Boxing Thread

[Atticus_Finch]

Khan has fought and beat some excellent fighters but then again has been badly beaten 3 times.  Donaire is not as good as he was plus has been better at lower weights.  It is nice to see a bit of respect too but a lot of what went on has been cringeworthy.

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You'd much prefer McGregor's approach?

Carl has never been a trash talker as such and thats his nature.. As for the fight its was a step up from the last fight and while in control for most parts he di take a few punches, Donaire fought better at lower weights, as did Carl, so i dont see your point, yes he's older but not by much.

Needs a good title fight, he seems happy with his training program and the set up so far, hopefully that continues. I was unsure of the partnership at first but things looking good, If Carl wins another title that be some achievement..

Father in Law and my daughter were there and he was telling me they were drinking during the fights at their seats! This has to be a first I'd assume as Ive never seen it done before.. dodgy in the extreme

Drinking at the seats is new, in fairness there is restrictions around it MR and i think the management thought long and hard about it before it went live.  Drinking at the seats was allowed at Carl's last fight as well.  You are not allowed to purchase more than 2 pints at a time and they properly enforce this.  I ordered at the bar and I had a dribble left in a pint glass while ordering, the girl was only prepared to serve me 1 pint !!  I quickly finished the dribble to take my full quota of 2 pints and proceeded happily to my seat !

I know there are dangers associated with it but i'm in favour of it as long as the safeguards are there ...  If it wasn't for beer during the Tete fight, I don't know what I would have done lol  !!

Carl was looking as sharp as he has been since his first Santa Cruz fight and seems in a good frame of mind.   He will need to be at his best for Selby (don't mean to be disrespectful towards Warrington, he's tough and gritty but only one winner between him and Selby) or Valdez should they materialise.

Agree with Square Ball - Very hard to see where Cummings goes from here.  He must have been heart broken at that result but put on his support face to be in Carl's corner straight after it.  Fair play to Luke Keeler, completely outboxed Cummings. 

@Omagh_Gael -   Great to see Tyrone winning (being a Derry man he's the only Tyrone I will ever support ;-)   ), next fight will be a massive one for him !

[nrico2006]

Khan has fought and beat some excellent fighters but then again has been badly beaten 3 times.  Donaire is not as good as he was plus has been better at lower weights.  It is nice to see a bit of respect too but a lot of what went on has been cringeworthy.

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You'd much prefer McGregor's approach?

Carl has never been a trash talker as such and thats his nature.. As for the fight its was a step up from the last fight and while in control for most parts he di take a few punches, Donaire fought better at lower weights, as did Carl, so i dont see your point, yes he's older but not by much.

Needs a good title fight, he seems happy with his training program and the set up so far, hopefully that continues. I was unsure of the partnership at first but things looking good, If Carl wins another title that be some achievement..

Father in Law and my daughter were there and he was telling me they were drinking during the fights at their seats! This has to be a first I'd assume as Ive never seen it done before.. dodgy in the extreme

I liked the respectful nature at the weigh in and press conferences but it got a bit too much after the fight the other night.  Good name on his record but Donaire is on the slide.  Frampton looked better than his previous fights and was very sharp.  Workrate was good too and he didn't tire (which he seems to do in some fights) which is always my worry with him as his fights are always going to go the distance due to his lack of power.  The training in Spain with Moore seems to be paying off.

[omagh_gael]

@Omagh_Gael -   Great to see Tyrone winning (being a Derry man he's the only Tyrone I will ever support ;-)   ), next fight will be a massive one for him !

Haha probably the reason he is a decent boxer growing up in Derry with that name!

[nrico2006]

Just saw the latest WBC report, absolute joke and again shows all that is wrong with boxing.  Whyte is the number 1 ranked contender, has been for a while and beating Browne should have further cemented that position.  Now though, Breazeale is the first mandatory and Whyte has to fight Ortiz to become the second mandatory.  The most corrupt sport about.

[lurganblue]

Just saw the latest WBC report, absolute joke and again shows all that is wrong with boxing.  Whyte is the number 1 ranked contender, has been for a while and beating Browne should have further cemented that position.  Now though, Breazeale is the first mandatory and Whyte has to fight Ortiz to become the second mandatory.  The most corrupt sport about.

Joke. Whyte made a song and dance about how the WBC support their fighters and he would now be number 1 contender.  Although at the AJ fight he seemed to want the povetkin fight more.  Doesnt look like he is gonna get that fight either.

[imtommygunn]

Another win for taylor.  She seems unstoppable even after a short period of time in pro.

[bennydorano]

Just read a bit of a review of Paul Gibson's Biography of Eamon Magee 'The lost soul of Eamon Magee'. Looks like it would be a very interesting and compelling read!

[Jim Bob]

Just read a bit of a review of Paul Gibson's Biography of Eamon Magee 'The lost soul of Eamon Magee'. Looks like it would be a very interesting and compelling read!

Where did you read it?

[bennydorano]

S.T Culture section.

[The Iceman]

Another win for taylor.  She seems unstoppable even after a short period of time in pro.

shes definitely making waves in women's boxing - very sad to see the lack of attention she is getting with the media in Ireland and elsewhere.
nice touch when she gave the belt back in the changing rooms...

[DuffleKing]

Much as I love KT and all of her pioneering work, if we're honest the quality of the product isn't that great and that's what it comes down to. The standard of the boxing is "Okay" in the womens game and ultimately anyone with an informed view will realise that very quickly.

The boxer who eventually brings the female sport to mass popularity will be A) a big puncher who finished people spectacularly, and B) disliked / pantomime villain character. Katie isn't any of those things and will have as good a boxing career as any female can in modern times but it will be relatively low key.

[Atticus_Finch]

Haye vs Bellew II takes place tonight.

This shouldn't be a big fight but I found the first fight a compelling watch with Haye trying to fight for on effectively one leg after tearing his Achilles in the 6th round until Shane McGuigan (his then coach) threw in the towel during the 11th round.

Was hard not to admire Haye for not quitting but also I have never heard him blame the defeat on the injury once, even though he would have been completely justified to do so.  I think he learned from the PR disaster that was "Big toe gate" following his loss to Klitschko.

There's been a cancelled bout after Haye got injured again. It remains to be seen what the inactivity will have done to Haye.  Some would say his body is just done and he should have hung up the gloves following the first defeat to bellew.

If he has got himself fit then I think Haye wins this.  Haye has said if he doesn't KO bellew that he will retire I think that is just talk and Haye will be happy with the win.  His choice of new trainer Ismael Salas (was formerly Jorge Linares trainer) suggests that he is focusing more on movement than trying to have KO power. Also he is expected to come in significantly lighter than their first fight which also says to me he isn't really heart set on a KO.  Bearing in mind that Haye was comfortably ahead on the score cards up until the time of injury then I would have to go for a lighter, fitter (presumably, time will tell) Haye winning on points.   


Bennydorano - bought that Eamon Magee book, his life has the makings of a good book.  I'm terrible for starting books and not finishing them but if I get round to finishing it will bore you with a brief review.

[nrico2006]

Really hope he knocks Bellew out tonight. I laughed the other day when Bellew was trying to say that Haye was looking an easy fight against him and was basically afraid to fight Wilder. The truth is that Bellew started this whole saga with Haye when he acted the tr**p after the Flores win and Bellew is the one who has basically implied he is afraid to fight some of the other top heavyweights.

[square_ball]

Eddie & Co laughing all the way to the bank again.

[Tony Baloney]

Haye should just hang them up. Pure useless tonight.