Boxing

[Buzzo]

Wow. Lights out.

Almost knocks Whyte clean out of his boots.

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[calvoboy]

Outstanding. Imagine the noise if that was in the O2. Thought it would have been a tricky fight for Whyte. Great win for Povetkin at 40, would have wanted Whyte to win because I think he'd give Fury a hard night, but you don't argue with that at all. I like Povetkin but always have question marks over him because of the doping. He's only lost to Wlad and Joshua though which proves how good he is and those losses are probably more to him being much smaller than them opposed to inferior.

Not sure where to now for Whyte after this debacle, no title holder would want to get in the ring with him because of his huge punching power, not at all worth the risk. Hardly a huge draw financially either. Back to the drawing board I guess.

They've confirmed on Sky that there's a rematch clause in the contract. He's got to take it and beat him convincingly, otherwise there's nowhere to go as you say.

[Shaggy]

That was unbelievable. What a shot!

[RichC]

Lomochenko vs Lopez being made for the 17th October. Should be good fight this.

[spud_gun]

Best British boxer not named Tyson Fury fighting tonight.

Josh Taylor Vs Apinun Khongsong

BT Sport tonight.

[Shaggy]

Best British boxer not named Tyson Fury fighting tonight.

Josh Taylor Vs Apinun Khongsong

BT Sport tonight.

I watched this. Very peculiar ending although I thought the pundits were pretty unfair on Taylor and the knockout punch. Khongsong had clearly broken a rib or something imo - has anything come out about what the injury was? Seen a few on Twitter claiming he took a dive. Not for me Clive.

[Zapater]

Did anyone catch the Charlo's on the weekend? Knocked out Rosario with a jab to the body! Those brothers are pretty impressive.

[spud_gun]

I watched this. Very peculiar ending although I thought the pundits were pretty unfair on Taylor and the knockout punch. Khongsong had clearly broken a rib or something imo - has anything come out about what the injury was? Seen a few on Twitter claiming he took a dive. Not for me Clive.

Not see anything regarding Khongsong since the fight.

Frampton and Haye weren't hiding their disdain for him on Saturday.

[spud_gun]

Did anyone catch the Charlo's on the weekend? Knocked out Rosario with a jab to the body! Those brothers are pretty impressive.

Great athletes the pair of them. Never seen a boxer knocked out with a jab to the body before! Mike McCallum would have been proud of that

[Shaggy]

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[RichC]

Lopez beats Lomachenko! Thought this would be a good fight, hopefully see them go at it again.

[spud_gun]

Lopez beats Lomachenko! Thought this would be a good fight, hopefully see them go at it again.

Looks as though he boxed his ears off. EDIT - Some debate over the scorecards especially the 119 - 109

Outrageous that neither BT nor Sky picked this up in the UK

[RichC]

It was much closer than that ridiculous score card. Right result though, Lopez won that fight as Loma didn’t do enough early on

[Zapater]

Chisora and Usyk, who are we picking?

For me this is one of the worst fights for Usyk stylistically although I still think he wins it. Derek will come in with a lot to prove, he's really turned his career (and seemingly personality) around these last few years. I quite like him these days which is madness considering how much of a pantomime villain he was. Either way, should be a really good one - it's not often I'm up for a heavyweight fight but looking forward to it.

[Shaggy]

Yeah I've warmed to Chisora too, and I think he's improved with age.

Tough one, Usyk a much classier operator obviously, but if Chisora lands any clean shots I think Usyk will be going to sleep tbh. No idea how the extra weight will affect Usky's movement either. Torn between Usyk boxing his head off and Chisora stopping him with a big shot. **** knows. Guess that's why it's so fascinating.