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margaret thatcher wrote: ↑22 Jun 2022, 02:31 hardcore british fans tend to have a bias against british boxers. perhaps from getting tired of being fed overhype by cheerleader commentators and promoters, and thus wanting them to eat their words/ shut the hell up

agree on benn, i've been saying that for a couple years. think eubank's running out of time and ambition though

The Docker wrote: ↑22 Jun 2022, 03:33
There are generic everyday blokes who could beat a decent level pro boxer in a pub carpark fight.

Stobbo wrote: ↑22 Jun 2022, 02:21 Loma is ridiculously overrated.
Conor Benn will win a world title.
So will Eubank.

margaret thatcher wrote: ↑22 Jun 2022, 02:31 hardcore british fans tend to have a bias against british boxers. perhaps from getting tired of being fed overhype by cheerleader commentators and promoters, and thus wanting them to eat their words/ shut the hell up

Dioufy wrote: ↑22 Jun 2022, 14:51

margaret thatcher wrote: ↑22 Jun 2022, 02:31 hardcore british fans tend to have a bias against british boxers. perhaps from getting tired of being fed overhype by cheerleader commentators and promoters, and thus wanting them to eat their words/ shut the hell up

Bang on, boi.

It’s getting even worse these days, too. For example I would love watching Lauren Price get smoked; not because of her but because of the shite. And this is before she’s ever even done her first pro ringwalk.

Getting there with Benn and I can see the same happening with Dalton Smith; I can’t see Hearn putting him in a test anytime soon… but will continue the “best prospect in the world, one of the biggest young talents I’ve ever had” rhetoric for an eternity.




Another unpopular opinion I have. Kariss isn’t gay but been bullied by Price to be a couple.

Spud wrote: ↑15 Jun 2022, 14:46

:" Glass Joe" wrote: ↑15 Jun 2022, 14:43 Clinton Woods would have beaten Joe Calzaghe in his prime at Light Heavyweight (im going to get slated for that comment)

No your not … Clinton was my favourite fighter.

joshj909 wrote: ↑15 Jun 2022, 14:54 A monopolised UFC model (with better fighter pay) would make boxing a worldwide mainstream sport.

margaret thatcher wrote: ↑22 Jun 2022, 02:31 hardcore british fans tend to have a bias against british boxers. perhaps from getting tired of being fed overhype by cheerleader commentators and promoters, and thus wanting them to eat their words/ shut the hell up

agree on benn, i've been saying that for a couple years. think eubank's running out of time and ambition though

I'm not saying anyone can become a world champion but there are so many versions the odds are good. If you have the money you can find a vacant title and certainly find a willing opponent. A good matchmaker will always find the right opponent. Believe me even Jake Paul will become a world champ in 3 years

johnny fisher looks pretty dumpy so far

843492 wrote: ↑26 Jun 2022, 09:52 Considering a big part of boxing beïng completely fake and corrupt, even to the point of rare occasions where one boxer recieves an unfair ban for illegal substances he/she never actually had in his/her body or only had so low leftovers of it in his body from a time where it was still legal to use the subtance (Povetkin with Meldonium).

I hate the fact that skills don't really matter inside the boxing world. The top guys are the top guys for decades, simply because they rarely fight. It's very likely that they are not the best boxers at all, but just once made that name and simply avoid all other top contenders unless they have a really really high age or other completely unfair advantages over him/her.
It's more like a popularity contest, a political contest or a way of bribing yourself into the top. Lennox Lewis, Deontay Wilder, Alexander Usyk, are examples of that, Good in politics, or popularity contests, or fight picking, but not actually good in the ring, they just receive the chances and avoid risky fights unless extremely well paid and refs in your advantage that's all.

This is the reason why I love to support the underdogs in boxing, because they are the only ones who receive a chance to take someone from a place he/she doesn't deserve and handle the spot over to a real boxer. Also, I hate guys like Chris Arreola, who allows himself to be hit nonstop by someone he likes and then, when completely unexpectedly he has a fair chance of winning because his opponent broke his hand, he simply stops? Surrenders while sitting on a chair beïng completely fine the moment he heard it?! That's not boxing, that's corruption.

joshj909 wrote: ↑26 Jun 2022, 11:29

843492 wrote: ↑26 Jun 2022, 09:52 Considering a big part of boxing beïng completely fake and corrupt, even to the point of rare occasions where one boxer recieves an unfair ban for illegal substances he/she never actually had in his/her body or only had so low leftovers of it in his body from a time where it was still legal to use the subtance (Povetkin with Meldonium).

I hate the fact that skills don't really matter inside the boxing world. The top guys are the top guys for decades, simply because they rarely fight. It's very likely that they are not the best boxers at all, but just once made that name and simply avoid all other top contenders unless they have a really really high age or other completely unfair advantages over him/her.
It's more like a popularity contest, a political contest or a way of bribing yourself into the top. Lennox Lewis, Deontay Wilder, Alexander Usyk, are examples of that, Good in politics, or popularity contests, or fight picking, but not actually good in the ring, they just receive the chances and avoid risky fights unless extremely well paid and refs in your advantage that's all.

This is the reason why I love to support the underdogs in boxing, because they are the only ones who receive a chance to take someone from a place he/she doesn't deserve and handle the spot over to a real boxer. Also, I hate guys like Chris Arreola, who allows himself to be hit nonstop by someone he likes and then, when completely unexpectedly he has a fair chance of winning because his opponent broke his hand, he simply stops? Surrenders while sitting on a chair beïng completely fine the moment he heard it?! That's not boxing, that's corruption.

Now that is a very unpopular opinion.

843492 wrote: ↑26 Jun 2022, 09:52 I hate the fact that skills don't really matter inside the boxing world. The top guys are the top guys for decades, simply because they rarely fight. It's very likely that they are not the best boxers at all, but just once made that name and simply avoid all other top contenders unless they have a really really high age or other completely unfair advantages over him/her.
It's more like a popularity contest, a political contest or a way of bribing yourself into the top. Lennox Lewis, Deontay Wilder, Alexander Usyk, are examples of that, Good in politics, or popularity contests, or fight picking, but not actually good in the ring, they just receive the chances and avoid risky fights unless extremely well paid and refs in your advantage that's all.

Lightsoot wrote: ↑15 Jun 2022, 08:39 The thread title is self explanatory, but is intended to confess your (more controversial) opinions on boxing / boxers which you’ve possibly kept to yourself, until now…

I’ll start off with a couple of my own.

1. I want women’s boxing to go to 3 minute rounds so that a) more women get knocked out which might lead to be b) more exciting fights and / or c) less womens fights televised because viewers find women getting knocked out as unsavoury,

2. Mike Costello is completely overrated as a commentator. He’s not even the best commentator on DAZN.

3. Prince Naseem was a total let down who quit the first time he got shown his arse. He’s not fit to be fondly remembered, never should be in the Hall of Fame and should have received more stick for retiring.

Over to you.

Lightsoot wrote: ↑15 Jun 2022, 08:39
3. Prince Naseem was a total let down who quit the first time he got shown his arse. He’s not fit to be fondly remembered, never should be in the Hall of Fame and should have received more stick for retiring.

Over to you.