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Eddie should have gone with Richards as Captain

forcefraser wrote: ↑30 May 2024, 07:31 Eddie should have gone with Richards as Captain

I can't make a case for Hutchinson.

jwfg wrote: ↑30 May 2024, 07:36

forcefraser wrote: ↑30 May 2024, 07:31 Eddie should have gone with Richards as Captain

I can't make a case for Hutchinson.

He's game, but after that abuse he gave Richards before the walk out I hope he gets busted into next week. Dishpicable behaviour. Yes, I said Dishpicable

forcefraser wrote: ↑30 May 2024, 08:57

jwfg wrote: ↑30 May 2024, 07:36

forcefraser wrote: ↑30 May 2024, 07:31 Eddie should have gone with Richards as Captain

I can't make a case for Hutchinson.

He's game, but after that abuse he gave Richards before the walk out I hope he gets busted into next week. Dishpicable behaviour. Yes, I said Dishpicable

I thought Hutchinson was drunk at the reveal presser.

forcefraser wrote: ↑30 May 2024, 07:30
So the worst possible shellacking any team can take is 12 -0 ?

Frank should have just put Zhang as his captain too.,.

That's gonna end in stoppage no doubt.

forcefraser wrote: ↑30 May 2024, 07:31 Eddie should have gone with Richards as Captain

I think that's the easiest fight to call.

Ford points.
Williams points.
Zhaing stoppage
Hrgovic stoppage
Richards stoppage.

Nick Ball W12
Austin Williams decision
Willy Hutch decision
Daniel Dubois decision
Deontay Wilder KO8

MightyWarrior wrote: ↑30 May 2024, 12:48 Nick Ball W12
Austin Williams decision
Willy Hutch decision
Daniel Dubois decision
Deontay Wilder KO8

Interesting.

Well you gotta assume this guy really takes a good punch, going 12 rounds with the Big Bang, which is bad news for the Brit, but I can see DDD might outwork him, tough fight though. Although I do tend to predict fights the way I want them to go

jwfg wrote: ↑30 May 2024, 09:00

forcefraser wrote: ↑30 May 2024, 08:57

jwfg wrote: ↑30 May 2024, 07:36

I can't make a case for Hutchinson.

He's game, but after that abuse he gave Richards before the walk out I hope he gets busted into next week. Dishpicable behaviour. Yes, I said Dishpicable

I thought Hutchinson was drunk at the reveal presser.

I didn't see it, what was he saying? Richards always come across calmly and has a far better resume.

lol huge pictures for the promoters, tiny widdle ones for the fighters. ed an fwank living out some fantasies

I’m going for:

Ford
Williams
Richards
Dubois
Wilder

margaret thatcher wrote: ↑30 May 2024, 16:09 lol huge pictures for the promoters, tiny widdle ones for the fighters. ed an fwank living out some fantasies

I think the problem with boxing the last 5 years is it’s has been too focused on boxers not focused enough on promoters. Thank god the Saudis have fixed this and it’s all about Ed and fwank now, not those thugs punching each other.

SeanBrennan wrote: ↑30 May 2024, 14:41

jwfg wrote: ↑30 May 2024, 09:00

forcefraser wrote: ↑30 May 2024, 08:57

He's game, but after that abuse he gave Richards before the walk out I hope he gets busted into next week. Dishpicable behaviour. Yes, I said Dishpicable

I thought Hutchinson was drunk at the reveal presser.

I didn't see it, what was he saying? Richards always come across calmly and has a far better resume.

He was making threats that overstepped the mark. Overly aggressive.

It's on you tube somewhere

margaret thatcher wrote: ↑30 May 2024, 16:09 lol huge pictures for the promoters, tiny widdle ones for the fighters. ed an fwank living out some fantasies

Face-off between Fwank and Eddie at the weigh-in?

Fight 1. Raymond Ford vs Nick Ball
Fight 2. Hamzah Sheeraz vs Austin Williams
Fight 3. Willy Hutchinson vs Craig Richards
Fight 4. Daniel Dubois vs Filip Hrgovic
Fight 5. Deontay Wilder vs Zhilei Zhang


Some tough picks in there. I like Willy Hutchinson but he stands out as the guy who might be in over his head. Richards boxed well vs Bivol and there's just no indication from anything I've seen from Hutchinson that he makes that level of boxing.

The rest are all tough picks and i've been swaying between some of them; but here i go, final predictions are;

Nick Ball Dec
Sheeraz Stoppage
Richards Stoppage
Hrgovic Stoppage
Zhang Stoppage


3-2 Frank

Ricky wrote: ↑31 May 2024, 06:42 Nick Ball Dec
Sheeraz Stoppage
Richards Stoppage
Hrgovic Stoppage
Zhang Stoppage


3-2 Frank

Nick Ball Dec - 1 point
Sheeraz Stoppage - 4 points
Richards Stoppage - 2 points
Hrgovic Stoppage - 2 points
Zhang Stoppage - 2 points

7-4 to Frank.

