Wilder/Szpilka and Glazkov/Martin

[handsofstone]

World HW title double header on Sky this weekend,some people rate Szpilka but ive never been bowled over whenever ive seen him,Jennings stopped him in his only defeat though i never seen that fight,he might tag Wilder to strike gold but cant see it,though it might go to the cards for Deontay to win a wide UD but a KO win for Wilder is the likely outcome

Glazkov vs Martin for Fury's stripped IBF strap,is gonna be interesting as the winner is gonna have Joshua,Haye etc on their tail as an easy way to win a world title,neither guy is gonna be champ for long whoever wins,Glazkov was very lucky to get the win over Cunningham,Martin KO'd Dallas in a round last year,his record suggests he can bang but apart from wins over Zumbano Love and Manswell he has nothing there to suggest he's anything special

Looks as if the winners of both fights will have a unification next meaning Povetkin will be left out in the cold for a little longer

[Horse]

Looks as if the winners of both fights will have a unification next meaning Povetkin will be left out in the cold for a little longer

Isn't that his own fault?

[handsofstone]

Looks as if the winners of both fights will have a unification next meaning Povetkin will be left out in the cold for a little longer

Isn't that his own fault?

Im not sure Horse,i dont know all the specifics,do you mean because Alexander chose to allow Wilder to have another voluntary therefore allowing the potential unification??

[Horse]

Im not sure Horse,i dont know all the specifics,do you mean because Alexander chose to allow Wilder to have another voluntary therefore allowing the potential unification??

Yes.

He seems to want to delay the fight as well, like he did with Wlad years ago.

[handsofstone]

Im not sure Horse,i dont know all the specifics,do you mean because Alexander chose to allow Wilder to have another voluntary therefore allowing the potential unification??

Yes.

He seems to want to delay the fight as well, like he did with Wlad years ago.

I do know Povetkin's attending this show and says he will be making his presence felt

[PredatorHayds]

Im not sure Horse,i dont know all the specifics,do you mean because Alexander chose to allow Wilder to have another voluntary therefore allowing the potential unification??

Yes.

He seems to want to delay the fight as well, like he did with Wlad years ago.

I do know Povetkin's attending this show and says he will be making his presence felt

Will he shout Lets Go champ in Russian?

[surfthehurf]

Come on, Bax Notion, you should be winning the rights to fights like this. Sky are just casually throwing on the odd international fight night. They're on your patch, Fwank!

[moogie101]

Come on, Bax Notion, you should be winning the rights to fights like this. Sky are just casually throwing on the odd international fight night. They're on your patch, Fwank!

There a lot of comments on here about how terrible Sky is, a lot of it deserved as clearly there focus is far from boxing usually unless its a PPV. But then Sky are showing this & allegedly is just showing classic fights in the same timeframe.

Before people start I know BN has some cracking fights coming up in the weeks following, just surprised they don't have this as well.

[deadpan]

Yes.

He seems to want to delay the fight as well, like he did with Wlad years ago.

I do know Povetkin's attending this show and says he will be making his presence felt

Will he shout Lets Go champ in Russian?

[lefty]

If Martin beats Glazkov i reckon wilder will drop the WBC strap and fight Martin for the IBF.

[handsofstone]

If Martin beats Glazkov i reckon wilder will drop the WBC strap and fight Martin for the IBF.

Unifications take precedent over Mandatories so im sure Wilder would be allowed to fight the IBF champ without vacating??

Good to see you back lefty,its been a while,how you keeping,all good i hope

[johnswan1]

Before people start I know BN has some cracking fights coming up in the weeks following, just surprised they don't have this as well.

Sky will always take whatever they want, ahead of BN.

Sky have Fury - Fury/Wilder is a potential showdown for them to build, hence they picked up the Wilder fight.

[MightyWarrior]

And Sky picked it up because it cost next to nothing, as poor a double bill of so-called heavyweight world title fights as you'll ever see surely?

Still I'll watch it tomorrow to see if China chin DW comes unstuck, unlikely as that is with their ultra careful matching...and who's this other heavyweight Martin, any good ?

