Heavyweight Boxing

He was never retiring,

Remember the talk of retirement happened exactly on the same day that Whyte never turned up to the presser,

It was Fury thinking on his feet on how to sell the fight without Whyte's help , so he quite cleverly said this is my last fight last chance to see me in action & boom it sold out ,

In the weeks leading up he had talked about becoming undisputed and sticking around, He has bee entraining every day since the fight & hasn;t handed over the belt, it was a gimmick to sell tickets

He's being well defended.....

The chap was far far bigger than the lad walking towards him....he did not need to use such force, and that could have killed that man.

He's a former HW pro boxer....his hands/skills/capabilities (along with his large size/weight) against the clearly smaller man....well

He should have dealt with it differently, but the lad had literally just been throwing punches at people & then raised his hand to Francis so its his own fault,

The problem with incidents like that are if he bangs his head on the concrete on the way down you could be looking at murder/manslaughter charge all over nothing, Terrible waste of life for everyone involved ,

Ye agree,

Just one thing the reason Francis walked around the other side is door security 101 ,

The lad walked out around the barrier with the bouncers the other side,& thus feels "safe" & will 9 times out of 10 more aggressive ,

As he feels the barrier is protecting him & he can lean in throw something and run off,

So Francis does what he should and also goes the other side of the barrier & behind him but not right behind gives him room , makes the bloke think twice about doing something ,

Remember the bouncer duty is not just to protect his other door men but to members of the public who walk up to the pub or even past it

"I also don't think he's the most knowledgeable guy either"

You couldn't be more wrong.

Like him or not, and I admit I found him hard to put up with in the beginning, he really knows his stuff. His column in Boxing News every week is a genuine treasure trove of obscure boxing information. Stuff you simply will not hear about anywhere else. That column is now probably my favourite part of an outstanding publication.

Must be getting huge money to be going to Saudi?

8 weeks this Saturday....won't feel that fly by!!!!

AJ in fight 2 v Ruiz was very gunshy and cautious and careful.

he was very similar v Usyk, so this won’t cut it vs Usyk. AJ has to be effectively aggressive and effectively physical and impose his larger self on the smaller Usyk, and of course, let his fooking hands go with proper speed, power and extension-commitment.

as for win or bust. Depends how one defines bust. He will clearly lose value/appreciation/stock if Usyk beats him a second time. If he wins, he’ll redeem himself somewhat, but it’s still just a big man beating a smaller man.

So true although AJ is a bigger more explosive powerful man he isn't a great inside fighter,

Infact the Ruiz 1 ko has him absolutely terrified of fighting on the inside, I'v no question that why he decided to fight how he did against Usyk ,

Chisora who is not near top level gave Usyk problems by being on top of him and not letting him breath , Its mental because the only thing Chisora has over AJ is the stubbornness & bravery to just keep barrelling forward,

The reason i think Fury beats Usyk is he can do both box & make it ugly & he also can switch it up mid fight,

AJ knew his plan wasn't working & didn't have the ability to change id fight,,

What's Fury going to do in the meantime, probably looking at December before any unification fight, will he fight in the meantime and will the US ban affect him?

Great stare-down between the pair a them......can see it on Eddie's Insta!

Joshua would give you a pain in your hole with his 3 time world champion talk , it’s not as if it’s something to brag about losing to Ruiz and a cruiser weight, I reckon usyk will beat him again, joshua has the air of a fella trying to convince himself he can win.

The fight is 8 weeks away, lads. Usyk will be in fighting shape come Aug 20. I mean, what shape was he in July, 2021, 8 weeks before fight 1?