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I'm convinced that if these fights were fixed (Parker fight and Joyce fight) that they'd have been less weird. I thought it was WWE. What a load of rubbish.

ffs! Argh!

If you need a plasterer when it goes wrong...

It's really boring. More so than last season isn't it? Last season it seemed like every driver was unhappy. This year they're mostly celebrating slight improvements in their car but I'm not sure why. Nobody has really made a step forward from the mid/end of last season on their rivals? In fact, there seems to be quite a cushion between each team or each driver. Perez won't touch Verstappen. Hamilton is being held back by his bottom lip. McLaren, Mercedes and Aston don't look serious about challenging Ferrari. Russell seems to be comfortably clear of his teammate, Alonso just picking up the pieces and pouncing on opportunities but again, no threat to podiums. When the top 5 all drive around on their own and we're watching Piastri get stuck behind Hamilton for 8th or whatever it was. Last year it was the battle for second best. Now we're not even looking at podium battles. Thrilling stuff! Who will get their cars between Russell and Hamilton who are half a lap behind Leclerc who's not seen Perez since lap 4!!! Tune in next week to find out!!! Woooohoooo

Took me ages 🤣

Ceasefire. It's been the logical and correct stance for a while. Forever actually. Why can't they say Ceasefire? "Because we want a ceasefire that lasts". Er... Wtf? It makes zero sense. Because Hamas or at least a version of Hamas will rise again. So whatever side of the argument you are on or whatever solution you think you have, you are pissing in the wind if you think a brutal military campaign leads to peace. (From either side) A temporary ceasefire stands more chance of leading to a long term ceasefire. It just does. Knowing Hamas will repeat their actions so instead supporting Israel's ethnic cleansing is putting Israeli lives a priority over Arabs. It's a lie the government has told us about why we need to continue this war. So either they're stupid or they think people are. Obviously the steps taken to keep extending the ceasefire do become complex and contentious. But supporting a ceasefire is a no brainer. I have a hard time accepting the view that with just a bit more killing we'll see the benefits in the long run.

Ngannou has a tasty left hook and his feet move well when he's coming forward. Just that defence... I'm still sticking by that I think Joshua can beat Usyk. I was fuming with both his performances. Don't me wrong, I'm not criticising Usyk as a fighter. But his size... Chisora roughed him a bit. He took a few shots off Joshua and Dubois where you think he's feeling the power off these guys. I just think there's an opportunity in the early rounds before fatigue sets in to get at Usyk. You have to take a few shots but I still think you can bully him. We'll see, I guess. Fury is a nightmare for Usyk. If Usyk wins I might change my tune but I really think Fury will put it on him. So, nothing gained really. Hearn will dine out on comparing the Fury/AJ matches but in a couple of months it will count for nothing. Ngannou should find an opponent that won't punish him for the rookie errors. Build back up. There are huge fights out there for him.

I'm not sure that tops the Wilder win does it? He was punch perfect Vs Wilder who might have been inactive but I'm not sure that was a great performance tonight! Am I being harsh? He took over eventually but he left the ball in Zhangs court a lot, no?

For Zhang I think he's just conscious of the plan to drag him into the latter rounds so he's just holding back. For Parker it's just poor imo. He might even win on points but he's let a 6 round fighter carry his energy

He started that round well and then gets caught when he stops working ffs

I thought Parker would be busier. Not to win early but go draw the work out of Zhang.

I can translate for you. "I'm going to run an absolute mile because I was beaten physically and mentally which is why I was complaining constantly. If you offer me what I ask then I'll ask for more and say you're refusing to pay up. Get me on a flight out of this nightmare"

Oh my God. There is no way you could have Vargas winning that fight comfortably as one judge did. Let's be generous and give him the first 6 rounds. Find him a couple more. He lost 6 in a row and two knock-downs. But a judge had him winning. This sport really f**** me off.

