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Boxing tonight at the O2

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  • buckshee
    buckshee Posts: 7,868
    Oh look it's James "I've supported Arsenal since I was born" Degale.

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  • Bedsaddick
    Bedsaddick Posts: 24,762
    How easy was that? King Pin Johnson? more like Burger King johnson.
  • Mortimerician
    Mortimerician Posts: 5,222
    Anyone that believed Kingpin was realistic opposition wants their bumps feeling.
  • Bedsaddick
    Bedsaddick Posts: 24,762
    Only a matter of time for brook now. Easily the better fighter.
  • Bedsaddick
    Bedsaddick Posts: 24,762
    Stroll in the park or Brook. Game over.

    Best fight of the night was Mitchell / Linares - Brutal.

    Was it all worth £16 - not really.
  • Mortimerician
    Mortimerician Posts: 5,222
    Sky's PPV cards are what streaming was invented for. 8 planned next year.
  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 57,834
    AFKABartram said:

    Farce PPV decision just by chucking a few extra fights into the mix. Joshua 1/100, Brook 1/12, Cleverly 1/200, so you are only really looking at the Selby and Mitchell bouts for a potentially closer bout.

    Still, mate is paying it so who am I to argue :-)

    Turned out about right, really hope the PPV takings were poor so we don't see this nonsense again
  • CAFCsayer
    CAFCsayer Posts: 10,231
    I enjoyed it... Mitchell fight was best I've seen for a while. Genuinely don't know wher Joshua camp go next. Price and Del Boy get seen off within 5. Know it has got to be steady progress but I can't see anyone below Wilder Going the distance with him, not ready for that yet but the bloke is a monster. Tony Thompson would be an interesting fight
  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 57,834
    I genuinely believe Joshua has the potential to be the Usain Bolt of boxing. He brings a physique, speed and fluidity to the heavyweight division from at least two divisions below that. And he is so so marketable.

    Still unknown factors are his chin, heart and stamina but everything else is about his is scarily brilliant. As long as he can not pick up a serious hand injury along the way, the world is his lobster
  • Riviera
    Riviera Posts: 8,167
    1/100 for Joshua was very generous in retrospect.

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  • Bedsaddick
    Bedsaddick Posts: 24,762
    edited May 2015
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  • dancafc
    dancafc Posts: 1,009
    I went tonight what a cracking night of boxing I am gutted for Mitchell a clash of heads caused the start of the bad eye the only criticism of him was he should have kept it at distance but I'd definitely pay to see it again.
  • Vincenzo
    Vincenzo Posts: 2,911
    edited May 2015
    Really feel for Mitchell. One of my favourite fighters. Big heart, all action, good skills.

    The trouble with all the predictions for Joshua is getting someone to stand up long enough to take him into later rounds and see if he can take a shot. He looks awesome and it's not his fault that opponents to test him are going to be hard to come by, but he'll have to answer more questions as he moves up in class. Hugely impressive against Johnson, both in power and punch selection, but Johnson looked like he was there to pick up a pay check, even if he did get up twice.
  • dancafc
    dancafc Posts: 1,009
    I think it will be david price on September 12th at the o2
  • Riscardo
    Riscardo Posts: 2,338
    AFKABartram said:

    I genuinely believe Joshua has the potential to be the Usain Bolt of boxing. He brings a physique, speed and fluidity to the heavyweight division from at least two divisions below that. And he is so so marketable.

    Still unknown factors are his chin, heart and stamina but everything else is about his is scarily brilliant. As long as he can not pick up a serious hand injury along the way, the world is his lobster

    Heart .... he's in the ring to start with .... blimey
  • bobmunro
    bobmunro Posts: 20,852
    dancafc said:

    I think it will be david price on September 12th at the o2

    Joshua will fight Dillian Whyte in September.

    I was ringside and there was a great atmosphere. My take on the night

    Mitchell's was the fight of the year so far - what a warrior. I felt so sorry for him as he was quite comfortable until the eye - it definitely wasn't a clash of heads but a very good punch from Linares. He then took a direct shot to it after it had come up and that's what forced him to take a knee. I hope he comes back from this.

    Cleverly - a joke - what the hell is s former world champion doing in an eight-rounder against a nobody?

