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  1. Good to see Turki has both Warren and Hearn on a leash, shows that no matter what, they'll do whatever they're told for the money. I rarely listen to Hearn but heard him after Dalton Smith fight going for Shalom and saying does Aziz really want it, how Smith is four levels above and they are looking at work title shots for him, changed his tune in less then 5 seconds which is even quicker then usual for him when he flaps his gums. 

    Wardley vs Clarke I'm interested in coming up. I've been unsure about Clarke since the amateur days, never been that taken by him or rated him anything special, but he has big opportunity here and I'll give some credit to Shalom for getting him the fight like he said he would after he pulled him out first time around when the purse bids were ordered. 

  2. The Rock is out of this world. Only thing that  comes out of the end off Wrestlemania is Reigns vs. The Rock at Wrestlemania 41. It should be now, but that's fine, I'll patiently watch the build up and wait a year for it to happen. 

  3. 3 minutes ago, Egg Shen said:

    The rebuilding job they've done on Joshua has been second to none to be fair. Eddie Hearn had to retreat into his shell for a while but he's giving it the full blown "best heavyweight on the planet" treatment again. If Fury beats Usyk, the potential Fury/AJ fight will probably be bigger than ever, who'd have thought that a couple of years ago?

    I believe you giving Eddie Hearn too much credit here. Joshua should be sending thank you notes to Tyson Fury for what has happened here, if Fury had dealt with Ngannou the way, the heavyweight champion of the world should with a guy making his professional debut in a boxing right, none of this nonsense would be going on. You want that Fury/Joshua undisputed fight? 

  4. Joshua done the job well, heavy knock out and good to see Ngannou is fine and cracking jokes afterwards about being knocked out. Obviously the Joshua win is in overdrive now with how he's the baddest and best heavyweight in the world now because of this and him beating Wallin, Helanius and Franklin previously beforehand. It seems like some who are saying this are completely forgetting the guy at the top of the division, who holds 3 World titles, undefeated and already beat Joshua not once, but twice name. Must be a slip of the tongue. Now it's all in overdrive about Fury and Joshua fighting for the undisputed title, I just really hope May 18th happens and we don't get no more quacking from a certain fighter and Usyk can end that argument for good. 

    Parker beating Wilder and Zhang back to back in under a three month period is highly impressive.

  5. I think Joshua will have seen enough in Ngannou's first ever professional fight to stay away, use his jab and if he ends and up getting too close, hold and tie up best he can. Ngannou to his credit has made it big time, taking the 2nd best heavyweight arguably on the planet to points and losing in a close Split decision(that I felt like he won) I have to go with Joshua via decision.

  6. 26 minutes ago, I Bent My Wookie said:

    As someone who in the last year spent time in a psychiatry unit through how low they felt about themselves, their worth in life and their perception amongst others I hope you find peace.

    You seem like your soul purpose within this forum is to hurt and negate people, bring them down and make them feel like shit. 

    I truly hope you find some happiness, maybe away from here because you currently just show as someone hurting by life.

    Let people care

    First of all I'm sorry to hear what you went through and hopr that you feel better soon. 

    Not at all, I have a different opinion to most on here about the Wrestlemania main event based on what it looks like it will be. I'm not trying to make anyone feel bad, no idea why you are trying to go there, as if you feel that way what about what has been said to me? 

    Hurting by life? I'm fine by life thank you very much, really happy, young kids flourishing, all that matters and same goes for everyone else on here as well. 

    People can care, they should care, I don't agree with them, most don't agree with me, all good, such is life. 

  7. Cody Rhodes may not be the guy they want to put the title on. If he is they can do it at another point, but at Wrestlemania it's about special spectacular moments you will never forget and The Rock vs Roman Reigns is that. 

    I hope the majority on here make sure you get to nursery school on time tomorrow

  8. What great news to wake up too. Roman Reigns vs The Rock at Wrestlemania and Rhodes still wanting to finish his story somewhere down the line. I'll definitely be staying up for Wrestlemania 40 this year. 

  9. 4 minutes ago, Lion_of_the_Midlands said:

    A little from colum A, a little from B. Realistically who is the best fighter Benn has beaten, Algieri? A man who was bringing the curtain down on his 13 year career.

    I agree and yes I would say Algeri who at that point was a part time nutritionist and part time commentator is the best fighter on his resume, not that it is  saying much. He meets anyone with a pulse he gets finished he's already mentioned Haney again and everyone else who wants it at 147lbs. 

  10. 2 minutes ago, Lion_of_the_Midlands said:

    Bashing up uber drivers for evermore. Benn calls out all the top guys but only ever fights inactive fighters who work in the gig economy. 

    I thought it was dug up old fighting corpse he likes to fight whilst giving it the "tough guy" act lol. 

  11. Beterbiev is the same now as he was 5 years ago, he isn't suddenly stronger or being more decisive in his wins. He's not got a lot of miles on the clock because of turning pro late in his career. He never failed a drug test, now what came out of it by the statements wasn't ideal, he may be guilty, not guilty I personally don't even know anymore in this sport but Bellew with his Matchroom hat and friendship hat on wants to chime in now, yet very quiet when his friends fighters failed two drug tests but claimed he wasn't trying to get pregnant, he is INNOCENT.  

