Boxing 2018

[DanDanShaw]

New thread for the new year, 2017 was a boss year for boxing. 

 

My 2017 picks are:

Favourite moment - Josh Taylor making Ohara Davies quit

Fight of the year - Joshua / Klitschko, best heavyweight fight in years and the event was massive

KO of the year - Groves body shot on Cox or Tete on Gonya

Performance of the year - Billy Joe Saunders

Upset of the year - Caleb Truax UD James Degale

Fighter of the year - Josh Taylor

 

Top 3 wish list for 2018

Joshua Vs Wilder

Mikey Garcia Vs Lomachenko

Spence Vs Thurman

 

 

 

[Bjornebye]

Really looking forward to Groves/Eubank. 

[sir roger]

Warren is trying to put together Fury v Hooch for April.

[Elite]

Really looking forward to Groves/Eubank.

Yeah can't wait for that, real 50/50.

 

Where is Hooch by the way?

[Ginny]

Really looking forward to Groves/Eubank.

 

Can’t wait for that either. Do we know when/who Callum smith is fighting?

 

Would love to see Lomachenko fight again.

[Remmie]

Callum Smith is fighting Jurgen Braehmer isn't he?

[DanDanShaw]

Callum Smith is fighting Jurgen Braehmer isn't he?

 

Yeah mate but he still doesn't have a date, seems all their focus is on Groves Eubank.  The final will be absolutely massive if Smith can get past Braehmer who looked good in the quarter final.

[Boss]

[Kevin D]

The guy who does The History on Fire podcast has done a 3 part series on Jack Johnson and it is excellent.

 

http://historyonfirepodcast.com/episodes/2017/11/9/episode-26-jack-johnson-part-1-bad-to-the-bone

 

http://historyonfirepodcast.com/episodes/2017/12/7/episode-27-jack-johnson-part-2-the-fight

 

http://historyonfirepodcast.com/episodes/2018/1/5/episode-28-jack-johnson-part-3-nobodys-slave

 

He has to do a bit of plugging in the first 4 minutes, then he begins to roll. The other episodes on the site are not boxing related, but are worth checking out. They are brilliant, in my view.

[Ginny]

Looking forward to Eubank Jr and Groves in Feb. Will be a great fight that to kick 2018 off. Hope Groves smashes him.

[Elite]

Joshua/Parker end of March as well good start to the year big fight wise.

[DanDanShaw]

Badou Jack Vs Adonis Stevenson

Oscar Valdes Vs Scott Quigg

George Groves Vs Chris Eubank Jr

 

All before the middle of March, 2018 is looking good already.

 

Parker Vs Joshua is pretty much signed and sealed for late March too.

[Boss]

 

Holyfield's recovery skills were superhuman. 

[Remmie]

 

Holyfield's recovery skills were superhuman. 

Ace round that, thanks. Cooper's predatory instincts are bang on as well, crisp hard shots and somehow Holyfield just shrugs them off and unleashes some fantastic shots in return. Another example of the mockery of the scoring systems as it would go down as 10-8 to Cooper when it was possibly an even round.

 

He had some chin on him Holyfield. Took massive licks from the best and amazing considering he was a relatively small heavyweight. Where the fuck he fits on the heavyweight greatest ever lists is so subjective - how would a prime Holyfield done in the past 10 years? What about the late 70s?

[General Dryness]

I think Holyfield was the first heavyweight I ever heard described as a "pumped up cruiserweight".

 

Hell of a tough fighter.

[Elite]

Rumours that Khan is fighting Broner.

 

Makes sense, both high profile and looking for cash out fights.

[DanDanShaw]

I doubt there's ever been a more juiced fighter than Holyfield.  Khan / Broner will be fun, but you'd have to be really, really poor to lose to Broner at 147.

[loadsoftrophies]

 

Holyfield's recovery skills were superhuman. 

 

What a heart he had..... with the heart that nearly make him retire.  Amazing how he got that superhuman heart fixed again....

 

Great round though!

[Captain Turdseye]

Frampton vs Nonito Donaire. 21st of April in Belfast.

[Ginny]

Rumours that Khan is fighting Broner.

Makes sense, both high profile and looking for cash out fights.

Apparently there is a press conference about this tomorrow.

[Elite]

Apparently there is a press conference about this tomorrow.

Have also seen rumours that Khan is joining matchroom and not Frank Warren.

[Ian Sea]

Have also seen rumours that Khan is joining matchroom and not Frank Warren.

Confirmed. Fighting in Liverpool on 21st April.

[DanDanShaw]

Khan showing Frampton exactly how to put money before your pride/ego.

 

Liverpool seems strange though, if I had to pick a city in England that really wouldn't be arsed about attending an Amir Khan fight, it'd probably be Liverpool.

[Ginny]

Will he ever fight Kell Brook now they are both with Eddie Hearn?

[Captain Turdseye]

Will he ever fight Kell Brook now they are both with Eddie Hearn?

I’d say now it’s more likely than ever to happen. Both of them seem to be on the way down but Hearn would still rake it in putting it on PPV.