I like this fight/ Joshua has not beaten anyone to be world champ, Martins was a joke!
I think Joshua has the edge only as we do not know how much Klitschko has left. When he steps into the ring around 18 months out of the ring and coming off a loss which he averaged 12 punches around.
Should be an interesting fight
First congratulation to Joshua for being world champ, he does have a bright future ahead but like Lennox pointed out after the fight is that he is not the finish article and fury and hayes would be too soon for him next. I think an Ortiz, Pulev, Parker or Stiverne would be a good test for him. I would expect him to beat them but would help him improve as a fighter.
Lets not forget that Charles Martin would not have been champion is an other era of heavyweight boxing.....
99% chance Brook will duck the fight, even if the contract gets signed as happened with Alexander (twice) and Chaves. Hope he doesn't duck but he's got a very long track record of doing so now - Bradley, Rios, Thurman - he ducked out of negotiations with all of them too. It's insane how many fighters Brook has ducked so far, I'd strongly advise him to stop ducking because he'll just throw his career away and the guy has some talent so it's sad to see ducking this consistent and unrelenting.
LOL he actually called out Cotto and Pacquioa out in 09 as he was WBO mandatory or high in the ranking.
7 years on his only big fight was Shaun Porter, which was quite close.
Personally think he is going for Maywethers record of 49 - 0 but withtomatoes cans lol joke but he really needs to be fighting better opponents.
As much as Danny Garcia has been called a cherry picker, he has beat Khan, Lucus Matthysse, Petterson, Guerrero etc which is not a bad list.
I think you have to defend the belt 3 times to outright keep the belt. Which Degale is asking them to let him keep the belt but Eubank still be the champion.
Marquez has already said that he will not travel to the UK to fight.
Brook would be favourite in this fight.... I can not see Khan or Brook taking the Thurman fight. Thurman is to dangerous and Hearn would not want to put him in with a fighter as good but not that popular. Boxing fans know of him not beating a Paulie, Judah, Mosley or Maidana will get him explores.
PS if Khan fights that Chris Algeri............. Now who is cherry picking..... Get out of here with that stupid lame fight that is as bad as the jo jo dan fight but at least jo jo was mandatory fight.
If you think you will get the winner of the biggest fight in the last 20 years by beating JO JO Dan (who?) Kell is on crack.
I think the Marquez fight is very winnable for him after this fight. Something about Khan and him that I can not stand, at least Khan as fought better fighter.
The first time I saw Linares fight was on the undercard of Hopkins vs Dawson. That was the fight where Hopkins got injured.
He fought DeMarco, that was a good fight and saved that show. He was winning the fight and got caught in round 11 and TKO.
I think Crolla is at his peak and Linares is on the decline. Crolla will stop him late but will be a good fight.
I hope Linares is getting a good payday for this fight. Seems to be in some good scraps and is near the end of his career.
It is true that GGG would be a harder task than Canelo but the problem is that Liam Smith has not been tested and he is a world champion. Just think it is 2 or 3 levels above what he has fought at.
GGG knows what to do when guys try to hold.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZZ2GrBRNxY
Sorry my comment should have been, Brook will try to land and hold on GGG.
Try being the important word in the sentence. GGG has a great sniff Jab and is not Porter.
Great vid thanks :boxing:
Coming from the guy that just fought Amir Khan. Yes Amir has tremendous speed but he is lazy and always gets caught. Chris Algerie was catching him!
GGG has been avoided and the middle weight division is below par at the moment.
Just fight him, you were the one calling him out after the Khan fight.
Liam Smith is another warm up fight. If it means you will fight GGG soon, so be it just do not do a Stevenson and run away from the fight. Both are on HBO and GGG is starting to pick up buzz.
If these two were fighting purely on record and achievement, Degale should get the lion share but Groves is actually the bigger name in that he has fought Froch twice and probably sells more tickets than Degale, who last topped a bill in the UK in 2014 and it was on channel 5.
So i think to 50 50 is fair but both seem to not want to move on terms.
No thank you. The first fight was not great and no need for the rematch...... If Quigg could build himself up a little bit maybe in the future but I dont think people are really interested.
I thought that HBO did not like Khan as an opponent!!!!
He better be getting paid good for this fight as I can not see him winning this fight. Fair play for taking the risk and guess he really does not want to give Brook a pay day......
