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Yeah I think so. It was too close a call for them to take away a champs title. And I liked Leonard but this seemed like a corporate decision rather than a fair one..
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Kind of what I thought. Different fight if you turn the commentary off and look at scoring punches. Landing shots on the arms don't count. Still, it was close and I would never call it a robbery given some of the other ridiculous decisions in boxing. Leonard fought a great fight... just not in my eyes, enough to win.
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Another one of the greatest fights ever. Chavez v Taylor. I liked both of these fighters. Taylor stopped in the last round, with seconds left (ahead on points) and never the same again. Quite a sad story with Taylor.
This is a good documentary if you like boxing and have an hour to spare.
This is a good documentary if you like boxing and have an hour to spare.
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The Fury/Usyk fight was pretty good. I thought Usyk deserved the decision and was a worthy winner. I'm not sure what the referee was doing at the end of the 9th and Fury was lucky not to have been stopped.
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It was a superb fight. I'm so happy. Fury has been getting away with doing the bare minimum to fights. Utterly boring to watch. I have nothing with great craftsmanship so I was always a fan of Mayweather for example. But in Fury's case it was annoying giving the noise he makes about his skills. I'm particularly happy because it makes it clearer that AJ shouldn't be downgraded as much as he has been. That referee was incompetent. That a knock down!
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Ricky Hatton passes away aged 46... a bit of a shocker. Always liked Hatton and seemed a down to earth bloke outside of the ring.
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Yeah that’s terrible news, I liked him too. He was game. Do we know what happened to him yet?
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there are rumours coming out from CTE and depression to suicide. He was actually scheduled to fight again in a few weeks. Might have been broke. Didn't live a disciplined life sadly. Binged food and drink when he wasn't training, then had to do brutal training to get back into fight shape through out his career. Great fighter. I remember going to Eastlands in Manchester to watch him fight Paulie Malignagi. Group of us hired a limo from the hotel blasting out Eye of the Tiger on our way to the stadium. People cheered as we passed by standing and dancing with the sky-light open
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can't say for sure. I drank a hefty amount of Lagavulin before the fight. I have gaps in my memory. All I remember is Eye to the Tiger, the Limo and Blue Moon playing in the stadium. Bear in mind it was quite spread out, so hard to see all that much!
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