Boxing Thread

[gallsman]

Thurman wins in what was easily the best fight of the year so far. Really enjoyable fight fair play to both boxers. Thurman deserved decision just about. Porter is one tough boxer and put up a good show.

You obviously didn't see Salido-Vargas a few weeks ago.

[BennyHarp]

Agree on Murray, he looked shot last night. A lot of tough fights catching up on him.  Should have won world title in any one of his title fights bar GGG. A few hometown decisions went against him.
Still not convinced about Joshua,  merely on the fact he has fought nobody,  granted there isn't a whole pile out there.  I still think Fury beats him.

To be fair to Murray he is as hard as nails and many a fighter would have packed it in during round 9. Unfortunately he's become a go to fighter for guys who need a tough fight before moving up a level. It's a shame as he was so unlucky in two of his world title bids.

I know people, (justifiably), don't like him but I love watching Eubank Jr. I think he'll give GGG a war and is one of very few fighters who has the confidence to bring it to him, but he's far too open and the fight won't last too long I'd imagine.

I agree about Joshua. Still not convinced. He is very one dimensional, throwing the same combinations over and over, yes he hits very hard but can he mix it up and adapt when his big bombs aren't landing and he's getting picked off......like Fury would do?

[JimStynes]

Joshua got caught with a punch in his second last fight and he was in trouble. A better fighter would have had him out of there. So I am not convinced on his chin.
Cant find the full fight for thurman and porter but the highlights are great! Looked like a war, both men throwing serious power punches in every exchange.

[nrico2006]

Fury looking a tube right now after his slating of Haye when he was injured and postponed

Have you seen his ankle?

Not disputing his injury, just seems very hypocritical to call a fight of with an injury when he lambasted Haye for doing the same.

[nrico2006]

Agree on Murray, he looked shot last night. A lot of tough fights catching up on him.  Should have won world title in any one of his title fights bar GGG. A few hometown decisions went against him.
Still not convinced about Joshua,  merely on the fact he has fought nobody,  granted there isn't a whole pile out there.  I still think Fury beats him.

To be fair to Murray he is as hard as nails and many a fighter would have packed it in during round 9. Unfortunately he's become a go to fighter for guys who need a tough fight before moving up a level. It's a shame as he was so unlucky in two of his world title bids.

I know people, (justifiably), don't like him but I love watching Eubank Jr. I think he'll give GGG a war and is one of very few fighters who has the confidence to bring it to him, but he's far too open and the fight won't last too long I'd imagine.

I agree about Joshua. Still not convinced. He is very one dimensional, throwing the same combinations over and over, yes he hits very hard but can he mix it up and adapt when his big bombs aren't landing and he's getting picked off......like Fury would do?

Outr of all the potential candidates at middleweight I would see Eubank as good as anybody and the most likely to cause GGG problems.  Eubank is very talented but can be hit.

As for Joshua, he is too stiff and predictable and in all reality he has fought nobody yet.  People like to laud how he has proven he has a chin because he got hit by a punch from Whyte, I'm also not convinced.  I couldn't see him going the distance with Haye and Fury would keep him at bay for 12 rounds.

[bridgegael]

Any announcement on what TV channel is picking up the Frampton fight?

[BennyHarp]

Kell Brook v Gennady Golovkin on Sept 10th at O2. Great fight! Wonder what the Eubanks will have to say about that. 

[omaghjoe]

Kell Brook v Gennady Golovkin on Sept 10th at O2. Great fight! Wonder what the Eubanks will have to say about that.

Never saw that comin in a million years!

[oakleaflad]

Kell Brook v Gennady Golovkin on Sept 10th at O2. Great fight! Wonder what the Eubanks will have to say about that.

Never saw that comin in a million years!

+1

Not disappointed though

[JimStynes]

Can't wait!! Might even try get over to England for that fight!

[omaghjoe]

Whats so great about it? Brook is 2 divisions below GGG and going on past talk from him, this fight will be at 160.

Brook might be able to test him technically but Golovkin will be able to walk thru his punches and land his bombs if he doesnt like it

Another cakewalk, Brook could get hurt. GGG has cleared out MW so he should be going up to look for opponenets not down and down again

[BennyHarp]

Whats so great about it? Brook is 2 divisions below GGG and going on past talk from him, this fight will be at 160.

Brook might be able to test him technically but Golovkin will be able to walk thru his punches and land his bombs if he doesnt like it

Another cakewalk, Brook could get hurt. GGG has cleared out MW so he should be going up to look for opponenets not down and down again

I think it's a bit like when the Khan - Canelo fight was announced, in the respect that it's come completely out of the blue, which has generated the excitement and is most definitely an intriguing match up. In my view Brook is massively underrated and for me is the best welterweight in the world. He's big for welterweight, he's unbeaten and unlike Khan, when he stepped up, he doesn't have a glass jaw. The thing about Brook is that we don't know how good he is and this is the big fight that he has needed to make a statement. That's not to say he will win, I think he'll most likely get knocked out, but it's a nothing to lose fight for Brook, win and he's propelled to superstardom, lose and he still is 147 champion with a much bigger profile to get the big money fights in the division. It's by far the biggest fight of the year in Britain and yes you can pick holes in it all day long if you want but I for one am genuinely excited about it and will do my best to make it down to watch it. 

[TF15]

Khan Canelo and Brook GGG kind of sums boxing up at the minute. Firstly, two world class British fighters at the same weight class won't fight each other, one jumps up crazy weight to get a mega fight but is also a suicide mission. What does Brook do? Outdoes Khan in another suicide mission against the p4p best fighter in the world 2 weight classes above.

While on the other side we have Canelo who's team won't let him fight GGG so he drops back to 154 to fight Liam bloody Smith.

There's no way on earth Brook wins this, if you think there is you don't understand boxing and weight classes, this isn't WWE. GGG has a serious chin and walks through middleweight punches, is the most vicious puncher in boxing and has exceptional footwork to cut the ring off. Brook wouldn't win if he came into the ring with a baseball bat. At least Eubank was a live challenge but this is nonsense. Boxing is a mess right now.

[DuffleKing]

In fairness to brook I think he'd fight anyone but has been sidestepped by a lot of people who should be facing him.

[TF15]

I agree, Brook wants a big fight but public pressure has made him go for this lunacy as the Vargas fight was getting tricky to make and he couldn't face not fighting a big name. It's not good for the sport, even if it generates big hype. It's frustrating.