'm a fan and been chirping on he's underrated but suddenly overnight almost he's got very overrated imo I think he's decent, hits hard but stylistically the fight favours Devin. Norman Jr has been on that TR diet of static fighters and brawlers he looks good when guys go to him but when fighters show him some movement and a little savvy he's not nearly as effective. I don't think he has looked very good on the front foot against much lesser fighters. I know Norman Jr is favourite but I don't see it and too much has been put into the Garcia fight. Even Linares, Loma, the guys who have troubled Devin all had serious hand speed and footspeed, something Norman Jr lacks. Devin decision but I do think unless the weights really served him well he does have to stink it up. You don't want to be trading with Norman Jr & staying in the pocket too long. Keep it long, keep it simple. Benavidez vs Yarde - I feel Beterbiev took something from him and he's never really improved for me. I am not convinced Yarde is world class or convinced there aren't 2-3-4 guys in Britain alone that couldn't beat him. Power is wildly overrated (not to say he can't punch a bit) thanks to a high K.O ratio vs extremely soft opposition to put it mildly. He just is not in Benavidez class or even close. He gets stopped. I'll say somewhere between 6-8 at a guess and purely because he is quite gritty and I think Benavidez might give him a little too much respect early just cause he can punch a bit but I wouldn't be surprised if he goes before. For me this ones a bit of a mismatch.

The fans, the media and lets just say friends of Lubin was trying to build this into some sort of 50/50. Like we didn't see Charlo blast him, Fundora rearrange his face, he just got a gift over a very poor mans Ortiz. It was basically the easiest fight of Vergils career lol There is this horrible misconception that 154 is good, it isn't. I don't want to be like I told you so but its blowing my mind fans can't see it and think Lubin is a top fighter and like Bakhram and Fundora aren't just products of a truly dead division. I love Ortiz and Boots but as fans forget titles and these guys at 154 you should accept no less than these two fighting each other next. Boots vs Ortiz and have Bakhram and Fundora fight or Xayas vs Baraou in a battle for the worst undisputed ever. The only meaningful fight at 154 is Boots & Ortiz then the winner should in truth try meet Crawford at 160 in a mega fight.

This is a test to see your eye for talent, we'll come back to this in the future I am sure.

I only want to see them vs each other or Ortiz. There is no interest from me seeing them vs Bakhram, Tellez, Fundora etc The only fight that makes sense skill, ability wise is Bud vs Boots because like I keep saying they are levels above the rest. Proper ATG material. Ortiz is decent he can maybe pose problems, I'd accept this. Bud and Boots are elite - I don't mean elite by this garbage eras standards I mean historically great, real elite. These other guys are merely 'good' and that is only really by todays standard, another era probably journeymen. You can not sell me Boots vs Bakhram - His only win is vs Tim Tyszu who is practically YT level in terms of skill and he was bouncing shots off Bakhram left and right. He's maybe the best at 154 now but on the grand scheme he's not that good, real talk. Just a big stiff guy with a bit of a left hook on him What I am saying is these guys have nothing for Bud or Boots, nothing. They don't win a round. And I feel I need to say this because fans are going to delude themselves that they're good even great fights and competitive only for Boots/Bud to obliterate them and for fans to backtrack and say they was overrated and how Tyszu flattered them and give Bud/Boots no credit. I don't get boxings obsession with Fundora this guy is a modern day Richard Hall. He sucks!

Before we dismiss him he originally came from an amateur boxing background (rumoured to go 25-3 all wins via K.O granted this was in Brazil where the level is not so good) and is 1-0 1 K.O as a pro. Despite being a heavily decorated kickboxer and very accomplished in MMA he primarily uses his boxing skills/hands. He's not an MMA guy whose power wouldn't translate he can absolutely punch. Could he have any real success in say this dead CW division? I'm not talking Jai Opetaia but could he beat a 41-42yr old Badou Jack? or say Billam-Smith? I think he maybe could you know.. :dunno:

Got whooped by a 50yr old blown up LW who he resorted to headbutting multiple times then a brawl broke out and a team full of MMA fighters rushed Freitas and his team and Wanderlei got slept for his troubles :rofl: Former UFC champs just jumped a load of 50-60yr olds and come off second best :lol1:

I wish I was joking. A former 130, 135 world champion some 20-25? years back now a roided up 162lbs vs a roided up 49yr old MMA fighter who is practically twice his size This might be the goofiest crossover fight yet. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/G1y9DLqawAAp4wa?format=jpg

