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Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑13 Jan 2026, 06:19 By March.. it will be 7 months since his last fight, which lasted less than 3 minutes.

That is not good.
The spacing between fights is far too much, suddenly he has an injury and now it's probably going to be a year between fights.
His momentum in gaining a following has stalled. Without any mainstream exposure he isn't going to capture the public.

Balls, was looking forward to it.

Bit strange pulling it as a lot of depth on there. What were ticket sales like?

veriton wrote: ↑13 Jan 2026, 13:22 Bit strange pulling it as a lot of depth on there. What were ticket sales like?

Heaney did 2k on his own.

He said he had people book trains, transport and hotels and everything too. He’s but pissed

Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑13 Jan 2026, 06:03 The whole card has been moved..

I mean it gives more training time for undercard boxers, but more risk of injuries?

Two weeks notice, could have kept the rest of the card on, was decent fights.

Bloody joke.

Really solid card but must have sold badly.

rd350lc wrote: ↑13 Jan 2026, 14:49

Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑13 Jan 2026, 06:03 The whole card has been moved..

I mean it gives more training time for undercard boxers, but more risk of injuries?

Two weeks notice, could have kept the rest of the card on, was decent fights.

Bloody joke.

Really solid card but must have sold badly.

Must have. Feel sorry for all the people that made arrangements.

KiwiRider wrote: ↑13 Jan 2026, 13:06

Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑13 Jan 2026, 06:19 By March.. it will be 7 months since his last fight, which lasted less than 3 minutes.

That is not good.
The spacing between fights is far too much, suddenly he has an injury and now it's probably going to be a year between fights.
His momentum in gaining a following has stalled. Without any mainstream exposure he isn't going to capture the public.

I'm calling it now. Moses Itauma is NOT the future of the Heavyweight division. He's just the next Prospect that makes a loud noise when he falls down.

gilgamesh wrote: ↑13 Jan 2026, 15:04

KiwiRider wrote: ↑13 Jan 2026, 13:06

Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑13 Jan 2026, 06:19 By March.. it will be 7 months since his last fight, which lasted less than 3 minutes.

That is not good.
The spacing between fights is far too much, suddenly he has an injury and now it's probably going to be a year between fights.
His momentum in gaining a following has stalled. Without any mainstream exposure he isn't going to capture the public.

I'm calling it now. Moses Itauma is NOT the future of the Heavyweight division. He's just the next Prospect that makes a loud noise when he falls down.

Completely agree. The hype is completely out of control.

Personaly i find at the moment Moses is someone i,m not terribly excited about. Partly because he does nt get out enough so i,ve not seen much of him . I suppose i could go look up his fights on U Tube ,but cant really be arsed going to the trouble of watching him Ko set ups . But if he,s has good has they say they should,nt be scared of stepping him up which they seem to be .KAYABEL has my interest . Fight i want to see Dubois and Fabio Or Dd and Moses or any of them v Kayabel

Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑13 Jan 2026, 17:19

This is what life is like for many home fighters

Coco wrote: ↑13 Jan 2026, 18:28

This is what life is like for many home fighters

Itauma should be stepping up and helping them. That's the decent thing to do
He's the one taking the lion's share of the purse money, it's not Franklin's place either.

Wonder if he’s even in the UK.

Hateee that they are moving the card. Figure nothing out surely…

-Offer people a 50% refund to keep there ticket…

-add another fight or 2 to save the card?

I dunno I don’t like this… throw fisher vs Joyce on it or something crazy. Put DDD on it in a stay busy tune up….

The entire card was made wayyyy out, push it to over 3 months away. Then what if Moses gets hurt again? Push it to June?

gregregegg wrote: ↑14 Jan 2026, 02:41 Hateee that they are moving the card. Figure nothing out surely…

-Offer people a 50% refund to keep there ticket…

-add another fight or 2 to save the card?

I dunno I don’t like this… throw fisher vs Joyce on it or something crazy. Put DDD on it in a stay busy tune up….

The entire card was made wayyyy out, push it to over 3 months away. Then what if Moses gets hurt again? Push it to June?

