Talk Boxing

17/11/2020

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18/10/2020

If you gave a potential phycotic serial killer focus boxing gloves and adequate training, you would get Aleksandr Usyk, you can't tell me he hasn't got that unhinged look in his eye 😂👁️

18/10/2020

The touch paper is well and truly lit still plenty of great fights to come 🥊🥊

🔥🔥 Lightweight Division 🔥🔥

Devin Haney 21 years old
Teófimo López 22 years old
Ryan Garcia 21 years old

(And no Mention Of Vasyl Lomachenko or Gevonta Davis, Linares, Campbell etc.. etc...😮!)

What a crazy stacked Division

But let's look to the 3 young pugilists in question though Haney, López & Garcia all being around a very similar Age, how do you see the outcome being if they faced eachover? And who will go the furthest in your opinion?

18/10/2020

🥊 A Glitch in the matrix 🥊

The score cards were perhaps a bit too un-kind on lomachenko but a very deserved win for young Teofimo Lopez, Haney up nexy for Undisputed?

Teofimo Lopez W UD 12 (116-112, 119-109, 117-111)

15/08/2020

'My real advice would be this: chop wood, lift hay bales; go back to old-school, natural methods of training. My trainer, Archie Moore, he told me to go away and chop trees for two weeks before a fight – and I did and it made all the difference in the world; all the difference to my life. I’d say doing things like that increases your punching power by at least 25 percent – forget lifting weights, that just makes you muscle-bound and takes away your speed. Weights are no good for you, that’s what I say. Go back to nature when you train, that’s what I did.'

- Earnie Shavers

07/08/2020

Finally the well deserved shot for Dillian 👊

The WBC has confirmed that the winner of Tyson Fury's next WBC title fight against Deontay Wilder must make a mandatory defence against Dillian Whyte.

07/08/2020

'That’s the worst I’ve ever been dealt in my life. They put the silver medal around my neck, and I took it right off. I won’t put it around my neck ever again.' - Roy Jones Jr.

2nd October 1988 - Jamsil Students Gymnasium - Seoul, South Korea

Boxing hasn't always had the greatest relationship with the Olympics, in fact there have been more than a handful of moments over the years that have left boxing fans feeling completely despondent.

None more so than the 1988 Summer Games in Seoul. The games saw the emergence of a promising 19 year old Light-Middleweight by the name of Roy Jones Jr who was blazing a trail to the final. After beating future WBC World Champion, Richie Woodhall in the semi finals he seemed destined to win gold. That was of course, until his opponent was announced, Park Hi-Sun of South Korea.

The boxing at the 1988 games had already turned into a circus by this point, having already seen the fight between Bulgaria’s Alexander Hristov and South Korea’s Byun Jong-il turn ugly when the fight didn't go the Korean's way - Korean officials dived through the ropes and attacked referee, Keith Walker who managed to escape the arena and was on the next plane back to New Zealand.

While all this was going on around him, Byun Jong-Il sat in the ring in protest and wouldn't budge for over an hour. Meanwhile, Jones Jr's opponent had scraped his way to the final, anyone who has watched the footage of his four fights leading to the final would know they were all questionable. His victory in the quarter final match against Italy's Vincenzo Nardiello left the young Italian so outraged he had to be dragged away from the judges at ringside.

Suddenly, Jones Jr's chances of capturing gold seemed less and less likely. The only thing Jones Jr could do was to beat his man so convincingly the judges wouldn't dare pull a fast one, and he did just that. The fight was ridiculously one sided - Jones Jr landed 86 punches to Park's 32 and his hands were down by his waist, demonstrating the ease in which he was able to dismantle Park. Other than knocking Park out, Jones Jr couldn't have done any more.

3 of the 5 judges saw it differently however, giving the nod to Park. Meaning Jones Jr had to settle for silver. It was an outrageous decision, so brazen, so shameless, so obvious for all to see. Even Park seemed mortified to play his part in the robbery and couldn't have been more apologetic to the wronged American. Jones Jr was understandably dumb-struck and had to be led out the ring with his head buried into a towel to hide his tears.

