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Post by Nik on Sept 22, 2024 5:57:23 GMT
Never been a fan since the beginning of his career and that isn't going to change now. If Fury loses the Usyk rematch, I can see Fury v Joshua finally happening years after it should have done. Fair enough, any reason why? You’re certainly not the only one with that view but it’s always confused me a little. Agreed on the Fury fight. It's probably more Matchroom/Eddie Hearn's fault than Joshua's, and I also get that it's all about marketing him, but they padded his early career massively and tried selling him as the second coming of Ali because he beat people like Dominic Breazeale and Charles Martin. Plus, the media training and this phony 'humble' persona he has/had (again, a marketing thing to boost his profile/popularity) just rubbed me up the wrong way. Since Klitschko onwards, his record is much more respectable but by that point I was way too far gone on him to be won round. |
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Post by mat1scfc on Sept 22, 2024 6:21:34 GMT
Probably the end for the AJ - unbelievable performance from Dubious. Wouldn’t call it funny though. He’s had an amazing career, one of the all time UK sporting greats and the biggest ticket seller we’ve ever had outside of football. Never been a fan since the beginning of his career and that isn't going to change now. If Fury loses the Usyk rematch, I can see Fury v Joshua finally happening years after it should have done. AJ and DD have a rematch clause so that will probably happen so chnaces are we are atleast 3 years away from AJ fury happening and by then fury will be 40+ years old and theres 0 point of it happening |
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Post by scfc73 on Sept 22, 2024 6:52:34 GMT
Probably the end for the AJ - unbelievable performance from Dubious. Wouldn’t call it funny though. He’s had an amazing career, one of the all time UK sporting greats and the biggest ticket seller we’ve ever had outside of football. Never been a fan since the beginning of his career and that isn't going to change now. If Fury loses the Usyk rematch, I can see Fury v Joshua finally happening years after it should have done. After tonight I don't think AJ should even entertain getting in a ring with Fury other than to add a few more millions to the many he's already got. It would be another embarrassment. Don't know where AJ goes from here? there's a rematch clause but suffer back to back defeats again & in the same manner then he's properly screwed. He's rebuilt before & I'd been quite impressed with him since the Usyk defeats, he seemed to have got his nasty streak back. I was expecting him to knock Dubois out in 8 or 9 rounds but that was a complete demolition job from the 1st to 5th round from Dubois tonight, a total beat down. I'm not an AJ hater, it was quite painful to see him go out like that but all credit to Dubois, it was the perfect performance from him. I did think it was arrogance on the part of AJ & Hearn to have AJ come out 2nd in the ring walk when he has no belt & Dubois held the title, the champion should always come out after the challenger so I thought it was quite funny seeing Hearn squirm at ringside as his 'A side' fighter (as he described him) got absolutely taken apart. Although credit to Hearn he was gracious in defeat in the ring afterwards & gave Dubois respect. |
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Post by Nik on Sept 22, 2024 6:53:50 GMT
Never been a fan since the beginning of his career and that isn't going to change now. If Fury loses the Usyk rematch, I can see Fury v Joshua finally happening years after it should have done. AJ and DD have a rematch clause so that will probably happen so chnaces are we are atleast 3 years away from AJ fury happening and by then fury will be 40+ years old and theres 0 point of it happening Fury's 36; even if it were 3 years away, which seems excessive, he'd be below 40. |
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Post by scfc29 on Sept 22, 2024 7:39:05 GMT
Fair enough, any reason why? You’re certainly not the only one with that view but it’s always confused me a little. Agreed on the Fury fight. It's probably more Matchroom/Eddie Hearn's fault than Joshua's, and I also get that it's all about marketing him, but they padded his early career massively and tried selling him as the second coming of Ali because he beat people like Dominic Breazeale and Charles Martin. Plus, the media training and this phony 'humble' persona he has/had (again, a marketing thing to boost his profile/popularity) just rubbed me up the wrong way. Since Klitschko onwards, his record is much more respectable but by that point I was way too far gone on him to be won round. He was fortunate that Martin was a world champion at the time but he would’ve been stupid not to go and get the belt off him. Breazle wasn’t a world beater but he was also a contender so a reasonable win. As you allude to, I think that’s just good promotion on Matchrooms behalf. I think it just for a while became cool to dislike AJ and I’ve never really understood it. A great UK sportsmen, Olympic gold, 2x world champion and literally brought boxing back from the dead in this country. |
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Post by mat1scfc on Sept 22, 2024 10:54:37 GMT
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Post by scfc73 on Sept 23, 2024 19:45:13 GMT
Kyren Williams front flip touchdown for the Rams against the 49ers .....Cheeky!
