Tonight showed me this era is full of Rocky fans

[The Gambler1981]

I thought last night showed that a lot of fans on here were raised watching mainly welterweights.

This right here.

What I thought watching the fight is this is why I always liked heavyweight boxing which is not quite the same as boxing in the lower divisions. It is what I really got into watching in the early 90's when I was a young lad and pulled me further in with like Ibaebuchi-Tua.

Over the decades I have picked up a taste for smaller fighters because heavy has been disappointing, but nothing beats the big guys when then put on a show and last night they put on a real show.

[JasonBoxing]

Joshua is a household name in the UK already. And half the girls just brought themselves cucumbers with his name on it.

[JasonBoxing]

I thought last night showed that a lot of fans on here were raised watching mainly welterweights.

This is perfect. The last time anyone seriously watched a Heavyweight era was the 90's, so most fans on here were definitely grew up to smaller men fight.

Last night wasn't remotely close to a rockem sockem heavyweight fight. That was just a very good exciting heavyweight fight with bursts of aggressive activity.

Skillset was on display last night in a way most welterweight fans don't understand and fail to recognize.


The bottom line is this:
AJ is a household name in the UK. He is front page news and the reason is that he's a heavyweight.
As massive AS Hatton was, AJ will be bigger simply because it's still the glamour division.

[-MAKAVELLI-]

Ya'll think boxing is rock em sock em robots..Joshua got dropped by a 41 year old shot to **** Klit....Fury made Wlad look like a damn fool and he himself is not even that good.. a little movement makes average fighters look terrible..But of course yall call that running instead of skill..Sure the fight was entertaining to casuals but what i saw was an old man capitalizing on a young mans mistakes,,and a young man stopping an old man who had his best days beating up fighters we cant even remember the names of..Wlad fought who he had to fight but who will actually be remembered who he defeated?? I wish Joshua nothing but the best as he is on the right road but please stop overrating this fight

So you complain about people not appreciating all styles when people b1tch about Floyd but here you are complaining about another style of boxing

[Porter's Dad]

Just bumping this thread. Because Larry, in his attempts to come across as superior, as well as glorify the gawd that is Floyd Mayweather, said something that no-one else in the boxing community felt.

This isn't even a divisive fight where a solid group of people thought the fight was overrated and nothing more than a bar room brawl. Every single report I have read on the fight, all the legitimately smart boxing people I follow on social media, adored this fight and were happy of the shine it gave the sport. This is one of those fights that makes you happy to be a boxing fan, and makes all the **** we put up with worth it.

But the guy who once predicted Adrien Broner would be the fighter of the decade (to be fair, the decade isn't over), disagrees with everyone else. People who have followed the sport for decades are wrong and Larry is right. Everyone else is wrong and Larry is right.

Right, Larry?

[The Big Dunn]

This right here.

What I thought watching the fight is this is why I always liked heavyweight boxing which is not quite the same as boxing in the lower divisions. It is what I really got into watching in the early 90's when I was a young lad and pulled me further in with like Ibaebuchi-Tua.

Over the decades I have picked up a taste for smaller fighters because heavy has been disappointing, but nothing beats the big guys when then put on a show and last night they put on a real show.

I agree with your point about nothing entertains quite like a great hwt fight, which is what I thought Joshua/wlad was.

[The Big Dunn]

Ya'll think boxing is rock em sock em robots..Joshua got dropped by a 41 year old shot to **** Klit....Fury made Wlad look like a damn fool and he himself is not even that good.. a little movement makes average fighters look terrible..But of course yall call that running instead of skill..Sure the fight was entertaining to casuals but what i saw was an old man capitalizing on a young mans mistakes,,and a young man stopping an old man who had his best days beating up fighters we cant even remember the names of..Wlad fought who he had to fight but who will actually be remembered who he defeated?? I wish Joshua nothing but the best as he is on the right road but please stop overrating this fight

Gotta disagree with you homie. I thought this was a great fight.

Real drama. Real entertainment. Both men came back from what appeared to be the end. The right hand from wlad that knocked aj down. The uppercut from aj.

You could argue the stoppage was a bit premature. I also understand the point you are making. That said, I think you are being overly critical of this fight.

I would welcome a rematch or aj/fury or aj/wilder because I think we will get more drama and entertainment even though we won't be watching a boxing genius.

[Johnny Rubber]

shut yo racist ass up and **** off b1tch,.seriously i get tired of your racial ass agenda..you are a h0e and pure pu22y..you talk all this pro black **** but when a black man wants to fight you ..you threaten to shoot him and his kids..you are no better then the damn KKK..you are literally a piece of **** and i would love nothing more then to beat the dog **** out of yo h0e ass

Pot, meet Kettle!

[Johnny Rubber]

b1tch please..i never reported you..ill gladly beat you to sleep

Careful what you wish for Larry! You have soft facial features and will lump up like a sack of apples.

Just saying.

[Dean_Razorback]

i thought boxing was supposed to be violent. i mean, isn't a boxing match a fight after all?