Boxing Thread

[square_ball]

He needs to tell the dad to sling his hook and get a proper team around him.

[MoChara]

Prince Naseem was the highlight of the night 😂

[BennyHarp]

Groves is a very skilled boxer and took Eubank Jr apart. I think Eubank has all the skills but until he winds in the ego and gets himself a decent trainer and coach, who he actually listens to, then he will always be found out when he fights a proper boxer. This nonsense about him training himself and footage of him wrapping his own hands is utterly ridiculous and is no longer even a viable hype/promotion tactic as it's been completely laid bare. I just wonder how different tonight would have been if Adam Booth hadn't been given the boot a few years.

[lurganblue]

Saw the Danny Garcia knockout there. Such heavy hands that lad has. Surprised Rios even managed to get up but it rightly wasnt allowed to go any further.

[BennyHarp]

Just read Brähmer is out of Saturdays other semi final with Callum Smith. Replacement to be announced later which might be Nieky Holzken according to the same report. I've never heard of him? Looks like an easy enough passage for Smith now.

[nrico2006]

Just read Brähmer is out of Saturdays other semi final with Callum Smith. Replacement to be announced later which might be Nieky Holzken according to the same report. I've never heard of him? Looks like an easy enough passage for Smith now.

Good idea on paper but the super middleweight tournament wasn't exactly the top 8 fighters in the division.  I see the WBC has went for a Welterweight version that reads like a Vauxhall Conference lineup.

[BennyHarp]

Andy Lee has announced his retirement. One of my favourite boxers over the last few years, was gutted when he lost his belt to BJS but didn't really show up that night. Is a regular on Off the Ball and he is always worth listening to, so maybe a media career awaits.

[The Iceman]

Andy Lee has announced his retirement. One of my favourite boxers over the last few years, was gutted when he lost his belt to BJS but didn't really show up that night. Is a regular on Off the Ball and he is always worth listening to, so maybe a media career awaits.

Was at a party one night in manhattan with the bold Andy. He was going to throw someone off a balcony over nothing - scary man with drink in him

[lurganblue]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-43214307

Interesting reading.

[bennydorano]

Watched Wilder v Ortis there this morning without knowing the result, started of slow but sprang into life about R4/5 - superb fight in the end.

[nrico2006]

Watched Wilder v Ortis there this morning without knowing the result, started of slow but sprang into life about R4/5 - superb fight in the end.

Wilder Joshua will be some fight.

[Jim Bob]

Watched Wilder v Ortis there this morning without knowing the result, started of slow but sprang into life about R4/5 - superb fight in the end.

Good on ya for not saying the result. Watched it after your comment. Great fight indeed!!!

[The Iceman]

the finish was hard to watch - at that point both of them were exhausted, there was a lot of inside of the glove and swinging of bats....they weren't boxing at that point.... I think Joshua walks through him...

Good to see Brook back in the ring - he looked as sharp as ever and a nice clinical finish

[CiKe]

the finish was hard to watch - at that point both of them were exhausted, there was a lot of inside of the glove and swinging of bats....they weren't boxing at that point.... I think Joshua walks through him...

Good to see Brook back in the ring - he looked as sharp as ever and a nice clinical finish

Joshua looked banjaxed and almost gone against Klitschko. You could be right but both seem to carry their power through the later rounds, even when they look wiped so could go either way.

Joshua has a fight beforehand in any case. He should win, but I just don't think he is as good as the Brits would love him to be.

[bennydorano]

the finish was hard to watch - at that point both of them were exhausted, there was a lot of inside of the glove and swinging of bats....they weren't boxing at that point.... I think Joshua walks through him...

In relation to be hard to watch - did anyone notice the camera focusing on what was presumably Ortiz's family after he got lamped in one of the early to middle rounds, his young girl's face went from a a big smile to a face of horror - I was shouting at the tv for showing such a shot.