Boxing

[Cailleach]

It was good to see Whyte hit the canvas on Saturday night. At least now we won't have to hear about his Fury  sparring stories for a while.

[Juggz]

Bad for the division. Povetkin isn't going to trouble Fury and he won't get a fight against Joshua again. Whyte was, at least, a potentially interesting alternative to the AJ-Fury monotony. He's not a great fighter and you may not like him but he's usually involved in exciting enough fights.

[Cailleach]

Bad for the division. Povetkin isn't going to trouble Fury and he won't get a fight against Joshua again. Whyte was, at least, a potentially interesting alternative to the AJ-Fury monotony. He's not a great fighter and you may not like him but he's usually involved in exciting enough fights.

To be honest i think he's below the level of Fury and Joshua. I 'm not just basing this on the Povetkin loss, i have always felt this. No question he has been screwed over, but he did have a chance to rematch Joshua but turned it down.

[Juggz]

Yeah, he's not top tier by any stretch of the imagination but he was durable (until that uppercut) and regularly involved in interesting fights. He is a level above the likes of Breazeale and the other bums who have been getting title shots. He could have made for a couple of interesting fights against Joshua and Fury and him against Wilder would be interesting too, if Wilder decides to come back and stops avoiding him. Hopefully he will get the rematch against Povetkin and get himself back near the head of the queue.

[Blizzard Beast]

It was good to see Whyte hit the canvas on Saturday night. At least now we won't have to hear about his Fury  sparring stories for a while.

He's already asked for a rematch before the end of the year

[Cailleach]

Yeah, he's not top tier by any stretch of the imagination but he was durable (until that uppercut) and regularly involved in interesting fights. He is a level above the likes of Breazeale and the other bums who have been getting title shots. He could have made for a couple of interesting fights against Joshua and Fury and him against Wilder would be interesting too, if Wilder decides to come back and stops avoiding him. Hopefully he will get the rematch against Povetkin and get himself back near the head of the queue.

It will be interesting to see if he swayed by Joshua's post fight advice in the rematch. His punch resistance maybe diminished after that heavy knock out. He is a good gatekeeper, that has been involved in some entertaining fights, but i think fights against Fury and AJ would be fairly one sided. Although, as you mention,  he does deserve his title shot considering the others who have had them.

[Paul keohane]

Im a bit of a whyte fan,really wanted him to win,i genuinely think theres one big fight in him were hell catch one of the top boys.

[Juggz]

Dubois just pounded the bejesus out of a lad 2st lighter. I rate Dubois, he's got skill, but this was ridiculous. Fights with this kind of weight difference shouldn't be allowed. There needs to be another weight above Cruiser and below Heavy and leave the 17+st giants to slug it out among themselves.

[Cailleach]

Dubois just pounded the bejesus out of a lad 2st lighter. I rate Dubois, he's got skill, but this was ridiculous. Fights with this kind of weight difference shouldn't be allowed. There needs to be another weight above Cruiser and below Heavy and leave the 17+st giants to slug it out among themselves.

https://www.worldboxingnews.net/2020/08/17/super-cruiserweight-18th-weight-class/

[Juggz]

About time. Interesting they brought Bellew in, he used to boil down to Super-Heavy, madness.

[Blizzard Beast]

I see Sky did a piece on some  Japanese boxer  Naoya Inoue  which they have dubbed the new Manny.

Anyone following this guy and if hes good as they are making out?
https://www.skysports.com/boxing/news/12183/12034441/the-new-manny-pacquiao-monster-naoya-inoue-has-dynamite-in-both-hands-but-must-now-captivate-an-american-audience

[ldj]

I've seen his past few fights and he is a monster, though an old Nonito Donaire did give him a decent fight.

He has ridiculous power for the lower weight classes but he's still a very technical boxer. He's already champ in 3 weight classes so it will be interesting to see how many he can go and if he can still carry the power up.

[Blizzard Beast]

Looks pretty good on those you tube vids.

[Cailleach]

 Inoue has freak power for his size and is  a very good boxer too. A decent Scottish world champion went over to fight him a couple of years ago and was demolished inside a few rounds. As was said it will be interesting to see how many weight classes he can go up to.

[Cailleach]

Josh Taylor had a good win this past weekend.  Crawford v Brook looks to be happening in November. Before that there is Lomachenko v Lopez to look forward to.