pesky1972 6,014 Posted February 26 Report Share Posted February 26 Conor Benn to fight Regis Prograis at welterweight on the farcical Fury comeback undercard. This is the opportunity he couldn’t turn down and is touting as what will be a “statement performance”? Really, I suppose it depends what sort of statement you’re talking about, but fighting a 37 year old who’s campaigned at light welter his whole career, and came up short of the top 3 times now, is hardly moving up the levels…, but I’m neither impressed or surprised by it. Piss taker. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pesky1972 6,014 Posted March 30 Report Share Posted March 30 Decent win for Moses Itauma at the weekend. Boxing’s about levels and you’ve got to move through them to find where you’re at, but for me this guy looks to have all the attributes to be a real handful for most if not all of the current crop…, and think a few might retire rather than face him. I don’t blame them. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NEWKID 30,129 Posted March 30 Report Share Posted March 30 25 minutes ago, pesky1972 said: Decent win for Moses Itauma at the weekend. Boxing’s about levels and you’ve got to move through them to find where you’re at, but for me this guy looks to have all the attributes to be a real handful for most if not all of the current crop…, and think a few might retire rather than face him. I don’t blame them. Was just about to put a post up about the fight mate, ive enjoyed watching this lad over the last couple of years.. proper talent, plus speaks well, seems grounded, definitely a future superstar... Who next? I don't think there are many that can trouble him in the division other than Usyk? 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jukel123 10,509 Posted March 30 Report Share Posted March 30 (edited) 42 minutes ago, NEWKID said: Was just about to put a post up about the fight mate, ive enjoyed watching this lad over the last couple of years.. proper talent, plus speaks well, seems grounded, definitely a future superstar... Who next? I don't think there are many that can trouble him in the division other than Usyk? The guy is frightening. 21 years old. Bewildering hand speed. Destructive power thrown from different angles with a variety of punches. When I first saw both Joshua and Dubois box I was convinced they would be world champions. I tried to get decent odds for a bet on them each holding world belts, but the odds were such, that obviously, everybody else could see their power and quality too. They were well in the bookies' favour. And not worth spending money on. With this fella, I am absolutely positive he will not only be a world champion, but reign for years. He's got menace, natural ability, a rough background ( which always helps) self _confidence and a good team around him. I'm not even going to bother looking at the bookies' odds on him becoming world champion. Body swerve Usyk, he'll be retired soon, and he's the future of the heavyweight division imo. ( After that build up, watch him get knocked out in his next fight lol) Edited March 30 by jukel123 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NEWKID 30,129 Posted March 30 Report Share Posted March 30 8 minutes ago, jukel123 said: The guy is frightening. 21 years old. Bewildering hand speed. Destructive power thrown from different angles with a variety of punches. When I first saw both Joshua and Dubois box I was convinced they would be world champions. I tried to get decent odds for a bet on them each holding world belts, but the odds were such, that obviously, everybody else could see their power and quality too. They were well in the bookies' favour. And not worth spending money on. With this fella, I am absolutely positive he will not only be a world champion, but reign for years. He's got menace, natural ability, a rough background ( which always helps) self _confidence and a good team around him. I'm not even going to bother looking at the bookies' odds on him becoming world champion. Body swerve Usyk, he'll be retired soon, and he's the future of the heavyweight division imo. ( After that build up, watch him get knocked out in his next fight lol) Usyk is saying he has 3 fights left, tis ine with Rico coming given up, thd winner of Dubios v Wardley, then big belly Fury (as he calls him) lol... I can't see any of the heavies around at the top level at the moment getting near him, same as you regards AJ and Dubois, I really liked Dubois when I first saw him, but hes not in the same class as Moses now, imo... it might be too early to be saying it, hes young and still learning, but id still put my money on him before any of the others with thd exception of Usyk...id keep my money in my pocket as Id struggle to call that one as well lol 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jukel123 10,509 Posted March 31 Report Share Posted March 31 https://youtu.be/FxHHXpn7MdU?si=5M162oR0dghL5Xm9 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jukel123 10,509 Posted April 2 Report Share Posted April 2 Wow! A rare moment. Tyson talking sense. https://youtube.com/shorts/j4Pb_eSEaOs?si=UrzsvG_x-L6xi-0N 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pesky1972 6,014 Posted Sunday at 08:32 Report Share Posted Sunday at 08:32 (edited) Only seen clips of Wilder v Chisora, but it looked pretty poor fare. Apparently Wilder is ‘back in the mix’…, Jesus wept. The sooner Itauma or the next generation come in and clean up this sorry mess the better. When I look back on this generation of heavyweights the only one who I think even gets a mention in a wider conversation down the line will be Usyk. I’ll be glad to see the back of Wilder, Fury, even AJ. Edited Sunday at 08:33 by pesky1972 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jukel123 10,509 Posted Sunday at 08:55 Report Share Posted Sunday at 08:55 (edited) On 26/02/2026 at 16:30, pesky1972 said: Conor Benn to fight Regis Prograis at welterweight on the farcical Fury comeback undercard. This is the opportunity he couldn’t turn down and is touting as what will be a “statement performance”? Really, I suppose it depends what sort of statement you’re talking about, but fighting a 37 year old who’s campaigned at light welter his whole career, and came up short of the top 3 times now, is hardly moving up the levels…, but I’m neither impressed or surprised by it. Piss taker. Wilder's punches are weird. You are taught the mechanics of punching when you are a kid, but he seems to have missed out on the basics. And yet he's an Olympic medal winner and used to have a tremendously concussive punch. He's a one off. I respect him for trying to rebuild his career, but at 40? Really? Retire gracefully mate. Edited Sunday at 08:58 by jukel123 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lenmcharristar 10,751 Posted Sunday at 10:30 Report Share Posted Sunday at 10:30 1 hour ago, jukel123 said: Wilder's punches are weird. You are taught the mechanics of punching when you are a kid, but he seems to have missed out on the basics. And yet he's an Olympic medal winner and used to have a tremendously concussive punch. He's a one off. I respect him for trying to rebuild his career, but at 40? Really? Retire gracefully mate. Hes done now same as chisora, his legs are like brush shafts and stiff, not young and spring like no more and cant generate the power he used to be able too, if theres an advert for skipping legs day its defo him, but 1 thing about him,he can take a wollop, he got hit loads last night and took them well, just shows how big bang zhang punches as he cleaned him out, wilder just needs to retire before he gets really hurt as its only a matter of time 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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