Boxing

Pretty good fight, very much looking forward to the rematch, potentially in October.

Fury had really good momentum, winning 5 straight rounds, and hurt Usyk twice in two notable moments, and he never pursued him. He fought way too much on the back foot. His head movement, and defense, has really declined since Wilder II. He just never looked like he fought with intention or a clear game plan. He should've put his weight on Usyk more and put him on the ropes.

Fury tends to do this, he'll come into fights questionably, and he'll find his way out - he usually responds when he is humbled in some fashion. Next fight, maybe we see a really mean and aggressive Fury, because I think there is still another level there for him... Then again, he is getting older and with his lifestyle and size, he may be in the decline. You can't fuck around with a guy like Usyk - he will not beat himself.

Good fight, and props to Usyk. He was the more deserving fighter, he's always been a reliably great fighter and has to be in strong consideration for #1 P4P (not to take anything away Crawford and Inoue).

Araxen said:

Not sure if this link will work fully, but there are some classic fights they've been showing:

https://tubitv.com/live/400000083/hbo-boxing

I watched Klit/Fury, some Mayweather/Pac, and some Pac fights. Good stuff.

I miss HBO Boxing.

Click to expand...

Nice link! Yeah, boxing really went downhill, well years ago, but when HBO got out of the game that really did it.

God damn that knockout from bahdi on h2o was insane. Fucking brutal.

Bandwagon said:

For posterity
View attachment 539380

Click to expand...

The real woman actually beat "it".

Inoue defends title again

Araxen said:

What an exchange at the end!

Click to expand...

Man, Joshua is such a lazy technical fighter. Hurts Dubois bad, and then lunges in multiple times and gets put down on this extremely short chop, right-hand. That first knockdown was embarrassing - how do you get caught with that.

Joshua is a physical freak, and his fights are always entertaining and for that I've enjoyed his career - but he is so frustrating to watch. So fucking lazy in the ring and gets rocked every time he gets touched.

Props to Dubois, you can really make the case he possibly KO'd Usyk in their fight. Kid can definitely fucking fight, and his only blip was the horrific style matchup against Joe Joyce.