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Re: Tony Bellew To Continue Boxing
Posted: 23 May 2018, 09:36
by Ruthless-RKO
stujones wrote: ↑23 May 2018, 09:27
still think it will be Whyte for the WBC interim Heavyweight title.
I doubt he'd wanna pay a sanctioning fee for an interim belt, when he has no intention on fighting Wilder.
Re: Tony Bellew To Continue Boxing
Posted: 23 May 2018, 09:47
by stujones
Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑23 May 2018, 09:36
stujones wrote: ↑23 May 2018, 09:27
still think it will be Whyte for the WBC interim Heavyweight title.
I doubt he'd wanna pay a sanctioning fee for an interim belt, when he has no intention on fighting Wilder.
I think Eddie might bank on Joshua beating Wilder.... getting all the belts..... Whyte vs Bellew in an interim.... if Whyte wins then we have a Joshua rematch for PPV (Whyte will never be a PPV star in his own right IMO - unless he causes a sensation vs Joshua).... if Bellew wins, Eddie and Joshua might vacate the WBC title, so Eddie's two biggest cash cows can keep making him money.
Re: Tony Bellew To Continue Boxing
Posted: 23 May 2018, 09:56
by Ruthless-RKO
stujones wrote: ↑23 May 2018, 09:47
Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑23 May 2018, 09:36
stujones wrote: ↑23 May 2018, 09:27
still think it will be Whyte for the WBC interim Heavyweight title.
I doubt he'd wanna pay a sanctioning fee for an interim belt, when he has no intention on fighting Wilder.
I think Eddie might bank on Joshua beating Wilder.... getting all the belts..... Whyte vs Bellew in an interim.... if Whyte wins then we have a Joshua rematch for PPV (Whyte will never be a PPV star in his own right IMO - unless he causes a sensation vs Joshua).... if Bellew wins, Eddie and Joshua might vacate the WBC title, so Eddie's two biggest cash cows can keep making him money.
Goon scenario, but even Bellew isn't really a cashcow either. He doesn't want to continue too long either. Maybe 1-2 fights left. I know Hearn would make Bellew vs. Whyte a PPV, maybe have a decent undercard. But they've already said, a fight with Whyte, there is no gain.
Bellew is kinda fixed on Ward for some reason.
Re: Tony Bellew To Continue Boxing
Posted: 23 May 2018, 10:18
by moogie101
Never been his biggest fan but fair play to him, he's worked hard to put himself in a fantastic position to pick & choose a couple of fights to finish off his career & make sure his family are set up for life.
I can't see him now losing all that weight to make a Ward fight possible & if he's looking for money the only fights I see drawing in the casuals & their big bucks are at Heavyweight.
Re: Tony Bellew To Continue Boxing
Posted: 23 May 2018, 10:24
by Ruthless-RKO
moogie101 wrote: ↑23 May 2018, 10:18
I can't see him now losing all that weight to make a Ward fight possible & if he's looking for money the only fights I see drawing in the casuals & their big bucks are at Heavyweight.
I don't think he's put a lot of muscle on.
Re: Tony Bellew To Continue Boxing
Posted: 23 May 2018, 10:34
by keithmoonhangover
Calling out a retired boxer is below the belt IMO. Ward is tied up for a while even if he does want to come back. Fighting Fury is a one way ticket to retirement, following a beating, but it would generate a lot of money if it had the full Sky Sports build up. Whyte is a fight away from mandatory status, so would he take the fight?
Re: Tony Bellew To Continue Boxing
Posted: 23 May 2018, 11:02
by chinarich
Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑23 May 2018, 09:36
stujones wrote: ↑23 May 2018, 09:27
still think it will be Whyte for the WBC interim Heavyweight title.
I doubt he'd wanna pay a sanctioning fee for an interim belt, when he has no intention on fighting Wilder.
If he won then, even though it’s an interim title, it would still represent a decent achievement for someone who started out at LHW and Hearn would sell the fight well.
I don’t think it will happen though, Bellew doesn’t seem interested in titles at this stage just in earning as much as possible from however many fights he has left...
Re: Tony Bellew To Continue Boxing
Posted: 23 May 2018, 14:34
by lillywhite14
I’d go as far as describing Ward as a retired, blown up super middleweight.
Re: Tony Bellew To Continue Boxing
Posted: 23 May 2018, 15:24
by Bodyshot3
Kind of think that Tony has run out of opponents and options having seen off the husk of Haye and done some very good and tidy business in the process............
.........he's probably unable/unwilling to boil himself down to cruiser again at his age and that's a shame because there are some great fights there and I think he wasted a lot of time jumping divisions in his prime. When CW was the choice.
But right now he's a relatively small man with plenty of miles/battles on the clock and the HW division has younger blokes like AJ, Wilder and Tyson Fury battling for supremacy and they are simply way too big for him and can box and move as well.
I am not entirely sure he could cope with Pulev, Whyte or Povetkin either.
He badly needs someone like Usyk to make a move up to HW or perhaps Hughie to throw down the gauntlet and for the Euro and Commonwealth belts to be in the mix.
He could niggle/upset Hughie I think (that's his trademark) and would not mind chasing him and could afford to take some risks as Hughie sits on the back foot. But the money needs to be right at this stage of Tony's career.
Re: Tony Bellew To Continue Boxing
Posted: 24 May 2018, 17:37
by Avitar
Bodyshot3 wrote: ↑23 May 2018, 15:24
Kind of think that Tony has run out of opponents and options having seen off the husk of Haye and done some very good and tidy business in the process............
.........he's probably unable/unwilling to boil himself down to cruiser again at his age and that's a shame because there are some great fights there and I think he wasted a lot of time jumping divisions in his prime. When CW was the choice.
But right now he's a relatively small man with plenty of miles/battles on the clock and the HW division has younger blokes like AJ, Wilder and Tyson Fury battling for supremacy and they are simply way too big for him and can box and move as well.
I am not entirely sure he could cope with Pulev, Whyte or Povetkin either.
He badly needs someone like Usyk to make a move up to HW or perhaps Hughie to throw down the gauntlet and for the Euro and Commonwealth belts to be in the mix.
He could niggle/upset Hughie I think (that's his trademark) and would not mind chasing him and could afford to take some risks as Hughie sits on the back foot. But the money needs to be right at this stage of Tony's career.
Bellew can make cruiser no problem he boxed at light heavy for years lol.. the question is dose he want to get in with any of the killers from the super series I very much doubt it.
Re: Tony Bellew To Continue Boxing
Posted: 25 May 2018, 04:59
by mickey1975
Ward is the only fight. For some reason, he thinks he can win. Fury plays with him but it’s impossible to make. He KNOWS Usyk and the gang batter him, Shades of Ali beats him but no cash in it.