I don't care who is to blame or for title accumulation/belt collecting, I just want to see these 3 compete vs each other. The best vs the best. I don't even care for the weight, just fight. We should all be pressuring for these fights - The money is there, no excuses, if there is boycott them. I don't want to see Boots vs Lima and rubbish of this nature even if it is a tune up, its garbage. These are the 3 best (I do think Ortiz is a cut below) however, acceptable and he's earned it. Skilled, tough as anything and you maybe more skilled than him or a better athlete but he has that F.U attitude & it doesn't dwindle or come in bursts. If you hurt him he's going to come even harder. Vergil is a bad boy the total opposite of these shit talkers today who talk and talk and talk then stink the place out. He won't sit admiring Bud & Boots skills and sit back mesmerised. He cuts a ring off great, faints and jabs his way in, busy, rips the body, good variety and he's ferocious. If he is getting outboxed he will 100% drag them into a dog fight and go all out and set an uncomfortable pace. He may get outfought but he's going to get his licks in and they're going to know they're in a fight. I don't care to see these 3 fighting others and the supposed top dogs at 154 or 160 for that matter, the divisions are graveyards. Bud vs Sheeraz - Does nothing for me, you all just seen him get outboxed, outfought, outhustled by Adames who is nothing special. He is just big and powerful, terribly limited. His size and power gives it some intrigue and no two fights are the same but lets be real if Adames is doing that to him, Bud can do it ten times better. I want to see the best vs the best, the most skilled. Many will disagree I assume as I've seen a lot in awe over Bud vs Canelo and claim it was super high level but for me I only seen one elite fighter in there. I didn't see no adjustments from Canelo and everything was missing to make it high level or competitive. I don't think we've even seen the best Bud yet, seriously. He took it up a notch in the championship rounds but I feel there maybe more there, Canelo frankly hadn't the skills to bring it out. He acted as little more than a punchbag. If I see Bud again I want to see him in with someone who can at least match him in multiple areas if not best him in many. Not someone who has a very small window, a punchers chance. Even Fundora is being mentioned, 9ft tall, yeah great. Fights like he is 4ft and blocks everything with his face. No match for any decent counterpuncher with power they'll just make him overreach and knock him spark out. Being tall means nothing if you don't know how to fight tall, it may as well go down as a disadvantage when you fight someone decent. I would not be surprised (if a shot, inactive Thurman makes it to the ring) beats him. I think he'd have sprung the upset for Tyszu also which many laughed at me for saying at the time, I stick by it. I think Thurman would have most likely bodied him, he sucks. Even if he is shot and 5-6 yrs past it he's still athletic, still fast, explosive, hits hard enough, his technique is still there, his timing looked on point, you need to be defensively responsible.

I don't buy Andy Lee working miracles with mediocre Parker just as we seen with Dubois he wasn't really improved at all was he. He just looked rejuvenated when fighting mummies that throw telegraphed single shots. He is more skilled, well rounded and effective. He has a better chin, better feet, he hits harder, he's a great bodypuncher with an impressive output and gas tank. What is Parker gonna do other than dip his head and wing overhand rights? Parker will get the fight but I don't believe he is more deserving, its as good of a fight or he poses any risk. I'm not sure what improvements he has supposedly made perhaps a little more patient and better at pacing himself? Kabayel does everything better, everything. Is he more deserving because he's been given more opportunities? Because he beat Bakole who we all now know is obese and lazy, because he beat a washed Wilder who averaged about 3 punches a round? Are they really any better than a Frank Sanchez? Kabayel has beaten a lot of shared opposition and done better against every common opponent, several of which you could make a serious case for Parker losing against. A part of me wants Parker for Usyk but its because I frankly want him to retire undefeated, simple as that. I know if he takes a loss even at his age history will be rewritten however I'd love to see Usyk in with a real threat and one I feel would likely go down as a better win cause I have no doubt Kabayel bludgeons Dubois and the likes. I can't say the same for Parker. Usyk wants to rest for a few months with his family why can't these two just fight each other in the meantime?