    Beterbiev picks his shots so well, everything he throws wherever it lands on a fighsters body looks like it leaves it mark, Smith fought gallantly and tried but he just isn't at this man's level in the ring. I hope it is Beterbiev ve Bivol next, been waiting ages for it to happen and everything recently seems to be pointing in the direction of that fight taking place next. It's very compelling on paper qith the different styles and how good both fighters usually look in the ring. My mind hasn't changed when the fight was talked about a few years ago, I can't ser Bivol being able to keep away from Beterbiev for 12 rounds, he may take a early lead on the scorecards but at some point he'll get hunted down, caught, hurt and I'd then expect Beterbiev to finish him off between 9th and 10th round. 

  12. Not sure if anyone is aware and I only just seen it by accident but ONE Championship is live on Sky Sports Mix in the early hours of tomorrow morning from 01:00.

  13. 1 hour ago, air_raid said:

    Sure. I was in the same boat when Rock came back first time around. My "good for the business" head felt it would make great sense for him to lose that (first) match to Cena to further establish John as the new top guy for the foreseeable future, then when he actually showed up I marked out heavily (as a huge fan of his from 97-2004) and was delighted for him to beat Cena, who I was sour on at the time. It even gave a great story for John and his redemption leading into his next mountain to climb, the returning Lesnar. But of course, there was a rematch a year later that had to suck in the title and the Rumble to make sense, and looking back at Mania 27-29 now.... well, the belt's back on Cena at the end, not much has really been gained other than pissing off Punk and his reign being ended so the belt could be involved when Rock did the favour for Cena which truthfully, he didn't really need. I'd be far more up for Rock vs Cena today, to be fair. We're not pissing around involving the title being contested between TWO part-timers (again) and further delaying getting the new face in position.

    Which is a credit to him, and they should be grateful nobody perceives him as a loser after they made him look like one. So... surely, you pull the trigger now? Enough's enough. Put your new guy on the spot in time, or people won't give a shit when you do and you'll end up looking for someone else.

    See also - Rollins, who lost a World title and got betrayed in 2016 then had to wait until 2019 to finally win one again when he could have been made into a top babyface, except they were too busy false-starting and Lugering "the Big Dog" over and over again. They turned against him. Much the same as ROH made everyone wait far too long for him to win the belt, and had to turn him heel before he lost it because they'd missed the boat and people rejected him.

    Rock's had his day in the sun, more than enough of them. We need a hero for the next 5 years, not for 2-3 matches a year. It's Cody's time.

    I enjoyed  the whole build up even with it being long between The Rock and John Cena. It was something completely different build up wise  knowing it would come around a year later. What is good or best for business is for them to decide. It may be they don't think Cody Rhodes is the guy or they may just not want to interrupt Roman Reigns historic championship run.

    Rhodes got put over huge by Lesnar at Summerslam so that certainly helped that they had that whole build up to go with after his Wrestlemania loss to Reigns. 

    I don't remember much about Rollins run as champ besides him beating Lesnar in opening match of one off the Wrestlemania's and getting injured at some point and I never seen any of his ROH run to know how that all went down rightly or wrongly. 

    You obviously very much emotionally invested in Cody Rhodes being the man and being the one to dethrone Reigns, but can it not happen on another PPV event? The Rock vs Roman Reigns may only be able to happen this year and if that is the case it needs to take place on  the biggest show of them all.

  14. 4 hours ago, air_raid said:

    Absolutely. Cody doesn’t need to take the belt at Mania 40 having been back two years and having failed to do at 39. Remember how they held off on Roman himself regaining a World title for two years, Lugered him at Mania 34 then finally re-anointed him at (looks it up) SummerSlam 2018? Didn’t do any harm to Reigns getting over as the next top babyface at all, did it?

     

    Wasn't Reigns at the time getting booed because people thought he was being shoved down their throats? When he did beat Lesnar at Summerslam wasn't he then diagnosed with leukemia and had to give the title up. I can't properly remember that time frame of when all of that went down. I'm saying what I would like to see, business wise I'm not fussed what works for them, that isn't my job but if I have the option I want Reigns vs The Rock every day of the week over Reigns vs Rhodes 2 at Mania 40. Rhodes from what I heard on this show is still hugely over with the crowd, even after what happened at last year's Wrestlemania. 

  15. I'm all for The Rock vs Reigns at Wrestlemania. Cody Rhodes can finish his story at another event, at another time. 

    Raw was a good show, I've not seen Ivy Nile wrestle before but I was impressed and always impressed when I watch Rhea Ripley compete. Punk on the show next week, I'm going to get properly back into the shows now and enjoy the build up to the Royal Rumble and then the lead up to Wrestlemania. 

  16. Day Of Reckoning full fight card:

    Anthony Joshua vs Otto Wallin

    Deontay Wilder vs Joshua Parker

    Dmitrii Bivol ve Lyndon Arthur

    Daniel Dubois vs Jarrell Miller

    Jai Opetaia vs Ellis Zorro

    Arslanbek Makhmudov vs Agit Kabayel 

    Frank Sanchez vs Junior Fa

    Filip Hrgovic vs Mark De Mori

    One of the biggest cards ever from top to bottom in boxing history.

    I'm going to have to pay for it and watch. Anyone else on here looking forward to it? Ordering it? 

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