Boxing

[calvoboy]

Just seen that Sky are charging £9.95 for the KSI/Logan Paul card?!

Surely that's a joke?!?

And now promoting it at every opportunity. I don't care what anyone says, it's a joke. Trying to say it's good because it raises the profile of the sport is just so much bull****. It's like having a celebrity five-a-side on the pitch after the FA Cup Final and saying how wonderful it is because all Taylor Swift's fans tune in to see her play in goal.

KSI and Logan Paul's fans are watching them, not the boxing. If they were doing Judo or playing chess against each other they'd have just the same number of viewers, and exactly the same lasting legacy on the relevant sport (i.e. none).

Although it's not like Eddie Hearn to see the opportunity to cash in by promoting a substandard boxing match

[spud_gun]

£25 for the Ruiz vs AJ rematch on Sky PPV, you mugs

[BobTheCharmer]

Joshua isn't sounding overly confident is he. Talking about another defeat tarnishing his legacy. That's hardly boxing type confidence.

[rodo]

scoring in the callum smith fight

[spud_gun]

scoring in the callum smith fight

Criminal but not surprising.

[Chazza]

Spudders you were always right Fury is the best heavyweight on the planet.

[Chazza]

And he’s changed a load of people’s minds

[spud_gun]

Spudders you were always right Fury is the best heavyweight on the planet.

And he’s changed a load of people’s minds

You mean like this.....

Spudgun

And in here...you know it all pikey loving cunt.

[Chazza]

Yep ��

[Chazza]

Exactly like that. Good searching

[Zapater]

The second I turned on the TV, Ortiz got sparked. Thought I was seeing a highlight. According to the commentators, he was doing really well, but Wilder's power is ridiculous. I've been quite vocal about not being a fan of heavyweights, including Wilder, but I have to think he's the best of the mediocre lot. Ortiz I think would fancy himself against either Joshua or Ruiz.

[RichC]

Wilder is a poor boxer but hes got that one punch power that’s his get out of jail free card. Saw it with Fury who outboxed him for 12 rounds but got caught with a massive punch that swung the scorecard to a draw (it wasn’t he lost that fight).

[labourRed]

Joshua would be asleep for days if he caught the end of that one.

[Zapater]

Wilder is a poor boxer but hes got that one punch power that’s his get out of jail free card. Saw it with Fury who outboxed him for 12 rounds but got caught with a massive punch that swung the scorecard to a draw (it wasn’t he lost that fight).

This is the hurt business, amateur boxing is for tapping which is what Fury does. Fury couldn't hurt a fly, the only way he's scored knockouts is by leaning on smaller people and flooding them with a volume which technically isn't really allowed, see Cunningham. The southpaw slapping of Chisora was an excellent gameplan, but not a stoppage as such.

As Lou DiBella said, this Wilder is talentless is bs. He might not be good from a technique perspective or have an orthodox style, but there is a skill in being able to drop/knockout the better fighters in the division. Also the ability to control/gauge range to land those shots is something that he doesn't get credit for.

If you count the two knockdowns which gives Wilder 4 rounds in the 10 point scoring system, he only needed to secure 2 to earn a draw. As awful as he was, I can definitely find 2 rounds out of 10 to give Wilder, particularly as some judges believe in the archaic 'you need to convincingly win rounds against the champ to get the round' mentality. Absolutely nothing fighters regardless.

[RichC]

He’s a poor boxer he has power and of course it’s about finishing people however if he doesn’t land that punch he’s going to get beaten, he lost the first Fury fight and he knows it and again last night he was being schooled in the ring. Staying away from his power is the issue as it’s only ever one punch away.

Most of the boxing world think Fury won it, I’ll go with them and my own eyes on that thanks and I’m not really a Fury fan either.