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Firstly I used to post regularly on this forum many years ago. I got tired of the crap that was being spouted here so didn't bother posting for a long time. The best poster moved away as well, his username is Big Ears.

Big Ears knows boxing, I'd be quite confident he was involved in the sport in some way. There were some other good posters on here years ago who knew the game very well. There's some very good posters here now too, they just get drowned out by all the crap posted by walshb.

walshb has been nothing but a troll for donkey's years. I put up with it for a long time, at least 14 years, but I'm tired of it.

Anybody claiming a fighter quit because he could have fought on after a body punch hasn't a clue about the sport. That's the last straw for me. Even if he did quit there is absolutely no reason to suspect it. The lad has no history of doing anything like that. These comments are like Donald Trump's supporters claiming the election was rigged. That was the last straw for me.

If you watched last night you'll have seen that Garcia didn't go down immediately. He backed up and then went down to one knee. He started to get up twice during the count but winced in pain from the effort. I'm certain he didn't quit.

As for me, I boxed when I was young but had to quit due to an eye problem which I still have.

I was brought to the national stadium at least 20 times every year from the age of 6 until my mid teens when I was old enough to go myself.

I was trained to judge fights by a legend named Tom Foxe who managed the Irish boxing team at the Barcelona Olympics. He was a family friend and somebody I got very close to.

I got to know Mick Dowling, Paul Buttimer, Hughie Russell Barry McGuigan and Wayne McCullough amongst others.

McGuigan was a family friend too, I was in his parents house the night he returned to Clones with the world title.

I went to school with the Carruth triplets for a few years, we used to mess around with boxing, at school and in their front garden from five years of age until I left Walkinstown at 8 years of age. Michael hit harder than his two brothers but they were all good at that age. I was heavily involved in the sport up until about fifteen years ago when I moved down the country after I got married.

I still attend amateur boxing regularly. I've been to plenty of pro fights too. I had a subscription to the Ring Magazine from 1988 until 2008 when I moved down the country. I coached kids for over twenty years.

None of the above means I'm an expert and am always right. I regularly get things wrong about how a fight will go or about an upcoming prospect.

Anyway I will stay around for a while longer now that I've put those two on ignore but if there's more like that I'll leave.

If you think I know nothing about the sport you are very mistaken. If you think walshb knows his stuff you are sadly mistaken.

I agree with this. But this could now see you labeled as someone who hasn’t a clue about the sport; daring to suggest that a fighter quit, or to put it less bluntly, decided he didn’t want to carry on. There should be no dislike of the word quit.. it happens in all walks of human life, and we are all capable of it. Part of being human.

can you put yourself on ignore too just in case you start another argument or challenge yourself to an IQ test lol

What has me scratching my head is that with all that boxing experience and contacts and involvement for years and years, and to then get so uptight and offended and exasperated because of a simple disagreement. Some think that he quit, and some don't....

Hardly a life changing disagreement.....and this then gets you labeled as not having a clue about the sport.......

Anyway, best to thread carefully now, as the poster has said anymore crap talk and he will leave!!

Our very own Luke Caffrey went 4-0 with a 1st round stoppage yesterday evening. He’s an exciting fighter who’s starting to make a name for himself around Manchester.

So many promising looking young Irish pros at the minute between Pierce O’Leary, Cully, Carty, Moran, Caffrey there’s plenty to keep an eye on.

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What’s the point of personal insults when disagreeing over a boxing match? Just argue your points respectfully. If everyone had the same opinion the forum would be pointless.

It’s ok to have different opinions. The only person who knows the truth is Ryan…and I still haven’t seen the fight.

It's a 7 from me!

Garcia opted out in my opinion and that’s his choice, sometimes the mind takes over and looks for a way out even when the body is capable of so much more

he’s now saying he was betrayed by one of his team, no idea what that’s about tbh

He was saying about the mole before the fight and Team Davis also were. It didn't take a mole to reveal the way the fight would pan out.

Would both knocking each other out be too much to ask? 🤔

i thought Eubank would win as well, either he is worse than i thought or it really was an off night, i expect him to win a rematch on the basis he cant be as bad again.

no, neither is smith, maybe Eubank is worse that i thought!

Smith v Eubank is on box office again. I’ll be giving it a miss for a second time.

It's not even a fight I would bother looking for a stream for.

I don’t doubt that he was ahead on the cards, but he was far from dominating. Plenty close action, and apart from round 2, some close rounds.

It was an over-stretch to say Tank was dominating, or as you say, totally dominating. Dominating to me is clear superiority. No way it was that. Even compubox (one metric) couldn’t come close to backing up an assertion of dominating.

Agreed on the KD. Garcia looked to be quite timid after it. But he still was very competitive, until he got hurt, and had felt (I believe) that Tank was starting to take over, before quitting.

We can agree to disagree so, no harm in that.

I saw Davis just bide his time and make Garcia question everything he was doing, Davis looked in little to no trouble at all whereas Garcia was struggling to get a grasp on any sort of attack other than moving forward. He was really banking on his left hook, and he is massively exposed when he throws it, Davis exploited that so easily in the 2nd.

There was a clear difference in skills and class for me in this fight.

No disagreement from me on who was better and who was winning. Tank!

my point about Garcia doing ok was mainly due to his physical advantages. I don’t think he’s that good. But he’s not useless. His reach and length made it somewhat difficult for the shorter Tank. Tank did start adjusting and becoming the winner, no doubt.

put it this way: remove Garcia’s physical advantages and Tank does a far easier number on him.

anyway, nice to discuss and debate with points and feedback and reasons, without anyone getting irritated!!!

I do agree that Garcia only had size to his advantage. I just never saw Tank struggle or worry in the slightest, he did maybe a bit better than what was expected but I legit had Davis cruising and just a step ahead. For me to consider it at all closer than it was would be for Garcia to have a few more than some fleeting moments over all.

No irritation from me, happy to have a nice chat about it :)

Parker v django announce for may 24th

cant recall ever hearing about Django before so I checked his box rec and he lost to Lucas browne a couple of fights ago so looks like a knock over for Parker

what numbers did it do ?