I can't believe he isn't returning until 2027.

There are enough months left of this year for him to potentially get out again.

He never took a sustained beating or anything like that, he just punched himself out.

I would have thought he'd be itching to get back out ASAP.

SteveO wrote: ↑13 Sep 2026, 14:23 Chances are it will be in Wales in December. We'll see.

If it's going to be in December in the UK, Cardiff is the only viable option, because of the roof at the Principality Stadium.

No excuses yet.. https://twitter.com/conornigel/status/2098989721703891405?s=46&t=jVvPzC6vyPZylN7gkMdGbg His Eggcellency is classy in defeat. Benn has done really well for himself despite being continental level at best. Hopefully the manner of this defeat will make him realise his limitations.

Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑12 Sep 2026, 23:10

Benavidez is enormous.

How he ever got down to 168 I will never know.

He's young, he can come again. He's not a bad fighter; he's got good fundamentals, he's got searing speed, good power and on the evidence of last night, a massive heart. He beat himself with poor tactics and I have to ask what his trainer was doing? The manner of his defeat was reminiscent of David ...

Generally speaking Lewis would've been considered and was considered the #1 Heavyweight with or without Briggs yes, but Briggs would've legitimately had claim of the Lineal Championship, though admittedly a devalued version of it as it had already become in the hands of George Foreman due to the wa...

Sendo Takeshi wrote: ↑29 Aug 2026, 14:33

Perkin Warbeck wrote: ↑28 Aug 2026, 11:20

Who the f*ck is that on the left? lol.
Make Agit vs Fury first. Let Agit kick his @ss and end this farce.

The guy on the Right doesn't look 100% like Tyson Fury either.

Why is it that it's only in the heavyweight division that people seem to care about the linear title?

I rarely, if ever hear discussions about linear champions in the lower weight classes.

If it's so it important amongst the big boys, it should be just as important in the lower weights.

mickey1975 wrote: ↑18 Aug 2026, 17:51 To be fair, I think Hearn and Warren are pretty powerless in all this. Their fault lies in they should have done it years ago.

Spot on.

They've basically shot their loads and have nothing left to offer now.

I suspect nobody on here would be too upset if the fight fell through. I’m definitely in that camp and one major silver lining if that does happen would be the damage it does to the particularly dislikeable Dana White. It seems as though he’s been a big driver in trying to stage the fight in USA an...

Marvis Frazier was badly managed by his legendary father, Smokin' Joe Frazier. Marvis was a talented boxer type, but Smoke sought to turn him into a mini-me, which he just wasn't capable of emulating. As if that wasn't bad enough, Joe threw him in with Larry Holmes and Mike Tyson, the two best heavy...

Roy Jones Jr - versus Tarver 1; coming back down from heavyweight had really taken away his almost supernatural like athleticism. imagine he had just retired after the Tarver 1 win.. GOAT'd.. i mean he still GOAT'd in his prime.. but he just loves to fight doesn't he.. Exactly, but he just kept on ...

Abdul is the spitting image of his grandfather.

Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑06 Aug 2026, 01:57 New name unlocked.

Floyd ‘Money Problems’ Mayweather

It's bonkers that Mayweather, who at one point was the richest fighter that ever lived has money problems now.

Roy Jones Jr - versus Tarver 1; coming back down from heavyweight had really taken away his almost supernatural like athleticism.

News: Absolutely ZERO surprise but, per source, former heavyweight champion Hasim Rahman's return from retirement for a 6-rounder on Aug. 18 in Rochester, N.Y., has been canceled as has the entire card. #boxing https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1DVr37i4rm/?mibextid=wwXIfr Kind of reminds me of when ...

I was prepared to give Joshua the benefit of the doubt for the Dubois fight, bad nights happen, but no, some of you were right - he's shot. His chin has never been McCall-like, but there's no way that first shot has that effect on him 6-7 years ago. Those of you who said that the last 48 hours have...

I hope he sticks to it, because he's completely washed up.

He's had a phenomenal career that 99% of fighters could only dream of.

He has nothing to prove and there is no sense in him hanging around for up and comers to feast on as a big name.

Just wondering why that little weasel turki is wanting to please the Americas with a 2am start time when both fighters aren't that big over there and it should be for the British public. Don't see Americas changing there start times at 4am to suit us do you? Both fighters are big in the states, but...

What next for Joyce?

A career as a name for up and comers to feast on and probable CTE.

This fight was beyond tragic. It's things like this that make me want to fall out of love with boxing. In what universe is it OK to sanction a professional boxing match between a long retired 55 year old and much younger man? The bloke he was fighting didn't even take it easy on Byrd either, plus th...

Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑27 Jun 2026, 13:36 Its official.

Who should he fight? Will they enforce a mandatory?

It's going to be Tyson Fury, I predict.

Is there a precedent for this? I am aware of fighters dropping trinkets, Bowe dumping the WBC belt to avoid Lewis, but keeping the WBA and IBF straps, for example. I could cite Bowe again when he dropped his newly won WBO trinket in order to have a rubber match with Holyfield, a move I still applaud...

Sounds like an outbreak of sanity at the WBA.

mickey1975 wrote: ↑15 Jun 2026, 01:51 Oh, so he is allowed into America, then? I thought everyone said he was banned?

He was banned, but now he isn't, seemingly.

If you know the right people, you can get around simple things like being banned from entering a country.