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Watching the Thompson - Solis card from the beginning yesterday I began to question why I was a boxing fan, even wondering if was truly one in the first place.
We had a fat bouncer bloke who looked like he had never boxed before. He got punched a few times, got a bloody nose and then quit on his stool. I was confused, but thought It's only the first fight, it didnt take up too much time and hopefully the others will be better
Then we got the high skilled chess match that was Turkish/German bloke vs. Oloukan. Pretty poor fight, neither really landed anything clean, but it was a clear Oloukan win. He landed all the shots that had any effect (and believe me there werent many) but then was stiffed on the scorecards. I thought OK thats two crap fights and a robbery, luckily weve got two skilled top 20 HW's about to come into the ring. Even if its not that exciting hopefully the skill level will be decent
HOLY ****ING CHRIST this was a horrible fight to watch.Any natural balance/ coordination that Solis had in the past was collapsing under the weight of 50lbs excess fat. Tony Thompson was the better of the two but he's always been a slippery fighter who doesnt land a whole lot clean, and his age has accentuated that. 7 rounds in I felt like I had been watching this fight for hours. Absolutely terrible. At one point the commentators stopped talking for like 2 minutes, along with the crowd (most of whom had left) and you STILL couldnt hear any clean punches landing. I had to check the sound on my TV (no word of a lie there)
Another one would be the Liverpool card last week, saved slightly by Tony 'I CARRY POWER' Bellew, but still shocking for the most part.
Any other soul destroying fight cards?
We had a fat bouncer bloke who looked like he had never boxed before. He got punched a few times, got a bloody nose and then quit on his stool. I was confused, but thought It's only the first fight, it didnt take up too much time and hopefully the others will be better
Then we got the high skilled chess match that was Turkish/German bloke vs. Oloukan. Pretty poor fight, neither really landed anything clean, but it was a clear Oloukan win. He landed all the shots that had any effect (and believe me there werent many) but then was stiffed on the scorecards. I thought OK thats two crap fights and a robbery, luckily weve got two skilled top 20 HW's about to come into the ring. Even if its not that exciting hopefully the skill level will be decent
HOLY ****ING CHRIST this was a horrible fight to watch.Any natural balance/ coordination that Solis had in the past was collapsing under the weight of 50lbs excess fat. Tony Thompson was the better of the two but he's always been a slippery fighter who doesnt land a whole lot clean, and his age has accentuated that. 7 rounds in I felt like I had been watching this fight for hours. Absolutely terrible. At one point the commentators stopped talking for like 2 minutes, along with the crowd (most of whom had left) and you STILL couldnt hear any clean punches landing. I had to check the sound on my TV (no word of a lie there)
Another one would be the Liverpool card last week, saved slightly by Tony 'I CARRY POWER' Bellew, but still shocking for the most part.
Any other soul destroying fight cards?
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