Heavyweight Boxing

It’s actually great marketing by AJ to go after the 2 big blips on Fury’s CV in Wallin and Ngannou.

Both are very average fighters. Fury struggled with Wallin due to the cut. It happens. And he struggled with Ngannou because he didn’t take it seriously. Shouldn’t happen but it did.

AJ has certainly impressed me in his last 2 fights. But I still think he looked underwhelming against Franklin and I’m not convinced by the current hype.

Id like to see him in there with some bigger names this year to see how he gets on.

Im thinking Hrgovic, Wilder, Parker would be good fights. But also possibly Joyce, Zhang would be decent or Whyte if he makes a good comeback.

Comparing fury v walling and Aj v wallin is slightly off because there’s five years between fights, after fury was cut wallin couldn’t finish him and he’s done nothing of note since really

granted Aj looked very impressive against him but wallin seemed like a deer caught in the headlights and couldn’t cope at all with the power of Aj who was feeling safe knowing wallin has limited power

hopefully this is an end to cross over nonsense now and we get back to normal, if Turkey whatever his name is could give Zhang a bag of cash to not take up the rematch it would be good

Comparing any fights is a bit of a pointless exercise. Wilder KOd Helenius in 1 round. That doesn’t make him the best HW.

Fury actually tends to do better against tougher opponents. He dominated Wlad and Whyte while AJ struggled more with those.

It is what it is. This division is unpredictable. Wouldn’t be surprised at all if Wilder still KOs AJ.

Does anyone reckon Ngannou will box again? That was one of the hardest Knockouts I've ever seen and he completely walked into it.

One of the most basic things you learn in boxing is to get on your bike when you are hurt to give yourself time to recover. Ngannou got up off the floor and moved forward??

I mean the difference in class was so obvious that I think it's almost irresponsible for promoters to put him in against boxers with a serious pedigree. He is no doubt talented man, but he went way into the deep end. Only reason he did well against fury is because Fury is a joke that doesn't take fitness seriously. Anyhow, I really like ngannou, just wouldn't want to see him seriously hurt.

I mentioned same regarding Fury. Just looks little off.

No. I’m saying no matter what result first fight, could the rematch be scrapped, or even deferred.

Yup. To “side” with referee, I think the fact that Francis seemed to be able to follow his count while having eye contact, and get up at 8/9, this must have factored in with the referee allowing him continue.

Still confused. Does the rematch clause apply no matter what the result? That was my understanding, hence no idea why I’d be caught out. I am picking Usyk to win.

Ok, so rematch clause only applies if Fury wins? If Usyk wins there is no rematch clause?

In a nutshell, be great if we got AJ/Fury October time this year..

I have no appetite for Usyk-AJ 3

Not at all. Styles make fights. Of course, one can analyse common opponents, but it’s not an exact science, as history has shown us

They both have the same rematch clause if what they say is true.

Your appetite unfortunately will have no bearing on it. They sing to the tune of their Saudi overlords now.