David

I remember when Fury fought Ngannou, I figured he had two ways to win. The first is a punchers chance, the second is Fury fucking about and not taking it seriously. He's notorious for fighting to the level of his opponents, so I knew that would be a possibility, and it turned out to be the case, even if he did squeak over the line.

I don't see Joshua having the latter issue. He always takes his fights seriously, and this will be no different, especially after he saw how Ngannou did against Fury. 

What I would say is that I think if Ngannou lands on Joshua like he did Fury he could stop him. Joshua doesn't have the chin or recovery powers Fury does, and that's what makes this interesting. I see it being more clear-cut than the Fury fight, with either Ngannou stopping Joshua in the first four rounds, or Joshua stopping Ngannou later or winning via decision.

On 2/24/2024 at 8:38 AM, Chest Rockwell said:

The biggest revelation to me is not the secret controversy, but that someone likes engaging with David.

You and me both, chief. 

Got to love the priorities in boxing.

Catterall actually grabbed Taylor by the neck at the press conference and has raised his hands three times in the build-up so far, which is fine. Taylor called Catterall a "fucking retard" it would seem, which was caught by microphones, and DAZN have said they'll "remind Josh Taylor of his responsibilities.”

You can do all sorts, but throwing a bad word is where the line is. 

On 2/15/2024 at 8:42 PM, NeverYield said:

Agree with Steve Kim's sentiments on this, it's spoiled milk now, and it's Taylors fault. 

I think Taylor was always going to go after the Teofimo fight over a rematch with Catterall. Then injury played a part, didn't it? It'll be a good fight regardless. I think if Taylor comes in on form and back to how he usually is, he'll win it within eight rounds.

If Taylor shows up in shape and on form, he'll take Catterall out within eight rounds. 

Awesome game everyone, and congrats to @hbk4life

Kudos to @MVP RULZ for putting this all together!

38 minutes ago, tiger_rick said:

I'd love this not to be more evidence of the industry and the people in it being the dirt-worst shit on this earth. However, potential counter is this extract the Daily Mail's coverage nicked off Facebook (yes, I know...):

Hmmmm. On the one hand we have something the Daily Mail nicked off Facebook. On the other we have Meltzer. 

It's actually a tougher choice on who to believe than you'd think!

I've also read in a few places that McGregor isn't quite the pull he once was, and that the money the UFC have to pay him doesn't really leave much profit from what he's generating, and the head boys at Endeavor aren't too keen on paying him according to the terms of the latest deal he signed before the Khabib fight. 

Just a rumour, of course. Like it all is.

QB: Brock Purdy (San Fransisco 49ers)

RB: Christian McCaffrey (San Francisco 49ers)

WR: Deebo Samuel (San Francisco 49ers)

TE: Travis Kelce (Kansas City Chiefs)

K: Harrison Butker (Kansas City Chiefs)

Defense/Special Teams:  Kansas City Chiefs

NB A maximum of THREE players from each team is allowed and once again DST/ST is counted as one of the Three allowed, Picking more then 3 will see the Highest scoring Player/Players from that teams score Void until its down to 3 Players

- Pick the result - Kansas City Chiefs 20-24 San Francisco 49ers

- Winning Margin - 4 Points

- 1st team to score any points - San Francisco 49ers

- 1st team to score Touchdown - San Francisco 49ers

- Player to score 1st Touchdown - Christian McCaffrey

- Total Number of Touchdowns scored - 5 Touchdowns

- Total Number of Interceptions made - 3 Interceptions

- Will the game go to Overtime - No

- MVP - Brock Purdy

- Time and quarter of 1st Touchdown - 06.20 (1st Quarter)

NB: This works on the actual game timing where the clock counts down form 15 minutes so if you think it will be 5 minutes into the 1st quarter you must enter 10.00 1st quarter

- Total Rushing yards - Chiefs - 111 Yards Rushing

- Total Passing Yards - 49ers - 215 Passing Yards

- Total net yards - 625 Yards

Advantage at the end of each quarter

- 1st quarter - 49ers

- 2nd quarter - Chiefs

- 3rd quarter - 49ers

- 4th quarter - 49ers

Thing is, the dude is only 31 years old. He's probably too young to retire, but I think he needs to readjust his sights and his ambitions. He's not top level.

