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Boxing/UFC 2018-25

Great performance from Cerrone. Systematically broke Iaquinta down. Both usually in good fights and this didn't disappoint.

Watched YouTube highlights of Alverez v Jacobs and it seemed an easy night for Alverez. Jacobs looked to have got his tactics wrong, giving the early rounds away too cheaply. He also got his tactics wrong against GGG. Alverez has some resume and still only 28. Be interesting to see how Saunders would handle his size, if he can get his act together.
 
Fromtherough said:
Watched YouTube highlights of Alverez v Jacobs and it seemed an easy night for Alverez. Jacobs looked to have got his tactics wrong, giving the early rounds away too cheaply. He also got his tactics wrong against GGG. Alverez has some resume and still only 28. Be interesting to see how Saunders would handle his size, if he can get his act together.
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I saw the full fight on Sky and Alvarez was the right winner. Jacobs started too slow and let Canelo build up a lead through slick jabbing and being compact in defence. In the later rounds he became slower and Jacobs had belief.

I’m just not really a fan of Canelo. Yes, a talented boxer, but there are serious questions about his interesting use of illegal substances and has benefitted from some highly debatable decisions against GGG in order to keep the Mexican golden boy money machine turning.
 
Piece said:
I saw the full fight on Sky and Alvarez was the right winner. Jacobs started too slow and let Canelo build up a lead through slick jabbing and being compact in defence. In the later rounds he became slower and Jacobs had belief.

I’m just not really a fan of Canelo. Yes, a talented boxer, but there are serious questions about his interesting use of illegal substances and has benefitted from some highly debatable decisions against GGG in order to keep the Mexican golden boy money machine turning.
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I reckon he won their second fight. Both were pretty close though. Only person who has outclassed Alvarez (in fights I've seen) so far is Mayweather, and that is no disgrace. Be interested to see if he considers moving up.
 
Wilder's power is immense. Why do opponents keep standing in front of him? Mind you that power is also a great leveller as demonstrated coming from behind to finish Ortiz and again to flatten Fury (still can't comprehend how Fury got up). I know he throws wild, wide punches, but he only needs to land one. I really hope the Joshua fight can be arranged. Failing that Whyte gives him a good go.
 
Quality performance from Anthony Smith. Great technique. I find myself routing for him each time he fights. Think he just has that likability about him. Gustafsson is a great scalp.

Think I'm sacking off the Joshua fight til in the morning. Beers before/during the CL final, the walk home and dirty kebab has changed my plans. Expecting to wake up to a KO win in rounds 1-3.
 
A shock but not that greater shock really. Looking at AJ in the pre fight build up, his manner and language wasn't his usual focussed affair. He was letting Ruiz have his belts post weigh in, saying things like the best man will win come Sat, etc. Not the usual AJ style.

It though, exposed him as limited boxer. He has got alot of work to do now. Perhaps he will make some changes for the rematch. He's now a long way off Wilder and Fury after that showing.
 
Oh very dear indeed AJ, shows what can happen in this division when someone comes up a big puncher. Reminds me oh when Lewis lost to Rahmen nobody expected it buy the unification of belts just became a lot harder and the chance of a Wilder fight just got harder to put together with no belts to use as leverage
 
There will no doubt be a rematch pretty quickly - I expect it was in the contract and will be before the end of the year. Just like Lewis and Rahmen or Tyson and Douglas - always a shock waiting to happen if the boxer isn’t at his peak for a match. Expect will see a different Joshua at the next fight
 
This is what happens when you don't book the big fights when they're available to be booked and you try and protect your investment. Eddie Hearn will be bricking himself that his golden boy has lost his chance at one of the biggest fights in heavyweight boxing history. He's now stuck being forced to re-match Ruiz seeing his stock plummet while Deontay and Tyson are only on the rise. Embarrassing. Deontay would have sparked him inside a round if he turned up to face him with a performance like that.
 
Liverpoolphil said:
There will no doubt be a rematch pretty quickly - I expect it was in the contract and will be before the end of the year. Just like Lewis and Rahmen or Tyson and Douglas - always a shock waiting to happen if the boxer isn’t at his peak for a match. Expect will see a different Joshua at the next fight
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Apparently not in the contract, A never thought he'd lose. If I was Ruix and would tell him to get lost.
 
Wow. I think I'm more shocked that I'm not shocked. If that makes sense? Ruiz kept pressure on Joshua once he'd hurt him. That's what Klitschko got wrong. Joshua's cardio goes to pot once he's hit. Dillian Whyte has been saying this for years. A massive set back for Joshua. Hearn's face was a picture. The ending was weird. Was he actually that scrambled, or did he give up?

No certainties at the top. Should book the big fights while people want to see them. And when the fighters are actually still relevant. Imagine if Ruiz does him again in a re-match? Joshua's route to one of the mega fights has been stretched.
 
The hype is over. Boxing isn’t about image and a jealousy inducing six pack. I predict AJ to be forgotten in two years.
 
It was a shock that it was Ruiz that finally de-railed AJ, but was only a matter of time really. Hasn't looked good for quite a while, he gets hit far too much and doesn't have the power to put away top fighters, was going to catch up on him at some point, I just thought it'd either be Deontay, Fury or Usyk that took him out. They're the big 3 in the division, Usyk and Fury the technical, talented heavyweights, Wilder the man with the x-factor and scary power that can put anyone away. All 3 are terrible fights for AJ, probably done himself a favour losing to Ruiz, gives him a bit more time before he has to step in with one of them.
 
I wouldn’t be upset to see Cejudo get KO’d in his next fight.
Go off him more every time I hear him talk.
 
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