Fury V Usyk

Thought I'd kick this off, love boxing so looking forward to this fight between Olexsandr Usyk and the giant Tyson Fury.

Edited by lofty evans - 03 January 2023 at 11:34am

RR1972 wrote: First tine fury will face a guy wuth quicker hands and better foot and head movement, an intresting fight that is for sure. Size apart uysk holds most of the advantages here but size is a huge thing in boxing

Yeah Id go with usyk too, but wont bet any money on it....Fury has always been under rated and written off for years....Hes unorthodox and doesnt look particularly athletic but hes massively effective 

RR1972 wrote: I’d like to joshua and wolder to, be plenty of action there!0

People will always take part in and want to watch combat sports, if you outlaw them theyll just go underground, there will be less medical care less health checks less weight scrutiny, more people die riding horses than do boxing. Boxing is good for fitmess , duscipline and self confidence. Yes there are risks but there is an element of risk in anything active no one is forced to take up or compete in boxing and the art of boxing is to hit but not get hit, Persomally i’d like to brought into schools

Edited by RR1972 - 04 January 2023 at 10:24am

I’d be wary of these white collar stuff, you can easily get a mis match in weight or in terms of experience. One thing i would say most boxing gyms are full of kids who would otherwise be out on the streets getting up to goodness knows what. Boxing is cetainly a way for some kids to literally fight their way out of poverty. It is also a really good way to develop charchter if you can walk through a  baying crowd take those steps into the ring and do your best when it’s literally one on one  you are already a winner regardless of the result.  Back on the fury topic if can get past uysk aj amd joyce he proably surpasses lennox as our best ever heavyweight

Edited by RR1972 - 04 January 2023 at 11:36am

One further point - more people die on the road every year than on a rugby field so does that mean that the hundreds of past players, many in their 40's, don't really have a case - of course not. Does it mean that their diagnoses of early onset dementia most probably caused by repeated head trauma are mistaken.

RR1972 wrote: GPR - Rochester wrote: I'm afraid I've heard all the reasons many times before - fight your way out of poverty, good for discipline etc but the reality is always the same. Encouraging head contact multiple times per 3 minutes will inevitably lead to health damage. Deaths from horse riding may be more than in the ring but I wonder if a long term study has been done to gauge the longer term health damage to boxers in general. I would have a wager that the study would find far greater deterioration than shall we say for jockeys.  The final reason of it would drive it underground is not really a reason is it - its a cop out. Why ban anything in this world if it will drive it underground. For sure if it went underground with no TV coverage, no sports washing finance from Saudi land, no massive TV/newspaper build up, no sell out Wembleys - far less money would be available so far less participation. Personally I admire the physical conditioning & dedication of the top boxers but that doesn't make it acceptable. It is barbaric full stop. prizefighting has been happeming for humdreds of years. It won’t stop if you ban it . People will rightly or wrongly always want to see and be willing to pay to see people fight and  to gamble on the outcome. I boxed as a kid and in the army it was something i enjoyed doing , i respect your views on the matter but i remain unashamedly pro boxing and i always will be. Will my health suffer in the future? Maybe but that was my choice to make. Compare that to say fox hunting or coursing and to me they are barbaric past times