Boxing Thread

[Milltown Row2]

I've never seen the like of it! Balloon bag

[Over the Bar]

Anyone watch Conlan/Barnes last night? Sad to see Paddy taking a tanking, it just hasn't happened for him at all. Conlan's fight was pretty dull although he got what he needed from it. Himself v Nikitin will be a good show if it happens.

On a side note, what are your thoughts on Conlan's entrance music, Graffiti on the wall? I know it was Patrick's day but I found it very distasteful to have ooh ahh up the Ra being sung full pelt in the crowd. Fair enough to play the Irish card hard but surely there's a line to be drawn in the sand when it comes to sport.

Apparently he was supposed to come out to this but someone put the wrong CD on...

https://youtu.be/bUUWmAeONnI

[trailer]

He doesn't appear to be too smart the poor lad. Management at fault here. Sometimes people need protecting from themselves.

[GetOverTheBar]

Conlon is an idiot....seems to be intent on being 'The Bad Guy'

[nrico2006]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-47747786

Not Whytes biggest fan but its not that hard to get a world title shot these days at Heavyweight and considering who he has beat its a disgrace that he has been overlooked so far.  This whole WBC handling is beyond a joke too, him being the number 1 ranked contender but again being overlooked in favour of Breazeale.  The latest talk is of Polish fighter Adam Kownacki getting a shot yet he has beaten very average opponents so far.

The article doesn't mention his IBF ranking, so I took a look to see where he sits with them and shockingly he isn't even in the top 20, which is an easy list to get on if you are half decent.  But the biggest shock I noticed was the WBA rankings, where Whyte sits in 4th.  Ahead of him is Trevor Bryan (who is ranked number 1), yet the last 4 fighters he has faced have a total of 80 losses between them.  The number 3 ranked fighter Fres Oquendo hasn't fought in nearly 5 years, lost his last fight and has lost 8 times in total.  Him and Bryan aren't even ranked by the other bodies. 

[oakleaflad]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-47747786

Not Whytes biggest fan but its not that hard to get a world title shot these days at Heavyweight and considering who he has beat its a disgrace that he has been overlooked so far.  This whole WBC handling is beyond a joke too, him being the number 1 ranked contender but again being overlooked in favour of Breazeale.  The latest talk is of Polish fighter Adam Kownacki getting a shot yet he has beaten very average opponents so far.

The article doesn't mention his IBF ranking, so I took a look to see where he sits with them and shockingly he isn't even in the top 20, which is an easy list to get on if you are half decent.  But the biggest shock I noticed was the WBA rankings, where Whyte sits in 4th.  Ahead of him is Trevor Bryan (who is ranked number 1), yet the last 4 fighters he has faced have a total of 80 losses between them.  The number 3 ranked fighter Fres Oquendo hasn't fought in nearly 5 years, lost his last fight and has lost 8 times in total.  Him and Bryan aren't even ranked by the other bodies.

Whilst the WBC's handling of Whyte has been poor, at least they have most of the top 10 heavyweights in their rankings. IBF, WBA and WBO's rankings are a joke. Fres Oquendo being ranked anywhere is also a joke. Super titles, Regular titles, Silver titles, joke.

My top ten would be something like this:

1. Joshua
2. Fury
3. Wilder
4. Ortiz
5. Whyte
6. Pulev
7. Povetkin
8. Miller
9. Parker
10. Rivas

Brezeale is probably there or there abouts with the likes of Takam to be fair. I'd have prospects like Kownacki, Yoka, Hrgovic, Dubois or Joyce ahead of Fres Oquendo at this stage, he wouldn't make my top 30.

Will be interesting to see if Usyk can make an impact at heavyweight.

[tonto1888]

Lomachenko is some fighter

[gallsman]

Have just seen it. Crolla was a beaten man the moment he accepted the fight but Loma is ridiculously good. The movement and angles are insane.

[screenexile]

Serious mismatch but fair play to Crolla for getting there.

Ref should have stopped it rather than a standing count!!

[LilySavage]

Dennis Hogan robbed of a World title in Mexico overnight. Tough one to take for the former Twomilehouse footballer. Hopefully he gets a rematch and the payday he is owed.

[lurganblue]

Crolla was mandatory so of course he was going to take the fight but it was a mismatch from the outset. Hopefully Mikey Garcia comes back down and gets the fight made with Loma now.

[BennyHarp]

Looks like thon big fool Baby Miller has failed a drugs test. The guy should never have been given a shot at the titles. Hopefully Joshua May be forced to fight someone like Ortiz now as options will be minimal and surely they can pick a really low ranker to replace.

[oakleaflad]

Looks like thon big fool Baby Miller has failed a drugs test. The guy should never have been given a shot at the titles. Hopefully Joshua May be forced to fight someone like Ortiz now as options will be minimal and surely they can pick a really low ranker to replace.

The irony

[nrico2006]

Looks like thon big fool Baby Miller has failed a drugs test. The guy should never have been given a shot at the titles. Hopefully Joshua May be forced to fight someone like Ortiz now as options will be minimal and surely they can pick a really low ranker to replace.

The irony

I know, how many drug tests has Ortiz failed at this stage?  Was looking forward to this fight too, was hoping to see Miller flattened. 

[BennyHarp]

Looks like thon big fool Baby Miller has failed a drugs test. The guy should never have been given a shot at the titles. Hopefully Joshua May be forced to fight someone like Ortiz now as options will be minimal and surely they can pick a really low ranker to replace.

The irony

i know, It's ridiculous. But Hearn is going to be under pressure to deliver a half decent name and I don't think they'd waste the Whyte fight as it will probably fill Wembley.