Gooner Posted February 29 Share Posted February 29 That was a fun enough game to play quickly. I knocked Joshua out and wouldn't be against Ngannou doing the same Friday week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted March 1 Author Paid Members Share Posted March 1 i got flattened Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted March 6 Author Paid Members Share Posted March 6 Ryan Garcia seems to be in the midst of a full blown mental breakdown. His behaviour was weird at the pressers last week, now his Twitter is all over the gaff. Kid needs some help. Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeverYield Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 Such a strange turn of events with him. You can never gain the full idea of someone's character until you actually know them on a deep personal level obviously, but by how he's been from what we've seen over the years he's always come across as quite level headed, a bit flashy at times, and full of himself, but other than that pretty screwed on. This has all come outta nowhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Lion_of_the_Midlands Posted March 14 Paid Members Share Posted March 14 Taylor v Catterall pushed back by a month to the 25th of May. An undisclosed injury to Taylor. This fight seems cursed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Lion_of_the_Midlands Posted March 20 Paid Members Share Posted March 20 Hughie Fury is going to be making his comeback after 3 years off on a card in Rotherham on April 20th against an as yet unnamed opponent. I don't know what's going on with Hughie, whether he has been ill, injured or something else but this seems fairly suspicious to my untrained eye. I wonder if the Texas Athletic Comission are involved at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted March 22 Paid Members Share Posted March 22 Bronze Bomber vs Big Bang in the works…  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Lion_of_the_Midlands Posted March 22 Paid Members Share Posted March 22 There will be some fireworks in that while it lasts which you cant imagine will be long. Deontay loves battering an old fighter more than Conor Benn does. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted March 22 Paid Members Share Posted March 22 Another one. Turki loves his Heavyweights. Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Lion_of_the_Midlands Posted March 24 Paid Members Share Posted March 24 (edited) So the undercard of Beterbiev v Bivol is going to be the Matchroom v Queensbury 5v5. They've chosen the weights this afternoon. Frank has chosen Heavyweight and Middleweight. Eddie has chosen Featherweight and Light Heavyweight. Turki has also chosen Heavyweight. The fighters will be announced in a couple of weeks. Each fight is worth 1 point to the winner. Each team chooses a captain and if they win they get 2 points. They also floated the idea of a show at Wembley in September as an advert for Riyadh Season, that would have a similar deal to the 5v5 plus a big main event which you would have to assume is Fury v Joshua if Fury wins Exciting times. Wouldn't mind seeing Nick Ball v Leigh Wood at Featherweight. Edited March 24 by Lion_of_the_Midlands Added YouTube link Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted March 25 Author Paid Members Share Posted March 25 Great stuff, I like the points system. Properly means they are going to lean into the bragging rights and all that. Cant wait Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d-d-d-dAz Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 15 hours ago, Lion_of_the_Midlands said: So the undercard of Beterbiev v Bivol is going to be the Matchroom v Queensbury 5v5. They've chosen the weights this afternoon. Frank has chosen Heavyweight and Middleweight. Eddie has chosen Featherweight and Light Heavyweight. Turki has also chosen Heavyweight. The fighters will be announced in a couple of weeks. Each fight is worth 1 point to the winner. Each team chooses a captain and if they win they get 2 points. They also floated the idea of a show at Wembley in September as an advert for Riyadh Season, that would have a similar deal to the 5v5 plus a big main event which you would have to assume is Fury v Joshua if Fury wins Exciting times. Wouldn't mind seeing Nick Ball v Leigh Wood at Featherweight.  This is clearly all very exciting, but I think the unspoken truth is that it's returned boxing to the cartel era - something that 5 years ago Frank would have been horrified by, given he was the first cartel breaker. Boxing in this country is now a co-ordinated operation between Matchroom and QP, funded by His Wonderfulness. I don't really have a point, other than it's a bit mad and not something i'd have predicted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Lion_of_the_Midlands Posted March 25 Paid Members Share Posted March 25 17 minutes ago, d-d-d-dAz said:  This is clearly all very exciting, but I think the unspoken truth is that it's returned boxing to the cartel era - something that 5 years ago Frank would have been horrified by, given he was the first cartel breaker. Boxing in this country is now a co-ordinated operation between Matchroom and QP, funded by His Wonderfulness. I don't really have a point, other than it's a bit mad and not something i'd have predicted. It's all mad. To think that Frank and Eddie had never spoken to each other let alone met before Turki flashed the cash. Both of them like a pound note though so they quickly overcame that. Boxing really has been taken over by the Saudi money. It used to be where could the most TV money be made and the answer was always Sky for the past 30 years or so really. Sky look all at sea now though. Ben Shalom may be a nice bloke but Frank and particularly Eddie are eating him alive. Hearn suggesting thst Sky will drop Boxxer when the contract runs out at the end of the year in loads of interviews after the Dalton Smith fight. Shalom hasn't helped himself by barely giving interviews and pulling out of purse bids that he called for. If Fabio Wardley beats Frazier Clarke I do think that Ben will cry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d-d-d-dAz Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 1 hour ago, Lion_of_the_Midlands said: It's all mad. To think that Frank and Eddie had never spoken to each other let alone met before Turki flashed the cash. Both of them like a pound note though so they quickly overcame that. Boxing really has been taken over by the Saudi money. It used to be where could the most TV money be made and the answer was always Sky for the past 30 years or so really. Sky look all at sea now though. Ben Shalom may be a nice bloke but Frank and particularly Eddie are eating him alive. Hearn suggesting thst Sky will drop Boxxer when the contract runs out at the end of the year in loads of interviews after the Dalton Smith fight. Shalom hasn't helped himself by barely giving interviews and pulling out of purse bids that he called for. If Fabio Wardley beats Frazier Clarke I do think that Ben will cry. Not based on anything, but my guess is Sky back out of boxing - but not entirely. I think they'll do a deal w/ DAZN to host a certain number of DAZN shows in return for coverage of the events on Sky Sports News/promotion of DAZN PPV's; and I also think they might do something around amateur boxing, and try and do something with AJ/Team GB around amateur boxing, which is completely free of any brand reputation issues. In effect, they'd get to wash their hands of the seedy side of boxing which isn't good for their brand, continue to broadcast professional shows via DAZN and maintain a relationship with AJ through the amateur stuff. Or, at least, that's what i'd do if I couldn't be arsed with the faff that comes with boxing anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gooner Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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