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Is Whyte fighting wilder next then?
It was an eliminator, not a final eliminator. |
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Unlikely
It was an eliminator, not a final eliminator. |
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It was just that commentators mentioned it. Well done also kal yafai on a great win.
The only way Whyte fights him next is if Hearn offers something ridiculous to WIlder. Wouldnt surprise me though to see Whyte take on Ortiz though. |
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Klit sounded like Borat when he tried to get the crowd hyped up.
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One thing I doubt we'll get with AJ v klitschko is all the trash talk. Doesn't seem to be their style. A shame other fighters can't do the same.
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who do you suggest he fight?
Alexander Povetkin Tyson Fury Hughie Fury David Haye Joseph Parker Andy Ruiz Luis Ortiz Kubrat Pulev Jarrell Miller |
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Klitschko is at Old Trafford for the football
He's doing selfies at HT with fans having to stand on seats so that they are the same height
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Deontay Wilder
Alexander Povetkin Tyson Fury Hughie Fury David Haye Joseph Parker Andy Ruiz Luis Ortiz Kubrat Pulev Jarrell Miller Im pretty sure if he arranged a fight with Hughie fury, haye, or parker you would be complaining. Molina is ranked higher by the IBF than both Miller and Hughie fury as well. If he fights them you would still be complaining. Andy Ruiz doesnt even seem to be in the top 15 of either WBC, WBA or IBF and is only ranked by the WBO highly, the same as Parker. Neither for me are top standard fights for Joshua. People shout and scream about a champion only fighting crap fighters yet never actually think about it. They can only beat what is in their division. You cant exactly pull fighters out of time and say he should be fighting Tyson or Ali. |
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Fury isnt fighting at the moment, good luck getting that fight arranged.
Im pretty sure if he arranged a fight with Hughie fury, haye, or parker you would be complaining. Molina is ranked higher by the IBF than both Miller and Hughie fury as well. If he fights them you would still be complaining. Andy Ruiz doesnt even seem to be in the top 15 of either WBC, WBA or IBF and is only ranked by the WBO highly, the same as Parker. Neither for me are top standard fights for Joshua. People shout and scream about a champion only fighting crap fighters yet never actually think about it. They can only beat what is in their division. You cant exactly pull fighters out of time and say he should be fighting Tyson or Ali. |
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At least he will have a tougher test with Wladimir, but I'm not sure what Dr Steelhammer has left.
He looked old during his last 2 fights & by the time he fights Joshua, he will have been out for 18 months & he'll be pushing 42. Wlad has his style of boxing and wont change it. The only change like you say is Wlad will be even older. I'm going to predict that Wlad is going to be laid out flat inside 5 rounds. |
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AJ just seems that much bigger and stronger than anything that is boxing at the moment - you look at the stats and a couple of inches here or there shouldn't make that much difference but he seems to tower over anybody else, including Vlad. He is very much a throw-back to the glory days of heavyweight boxing but I am not sure he really has anybody that can match him at present ... he will just get in there and the others will freeze, that has been the way of it thus far.
I wonder if Vlad will really fancy this as he is beginning to look like the middle-aged man he is and not the dominant machine he once was - tbh he lost that when he let an overweight clown dance around him for 12 rounds and never laid a glove on him in his last fight. Of course he may pick up another injury in the mean time.
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Is Whyte fighting wilder next then?
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Fury isnt fighting at the moment, good luck getting that fight arranged.
Im pretty sure if he arranged a fight with Hughie fury, haye, or parker you would be complaining. Molina is ranked higher by the IBF than both Miller and Hughie fury as well. If he fights them you would still be complaining. Andy Ruiz doesnt even seem to be in the top 15 of either WBC, WBA or IBF and is only ranked by the WBO highly, the same as Parker. Neither for me are top standard fights for Joshua. People shout and scream about a champion only fighting crap fighters yet never actually think about it. They can only beat what is in their division. You cant exactly pull fighters out of time and say he should be fighting Tyson or Ali. They could have put pressure on fighting Tyson before his suspension but decided to stay quiet. Miller and Hughie are both undefeated, young and hungrier than Molina (who was KO'd by Chris Arreola for crying out loud). Ruiz "not top standard", but just this weekend fought for a world title in a close match? He was also planned to fight Hughie before so it would be fair to assume he would be game for Joshua. In terms of the IBF rankings, why not fight Ortiz (who shares the same promoter)? His most difficult fight was Dillian Whyte - a Dillian Whyte, that for me and most others, lost that fight last night against Chisora. Excuses becoming a little tiresome. At least he's grown a pair now and fighting Wlad. Even if it is a 41-year-old Wlad that wouldn't have fought in over 17 months, it's still better than anyone else he's attempted to fight. |
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Its laughable that youre even pushing Hughie Fury. Tell me who he has fought that warrants him having a title fight right now? Ruiz fought a close fight against parker, both of which will get the same treatment from Joshua and be outclassed.
