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I’d expect Zhilei Zhang to finally take up the IBF mandatory. He’s almost 39 and needs to move now. Demsey McKean is technically ahead of him in the rankings but McKean is still taking 8 rounders against club fighters so hard to see him fighting Hrgovic right now.
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Otto Wallin is on the Eubanks undercard today, fighting a game Sokolowski (better than his record suggests).
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Cigar Aficionado posted:I’d expect Zhilei Zhang to finally take up the IBF mandatory. He’s almost 39 and needs to move now. Zhang has reportedly taken the fight. Hilariously unqualified mandatory eliminator fight. Also the winner is going to be waiting quite a while so hopefully they don’t sit around mostly inactive for 2+ years waiting on the mandatory shot.
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Mike Coppinger is reporting that Canelo is looking to sign a two fight deal with Matchroom that would have him fight Dmitry Bivol at 175 in May, and Gennady Golovkin at 168 in September. If it happens, it would be another great year for Alvarez on paper, although I do cringe at the idea of him fighting a 40 year old, inactive, past his prime GGG, and forcing him up a weight class to boot. In my book, Alvarez is 0-2 against GGG, or 0-1-1 at best. It's going to suck to see Alvarez likely knock GGG out at 168, personally. The Bivol fight is much more interesting and could potentially derail things though. Bivol is still a total enigma, but he's a slick, word class boxer in his prime, and seemingly a level above the Caleb Plants and Billy Joe Saunders of the world. Alvarez has shown throughout his career that he's someone who is not above dropping multiple rounds in a fight, or even ending up as the "winner" of a fight he easily could have taken an official loss on (GGG, Lara, etc.). I don't think anyone knows what Bivol is really capable of at this point, but if anyone could beat Alvarez at 168-175, I think Bivol is really only one of two fighters (the other being Artur Beterbiev) that is capable of doing it.
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Does GGG even want it? I don't really know how much his last fight (and lack of activity) speaks to his desire to stay relevant.
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I imagine GGG retires after that. Win, lose or draw
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That’s the end of Danny Jacobs.
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Cigar Aficionado posted:Zhang has reportedly taken the fight. Hilariously unqualified mandatory eliminator fight. Also the winner is going to be waiting quite a while so hopefully they don’t sit around mostly inactive for 2+ years waiting on the mandatory shot. Joyce, Dubois, Hrgovic, etc. are definitely going to twist in the wind while Fury/Joshua/Usyk plays out. Wilder taking fights would keep the heavyweight division more interesting.
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Anyone have any spicy Khan-Brook predictions other than the stone cold lock of "absolute hilarity" "HEATED!! Press Conference". - https://youtu.be/-A9Bwill90o
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Hard to say who has more left, but I’m leaning Brook at this point. Khan is just so brittle these days and Brook is the naturally bigger, stronger guy, which might be enough. I could also see Khan knock Brook out in 2 or 3 rounds though. Definitely a fight to catch live.
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I think I'm taking Khan here, which is funny because if this fight had happened five years ago I'd almost certainly take Brook. I don't have a great reason to pick Khan beyond a gut feeling he has more left in the tank for this one.
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I'd like khan to lose mostly because he spent years poo poo talking Kell in the British press while ducking what would have been a huge fight even with no titles on the line.
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My main takeway from Khan-Brook is that big fights do not have an expiration date.
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Khan is just made of glass. He's getting wobbled with shots that are hitting his gloves.
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Not much of a surprise. Khan just has no punch resistance left, and never really had much to begin with. Legs looked bad after getting hurt in the first round. Time to retire! Kell Brook buys himself another pay day, if he wants it, but he gets rinsed by any top welterweight/junior middle.
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Keith Thurman vs Kell Brook who says no.
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Cigar Aficionado posted:Keith Thurman vs Kell Brook who says no. I just frowned thinking about it. So, I guess I say no?
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Cigar Aficionado posted:Khan just has no punch resistance left, and never really had much to begin with. It's a fight sport so it's fair game in the ring, but Khan obviously can't compete the same way with getting wobbly just being breathed on. I wonder if starting out with a weaker chin and taking the same amount of damage over a career leaves you worse off by the end of it. There's fighters with great chins who still got obvious CTE, and others who have been ok. But it sure seems super risky to be fighting (and sparring in camp) when every solid contact is taking you off balance.
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How often does this kind of poo poo happen? https://twitter.com/FiteTV/status/1495505833051963395
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Is there a point in the double leg where it's a legal clinch and not a foul? Assuming there's no planting of the knee. Like if they just ducked and cinched but didn't lift the opponent up.
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Brut posted:How often does this kind of poo poo happen? Lmao. He got ‘em good. Did they take a point away? I think you should be allowed to do one of those a match.
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Mr. F! posted:I think you should be allowed to do one of those a match. I'm guessing that was the idea -- do a move that's not a foul but takes your opponent's mind off their game. Though certainly the slam is way too far to not be a foul.
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I can't for the life of my friend the footage but I'd swear that early MMA fighter who got heel hooked in UFC 1 by Ken Shamrock was losing a boxing match to a 1990's champ a few years later, lost his temper and resorted to kickboxing. I won't spoil the ending in case someone finds it. Edit: my lead melted brain has at least one fighter wrong, apparently. Jack B Nimble fucked around with this message at 22:34 on Feb 21, 2022 |
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Mr. F! posted:Lmao. He got ‘em good. Did they take a point away? I think you should be allowed to do one of those a match. I have no idea, I just saw the tweet, if someone has a link to the full video or at least the next few seconds where the ref presumably falls over laughing, I'd love to see it.
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kimbo305 posted:It's a fight sport so it's fair game in the ring, but Khan obviously can't compete the same way with getting wobbly just being breathed on. i dunno that weak chin vs strong chin matters much in cte; even if you were more susceptible to brain damage, you’d be going down faster and submitting yourself to less abuse, in theory.
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Declan MacManus posted:i dunno that weak chin vs strong chin matters much in cte; even if you were more susceptible to brain damage, you’d be going down faster and submitting yourself to less abuse, in theory. Isn't cte worst in people who get lots of head trauma that doesn't quite concuss them but almost does.
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Fury and Whyte have both signed up for the April 23rd fight.
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Now if we can get Usyk-Joshua 2 signed we may be able to get a total heavyweight championship unification fight by the end of the year (lol).
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Was trying to read up on various Ukrainian athletes' statements on the invasion, and apparently Usyk and Loma belong to the part of the Orthodox Church that follows Moscow, which along with other things has made fans feel like they're not out and out patriots: http://thecomeback.com/queensberryrules/2020-articles/im-ukrainian-and-i-cannot-cheer-for-oleksandr-usyk-or-vasyl-lomachenko.html Also reminder than Vitali is the mayor of Kyiv.
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I'm afraid we might not have Triller to put on freakshow fights that much longer.quote:Triller announced it has purchased the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championships for an undisclosed amount of money. Bare Knuckle has overpaid for talent and after some early interest from the novelty of doing it in 2018 and 2019 and for Paige VanZant at first, its business has not been good. Just the EIGHT HUNDRED AND TEN MILLION DOLLAR loss for the year then.
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MrBling posted:Just the EIGHT HUNDRED AND TEN MILLION DOLLAR loss for the year then. there is so much money sloshing around the top of the market
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