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  1. gnasher16
    What a funny little selective memory you have ! Personally id like to see Joshua held back for 18 months.
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    It was only Golovkin remember.......i would imagine only big name fighters support big clubs like Sunderland
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    I saw him last year for the first time in about 25 years but we was never pals so i doubt i,ll see him in the next 25 either....his son still lives in Hackney and has only seen him a handful of times himself.
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    Its not the best picture but this was Kirkland last year with his son.....he,s living in a care home up near Grimsby,still not often seen without a can of strong lager in his hand but he seems happy enough in his own little way. Speaking of fighters in decline what a strange turn out down West Ham yesterday we,re stood there and my mate says " where do i know that bloke from ".....i turn round and sat there like a little choir boy was Gennady Golovkin
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    Kirkland never boxed for Repton i didnt know him until he came down to the Royal Oak as a pro he was 6 or 7 years older than me the first time i saw him he was sparring with Maurice Hope when Maurice was already world champion and you genuinely wouldnt of known which one was a world champion !.....he had a cockiness about him that rubbed people up the wrong way and what with the way tensions were between blacks and whites in the area at that time you didnt really mix outside of the gym,there was guys like Rod Thomas and Dabs Edun ( who is now president of Repton ) who were the most hate filled
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    Off the top of my head check out Tyson v Don Halpin if you get a minute .....not quite within the rules ............ but Tyson was loved for it
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    What some of you lads discussing technical aspects of the game and analysing careers with comparisons need to keep some perspective on is that Fury is a 7 year pro whos style has changed dramatically over that time.....Joshua is a 2 year pro who has all the time in the world......as a 2 year pro Fury fought a 4 stone lighter opponent with over 30 losses to his name Joshua as a 2 year pro just fought an unbeaten prospect his own size.....as a 3 and 4 year pro Fury was decked by much smaller men but learned from it and made the necessary adjustments Joshua is the first to admit he is nowhere nea
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    Fury beat Klitchko at his own game.....for years Klitchko dominated with his size and risk free boxing from range......going on Fury,s earlier career i thought the first opponent he met near his own size would beat him but his style has changed massively he is now doing to good effect what Klitchko did but probably slightly better as although his jab isnt as good he is more athletic and has faster feet than Klitchko......earlier in his career Fury was getting in punch ups with opponents but now he is using his sheer size and fighting behind his jab it will take speed/precision to beat him.....
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    Its a Yew Tree you berk ! ...........anyone would know that
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    Fury didnt win 11 rounds out of 12 he won by 3 rounds on the judges cards in what was a very poor heavyweight fight he did enough to win and thats what counts.....as for whether he is 6 ft 9 its the 85 inch reach that guys are going to struggle with he can keep it long and has the strength to tie opponents up on the inside......it doesnt make for exciting fights but its effective.
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    When you look at the average big athletic guy walking the streets they are what 6ft 2 - 6 ft 4 ?.......14 - 16 stone ?.......that is a " heavyweight " fighter of recent years.......but today it simply isnt big enough and so guys of that size ( of which there are loads ) dont really have any place in boxing as they are too big for cruiserweight and not big enough for todays heavyweights.......lets be honest how many guys do you see walking round the streets at 6 ft 9 ?......it is an extremely large size for any athlete but for a fighter it is freak size..........even an average fighter with rea
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    He,s the champion mate he can do what he likes.....what the general public thinks is irrelevant if the numbers add up and it makes sense to all concerned then you have a fight......Fury got away with murder as a contender some of his choice of opponents were a disgrace but you get away with it at that level its only as a world champion your level of opponent is put under the microscope......and rightly so.....but you can still only fight whats out there and he is in a division with a severe lack of talent so you would like to think he will keep active.
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    The weigh ins take place the day before for safety...... same day weigh ins are dangerous when a fighter is cutting weight as he doesnt have enough time to re - hydrate from the weigh in and is therefore left in a possibly dangerous position. My point is quite often a fighter is in a very unhealthy state on the scales,no fighter can fight in that condition therefore the whole cutting weight thing becomes pointless and you will see fighters fighting closer to their true weight for their size and not losing fights on the scales if the weigh in was minutes before the fight.
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    Its a part of bodybuilding ive always found embarrassing but whether we like it or not a bigger and bigger volume of men are taking up bodybuilding to either look good in their local nightclub or are doormen trying to .....well.....look like doormen !.......they have no clue nor interest in the competetive side of bodybuilding so to call them sportsmen is a little bit silly.......we all have our reasons for training and most of them are good reasons but i think the minute you start looking at it as anything more than personal achievement you start to lose touch with the reason your doing it in
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    If thats the case theres nothing stopping Fury having a non title bout.But what big names are going to fight him in a non title fight. Im sure Haye would.....or Dillian Whyte....and thats just in England im sure theres plenty if the money was right........when a fighter claims he wants to stay active he,s not going to be fighting big names all the time.
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    Ive had the discussion with a few chaps who are far more knowledgable than i am and although it would be a very radical change.....what reason is there not to have the weigh in,in the ring before the fight !!.......if indeed we want the true weight of a fighter for his size.......there is no safety issues as they will have had to hydrate themself correctly and prepare their bodies within the scope of what the true intentions of " a weigh in " actually are.
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    Just opinions Phil thats all...... i must admit if 30 years ago id had even half the enthusiasm i have for the sport now i might of been more than just a human punch bag
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    If thats the case theres nothing stopping Fury having a non title bout.
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    Good luck to the lad there are many kinds of riches and we all chase different types at different stages of life i had no value for the countryside as a younger man and the city was where the money was at but i can totally understand the riches that a content and peaceful life can bring we just dont all live life at the same pace......as someone said above its about striking the balance.
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    I said dont show anyone the pink ones you rat With that theory the minute your dog steps on stage to win a rosette it becomes a sport....no ? Greyhound racing/400 metre sprinting = sport Confirmation dog show/confirmation bodybuilding = ???.....how can 1 be a sport but not the other.
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    A sport has to have an event.......what is classed as the " event " in bodybuilding.....the show...a bodybuilding show requires no exertion,no skill and is not entertaining..........everything a bodybuilder does is part of his everyday life.....hence why its a lifestyle not a sport. Socks you understand working/sporting dogs......do you believe confrimation dog shows are sport ?
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    You are not competing against anybody.....there is no prize for you apart from personal achievement.......so are you not a bodybuilder ?
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    Middleweight and below use 8oz gloves.....above middleweight use 10oz.....its was the same in the ,s......i think the last size change was in the 50,s or early 60,s when heavyweights used 8,s.....thumbless gloves came out in the ,s and the overall design has changed a lot but the weights have stayed the same. As regards 15 round fights i couldnt agree more....." heart " no longer plays a part as the fighters are too fit to require heart,when a fighter gets dropped early in a fight and comes back to win thats not showing heart its showing basic competetive desire.....if that same fighter ge
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    Im a dab hand at tiddlywinks but i cant convince anyone its a sport
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    Bodybuilding judges go on their own opinion of what body beautiful is......one judge could have a totally different " eye " to another.......gymnastics i would presume,like boxing has a strict scoring system that must be adhered to regardless who the judges are. When you are on a bodybuilding stage posing in front of a crowd the actual contest is already over....therefore their is no " event " as such. For me a sport has to have the same essential ingredients and aim at every level......ie,a football team is trying to score the most goals at any level from 10 year old boys to 200k per
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