šŸ„Š The Boxing Thread

Prince Naseem talked the truth about Eubank Jnr tonight. Not good enough.

Barry Mcguigan talks some major sense too.

I got it, 12 and Groves being too ring smart and distant, his jab is too strong for the lighter man,.

That was comedy on Sat night, easy money. Everyone with a casual interest in boxing fell for all the Eubank crap making some great odds for those like me who put their money on the bigger, far more skilled boxer. Eubank is great at throwing 120 punches at a static target like a punch bag or Auther Abraham but the two boxers he has come up against that can move a little, he has come up well short. He is a half decent but limited European/fringe world level boxer. His dad knows that (as he was the same or slightly better) and make a good choice ducking out of the GGG fight. The biggest mistake he has ever made was walking out of Adam boothā€™s gym 2 years ago. If he has been humble and listened to a real coach like that, he might have been a proper contender.

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Eubanks was awful. It was embarrassing to watch. Iā€™m not sure heā€™ll ever amount to much as he lacks the basics and isnā€™t a huge puncher. His fitness is fantastic and he seems to have a decent enough chin but apart from that Iā€™ve never seen much to suggest heā€™s world class. Groves is decent but heā€™s far from great. Itā€™s just a shame that Eubanks Sr seems to be reliving his glory years through his son.

GGG vs CANELO rematch due in May. However Canelo fails a drug test for a steroid ā€˜believedā€™ to come from tainted meat in his native Mexico. Lol. Iā€™ve eaten burgers from Gosport and a van on Portsdown Hill and Iā€™ve never gained any muscle mass from those.

Bradley Wiggins unavailable for comment.

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Canelo and Wiggins both guilty as sin as far as Iā€™m concerned. Rematch is going ahead as planned though apparantley.

Eubank was embarrasingly bad, and is at a real crossroads now. Perhaps not good enough for World level?

Wilder showed he can dig deep against Ortiz, but more evidence that he shouldnā€™t trouble AJ for me. Too much wildness in his style and could easily have been stopped.

Kell Brook looked good. Got to be looking for that Khan fight now. Itā€™s now or never!

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Scott Quigg has blown his World Title opportinity by weighing 2 lbs over the weight limit.

So bizarre. Moves to the US, takes on Freddie Roach as trainer to chase his world title dream, then doesnā€™t hit the weight limit?

Personally Iā€™m of the opinion that there should be a suspension of sorts in these situations.

https://twitter.com/EditinKing/status/978010231375630336

AJ v Parker is upon us.

Whyteā€™s win over Brown was impressive, so Iā€™m thinking we might see Wilder v Whyte or AJ v Whyte 2 next. Although for me, as long as AJ deals with Parker it should be AJ v Wilder next. Then the winner of that to fight Tyson Fury.

Heayweight boxing has an embarrasment of riches at the moment. Letā€™s hope promoters/greed doesnā€™t rob us of some epic fights!

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True. Heavyweight boxing has certainly got a lot more interesting. That said compare it to the 1970ā€™s era and the current bunch look distinctly average.

Remember this fight? Awesome.

https://twitter.com/EditinKing/status/986733251367723008

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One of the best of all time.

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I remember it well. As a Calzaghe fan I was really worried beforehand as Lacy had been built up as a Tysonesque monster.

Calzaghe absolutely schooled him. One of the best performances Iā€™ve seen.

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Schooled him is the only term for it. Watched it with an ex boxer and neither of us could believe the difference in class. Definitely one that will always stay in the memory.

https://twitter.com/KOKINGS4/status/991636740292186113

https://twitter.com/EditinKing/status/992301755378483206

Anyone watching the boxing?

Emmanuel Rodriguez is a very good boxer. Well worth watching.

Nope, forgot after a day on the sauce and couldnā€™t be arsed putting the readies down when it had already started. Bellew comprehensively victorious, I understand.

Of course, boxing experts like myself know that Tony Bellew isnā€™t his real name, and is in fact ā€œPrettyā€ Ricky Conlon, newly absconded from jail, and fighting under an assumed name following his narrow victory against Adonis Creed.

How the boxing and custodial authorities have never put 2 + 2 together, Iā€™ll never know. They look exactly the same.

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