A very annoying thing about the Saudi takeover of Boxing is fights like Bivol/Beterbiev should have a world class atmosphere and not be in some soulless arena in Riyadh.
Funny to me that everyone is suddenly putting credibility in the IBA and their Russian President Umar Kremlev.
Let’s remember the IBA was stripped of its status as Amateur Boxings Governing body by the IOC due to systemic failures.
The IBA have succeeded in their ultimate goal
Michael Alexander will take charge of Joshua v Usyk. Howard Foster, American Steve Weisfeld and Ukraine's Viktor Fesechko will be the three judges ringside.
Those judges should be named and shamed so here they are. Kieran McCann 96-94 McKenna. Marcus McDonnell 96-94 McKenna. And the most shameful of the lot Chas Coakley (an Irishman) 97-93 McKenna. All three should never judge again
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Last thing from the fight for now, you must say Andy Lee and Sugar Hill come out of that looking awful, they should have told John Fury to fuck off when he started piping up. The Fury corner was chaos all night.
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This is crazy. Boxing isn’t a team sport where you are paid every month or where you can easily play the fixture a week later. An event getting put back a month messes everything up for fighters who would have been preparing to be 100% for September 10th.
Of casting shadows over the IOC’s handling of Olympic Boxing, with no questions asked.
Their shadowy refusal to give further details into alleged failed “Gender Tests” by Imane Khelif and Lin-Yu Ting is questionable at best and has led to mass misinformation online.
I’m regards
#JoshuaUsyk
tomorrow, very heavy towards that one seeing rounds.
Over 8.5 1.83 (-120) that’s moved but over 9.5 totally fine too.
Fight goes the distance 2.1 (+110)
Strongly opposing the Joshua KO so I have laid that at 2.4
Backed Usyk at 3.4 (+240)
What I do know however is the IBA are not to be trusted. In 2016 Michael Conlan famously called them “cheating bastards”. He was right then and it still stands today.
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Tried to talk myself out of a bet on Nathan Gorman after he weighed in at 271 yesterday but I really can’t.
Wardley is not good at all, Gorman far superior technically and the bigger man too.
Shane McGuigan for me is one of the best trainers in the world, without doubt best in the UK, just look what happens to fighters after him (Josh Taylor, Carl Frampton (I know he was at tail end when they split). He improves every fighter he trains. CBS is a bog standard domestic
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I’m regards
#JoshuaUsyk
tomorrow, very heavy towards that one seeing rounds.
Over 8.5 1.83 (-120) that’s moved but over 9.5 totally fine too.
Fight goes the distance 2.1 (+110)
Strongly opposing the Joshua KO so I have laid that at 2.4
Backed Usyk at 3.4 (+240)
What better way to put all this boxing twitter drama behind us than Ioka/Tanaka tomorrow morning, fantastic fight. Credit to
@PremierSportsTV
for picking it up
Dubois isn’t the sharpest tool in the shed but that decision he made to call it a day against Joe Joyce goes down as one of the smartest a fighter has ever made.
That DAZN commentary was an utter disgrace, that fight wasn’t close. Canelo took his time and broke Saunders down. Saunders quit on his stool rather than succumb to the inevitable the following round.
Ultimately, the people most affected by this are the athletes who have put everything into getting to the biggest stage in amateur boxing.
Should Imane Khelif and Lin-Yu Ting be competing at this years Olympics? That’s not for me to say as I don’t know the full details.
#BeterbievYarde
Fletcher/Sharpe o3.5 1.91 (-110)
Beterbiev/Yarde o5.5 1.72 (-138)
Beterbiev 7-12 3.75 (+275)
I’ll be hammered in some random pub in Edinburgh so best of luck 🤝
Sky commentary has been a joy to listen to tonight btw, fantastic job by
@BarryJonesBox
and
@MrAndyClarke
. Should be the main commentary team going forward.
Back at it with a big fight preview for
#UsykJoshua2
courtesy of
@TeamMatchbook
. No surprise in that I have a strong opinion on this, best bet included below 👇
As good as Fury was, Whyte was truly awful. No control of his limbs, wild shots way off the target, out of gas 4 rounds in. It’s a miracle he’s managed to get to a world title shot.
It’s one thing for bettors, we’ll benefit from these robberies too.
But you have a fighter like Maxi Hughes who’s poured his heart and soul into the sport, at the backend of his career and in arguably his biggest fight gets completely fucked.
Miserable sport.
I’ve accepted Fury and Usyk just never gonna happen.
Usyk schools him, biggest myth in boxing that Fury is some elite technician. A lot of what he does technically is awful and leaves massive openings, like the knockdown.
Just backed Dubois 3.2 this morning, not in love with him as a fighter but it’s a pure price play, shouldn’t really be any bigger than 2.88.
Main event is nightmare to dissect, major red flags around both imo couldn’t think of getting involved in that pre fight.
Shane McGuigan on 5 Live commentary last night calling out Joshua’s corner advice and ultimately predicting what will happen in the following round.
Incredible insight.
2/2 on the night and some decent profit to go with it, Which is always good when you’re forced to sit through a card as bad as that. Onto the UFC where I have bet Poirier to repeat.
Couple bets to get you through this poverty Warren card before
#UFC264
starts:
Sharp/Chavez goes distance 1.6 (-167)
Parker/Husanov doesn’t go distance 1.91 (-110)
Postol-Baranchyk-Prograis-Ramirez is as good a record as any in boxing, Josh Taylor is a top 5 P4P fighter and the best fighter Britain has produced in many years.
Team GB Boxers now a staggering 0-5 in Paris.
Countries with more wins include, Cape Verde, Zambia, Mozambique, Jordan, Kosovo and Vietnam.
The Rob McCracken School Of Excellence 🧠🧠
A lot worse bets to be made than the 21.0 (+2000) on a Taylor/Ramirez Draw, seems a nailed on distance fight to me in which both may very well have their moments of success.
Only 10k watching the
#JoshuaWhyte2
presser.
Hearn is gonna need one of them to throw a table for decent PPV numbers.
There’s just no interest in seeing 2 declining heavyweights who’ll never win a title again.
Hi Jodie. Nope - I’m answering the question clearly to those that are questioning my gender, but if you’d like me to do a sex test too I’d be very happy to?
The IBA aren’t saying I have failed two sex tests. If they were, I would appeal and I would sue them…
I have bet Ricardo Sandoval at 2.25 (+125) tonight, Harris overrated following JCM fight and is very open defensively. Judging an obvious concern but think that’s baked into the line we are seeing.
Couple bets to get you through this poverty Warren card before
#UFC264
starts:
Sharp/Chavez goes distance 1.6 (-167)
Parker/Husanov doesn’t go distance 1.91 (-110)
That may well be the final chapter in the
@tysonfury
career, in which case I want to say congratulations! congratulations on the greatest comeback in history. The rise back from the darkest of days.
Boxing?….. completed it mate! ✅❤️
Think Sheeraz blows through Williams in style tomorrow.
Williams been on the decline for a while now and the chin issues are more pronounced.
I’ve bet Sheeraz ITD & Sheeraz 1-6