🥊 2022-23-24-25-26 Boxing Thread 🥊

https://x.com/ATokkers5/status/2024768919882346732

The sort of sadness of Eddie Hearn of the last week has turned into the fury of Frank Warren.

https://x.com/ontherecordbox/status/2026506050770256213?s=46

several things I hadn’t noticed, that are worthy of mentioning in here…

Tyson Fury has predictably unretired. He’s fighting Makhmudov on 11th April, first fights since his losses to Usyk.

Katie Taylor has announced that she’ll retire after a final fight later in the year date TBC

Mayweather and Pacquiao have decided they’d like another payday with each other, fight is currently set for 19th Sept. The first fight I stayed up for and watched in a massive hall, must have been at least 500 people in there, insane atmosphere. Doubt I’ll be staying up to watch it this time as it’s in Vegas and I’m a lot older than I was then.

Wardley vs Dubois is scheduled for 9th May and is in Manchester so should be a decent atmosphere. Definitely gonna be watching that if I can.

Christ they must be about 50

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47 and 49 iirc from the article I read earlier

two former top boxers of similar age is at least a little bit more interesting than some fights (Jake vs any actual pro being the obvious)

and of course if Mayweather lost his undefeated record it would be fucking hilarious

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Would be mint if pac man rolled back the years and absolutely pasted him. Obviously that won’t happen because there’s no chance it won’t be an absolute snooze fest, and also we can’t have nice things.

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also Mayweather’s particular skill was defense whereas Pac’s was attack, and my guess is that the former would fall off less with age… be interested to hear from anyone who knows more than me if that’s remotely accurate :joy:

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Would generally think the opposite is true. The reactions/reflexes go but punch power stays. But Pacquiao was more about speed than power anyway.

Don’t watch it. Don’t consider it imo

Reckon pac might come into the PEDed to the gills and take Floyd’s head off

We can only hope

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disappointing, to put it mildly

I just don’t get it, he can do silly exhibitions for the rest of his life if he wants to