He is ducking Brook, like Chickenson with Kov, as Chickenson went to another network and fought C level fighters. Khan as gone in with a much big name and threat than Brook. I think it stupid and he will get KO.
I think Chisora is past it but still a decent fight for Joshua... Think he takes him out in 4 rounds.
Would love to see Joshua vs Bermane Stiverne. I think that would be a great test for him but maybe a bit too soon at the moment.
Yes Mayweather has fought everyone but you need to look more into when and not just the names.
Mayweather for me will go down as a mastermind in fighting people when he knew it was not a 50/50 fight. Fighting them at the right time for him and making the most money possible for him.
If he had fought Manny in 2009, Pacquiao would have had a better chance of winning, still think mayweather would have beat him, and would have walked away with say 50-60 mil. Making people wait and built up that fight like it would never happen and pacquiao getting older and losing some of his explosiveness from a business venture is brilliant. Hats off to you Mayweather, Money is a great nickname for you.
I might be wrong but did he walk away for the fight with 300 mil plus?
Image when Tyson was the main attraction and you would tell him that his PPV record would be beaten by a defence mastermind. Everyone would laugh at you.
Mayweather control of the fight is unbelievable and outland fighters in the punches department.
As a fight fan not fighting when its a 50/50 will always hurt. Knowing that he could have fought more Prime fighters and choosing not too will always mean that he is not a top 5 fighter of all time. If there were more hardcore fan then he would have been forced into the fight.
The fact that he left SRR off his top 5 suggests that he was the true great and does not even want to bring him in a conversation as deep down p4p fighter It goes SRR and everyone goes below.
Mayweather is pretty close to SRR but not TBE. Sugar Ray Robinson is TBE
Brook has a point but fighting C class fighters for the past 4 years does not mean he should automatically get one either. Boxing is about money and more money in Khan vs Alex than Brook vs Alex. Broner, Alexander, Guerrero, Maidana and Berto would be great test for him. Damn even Malignaggi,Thurman, Provodnikov, Vargas or Lopez would be interesting to see. I know that some have a fight coming up but Brook needs to step up.
Haye better not underestimate Tyson.
If, somehow, Tyson beats him, it's goodbye HW boxing.
Yeah, I remember think that before the Harrison fight. If Hayes looks this, its a long road, which I don't think Hayes is interested in :boxing:
Talented fighter just makes to many mistakes...... Heard all this from Khan before. Was not too impressed by his last win. I actually think on his day, if he boxes, he can give anyone a good fight
Carl's always stated that he felt he won a close fight and used the fact that Kessler after the fight had to pull out of the super six. Kessler like froch r only looking for big fights now and both careers are coming to an end....... one remembers Froch chasing Calz and seems like Froch will do the same to the up coming UK fighter whom want to fight him.
Can't wait for this fight :boxing:
I would like to see Price fight Helenius next that would determine where both men are
I agree, that would b a good fight. One thought that Chisora won a close fight against Helenius! Problem is that both will probably wait for a Klit fight. Not enough top fighters fight each other. I would favour Price in this fight though!! :boxing:
MAn this is great old now. I can't believe he's still trying to get a fight with Price. He has not even beaten anyone like Ali Adams to boast about how good he is!!!! Why WHY WHY!!! Is the man broke? Hayes was playing with him and could have ko in the first as well but wanted his friends to win there bets... Damn :wave::spankme::ghost::peeright:
Think this will be a close fight.... Something that Burns needs. I always bet against Burns and surprises me with his performance. I think Vazquez wins a boring sd....
LOL Pay no attention to Brook. He called out Manny and Cotto in 2009 when he was the wbo 1 challenger. For the past 4 years he has not step up to world class level. He keeps fighting for eliminators. He could be the greatest fighter in Britain but you really can't tell as he never fought anyone prime world class. Damn Ashley Theophane fought Garcia, Rodriguez and Cano. Yes Khan has not looked good in his past 2 fight but at least he has stepped up and fought some good fighters.
I hope he losses lol Something about this guy that is not right. He's been talked about being special but never really stepped up in class. Hope he changes my mind on Saturday. IMO over hyped.
I thought I was the only one, LOL. He should retire based on the fact he turned a title shot w/Bradley for an ELIMINATOR, with Saldivia. Idiot.....
Glad that someone agrees with me............. Shame on him for the Bradley turn down as I remember him wanting to fight Cotto or Manny in 2009. 3 years on and he turns down Bradley.