Boxing Talk rumours 2

21 Sep 2024 20:19:28
Interesting cards in the Buatsi fight.

18 Sep 2024 20:04:41
anyone giving dubois more than a punchers chance against AJ on sat night?
all people i've asked says he has no chance at all.


i would like to see a dubois win, but his clumsiness will be his downfall in the fight.

18 Sep 2024 22:28:51
I'm personally 60-40 in favour of AJ winning.

Dubois has shown that he has far superior stamina to AJ and I think it's fair to say his durability is probably better than AJ's too (going off Dubois' last two fights), so if he can withstand AJ's power and draw him into a brawl, I think Dubois stands a very good chance.

However, I suspect AJ will do everything he can to box like he did against Ruiz (2) and Parker. So I am expecting a largely boring fight, that possibly leads to an AJ stoppage.

I will say that as we have got closer to the fight, my opinion hasn't changed I still think AJ will win but I am less convinced of it than I was in the previous thread.

19 Sep 2024 17:39:17
I would give Dubois more of a punchers chance. I am favouring Aj to win but that's all down to the amount of right hands Dubois took v Hrgovic but surely they have corrected that.

I think Dubois has a better chin, better work rate although would say aj has the better ring IQ and probably more power.

Think the first few rounds will be a battle of the jab with neither taking much risk until the later rounds.

21 Sep 2024 13:54:03
Although I said above I think the first few rounds tonight will be a battle of the jab, I don't think that should be Dubois' game plan. I think if it's a battle of the jab and he stays mid to long range, joshua will go up and down stairs with the jab then start to land the right.

Think Dubois should put the pressure on him from the start, slipping sliding and throwing hooks. Brings the danger of Joshua's uppercut into play but I see that as Dubois' best chance of winning and hope he employs these tactics as it will lead to an exciting bout.

04 Sep 2024 17:22:41
Seen Eddie Hearn and Simon Jordan on talksport debating whether Joshua quit Vs Ruiz in their first fight.

What do yous think on this? I personally wouldn't say he quit but he was definitely looking a way out before he knocked out.

05 Sep 2024 18:11:09
I put a reply to this on Gmans video about it. I think it's disingenuous to suggest that a man who has been down 4 times and got up each time quit. I also think it's disingenuous or perhaps naive to suggest that he was looking for a way out.

The man was concussed, very clearly, given he was asking questions in the corner like "why do I feel like this? ". When you're severely concussed you don't know anything and taking more and more blows to the head isn't going to clear that up.

I'm absolutely convinced that Joshua would have continued to try and fight if the referee allowed the fight to continue.

05 Sep 2024 18:54:48
Yeah I agree he might have been concussed mate but I watched it again and the way he spat his gum shield out, was looking away from the ref, not really responding to the ref, imo he was looking a way out.

Yes I agree if the ref had of said box on then Aj would have continued but imo he would have hit the deck again once Ruiz hit him again.

05 Sep 2024 19:29:32
That's stuff that veteran fighters do when they're trying to buy extra time to recover mate.

Yeah he probably would have gone down again and stayed down, that or been very wobbly when he got back up with the ref waving it off.

05 Sep 2024 19:56:03
I know what u mean mate about buying time etc but imo he wanted out of there, can that be classed as quiting, I don't know.

Anyway bud, have u seen the promo for it?

05 Sep 2024 20:09:42
I haven't mate. I've not been too in touch with Boxing outside of the fights themselves. Kind of waiting for the Saudi's to actually take over lol.

05 Sep 2024 21:06:30
Lol I hear u bud.

Anyway, all good with u sir? Hope u been well.

06 Sep 2024 16:53:47
Yeah not too bad. How about yourself mate?

07 Sep 2024 10:43:00
All good man, still waiting on surgery for a torn ACL but other than that i'm all good.

04 Aug 2024 20:27:32
bakole looked good last night, a lot of people I know thought anderson would win on points.
i think he could do some damage to the top heavyweights.


as for the miller fight, did I miss something?
no way was that a draw, miller won that in mu opinion

05 Aug 2024 07:33:18
Bakole is? a danger man. Wouldn't mind seeing him v Zhang.

05 Aug 2024 14:35:58
Yeah I picked Anderson to win on points by moving and keeping Bakole on the end of a jab. I thought he would have learned from the stupidity he showed in the Martin fight.

Given the rumours of Bakole's sparring sessions, it makes me wonder why anyone stands in front of him like that.

Miller can fall in to a black hole, I'll never give him any credit for anything after he stuck several pharmacies up his rear end.

05 Aug 2024 18:19:39
Tbh I thought Bakole was a free one. Thought Anderson has been a disaster waiting to happen. He's on tape saying he doesn't like boxing and imo took too many shots against hand picks.

06 Aug 2024 15:54:00
Yeah I remember watching him vs Martin and being unimpressed, but I figured he's in his early 20s and will naturally improve.

I know he's said some stuff about being disinterested in Boxing, but I figured that was just an angle for him, like how Fury does it.

Was a fun fight though, Bakole needs to work on his defense if he's going to be a genuine contender though. Accurate big punchers like Joshua would be a nightmare for him with that defense.

18 Jul 2024 21:49:00
Rumours that Dubois is juicing pretty heavily.

I'm pretty sure they stemmed from the twitter post by AJ's management asking why Dubois was not registered with VADA.

To be honest I think almost all of the top guys are juicing in some capacity or another. I'm also fairly confident in saying that you only get 'popped' as a means of getting out of the fight or if you annoyed someone pretty high up.

