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Ilya Muromets wrote: ↑01 May 2019, 13:00 So will I but I am expecting little from them. All seem mismatches. But then life is full of unexpected surprises.

SenorPipino wrote: ↑01 May 2019, 13:22 Boxing is probably 75% mismatches.

Champions with easy defenses.

Rising prospects fed "opponents."

But you still watch.

As long as an effort is made by both fighters, I'm satisfied even if one of them is significantly more skilled.

With Fury-Schwarz, I suspect that Schwarz will be going through the dreary motions and Fury will be more interested in "entertaining" than trying to close the show.

Shapes up as a snoozer.

At least Breazeale, Takam and Ruiz figure to make an legit effort before sucumbing.

Ilya Muromets wrote: ↑01 May 2019, 13:30 Now watch Fury-Schwarz be the fight of the year! You never know! :)

Ilya Muromets wrote: ↑01 May 2019, 12:03 Well now I suppose I'll have to watch the boring thing again. Often I watch a fight and rooting for one guy colors my perception. I can be more objective the second time. Did you get the impression that there's something wrong with Liakhovich? I did. He was too expressionless after the decision. And the Briggs thing. Unfortunately the so-called "Russian" mob is big in boxing. I know they got to Maskaev at least once. They fixed the outcome of the Valuev-Haye fight. Even my man Povetkin has had his photo taken with them. They do a lot worse too, like in their enclave in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, NY. You've heard of Sergei Kobozev, 1995 WBC world cruiserweight champ?

candyslim wrote: ↑01 May 2019, 13:43 Do yourself a favour and don't watch it again. All I've really seen of Liakhovic was this and his horizontal boogie following the show closer from Wilder, so I don't have much of a benchmark for comparison. He looked competent but not exactly what you might describe as "fired up".