2016 World Heavyweight Champions (AJ v Klitshko from Page 20)

What an idiot

Swisdom said:

There were rumours of a failed drugs test a couple of months ago. If that's the case he's an utter idiot.
Why work your arse off to get to the pinnacle of your field and then throw it all away.

He clearly has mental health issues and is disillusioned with the sport and perhaps life.

Good luck to him. Refreshing character in a world of increasingly dull and sterile sports people

StewieGriffinSE7 said:

RodneyCharltonTrotta said:

Swisdom said:

There were rumours of a failed drugs test a couple of months ago. If that's the case he's an utter idiot.
Why work your arse off to get to the pinnacle of your field and then throw it all away.

Good luck to him. Refreshing character in a world of increasingly dull and sterile sports people

Yeah what a top man and a great model - the sports gonna miss him..... like cancer.

Boxers aren't role models by virtue of being boxers they are fighters. It's not a game like most sports and you will get the odd role model but many also have very dark lives backgrounds.

Wouldn't say any sports people should really be role models necessarily and who has the right to tell someone how to live their life because the title of role model is bestowed on them? Some of the greatest sports people in history are certainly not people whos personal lives you would want your kids to follow.

For every Anthony Joshua media role model type there is a (Mike)Tyson, an Ali a Sugar Ray Leonard who were all supreme fighters but not unflawed in their personal lives. They never set out to be role models and I don't reckon Fury did.

He's got bad depression by the looks of it Fury and think he'll probably have more to worry about than boxing, what the daily mail or an inherently corrupt sport that he appears completely disillusioned with anyway think of him.

People are just people and many are flawed....it's pathetic seeing the virtuous condemnation of people at the drop of a hat by the media and the saintly public.

I know this will upset the PC brigade (do they visit the Boxing thread)
but Tyson Fury comes from a community where boys fight.
They fight as small boys and fight for the rest of their lives.
It's the Macho world of Men who fight for fun and fight to settle an argument, they fight to see who's king of the jungle.
The fact that so many Pro boxers have roots from the Traveling Community
is testament to this.
Tyson Fury entered the world of the 21st century with a template of a by gone age. The depression he feels would be the confusion when one world meets another; also alcohol and class A drugs would exacerbate the mental health problems.

Blackheathen said:

Blackheathen said:

Would love to think it could be Joseph Parker in with Joshua in November but Eddie Hearn is reported as preferring to have Parker on the undercard (David Price perhaps) which would make a March fight with Joshua "a 100% bigger"

In the meantime Parker fights the giant Ukraine Alexander Dimitrenko in Auckland on October 7. Dimitrenko came to NZ after the contract was signed to promote the fight and Parker looked like a little boy looking up to his father. Dimitrenko is 6' 7" with a 38-40 record including 24 knock outs.

Parker chopped down the big Ukrainian in the third round after putting him down once in the first round and twice in the second. It was surprisingly easy for Parker who knew he had him when Dimitrenko went down in the first. His corner cautioned Parker to be careful and take his time.

Dimitrenko claimed he was fouled in the third with Parker apparently hitting him while he was on one knee - but the ref didn't think so and Dimitrenkos Hollywood writhing away on the canvas didn't have any effect.

With all the Tyson Fury business Parker may go up against Ruiz for the vacant title or perhaps take on Joshua.

Parker defo hit him whilst he was down but Dimitrenko knew by then he had no chance hence the theatrics .

I noticed during this fight that Parker tends to hold his left hand quite low , do this against Joshua with his big right then it'll be goodnight pretty quickly.

Senior moment in the first sentence. He won't have to worry about Joshua.

Hope so Isaac looks like he may be on that bill be great to see klitchko vs aj

Fury's retired.

What a prat.

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The guy is a total knob, but he's clearly unwell & needs help