The medal ceremony was beyond awkward, Roy Jones Jr received rapturous applause while Park Hi-Sun held his hand aloft. Roy Jones Jr went on to speak of the moment years later; "That’s the worst I’ve ever been dealt in my life. They put the silver medal around my neck, and I took it right off. I won’t put it around my neck ever again.”

Complaints poured in, and the AIBA suspended the three judges (Larbi, Kasule and Durán) for 6 months while an investigation was carried out - all being eventually cleared of any wrongdoing.

26/07/2020

Joe Joyce - what is he about?

Slow, Ponderous, unsightly Footwork, easy to hit.?

Although Joyce managed to stop Wallisch in 3 last night it was hardly a performance I would imagine installs confidence in your own ability before the huge domestic clash against Dubois coming shortly, he was getting hit far too many times early on, his punching was telegraphed and seemed to take an age to land on wallisch chin (but they did), the only positives with his display is his relentless walk forward and throw style, no matter whether it would be landing on his opponent’s guard or chin Joyce’s just seems to club them in one after another in slow-motion until his opponent yields,

But how will he fair against a young hungry KO artist in Dubois who will not wilt to few clubbing shots but fight fire with fire, and send them back with more speed power and accuracy than Joyce ?it’s an interesting match up both very stylistically different but on last nights performance I’m more inclined to place my chips on DDD by way of either points/KO

26/07/2020

The Final bell has rang for a great boxing man RIP Naazim Richardson 🥊

27/06/2020

AGAIN! 😡

This man should never be allowed to lace up a pair of gloves again

Jarrell Miller has reportedly been removed from his June 9th bout with Jerry Forrest after he allegedly tested positive for a performance enhancing

16/06/2020

Trouble in Paradise?

With Oscar and Ryan taking snipes at each over it may be time to move on 🤷‍♂️ but where does he go from here? Matchroom USA perhaps setting up a bout with Devin Haney?

12/06/2020

On This Day 12/06/1981 Holmes Vs Spinks

Larry Holmes 212½ lbs

Leon Spinks 200¼ lbs

TKO at 2:34 in round 3 of 15

Location: Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, Michigan, USA

World Boxing Council Heavyweight Title (10th defense by Holmes)

Notes:

Holmes was a 4 to 1 favorite.
Only about 12,000 of the 21,000 seats in Joe Louis Arena were filled.

The fight was billed as a tribute to Joe Louis, who died two months earlier.

The fight was televised live in prime time on ABC.

Holmes got $1.9 million, and Spinks made $490,000.

In the third round, Holmes pinned Spinks to the ropes and pounded him with a barrage of right hands. Spinks went down but was able to regain his feet at the count of nine. Holmes then trapped Spinks in the challenger’s corner and hit him with right after right until the referee stepped in and stopped the fight, just as Spinks’ corner threw in the towel.

Literature credit - Boxing Hall of Fame

10/06/2020

💥 Bring on summer 2021 💥

Anthony Joshua has reached an agreement with Tyson Fury on a two-fight deal, says promoter Eddie Hearn.

Britain's rival champions have been holding talks over an undisputed world heavyweight title fight and have thrashed out initial terms for two blockbuster battles.

"We're making great progress," Joshua's promoter Eddie Hearn exclusively told Sky Sports News. "There is still a lot to overcome. We are looking at venues and dates.

"We have the Dillian Whyte mandatory which is due before this fight.

"It's fair to say [Joshua and Fury] are in agreement regarding the financial terms of the fight.

"We've been talking to [Fury's management team] MTK, giving them the assurances from Joshua's side that all the details on the structure of the deal is approved from our side. And it is from Fury's side, as well.

"We're in a good place. It's fair to say that, in principle, both guys have agreed to that fight. Two fights.

"[There's] a lot to overcome in the meantime. We're moving in the right direction. I'm confident that both guys have giving their blessing for the fight to go ahead.

"The point of Fury, Joshua and the teams agreeing to the structure of the deal? The first fight could happen next summer. It will be 2021.

"There is a big period of time where Whyte should get his shot at the title. That's important to us.

"The main positive news is that Joshua and Fury have agreed to a two-fight deal, in essence.

