Boxing Thread

[JimStynes]

Heavyweight division is a farce and has been for some years and Fury winning highlights even more. I always thought he was a decent enough boxer but his name beside the likes of Mike Tyson is funny. Saying that, I was over the moon for him, he has been entertaining and backed up all of what he was saying he was going to do. Behind all his shit talk and antics he seems like a decent spud and normal enough sort of fella and apparently does a lot of charity work too.

[muppet]

Didn't see it but watched a bit of it on youtube (without sound) and it looked tedious.

Great comment below the video though:

'He floats like a buffalo and stings like a whale.'

[BennyHarp]

Well GSTQ was his anthem pre fight so I presume he's of that view himself

God Save The Queen' rang out in the Esprit Arena in Dusseldorf on Saturday night, but that was not what Tyson Fury desired.

Instead, due to his self-identification as both British and Irish, the new heavyweight world champion wanted 'We Are The World' played in place of the British national anthem before his title bout with Wladimir Klitschko.

Fury's manager and promoter Mick Hennessy, quoted by The Sun, told of how his fighter's request was not carried out.

They weren't supposed to play a national anthem because he considers himself British and Irish.

They were supposed to play We Are The World but they played one national anthem. He's born in England but he's of Irish heritage.
Fury, who has called himself 'the first Irish heavyweight world champion', has established Irish roots.

His father is from Galway, his mother Antrim.

Back in 2012, he defeated Martin Rogan to win the then vacant Irish heavyweight title.

[Green Fields]

Fury has been stripped of the IBF title - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/boxing/35047606, the fact that there is 4 world titles shows what a joke boxing is, sure even Bruno won a world title!

[Syferus]

Fury has been stripped of the IBF title - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/boxing/35047606, the fact that there is 4 world titles shows what a joke boxing is, sure even Bruno won a world title!

Makes a joke of the IBF. The man just beat the undisputed true world champion. Probably the only WC you could really recognize is the Ring's semi-imaginary one. At least there's a bit of integrity left in how that one works.

[nrico2006]

Boxing is a shambles and the IBF are a disgrace in this case, how can he be stripped so soon after winning it.  Surely they would benefit from being attached to the nearest thing to an undisputed champion that there is.  Was excited for Fury too as there was only one fight required to become undisputed now the situation becomes more diluted.  People point to the UFC as the example but I imagine that over time they will become fragmented too. 

[finbar o tool]

ridicules to be stripped of a belt for that reason, even if hes a bit of a twat!

[Green Fields]

Fury has been stripped of the IBF title - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/boxing/35047606, the fact that there is 4 world titles shows what a joke boxing is, sure even Bruno won a world title!

Makes a joke of the IBF. The man just beat the undisputed true world champion. Probably the only WC you could really recognize is the Ring's semi-imaginary one. At least there's a bit of integrity left in how that one works.

Really does the WBC not count at all then?

[Syferus]

Fury has been stripped of the IBF title - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/boxing/35047606, the fact that there is 4 world titles shows what a joke boxing is, sure even Bruno won a world title!

Makes a joke of the IBF. The man just beat the undisputed true world champion. Probably the only WC you could really recognize is the Ring's semi-imaginary one. At least there's a bit of integrity left in how that one works.

Really does the WBC not count at all then?

Not a man on Earth besides Deontay Wilder thinks he is the lineal world champion. All he did was pick up the title Wlad's brother left behind when he got bored of beating up chumps.

[nrico2006]

There hasn't been an undisputed heavyweight champion since the hugely over-rated Lennox Lewis.

[gallsman]

There hasn't been an undisputed heavyweight champion since the hugely over-rated Lennox Lewis.

Laughable statement.

[screenexile]

Boxing is a shambles and the IBF are a disgrace in this case, how can he be stripped so soon after winning it.  Surely they would benefit from being attached to the nearest thing to an undisputed champion that there is.  Was excited for Fury too as there was only one fight required to become undisputed now the situation becomes more diluted.  People point to the UFC as the example but I imagine that over time they will become fragmented too.

Do you read the papers/web/social media? What possible advantage has anyone being aligned to Fury?

He's a complete f**king clown. Yes he beat Klitschko but it was one of the worst fights I've ever witnessed, just because he is some kind of circus freak doesn't suddenly make him a credible world champion. Heavyweight boxing's been on its arse for nigh on 10 years and Fury isn't the man who's gonna save it!!

[oakleaflad]

There hasn't been an undisputed heavyweight champion since the hugely over-rated Lennox Lewis.

Wlad?

[nrico2006]

Boxing is a shambles and the IBF are a disgrace in this case, how can he be stripped so soon after winning it.  Surely they would benefit from being attached to the nearest thing to an undisputed champion that there is.  Was excited for Fury too as there was only one fight required to become undisputed now the situation becomes more diluted.  People point to the UFC as the example but I imagine that over time they will become fragmented too.

Do you read the papers/web/social media? What possible advantage has anyone being aligned to Fury?

He's a complete f**king clown. Yes he beat Klitschko but it was one of the worst fights I've ever witnessed, just because he is some kind of circus freak doesn't suddenly make him a credible world champion. Heavyweight boxing's been on its arse for nigh on 10 years and Fury isn't the man who's gonna save it!!

Fury will be involved in bigger fights that will generate more money and exposure than anything Vyacheslav Glazkov will bring.

[oakleaflad]

Boxing is a shambles and the IBF are a disgrace in this case, how can he be stripped so soon after winning it.  Surely they would benefit from being attached to the nearest thing to an undisputed champion that there is.  Was excited for Fury too as there was only one fight required to become undisputed now the situation becomes more diluted.  People point to the UFC as the example but I imagine that over time they will become fragmented too.

Do you read the papers/web/social media? What possible advantage has anyone being aligned to Fury?

He's a complete f**king clown. Yes he beat Klitschko but it was one of the worst fights I've ever witnessed, just because he is some kind of circus freak doesn't suddenly make him a credible world champion. Heavyweight boxing's been on its arse for nigh on 10 years and Fury isn't the man who's gonna save it!!

Too many boxers worried about protecting their 0 and then coming unstuck when fighting a top class opponent having beat up on bums in all their previous fights. I don't think the standard is as bad as people make out compared to years ago it's just the top boxers don't fight as often at heavyweight anymore.
If you had Fury, Wlad, Povetkin, Wilder, Stiverne, Pulev, Chagaev, Glazkov, Jennings, Joshua, Parker, Haye etc. facing each other it might not seem so bad.
Another problem is the lack of a real American heavyweight star, only two of the above names are American. Wilder could possibly become this if he unifies the titles and faces some of these fighters but at the minute he doesn't have that appeal.