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Hopefully Fury at least fights the Joshua/Uysk winner for undisputed status.
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Gettin goosebumps at how much Fury has actually lived up to the hype in his own mind. Or destiny, I suppose he considers itquote:Fury adds: "He's never been on the world stage of big time boxing and I'm very, very, very experienced at it. That will play a factor, whether he likes to admit it or not. He's never, ever done what he's about to do. It ends with [my] big right hand, detonating on Dillian Whyte's face."
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Cigar Aficionado posted:Hopefully Fury at least fights the Joshua/Uysk winner for undisputed status. Same, I'd figure he'd at least do that and then call it quits
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Good soup! posted:Same, I'd figure he'd at least do that and then call it quits I guess maybe he just figures he's already held those belts once so he doesn't really view getting them back as something he needs to do? I don't know, maybe his heart's just not in it anymore or he's serious about keeping his promise to his wife.
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IMO it's a tactical retirement. Fury has only one meaningful fight out there for him, against an opponent yet to be determined by a match that hasn't even been signed yet. That fight won't be available for him until like October at the very earliest, and being realistic probably doesn't happen in 2022. If Usyk and Joshua announce a June or July fight this week and Usyk beats Joshua again without incident or controversy, maybe then you can build up a fight for heavyweight undisputed to close out the year. If Joshua wins instead then a trilogy fight to settle the score could look very appealing business-wise, and my feeling is both Usyk and Joshua will want to put a clear stamp on their rivalry and come at Fury next year with momentum for a massive event. Whatever happens between Usyk and Joshua, until it happens the only thing worth doing for Tyson Fury is... nothing. He settled his mandatory challenge by blowing out a #5-6 guy in the division, has already defeated the #4 guy two and a half times, and the #2 and #3 guys are busy with each other for the next three months at least. He's functionally retired for the near future. From Tyson's comments it sounds like he's retiring mostly to make his wife happy and to help raise their six children. It costs him nothing to say "I'm retired now" and spend the next few months tending to his family which he'd be doing anyway. When six months down the road an envelope arrives with an offer to make sports history in the biggest heavyweight fight since Ali retired and a nine digit number above a dotted line, by then maybe Paris won't be so resolved in keeping her husband out of the ring, but even so I don't see many spouses saying no to that.
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Paris says that the only way she sees him stepping back into the ring is for a Unification bout. Fury, meanwhile, says that while his professional boxing career is over and he has no plans to take on Joshua or Usyk, he's open to exhibition matches (specifically citing Francis Ngannou), pro-wrestling shows and other "fun and entertaining" stuff where he's not as likely to get injured.
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Yeah, the whole concept and history of boxers "retiring" is pretty consistent. I think Marvin Hagler was the last one I saw say he was done and then actually walked away and followed through with it. Almost all of them keep coming back until the sport bascially MAKES them retire and it becomes obvious they don't have it anymore. But that money keeps talkin and most all of them are too proud to admit when they're shot. It takes far less time to list all the ones that successfully left it behind then recount how many stayed too long. They all seem to come back for one fight too many. There's no loving way Fury is hanging them up.
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Fury’s retirement announcement was the least convincing thing I’ve seen since Henry Cejudo basically announced that he was retiring but would come back if Dana White wanted to pay him more money. Fury will be back as soon as things are settled with Joshua/Usyk and it’s clear what the next big money fight is.
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Yeah it's all about building a dumb narrative of "just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in/one last Big Job" Hollywood poo poo
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Fury’s a garbage human being but he’s not dumb, there’s no way he’s going to pass up on a heavyweight unification fight for which a) he’d earn a literal 747 full of money and b) he’d be heavily favoured against either potential opponent
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https://www.skysports.com/boxing/ne...push-at-wembley hahahah yeah sure thing bro
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Good soup! posted:https://www.skysports.com/boxing/ne...push-at-wembley I noticed the foul when it happened, but what yapping about the foul neglects is that the push came instead of a left hook. Can't blame Whyte for trying when he's technically correct, imo. But nothing can or will come of it.
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What's the difference between a slow punch and a push?
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If the weight is transferred after making gentle contact. Or, whether you ask the puncher or punchee 
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Good soup! posted:https://www.skysports.com/boxing/ne...push-at-wembley How rich. Whyte had been testing the limits of acceptable behavior in the clinch. What should Fury have done there, straight right or left hook? I really wish we had a few more fights with Fury. Joyce, Joshua, and Usyk all come to mind. But I can't blame him for walking away.
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Mr F! got a photo with Julio Cesar Chavez Sr. at the Stevenson-Valdez weigh in. We didn't stick around after for me to try and get one with Tim Bradley though. Vegas is pretty busy today with all the people from the draft lol. Gonna be a loud Valdez crowd tomorrow.
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Got my Stevenson Valdez hat signed too! Badass
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Somehow I never knew Shakur Stevenson is from Newark Looking forward to the fight tonight
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The Ninth Layer posted:Mr F! got a photo with Julio Cesar Chavez Sr. at the Stevenson-Valdez weigh in. We didn't stick around after for me to try and get one with Tim Bradley though. I saw Tim Bradley and his wife at the Palm Desert Westfield Mall some years back. He noticed me looking at him and just said "no pictures" and blew past me. Dude's built like a loving tank.
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Good soup! posted:Somehow I never knew Shakur Stevenson is from Newark Lol that’s funny he always prominently reps Newark and Jersey Considered getting tix to taylor-serrano tonight but i think i’ll just find a pub showing both fights if I can
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GalacticAcid posted:Lol that’s funny he always prominently reps Newark and Jersey Ive got a few people making fun of me for it, no idea if my brain just blocked it out or I simply forgot 
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Guy in front of us has $2k for Valdez at +600 lol. For the record I've got Stevenson rounds 10-12 at around +700 and Mr. F! has Valdez at +550.
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Lmao is this some massive scheduling fuckup, what the hell was that delay, did they push it back for the UFC fight or something else
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Greatest Grandson of All Time
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I don't know how you young whippersnappers stay up for these things. And Europe, forget about it.
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Good soup! posted:Lmao is this some massive scheduling fuckup, what the hell was that delay, did they push it back for the UFC fight or something else Pretty sure it had to be scheduled later in case there were NBA playoff games tonight
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I'll watch the second fight in Ireland, sure...skipped this one ---- Sanchez looked out-matched and also looked like he knew he was outmatched.
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Serrano-Taylor was unbelievable. I don’t know how Katie came back after the 5th round
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Valdez literally throwing himself at Stevenson Holy hell I'm gonna fall asleep thpugh
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valdez is gonna hurt shakur’s fist with his face.
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Valdez is trying to bait Stevenson in by leading with a high guard and inviting head shots at range. Then he'll...um, maybe something else will happen? Jesus Christ he's getting outworked.
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Taylor fight was amazing, but that commentary was loving ridiculous.
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hey folks, sorry just wondering is there a thread here dedicated to people actually boxing/learning to box?
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Mr Interweb posted:hey folks, sorry just wondering is there a thread here dedicated to people actually boxing/learning to box? Long since dead but in the a/t martial arts thread there are posters who know what they're talking about
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CommonShore posted:Long since dead but in the a/t martial arts thread there are posters who know what they're talking about You shouldn't be afraid to ask qs there if you're starting out / thinking about it. The specialization in boxing is gonna mean people can't give you as much advice past the first year or so if you're learning fast.
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