"The most difficult part of any deal is the financial element. I believe we're in a great place where both guys have agreed to what that should be.

"We have not signed contracts because there are still things to be worked out.

"We're pushing towards a place where they can be drafted, for 2021.

"Both guys are in agreement. The structure of the deal has been put forward, and agreed to by both parties."

Source skysportsnews.com.

09/06/2020

Boxing Returns tonight 👌

Shakur Stevenson takes on Felix Caraballo in Las Vegas which is the first of 2 events in 3 days by Top Rank boxing,

Caraballo is a tough Puerto Rican but the slick southpaw Stevenson is a sure favourite and expected to win this bout without too many issues, it may be important to point out though that Shakur Stevenson will be without his head coach Kay Koroma.

The Nevada State Athletic Commission will not allow Kay Koroma to work Stevenson’s corner for his fight against Felix Caraballo because Koroma has been in contact with Mikaela Mayer. Koroma tested negative for COVID-19 on Saturday, but he is the assistant trainer for Mayer, who tested positive for the virus and was removed from Tuesday’s card.

06/06/2020

🥊 No AJ scrap in Hearns Backyard? 🥊

Anthony Joshua and entourage at a BLM protest today looks as though his left knee is braced up! without doubt putting the brakes on a fight with Pulev anytime soon, it was thought that the pair could potentially Fight at "Matchroom Fight Camp"

Perhaps a convenient time to pick up injury being during lockdown? potentially pushing the Pulev fight further aside and opening up more of a possibility for Joshua vs Fury 🤞

03/06/2020

4 Years ago today we lost ‘The Greatest’ Muhammad Ali -🦋 🐝

“Don’t count the days, Make the Days Count”

02/06/2020

🤜🏿 Respect to Floyd Mayweather JR

It may not be a lot of money to a guy that has earned +$300,000,000 in one fight but this man has stepped up with the bag and is paying to lay to rest George Floyd a Black man Murdered at the hands of police brutality.

01/06/2020

When Ruiz Shook the world 🥊

On this day in 2019... Andy Ruiz shocked Anthony Joshua in New York 🤯

01/06/2020

Latest addition to the TB12x3 memorabilia collection the hardest Hitting man boxing has seen? Earnie Shavers

See some quotes below from some very reputable opponents!

Muhammad Ali: "Earnie hit me so hard, it shook my kinfolk back in Africa."

Larry Holmes: "Earnie hit me harder than any other fighter, including Mike Tyson. ... Being hit by Mike Tyson was like getting hit by a speeding Ferrari. Being hit by Earnie Shavers was like being hit by a Mack Truck."

Ron Lyle: "Hey man, that's the hardest I've ever been hit in my life. And George Foreman could punch, but none of them could hit like Earnie Shavers did. When he hit you, the lights went out. I can laugh about it now, but at the time, it wasn't funny."

Randall (Tex) Cobb: "Nobody hits like Shavers. If anybody hit harder than Shavers, I'd shoot him. ... Earnie could punch you in the neck with his right hand and break your ankle."

27/05/2020

Oleksandr Usyk warns Derek Chisora's punches won't land on him 🥊

We all know what the rejuvenated Chisora will bring as his slogans (WAR)& (NO MERCY) but Usyk is more than confident in his own ability to see off the challenge that Delboy presents - Fighters comments below ⬇️

Usyk - “Normally I face this kind of plan, every fight. If you want to hit the target, you need to see the target, because he can throw as much punches as you can, but you need to land them into the target.”

Chisora, for his part, comes in fully aware that Usyk is going to try to use his superior boxing craft to win the fight. Chisora just doesn’t want to allow it to become that kind of fight.

Chisora - “I’m going to focus on what I do. I’m going to focus by going in the ring, and start looking for my man, and that’s it. He’s going to dance around, but we’ve got certain things we’ve been practising on and things we’ve been doing every day. It will pay off.”

