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Boxing thread

hendrix

hendrix

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Bahnz said:
Not really that much of an outlier, when it's only 2 points away from the judge with the most dissimilar score.

Almost feels like a modern day Hagler Robinson. One of those fights where your scoring will depend massively on what you subjectively favour. Looking at the media coverage there doesn't appear to be any consensus on who deserved to win. Hopefully we get a rematch.
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I don't think I saw Beterbiev land a single punch cleanly. It was still a close fight because he is an amazing boxer with ridiculous power and a fantastic jab. He had a few good rounds.

But I think Bivol clearly won that.

You could make a case that Bivol won 5 of the first 6 rounds and that's actually how I scored it.
 
thierry henry

thierry henry

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I thought draw or Bivol win live (but watching on a dodgy stream and missing bits here and there), then watched the full fight in HD last night and, despite not wanting to, had either draw or Beterbiev 7-5. That depended on round 12 which most people scored for Beterbiev but I thought was a close round.

It's funny because I largely agree with the pro-Bivol narrative of the fight i.e. that Beterbiev landed few scoring punches and vanishingly few genuinely clean scoring punches. Bivol on the other hand won his rounds more clearly (particularly round 9) and landed the better shots even in rounds I think he lost.

I also agree that clean punching should be the primary scoring criteria. I just found that in rounds 5-8 and 10-11, Beterbiev was landing enough cuffing or partially blocked shots to narrowly edge out the maybe 2-3 good shots Bivol was able to land in those rounds. I don't score simply for "activity", but I did think that in those rounds the result of Beterbiev's activity was that he landed fractionally more than Bivol. Rounds 8/10/12 were close though, and maybe others.
 
hendrix

hendrix

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Wow, Tszyu brutally stopped by Murtazaliev.

the look on his face after feeling that left hook was scary. Tough, tough dude but that felt dangerous how long it went on for.
 
hendrix

hendrix

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I have this funny feeling that Joseph Parker is not getting fights right now because he is the backup plan if Fury pulls out of the rematch with Usyk. Frank Warren would like that. Joseph Parker would like that. Usyk would think it's a respectable scalp to add to his resume. Turki would probably be on board so long as they padded out the undercard a bit more than it is right now.

I also think there's a decent chance of Fury pulling out.
 
social

social

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hendrix said:
I have this funny feeling that Joseph Parker is not getting fights right now because he is the backup plan if Fury pulls out of the rematch with Usyk. Frank Warren would like that. Joseph Parker would like that. Usyk would think it's a respectable scalp to add to his resume. Turki would probably be on board so long as they padded out the undercard a bit more than it is right now.

I also think there's a decent chance of Fury pulling out.
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I know that Fury is unreliable but haven’t heard anything in that regard
 
Niall

Niall

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Katie Taylor is certainly a judge’s favourite
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Oh man, I love Katie was a robbery.

She was 3.5 (5/2) before the fight betting wise which is crazy as she opened as fav , bit of a robbery that.

Katie is great but yeah she loves a headbutt lol
 
Daemon

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That was a letdown as expected. I suppose it was the cricketing equivalent of watching a fraser mcgurk batting against senior curtly ambrose or something
 
Niall

Niall

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www.badlefthook.com

Daniel Dubois vs Joseph Parker, Beterbiev vs Bivol 2 planned for February 22nd Riyadh Season

Carlos Adames vs Hamzah Sheeraz, Vergil Ortiz Jr vs Jaron Ennis, and Zhilei Zhang vs Agit Kabayel are reportedly also in the works
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That's a hell of a card if it happens.

On Dubois v Parker , leaning towards an ugly SD win for Parker and not sure at all for the rematch. The other heavyweight match speculated, actually think Kabayal may sneak a points win for Zhang, although obviously Zhang could spark him out if he connects.
 
hendrix

hendrix

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Dubois gets through Parker. Cant see how Parker gets past that jab.

Kabayel demolishes Zhang. Kabayel is basically a better version of Parker. Kabayel will stop him around round 7-8.

Zhang would have been much better off taking the Bakole fight.
 
Bahnz

Bahnz

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Dubois's reach advantage over Parker is fairly modest, and Parker won't be waltzing around with his hands at his waist and his chin in the air like Joshua did, so I think Dubois will have to work a lot harder for the W. Having said that, I tend to think Dubois knocks him out in 8 or 9 rounds. Dubois is a strong, active, heavy hitting fighter, suspect he'll try to follow the Joyce blueprint and look to outwork Parker and grind him down for a late round KO. Excellent fight though and thrilled that it's happened for Joe.

Zhang v Kabayel should be an interesting one as well. Well, the first 4 rounds will be anyway.
 
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