I actually like Jai and think he is #1 in the division but his opposition is awful! The he's ducked excuse just isn't cutting it especially when you're not fighting the next best guy or someone in the top 5 or even 10 at least, that Squire, no idea but truth be told he's probably barely top 50 at best. Nobody else in the division has any problem finding fights yet he continually fights guys who aren't any good and there is no intrigue at all because the guys can't punch. You can't even give them a punchers chance! What if that is Dorticos landing flush right hands on Jai and not some 5'9 dude that looks like he should be down at light-heavyweight? Zurdo got stick for cherrypicking, right? He then fought Bivol and took his licks and moved up. He fought Joe Smith Jr in his first fight - limited dude but tough and can punch, intriguing. He then fought Goulamirian followed by CBS now he is fighting a rather inactive but dangerous, hard-hitting Cuban in Dorticos. 4 fights, 4 perfectly acceptable opponents in under 2 years. I look at Zurdo's resume and the guys he is fighting compared to the bums off the Street that Jai is, I have a hard time believing Zurdo is the one ducking and regardless Jai should not be fighting this sort of opposition. Completely unacceptable and the governing bodies who sanction this dogsh1t ought to give their head a wobble before someone ends up badly hurt

He was robbed vs Scull and I think he's a good fighter, he reminds me a little of Vitali Klitschko. I'd like to see him back in a big fight against someone like Mungaia I think would be a good one. Its criminal Scull gets a gift and is rewarded with a huge pay day and stinks the joint up while this poor guy potentially has his career ruined and can't afford to feed his family. #JusticeForShishkin

An entertaining fight between two very mediocre fighters. I do not see where either goes from here outside of a rematch. Eubank is 35? and dead at the weight and frankly he's just not world level. He'll get whooped if he steps up and I think we're all very tired of seeing him beat on Euro level guys like Szemeta. As for Benn I don't think he can safely get back to Welterweight. I think even him handpicking a very weak titlist in Barrios who frankly is not very good is risky. I'd not at all be surprised if Barrios beat him and if he does where is left to go? I know people will say he is young and he's only had X losses but I think the whole hype bubble totally pops. Despite being against the fight in the first place, they are actually just made for each other. Honestly they should rematch maybe even have a trilogy and probably both call it a day - maybe legit both retire with their faculties and take their rivalry on some reality TV show or something. I think it'd be entertaining and do well.

Love Fabio, his story and what he has done given he had 0 amateur experience and only 4 white collar bouts is remarkable but Jarrell Miller is wrong for him at this stage imo Granted Miller could always p155 hot for the 83rd time or come in grotesquely out of shape but assuming he's been in the gym and comes in a few lbs lighter than vs Ruiz I think he is wrong for Wardley. I don't want to see the Wardley train end but I'm not going to be a fan that is blinded, I see his flaws and vulnerabilities. The division is wide open and Wardley has time on his side. He is fresh and a young HW. I get the if he can't beat Miller he's not ready but I also feel once Usyk is out of the picture they're all vulnerable as hell and Wardley would have a much better chance vs just about any of them over Miller. At least vs the others I give him a punchers chance, not to say Miller can't be knocked out but that guys head is the size of Mount Rushmore, he can take one hell of a shot. He was exhausted and took about 100 flush right hands from Dubois and never went down. I don't like this fight for him and think there are much better development fights out there. On the plus he'll certainly get rounds/experience and can come again I just feel he needs that before talks of a title shot or before Miller. Granite chin, 300lb tank with fairly fast hands for his size who doesn't stop coming forward and has a very good punch output and full of confidence. I don't think Wardley has the skillset to slow Miller down or the experience. That cut will reopen and he won't be able to keep Miller off him and will gas. Miller is going to stop a gutsy, bloodied up Wardley. Miller can be lazy and such but he is a huge step up from Gormon, Adeleye, Clarke - Good British level opposition.

I thought he fought really well last night. I'm checking out the rankings and think he smashes almost all of them. On a side note Boxrec has really weird rankings Adam Azim 12 places ahead of Puello and 3 ahead of G.A.R?? I also noticed Prince Patel there which was a bit of a wtf moment so I clicked his page and yeah he has jumped from Bantamweight straight up to 140, he even had a few at Welterweight and is the current IBF African welter champion, the reigning UBO champion and the proud owner of the Pugilistic Syndicate of Tanzania :lol1: Respect​

J Rock is a 9-1 underdog. Is it just me that finds these odds really quite crazy? I get why he is favoured he is young, undefeated, J Rocks best days are probably a little behind him but those are the sort of odds expect for a total no-hoper that is almost certainly going to get flat out steamrolled. Tellez from the little I'm seeing I can't say I am impressed. That is my point, this guy just is not this superb prospect the odds might indicate and I don't think J Rock is THAT shot. I don't know if I am missing something? I'm not understanding the odds or the logic of him being so massively favoured because to be very blunt he is all kinds of mediocre. I am surprised he is from the Cuban system and don't really see it at all in his style. Poor footwork, slow feet. Very easy too hit like no reflexes at all just straight up with a high guard. Its not like he is particularly fast or explosive or some big power puncher. He doesn't look the biggest of light-middleweights. He just looks b4ng (why is this censored? lol) average to me. I'm not seeing it with this guy or why he should be so heavily favoured. What am I missing?

