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Boxing thread
- Thread starter Majin
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Bahnz
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
You can understand the corner throwing in the towel at the first sign of trouble. Bakole's probably barely slept in the last 24 hours.
Parker looked slow as ****, this extra weight he's carrying is a terrible idea against anyone who hasn't just rolled off the couch.
Parker looked slow as ****, this extra weight he's carrying is a terrible idea against anyone who hasn't just rolled off the couch.
hendrix
Hall of Fame Member
Objectively, you would think that Parker winning with a second round KO would be quite dramatic and fun but instead it was just a massive anti-climax. Both guys looked insanely vulnerable. If Parker had put a beating on and then got the KO it might have been respectable. Meh.
Usyk is 8 years post his prime and has ran through this division and I still can't see anyone except maybe Kabayel beating him.
Niall
International Coach
Not digging you out as I agreed with pretty much all the calls.
The obvious thing we all missed , was maybe Sheeraz is still a little raw and Adames is pretty good. Sheeraz very fortunate not to lose that.
Shakur scored 3 knockdowns and the fight somehow was still tedious LOL.
Bookies were right having Ortiz slight fav, although I think the money came for Madrimov close enough to the fight.
hendrix
Hall of Fame Member
Yeah Ortiz was much better than I expected.
Hamzah Sheeraz just doesn't appear to have a second gear. Like, it's all well and good sticking out a long jab and making guys walk onto your punches, but he appears to have no ability to actually put pressure on someone.
The big shock for me was the method in which Kabayel destroyed Zhang. I had picked Kabayel to beat Zhang handily even by stoppage, but I didn't think he'd be able to do it by just standing right in front of him and beating him up on the inside.
I can't think of many fighters I'd pick to just stand right in front of Zhang and beat him up like that.
It means Kabayel is an extremely versatile fighter, skilled in both the inside and outside, back foot and front foot with a great gas tank. It's pretty impressive IMO.
social
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
It’s boxing so Dubois will probably fight Usyk next because that’s where the money/interest is
Saudis must be hosing plenty of coin on these matchups as gate is nonexistent
thierry henry
International Coach
I had Bivol winning clearly enough (I didn't think the 8-4 was outrageous, I had 8-4 or 7-5) but I'm sure I could find 2 rounds I gave Bivol that were close enough that I wouldn't quibble too much with a draw.
I had the first fight 7-5 Beterbiev or maybe a draw, although I probably slightly prefer Bivol overall so I'm not discounting a shade of bias in my scoring.
I'll probably try to watch the fight again at some point because as usual I was watching on a dodgy stream that went in and out a bit. My sense was that Bivol actually looked worse at points than he ever did in the first fight (where he lost a lot of rounds via inactivity rather than Beterbiev catching him with anything significant) but Beterbiev lost rounds when he became either tired or wary of Bivol's offence in a way that he didn't in the first fight.
I scored some early rounds for Bivol where it felt like the "story of the fight" (and the commentary) was starting to tilt towards Beterbiev but I still felt Bivol was edging him when viewing the round in isolation. There were definitely early rounds I could see people scoring the other way.
thierry henry
International Coach
Re: Parker v Bakole, it's sort of a shame because it's a really interesting fight in theory, but now we've seen a half-arsed version of it which probably means we'll never see the "real thing".
Bakole is obviously a big man but I note that he fought at 229lb and 230lb earlier in his career and even relatively recently against Kuzmin he weighed 251. This new 280+ version of Bakole is basically just him being a fat guy who carries it pretty well. 310lb is not just a naturally huge guy being out of shape, he was grossly overweight.
Bakole is obviously a big man but I note that he fought at 229lb and 230lb earlier in his career and even relatively recently against Kuzmin he weighed 251. This new 280+ version of Bakole is basically just him being a fat guy who carries it pretty well. 310lb is not just a naturally huge guy being out of shape, he was grossly overweight.
