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7 minutes ago, MichaelRobartes said:

Shame. I was enjoying that. Looks like his elbow has gone. Rematch over here?

Me too. Yeah, dislocated.

At York Hall on Thursday, Issac Chamberlain put his own shoulder back in at the end of the 3rd and went on to win a war on points!

Clev doesn't have the proper world title anyway, that resides with S Kovalev esq.

Braehmer quits on his stool! Must be injured 57-57 for me at the time.

Shame, was boiling up nicely. Congrats to Clev.

This is a great fight, very entertaining.

High ratio of punches from Clev so far although a lot arehitting the gloves. It'll be hard to maintain this pace for him

Come on Clev!

Absolute disgrace from Dimitrenko v Parker, looking for a way out from the off. Good shady rib punching on the blindside of the ref from Joseph though.

Sad news indeed. I read he was suffering from headaches in the week leading up to the fight too which may have been a factor.

It's as safe as it possibly can be. RIP Mike Towell.

What a ****.

I do get the impression that a fair few boxers use coke between fights. From their point of view it doesn't stay in the system for very long at all in urine tests, much less than a lot of the PEDs. Fury was obviously being a complete idiot to get busted in camp. You've only got to look at a few interviews with quite a few of the shall we say semi retired ones to see what I mean, without naming names.

Some of the time on Sky with the recently retired it's like a gurn off ffs. Certain promoters look fairly familiar with it at times too...

3 hours ago, B1ackbird said:

One of the best displays by a British world champion I've ever seen, JC didn't lose a part of any round.

Definitely, right up there with Hatton-Tszyu and Benn- McClellan.

I see Lomachenko is finally fighting Nicholas Walters on 26/11. Should be a great fight- the same night as AJ's next outing too, unless there are any sudden moves to accommodate a fight with Klitschko.

1 hour ago, SARJ said:

For those who don't know, big boxing show in Cardiff 22nd Oct (Same day as Blackburn at home).

We had ringside seats as wanted to see Chris Eubank Jr. As we all know, he pulled out with pathetic excuses. Whilst I still rate him as a boxer and entertainer, as I person, I've lost a lot of respect for the man (coupled with his Kell Brook/Towel comments).

BUT THE GOOD NEWS: none other than world champ Billy Joe Saunders has now filled the void against an unnamed opponent. At ringside seats I can't wait to see this now! Lots of other British title fights on that night too, will be epic. 

None of this looks good for Eubank Jr though, who's name will undoubtedly be muck in Cardiff that night.

Think that's a nationwide phenomenon now Sarj! Hope you have a great night.

46 minutes ago, MichaelRobartes said:

That's interesting. I will watch it when I have a quiet moment, thanks for posting it. Hope Joe bought his old man a few pints after that!

Do, it's an excellent watch, as much about fathers and sons as Joe's career. Enjoy!

13 minutes ago, MichaelRobartes said:

They certainly were. I was living in Wales at the time and watched the fight with several Welsh mates, all of whom were bricking it for weeks on the basis of Lacy's reputation. 

Hee hee, so was Joe! He admits in the documentary that he was intimidated by Lacy and wanted to pull out of the fight as he was carrying a previous hand injury (he could potentially have been a bone fide super middle GOAT if his hands hadn't been so delicate), but Enzo wasn't having a bar of it and ordered him to carry on and fight!

Good job he did, the fear brought out his greatest ever performance. The only points he dropped on the cards were for rabbit punches and Lacy was in bits.

39 minutes ago, MichaelRobartes said:

It was quite obscure, and he was met with bemused indifference from most of the crowd. To be fair I may have never heard of him if he hadn't fought Calzaghe, I'm not as big a boxing follower as many on this thread.

 

Yep, a shame for him that it all seems to have fallen apart after one hammering. Must confess that the Calzaghe fight is the only time I've seen him though, so I have no real clue how he looked before and after that.

What a battering Calzaghe gave him that night, it was an imperious performance from one of our best ever boxers. People were comparing Lacy to a mini Tyson before the fight (as they had poor Gerald McClellan before him) but he was never anything like the same fighter after that.

The Calzaghe documentary from last year is brilliant by the way, well worth a watch for any boxing fan

I've just seen that Sky are also showing Joseph Parker's fight against the handy Alexander Dimitrenko during the Braehmer v Cleverly coverage. Will be very interesting to see how he goes with the AJ fight looming on the horizon.

http://www.skysports.com/boxing/news/12183/10595712/sky-sports-to-show-anthony-joshua-challenger-joseph-parker-fight-alexander-dimitrenko

3 hours ago, MichaelRobartes said:

On a side note, I couldn't believe that Jeff Lacy appeared at half time last night. I see that he's lost four of his last six fights as well.

Really?! I totally missed that, stupid thirst for half time booze!

@Super, I give Clev a fair chance tbh. Braehmer has a few miles on the clock now but he is one wily, awkward bugger with a decent amount of power left. I guess it depends which version of Clev turns up, if it's the one who fought Fonfara to a standstill in that great FOTY contender last October he has a real chance, if it's the one that stank the place out in the second Bellew fight, he's toast.

The Fonfara fight highlights:

45 minutes ago, joe jordans teeth said:

Don't mind him myself,talks a lot of sense but I'm always waiting for  him to say he's friends with tony soprano 

Me too mate, I like him.  @Super is not a fan though!

21 minutes ago, joe jordans teeth said:

Been a bit of a disaster for British boxing last couple of weeks,at least the reds ran riot up Fulham COYR 

You're right but at least they've been going up against the best JJT!

Better than Brook v Jo Jo Dan isn't it!

54 minutes ago, Super said:

Watching with sound down can't stick that bellend Paulie.

You'll enjoy this then @Super hahaha

10 minutes ago, joe jordans teeth said:

Not sure crolla can beat him mate 

Not on tonight's showing, you're right.

Crolla should have stepped on him earlier and tried to rough him up imo, the first 3 rounds he seemed to just watch him. If anyone was throwing low  blows, it should have been Crolla! They were obviously hoping Linares would gas.

Such a classy display from Linares though, some incredible combinations, even when Crolla was trying to force the pace.

Right result

1 minute ago, Super said:

Brave effort by Crolla but Linares just has that bit of class.

Absolutely, would happily watch it again.

Linares is too good. Such punching. 113-115 at least, it's been a pleasure to watch him tonight.

Great fight.

Linares motoring away now, he knows there is no time for Crolla to pressurise him now. Think this is done 104-105. Think I'm being generous to Crolla too.

Linares refusing to buckle, some beautiful punches 95-95. Does Crolla look a bit tired now? Such class coming at him

Close again, although Linares looks tired his combinations are still sharp 86-85

Linares looks like he's fighting on instinct, Crolla forcing the pace 76-76