Ill give you WIlder and possibly Ortiz as better opponents but the rest of your list is laughable that your using them to criticise Joshuas opponents while putting them up as some standard bearers. Even Haye ill accept would be a decent fight but if Joshua connects then Haye is going down and if thats in the first 3 rounds then you WILL be complaining of a mismatch and fighting yet more bums. You just will. |
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Its laughable that youre even pushing Hughie Fury. Tell me who he has fought that warrants him having a title fight right now? Ruiz fought a close fight against parker, both of which will get the same treatment from Joshua and be outclassed.
Ill give you WIlder and possibly Ortiz as better opponents but the rest of your list is laughable that your using them to criticise Joshuas opponents while putting them up as some standard bearers. Even Haye ill accept would be a decent fight but if Joshua connects then Haye is going down and if thats in the first 3 rounds then you WILL be complaining of a mismatch and fighting yet more bums. You just will. Haye beats AJ anyway. No one would be complaining of a mismatch if that happened. |
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Thought the Whyte v Chisora was a great fight, both put their all in to it, I had it as a whyte win but v close.
Buglioni was good fight too, I had a bet on him as he's a good puncher so was happy with the result. Taylor fight was pretty boring and had no place that high up the card, but was probably nice for the crowd to have a pee and get the drinks in whilst it was on. Joshua again having a bum to fight, the WK fight will be interesting because WK can box but he won't like feeling the AJ power, shame Fury isn't around as he would have beaten WK in the rematch and AJ too. |
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This the Hughie Fury that is in talks to fight Wilder and Parker but apparently not good enough for Joshua? Why is that laughable?
Haye beats AJ anyway. No one would be complaining of a mismatch if that happened. You cant have it both ways. Either people fighting for the titles are worthy or they arent. |
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I was right; Whyte v Chisora should have been the main event!
I thought they were quite evenly matched, but I didn't think their fight would be that entertaining. Both men come out of this with full credit, although it doesn't do much for either in terms of their progression. Whyte showed he has heart, but when you consider that David Haye destroyed a younger & fresher Chisora almost five years ago, plus Tyson Fury totally outclassed Chisora a few years ago too show that Whyte still has work to do & that's assuming he hasn't plateaued. Chisora also showed heart as he always does, but it's the usual story with him; take step in class & lose, although, it was close & some thought he deserved it, just like the Helenius fight. As for Joshua, it's not his fault that they keep digging up corpses to put in front of him, but he really needs a true test. How on Earth was Eric Molina, a man destroyed by Chris Arreola deemed to be worthy of title shot? At least he will have a tougher test with Wladimir, but I'm not sure what Dr Steelhammer has left. He looked old during his last 2 fights & by the time he fights Joshua, he will have been out for 18 months & he'll be pushing 42. I think Wlad will finally be leaving the heavyweight stage - I could be wrong of course but if AJ connects flush with one of his booming punches then one of the greats will be leaving on his shield. If it does happen I do hope the yank press will be a lot kinder to him in retirement - mind you it took them long enough with Lennox. |
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Chris Eubank Jr on ITV PPV
http://www.itv.com/news/2016-12-13/c...tv-box-office/
What a bizarre move by Eubank Jr & ITV. It seems as if ITV have not learned from the disastrous ITV Sport & ITV Digital. Also, who is advising Eubank Jr? Do they really think we'll shell out to watch a man who was too gutless to fight Golovkin fight some non-entity on PPV? Get Golovkin in the other corner & then you can have your PPV Mr Eubank Jr! |
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I saw that announcement. I really don't get the decision, and is he that desperate to be a world champ that he is going for the IBO belt - I hadn't even head of that one and most people count the IBF as bad enough in terms of prestige.
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That will fail drastically. If anyone actually pays extra to watch it they are idiots.
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That will fail drastically. If anyone actually pays extra to watch it they are idiots.
Classic match up - Greb v Hagler. Harry mauls, brawls and guts his way to a close but unanimous decision over the Marvelous One. Thoughts anybody? |
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Agreed.
Classic match up - Greb v Hagler. Harry mauls, brawls and guts his way to a close but unanimous decision over the Marvelous One. Thoughts anybody? Greb is one of the greatest fighters at any weight & it's hard to pick against him. It would be a tremendous fights, but Greb is one of the few guys I could see getting the better of Sir Baldilocks! |
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I think you're might on the money.
Greb is one of the greatest fighters at any weight & it's hard to pick against him. It would be a tremendous fights, but Greb is one of the few guys I could see getting the better of Sir Baldilocks!
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Charles Martin is Back!
After the disastrous year that was 2016 for heavyweight boxing & just when you thought it was safe to watch heavyweight boxing again, the worst heavyweight 'champion' of all-time resurfaces & threatens to come back!
After his pathetic capitulation to Anthony Joshua, I thought Charles Martin's future lay as a nightclub bouncer, but I am now thinking that stand-up comedy might be more his thing! ![]() ![]() https://youtu.be/LG65CLbZ6Ms |
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