until the most stacked fight card possibly ever. 6 genuinely 50/50s plus Shakur This is such a great card I really have no idea who wins most of these fights. I guess that is why I am so excited, I genuinely haven't a damn clue. Bivol decision - I thought he won the first fight personally. I think he looks razor sharp from his training footage, less distractions and Beterbiev has more wear and age so I have Bivol prevailing. I'll reluctantly go Callum Smith - He struggles with pressure and is at the very tail end of his career but I am just not convinced Buatsi is that guy but the same could be said for Smith. I'm even doubting myself big time as I type this and thinking Buatsi winning is more the common sense pick. Smith looks dangerous af at a certain level but everytime Smith steps up he is found badly wanting, I see Buatsi as sort of right in between where Smith looks great or completely comes undone so its hard to pick and I'm also struggling too picture how their styles would match. Then you have Buatsi who struggles with everyone but barely edges it, for me a guy who looks terrible always but finds a way to just nick it, up to now anyway . If I didn't know what I do about Smith I'd very strongly favour him. Shakur obviously Dubois - I'm not as confident as I was but I truly believe Wilder and Zhangs non existent workrates &limitations flattered him and Parker is not really improved but he fought a smart fight. Dubois is a man on a mission. Sheeraz - Far from sold on his chin (the weight won't help) but he is a giant, can bang, very good jab just for those reasons very difficult to beat unless he is drained. Adames is solid but solid won't be enough. Even if Adames is a little bit better I suspect Sheeraz has the right combination of size and power to turn it in his favour. Ortiz via late stoppage. Does he hit as hard as people think? Not for me. A bit like Spence more work rate and grinds you down and that is how I see him winning. I think Madrimovs biggest weaknesses are him throwing from too far out (though he gets away with it a lot as he is that explosive) his stamina and I feel he is a guy who takes it well up top but his body is suspect. Ortiz stoppage or comes on strong enough down the stretch to eek out a points win. Zhang vs Kabayel I have absolutely zero idea, I can not recall being so uncertain on a fight (yes even more so that all the uncertainty above). I don't want to fence sit but I really have no clue other than no result at all would surprise me. I could see Zhang dropping him a few times and taking a decision or stopping him. I can see Kabayel outboxing him to a decision or stopping an exhausted Zhang. Even the draw. No result would surprise me. My prediction based on flipping a coin a few times is Zhang via stoppage, the coin has spoken! Interested in your predictions/thoughts​

I know he has always been awkward and such but this guy has brain damage, dementia or something seriously wrong with him. Every time I see him being interviewed ringside he is talking then blanks out mid-sentence and starts looking around and being all confused. I don't know what it is exactly but this is not anxiety, ADHD or just being awkward, this man is legitimately damaged and needs his license revoked for his own good.

This maybe unpopular but I feel he had the tools to win or at least do a lot better and Ronnie Shields did a terrible job. Dogshit trainer, no really fcvking awful trainer. Everyone tosses this guy off as being this great trainer yet I can't even remember a time when he had a fighter that came in that didn't fight like a total dipsh1t and to his opponents strength. Be Cuban - Win rounds. Instead he tried to out Benavides him. I knew from his amateur days he couldn't box going backwards but I didn't think he'd just stand there getting tee'd off on. Good on the front foot, you push him back he doesn't throw a punch. Absolute dumb as sh1t gameplan. Yeah, exciting but standing in front of him? Are you dumb? Sorry but you talked about lateral movement and called him Robocop yet fought like that yourself. Round 11-12 was more like it but this dumb ass stood in front of David Benavides, static with a high guard, leaving his body exposed. Proving, showing what? You're tough? I knew that. Like come on, who does that? You don't stand in front of this guy. I'm sorry but that was an awful gameplan and it feels wrong saying that as he fought like someone without one. Credit to Benavides - Monster, no but bloody good fighter. Underrated guard first off. Dare I say and yes its an ineffective martial art but its very similar to Wing Chun? I think he smacks everyone but Bivol and Beterbiev. Morrell - I think he has enough skills and is athletic enough to be a force. Not a phenom like they claim but if he had half a brain, some ring IQ to accompany his size/power he'd be a bad dude he is just dumb as his team. I don't think say Plant is as physically gifted nor talented and he hasn't the southpaw factor yet he did better just because he had a gameplan and a solid trainer. Again - unpopular but Morrell is limited and has no ring IQ He hasn't really improved from when he fought Julio Cesar La Cruz in the amateurs - Good talent, can't fight going backwards and does all this shuffling and wasted movement with no purpose. Then or vs Benavides like why for what purpose? Ya miles behind ya twonk

