Any boxing fans?

[DieJager]

Rico Verhoeven, arguably one of the best kickboxers of all times stops fighting for Glory (organization). Rumors are that he thinks of fighting in the UFC. He certainly will shake up the division but his ground game will be interesting. He only has one MMA fight under his belt.

 

[lhook7]

I was an amateur boxer and It used to be my absolute favorite sport, but I eventually became disgusted with the level of corruption. I have never placed a bet on a sports event and never will, but the outcomes of so many of the undercards began becoming so blatantly obvious that the fix was in, that I stopped watching and haven’t watched a bout in better than 20 years.

 

[DieJager]

I was an amateur boxer and It used to be my absolute favorite sport, but I eventually became disgusted with the level of corruption. I have never placed a bet on a sports event and never will, but the outcomes of so many of the undercards began becoming so blatantly obvious that the fix was in, that I stopped watching and haven’t watched a bout in better than 20 years.

There are a lot of shenanigans involved for sure because of the gambling. Never betted on a fight.

Boxing I watch the least except now and then a fight, mostly heavyweight. Love the kickboxing and MMA. But recently to much ground game in MMA. They need to implement to old Pride rules from Japan. The currently rules favor the wrestlers too much.

 

[Daggaboy375]

Naoya Inoue is an interesting watch.

DB

 

[HankBuck]

I was an amateur boxer and It used to be my absolute favorite sport, but I eventually became disgusted with the level of corruption. I have never placed a bet on a sports event and never will, but the outcomes of so many of the undercards began becoming so blatantly obvious that the fix was in, that I stopped watching and haven’t watched a bout in better than 20 years.

@Ihook7: I agree with you and for additional reasons -
1). because each weight class began having 5-6-7 “World Champions”ie WBA, WBC, WBO, IBA, and every other 3 letter combination you can think of.
2). They eliminated 15 round fights (down to 12) for Title bouts.
3). They went from wearing 8oz gloves up to 12oz “pillows”.
4). Heavyweight fighters started to look like a “before” ad for Weight Watchers, slow moving, threw 8 to 12 punches per round.
I now occasionally watch MMA but they are Not as skilled as previous generations of Pro Boxers (but they are damn tough) — there are No “Sugar Ray Robinsons/Leonards”, No Mike Tyson, Larry Holmes, Roberto Duran, Billy Conn, Willie Pep….not even the fast (but light punching) Ali. I use to know the World Champion in every weight class from 1960s to 1980s —- but Now I couldn’t name one

 

[Tundra Tiger]

Naoya Inoue is an interesting watch.

DB

He is nothing short of incredible.