This Weekend's Boxing (Garcia vs. Benn - August 12th)

[Egg Shen]

Possibly, the one time Yarde stepped on the gas though he did have a lot of success. He cant come in and fight the same fight because he'll los again. Nice little domestic rivalry brewing.

[Egg Shen]

dunno if anyone is aware, but Mark Hunt is boxing in Australia tomorrow:

Co-main event to a Tim Tszyu fight. The guy he's fighting is Paul Gallen. A former Rugby League player who's 9-0-1 as a pro boxer. Bit of a grudge match by all accounts. 16,000 fans expected too, its a pretty big deal down under. No UK TV from what i can gather, so you'd have to find via other means.

[Egg Shen]

The size difference between Canelo and Smith is outrageous.

 

[David]

A six inch height differential and an almost eight inch reach difference should make this fight interesting for a while at least.

One thing for me though is that for all the physical advantages, Smith hasn't fought anyone even close to this level before. George Groves and Rocky Fielding are the only names that really pop out at me on his record.

@Egg Shen you'll need to get two threads set up for this weekends fights surely? Work that magic, lad.

Edited December 16, 2020 by David

[jimufctna24]

Decided to subscribe to DAZN UK for this weekend's big fight. 

The fight itself is win-win. Either Joe "Every Dog Has Its Day" Gallagher gets humbled, or Canelo finally loses. 

As it stands, I think Canelo wins easily. I don't rate Smith that highly. 

[wandshogun09]

Shit, I forgot all about this being on DAZN. I’ll get subscribed. It’s only a couple of quid, isn’t it?

And yeah, I see a fairly straight forward win for Canelo. The size of Smith makes it kind of interesting but that’s all Smith has going for him for me in this one. I reckon Canelo goes to the body like he did brother Liam. 

[jimufctna24]

4 minutes ago, wandshogun09 said:

Shit, I forgot all about this being on DAZN. I’ll get subscribed. It’s only a couple of quid, isn’t it?

Aye, £1:99 per month and you can cancel at anytime.

So you essentially get GGG's fight tomorrow, Canelo vs Smith on Saturday night, and Garcia vs Campbell next month for a few quid. Bargain. 

[Egg Shen]

bloody hell, i think Canelo is shrinking

[Gooner]

Canelo is going to pound that body. Canelo to win on points. 

[jimufctna24]

Boxing on CH5 tonight at 10:30pm- https://www.channel5.com/show/british-light-heavyweight-title-fight-shakan-pitters/

 

[Egg Shen]

i'll be watching that, should be more competitive than the fight they put on last week.

As for Canelo/Smith. Everyone is pointing at Smith's last fight with Ryder to explain why Canelo will smash him. Smith's team are obviously citing the lack of motivation thing as a reason for that but I still favour Canelo to win late, maybe via body shot as Canelo did to Liam. I also expect Smith to say immediately after the fight that the weight cut is killing him and that he's moving to Light Heavyweight.

Any thoughts on the DAZN app? the content is decent leading into a fight, some stuff to follow there, dunno how far they are away from adding more sports? My only worry with it is next day spoilers.

Edited December 18, 2020 by Egg Shen

[wandshogun09]

Don’t forget this is tonight. Anyone know what time GGG’s fight is supposed to start roughly for us? 

[jimufctna24]

@wandshogun09

1am. 

[Egg Shen]

Sheeeeit, Craig Richards laid the hammer down on Shakan Pitters over on Channel 5, good fight, excellent finish. Another all-domestic upset.

 

[Egg Shen]

who is gonna beat Canelo Alvarez? the height difference meant nothing, Canelo walked Smith down with zero respect and beat him up. Smith was game but he had nothing for Canelo, can the man be hurt?