F--- boxing

There isn't enough interest in boxing in the US anymore for anyone to want to turn Wilder into a modern-day Primo Carnera.

 

Wilder was the only American to medal in 2008. Other fairly accomplished pros, including Demetrius Andrade (who was favored to win Gold) and Garry Russell, Jr., didn't medal.

He is arguably the hardest puncher in the sport right now, but he had holes in his game and Fury exploited them. That's all. Nothing more, nothing less.

There's not a horse that can't be rode and not a rider that can't be thrown.

 

If you know boxing, you know Jimmy's Corner.

Jimmy Glenn died this morning.

I'm too angry to post here for a while, so I'm going to stop.

Stay well.

 

I know very little about boxing and don't know if Deontay Wilder was a fraud or not.

But my impression was always that if you were watching a fight where the promoter (normally Don King or Bob Arum) had a financial interest in one fighter winning it was very, very hard for his opponent to win on decision.

Am I too cynical?

 

This should be very interesting.

 

Jack Johnson is one of the most fascinating athletes of the 20th century. (And while his style looks very antiquated today, to me he looked like what we think a heavyweight fighter should look like.)

This is great stuff for those who haven't seen it:

 

Well this is....interesting

Former heavyweight champ Mike Tyson to return to boxing to face Roy Jones in an 8-round exhibition

 

ffs

 

So, Loma / Lopez.

Title(s) fight.

Not sure what to expect. Loma is the better boxer - uniquely so - but Lopez is the bigger hitter.

Should be a great night.

 

Didn’t realize there was already a thread about boxing so I created a new one

http://www.sportsjournalists.com/forum/threads/boxing.135160/

discussed the fight a little bit there ICYMI.

 

It's like competing sanctioning bodies.

I'll have to consolidate belts and threads.