1 hour ago, tiger_rick said:

Bet you lot buy Gary Glitter albums.

Who hasn't got the ditty from The Joker movie on their playlist? He doesn't get any of the money from me listening to it though, so it's A-OK, right? 

49 minutes ago, Loki said:

@David with a somewhat prescient post here.

Back when I had more hair and less of a gut. Good times.

26 minutes ago, Keith Houchen said:

A true inspiration in these trying times. Carrying the load all on his own. must have given the 40 odd staff some time off and bought them PlayStations . What a guy

They said he was a "true inspiration," not a "man among men", Keith. 

18 hours ago, Keith Houchen said:

Porky has to be a gimmick, he’s always coming out with mental stuff and always gets booked. What a worker. 

 

Having to raise some scallywags lad as if he's your own, only for him to fuck off and marry some bird who fancies herself to be an influencer and budding TV star? Maybe Charles is more a "man of the people" than I first thought...

15 minutes ago, Keith Houchen said:

My favourite one was how she was going to be President and be behind an attack that killed everyone above Hazza in the line of succession. Then her and Hazza would rule over the UK and US eventually turning them into one big country. Wonderful 

Sounds a lot better than most of their ideas for their Netflix deal, actually. 

19 hours ago, Keith Houchen said:

Why on earth would Meghan do this? Hasn’t she hurt that poor family enough?  

Christ, that's a blast from the past. Remember her? And when Americans hilariously thought she was going to be Queen when Hazza got to be King?

1 hour ago, Carbomb said:

So, an extra reason to hope Trump doesn't get re-elected, then. Or does presidential pardon extend to the federal level?

Don't be surprised if Trump pulls the old Dana White trick of "he was never really my friend" and completely blanks Vince. 

5 minutes ago, Keith Houchen said:

And I can’t qwhite work out what it is. 

Well, Ukrainian birds are well hot. That could be it? 

3 hours ago, LaGoosh said:

Everyone has to draw a line somewhere.

That's true, but that particular line is often drawn somewhere for a specific reason. 

EDIT: I should probably add some content to the above. An example would be the widespread horror and news headlines given to the Ukraine war, where nations are opening their doors to refugees from the area and flying Ukrainian flags. Yet, not much attention is given to wars in, for example, Somalia, Sudan, or Mozambique.

Refugees from those particular wars are viewed quite differently from the Ukrainian refugees being accepted throughout Europe.

That's not to say that Ukraine's issues aren't considerable because they are. And those people deserve the help they're getting, but as you mention, that line is drawn somewhere. And usually for a reason.

My unpopular opinion...

In the interest of equality, male wrestlers should be given names in a similar fashion to many female wrestlers over the years—just random first names with zero real thought.

Philip. John. Paul. Adam. Ron. Jeff. Jerry. 

3 minutes ago, wandshogun09 said:

But Dana’s no doubt gonna insinuate that Dustin Fucking Poirier is a pussy now and a section of the fanbase (Dana arse lickers and McGregor fans who are still pathetically salty at Dustin and looking for any excuse to jump on him) are gonna lap that shite up. 

The only good thing is that, knowing what Poirier is like, he's going to give zero fucks what Dana or the online community thinks.

7 minutes ago, wandshogun09 said:

Yep. And predictably, it’s working on some idiots acting like Dustin is scared. This sums it up.

Indeed. You can step into a cage to fight another dangerous human being almost 40 times, yet have your toughness called into question by a jacked-up boxercise coach who's only ever thrown hands with his wife. 

9 minutes ago, wandshogun09 said:

Poirier’s out and apparently the contract wasn’t even signed but the UFC just went ahead and announced it anyway.

Ah, another classic from the Dana White Playbook. Announce the fight before the deal is signed, then if either fighter says, "Hey, hold...." Dana can quickly get in front of the media and deliver his "look. We can't make guys fight. If they don't want to fight, that's on them" spiel. 

1 minute ago, Keith Houchen said:

Which involved being alarmed by alarming antisemitism 

You can never be too alarmed by it all, Keith. Emphasis on alarmed.

I'm not really all that clued up on what's been going on of late with the conflict, but what I will say is that I've seen some rather alarming anti-semitism in my travels, and that's quite alarming. I think many (not all) are using the conflict as a means to push their anti-Jewish agenda, which is quite saddening.