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Ahhhh, I was unaware. I'll keep that in mind.

It's the same for me on both laptop and phone.

Well said @wandshogun09 Ray Hatton asking for clarity and transparency when it comes to money is fucking hilarious.

I haven't seen any of Basharat's fights, and the highlight reels of his I've just watched on YouTube revealed little. What is his style?

Both have achieved more than I expected. I would have never guessed that Wardley would beat Parker and win a version of a world title. Especially after he scraped a draw against Frazer Clarke. I was also never really on the Dubois bandwagon either. I still don't think he's an ATG heavyweight, but he did a lot better against Joshua and Hrgović than I expected him to. As for their rematch this weekend, I'm picking Dubois. I'm not sure if Wardley's durability will be the same after the beating he sustained during their first meeting, and I don't have much faith in Wardley's team to make the needed adjustments. Always a chance that Wardley lands big and secures a stoppage, but I lean towards that not occurring.

I personally found that the novelty of attending combat sports shows wore off pretty quickly. It was great the first few times, but I didn't really have any motivation to attend further events afterwards. Part of that will be due to me being quite introverted and disliking large crowds, but I also think the TV experience is a lot more enjoyable. As Wand posted above, better view, better and cheaper refreshments, etc.

Over 400 quid to sit in the bleachers at 1am on a December night to see a fight 5 years past its sell by date? Yeah, I'll take my comfy bed and a cup of Yorkshire tea over that.

White has argued in the past that raising fight purses would make fighters lazy. Yet the likes of Canelo and Fury are worth hundreds of millions of pounds and are still boxing. All the other major United States sports leagues have collective bargaining agreements. And boxing, while not subject to collective bargaining, actually pays most of its best talents very well (this could change if Zuffa wins the promotional war) The UFC is not only anti-fan in many ways, it's anti-athlete too.

He was, but now it seems they are trying to book him against Amir Khan on another card.

I watched the Affliction episode of Dark Side of the Cage last night. It was a decent watch. I was unaware (or had perhaps forgotten) about Tom Atencio essentially acting as a front-man for Todd Beard, so all that was new information. The rest of the documentary was old news, but a welcome trip down memory lane. A rumour on Twitter has it that Team Fedor wanted Lashley to step in and replace Barnett on their Trilogy card, whereas Affliction wanted Belfort to replace Barnett instead. Ultimately the card was cancelled and the promotion folded, so neither proposed fight occurred. However, it's interesting to consider why Team Fedor (which is now believed to be Fedor and a band of yes-men) pushed for Fedor to fight Lashley and not Belfort. Did Fedor not trust his chin by mid-2009? Belfort had fast hands and power. Did Fedor think he could deal with Lashley's wrestling? I can't recall how good Lashley was at MMA to be honest, but freestyle wrestlers had traditionally given Fedor more issues than strikers, clinch wrestlers, and submission artists.

I think most boxing fans imagined a Fury vs Joshua press conference to feature the boxers trading plenty of barbs, Hearn and Smith trading barbs with Warren, Big John Fury piping up, and all sorts of tension. Instead we got a brief argument about a sparring session, fan questions, Max Kellerman, and Turki waffling on about gibberish. It's probably going to be the biggest fight of all-time on these shores, but as a spectacle and a sporting contest, it's well past its sell by date.

Some of my favourite work of Slack's are his articles about Fedor's prime. He's kindly done a video breakdown of the Fedor vs Nog fights with updated observations. It's quite brilliant.

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There is probably a better example, but Ken Shamrock had a heart issue during his Pride 10 bout with Fujita in 2000. Shamrock, however, didn't collapse or lose consciousness. He just appeared as though he was fatigued and signalled to his corner that he could no longer continue. Shamrock believes this heart issue was triggered by stress. He was going though a divorce at the time. There is nothing official yet, but it does appear that it was a sudden medical issue that caused Barcelos to go limp and lose consciousness (it did indeed look like a heart attack). Previously, it has been speculated that Rosas's hear may have landed under Barcelos's chin as Rosas completed the takedown, and that this had caused Barcelos to lose consciousness. However, from the video I have seen, Barcelos appeared to go limp before Rosas Jr landed the takedown.

A few boxing journos on X have claimed that Fury vs Joshua could be off. Apparently Turki wants Dana to be the promoter, and Joshua/Hearn have it in their contract that he can't be. Replacement fights rumoured are Crawford vs Garcia and Fury vs Benavidez. What a shitshow.