Boxing thread

[Goughy]

Just read this article and I was blown away that Leapai was called the no 10 ranked heavyweight as boxrec has him ranked at #50

Circus gives sport a black eye as SBW bout makes Australian boxing an international laughing stock | thetelegraph.com.au

Alex Leapai : Boxer

He is WBO Asia Pacific belt holder and a bit of research shows that he is therefore ranked in their top 10 - no one else ranks him close to this. I guess my point is that this shenaniganery is what currently undermines boxing.

 

[social]

Bad night for British boxing with Price being ko'd and Audley back in the headlines

The bloke that knocked Price out couldnt knock the skin off a rice custard so not much hope for a meaningful comeback

Shame for Price as he looked to have talent and to be a decent guy

Boxing is a cruel sport

As for Audley, reckon I could knock him out with the way that he holds his right low (he is a southpaw) and chin up

 

[Lillian Thomson]

As for Audley, reckon I could knock him out with the way that he holds his right low (he is a southpaw) and chin up

Another first round defeat for FrAudley tonight. I reckon we're getting into Geoff Boycott's mother territory now.

 

[Goughy]

Another first round defeat for FrAudley tonight. I reckon we're getting into Geoff Boycott's mother territory now.

I didn't even know this fight was taking place but what the **** is he doing fighting Wilder? Wilder is unbeaten, a top 15 fighter and arguably the best American Heavyweight.

This is ****ing ridiculous. He should fire his management for even considering taking this fight.

 

[social]

I didn't even know this fight was taking place but what the **** is he doing fighting Wilder? Wilder is unbeaten, a top 15 fighter and arguably the best American Heavyweight.

This is ****ing ridiculous. He should fire his management for even considering taking this fight.

Wilder hasn't actually fought anybody though and Audley's camp probably thought that if he could beat a "name", he might somehow fluke a title shot - he is 41 after all

Anyway, 3 first round kos whilst hardly throwing a punch is not the best way to go out

 

[Goughy]

Wilder hasn't actually fought anybody though and Audley's camp probably thought that if he could beat a "name", he might somehow fluke a title shot - he is 41 after all

Anyway, 3 first round kos whilst hardly throwing a punch is not the best way to go out

Wilder is the current great Black hope and while he hadn't beaten a name, after beating Audley, he still hasn't. This, IMO, was a terrible fight for Harrison. He was set up.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Audrey's calling it quits now. BBC.

Great physical specimen, just didn't quite have the heart for the pro game. I mean, it's easy for me to say that from my sofa, I know, & no one who climbs through the ropes really lacks bottle, but he was a much more imposing figure than (say) Haye, who has more mongrel in him & did win a version of the world title.

 

[uvelocity]

haha you've got such a way of bagging people brumbers

 

[social]

Audrey's calling it quits now. BBC.

Great physical specimen, just didn't quite have the heart for the pro game. I mean, it's easy for me to say that from my sofa, I know, & no one who climbs through the ropes really lacks bottle, but he was a much more imposing figure than (say) Haye, who has more mongrel in him & did win a version of the world title.

There was an interesting article by one of the British scribes this week who basically said the same thing and pointed to Audley's response to his first pro contract - having been given a million quid by the BBC and allowed to pick his first opponents (4 or 6?), he responded by choosing guys that were little better than the neighborhood drunk

 

[Burgey]

Enormous performance from Vlad this morning.

 

[social]

Mayweather fight on free to air - nice

Mayweather class above made for a relatively boring fight unless you appreciate the skills of a master craftsman

 

[social]

BBC Sport - Audley Harrison announces U-turn on retirement plans

Guy is nuts but I hope it doesn't end as badly for him as it has for others

 

[BoyBrumby]

I suppose to be fair to Audrey he's only been retired about five minutes.

However one struggles to see the point, earning more money aside. Patently hasn't the heart or the chin for the highest levels.

 

[luckyeddie]

Very good win by Carl Froch tonight, avenging one of his two previous career defeats against the Danish fighter Mikkel Kessler.

Fun fact - a few years ago he defeated my second cousin (my cousin's son) in a British and Commonwealth title fight.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Ha, that's so cool.

Well, not that Froch beat the boy, beat you know what I mean.

Given your well-established connexions to Derby, I'm guessing your second cousin's initials would be DH?

 

[luckyeddie]

Ha, that's so cool.

Well, not that Froch beat the boy, beat you know what I mean.

Given your well-established connexions to Derby, I'm guessing your second cousin's initials would be DH?

That's the one. A tearaway as a lad, but getting into boxing and martial arts made him. His dad is my mum's brother's son, and we used to be very close. Even closer when he used to keep a pub.

 

[Burgey]

Some classic post-comeback Ali fights on ESPN right now, with commentary from Dundee and Burt Sugar. Get in!

 

[uvelocity]

subscribed

 

[Burgey]

Poor Bonavena - dead by '76. Shot at a ranch in Reno by the husband of a former madam he was filling in.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Bad night for British boxing with Price being ko'd and Audley back in the headlines

The bloke that knocked Price out couldnt knock the skin off a rice custard so not much hope for a meaningful comeback

Shame for Price as he looked to have talent and to be a decent guy

Boxing is a cruel sport

As for Audley, reckon I could knock him out with the way that he holds his right low (he is a southpaw) and chin up

Thompson KOs Price again.

It's a real shame for Price, who is a genuinely good guy, but the step up in class to fight a guy who, an early career loss aside, hasn't lost to anyone except Klitschko jr was clearly too much.

An immediate rematch seemed doubly optimistic too.