Boxing

[JoshBRFC+]

It has the potential to definitely be a foty

 

[HK85]

Great fight from 4th onwards. 

Spence is different class. 

[Danny]

Fair play to Errol Spence Jr, proved he was the better fighter but Kel Brook fought well, not that that means much from me considering he's just fought potentially one of the best welterweights going 

Think the only issue with Broom is another loss and he's probably loss some revenue off of the Amir Khan fight.

[Fairy In Boots]

I'm with Bellew to a degree why take the knee, he still had a punchers chance 

[JoshBRFC+]

21 hours ago, Fairy In Boots said:

I'm with Bellew to a degree why take the knee, he still had a punchers chance 

And risk going blind? After what Golovkin did to him? He couldn't see? 

 

Absolutely amazing night, I'll be going to more boxing events like that. Atmosphere was amazing. 

[HK85]

You'll have plenty of chances to go to more events like that. Hearn will be lashing out average cards any football ground he can soon enough after the success of the last two. 

[Fairy In Boots]

11 hours ago, JOSHBRFC said:

And risk going blind? After what Golovkin did to him? He couldn't see? 

 

Absolutely amazing night, I'll be going to more boxing events like that. Atmosphere was amazing. 

Yeah In fairness it didn't look as bad his eye looked open and I didn't doubt he had hurt it but i thought he'd took an easy route out. It's since been revealed he's broken the eye socket same as against GGG but opposite eye so I have no problem with Kell taking a knee.

Long term that may be it for him, both those eyes are suspect now

[Danny]

Makes you wonder where he can go from here now, beaten at Middleweight, beaten at Welterweight, lost leverage on the Khan fight now surely, who'd pay for Wembley now? Surely must be an Arena fight.

[LFCMike]

It's a difficult one for Brook. It would be difficult for him to win a title if he moves up I think. I agree that the Khan fight doesn't have as much pull as it would have before Brook's two defeats. It depends how both of them come back from their defeats I suppose. Certainly not doing Wembley at the moment though like you say

[JoshBRFC+]

15 hours ago, HK85 said:

You'll have plenty of chances to go to more events like that. Hearn will be lashing out average cards any football ground he can soon enough after the success of the last two. 

I only watched the last 2 fights, was worth it just for those 2

its cool to hate him it seems. Him and Sky have made British boxing great again. 

[HK85]

14 minutes ago, JOSHBRFC said:

I only watched the last 2 fights, was worth it just for those 2

its cool to hate him it seems. Him and Sky have made British boxing great again. 

No one has mentioned hate. I have no problem with him making the money he does but the regularity of Matchroom events inevitably mean cards are watered down. Space them out a bit and they'd be very good and you'd have probably watched more than the 2 you did on the night. 

[Danny]

Hearn was definitely having a laugh making Dillon Whyte a box office fight.

[JoshBRFC+]

4 hours ago, HK85 said:

No one has mentioned hate. I have no problem with him making the money he does but the regularity of Matchroom events inevitably mean cards are watered down. Space them out a bit and they'd be very good and you'd have probably watched more than the 2 you did on the night. 

I did see the others and checked the results etc but I mean I made sure I was in my seat for the last 2. The others I knew were mainly just new pro's gaining experience. 

There is a lot of events yes, but you can't stick all the PPV potential headliners on the same card. Eddie and Matchroom are doing an amazing job in my opinion. It's a good problem for him to have..

[HK85]

6 minutes ago, JOSHBRFC said:

I did see the others and checked the results etc but I mean I made sure I was in my seat for the last 2. The others I knew were mainly just new pro's gaining experience. 

There is a lot of events yes, but you can't stick all the PPV potential headliners on the same card. Eddie and Matchroom are doing an amazing job in my opinion. It's a good problem for him to have..

No doubt it's a good problem, he's making a fucking fortune from it and most shows sell well because he's a good promoter of average cards. 

That last Birmingham one was shite. Yafai's, Egginton and Frankie Gavin  It takes a proper boxing purist to get excited for that. 

[JoshBRFC+]

2 minutes ago, HK85 said:

No doubt it's a good problem, he's making a fucking fortune from it and most shows sell well because he's a good promoter of average cards. 

That last Birmingham one was shite. Yafai's, Egginton and Frankie Gavin  It takes a proper boxing purist to get excited for that. 

Boxing fans from Birmingham will have no doubt been excited. 

 

Edited May 29, 2017 by JOSHBRFC

[Danny]

Boxers also need to fight, Anthony Joshua can't do it every week.

[HK85]

Burnett looked impressive. 

That Perez fight 

[LFCMike]

11 hours ago, HK85 said:

Burnett looked impressive. 

That Perez fight 

I missed it last night. Just read about the fuck up with the scorecards though 

[HK85]

6 minutes ago, LFCMike said:

I missed it last night. Just read about the fuck up with the scorecards though 

Couldn't believe it when it was read out. Don't buy that he put the scores in the wrong box either. 

[JoshBRFC+]

6 hours ago, HK85 said:

Couldn't believe it when it was read out. Don't buy that he put the scores in the wrong box either. 

There can't be any other explanation?!!? Madness 

Burnett is class. 

[LFCMike]

Ward v Kovalev 2 this weekend. Think I had Kovalev by a round in the first one but it was close either way. Expect a similar close fight again but think Ward might take it a little more convincingly

 

[HK85]

Just seen Haye has been fined for his conduct in the build up to the fight with Bellew. He did go a bit too far with some of the things he said. 

[Fairy In Boots]

On 29/05/2017 at 7:05 PM, HK85 said:

No doubt it's a good problem, he's making a fucking fortune from it and most shows sell well because he's a good promoter of average cards. 

That last Birmingham one was shite. Yafai's, Egginton and Frankie Gavin  It takes a proper boxing purist to get excited for that. 

I like Eggington & Yafai, both good lads progressing nicely. Yafai's younger brothers are going to be in the world championships picture down the line. Frankie is a cunt, falling behind because he spends far to much time partying. They get decent enough crowds at the NIA and they're growing their reputations all the time. 

On 29/05/2017 at 7:08 PM, JOSHBRFC said:

Boxing fans from Birmingham will have no doubt been excited. 

 

Boxing is doing well in the city at the minute there's lots of gyms open and packed out. Mma also does well here, there's easily 30+ white collar / mma events per weekend across the city now. 

[HK85]

Paul Smith fight was very one sided. Probably the end of him now. 

Would have liked him to win it before going out. 

[LFCMike]

The last punch before Weeks stepped in was a definite low blow but it seemed to me like Kovalev wanted out anyway. Bad stoppage but I think Ward was settling right in and would have stopped him anyway. 

The lack of protest from Kovalev said it all, he had nothing left. He half heartedly complained in the post fight interview but his reaction told everything.