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Tonight's fights 15/12 (Katie Taylor/Canelo/BT Card)

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  • #92
    Try_harder
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    Not even watching this fight lol


  • #93
    RocketRaccoon
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    I love boxing and have done for 20+ years but after watching the UFC tonight and then switching over to this fight it is easy to see why there seems to be a big swing towards MMA recently.


  • #94
    Morrison J
    Registered Users Posts: 3,844 ✭✭✭Morrison J


    RocketRaccoon wrote: »
    I love boxing and have done for 20+ years but after watching the UFC tonight and then switching over to this fight it is easy to see why there seems to be a big swing towards MMA recently.

    Ah compare next Saturday nights boxing to the MMA not this card full of mismatches. The best fight on this card got pulled yesterday. Not a fair comparison.


  • #95
    Try_harder
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    RocketRaccoon wrote: »
    I love boxing and have done for 20+ years but after watching the UFC tonight and then switching over to this fight it is easy to see why there seems to be a big swing towards MMA recently.

    Wait til MMA promoters create their own belts and start protecting their investment a la pro boxing


  • #96
    Try_harder
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    pac_man wrote: »
    Swing in what way? Tonights fights have been boring so far,most fighters on the card apart from the main event, can't crack an egg. It's the luck of the draw .

    Its the headline- its boxings own fault tbf


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  • #97
    Try_harder
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    I am growing c impatient


  • #98
    Morrison J
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    I'm only a casual MMA fan so I may be wrong but to me it seems boxing has had the better year between the two sports and it isn't really close.


  • #99
    Try_harder
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    Morrison J wrote: »
    I'm only a casual MMA fan so I may be wrong but to me it seems boxing has had the better year between the two sports and it isn't really close.

    I dont like MMA but they are winning over the casual armchair fans


  • #100
    Try_harder
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    pac_man wrote: »
    I'm guessing that because Canelo has been paid a truckload of money, it doesn't leave much in terms of a undercard. Tonight is hardly representative of what happens every week in boxing. It's really the luck of the draw, fights can turn out sh1te and fights can turn out good.


    Mismatched fights are by and large mismatchs and poor


  • #101
    Try_harder
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    Why are we waiting! I was told around 3!


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  • #102
    simongurnick
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    Try_harder wrote: »
    Wait til MMA promoters create their own belts and start protecting their investment a la pro boxing

    Two different models so can't see that happening


  • #103
    Morrison J
    Registered Users Posts: 3,844 ✭✭✭Morrison J


    Try_harder wrote: »
    I dont like MMA but they are winning over the casual armchair fans

    Winning over the millennials definitely. Feel like it's losing a lot of it's momentum though. Boxing still produces more big nights.


  • #104
    Try_harder
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    Young lads these days are talking about MMA they way guys used talk about Boxing when I was their age.

    Tyson was a world name growing up. Who outside the boxing world knows who the Heavyweight Champion is???


  • #105
    Try_harder
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    simongurnick wrote: »
    Two different models so can't see that happening

    Give it time


  • #106
    Try_harder
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    pac_man wrote: »
    Winning in terms of what? I don't follow MMA so I'm curious.

    Viewing numbers,


  • #107
    bassy
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    rocky rocky rocky :D


  • #108
    Try_harder
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    Sweet Caroline anyone???


  • #109
    Jamiekelly
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    Try_harder wrote: »
    Wait til MMA promoters create their own belts and start protecting their investment a la pro boxing

    They already do that. Dana White has a new found love for "interim belts".
    Morrison J wrote: »
    I'm only a casual MMA fan so I may be wrong but to me it seems boxing has had the better year between the two sports and it isn't really close.

    Generally I would agree but the biggest fights in the last 2 years all ended in controversy (Fury, GGG) which really left a sour taste in my mouth. Plus some of the more unknown fighters in the UFC who headlined main cards put on in some ways far more entertaining fights than even the big boxing fights. Korean zombie vs Rodriguez, Holloway vs Ortega, Romero vs Whittaker and Poirer vs Gaethje put some of the boxing PPV's to shame really.


  • #110
    bassy
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    get up you son of a bitch cause mickey loves you :D


  • #111
    Try_harder
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    Jamiekelly wrote: »
    They already do that. Dana White has a new found love for "interim belts".



    Generally I would agree but the biggest fights in the last 2 years all ended in controversy (Fury, GGG) which really left a sour taste in my mouth. Plus some of the more unknown fighters in the UFC who headlined main cards put on in some ways far more entertaining fights than even the big boxing fights. Korean zombie vs Rodriguez, Holloway vs Ortega, Romero vs Whittaker and Poirer vs Gaethje put some of the boxing PPV's to shame really.

    Re intierim belts- watch it get a lot worse


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  • #112
    Jamiekelly
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    Try_harder wrote: »
    Re intierim belts- watch it get a lot worse

    Oh I know, ever since they sold the UFC to WME it's only gotten worse.


  • #113
    Try_harder
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    Canello is one handsome bastard


  • #114
    Try_harder
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    3 fooking anthems! Is this rugby?!? :pac:


  • #115
    Try_harder
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    pac_man wrote: »
    A quick google to your claim and there seems to be conflicting info depending on who writes the article.

    One is going up, the other down


  • #116
    Try_harder
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    The champion is walking out first?


  • #117
    simongurnick
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    Hopefully no tainted meat for poor Saul tonight


  • #118
    RocketRaccoon
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    The anthems couldn't have been any cringier.


  • #119
    Try_harder
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    simongurnick wrote: »
    Hopefully no tainted meat for poor Saul tonight

    Tainted Glove...

    /gets coat


  • #120
    simongurnick
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    Looks like dazn couldn't buy "let's get ready to rumble"!


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  • #121
    Try_harder
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    RocketRaccoon wrote: »
    The anthems couldn't have been any cringier.

    Cindy Lauper Simpsons anyone???


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