British Boxing

[durrington gull]

We had a 'heated debate' with a cabbie in Vegas who told us Boxing was finished and UFC was the future, sorry I don't buy that UFC is just an extension of a fight in a pub car park, with a few more tattoos and possibly steroids.

British boxing is about to potentially throw up some intruiging contests.

Win or lose in Germany Fury will eventually fight Joshua and get knocked out.

Eubank Jnr clearly has designs on either moving up to,Super Middleweight and taking on Degale or staying at middleweight at taking on Golovkin, whichever he decides both these contests are potential Stadium fights at the Amex.

One stadium fight looking more likely given that Khan was with Eddie Hearn at ringside last night is Brook vs Khan

Would be great to have a major bill of boxing at the Amex

 

[StonehamPark]

Not me saying it but the undisputed world champion who knows a little about the game. I would think that he is expecting an easy fight against Fury.

It's all just mind games.
Fury's likely too thick to register a word of it though.

 

[Shorehamkid]

I see Eddie Hearn has outdone himself and put the Dec 12th O2 bill on Sky Box Office.

Shocking decision for what is essentially a domestic card. It's irrelevant how much Smith, Nelson and the like sex up the rivalry and hype in the build-up, it's not PPV worthy, and Sky have you right where that want you if you think anything different. Joshua beats Whyte easily and although Eubank Jnr vs Spike is intriguing, the undercard of your Campbell's, Bellew's and Warrington's against majorly inferior opposition doesn't cut it for me.

Quigg vs Frampton... yep fair enough, Klitschko vs Fury... inevitable. But this stinks worse than Cleverly vs Bellew, and I've only just got rid of the stench of that. Any decent streams on the night then let us know.

 

[Mr Banana]

I see Eddie Hearn has outdone himself and put the Dec 12th O2 bill on Sky Box Office.

Shocking decision for what is essentially a domestic card. It's irrelevant how much Smith, Nelson and the like sex up the rivalry and hype in the build-up, it's not PPV worthy, and Sky have you right where that want you if you think anything different. Joshua beats Whyte easily and although Eubank Jnr vs Spike is intriguing, the undercard of your Campbell's, Bellew's and Warrington's against majorly inferior opposition doesn't cut it for me.

Quigg vs Frampton... yep fair enough, Klitschko vs Fury... inevitable. But this stinks worse than Cleverly vs Bellew, and I've only just got rid of the stench of that. Any decent streams on the night then let us know.

Give the money you might have given to Fast Car to a local boozer? I think the Palmeira will probably show it. Atmosphere should be fun what with the Brighton GGG involved.

 

[Ernest]

I see Eddie Hearn has outdone himself and put the Dec 12th O2 bill on Sky Box Office.

Shocking decision for what is essentially a domestic card. It's irrelevant how much Smith, Nelson and the like sex up the rivalry and hype in the build-up, it's not PPV worthy, and Sky have you right where that want you if you think anything different. Joshua beats Whyte easily and although Eubank Jnr vs Spike is intriguing, the undercard of your Campbell's, Bellew's and Warrington's against majorly inferior opposition doesn't cut it for me.

Quigg vs Frampton... yep fair enough, Klitschko vs Fury... inevitable. But this stinks worse than Cleverly vs Bellew, and I've only just got rid of the stench of that. Any decent streams on the night then let us know.

Hearn is taking the pee big time now, I hope it bombs and nobody buys it

 

[Megazone]

Andy Lee v BJS is the fight worth paying for IMO.

Andy Lee's right hook is devastating but BJS is a much more slick boxer.

 

[big nuts]

Hearn & Matchroom have been taking the piss for 2 years now. Sub-standard uncompetitive fights dominate Sky broadcasts and anything resembling a half decent scrap is put on PPV.

I called Sky to complain after the Cleverly vs Bellew match and again after Brook vs Gavin got a pretty decent reduction in the cost for 10 months so it pays to make your feelings clear.

The card on the 12th is a piss take for PPV in my view and hopefully it will bomb big time.

 

[BensGrandad]

Suggested in the press Carl Frosch considering making a comeback and I cannot think why surely doesnt need the money and where is there to go for titles.

 

[Ernest]

Suggested in the press Carl Frosch considering making a comeback and I cannot think why surely doesnt need the money and where is there to go for titles.

More chance of you making a comeback, pure media hype

 

[Albion Dan]

Not me saying it but the undisputed world champion who knows a little about the game. I would think that he is expecting an easy fight against Fury.

Errr you do know its called mind games?

 

[BensGrandad]

Errr you do know its called mind games?

Just hope he backs it up and floors the Manc

 

[Vegas Seagull]

I see Eddie Hearn has outdone himself and put the Dec 12th O2 bill on Sky Box Office.

Shocking decision for what is essentially a domestic card. It's irrelevant how much Smith, Nelson and the like sex up the rivalry and hype in the build-up, it's not PPV worthy, and Sky have you right where that want you if you think anything different. Joshua beats Whyte easily and although Eubank Jnr vs Spike is intriguing, the undercard of your Campbell's, Bellew's and Warrington's against majorly inferior opposition doesn't cut it for me.

Quigg vs Frampton... yep fair enough, Klitschko vs Fury... inevitable. But this stinks worse than Cleverly vs Bellew, and I've only just got rid of the stench of that. Any decent streams on the night then let us know.

Why not if 20,000 sold it out in 6 hours?

 

[Shorehamkid]

Why not if 20,000 sold it out in 6 hours?

I get what you're saying to a degree, because the average man gets swept up in the Sky and Matchroom PR machine and will happily part with the cash, making it a worthwhile venture for Eddie and his bank balance. The connoisseur knows though pal, you can't tell me you'd be happy paying the best part of £20 for this surely?

 

[dangull]

Boxing seems to be a sport in decline. The days when Muhammad Ali was the most recognised face on the planet is over.

The general public wouldn't know who the best British fighters are today, and not that interested that a British fighter is fighting soon to win the used to be the biggest prize in sport.

 

[SK1NT]

Boxing was really something special from the early days with Jack Johnson, to Sugar Ray Robinson, Sonny Liston, Frazier, Ali and even the 80’s was special with Tyson on the scene. The 90’s was a great decade for British boxing with Benn Eubank and Naseem Hamed. As mentioned above these were household names.

Boxing has a rich tapestry of history for over 100 years and the last 5-10 years has been very poor (excluding a few exceptional boxers like Mayweather etc) I was a massive boxing fan but now barely watch a fight. There are two big reasons as to why I think it has died.

1) Lack of boxing on terrestrial tv. Even the shittiest fights like Audrey Harrison and Haye are now £15 fights. Back in the day my family would gather around the tv and watch Tyson, eubank, benn on BBC 1 or ITV.
2) The number of dam belts per division. Over half the division could end up being a world champion. There should only ever be one body and one world champion at that weight.

 

[Gilliver's Travels]

Two views of Boxing:-

1 The only sport where the objective is to cause physical injury to another human being. Disgusting. Should have been banned years ago.

2 Two hard-men fighting over a purse. That's just weird.

 

[Weststander]

A brilliant performance from JW, negating dangerous punches from the world champion, whilst making his own work count with such precision and brutality.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

A brilliant performance from JW, negating dangerous punches from the world champion, whilst making his own work count with such precision and brutality.

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