Surly Boxing Thread

[Humble Beast 258]

Just for fun, thought I’d share this. Had forgotten he fought Frazier’s son. 

 

[Halohal 498]

Main event...  Danny Garcia vs Benavidez on showtime

[BigOrange1 6442]

that 114-114 scorecard was bonkers.

[BigOrange1 6442]

shit motherfuck yes

 

[Mo Horn 8852]

Xander Zayas is the real deal. Only 19 and will only get better. 

[shadow_operative2.0 16006]

This venue is comically small. 

[BigOrange1 6442]

if ryan garcia/tank davis can't be made, garcia/teofimo is a fine substitute.  

[BigOrange1 6442]

the rematch between anthony joshua and oleksander usyk is about to happen on dazn.

[BigOrange1 6442]

damn, this is a fun fight!

[BigOrange1 6442]

usyk fights at such an insane pace for a heavyweight.  i had it 8-4 in his favor.  rounds 9-12 were awesome.

[BigOrange1 6442]

holy shit one of the judges scored that for joshua.  ridiculous.

[hobbes2702 13049]

Yea I could see a 115-113 for Usyk but I don’t see how you could find 7 rounds for AJ. 116-112 is about right. 
Usyk is just a better fighter than AJ. AJ can hurt people but since Klitschko he hasn’t been willing to trade shots. He did more of that today but Usyk makes you pay for scraping. 
Would love to see Usyk v Fury. I would worry about Fury punching through the guard of Usyk but I could see Usyk having the athleticism to work a lot of body and be Fury’s biggest challenge 

[Zeus 6100]

This is modern boxing

 

 

[Zeus 6100]

On 8/20/2022 at 11:42 PM, hobbes2702 said:

Yea I could see a 115-113 for Usyk but I don’t see how you could find 7 rounds for AJ. 116-112 is about right. 
Usyk is just a better fighter than AJ. AJ can hurt people but since Klitschko he hasn’t been willing to trade shots. He did more of that today but Usyk makes you pay for scraping. 
Would love to see Usyk v Fury. I would worry about Fury punching through the guard of Usyk but I could see Usyk having the athleticism to work a lot of body and be Fury’s biggest challenge 

Fury would school him so easily. 

Height 6'-3" Reach 78" 

vs.

Height 6'-9" Reach 85"

Advantage in stamina, power, age, experience, skill and banter. 

[hobbes2702 13049]

9 minutes ago, Zeus said:

Fury would school him so easily. 

Height 6'-3" Reach 78" 

vs.

Height 6'-9" Reach 85"

Advantage in stamina, power, age, experience, skill and banter. 

I tend to agree that Fury would win but Usyk is absolutely more fit and has more skill. 
The interesting part of the Fury Usyk fight will be seeing if Usyk can evade the power punches and cause damage to Fury by working the body. The size makes that very difficult but Usyk is an elite elite elite boxer.

[BigOrange1 6442]

yeah i think fury is just too big for usyk and would/will eventually catch him with something that puts him down, but usyk is incredibly skilled and it should be a fun and entertaining fight.

[BigOrange1 6442]

who the fuck is paying $74.99 for andy ruiz vs luis ortiz??  i like the fight because i think it will be entertaining, but jesus fuck that is ridiculously overpriced.  it shouldn't be ppv at all, but if they insist on ppv can they not charge like $29.99?

[deac_tracy 516]

RIP to Earnie Shavers. One of the hardest punchers ever.

 

 

[closetohumping 17453]

Jake Paul vs anderson Silva is happening

[BigOrange1 6442]

not a lot of hype for the third ggg/canelo fight taking place this weekend.  i'm still excited for it, even though it's not the big deal it was back when they fought for the first time.  over them summer i rewatched both fights and scored them both 7-5 in favor of GGG.  for his sake, i hope he can pull out a victory on saturday so he has at least one win over canelo on his resume, but i am dubious about his chances to get that done.

