Paid Members Egg Shen Posted August 23, 2022 Author Paid Members Share Posted August 23, 2022 you can't put Lucas Browne in that list😄 You are right though, it's Usyk or nothing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 50 minutes ago, Egg Shen said: That's not true, Fury has only fought 3 credible opponents in the last 7 years. Which credible opponents hasn’t he fought in the last 7 years bar the two being discussed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Carbomb Posted August 23, 2022 Paid Members Share Posted August 23, 2022 (edited) 36 minutes ago, Egg Shen said: you can't put Lucas Browne in that list😄 You are right though, it's Usyk or nothing. No, I know, but that's kind of my point though! Browne's only got three defeats on his record, but there appears to be a consensus that he just wouldn't make the cut, which means there's a minimum standard for Fury opponents, and it's quite high. Edited August 23, 2022 by Carbomb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted August 23, 2022 Author Paid Members Share Posted August 23, 2022 52 minutes ago, Keith Houchen said: Which credible opponents hasn’t he fought in the last 7 years bar the two being discussed? Take any top 10 Heavyweight fighter at any point in those 7 years, they are all "credible" opponents. Fury's inactivity and the fact that he had a trilogy with one man has meant has he hasn't fought many of them. Just because Fury is the best Heavyweight in the world doesn't mean the other top ranked fighters don't deserve to share the ring with them. Fury probably would have beaten anyone that was put in the ring with him, but that's not the point. Carbomb's initial comment was that Fury had "beaten almost everyone there is available to beat", but that's not the case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 11 minutes ago, Egg Shen said: Carbomb's initial comment was that Fury had "beaten almost everyone there is available to beat", but that's not the case. Everyone credible and worthy of challenging for the title. It's not on Fury to step up and fight someone ranked 8th. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 8 minutes ago, Egg Shen said: Take any top 10 Heavyweight fighter at any point in those 7 years, they are all "credible" opponents. Fury's inactivity and the fact that he had a trilogy with one man has meant has he hasn't fought many of them. Just because Fury is the best Heavyweight in the world doesn't mean the other top ranked fighters don't deserve to share the ring with them. Fury probably would have beaten anyone that was put in the ring with him, but that's not the point. Carbomb's initial comment was that Fury had "beaten almost everyone there is available to beat", but that's not the case. That’s a fair point. I think it’s the evolution of the sport now where the highest echelon will have a superfight every two of three years because they’ll make more money than they would defending against all comers in not so super fights because they put the huge payday at risk. As we’ve said on here before, that big payday means more than being world champion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butch2000 Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 (edited) 7 hours ago, Egg Shen said: That's not true, Fury has only fought 3 credible opponents in the last 7 years. Oh come on Ebb, you can only fight who’s in front of you. Wilder tied him up for a while. It’s not like Benn and Eubank having to box Wharton, Watson, Piper and Stretch in the 90s at a strong domestic level. The only person Fury hasn’t fight is Parker, other than Usyk, and I don’t see Parker bothering him. Although, Michael Sprott is due a shot. Edited August 23, 2022 by Butch2000 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butch2000 Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 (edited) 15 hours ago, JakeRobertsParoleOfficer said: he still beat: morrison All of whom were peak, feared or legit contenders If you can't see that's superior to fury, then there's no hope for you Fucking hell, the great White Hype who got pumped by Michael fucking Bentt. The same Michael Bentt who was destroyed into retirement by Herbie Hide (who was ace tbf). but the second you said “fighters don’t want to fight anymore” you were exposed as the doughnut you are. You’re probably better off throwing a fiver between a couple of homeless lads and saying whoever can stand after a head butting competition keeps the winnings. Edited August 24, 2022 by Butch2000 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted August 23, 2022 Author Paid Members Share Posted August 23, 2022 15 minutes ago, Butch2000 said: Although, Michael Sprott is due a shot. that's the fight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butch2000 Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 I will pay several millions of pounds to watch it. I will break into houses and sell their tellies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rossman Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 Boxxer are starting to put on a few dodgy shows recently. We had the Jack Catterall/Josh Taylor fight back in February which seems to have derailed both of their careers. Last month they put on a show in Albania where Florian Marku headlined against a game Mexican fighter, Miguel Parra Ramirez. Whole fight was rigged for Marku to win. Marku would have probably won anyway but the fight scoring was made to look a lot healthier by the abysmal Italian referee. Marku pushed over Ramirez at the start of round 4. Referee scored it a knockdown Ramirez knocked Marku down in round 8, referee stopped the round, 6 seconds early. Ramirez & Marku got in a tangle, so Ramirez got a point taken off for pushing with no prior warnings. Then last night there were two terrible fights. Frazer Clarke faced off against a 6'5" Bulgarian skeleton. Everytime he got touched he went down. Think the fight lasted 90 seconds. Clarke had to apologise to the crowd who had paid to see that rubbish. Not just a mismatch it was dangerous. Then the main event, Liam Smith v Hassan Mwakinyo finished with a ridiculous ending. Mwakinyo supposedly rolled his ankle in round 3. Then in round 4 he kept going to the corner and kneeling down, without taking any shots. After the 2nd time he did it, the fight was called off. Cue Mwakinyo getting up, walking around the ring absolutely fine, protesting about the stoppage. ............................................................................................................ Luis Ortiz v Andy Ruiz Jr tonight. Credit to Ruiz Jr, he's got himself into great shape for the fight, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 5 minutes ago, Rossman said: Then last night there were two terrible fights. Frazer Clarke faced off against a 6'5" Bulgarian skeleton. Everytime he got touched he went down *heads straight to YouTube to watch* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Healys Chutney Spoon Posted September 5, 2022 Share Posted September 5, 2022 Really looking forward to Shields v Marshall this weekend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted September 5, 2022 Author Paid Members Share Posted September 5, 2022 22 hours ago, Rossman said: Luis Ortiz v Andy Ruiz Jr tonight. Credit to Ruiz Jr, he's got himself into great shape for the fight, He didn't. Ruiz was back up another stone on what we was when he fought last year. Feels like every Ruiz fight that goes by now we have the same photo's crop up of a slimmed down Ruiz in the gym, then come fight night he still looks the same as he always does. The fight was a mixed bag. The rounds Ruiz did win he looked great in, the rest of the fight I thought he was handily outboxed. I had Ortiz winning it on my card despite him being knocked down 3 times. The knockdowns won Ruiz the fight on the official card too. Ruiz is clearly capable of so much more than what he shows, the inactivity and quick bursts of action are what makes him unique I guess, but you have to think if he slimmed down a bit he'd be even more dangerous. It all looks like it's gearing towards a Wilder/Ruiz fight. I don't fancy Ruiz to come through no matter how good his chin is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted September 5, 2022 Paid Members Share Posted September 5, 2022 14 hours ago, Big'Olympic_Hero'Pete said: Really looking forward to Shields v Marshall this weekend This is live on that Sky Sports Mix channel by the way. Isn’t that the free to air channel? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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