The RedCafe Boxing Thread

If if if. I have to back Usyk just based on his punch output, angles of attack, movement. He's the better boxer.
 
Posh Red said:
Could just be based on betting patterns, more than anything.
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A lot of money coming in from Brits for Fury, yeah wouldn't surprise me. The odds are being pushed further in Fury's favour too, so money has definitely come in on him. Usyk by decision at almost 3/1 now feels like amazing value.
 
DixieDean said:
He missing really good and or solid fighters from his resume. Fighters like - Povetkin, Parker, Ruiz. For the supposed number 1, yes I think his resume is pathetic. Who are the really good fighters that he's beat? As I said, one great one, one with a ATG punch and that's about all I've got.
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The names you’ve mentioned qualifies my point of it being a pretty shallow division.

I’m perplexed that those names would be the difference between an acceptable or pathetic resume.

He’s literally trained with Joe Parker for years so that was never going to happen and it still irks me that Andy Ruiz is given any credence; a complete inactive waster who is considered credible by AJ fans cos he fell apart against him. His only other claim to fame is dropping a decision to Parker. What’s he even doing now?

If you do t like him then fair enough, but as long as he fights Joshua at some point, I don’t see how anyone can have too many complaints.
 
DannyCAFC said:
Why?
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He's fighting one of the pound for pound best in the world, he's shown vulnerabilities against three fighters (Wallin, Wilder and Ngannou) who have all since been embarrassed by other Top 5 fighters in the division. Whether he wins or not, I don't see what justification there is for him to be walking into this as a favourite, other than people again over-estimating the size and reach advantage of Usyk opponents.
 
I only really watch the big fights and I definitely fancy this one. I really can’t be arsed staying up past midnight for it though.
 
Chamberlain looking brilliant again. His awkward style is very effective.

He was brilliant against Gavin Gwynn too.

Wahab looked poor though.
 
G-manc said:
The names you’ve mentioned qualifies my point of it being a pretty shallow division.

I’m perplexed that those names would be the difference between an acceptable or pathetic resume.

He’s literally trained with Joe Parker for years so that was never going to happen and it still irks me that Andy Ruiz is given any credence; a complete inactive waster who is considered credible by AJ fans cos he fell apart against him. His only other claim to fame is dropping a decision to Parker. What’s he even doing now?

If you do t like him then fair enough, but as long as he fights Joshua at some point, I don’t see how anyone can have too many complaints.
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Those names I mentioned are really good fighters. That's what he is missing. It's a big hole. There are not many great Heavies in this, or most eras. However, there are lots of good ones, and he's managed to avoid fighting them throughout his career. Him hand picking derrick chorisa for the 3rd time! Sort of sums up his career up to this point

If he beats usyk and AJ, I suspect everything he hasn't done will be forgotten and he'll be remembered for those wins. Which would be fair enough, Tonight could put him on the path to greatness.

Final prediction is a controversial Fury win via SD.
 
Itauma looks brilliant. For a 19 year old, his ceiling is really high. Still has to work on patience though as he can be, understandably, quite rash. Exciting prospect though.
 
Sassy Colin said:
Looks like things should start happening around 11 then? Like UK time, right?
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For a big boxing PPV they pretty much always take the piss.

If they reckon they can get a few hundred more buys by fecking around for an extra hour, that's what they're going to do.
 
Cacace lucky with the shot after the break but he smelt it and went for the win, few great shots but the bell saved Cordina.

Cacace needs to finish it here.
 
Cordina looking for that one big shot now to try and change the tide which is dangerous. Can see him trying to land that left hook inbetween exchanges.
 
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