[hobbes2702 13049]

Trying to keep an eye out for ringwalks while watching the game. Somebody post when they happen

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6 minutes ago, hobbes2702 said:

Trying to keep an eye out for ringwalks while watching the game. Somebody post when they happen

Second this

[hobbes2702 13049]

Anthems. Ring walks should be soon. If Frank Harris isn’t coming back then we win

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Milli vanilli blushed at that first anthem

[Dr Fear 1268]

Kazakhstan national anthem was lit!

[hobbes2702 13049]

Ring walks

[hobbes2702 13049]

GGG intro taking shots lol. “Champions don’t cheat ever”, “the man he beat twice”, “for justice”.

[hobbes2702 13049]

R1 - Canelo

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R2 - Canelo

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R3 - Canelo

GGG needs to get more active 

[hobbes2702 13049]

R4- Canelo

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R5- Canelo

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R6 - Canelo

Not a lot of action so far. GGG just unwilling to open up.

[hobbes2702 13049]

R7 - prolly Canelo again.

[hobbes2702 13049]

R8 - Toss up. GGG actually threw punches. 

[hobbes2702 13049]

R9 - GGG wins one

[hobbes2702 13049]

R10 - Toss up, prolly GGG

[hobbes2702 13049]

R11 - toss up, Canelo maybe 

[hobbes2702 13049]

Well that’ll do it for GGG I think. Just not the same guy anymore.

[hobbes2702 13049]

Not sure about those scores but the right guy won for sure

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Well, canelo, your plan worked. Keep dodging fights for a fucking decade until your opponent is just too old to beat you.  This trilogy should have been 2015-17. But canelo knew he couldn't hang.

Sad to see how old ggg has gotten in the last few years. 

[BigOrange1 6442]

yeah that was disappointing.  the first two fights were so good (even though they were scored incorrectly).  but yeah this trilogy should have taken place in like 2014-2017.  

i stand by my claim that right now canelo is unbeatable at 168 and below.  i don' think he can beat bivol at 175 though.  and beterbiev would destroy him.

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22 hours ago, BigOrange1 said:

yeah that was disappointing.  the first two fights were so good (even though they were scored incorrectly).  but yeah this trilogy should have taken place in like 2014-2017.  

i stand by my claim that right now canelo is unbeatable at 168 and below.  i don' think he can beat bivol at 175 though.  and beterbiev would destroy him.

Yep. 168 and below and he's untouchable. He and his people have done a masterclass at handling his career. Mayweather esque in that regard. 

[BigOrange1 6442]

apparently its impossible to have nice things:

https://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/id/34842859/welterweight-terence-crawford-fight-david-avanesyan-dec-10

[BurdineBandit 815]

Definitely a huge let down, and both sides are pointing the finger. They failed boxing and nobody should buy that bullshit fight. Just like Fury fighting that other British Bum for a 3rd time. They wouldn't do these brazen cash grabs if people would stop supporting it.

[BigOrange1 6442]

i realize i may be the only person on this site who watches, but i'm really excited for the bivol/ramirez fight that is about to take place on dazn.

[BigOrange1 6442]

masterclass by bivol.  i understand taking the canelo rematch for the money, but i'm not exactly sure why canelo would want it.  he has very little shot of beating bivol.  bivol/beterbiev is one of the bigger fights in boxing (which means we'll probably never see it).

[PittsburghTiger 6192]

Happy Mike Tyson Heavyweight Champion Day.

It's been so many years since he won the title. Doesn't seem possible.

[PittsburghTiger 6192]

Teofimo Lopez fights tonight at MSG. It’s on ESPN

Keyshawn Davis looked very good moving to 7-0.

Edited December 11, 2022 by PittsburghTiger

[BigOrange1 6442]

yeah davis is legit.  could be one of the top p4p guys in the sport in a couple of years.

crawford fights tonight too.