That's how it would be

Fight 1. Raymond Ford vs Nick Ball
Fight 2. Hamzah Sheeraz vs Austin Williams
Fight 3. Willy Hutchinson vs Craig Richards
Fight 4. Daniel Dubois vs Filip Hrgovic
Fight 5. Deontay Wilder vs Zhilei Zhang

Post your winners below.......

Fight 1. Ford - decision - 1 point
Fight 2. Sheeraz - decision - 2 points
Fight 3. Hutchinson - decision - 1 points
Fight 4. Hrgovic - decision - 1 points
Fight 5. Wilder - stoppage - 4 points

6-3 to Hearn

Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑31 May 2024, 06:48

Ricky wrote: ↑31 May 2024, 06:42 Nick Ball Dec
Sheeraz Stoppage
Richards Stoppage
Hrgovic Stoppage
Zhang Stoppage


3-2 Frank

Nick Ball Dec - 1 point
Sheeraz Stoppage - 4 points
Richards Stoppage - 2 points
Hrgovic Stoppage - 2 points
Zhang Stoppage - 2 points

7-4 to Frank.

That's how it would be

What's the deal with the points system?

forcefraser wrote: ↑30 May 2024, 08:57

jwfg wrote: ↑30 May 2024, 07:36

forcefraser wrote: ↑30 May 2024, 07:31 Eddie should have gone with Richards as Captain

I can't make a case for Hutchinson.

He's game, but after that abuse he gave Richards before the walk out I hope he gets busted into next week. Dishpicable behaviour. Yes, I said Dishpicable

What did he say? I missed it

Ricky wrote: ↑31 May 2024, 07:03 What's the deal with the points system?

Queensberry vs. Matchroom rules explained

Both Eddie Hearn and Frankie Waz were both given the chance to pick two weight classes for the card, as was Turki Alalshikh, who heads up Riyadh Season.

That has led to the five fights being established for the night and the following points system for the outcome of each contest.

- Two points are given for a knockout victory, and one point is given for a win decided on the judges’ scorecards.
- Drawn fights are awarded no points.
- There is the chance for one boxer, designated the team captain, to score double points.
- - For Matchroom, their captain is Deontay Wilder, and for Queensberry it is Hamzah Sheeraz.

That means, for example, if Wilder beats Zhilei Zhang by decision, he will garner two points, but if Wilder wins by knockout, Team Matchroom will be awarded four points.

JamesPhilips wrote: ↑31 May 2024, 08:25

forcefraser wrote: ↑30 May 2024, 08:57

jwfg wrote: ↑30 May 2024, 07:36

I can't make a case for Hutchinson.

He's game, but after that abuse he gave Richards before the walk out I hope he gets busted into next week. Dishpicable behaviour. Yes, I said Dishpicable

What did he say? I missed it

Just being a mouthy fool. Saying that he'd do Richards outside the ring and his team, better watch his back, that sort of stuff

Just went too far

I’ve not seen enough of Ford or Williams to make confident picks but I’m going to back the Brits. Let’s be honest most of the pundits covering the fights will be doing the same as me barring probably Barry Jones.

Richards stoppage. I think Hutchinson could well win every round up to getting stopped. I think he’s a lovely boxer but 12 rounds is a long time when you’ve never been in deep with any fighter of any note. He only stepped up once & got flattened. I appreciate he might have been weight drained but Richards is still a huge step up from the level he’s been fighting at.

Hrgovic to stop Dubois. I really hope I’m wrong but I just can’t see Dubois been able to out point Hrgovic or draw him into enough of a fight to get him out of there. I’d expect Hrgovic to be out pointing him & then stop him in the second half of the fight.

I’ve got to go Zhang to beat Wilder. He might be the older man but I think he’s the fresher, hungrier fighter & I think he’ll get the stoppage pretty early in the fight. I think he’ll cut the ring off & take him out.

Ball KO
Sheeraz KO
Richards KO
Hrgovic KO
Zhang KO

forcefraser wrote: ↑31 May 2024, 09:19

JamesPhilips wrote: ↑31 May 2024, 08:25

forcefraser wrote: ↑30 May 2024, 08:57

He's game, but after that abuse he gave Richards before the walk out I hope he gets busted into next week. Dishpicable behaviour. Yes, I said Dishpicable

What did he say? I missed it

Just being a mouthy fool. Saying that he'd do Richards outside the ring and his team, better watch his back, that sort of stuff

Just went too far

Oh ok. Yeah sounds like a light heavy Scott Harrison lol