We don’t normally make predictions at TB12x3, but I’m going to throw myself out there and let you know how I think it’s going to go down come the eventual fight night,

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‘Chisora will come forward aggressively but tentatively careful not to be caught by the slick accurate southpaw rounds 1-6 using his weight forcing Usyk to the ropes and dirty boxing on the inside looking to wear down his man I believe he will have relative success up to this point in the fight perhaps not up on the cards but doing enough to earn Usyks respect and possibly even have him hurt on an occasion - However in the second half of the fight I expect the more talented pugilist in Usyk to start finding his range and unpicking the lock to defeating Delboy with sharp straight lefts through Chisoras guard and quick evasions and I think within Round 10 Usyk gets the job by way of KO’

Agree/Disagree how do you see it going?

26/05/2020

On this Day the first 3 weight world champion was Born.

Middleweight 👑 ✅
Light Heavyweight 👑 ✅
Heavyweight 👑 ✅

Robert James "Bob" Fitzsimmons (26 May 1863 – 22 October 1917) of Helston Cornwall, UK

was the sport's first three-division world champion. He also achieved fame for beating Gentleman Jim Corbett (the man who beat John L. Sullivan), and he is in The Guinness Book of World Records as the lightest heavyweight champion.

Nicknamed Ruby Robert and The Freckled Wonder, he took pride in his lack of scars and appeared in the ring wearing heavy woollen underwear to conceal the disparity between his trunk and leg-development.

Despite his slighter frame In 2003 Ring Magazine named Fitzsimmons number 8 of all time among boxing's Hardest punchers

24/05/2020

Great Photo in the Iconic Kronk Gym

The late great Emmanuel Steward with Lennox Lewis, who in your opinion was the best fighter that Was trained by Manny Steward?

22/05/2020

What a picture of the Hitman 🥊

Happy Friday champs!
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22/05/2020

Light at the end of the tunnel Boxing Fans 🥊

Bob Arum plans to stage a card of five fights on June 9 at the MGM Grand, the first of a series of bouts over the next two months at the Las Vegas hotel.

A second fight card will be held two nights later, kicking off twice-weekly shows at the hotel in June and July.

The promoter says no fans will be allowed and fighters - and everyone else - will be tested at least twice during fight week for Covid-19.

The fights are pending approval of the Nevada Athletic Commission, which meets next week to consider the events, along with two cards that the UFC plans to stage at its facility in Las Vegas.

They are also pending the reopening of the MGM and other Las Vegas hotels, something that is widely expected to happen the first week of June, though no dates for a second phase of easing virus restrictions have been announced by Nevada governor Steve Sisolak.

21/05/2020

The Greatest

😍😍😍
My Father. My Son🤴🏽
LailaAli.com

18/05/2020

On this Day 18/05/2002
⚡️ ☘️ an absolute WAR broke out in the squared circle

This date should be recognised as a boxing worldwide holiday!

Arturo ‘Thunder’ Gatti vs Mickey ‘Irish’ Ward

I need not say any more apart from RIP Arturo Gatti ⚡️ a true legend in the sport

17/05/2020

🇬🇧💥Callum 'The One' Johnson vs Joshua Buatsi 💥🇬🇧

Now this is an all British domestic fight which makes our mouths water Boxing 12x3.🥊🥊🥊

Johnson was set to fight Russia's Igor Mikhalkin for the vacant EBU European Title on the Dillian Whyte vs Alexander Povetkin undercard before the May 2 event was postponed due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic

European glory remains Johnson's focus as he targets a second world-title shot - following his sole career defeat to Artur Beterbiev for the IBF belt in 2018 - but the 34-year-old is also confident a bout with Matchroom stablemate Buatsi will happen sooner rather than later.

Speaking to Matchroom boxing pododcast 'The Lockdown Tapes'
Johnson said -

"The Buatsi fight is going to happen," said Johnson. "It's the easier fight to make and whether it happens next or the one after I believe it will and it’s a good fight that will generate a lot of interest with the British fight fans.

"It may be tough to get a World Title shot but if the European Title clash happens then that will put me right back up there in contention. If I am European Champ I feel the promoters can make it happen but it’s also down to getting the opportunities.

"I have got to focus on getting that European belt as it is a good one for the collection and I’d have British, Commonwealth, European then go for the World. When things do get back to normal I will be ready. I'm training really hard and consistently and I think I'm in the best shape of my life.

