Thread: World wide boxing news

Originally Posted by bobo746

Can Jeff Horn beat the odds against Terence Crawford on Saturday?


On Saturday, Jeff Horn will put his WBO welterweight title on the line against unbeaten former two-division world champion Terence Crawford at the MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada (ESPN+, 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT).
Horn, who is ranked No. 5 by THE RING at 147 pounds, arrived in America on May 30. The unbeaten Australian is looking forward to the opportunity to prove himself against one of the best fighters in the world in the boxing capital.
“I am excited,” Horn (18-0-1, 12 knockouts) told THE RING. “I always pictured myself fighting in Vegas eventually. It just shows some dreams can come true. The next part of that dream is winning.”
The 30-year-old former schoolteacher is acutely aware of Crawford’s abilities but remains unfazed and confident of pulling off the upset against the 1/9 (-800) odds-on favorite.
“Crawford is a very slick and skillful boxer,” he said. “He has many skills which allow him to adapt and switch styles to work against his opponent. I feel I have the style that will upset anyone in a fight, no matter what they plan for.
“It is critical to my career to hold onto my belt. To win this fight against America’s best on their soil will be a massive leap forward for my career and legacy I would like to leave

https://www.ringtv.com/537186-can-jeff-horn-beat-odds-terence-crawford-saturday/

Horn although as defending champ is a prohibitive underdog here. Crawford is in anyone's top #3 rating at any weight currently, even going up in weight to 147lbs.

Horn is very strong, and hopefully will try use his strength to maul and push Crawford around. Horn also supposedly has a granite chin, and he's going to need it. He is actually a good bet at odds of 24/5 against.
https://www.oddschecker.com/boxing/j...rawford/winner

Fury would beat any of the current top 10.

^If his mind is 100%. Biggest hurdle and opponent is himself. I hope he is mentally focused on the remainder of his boxing career. He is a very talented, charismatic guy and also entertaining.
The Heavyweight Div doesn't really need him per se, but is better for him being in it. Hope he takes advantage of the second chance he is being offered here.

^There are actually a few other meaningful boxing matches also this weekend. Bit of a clash of schedules, tbh.

Aforementioned; Crawford v Horn for Horn's version of the Welterweight 147lb title.

Also; UK's Terry Flanagan v Maurice Hooker for Flanagan's WBO 140lb title.

Jermell Charlo v Austin Trout for the Light Middle (154lbs) .

All potentially good fights and matchups, but the real barn-burner is this:-

Highly anticipated rematch of all-action Mexicans fighters; Leo Santa Cruz v Abner Mares. The top guys (Santa Cruz #1) at Featherweight meet again for Cruz's title. First fight was a war, but both fighters are probably even better this time around than when they last fought 2 years ago.

Rundown on the fights from BLH's front page: https://www.badlefthook.com/

Boxnation and HBO Fight sports have these matches on their live programs.

Great weekend of boxing, if you don't have these^ channels; someone might be kind enough to post a few linkies, please?

The big fights usually appear on piratebay an hour or so afterwards, often the whole evenings show. But get them quick before the seeders/leeches come and go.

If it's on telly, there will be a stream somewhere.*** LJs LiveOnSat Sports Fighting on TV

Don't forget to set your timezone.

What a joke....

Tyson Fury wins farcical fight after Sefer Seferi quits on his stool

http://What a joke....Tyson Fury win...quits-on-stool

I predicted the same outcome but a couple of rounds later.

He can only deal with what's put in front of him.


Feel sorry for those who paid to watch this debacle

I heard there were about 8 fights in the crowd, and a lot of jeering and missiles aimed at the ring towards the end.

Horn got done like a dinner,back to school teaching.

American Deontay Wilder has agreed terms to fight Anthony Joshua in Britain later this year in a bout that would crown the first undisputed heavyweight champion since 2000, ESPN reported on Monday.


Briton Joshua (21-0) is the holder of the IBF, WBA, WBO and IBO titles while Wilder (40-0) is the WBC world champion.

Wilder's co-manager Shelly Finkel told ESPN they had agreed to the latest terms offered by Joshua's promoter Eddie Hearn.

'We have agreed to the terms that Eddie has put out to us for a fight in the U.K. Deontay has accepted his terms to fight in the U.K.,' Finkel said.

Boxing-American Wilder agrees to fight Joshua in Britain | Daily Mail Online

Deontay will make a fine champion.

Joshua too stiff and robotic to get out the way of Wilders shots which come from strange angles.

And Joshua doesn't have the handspeed to counter Deontays attacks.

Hopefully l'm wrong

^ Your boy Tyson Fury will get destroyed by Deontay. BTW

Originally Posted by bsnub

^ Your boy Tyson Fury will get destroyed by Deontay. BTW

Well that's a given.

As for Joshua, on a line of form through Eric Molina, Joshua should beat Wilder easily.

It took Wilder 9 rounds to put Molina down, Joshua knocked him out in 3.

Originally Posted by bsnub

^ Your boy Tyson Fury will get destroyed by Deontay. BTW

At the moment yes he would beat him. Even my wheelchair bound granny would, and she died in 1996.

At least the next 3yrs will be great in the heavyweight division.

The Klitchsko years were boring, and both were big punchers, but you'd never think so.

Originally Posted by DJ Pat

At the moment yes he would beat him. Even my wheelchair bound granny would, and she died in 1996.

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

American Deontay Wilder has agreed terms to fight Anthony Joshua in Britain later this year in a bout that would crown the first undisputed heavyweight champion since 2000, ESPN reported on Monday.


Briton Joshua (21-0) is the holder of the IBF, WBA, WBO and IBO titles while Wilder (40-0) is the WBC world champion.

Wilder's co-manager Shelly Finkel told ESPN they had agreed to the latest terms offered by Joshua's promoter Eddie Hearn.

'We have agreed to the terms that Eddie has put out to us for a fight in the U.K. Deontay has accepted his terms to fight in the U.K.,' Finkel said.

Boxing-American Wilder agrees to fight Joshua in Britain | Daily Mail Online

Great news that these matches are getting made. Apparently a 2-fight rematch clause in this contract:

From Wilder co-manager Shelly Finkel:

“We have agreed to the terms that Eddie has put out to us for a fight in the U.K.. Deontay has accepted his terms to fight in the U.K. Deontay sent an email to Joshua (Sunday) night and I sent one today to Barry Hearn and Eddie telling them that we officially accept the offer to fight under the terms they gave us and to send us the contract.”

The deal is reportedly for two fights, with a rematch that would take place in the United States.

Source: https://www.badlefthook.com/2018/6/1...anthony-joshua

Probably will be a lot of updates with this story. Let's see how serious Wilder's team are for this chance at all the marbles.

Originally Posted by kmart

Let's see how serious Wilder's team are for this chance at all the marbles.

Pretty sure that they are dead serious as they are going to the UK first. I will be looking forward to this unification. Not sure how I feel about the rematch though.

^I think so, too. I would imagine Wilder seeing the Wembley and Cardiff Arenas packed out and sold out for Joshua's last 2 fights, and thinking "I want some of this".

Be prepared for a lot of dicking around with contracts, clauses, on-off negotiations first though.

Former Joshua victim Dillian Whyte fights Joseph Parker on July 28th. I would imagine the winner would face the likes of Daniel Dubois or Povetkin.

Whyte has vastly improved since an 8th round stoppage loss to AJ.

Parker of course lost on points in AJs last fight.

Maybe a bit of a tall order for Whyte as Parker can punch but a potential explosive fight.

China chinned scouser David Price touted as next opponent for Fury. I bloody hope not. He's been knocked out cold too often in a disappointing career.