24 Jul 2024 23:19:15
Who you think wins that?

Atm I'd say Joshua, probably by ko. Although if Dubois can take the power and apply the same pressure like he done against Hrgovic, could be a cracker.

30 Jul 2024 11:52:10
I'm pretty confident with saying AJ wins by KO. I get the feeling that AJ will land something big early on which will set the tone for the rest of the fight. I would guess this ends before round 9.

31 Jul 2024 13:59:24
This certainly the biggest test for AJ 2.0. He has looked good since he's linked up for Ben Davison, although hasn't fought anyone. This should answer afew questions about him.

Looking forward to it, plus the undercard is stacked.

02 Jun 2024 07:17:58
Quennsberry with the shutout lol. I got one prediction right (Sheeraz) as I didn't make a pick in the end of Ball/Ford lol.

Wilder will hopefully retire now, he looked utterly terrible from the get go and that was a pretty bad knockout he suffered. I guess it is a fitting end as he now gets to understand what he did to people.

Dubois stopping Hrgovic was the last thing I expected to happen lol. At best I only saw Dubois winning via a controversial points decision. Hopefully he gets to fight AJ now.

Sheeraz went as I expected and was the only fight to go the way I expected lol.

Ford did well, he should be unified world champion as I thought he won his previous fight so hopefully he can now get some unification fights.

Richards looked so bad lol.

02 Jun 2024 12:11:22
Think if if wasn't for the Saudi money Wilder would be gone all ready but that's him now.

Sheeraz looked good ( Only one I got right myself)

Ford/Ball fight was really good and could have went either way. Ford can move up and congratulations to Ball.

That was best I've seen Hrgovic last night, thought he was good at times but Dubois was class. He now seems to believe in himself. Looking forward to him v Aj.

Agree Richards was terrible.

02 Jun 2024 17:25:45
I actually meant to put Ball not Ford. My brain farted or something lol.

You really though Hrgovic looked good? I thought he looked bad apart from the first two rounds. Dubois did great, completely out manned him - his confidence must be through the roof!

03 Jun 2024 17:56:36
Everytime I've seen Hrgovic I have not been impressed at all mate. Thought for afew rounds on Saturday he was throwing punches which is the best I've seen him. Lol

01 Jun 2024 00:09:14
Wilder ( not confident)
Hrgović
Sheeraz
Ford
Richards

My predictions for tonight. Wbu?

01 Jun 2024 07:54:19
Same I think mate, though I keep flip-flopping on Nick Ball and Ford.


Wilder by late KO because Zhang's stamina is the worst in boxing history. Makes AJ look like Mo Farah.
Hrgovic but I can't decide whether it will be points or a corner stoppage.
Sheeraz by KO.
Ball/Ford by points I can't decide who.
Richards by KO.

01 Jun 2024 11:51:05
Tbh mate I'm not confident with any of my picks. All the fights are hard to call.

01 Jun 2024 12:01:39
Like in all honestly Wilder is done and Hrgovic imo is still living off them sparring sessions he had in Hayes gym about 10 years ago.

01 Jun 2024 20:55:09
Well damn I'm already wrong on the first one lmao

19 May 2024 00:47:38
Good fight, right decision. Was a lot closer than I thought it was going to be.

Congrats to Oleksandr Usyk, the first Undisputed Heavyweight Champion in the 4 belt era.

19 May 2024 11:56:47
Yes was a good fight, both men boxed well. Was close but the right man won.

Would need to watch it again but I think it was the 7th were Usyk landed and looked like he broke his nose with an overhand left, imo the fight changed there cause big Fury was looking good up to that point. Thought Furys corner was terrible, what's he got his da there for?

Whole card was very enjoyable but massive congratulations to Anthony Cacace.

19 May 2024 15:14:36
John Fury is a gormless brainlet and should be banned from any Boxing events, especially after he headbutted the smallest member of Team Usyk.

Fury was looking pretty good up to round 7 or 8 as you say - I think he hurt Usyk a couple of times too, definitely with the uppercut and I think also to the body. I completely agree about the broken nose changing the fight. He was out on his feet in the 9th and was arguably saved by the bell too.

A rematch is definitely of interest, I think Usyk will stop Fury if the rematch happens.

Yeah Cacace shocked everyone I think haha. Sanchez getting stopped by Kabayel too, though I think Sanchez may have had an injury.

19 May 2024 19:20:57
Yeah I agree I want to see a rematch. Thought Fury was excellent last night and wouldn't rule him in out. Really the knockdown was the deciding factor. Fair play to both men, what the World Heavyweight Championship is all about.

18 May 2024 20:50:28
Agit Kabayel is a serious problem. That's two highly rated scalps he's taken now. I did not expect him to stop Sanchez.

17 May 2024 19:47:01
Starting to doubt my prediction now I've seen the weigh-in.

Fury at 262 lbs and Usyk coming in 12 lbs heavier than his last 3 fights at 233 lbs.

I know Usyk is a consumate professional so this added weight is definitely by design, but Usyk will lose some speed and may even struggle with stamina. 12 lbs is quite a jump in weight.

18 May 2024 00:29:53
Ok it was apparently an error and Usyk is 223 lbs.

18 May 2024 10:38:53
He also had a pair of jeans shoes belt and massive chain and cross, they all would have weighed a good bit

I'm swapping and changing myself all the time I can't really split them but I'll stick to my prediction of Usyk points.

I hope we aren't talking about a controversial decision after.