"I have another two or three good years in me that I think a lot of people are going to enjoy. I am 34 going on 25! The improvements I have made in the last seven weeks have been exciting and I can’t wait to get back in there."

15/05/2020

Matchroom fight camp 🥊

Eddie Hearn has announced plans to convert his former childhood home and now current Matchroom HQ into a boxing venue during this pandemic period, it's hoped from the garden of the Essex mansion live boxing will soon return to our screens, with Anthony Joshua, Katie Taylor, Dillion whyte, Richard Riakporthe and many more ready to fill the cards.

Boxing is coming Home...

14/05/2020

🔥🔥 Lightweight Division 🔥🔥

Devin Haney 21 years old
Teófimo López 22 years old
Ryan Garcia 21 years old

(And no Mention Of Vasyl Lomachenko or Gevonta Davis, Linares, Campbell etc.. etc...😮!)

What a crazy stacked Division

But let's look to the 3 young pugilists in question though Haney, López & Garcia all being around a very similar Age, how do you see the outcome being if they faced eachover? And who will go the furthest in your opinion?

14/05/2020

Gypsy King live on Instagram earlier said he would rather give wilder another battering than pay him a single penny 😂

QUESTION: Should Deontay Wilder be paid a fee in the region of 10 million dollars (8.2 million pound) to step aside from his proposed bout with Tyson Fury enabling us to put on an all British Heavyweight clash...

Your thoughts 🗣👇💬

13/05/2020

Chris Eubank Jr

"Self-proclaimed" new king of the super middleweight division 👑

A Very brash statement from the WBA 'interim' champion considering the talent currently in the Division, however speaking with PBC podcast this week and with the news of Jermall Charlo's intention of moving up to 168lbs, Eubank Jr has thrown down the gauntlet claiming he beats Charlo easy he has seen no opposition of calibre that Charlo has faced to phase him.

The relentless Eubank Jr could no doubt give anyone in the Division a good night's work with his aggressive high-tempo style, so let's add Roy Jones Jr to the mix as head coach the 2 have been paired together for a while now and perhaps some of that Jones Jr magic could have rubbed off?..

And if so how does he fair against the other super-middleweight champions & in a potentional bout against a current dominant middleweight champion in Charlo?

Let us know your thoughts....

12/05/2020

The Ring/The squared circle, a short history 🥊

Ever wondered why the "Ring" is so called but isn't circular in shape?

This is because pre 1838 boxing would take place within a roughly drawn circle on the ground 'The Ring' and spectators would often hug the perimeter of the Ring in audience of the bout being "Ringside' this caused great issue as the crowd would tend to get involved and in the fight occasionally, written reports describing fights before this era are far from what we enjoy to spectate nowadays,

"In 1713, Sir Thomas Parkyns described a typical match as including eye-gouging, choking, punching, head-butting and other such street fighting tactics."

This all began to change when Jack Broughton developed the first set of formalized rules for boxing in 1743, with the goal of making boxing more of a civilized competition. The impetus for these rules came, in part, from Broughton’s defeat of George Stevenson, who suffered severe injuries and died a few days after the pair’s fight.

Saddened by the death of his competitor, Broughton wrote the “Broughton Rules” to minimize the harsher aspects of the sport, like forbidding striking below the belt, not allowing hitting a competitor when he was down and giving him 30 seconds to recover and continue the fight, lest he be declared the loser.

While it has been suggested that Broughton insisted on a squared off area to replace the ring of spectators, adoption of the official roped off square boxing ring didn’t appear until about a century later. This particular innovation was designed to protect the boxers from the fans who would often get too close to the fight and occasionally interfere in the old drawn circle rings.

Broughton Rules loosely governed most boxing matches for nearly a century before they were replaced by the London Prize Ring Rules in 1838. Notable to the topic at hand, among these new rules can be found the following:

That the ring shall be made on turf, and shall be four-and-twenty feet square, formed of eight stakes and ropes, the latter extending in double lines, the uppermost line being four feet from the ground, and the lower two feet from the ground. That in the centre of the ring a mark be formed, to be termed a scratch; and that at two opposite corners, as may be selected, spaces be enclosed by other marks sufficiently large for the reception of the seconds and bottle-holders, to be entitled ‘the corners.’