25yr old, 6'2, huge Middleweight. Decorated amateur, also fought in IBA with those big pillows. 6-0 with 6 K.Os I am not familiar with his opponent but he seems to be a good, honest pro going solely based off his record. Experienced Mexican with power and only stopped once despite being matched very heavy. Keep an eye out for him, he's very good.

I'd seen the odd snippet from say vs Monzon but hadn't really done my homework. What a beautiful style and unbelievable fighter. Smooth as silk, a bit like a more graceful version of the Tyson/Patterson only behind better fundamentals. Great footwork, one of the most balanced fighters I've seen. A converted lefty I am guessing? Great footwork, jab, superb head movement, unbelievable balance and dexterity. There is a 36min long documentary on YT about him I'm going to stick on.

has to be Erislandy Lara He fought everyone that would fight him, mostly when they was undefeated or red hot at the time. Called out all the boogeymen. For me he still hasn't been conclusively beaten. I thought Hurd edged it by 1` with the late knockdown but you could easily make a case for Lara. I'm sure he's made a lot of money and has a great life for it but it has still done him dirty. If he gets those or a few of those decisions this guys up there on the p4p lists and up there with the greats and the whole landscape is changed. Williams was a terrible robbery, one of the worst I've seen and for me he clearly beat Canelo. I didn't agree with the draw vs Castano either and he's even edging Father Time on my scorecard. He's 42 in a few months and still going strong. Sure he's had a few soft touches lately but to be still competing let alone at that level at his age, huge respect.

I am not sold on Parker being improved or whatever he just fought two, static, limited as you like punchers who throw a grand total of 3 punches a round, between them. I feel Dubois showed a lot more against Miller, Hrgovic, AJ who are maybe not as 'dangerous' from a sheer power perspective but are no way near as limited. I think Parker has looked bad for years and years and frankly never lived up to expectations. Currently he is being really hyped for beating two punchers who quite frankly didn't even try. Sounds harsh but is it wrong? They was both pathetic. Wilder didn't throw a punch did he? And Zhang practically needed an oxygen mask after 3 rounds. He is still the same guy who struggled vs Jack Massey moving up, Junior FA who is awful. I don't think he looked or showed anything great vs Zhang or Wilder he just did slightly more than two guys who did bugger all. I don't see how he deals with DDDs jab. His pressure, his power, his self belief. Parker as always will just come to stink it up. He fights every fight like he is in survival mode, there is no urgency or killer instinct and its frustrating. Parker has a little handspeed and an alright overhand on him. He is just going to box negatively, land a few overhands, Dubois with his newfound confidence will realise he can take them and just walk him down behind that ramrod jab and bust him up until Lee throws in the towel. He has nothing for Dubois imo

I don't feel it was as competitive as I initially thought. I thought having it wide for Usyk was a bit whacky at first now on another watch I think I am in agreeance or certainly see where they are coming from. Fury took a knife to a gun fight, his legs have gone and tbh the gameplan was poor but about all he could muster really considering. Did he really expect to win by trying to hold centre ring, keeping his right glove glued to his cheek and jostling to try prevent Usyk coming over the top? Usyk simply level changed, went underneath and to the body which was there all night. He didn't exert himself just banged away to the body and racked up points and the supposedly multi-dimensional and adaptable Fury had no answer. I didn't see any adjustments or advice from Sugar Hill? Offered nothing but ''keep your fvcking hand up maaan''. I think he put on weight to absorb a shot better and took way less risks, it was more about not getting badly hurt again. That first fight for me has scarred him. The weight, gameplan & so on seemed more about simply not having another round 9 than coming in to win. For someone who claims they're a fighting man and is regarded as having such heart and being the gypsy king etc it was rather disappointing, and this maybe unpopular but I am convinced Usyk never got out of 2nd gear and just did enough almost. I think in a way he took pity on Fury. There was several times he buzzed Fury and didn't jump on him. A lot of these supposed early rounds that went to Fury was controlled by Usyk and Fury landed maybe 1 right hand towards the end which simply wasn't enough to undo all the good work Usyk had put in for the previous 2 1/2 mins. Those that think it was really close must be ignoring the body work from Usyk and those little stabs that don't look much not only score but take a tole and why Fury slowed by mid-point. Fury looked slower and landed hardly anything of note or significance, no speed or snap on his punches & a lot of what he 'landed' wasn't scoring shots. Usyk was blocking, sliding, slipping so many shots. I honestly did not realise live just how little Fury landed clean, very little got through. Considering the size disadvantage, how aggressive he was that was a very good defensive performance from Usyk. The odd time he did get through Usyk smiled as-if it was a proud Father moment. I do not buy Usyk looked better than ever, he didn't have to be, he just boxed within himself. ​

