Entire article about egg/boxing puns and you miss: poached, runny, fried, eggshell, egged, good/bad egg, egg on the face, all eggs in one basket and Fabergé... all commonly used in boxing commentary that isn't trying to be eggsplicitly egg related. Apart from Fabergé of course, which rarely ever gets a mention but is in my opinion criminally underused in the boxing world.
Catterall had Josh Taylor's number, but doesn't really have much going for him outside being awkward fighter that more often than not is either outboxed or outfought.
32 wins, 2 losses, one of which he arguably won... 'more often than not he is outboxed or outfought' though eh?
SMH
No, but concussive knock outs over opponents are something to get a hard on over (something Wilder is capable of producing but Anthony Joshua isn't because he is a relative feather fist). Couldn't even keep a 'glass jawed' 41 year old man with a 2 year lay off down for the 10 count.
Care to name who did?
After 69 pro fights, 28 world title fights, 15 of which were unified... and a so-called 'glass jaw'... there must have been multiple occasions he was out for the count. No?
More likely he had an iron jaw considering some of the punches he took in that time. His well documented stamina issues on the other hand, the cause of his TKO losses, were solved by slowing the pace and boxing at range. Effective but just a little boring.
Yeah he looked, dare i say it, fragile. His power still there, which against most is enough, but we all know Canelo can happily eat his shots and come right back asking for more. GGG's slight dip in speed and punch resistance like what we saw tonight is all Canelo needs to put a beating on him.
The HW division is bad now but it’s going to be awful in 5-10 years. I’m really hoping Tokyo 2020 produces a quality HW prospect.
What makes for a better division? Greater competitiveness throughout or a top dog head and shoulders above the rest? Because if you ask me the current scene has a healthy mix of the two...
I agree that Fury was schooling Wilder but Wilder only needed to have won 2 rds besides the KD rds to have tied,which he definitely Did regardless if the casuals who watch the fight without scoring rd by rd like the rules say claim otherwise.
Please learn how to score a boxing match.
Below are two columns. The left hand side would be Wilders round scores using your 'scenario', the right hand side Furys. I'll leave the math to you ;)
10 - 8
10 - 8
10 - 9
10 - 9
9 - 10
9 - 10
9 - 10
9 - 10
9 - 10
9 - 10
9 - 10
9 - 10
Total: ? - ?
So regardless my point stands the result was fair.
Yeah. Considering the scorecard that went to Wilder it could have been far worse. The draw is acceptable, albeit unsatisfying.
Derisory... as in it was a truly lowball offer? More likely it was an offer for more than Fury has ever earned or even dreamt he'd earn. The problem being that Joshua was set to earn that much more, being the ticket seller and all that.
Yeah AJ needs to stfu already and just train...
Maybe you didn't read the bit about it being a press conference? You gotta do some talking in them, even if you've got nothing interesting to say, which to be fair most boxers don't ;)
In the third part of a trilogy of press conferences to promote the rematch in Saudi Arabia, Britain's Joshua told reporters in London: "My fights...
Yes Vitali had the same deep cuts in the same spots against Lewis and the fight as you know was stopped.. . Furys face and cuts looked almost identical to Vitali's
Like Roy Jones' by Calzaghe, but he didn't get stopped... and there was Badou Jack's really nasty gash vs Browne, went the distance. Neither were the belt holders in the fights.
They were actually pretty close in connects. And if you take away the 2nd round, Ward outlanded Kovalev. Just because Kovalev punches harder doesn't mean Ward's shot don't count. You're also totally disregarding Ward's body work. It was coincidence that Kovalev slowed down in the second half of the fight.
I agree to a point. The point being that all the close rounds were given to Ward. The 10th was clearly Kovalevs and he outlanded Ward by a distance, bossing the round yet no one scored it for him. All the other rounds Ward was judged to have won there was maybe one punch difference either way, therefore close, and all could have gone either way if not shared.
Rewatch the 10th...
I guess if you call throwing less, landing less, moving backwards, being knocked down and being on the receiving end of the harder, more impressive shots effective then yes i have to agree Virgil ;)
So essentially china chin is saying that he wants to fight Brook but not for at least 12 months. Putting off a potential current opponent in favour of one that already has their next two fights lined up is nothing more than ducking in my book.
Crazy thing is, besides Hopkins, the other 3 were very winnable fights for Calzaghe and would've been looked at as better wins than a shot Roy Jones.
Can't argue with that, all fights i would have loved to have seen. But the guy was at the very end of his career and the Jones fight obviously meant more for him and his bank balance than the other fights could muster. As i say jones had been beaten before, by KO, but never so emphatically clowned and outclassed.
We saw what happened to both Pavlik and Dawson when they got their chances, not too far removed from Lacey. If those fights had happened and we were remembering them now... well i imagine due credit would be in just as short a supply as the Lacey fight now gets ;)
I can't count the Calzaghe-Jones fight as meaningless. Yes Jones wasn't as good as he once was and had lost the aura of invincibility. However he had never and still has never been as comprehensively outboxed, totally clowned and beaten up. You can't say age was an issue as they were both getting on and both had relied on their speed throughout their careers, speed which was diminishing. Power is the last thing you lose though and nobody but Calzaghe has given Jones free shots and laughed back in his face.
It was a meaningless fight despite the ring title, an exhibition at most and not too dissimilar to Hagler-Leonard... but what an exhibition it was.
I can't help thinking Calzaghes biggest enemy was Sky Sports. Boxing was no longer free to air while Sky and subscription satellite tv still a relatively new thing without the viewership it enjoys today. It took him years to start generating the money and interest needed to put himself in contention for the top fights. Unfortunately they were the same years most boxers hit their peak and he was essentially left treading water.
In his physical prime the only opportunities he got to go against the other title holders were immediately after they had lost theirs. A shame really as a super six style tourney back then could have been incredible.
"This guy is an Olympic Gold medallist and has not faced one challenger of consequence..."
Yeah Frank, and how many challengers is it that he has faced exactly? What? One? Only one, undefeated, as many fights as Joshua, 17 (KO 15), two months after winning title. Outrageous.
Tell us again how many challengers one of your title holders Billy Joe Saunders has faced since winning his a year ago and how many of them were 'of consequence'... while you are at it try describing how good BJS looked in doing so and how many fights it took him to get there.
Sorry bud but your critique is nothing but thinly veiled jealousy.
Pay-per-view a laugh? Yes i agree but in general not just this fight. They should all be 'free' considering most fights are already on subscription channels to begin with and we still get advertising despite paying extra on top!
...he humiliated him billy joe saunders won evey minute of every round...
Except that's not really happened is it, not in the real world, but if it makes you happy who am i to judge?
I don't think Vargas will win a single round, but he will be competitive in the rounds.
Smith wins via stoppages between rounds 7-10.
I have stated this before, yesterday.
Smith will be too strong, and Vargas's offense will be ineffective etc.
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"I said there are white privileges... you tell me does the western society & system give white privilege or black privilege??"
It gives merit where it is due. Your perceived lack of privilege certainly never held you back... getting KO'd by Sven Ottke in fight you were handily winning sure did though ;)
It's the biggest problem with boxing in my opinion... imagine any other sport with all the teams/players exclusively contracted to different tv channels to the point that the rival teams/players not contracted to any one channel don't even get a mention in their coverage.