This was also later adopted by the new rules being 1867 "Marquess of Queensberry Rules” and continued to refer to the roped off area as a “ring” despite its actual shape.

And "TILL THIS DAY, TILL THIS DAY" and forever more it shall be described and referred to as a Ring and Ringside.

12/05/2020

On This Day 12/05/18

The fastest 3 weight world champ ever!

In only 12 pro fights Vasyl lomachenko becomes a 3 weight world champion defeating Jorge Linares in a highly anticipated bout were both boxers displayed some phenomenal skills especially the inside work.

On May 12, 2018, Vasiliy Lomachenko made history by earning his third world title in three divisions in just 12 fights.

11/05/2020

Pulev to not step aside for Fury Bob arum speaks out,

(Pulev chances assessed read on)

Arum told badlefthook.com: “No step aside for Pulev. I talked to Eddie Hearn (Saturday) morning about Joshua vs Pulev.
“It looks like it can’t be the UK, because there couldn’t be spectators. There looks like there are a couple of other possibilities.
“It’s probably not gonna take place until late this year. And definitely not the UK. Also, for Fury vs Wilder, that’s looking like the fourth quarter (of the year)"

Joshua Vs Pulev

We looked to Kubrat Pulevs only defeat which came in a world title fight against Wladimir Klitschko to assess pulevs chanches against the current IBF,IBO,WBA,WBO champion Anthony Joshua, and in all honesty it doesn't take much viewing to realise that Pulev would be in for a tough night against Joshua, For starters unlike the great point scoring decorated amateur he was the 'pro boxer Pulev' works quite slow paced even in heavyweight terms and tends to have an output of 35-40 punches per round, its also noted he is very susceptible to 2 particular punch variations one being the lead left hook as Wlad had great success with this especially in round 1, the other is the straight 1-2 something that Joshua throws very well, this is due to Pulevs tendency to pull his right hand away from his chin and float it, this along with his limited mobility leaves him very open for these attacks,

With Joshua's height and reach advantage Pulev would look to come inside and catch him on the way in as Andy Ruiz jr was able to & or dirty box whilst in the clinch, but Pulev not being the heaviest of hitters would give some comfort for Joshua in the few firefights at mid/short range that the 39year old Bulgarian would be looking to attack in, and in our opinion this would be his downfall during this bout and expect Pulev to be KO'ed emphatically as Joshua looks to remind the heavyweight division he's still capable of being the wrecking ball he was a few fights ago.

What's your thoughts?

11/05/2020

Iron

10/05/2020

The Greatest Southpaw of all time!

‘Marvelous’ Marvin Hagler 👑🥊

Hagler the undeniably formidable middleweight champion reigned for 7years as king during a golden era which himself was included in boxing’s most fiercest rivalry ‘The fabulous four’ only to be dethroned in a close or some may say controversial decision against Sugar Ray Leonard,

But we now look to why Hagler is the Greatest Southpaw, ‘Marvelous’ has always been known for his trade mark cast iron chin, pure ferocity, high tempo barrages of punches and his slogan at the time WAR was very apt to his fighting style, But the technicality and use of his southpaw stance and switch hitting is often overlooked, The ability he has to quickly switch hit seamlessly and with such effect is because Hagler is in fact Right handed rather than being taught to to fight orthodox he was switched to southpaw this gave him a very accurate heavy stiff jab and a killer right Hook which was often thrown as a gazelle hook that would often finish a fight, The ability to switch orthodox whilst on the retreat or going forward opened up so many angles for attack as he had now stepped into a stance were the true power hand can be thrown from, you only have to watch a fans favourite Hagler-Hearns to see that in effect it always seems that Hagler is always so well set to throw a punch with devastating effect, these particular attributes combined with the character of ‘Marvelous’ a guy who would turn up to the fight venue carrying his own gym bag no entourage & get the job done for 7years as middleweight champion for us this is why he is king of the Southpaws.

10/05/2020

We will be doing a Q&A with OJ3 so we are looking for some Questions and query’s from our boxing community to put to him Fire away.