Heavyweight Boxing

squinn2912 · 17-06-2023 3:46pm

A points win for Clarke… I’m sure the big slow idiot put on a clinic

squinn2912 · 28-06-2023 7:41pm

Anderson vs Martin at the weekend. Martin is a late replacement and I fancy Anderson to hammer the shite out of him inside 4. Don’t think we’ll learn all that much about Anderson and we know all there is to know about Martin. But should be still a decent spectacle.

normanoffside · 29-06-2023 10:59am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120779334#Comment_120779334

Martin has to be the worst Heavyweight champion ever. He won his title because his opponent broke his ankle.

OmegaGene · 29-06-2023 11:43am

zhang v joyce 2 announced for sept 23 at the ovo arena wembley

does anyone think joke can pull it off ?

to me he seemed so lost like he didn't realise he was up against a southpaw

AJ v Whyte talks are back on after the rematch clause was removed, stupid fight and aj and co must be nervou trying to include a one sided rematch

walshb · 30-06-2023 11:30am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120781473#Comment_120781473

I’ve just given up on the HWs. So tiring..

Wilder/Ruiz might pique my interest if it happens.

Zhang, if prepared hammers Joe again

squinn2912 · 30-06-2023 2:39pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120781278#Comment_120781278

And yet he should have beaten Ortiz. Threw that one away.

squinn2912 · 30-06-2023 2:40pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120781473#Comment_120781473

I think it’s a good fight. If Joe hadn’t begun so badly in the first two rounds presenting his face then it coulda been another story. I’ll tentatively say Joyce to win the rematch.

squinn2912 · 02-07-2023 10:10am

So Anderson with his first points win. Decent scrap. Thought the cards were a little bit wide but convincing win for him. Martin came in on very short notice and at times was able to give it a good crack. Round 5 took a lot outta him but his best opportunities came when he went after it. He’s so awkward and cumbersome but pretty game since the Joshua fight. Nice bit of respect between the two of them afterwards. Joe Joyce should have gone for Martin if he wanted southpaw practice

OmegaGene · 02-07-2023 10:24am

i haven't seen the fight yet but a few of the comments mentioned anderson doesn't hit hard enough and martins was able to eat the punches

squinn2912 · 02-07-2023 3:58pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120794305#Comment_120794305

Wouldn’t really argue and Martin wobbled him in the 5th and again late on. I think right now Anderson needs to be matched up with fairly beatable opposition. Martin came in with 11 days notice. We all know plenty about Martin. I think he’s a bit better than the Joshua mess and it wouldn’t shock me if he got paid a few quid and went down easy but he’s very alright. I can see Anderson getting battered down the line.

normanoffside · 02-07-2023 4:24pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120795637#Comment_120795637

To be fair Martin looked in the best shape I have seen him. He must have been training for another fight?

squinn2912 · 02-07-2023 7:33pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120795761#Comment_120795761

Possibly, I’m not too sure. He’s actually more likeable a fella than I had thought. I think he’s always in much the same shape. Fair. He was puffing a bit a few times but he showed plenty of heart to hang in and weather the storms

Morrison J · 02-07-2023 7:55pm

Do think you need to take Anderson's age into account in fairness to him. Joshua was fighting Paul Butlin at this age, Fury having some struggles with Cunningham.

Do think Anderson will likely come unstuck against the elite who'll be too big and too strong but he's clearly very skilled imo just shouldn't be rushed.

Heavyweight division really is absolutely rank though. Blows my mind a bit that there's 370 pages worth of talk on a division that's so poor on here.

squinn2912 · 02-07-2023 11:26pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120796707#Comment_120796707

Fair point yea. He will still be around with Dubois down the line. That might be a good fight. He can mix stances and that’s unusual, implies he has learned a good bit from Fury.

Ha well its the marquee division, might not be all that skilled but I love it.

OmegaGene · 02-07-2023 11:38pm

Heavyweight division seems to be going through a transition now where the big boys are coming in waving huge sums of money around and fighters are afraid to turn it down or lose and then lose out on a huge payday.

ego and money getting in the way of a good scrap, the Saudi group are talking about pushing the Aj v wilder thing to 2024 now if it even happens

Aj v Whyte is pants but they can’t even get that sorted

fury appears to be doing an exhibition with nganu or some shite

dubois v Usyk doesn’t have much appeal but I will watch it for sure

squinn2912 · 03-07-2023 7:52am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120797529#Comment_120797529

Hard not to agree with that. Here we are in the second half of the year and there hasn’t been a decent fight made at the top end. Even Usyk in with Dubois or Wilder would get you going. Joyce Zhang has been the best yet and only it was a surprise it wasnt great stuff. That’s the one thing I hate about it and we’ve all discussed it; this posturing and blaming etc. Just get the fights on. We’re at the stage where we would get more mileage out of arguing about fantasy matchups.

yourdeadwright · 03-07-2023 11:19am

The whole division is an absolute mess,

I just hope the last 18 months of nonsense fights & not fighting has given some young heavy weights the chance to catch up ,

All of a sudden before the year is out AJ 34, Fury 35 , Wilder 38 , Usyk 37 in January, they have all wasted 18 months of there life's,

Butson · 03-07-2023 11:27am

Heavyweight scene in embarrassing.

It's actually been a great year for boxing in the other divisions. Loads of great fights and two belters to come this month in Crawford/Spence and Inoue/Fulton.