I get he is a victim of being too good. He is ducked however he is a big MW, he is at his peak and his best is what Denzel Bentley? Rob Brant? lol It feels almost wrong having such a high opinion on a fighter whose resume is so poor. He has fought once vs a terrible opponent in well, well over a year. And I get why he is ducked not only is he good, he is unknown probably among a lot of rather hardcore fans also. He is a very, very high risk and brings absolutely no reward but a bit of singing and praising from maybe a few thousand hardcore boxing nerds. SMW you have Canelo, Benavidez and Morrell (tied up), Berlanga (sells tickets), Plant (sells tickets and love him or hate him he is one of very few out there that just wants to fight and challenge himself), Mbilli, Mungaia (ticket seller) I am sure I have missed some. Derevyanchenko I'm sure would welcome him up if he wanted to test the waters. I don't understand why he is reluctantly wasting his prime doing precious little in a dead division. He is to good to be doing this. If he was 25-26 sure but he is 31-32 now. The money, the big fights, the legacy fights are a division north. For me only Sheeraz and Adames are intriguing and they're both ducking him. Lara would fight him I bet problem is Lara is going to make him look human if not terrible and despite Lara being that good he just isn't going to get a pass for looking like cr4p vs a 42yr old, then they really would have an excuse to duck him.

Tbh none of the women can apart from Claressa. I have to be honest and say what I see I don't care what success she has had, Katie Taylor can not box. She just drops her head and flails away. The same four punch combination before falling in and smothering every single time. Drops her head looking at her shoes and windmills left, right, left right then falls forward over and over and over and the only damage she ever does is with falling forward using her head as a battering ram. {"alt":"Click image for larger version Name:\tcats-fighting-fighting-cats.gif Views:\t0 Size:\t1,002.8 KB ID:\t32381330","data-align":"none","data-attachmentid":"32381330","data-size":"full"} That is all I see, exactly that.

I did pick Usyk in the first fight and he was denied a stoppage win. I was adamant he'd beat him, really I should be thinking he wins easier but I actually don't. I'm an Usyk fanboy but I think Fury probably edges the rematch. Usyk is old and steadily declining. An excellent performance vs Fury. Brilliant to see this 'blown up middleweight' walk down a 6'9, 270lb giant. I think the element of surprise has now gone, not to say Usyk will be easy he absolutely will not. Not to say he can't have success on the backfoot or other ways even, he absolutely can in fact I thought he'd do that more in parts and look to make Fury overextend and give up his height. This maybe unpopular because Fury took more damage but for me at Usyks age and such, that fight, all the others, that performance will have taken more out of him in the long run. You just can not underestimate how physically demanding it is fighting, grappling with naturally much larger men especially at his age with all that wear and tear. Don't get me wrong Fury is no spring chicken either and been dropped and hurt more times than I can count in recent memory but I feel a bigger can withstand it for a longer period. I think those 12 rounds even though he took a bit of a beating at times did Fury more good than it did Usyk. I feel he will come in better prepared, fitter, sharper, wiser. I get when Fury says it was easier than he expected he sounds delusional but I also get the points that he is trying to make. Yes it was only maybe 4 rounds he sustained it but Usyk was far too stationary, far too easy to hit and he was always going to surge, he always does but this time I don't think it'll come. I think he is just at that age, took that much damage and Father Time will come calling and he won't be able to put his foot down, he couldn't in the first fight and he didn't throw his usual volume. All this time since, another gruelling camp, it adds up, it all takes a tole. Its not a technical breakdown its more my gut instinct but I also get why many will favour Usyk and why he is perhaps favourite. I just think its timing & Usyks time is coming to its end. Obviously there will be some adjustments and such but I don't think they will necessarily be a big factor its more simply timing. His physical attributes, Usyks age, wear & tear and being on a slow decline. I just see Fury taking it. Similar to the first fight only with the roles reversed.