Is he hurt , suppose you have to take it at face value , but it begs the question how was he looking in training , has he been dropped on his arse , boxings never been the most trustworthy game , but i can tell you this , i don't think for one minuite his trainer or promoter give 2 shits about the fans .. Dont be suprised if a change of opponent is announced , the whole cloak and dagger stuff with this guy is bollocks , nothing but easy fights and a lot of hype at the moment ,, OK OK he's only 21 but so what he's been boxing since he was 7 maybe 8,, then look at Fabio a coule years and they threw him in the deep end .

They got a chance at a wold title if they get it on with Fabio , BUT DON'T SEEM TO WANT IT

What do we think of the state of heavyweight boxing in the Riyadh era?

No doubt some think it's thrilling?

londonwar wrote: ↑14 Jan 2026, 04:28 What do we think of the state of heavyweight boxing in the Riyadh era?

No doubt some think it's thrilling?

It was ok at the start.. we got some mixed fights, and were able to filter out some of the bullshit.

But then rematches kill and with HW's they win and lose often..

Been bit slow over the last 12 months.

Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑14 Jan 2026, 04:44

londonwar wrote: ↑14 Jan 2026, 04:28 What do we think of the state of heavyweight boxing in the Riyadh era?

No doubt some think it's thrilling?

It was ok at the start.. we got some mixed fights, and were able to filter out some of the bullshit.

But then rematches kill and with HW's they win and lose often..

Been bit slow over the last 12 months.

Think King Tut TUT , paid out his money , got his foot in the door , and thinks he can take over without the likes of Warre and Hearn , got news for him he better get his hands in his pocket some more , or Frankie will have his boys boxing at London stadiums .. Side note why the fook does everyone lick his arse and call him your highness , far has i know he's not royal familly

A fiasco for the undercard fighters and their fans, and needlessly stalling Mose’s career with all these long gaps after so many quicktime blow outs - they should’ve had him out in December and avoided this.

Building this like it’s a big fight, when it’s just a routine run out against a reliable journeyman

coneye wrote: ↑14 Jan 2026, 06:00
Think King Tut TUT , paid out his money , got his foot in the door , and thinks he can take over without the likes of Warre and Hearn , got news for him he better get his hands in his pocket some more , or Frankie will have his boys boxing at London stadiums .. Side note why the fook does everyone lick his arse and call him your highness , far has i know he's not royal familly

I remember only Fury calling him 'his highness'

everyone else just says 'his excellency'

Frank has all these HW's now and he's not making fights, cus he can't. He NEEDS Tut's money for them big lads to fight each other, otherwise he'd be making them already.

Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑14 Jan 2026, 07:27

coneye wrote: ↑14 Jan 2026, 06:00
Think King Tut TUT , paid out his money , got his foot in the door , and thinks he can take over without the likes of Warre and Hearn , got news for him he better get his hands in his pocket some more , or Frankie will have his boys boxing at London stadiums .. Side note why the fook does everyone lick his arse and call him your highness , far has i know he's not royal familly

I remember only Fury calling him 'his highness'

everyone else just says 'his excellency'

Frank has all these HW's now and he's not making fights, cus he can't. He NEEDS Tut's money for them big lads to fight each other, otherwise he'd be making them already.

Highness ,,,, Excellecy , all shit coming out of different arses , If Tut Tut does,nt put the money in , the boxers will just have to settle for less some will still be multi millionaires , some will not , others if they don't like it, will have to go get a job , simple really . Personaly i would like him to throw some more money around and give us the fights we want to see , but it certainly won't last forever , in fact i don't think it will last much longer , Can,t see too many fighters wanting to play with Dana he keeps most for himself

Moses isnt getting the rounds in.

What's he like if some unit drags him into the business end of a rough house 12 rounder?

Moses not really holding much interest my side

Oiky wrote: ↑15 Jan 2026, 14:30 Moses not really holding much interest my side

This

When this card was announced, I thought brilliant, boxing in January in the UK.

Something I don't remember for a while, well not a big card at least.

Gutted it's not going ahead, was it due to be a PPV?
Is that why the whole card is binned?