Surly Boxing Thread

[PittsburghTiger 6351]

Yeah, both rounds to Navarrete

[Laxtonto 13324]

Valdez is playing with fire. Navarette is going to catch him with that uppercut eventually

[PittsburghTiger 6351]

Valdez has hit him but, Navarrete still is in control 

[Laxtonto 13324]

Navarette just has so much more power than Valdez

[Laxtonto 13324]

Well that pretty much makes this a KO or bust for Valdez now

[PittsburghTiger 6351]

I’m not comparing Navarrete to Tommy Hearns but, there are a couple things that remind me a bit of Hearns. He always seems to be punching down, I guess with leverage. And, he also seems to have his arms always in punching motion, or right ready to throw.

[Laxtonto 13324]

I thought Valdez had that round and then Navarette does that at the end

[PittsburghTiger 6351]

Brutal final 30 seconds.  Came right down Main Street to the head of Valdez

[Laxtonto 13324]

Veldez covering up and pressing forward and Navarette is making him pay

Liver.... ouch

[Laxtonto 13324]

KO!!

 

Damn

[PittsburghTiger 6351]

Wow.  Such power in those punches. 
 

Also, just from a visual perspective, remember how Big George Foreman looked in his comeback? His punches never looked, just as an example, how Young Mike Tyson’s punches all looked vicious, but, they were heavy and hurt. This kid’s punches remind me of that. They don’t dazzle but, they land and hurt.

Glad I stayed up.  Fun fight.

[PittsburghTiger 6351]

McGregor in talks to “box” Jake Paul in India.

Riveting. 

[hobbes2702 13505]

Great fight so far. If no one gets knocked out we are gonna get a 3rd

[hobbes2702 13505]

Incredible fight. Usyk should win this one. Rounds were close but Usyk just did more

[956 Worldwide 35601]

Usyk is such a great fighter. He is in the convo as an all-time great. He should think about retiring, there’s no one left for him to beat.   

[SpiralOut 1965]

Usyk is a phenom.  Man is going to go down as one of the greatest fighters of all time.  Up there with Ali and the rest.

On a side note, the Brits are completely classless.  Immediately started crying about the scorecards and not congratulating Usyk whatsoever.  Decision was completely correct.  Those are the scorecards you get when Fury isn't being gifted rounds he doesn't deserve.  He came in fat as fuck, said he was going to smash Usyk and knock him out, and he predictably got tired and out worked for the back half of the fight.  Even did less damage to Usyk this time around.  Couldn't find that same right uppercut like he did in the first fight.  The early rounds were close and could go either way and the judges were all over the place on who won those rounds.  But when Usyk took over from 7 onwards, they saw it the same way and gave Usyk basically every round.  

So proud of Usyk though.  Dude has clocked the boxing game.  Won everything on the road against all the odds.  Went up against giants and chopped them all down.  And he did it all being humble and respectful to his opponents, even when they were badmouthing him and fucking him around.  Man is a legend.

[hobbes2702 13505]

1 hour ago, 956 Worldwide said:

Usyk is such a great fighter. He is in the convo as an all-time great. He should think about retiring, there’s no one left for him to beat.   

Sounds like he’s gonna beat up Dubois again. 

[hobbes2702 13505]

48 minutes ago, SpiralOut said:

Usyk is a phenom.  Man is going to go down as one of the greatest fighters of all time.  Up there with Ali and the rest.

On a side note, the Brits are completely classless.  Immediately started crying about the scorecards and not congratulating Usyk whatsoever.  Decision was completely correct.  Those are the scorecards you get when Fury isn't being gifted rounds he doesn't deserve.  He came in fat as fuck, said he was going to smash Usyk and knock him out, and he predictably got tired and out worked for the back half of the fight.  Even did less damage to Usyk this time around.  Couldn't find that same right uppercut like he did in the first fight.  The early rounds were close and could go either way and the judges were all over the place on who won those rounds.  But when Usyk took over from 7 onwards, they saw it the same way and gave Usyk basically every round.  

So proud of Usyk though.  Dude has clocked the boxing game.  Won everything on the road against all the odds.  Went up against giants and chopped them all down.  And he did it all being humble and respectful to his opponents, even when they were badmouthing him and fucking him around.  Man is a legend.

Yup. I thought he was going come in bigger. Mainly because I think he should have been forcing the issue and looking for big knockout shots. Carrying the extra weight could protect a bit if he’s doing that. 
But he didn’t do that at all. Usyk forced the action and landed the big shots. Didn’t let Fury clinch at all really. Just an absolutely dominating boxing performance.

[pops 7152]

3 hours ago, 956 Worldwide said:

Usyk is such a great fighter. He is in the convo as an all-time great. He should think about retiring, there’s no one left for him to beat.   

And that's what sucks. Such a bad time for heavyweights. 

[hobbes2702 13505]

52 minutes ago, pops said:

And that's what sucks. Such a bad time for heavyweights. 

I mean it’s really not. That’s what is great. We have some dangerous fighters at the top end of the division and he’s beat them all. Fury gets a lot of hate but he’s still an incredibly tough fighter and Usyk beat him twice. Dubois, AJ, Chisora all have big time power. Usyk beat them too. I’m not saying this is the best time ever for heavyweights but it’s not just scrubs.

[956 Worldwide 35601]

8 hours ago, pops said:

And that's what sucks. Such a bad time for heavyweights. 

Yeah what’s @hobbes2702.  Usyk is in the size range of fighters from the golden age of heavyweights. He’s fighting and beating massive, athletic super-heavyweights.  Joshua and Dubois are not scrubs and Fury is a fantastic fighter. 
 

At cruiser-weight the convo is Holyfield and Usyk and no one else.  At heavyweight you have to leave him in the conversation around boxers like Holyfield at the heavyweight rank. 
 

The dude has incredible ring IQ, good power, footwork, and one of the best gas tanks ever on a heavyweight.  No real gaps in his game.  The one knock is that he doesn’t have a long record at heavyweight, but instead of fighting cans he was beating up excellent cruiseweights who would have been heavyweights in prior generations.  
 

He could compete in any generation.