Saturday 24th September - 2016

That_Guy

Crolla v Linaares - Sky Sports 2



Huck v McKenzie - Boxnation

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Nothing too major by way of fight cards but Crolla v Linares is a real 50-50 fight despite Crolla being slight favourite.

Johner

Conor Benn is actually rubbish, he's going to get battered against a decent opponent.

Johner

Willbeforce Shihepo, where does Hearn get these lads from.

Sono

What time is Crolla expected in the ring?

Chrissybhoy

How ugly is this fight

boxer.fan

Johner wrote: »

Willbeforce Shihepo, where does Hearn get these lads from.

A Namibian farmer apparently. 😳

megadodge

Johner wrote: »

Willbeforce Shihepo, where does Hearn get these lads from.

Maybe research him a bit before auto-criticism. He's actually a tough customer who has been the distance with Artur Abraham and has never been stopped. Just the right sort of opponent for Johnson at this stage of his career.

Burial.

Huck/McKenzie was called off a few days ago after Ovill pulled out. Hoping Linares can take another paper title off the British.

That_Guy

This is an ugly fight on Sky right now. Absolutely awful.

Johner

megadodge wrote: »

Maybe research him a bit before auto-criticism. He's actually a tough customer who has been the distance with Artur Abraham and has never been stopped. Just the right sort of opponent for Johnson at this stage of his career.

So he's a super middleweight.

boxer.fan

Crolla is probably the better boxer but Linares carries more pop. Decent match up & thankfully not on ppv

megadodge

Johner wrote: »

So he's a super middleweight.

Was.

He has been at Light-heavy for his last three fights.

boxer.fan

Froch is painful as ever to listen to.

That_Guy

Thank jaysus that's over.

Johner

megadodge wrote: »

Was.

He has been at Light-heavy for his last three fights.

Meh, he gassed after a few rounds there, has had one meaningful fight at Light Heavyweight and hadn't fought since December.

walshb

Wow. Super right hand KO!

megadodge

Johner wrote: »

Meh, he gassed after a few rounds there, has had one meaningful fight at Light Heavyweight and hadn't fought since December.

I often wonder why people like you even watch boxing. You virtually never seem to enjoy any fight you comment on here. Seriously!

Maybe you should stop putting yourself through all that torture by just not watching.

That_Guy

walshb wrote: »

Wow. Super right hand KO!

Scrappy fight but it was almost worth watching for that punch alone.

Johner

megadodge wrote: »

I often wonder why people like you even watch boxing. You virtually never seem to enjoy any fight you comment on here. Seriously!

Maybe you should stop putting yourself through all that torture by just not watching.

That was a terrible fight though apart from the KO. I enjoy plenty of fights.

That_Guy

megadodge wrote: »

I often wonder why people like you even watch boxing. You virtually never seem to enjoy any fight you comment on here. Seriously!

Maybe you should stop putting yourself through all that torture by just not watching.

I'm sorry but I have to agree with Johner. It's hard to enjoy fights when guys are handpicked to benefit promoters in the long run.

Crolla/Linares should be a great fight but that last fight was just meaningless competition to keep locals happy.

walshb

This Ryder guy has always been tough viewing for me. Another awkward southpaw.

prettyboy81

Don't mind who wins tonight Crolla or Linares once we get a cracking fight.

Whoever wins should really fight Turbo Terry next if he comes through his unification fight against the WBC Serbian Zlatican.

walshb

pac_man wrote: »

How do you manage to forget your shorts and gumshield. It's like going to the airport without your passport.

It's a lot sillier than that!

walshb

Any chance they can cut this to a 6 rounder?

megadodge

Johner wrote: »

That was a terrible fight though apart from the KO. I enjoy plenty of fights.

I never said it was a good fight either. Cos it wasn't.

However, you automatically criticised the opposition based on his name before you knew anything about him. Yet he ended up giving Johson the sort of 9 rounds that he'll learn more from than all his previous fights put together. It has nothing to do with entertainment and everything to do with a fighter's development. That's what a manager/promoter is supposed to do for his fighter.

megadodge

That_Guy wrote: »

I'm sorry but I have to agree with Johner. It's hard to enjoy fights when guys are handpicked to benefit promoters in the long run.

