Boxing

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Oof. RIP
I hope it's a ****ing heart attack but given his history with mental health and suicide attempts I fear you're right.

[RichC]

You hope it’s a heart attack but you do wonder with the mental health history

[Slinky Skills]

Poor bugger. [emoji17]

[labourRed]

I like Benn. What a night for him.

I'm not sure I heard Eubank was going to go to Canelo next. **** me that would be a disaster. Stick to Gogglebox mate.

[RichC]

Jnr shot to bits but Benn boxed very well there.

Christ knows how one one judge only gave it by 6 rounds

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Maybe Eubank was on performance diminishing drugs.
Time to retire

[ChesterDave]

Joshua to fight Jake Paul in an 8 round. Paul reckons he should have a shot at the world title if he wins.

He's a bit simple, that lad.

[Doc_Piptorious]

Joshua to fight Jake Paul in an 8 round. Paul reckons he should have a shot at the world title if he wins.

He's a bit simple, that lad.

Got to be some arrangement there or some sort of script for how long it gets to go.


Joshua may be shot but no way the fight should be going any longer than a minute, maybe two if he takes time to get his range.

Any longer than that and nothing will convince me that the contract for the fight did not include not throwing heavy punches for X long or for X amount of minutes/rounds to happen.

I'd fancy my chances with Jake ****ing Paul given how clumsy and open he is, not to mention how **** he is compared to a proper pro fighter.

A genuine heavyweight like Joshua should have an easier night than what he had against Ngannou.


If there is a fix of any sort on, then Joshua should be ****ing ashamed of himself for being involved.

[Irishnev]

Got to be some arrangement there or some sort of script for how long it gets to go.


Joshua may be shot but no way the fight should be going any longer than a minute, maybe two if he takes time to get his range.

Any longer than that and nothing will convince me that the contract for the fight did not include not throwing heavy punches for X long or for X amount of minutes/rounds to happen.

I'd fancy my chances with Jake ****ing Paul given how clumsy and open he is, not to mention how **** he is compared to a proper pro fighter.

A genuine heavyweight like Joshua should have an easier night than what he had against Ngannou.


If there is a fix of any sort on, then Joshua should be ****ing ashamed of himself for being involved.

I paid no attention to this farce but it’s all over social media and on Netflix, surely it’s a stunt? Joshua should absolutely take his head off? I won’t watch it but it would be great if Joshua actually tried and knocked him out in the first round!

[Doc_Piptorious]

I paid no attention to this farce but it’s all over social media and on Netflix, surely it’s a stunt? Joshua should absolutely take his head off? I won’t watch it but it would be great if Joshua actually tried and knocked him out in the first round!

If the fight goes into the second round then Joshua becomes a laughing stock and it is then 100% a fix in my eyes.


There are young fighters in ABCs all over Ireland that would take Jake Paul out quickly, especially some of the bigger guys. Let alone what a proper pro fighter would do to him.

Hell there are coaches in Ireland and the UK (without even going further afield) that I would expect to be able to tame and then beat Jake Paul.


A big professional heavyweight with heavy enough hands like Joshua should not be needing more than 60 seconds if he can find his range quickly. Joshua might be limited against some pro heavyweights, but he is not up against even a poor heavyweight in this.


There is not even that 1% chance of a lucky shot thing going on to suggest Jake Paul has even that much of a chance without a fix being in.

Everyone saw when Joshua, who as already said is a limited fighter in some respects, faced off against Francis Ngannou. Francis Ngannou is a genuine trained fighter (just not a boxer) who stands 6'4 or 6'5 and weighs between 18.5 and 19 stone and is not only in shape but has the mentality of knowing what it is like to be in tough spots along with some geuine durability.

Joshua dominated him and made him look like nothing.

Jake Paul on the other hand has absolutely nothing going on other than being young and in shape. He has **** footwork, **** hand speed, **** basics, **** ring IQ and a **** beard.


And 75m each for the "fight"? Jesus ****ing Christ I would have fought either of them for only 5m and for 10m I would promise not to knock either out

[Irishnev]

If the fight goes into the second round then Joshua becomes a laughing stock and it is then 100% a fix in my eyes.


There are young fighters in ABCs all over Ireland that would take Jake Paul out quickly, especially some of the bigger guys. Let alone what a proper pro fighter would do to him.

Hell there are coaches in Ireland and the UK (without even going further afield) that I would expect to be able to tame and then beat Jake Paul.


A big professional heavyweight with heavy enough hands like Joshua should not be needing more than 60 seconds if he can find his range quickly. Joshua might be limited against some pro heavyweights, but he is not up against even a poor heavyweight in this.


There is not even that 1% chance of a lucky shot thing going on to suggest Jake Paul has even that much of a chance without a fix being in.

Everyone saw when Joshua, who as already said is a limited fighter in some respects, faced off against Francis Ngannou. Francis Ngannou is a genuine trained fighter (just not a boxer) who stands 6'4 or 6'5 and weighs between 18.5 and 19 stone and is not only in shape but has the mentality of knowing what it is like to be in tough spots along with some geuine durability.

Joshua dominated him and made him look like nothing.

Jake Paul on the other hand has absolutely nothing going on other than being young and in shape. He has **** footwork, **** hand speed, **** basics, **** ring IQ and a **** beard.


And 75m each for the "fight"? Jesus ****ing Christ I would have fought either of them for only 5m and for 10m I would promise not to knock either out

Thanks for that

It’s a pure sham then

[Doc_Piptorious]

Thanks for that

It’s a pure sham then

No matter what way it goes it is that.


It gets played straight as a real boxing bout and Joshua flattens him within a minute, then it is a pro boxer flattening a non boxer.

If it goes past the first round then the fix is in to have it do that and even if Joshua sparks him after that point, the fix was there so Jake Paul can brag about how long he lasted against a "live" heavyweight fighter.


It is just mind boggling that they are on 75m each for this, when real fighters in real bouts are being paid a pittance.

Katie Taylor vs Rhonda Rousey is another joke fight that is being talked about as a Netflix "event"

Rousey at her peak in MMA was not exactly a good stand up striker so if her vs Taylor happens it will be as big a mismatch as this weekend's fight, actually it would probably be a bigger mismatch...unless of course a fix is in to make it last X number of rounds/minutes.

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If Paul just gets on his bike I think it'd be unfair to criticise Joshua for not getting a first round stoppage.
You can get 13-10 with Paddy Power for an AJ stoppage inside 2.
100-30 for rounds three or four could be the value especially if there's a script.
Betting £50 on rounds 1-2 and £65 on 3-4. So stoppage inside 2 rounds is money back. 3 or 4 gets you a £166.66 profit

[Doc_Piptorious]

If Paul just gets on his bike I think it'd be unfair to criticise Joshua for not getting a first round stoppage.
You can get 13-10 with Paddy Power for an AJ stoppage inside 2.
100-30 for rounds three or four could be the value especially if there's a script.
Betting £50 on rounds 1-2 and £65 on 3-4. So stoppage inside 2 rounds is money back. 3 or 4 gets you a £166.66 profit

He's ****, with rubbish footwork and even worse ring awareness.

If he can get on his bike for the opening three minutes, it would say more about how shot Joshua is than anything else. Three minutes is a very long time for a bum to stay out of the way of a pro boxer that wants an easy KO.

Other than if it was fixed so that he gets out of the first round, which again would reflect badly on Joshua.

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Joshua may want to play with his food.