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Post by Bredburyhatter on Sept 23, 2024 20:02:19 GMT
If Fury beats Usyk in December, then Joshua could be an easy defence for him(assuming he is allowed to fight him next). If he loses to Usyk, then they both have no belts and should be an easy fight to arrange for next summer, and they'll both get their big payday. |
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Post by scfc29 on Sept 23, 2024 20:15:01 GMT
If Fury beats Usyk in December, then Joshua could be an easy defence for him(assuming he is allowed to fight him next). If he loses to Usyk, then they both have no belts and should be an easy fight to arrange for next summer, and they'll both get their big payday. Based on fury’s last 2 fights, I don’t think any top contender is an easy fight for him. |
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Post by Fez on Sept 25, 2024 18:55:13 GMT
Kyren Williams front flip touchdown for the Rams against the 49ers .....Cheeky! I would not have bet against the 49ers in that game. More US sport: apologies to non-baseball fans but for those with an interest this is worth a look from last night, in the National League West. San Diego Padres at Los Angeles Dodgers. The Dodgers had already qualified for the playoffs while the Padres needed one more win (although still with five games to play). It's the bottom of the ninth, Padres 4-2 up but Dodgers with two runners on base and nobody out, with the current most dangerous hitter in baseball (Shohei Ohtani) due up. A walk-off hit or even grand slam seemed more likely than what happened next: Triple plays are hard and happen maybe 3 to 5 times per season on average. There have been perhaps half a dozen game-ending triple plays ever, never mind a game-ending triple play to take you to the post-season. Normally the third baseman would not think to step on base for the first out (or would not have time) and would throw to second (then on to first for the double play). But Manny Machado is a special kind of third baseman. Terrific work at 2nd base as well. |
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Post by herbiedumplings on Sept 25, 2024 20:18:09 GMT
Kyren Williams front flip touchdown for the Rams against the 49ers .....Cheeky! I would not have bet against the 49ers in that game. More US sport: apologies to non-baseball fans but for those with an interest this is worth a look from last night, in the National League West. San Diego Padres at Los Angeles Dodgers. The Dodgers had already qualified for the playoffs while the Padres needed one more win (although still with five games to play). It's the bottom of the ninth, Padres 4-2 up but Dodgers with two runners on base and nobody out, with the current most dangerous hitter in baseball (Shohei Ohtani) due up. A walk-off hit or even grand slam seemed more likely than what happened next: Triple plays are hard and happen maybe 3 to 5 times per season on average. There have been perhaps half a dozen game-ending triple plays ever, never mind a game-ending triple play to take you to the post-season. Normally the third baseman would not think to step on base for the first out (or would not have time) and would throw to second (then on to first for the double play). But Manny Machado is a special kind of third baseman. Terrific work at 2nd base as well. I know next to nothing about baseball, but that looked cool!  |
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Post by desmond on Sept 25, 2024 20:44:17 GMT
I know nothing about NFL but have agreed to go with one of my lads to a game in Munich in November, have to start watching games on Sky now to prepare.
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Post by geordiehatter on Sept 25, 2024 21:25:34 GMT
Kyren Williams front flip touchdown for the Rams against the 49ers .....Cheeky! I would not have bet against the 49ers in that game. More US sport: apologies to non-baseball fans but for those with an interest this is worth a look from last night, in the National League West. San Diego Padres at Los Angeles Dodgers. The Dodgers had already qualified for the playoffs while the Padres needed one more win (although still with five games to play). It's the bottom of the ninth, Padres 4-2 up but Dodgers with two runners on base and nobody out, with the current most dangerous hitter in baseball (Shohei Ohtani) due up. A walk-off hit or even grand slam seemed more likely than what happened next: Triple plays are hard and happen maybe 3 to 5 times per season on average. There have been perhaps half a dozen game-ending triple plays ever, never mind a game-ending triple play to take you to the post-season. Normally the third baseman would not think to step on base for the first out (or would not have time) and would throw to second (then on to first for the double play). But Manny Machado is a special kind of third baseman. Terrific work at 2nd base as well. That is quite something- a true 'where were you when this happened' sporting moment for baseball fans, I would think. Thank you for posting! |
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Post by herbiedumplings on Sept 25, 2024 21:43:17 GMT
I know nothing about NFL but have agreed to go with one of my lads to a game in Munich in November, have to start watching games on Sky now to prepare. I watched a few London Moh-narks and Scottish Clay-morrrrrs games back in the day. They were pretty entertaining, but very stop/start!  |
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Post by Fez on Sept 25, 2024 23:08:05 GMT
I would not have bet against the 49ers in that game. More US sport: apologies to non-baseball fans but for those with an interest this is worth a look from last night, in the National League West. San Diego Padres at Los Angeles Dodgers. The Dodgers had already qualified for the playoffs while the Padres needed one more win (although still with five games to play). It's the bottom of the ninth, Padres 4-2 up but Dodgers with two runners on base and nobody out, with the current most dangerous hitter in baseball (Shohei Ohtani) due up. A walk-off hit or even grand slam seemed more likely than what happened next: Triple plays are hard and happen maybe 3 to 5 times per season on average. There have been perhaps half a dozen game-ending triple plays ever, never mind a game-ending triple play to take you to the post-season. Normally the third baseman would not think to step on base for the first out (or would not have time) and would throw to second (then on to first for the double play). But Manny Machado is a special kind of third baseman. Terrific work at 2nd base as well. That is quite something- a true 'where were you when this happened' sporting moment for baseball fans, I would think. Thank you for posting! Yes, kind of envious of those who were there to witness it. Except it would have meant being in LA… It probably took a while for it to sink in how significant and unique a moment that was. The Padres have had several standout plays and games this season but the beauty and frustration of baseball is that they all count for nought in the post-season. |
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