The Sweet Science: Boxing
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Game6Conley
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You should watch the full fight. That was hands-down one of the greatest Heavyweight bouts I've ever witnessed. The stakes were super high too, some want to try and diminish that.
also one of the greatest venues I've ever seen for a fight. Thats was 90,000 people...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kshabECrtSA
Game6Conley
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He should've showd up to fight like this against Tyson Fury and he'd have never had these problems and had his hand forced to go up against Joshua in his backyard..
I've seen tons of Wlad fights, he was really, really good. It is worth mentioning that the heavyweight division was pretty weak when he ruled tho..
I still think if you put prime Wlad vs Prime Vitali that Vitali would show much better than people expect. He had a better chin. There's no way Wlad would've showed as well at the time that Vitali fought Lennox.
Game6Conley
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Pacquiao doesn't want those problems, He'll get obliterated.. they just throw those names out there (same for T Crawford) to help build hype.
So... you guys agreed the Wilder vs Fury should have been a draw?
I kinda agree. Just so hard to say who wins. Fury won the first half of the fight, but Wilder came back strong.
I kinda agree. Just so hard to say who wins. Fury won the first half of the fight, but Wilder came back strong.
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I don't think many people adore boxing anymore.
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candrew
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I was rooting for Wilder but Fury won the fight. I watched it twice and I had Fury winning 8 or 9 rounds. The only two rounds Wilder clearly won are the two knockdown rounds and maybe one or two other rounds.
And Fury coming back from that brutal knockdown in the 12th is other-worldly. When he hit the canvas I thought he was out cold - he not only got up he arguably won the rest of the round.
If there is a rematch Wilder is going into it knowing he hit this guy with his best shots and Fury kept coming at him - that's a huge psychological burden to bear.
Although Fury is mentally unstable (listen to his podcast with Joe Rogan - it's a miracle he's still alive let alone fighting at this level).
I wonder if he can keep it together for another 6 months or so until the next fight.
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Doubt they would get paid multi millions of dollars for single fights if that would be the case.
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Well, let's see how many people comment about this fury fight (whoever that is).
I'm guessing it will be less than 5.
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Game6Conley
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Their both losers in that fight. That fight exposed beyond a shadow of a doubt that neither guy has a snowflakes chance in hell vs Anthony Joshua...
Game6Conley
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It's a poor peoples sport and here in the US the sports audience is mostly middle-class. Plus Americans as a whole are getting worse and worse at Boxing, which does major damage..
If the best boxer in the united states was some kid from Utah there'd be 100page thread on him here...But there isn't, so there's not.
I also believe that people are just more bloodthirsty these days, casual boxing observers are pretty much like the people who watch NASCAR and root for the crashes, they aren't concerned with the sport of it all, they just want carnage and a spectacle to point and stare at.