Crolla/Linares should be a great fight but that last fight was just meaningless competition to keep locals happy.

See my previous post. That fight was anything but meaningless for Callum Johnson. He really had to work and would have learned a lot from it.

That_Guy

megadodge wrote: »

See my previous post. That fight was anything but meaningless for Callum Johnson. He really had to work and would have learned a lot from it.

Obviously you have to win fights and what not but what can he learn from that fight? Ok, he landed a nice clean KO shot but he was cruising his way to victory because his opponent was so incompetent in everything he was doing after the 2nd round.

I'm all for development in fighters but Hearn handpicks fighters to make his guy look good. Promoters are there to make money. They can say they're there to develop their fighters but they're given bums and the hype machine goes into overdrive without really achieving anything.

I like boxing but I'd like it even more if the best actually fought the best or if we got cards on a regular basis that are actually competitive.

boxer.fan

walshb wrote: »

This Ryder guy has always been tough viewing for me. Another awkward southpaw.

Him & Frankie must be of the same stock

walshb

boxer.fan wrote: »

Him & Frankie must be of the same stock

Ryder's tough viewing, but Gavin is in a league of his own.

Has there been a single proper power punch landed in this fight?

That_Guy

"Can one of these guys become British champion?"

Froch: "I don't see why not. They're both British level for sure"

So, average?

Chrissybhoy

Wow 8-3 by two judges !!!

megadodge

That_Guy wrote: »

Obviously you have to win fights and what not but what can he learn from that fight? Ok, he landed a nice clean KO shot but he was cruising his way to victory because his opponent was so incompetent in everything he was doing after the 2nd round.

I'm all for development in fighters but Hearn handpicks fighters to make his guy look good. Promoters are there to make money. They can say they're there to develop their fighters but they're given bums and the hype machine goes into overdrive without really achieving anything.

I like boxing but I'd like it even more if the best actually fought the best or if we got cards on a regular basis that are actually competitive.

So you think he learned nothing?

If that's the case I really don't know if it's worth my while continuing trying to argue a point you don't see.

That_Guy

Sweet Caroline.... More like Sweet Jesus.

That_Guy

megadodge wrote: »

So you think he learned nothing?

If that's the case I really don't know if it's worth my while continuing trying to argue a point you don't see.

Get off your high horse FFS. He came through a fight where his opponent made crazy mistakes and just wanted to hold him at every opportunity when his cardio/gameplan failed miserably after 2 rounds.

Burial.

I dunno what's worse, Sweet Caroline or that awful Oh Anthony Crolla chant.

That_Guy

Burial. wrote: »

I dunno what's worse, Sweet Caroline or that awful Oh Anthony Crolla chant.

Both are equally annoying.

walshb

Chrissybhoy wrote: »

Wow 8-3 by two judges !!!

Of all the eye catching-impacting shots landed Ryder's opponent landed the vast majority of them.

walshb

If Linares has and substance left he should beat Crolla. One of boxing's weakest WCs. He's a very likeable guy, but bang average.

Burial.

They're even f*cking chanting it during the Venezuelan national anthem.

That_Guy

National anthems at the boxing when you've got boozed up punters who just boo over the opposition's anthem should be done away with.

Burial.

An English judge and referee...what

walshb

Burial. wrote: »

An English judge and referee...what

You sound surprised. Been happening for years.

walshb

If Linares decides to commit more this won't last!

That_Guy

Crolla struggling with the speed of Linares.

walshb

I agree with Paulie... You can't referee your own fight.

Utopia Parkway

That was ridiculous. Linares unloading and O'Connor basically stops it mid onslaught.

walshb

Deliberate or not is nothing to do with it. If it's low it's low. Not sure if that was low!

That_Guy

This is disgusting refereeing.

walshb

Borderline shots.

walshb

Clear gulf in class regarding quality of work.

Burial.

F*ck off O'Connor