[lefty]

Im not sure Horse,i dont know all the specifics,do you mean because Alexander chose to allow Wilder to have another voluntary therefore allowing the potential unification??

Yes.

He seems to want to delay the fight as well, like he did with Wlad years ago.

I do know Povetkin's attending this show and says he will be making his presence felt

I hope he's not going to grope Wilder post-fight. That could be very unbecoming.

[lefty]

If Martin beats Glazkov i reckon wilder will drop the WBC strap and fight Martin for the IBF.

Unifications take precedent over Mandatories so im sure Wilder would be allowed to fight the IBF champ without vacating??

Good to see you back lefty,its been a while,how you keeping,all good i hope

Plodding on mate and cheers. Hope you're good aswell.

[JC]

Szpilka looks like Gavin Rees's head grafted onto heavyweight.

[Bodyshot3]

Szpilka looks like Gavin Rees's head grafted onto heavyweight

Nice to see a proper, old-school ugly heavyweight.
The boy will make a killing if the Hammer House of Horror studio ever comes back.

[rd350lc]

UK time for this please?

[mikiesb]

Glazkov vs martin what channel is showing this? Dave haye SSP wilder. .. . glazkov vs Martin ??? Thanks

[afcmarshall]

Glazkov vs martin what channel is showing this? Dave haye SSP wilder. .. . glazkov vs Martin ??? Thanks

Dvid Haye is on dave other ones on sky sports

[mikiesb]

Ah so glazkov on wilder undercard ? Thanks mate

[crusader]

I like unproven Martin over the perenially lackluster Glazkov (can't imagine Czar getting a housefighter decision tonight) and Wilder over the guy who was outclassed and stopped by Jennings.

[handsofstone]

I felt sorry on Glazkov that knee injury looked horrendous,i read that he tore his cruciate,i dont know if its confirmed though,Martin looked like he had to to gee himself up to celebrate,he knew in is heart of hearts that victory was hollow despite what he says,it was hard to watch in the close up replay though

Wilder/Szpilka was a fun fight i thought,i had Deontay a round up at the time of the KO,which was a beauty,felt sorry on Artur he really made a fist of it and came to win the title,the worries about Wilder remain though,obviuosly that power is a great equaliser but defensively he goes to pot whenever anyone throws punches at him,his height helps him avoid a lot of shots but he loses his shape altogether whenever someone throws at him,it makes glancing shots look troublesome

[PredatorHayds]

I felt sorry on Glazkov that knee injury looked horrendous,i read that he tore his cruciate,i dont know if its confirmed though,Martin looked like he had to to gee himself up to celebrate,he knew in is heart of hearts that victory was hollow despite what he says,it was hard to watch in the close up replay though

Wilder/Szpilka was a fun fight i thought,i had Deontay a round up at the time of the KO,which was a beauty,felt sorry on Artur he really made a fist of it and came to win the title,the worries about Wilder remain though,obviuosly that power is a great equaliser but defensively he goes to pot whenever anyone throws punches at him,his height helps him avoid a lot of shots but he loses his shape altogether whenever someone throws at him,it makes glancing shots look troublesome

His lack of balance is worrying at times.
He used his height well and did well to stay out of distance and managed to catch a lot of arturs cuffing shots on the gloves. But his lack of balance made the shots look a lot better than they really were.

[digzee]

If Martin beats Glazkov i reckon wilder will drop the WBC strap and fight Martin for the IBF.

Unifications take precedent over Mandatories so im sure Wilder would be allowed to fight the IBF champ without vacating??

Good to see you back lefty,its been a while,how you keeping,all good i hope

Why didn't Wilder vs Martin happen? 2 undefeated American world heavyweight champions, both good at talking up a big fight with 1 of them being a massive puncher. Surely they should've put this on PPV and with a 24/7 type build up show it would've generated decent numbers and the winner would've gone on to be a star, especially if it was Wilder winning by a highlight reel KO.

This is a question for everyone