Though it might be said that just as Fury believed he could destroy Ngannou without serious preparation (he swallowed his own BS) in turn Ngannou convinced himself that the Fury bout made him a contender. Overall the results are probably that Fury will train damned hard following the scare, and Ngannou has had two pay days larger than anyone from Cameroon ever has -leaving aside their Presidents of course.
We’re not there yet. Twister. Get it ready Can’t wait for the head to heads btw. Hope they don’t OD him on phet.
Fantastic - two boxers displaying their skills and heart & I always like those punches when the arm is kept close to the body and it's more the shoulder and body movement off good feet that create the power. And who doesn't like a well executed upper cut. Both really fit guys and it looked as much as Arboleda tiring towards the end as Colbert's power that did it for him. Having said that taking punches on the arm & shoulder saps the strength. Gawd if I took just two punches like that I couldn't reach round & wipe me arse for at least a week...
I’ve just got back from the watching Whittaker fight at the O2 and there was much less showboating on display this time. His opponent had a similar “hands down” style and though it wasn’t close, he landed a few shots on Whittaker and this bout went the distance.
Good work . I watched it on telly so maybe didn’t get the full effect but find it beyond disrespectful he’s dancing round like anton du beck against a southern England champion especially when he ducked better fighters and couldn’t even knock him out (he had a decent chin tbf tho). Will be looking forward to *that day* with this one if he carries on in that manner, which I guess is what sells fights.
The main event, Wardley v Clark, was an absolutely epic heavyweight scrap. I won’t give away the result in case people haven’t seen it yet.
I’ve been following Whittaker since his first pro fight after he kept appearing in my social media feed (he seems to have a very good marketing team) and tbh, I felt the same way. However, at some point I stopped wanting to see someone take his head off his shoulders and became a fan. I still find his antics a bit distasteful and they were definitely OTT in the previous fight (hence the warnings from the ref), but he seemed to have dialled it back a bit last night and IMO stayed on the right side of the line. The “drunken master” style is very hard to pull off as it takes really good management of distance, reaction speed and agility, but beyond being entertaining to watch (in the same way that watching a tightrope walker or a guy jumping buses on a bike is), it does serve the tactical purpose of distracting, confusing and annoying the opponent. Ali, Augustus, Hamed and Roy Jones Jr made it work for them, though it remains to be seems whether Whittaker is in the same league as those guys.
Just watched some of the highlights and yes Whittaker looks stylish when on the attack and throwing his punches but it was against a pretty static target. And Leon did manage to catch him with a couple of sharp punches that shows his defence isn't as good as his dancing makes out. It's a different proposition to look good on the attack when the other guy is moving & catching you every time you try. I know it's early days in the lad's career so his team don't want to blot his stats but lets see him up against decent opposition. Like the Cuban that beat him to the gold.
Cracking fight.... a proper boxing match... walk up to the ring and throw a twenty in... I think the result was fair... And I reckon the refs shirt is gonna have to be put on a hot wash.
My brother inlaw took out the pissed uncle of the bride, all six feet six and twenty two stone of him at a wedding with one punch, does this qualify, sorry no video exists.