    Joshua immense - only a matter of time and there's no rush.

    Selby was class but not sure about the stoppage. The cut was at the side and not interfering with his eye and a champion deserves the right to defend his title. That said, I'm not a doctor.

    Brook was very disappointing and should have taken Gavin out even earlier than he did. The arena was pretty flat during the fight and I've got to be honest and say I was glad when it finished.
  • Bedsaddick
    Bedsaddick Posts: 24,762
    bobmunro said:

    dancafc said:

    I think it will be david price on September 12th at the o2

    Joshua will fight Dillian Whyte in September.

    Great - another overweight nobody to knock out inside two rounds.
  • dancafc
    dancafc Posts: 1,009
    The initial cut on the eye was a clash of heads because it cut Linares head at the same time.just before brook stopped gavin a fight broke out on the stairs in the top tier that could have been deadly
  • bobmunro
    bobmunro Posts: 20,852
    Bedsaddick said:

    bobmunro said:

    dancafc said:

    I think it will be david price on September 12th at the o2

    Joshua will fight Dillian Whyte in September.

    Great - another overweight nobody to knock out inside two rounds.
    Unbeaten and back from a two year ban (very unfortunate as well). Whyte beat Joshua as an amateur and there is bad blood.

    Fight here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDSH8cXtFRQ

    I'd take Joshua to beat him now but it would be his toughest fight to-date.
  • bobmunro
    bobmunro Posts: 20,852
    edited May 2015
    dancafc said:

    The initial cut on the eye was a clash of heads because it cut Linares head at the same time.just before brook stopped gavin a fight broke out on the stairs in the top tier that could have been deadly

    The cut maybe - but I'm pretty sure the duck-egg on his left eye was a punch - and then he was hit again on the same spot forcing him to take a knee.

    The fight on the stairs was hand-bags as far as I could make put - but probably more exciting than Brook/Gavin!

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  • Bedsaddick
    Bedsaddick Posts: 24,762
    bobmunro said:

    Bedsaddick said:

    bobmunro said:

    dancafc said:

    I think it will be david price on September 12th at the o2

    Joshua will fight Dillian Whyte in September.

    Great - another overweight nobody to knock out inside two rounds.
    Unbeaten and back from a two year ban (very unfortunate as well). Whyte beat Joshua as an amateur and there is bad blood.

    Fight here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDSH8cXtFRQ

    I'd take Joshua to beat him now but it would be his toughest fight to-date.
    To be fair a fight against Dame Edna Everage would be his toughest fight to date. seriously though , I've seen pictures of Whyte recently and he seems to have spent his two years off working in a doughnut shop.
  • dancafc
    dancafc Posts: 1,009
    Bit more than handbags plenty of windmills going in
  • thewolfboy
    thewolfboy Posts: 2,929
    Hmm..thought Joshua edged it by winning rounds 1 and 3 but shows he can do well under pressure.
  • nth_london_addick
    nth_london_addick Posts: 35,919
    Just watched the cleverly fight wtf was the point of that
  • dancafc
    dancafc Posts: 1,009
    nth london addick said:

    Just watched the cleverly fight wtf was the point of that

    Some body shot I was just above where the boxers start their ringwalk and heard it land like I was standing next to them
  • nth_london_addick
    nth_london_addick Posts: 35,919
    Great body shot but why did cleverly get put in there with him and for a 6 Rd fight


    Just seen Mitchells head wow that's a pure fighter
  • dancafc
    dancafc Posts: 1,009
    I love Mitchell iv watched him from day 1 he deserves a world title
  • stonewallpenalty
    stonewallpenalty Posts: 3,842
    Kevin Mitchell is turning into one of those 'The People's Champ' type fighters. Always exciting and a good bloke who you can relate to.
  • stackitsteve
    stackitsteve Posts: 12,105
    Mitchell's eye reminded me of Lebedev from the Jones fight a while back.
    Linares is real real quality. Really hope he gets another shot at the world title. He would have beaten any of the other champions IMO.
  • Carter
    Carter Posts: 14,254
    I thought that was a hard match for Kevin, I love watching him fight and always have done.

    My bets didn't turn out so well, John Wayne Hibbert and John Ryder both lost and Mitchell.

    The show should not have been pay per view

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