Comrade 86 Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 (edited) Piece on Sky with Usyk discussing Chisora fight and his hopes to get fights with Fury AND Joshua. Gotta love his ambition but while I fancy him to beat Chisora, he'd do well not to take him too lightly. I think this is more of an acid test for Usyk after which we'll know a deal more about his ability to handle these big lads. Can he step up? My gut says yes based on skill set but the physicality thing is still a question for me so I'd not be taking short odds about it. Chisora is nothing if not durable and while Usyk is an altogether more proficient boxer, he'll have his hands full early on at very least. EDIT - Ooops! Forgot link https://www.skysports.com/boxing/news/12183/11960744/oleksandr-usyk-vows-to-take-world-heavyweight-titles-from-anthony-joshua-and-tyson-fury Edited March 21, 2020 by 86 Schmokes & a Pancake Andicis 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CWC1983 Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 Slightly off topic, but I paused my Sky sports subscription today. Fair play sky, I dont think ive gone to the 400 channels for at least a week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alph Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 Watched all Usyk v Gassiev, Usyk v Glowacki, Usyk v Joyce, Loma v Linares, Loma v Rigondeaux (however you spell it), Loma v Martinez, Canelo v GGG 1 and 2, AJ v Whyte, AJ v Povetkin, AJ v Breazeale, Dubois v Gorman, Fury v Chisora, Fury v Wlad, Fury v Wilder 1 and 2, Fitzgerald v Fowler, Whyte v Chisora, Whyte v Parker, Mayweather v Pacquiao, Pacquiao v Broner, Bellew v Haye 2, Bellew v Makabu, Froch v Groves, Lewis v Vitali Klitschko, Tyson v Holyfield, Tyson v Bruno. YouTube suggestions got out of hand lately. But even during this crisis I still wouldn't watch Lawrence Okolie if he was fighting in my garden. Andicis and Comrade 86 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alph Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 Hatton v Koysta Tszyu! Good call YouTube! Mostyn6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comrade 86 Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 Oh Billy, Billy, Billy. What an utter plank you are! I wonder if they trust him with sharp implements or whether his entire house is padded? ?♂️ Alph 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coneheadjohn Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 1 hour ago, 86 Schmokes & a Pancake said: Oh Billy, Billy, Billy. What an utter plank you are! I wonder if they trust him with sharp implements or whether his entire house is padded? ?♂️ Comes in work sometimes,that’s my only comment. Alph 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comrade 86 Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 7 minutes ago, Van Cone De Head said: Comes in work sometimes,that’s my only comment. Actually comes across as a sound lad in interviews I've seen, but this was plain daft! I very much doubt it was meant as anything other than a joke it's just not something you post to social media. They've revoked his license in any case so doubtless a lesson learned. Coneheadjohn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coneheadjohn Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 5 minutes ago, 86 Schmokes & a Pancake said: Actually comes across as a sound lad in interviews I've seen, but this was plain daft! I very much doubt it was meant as anything other than a joke it's just not something you post to social media. They've revoked his license in any case so doubtless a lesson learned. Yes,obviously I can’t comment on here but I have met him. I know he does a lot for charity. Comrade 86 and Alph 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alph Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 18 minutes ago, Van Cone De Head said: Yes,obviously I can’t comment on here but I have met him. I know he does a lot for charity. I'd love to know what he's like because he seems well liked in boxing? But I don't find him likeable at all. Still think he's got a lot to prove too which is why he isn't a big draw despite his promising performances (Andy Lee, David Lemieux) and being a x2 world champion. However this video I don't think is that bad. I don't think he condones domestic violence because he made a stupid video. But he was a dick in his last stupid video and to even risk being called out like this again shows he doesn't really give a poo. Which is cool. But I don't like him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alph Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 Btw I bet he wouldn't be suspended if boxing wasn't suspended. That just the board trying to look good. Comrade 86 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comrade 86 Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 1 hour ago, Alpha said: Btw I bet he wouldn't be suspended if boxing wasn't suspended. That just the board trying to look good. Hadn't thought of that. You might have a point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alph Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 1 hour ago, 86 Schmokes & a Pancake said: Hadn't thought of that. You might have a point. Just reminds me of the Tyson Fury situation. Fury goes into a hole for 2 years, comes back and they said he was suspended. How convenient he didn't want to fight during that time. Thought he'd served a ban from competitive fighting since he beat Andy Lee. At least this ban saves those Albanian middleweights from leaving their potato farms. Comrade 86 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chester40 Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 On 30/03/2020 at 17:33, Van Cone De Head said: Yes,obviously I can’t comment on here but I have met him. I know he does a lot for charity. Is this in support of someone who appears decent in person however stupid or just mitigating as you haven't got other positive things to say? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coneheadjohn Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 31 minutes ago, Chester40 said: or just mitigating as you haven't got other positive things to say? This. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alph Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 I've seen some of his charity work. That Charles Adamu can now feed his family back in Ghana because BJS chose to fight him in his 27th professional fight as part of his prep to take on the formidable Shefat Isufi for a world title. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andicis Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 Ignoring the obvious race baiting to set up a fight, Devin Haney wouldn't stand a chance in the ring with Lomachenko. Definitely not ready for that fight yet. Alph and Comrade 86 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ossieram Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 16 hours ago, Andicis said: Ignoring the obvious race baiting to set up a fight, Devin Haney wouldn't stand a chance in the ring with Lomachenko. Definitely not ready for that fight yet. Didn't Hopkins come out with the same sort of garbage before the Calzaghe fight? Alph and Andicis 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comrade 86 Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 Loma would absolutely destroy Haney. I guess the latter is hoping tat somehow by being the most obnoxious twit in the game, the fight might actually get made. Can't se it myself. In other news and just as daft, Carl Froch has called out Joe Calzaghe. The motormouthed narcissist that is Froch had a great career but Joe's not far shy of 50 now FFS. In their respective primes, Calzaghe would have absolutely humiliated Froch who struggled with the mobility of George Groves first time around, so wouldn't have lbeen able to lay a glove on Joe. Guess these guys are all getting some sort of isolation madness thing as they're all talking utter baalocks IMO ? https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/boxing/52271187 Alph and Andicis 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alph Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 He's 21. I don't think he's got anywhere near the experience to go 12 rounds with Lomachenko. He's a promising fighter who's brushed aside those he is expected to. And he wants to call out a guy who's been fighting for as many years as Haney has been breathing? And he wants to bring race into it? Devin, you're a ducking idiot. Believed your own hype. You've beaten nobody that prepares you for Lomachenko. Is he from the Mayweather stable? Another one of the "next Mayweather" hype jobs? All seem to talk quicker than they fight. Including Mayweather which is some achievement considering he's a legendary boxer. Comrade 86 and Andicis 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alph Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 Joe Calzaghe never really got the attention he deserved. He came along at a time where the best were getting past it and he was able to pick them off. He was just a great fighter stood on his own with no real prime great fighters to have super fights with. Great fighter though. Froch v Calzaghe would have been incredible. He's hard as nails isn't he, Froch. So tough. He really was a warrior. But a complete Bamford. I can't stand his constant pouting at camera and he's arrogant as owt. I'd put money on Calzaghe when both in their prime. It wouldn't be the war that Froch would want. I reckon Calzaghe is the smarter boxer with the skills to win rounds while having plenty of toughness to deal with Froch success. Andre Ward haunts Froch. A guy who just refused to get sucked in and just boxed his way through. Calzaghe to do the same. Although now the years have passed I bet Froch would rather fight him now than back in his own prime. He may have a plastic nose but I bet his chin is still concrete Comrade 86 and Andicis 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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