The RedCafe Boxing Thread

Crawford made a big statement. Porter actually fought a great fight, but Crawford adapted to everything. I had him up by a point entering round 10, but he seemed to have Porter timed and was able to take him out when he wanted a couple of rounds earlier. He’s got to be one of the smartest fighters of recent times in addition to being one of the best finishers.

Now he’s a free agent, hopefully he doesn’t have to tie into a contract with a promoter as he has the following huge fights available to him - Spence, Taylor, Ortiz, Ennis (who’s becoming one of the best fighters in the world and has a great future).
 
lefty_jakobz said:
Lopez v Kambosos JR has just started, good first round.
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Amazing fight this was. Lopez deludedly claiming after that he’d won the fight and Kambosos had only won two rounds… followed by a chorus of booing from the crowd. Brilliant.
 
ZupZup said:
Amazing fight this was. Lopez deludedly claiming after that he’d won the fight and Kambosos had only won two rounds… followed by a chorus of booing from the crowd. Brilliant.
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I think he was embarrassed by his own performance last night especially after he beat Lomachencko to unify. Kambosos clearly got to him during the build up.
Great fight.
 
Kazi said:
Teofimo getting humbled felt good

Wonder how Loma is feeling right now
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He’s been so full of his own shit for ages. Hopefully this is the dose of reality that he needs, wolf on the hill and all that
 
López and his dad saying he won is hilarious. There’s an interview of his dad saying “the crowd even booed the decision” when in fact his own fans booed him saying he won. Possibly the most deluded boxing interview in recent years and Deontay Wilder has given interviews too. Quite impressive.

 
Khan-Brook confirmed for Feb 19th 2022 at the Manchester Arena

About five years too late but should be interesting.

The press conference was also hilarious.

 
Irrational. said:
Khan-Brook confirmed for Feb 19th 2022 at the Manchester Arena

About five years too late but should be interesting.

The press conference was also hilarious.

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Should have made this fight a few years ago when both were at a better level but the dislike between them both makes for an interesting watch.
 
Inter Yer Nan said:
López and his dad saying he won is hilarious. There’s an interview of his dad saying “the crowd even booed the decision” when in fact his own fans booed him saying he won. Possibly the most deluded boxing interview in recent years and Deontay Wilder has given interviews too. Quite impressive.

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His old man is an absolute bellend
 
With the knockdown in Round 10, I had things pretty even going into 11.

Kambosos Jr won the last two rounds - clearly won them. It was all a question of strategy and the fact that Kambosos stuck to his. Once Lopez had Kambosos down he went for a one shot finish instead of being patient, but he was getting timed again and again.

I had Lopez down as the favourite but he just boxed like a rookie, and he needs to be taking advice from someone other than his pops.
 
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Must’ve missed the news that Khan V Brook is actually going to happen. Any hype left in this one?
 
Lay said:
Must’ve missed the news that Khan V Brook is actually going to happen. Any hype left in this one?
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They pretended to hate each other for a bit; then both sounded a little 'punch drunk' in the presser and interviews after.
Sort of glad to see the fight finally happening but also a little bit sad to see where they are now against what it could have been.
 
Glad to see Lopez Jr lose. Was too full of himself before the fight, and got humbled. Made a bigger fool of himself after the fight with his antics. It was a close fight, a brilliant fight and Lopez Jr had good moments but when he's shouting his mouth off saying he won after the fight, didn't come across well.

Khan v Brook, I'm not too excited to see it. 5 years ago, it was one of the fights I wanted to see the most and it was a true 50/50 with both being on world level. Now both have faded massively and been on the end of big knockouts.
 
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I expected a Yarde win, but that was surprising.
 
I know this probably belongs more in the entertainment forum than here, but Tommy Fury has pulled out of his fight against Jake Paul due to an “injury”. How does he resume his career from here?.

How can a professional fighter ( with the Fury name no less) duck a YouTuber and ever show his face in a ring again.
 
Nico87 said:
I know this probably belongs more in the entertainment forum than here, but Tommy Fury has pulled out of his fight against Jake Paul due to an “injury”. How does he resume his career from here?.

How can a professional fighter ( with the Fury name no less) duck a YouTuber and ever show his face in a ring again.
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Should be the end of Fury’s boxing career right here.
 
Nico87 said:
I know this probably belongs more in the entertainment forum than here, but Tommy Fury has pulled out of his fight against Jake Paul due to an “injury”. How does he resume his career from here?.

