Boxing thread?

[mark87]

Trilogy fight now?

 

[SE Spurs]

Ref called it right, Smith was like a punching bag. Throwing nothing back.

 

[Rocksuperstar]

Considering their age and the fact it's one-all now, I fully expect Smith's camp to be looking for the third "trilogy" fight. It's a payday for both of them and it's reasonably low risk by that point.

 

[mark87]

Pretty disappointed with Smith's performance, honestly thought he was gonna put up a much better fight. Hats off to Eubank though, he was in control from start to finish.

 

[Wig]

Joe Joyce is the slowest boxer I've seen in a while. I don't know if he was just a bag of nerves but he didn't throw a meaningful punch there

 

[KILLA_SIN]

Joe Joyce is the slowest boxer I've seen in a while. I don't know if he was just a bag of nerves but he didn't throw a meaningful punch there

Really slow and Zhang has really fast hands

 

[dontcallme]

 

[KILLA_SIN]

It's the kind of Punch where your soul leaves your body

 

[mark87]

Brutal KO. Think that's Joyce done now.

 

[Gareth88]

That punch was lethal. The noise off it was deafening

 

[$hoguN]

Jeez, I felt that

 

[sparx100]

Joyce looked awful. You could see he was just trying to avoid the straight left from Zhang, but I am not sure that he figured out much more than that. He was slow and his punches were half-hearted - It looked as if he hadn't really got over his stoppage in the last fight.

Zhang is just a bad fighter for Joyce and deserves a dig at Usyk or Fury in my mind but Joyce has to co sider whether he has anything left.

That left right combo from Zhang was incredible. That right would have taken any fighter out.

 

[nidge]

Joyce looked awful. You could see he was just trying to avoid the straight left from Zhang, but I am not sure that he figured out much more than that. He was slow and his punches were half-hearted - It looked as if he hadn't really got over his stoppage in the last fight.

Zhang is just a bad fighter for Joyce and deserves a dig at Usyk or Fury in my mind but Joyce has to co sider whether he has anything left.

That left right combo from Zhang was incredible. That right would have taken any fighter out.

All Joyce had before the 1st fight against Zhang was his supposed granite chin that he used to walk down every opponent.

As soon as he came up against a boxer with good skills and heavyweight power he was found more than wanting.

Last night was an embarassment. He team must have known what his mental and physical state was and still let him get in the ring to be destroyed like that.

 

[sparx100]

All Joyce had before the 1st fight against Zhang was his supposed granite chin that he used to walk down every opponent.

As soon as he came up against a boxer with good skills and heavyweight power he was found more than wanting.

Last night was an embarassment. He team must have known what his mental and physical state was and still let him get in the ring to be destroyed like that.

Completely agree. Zhang's power was pretty impressive I have to say.

In the pre fight clips it showed Joyce training where he was trying to use his left hand - it looked so unnatural and forced which supports your thoughts about his skillset.

I juat don't think he has anywhere to go now.

 

[McFlash]

Completely agree. Zhang's power was pretty impressive I have to say.

In the pre fight clips it showed Joyce training where he was trying to use his left hand - it looked so unnatural and forced which supports your thoughts about his skillset.

I juat don't think he has anywhere to go now.

Joyce looked worse last night than he did in the first fight, and he was totally out-boxed first time out.
He looked terrible last night and I really can't see much point in him carrying on while being so slow, cumbersome and clueless.
It wasn't just that he was out classed and over powered, it looked like he didn't really have any plan to overcome the problems from the first fight. Felt like he didn't think he could win from the first bell.

 

[sparx100]

Joyce looked worse last night than he did in the first fight, and he was totally out-boxed first time out.
He looked terrible last night and I really can't see much point in him carrying on while being so slow, cumbersome and clueless.
It wasn't just that he was out classed and over powered, it looked like he didn't really have any plan to overcome the problems from the first fight. Felt like he didn't think he could win from the first bell.

None of his punches had anything behind them at all. He just was padding away.... really weird fight.

 

[McFlash]

None of his punches had anything behind them at all. He just was padding away.... really weird fight.

Yeah, disappointing fight because I was expecting more from him but it looked like his heart (and head) just weren't in it.

 

[sparx100]

Yeah, disappointing fight because I was expecting more from him but it looked like his heart (and head) just weren't in it.

I thought the way he dismantled Dubois he had something about him but all it showed was that they are both limited boxers.

 

[Wick3d]

Please be true, please be true, please be true, please be true

Fury vs Usyk CONFIRMED as deal signed for heavyweight boxing mega-fight

Tyson Fury will fight Oleksandr Usyk to unify boxing’s heavyweight division.

www.standard.co.uk

 

[Frank Blank]

Hopefully, the story is true and Fury will get the opportunity to put Usyk to sleep.