Mike Tyson still intimidating as ever. I wonder how many opponents had lost before the first bell. He's an animal. I hope he lets loose on Paul and doesn't play his part in the show. Probably got about 5 good minutes in him but 5 mins with THAT?!

Is Mike Tyson going to parade around touching Paul up or his he going to edge in level the t*****? If he just goes in looking for one big bang then I'll pay for it. But I imagine it's an entertainment gig where we put a few rounds on for the fans, Mike Tyson gets tired and then Paul wins rounds. Everyone goes home rich saying Paul is actually a talented boxer when he's not

Toto irons those tighty whites too.

I might have to search out an Ngannou documentary. Never took an interest in UFC but it sounds like he's got just a great human story

Haha, I don't mind Hearn but I like him in the way you would like a car salesman who's got so much in common with you. Imagine. The Saudis have sent them all mad. They're all fluttering their eyelashes aren't they. De La Hoya wants to join the Warren/Hearn love affair. Bob Arum says it's the new Vegas now. Changed his tune. Turki? Turkey? Turkeh? "His excellency" could say "I want to put your man in with a grizzly bear" and these promoters would chuck them in. "Nah AJ, it's a great idea. Bears usually fight southpaw in the wild so you've got this".

Oh. "Knockout Chaos" AJ and Parker will go to points, what do you think?? But 3 big punchers in 2 events but I can see AJ, Ngannou and Parker being cautious. AJ and Parker have too much to lose after working their way back up. Ngannou is going to let AJ lead the fight and try to be smart. Zhang will come swinging and Parker will know he gasses. AJ v Ngannou is a 10 rounder?!?

I think it's naive of Hearn to go for this fight. If AJ wins then nobody will really care. The idea is to put pressure on Fury with a dominant performance. But these things never really materialise like that because boxing is so long winded. Fighting a guy who's famously tough, who's realistically got no credibility in boxing and yet (unofficially) beat Fury (so what if he wasn't at his sharpest. He's still elite) Who wants fights with high risk/low reward. They're obviously seeing it as low risk. But the reward is still low! You get to tell Fury that you beat the guy he struggled with. Big wow. Fury is fighting Usyk. If he wins then Ngannou will be a blip. If he loses then AJ won't need that W over Ngannou. Parker and Zhang are in a real rewarding fight though. I imagine Zhang will gas and Parker just needs to win the second half of the fight while being sensible in the begining

Verstappen should start on Sunday to make it fair.

Very true. Especially online. It's hard to reason with people online and we end up just shouting at each other. Also what's good is that we get our news from outside the mainstream but at the same time it's really easy to only get news from the bias you want to hear. End up with 'news' that reinforces our views. You can switch off opposing views. Get to be correct 100% of the time. Then we take to (anti) social media to bombard the opposition with our convenient facts. I need to try to switch off to this conflict tbh. It's been OTT since October 7th. Quite unhealthy. I see it as one of the great injustices. Maybe it would do some good if I just worried about whether Joshua will beat Ngannou or if I can cut my grass this weekend. Not spending hours I don't have to spare clicking constant updates!

I'm 38 and angry enough already. If I get more fed up over the years.... Oh god. It's a heated subject so naturally small disagreements can get heated. But I don't actually like falling out with people! Cheers Archied. Messed my day at work up though. Got nothing done!

To be honest would it actually resolve anything? I'm not wanting to fall out and I don't think we'll agree on this!! 🤣

I mean I'm not naming names it's all in the thread. But we did get into this conversation after bcn said enough is enough when Hamas return hostages and stop voting a terrorist organisation to run their country. My response was to tell him that basically it's nothing like that simple or one sided. To which you said "Whilst I agree and understand your post I do question whether it does anything other than perpetuate division and a partisan feel ( I’m sure you don’t do this purposely)"... then applied that to the protests. I thought it interesting you pulled me up and have issue with the protests. I'd say the division is created by the governments position when the public opinion is to demand an immediate ceasefire.