How can a professional fighter ( with the Fury name no less) duck a YouTuber and ever show his face in a ring again.
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Ronaldo's ego said:
Should be the end of Fury’s boxing career right here.
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It won’t be the end of his career nor even close, he’s only pulling out with an injury many fighters do this, he’ll just go back to fighting bums on BT sports.
 
Inter Yer Nan said:
He’s a very talented fighter but I’m not sold that he’s the best in the world or a great fighter. I think the state of boxing and lack of stars is causing overhype. You get clueless/biased people already comparing him to Chavez like those are the two best Mexicans. Nonsense. He’s not in the top 10 or 12

I believe he lost clearly to Lara and twice vs. an aging GGG. These aren’t just my views these are the views of the majority. He’s failed drugs tests and has now moved up, gained speed, strength, power, and stamina while showing all signs (acne, roid rage, leaving the fight announcements late as possible despite knowing the opponent and training which is a huge sign of cycling, the physique, going from an average puncher at 154 to a guy breaking faces now), he also abuses the A side stuff, needs re-hydration clauses etc; and this is not done to make a “fair fight” it’s to handicap the opponent. So I think there’s just a lot of smoke and mirrors around the guy where he’s not on a level playing field.

I’m not as blown away by his competition as others. Like I said, lost to the three best guys he fought, I think Kovalev was fighting with handcuffs on (wouldn’t be surprised if there was a no knockout clause), throwing pitty Pat only and this was a shot version of Kovalev only weeks after a tough fight where he was nearly KO’d by a novice and also with a re-hydration clause so I tend to not put any stock into that or this extremely weak division he went through. 18 months ago he had “no interest” of 168 and Benavidez then all of a sudden they strip Benavidez and it’s a “history making goal”? Why didn’t he continue at middle? He didn’t seem to want to fight GGG again, Charlo or Andrade, who’s style I think he doesn’t fancy. After all he said he couldn’t even get up to middleweight as a reason not to fight GGG in 2016 now he can’t make it? He’s an opportunist.

As a fighter, he’s got a good chin, excellent counter puncher, good shot selection and is very well skilled. I just can’t take the bullshit around him and that’s why I’ve only watched one of his last four fights.
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Sorry for the late reply mate. Certainly an interesting observation. Certainly, some points in which I wholeheartedly agree and others — I know nothing about them.

Stuff like tainted meat certainly leaves a bad taste in my mouth — excuse the pun but its all too convenient.

He certainly lost the first fight vs GGG. He absolutely lost that and no one can convince me otherwise.

I hate that people are saying that prime Canelo would beat Floyd. :wenger:

Don’t get me wrong, from what I’ve seen, he’s a great fighter but I just don’t know enough about boxing and I guess I needed a bit of evidence from the caf authority.

Thanks for the reply though, it’s as always absolutely amazing to hear your thoughts on everything boxing.
 
How good do you reckon Conor Benn is? He's looked on the money with every step up. Will be interesting to see what he takes as the next step - we've had a lot of younger up and comers flatter to deceive, but have to say, he's looking really good.
 
Nico87 said:
I know this probably belongs more in the entertainment forum than here, but Tommy Fury has pulled out of his fight against Jake Paul due to an “injury”. How does he resume his career from here?.

How can a professional fighter ( with the Fury name no less) duck a YouTuber and ever show his face in a ring again.
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Ronaldo's ego said:
Should be the end of Fury’s boxing career right here.
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If he was actually injured, he was 100% right to pull out.
 
Glorio said:
How good do you reckon Conor Benn is? He's looked on the money with every step up. Will be interesting to see what he takes as the next step - we've had a lot of younger up and comers flatter to deceive, but have to say, he's looking really good.
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Just like any Hearn fighter hype him up to the balls without really fighting anyone then throw him in with a savage and wonder what happened.
 
Canelo/Beterbiev would be great.

I think Canelo on whatever combination of PEDs he's on would win. Mainly because Beterbiev is a real solid puncher but I don't think it's power where he's sharp or fast enough that he's going to spark out Canelo. Obviously there is a limit somewhere but Canelo is so durable I don't see him suddenly falling apart just because it's light heavy.

I just see Canelo doing what he does, not really giving him any target, consistent variety of punching, just breaking down his big opponent. He's so much more skilled.
 
Chisora looking bad. I know he's never been the quickest on his feet but he looks slower. Not reacting to what's coming his way.
 
Think Parker is struggling with the additional weight now.

Threw some heavy shots and now looks noticeably slower. Chisora miles behind though so needs something special.
 
Amazing heart from Chisora. Did Parker give Chisora time there to recover?
 
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