Round-by-Round: Anthony Joshua vs Francis Ngannou | PPV - 8 March 2024

[jameswilson]

Glad we managed to see that Ukrainian heavyweight prospects fight. Thought he looked ok to be fair.

An obscure one but reminds me of Taras Bidenko.

[skanksta]

Nice guy Lerena too.
He got the stars around Huni's head, shame he was too tired to "Finish HIm.."

Maybe he wasn't supposed to?
He seemed to 'wake up' a couple of times during the fight, then backed off.

nah, he said "I@m really tired" between rounds 9-10.
He wanted to get the KO and tried to, just too knackered, and Huni held and recovered well.

[SeanBrennan]

Only 24 Huni, lots of time to learn.

[coneye]

Watched Huni throughout his ameteur carreer he's always been good value , the guy is a very capable boxer , fast , puts them together well , got a good engine , but i don't know i can't help but think he does'nt have the power required to keep the top dogs off him , i could just imagine a Chisora , taking him to the deep waters and landing the big one . Hope i'm wrong

chisora may be too shopworn these days, but ya overall i agree. he's either gonna have to become much more of a physical presence, and im not sure how much power he can really add tbh, or significantly improve his defense and adapt a more cautious approach

his current style is the one of a bigger, harder hitting guy who can take them back okay. he does show flashes of being able to box and move well, but never sticks to that for long

Agreed ,

[KiwiRider]

Only 24 Huni, lots of time to learn.

Might not even have his man strength yet.
I'll check in with John Fury, see if we can get a time frame

[margaret thatcher]

24? younger than i had thought tbh, was probably mixing him up with jai. it makes me a bit more optimistic given the usual hw peak age is later than most divisions, but a lotta work to do regardless

[skanksta]

Roman F, Huni AND Hughie will all kick on a lot when they get their.....

[margaret thatcher]

so much f@cking waffling, although fair enough with a card of this quality

[margaret thatcher]

need to go on a wild boar expedition

[margaret thatcher]

a handlebar mustache would really suit conor benn

[skanksta]

suit anyone !?

[KiwiRider]

Roman F, Huni AND Hughie will all kick on a lot when they get their.....

[jameswilson]

Merv Hughes could pull it off.

A handlebar moustache that is.

[SeanBrennan]

good to see Propa Boxing involved in this, he's hilarious

[SeanBrennan]

anyone know why Gwynne's EBU title is not on the line?

[SeanBrennan]

possibly as it's not in Europe

[jameswilson]

anyone know why Gwynne's EBU title is not on the line?

Yeah just seen this is over 10 rounds?

[skanksta]

Merv Hughes could pull it off.

A handlebar moustache that is.

I met Merv Hughes and his "rustbucket rally" crew in an outback pub in 1996.
I was the barman and got to join in with an epic pissup. Got his autograph, a photo and a good 1/2 chat about cricket.
He hated Graeme Hick and thought he was the world's most overrated batsmen..

[MightyWarrior]

That is an absolutely bizarre tattoo on his neck

[SeanBrennan]

this Chamberlain-Turk friendship is as random as Kim Jong Um's with Rodman

[jameswilson]

Gwynne coming out to 'Yma o hyd' Fray Bentos will be loving that.

[skanksta]

anyone know why Gwynne's EBU title is not on the line?

Yeah just seen this is over 10 rounds?

Suggests Chamberlain's crew didn't fancy 12 with Gav...?

[SeanBrennan]

That is an absolutely bizarre tattoo on his neck

would have been painful to get too.

[jameswilson]

anyone know why Gwynne's EBU title is not on the line?

Yeah just seen this is over 10 rounds?

Suggests Chamberlain's crew didn't fancy 12 with Gav...?

That's what I thought.

[KiwiRider]

Merv Hughes could pull it off.

A handlebar moustache that is.

Saw Merv this week!
He was leading a tour group through the second test between NZ and Oz.
And the Merv Mo was in fine fettle