The Boxing and MMA thread

I fuckin hate that speed guy. All these YouTube guys are such mean muggers…everything is ramped up to 11 at all times.

Bro. You had a bite of a Chicken sandwich. Put your eyes back in your head. No sandwhich has ever been good enough to generate a response like that.

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Good fight Ramos Barrios. Awful commentary.

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The Taylor Serrano fight is absolutely brutal

…and a brutal decision.

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This intro is so embarrassing.

“He bridged the gap between social media and boxing, and his mum says he’s the handsomest boy.”

Mike Tyson was the youngest HW champ in history and an atg. Paul,is wearing expensive shorts

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Well, that was fucking riveting.

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I’m loving the, ‘Why did I stay up for this, worst bout ever’ comments I’m reading online.

Were people expecting Rocky v Clubber Lang?

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Sorry dear, I rarely watch cricket let alone other sports.

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A little Stipe knocking out Jones will clear us of this deed. Out, damned spot!

Why? :laughing:

I heard people were saying it was a tedious watch.
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Not for Zoran, though. He got to watch Tyson train.

Sums it up perfectly…

https://x.com/IanMalcolm84/status/1857663553907446228

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I don’t think @IanMalcolm84 goes outside very often.

A PERFECT microcosm of “our times”, indeed.

How long would Paul have lasted against Iron Mike in his heyday?

My guess is 11 seconds. One to get knocked out, and ten for the count.

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That was just a sad watch.

the general consensus will be of a sad boring fight, with an icon of the sport demeaning himself…in what was virtually just a circus event…

underneath it all though…we just saw a 58 year old man last 8 rounds with a 27 yeard old ‘fighter’ at the peak of his abilities…

as sad as it was, its pretty inspiring…forget all the glitz and glamour, the grift and the upselling…

he just stepped in the ring and lasted the distance at 58 years old…

i loved watching him walk out alone too…

This was my main takeaway as well, although I would add a counterpoint that I thought it looked like Paul was holding back in the last few rounds and probably could have ended it had he chosen to… but whether through respect for Tyson and/or a realisation that KOing such a popular figure within the sport would do more harm than good to his brand, chose not to.

Whether consciously or unconsciously, I think the fight was as close to a win-win for both parties as we were ever going to get taking into account the ridiculous disparity in current athletic ability - Paul got to say he beat Tyson, Tyson got to show he can still go the distance with a guy half his age, and didn’t go down.

I understand wanting to see Tyson, I just don’t understand wanting to see him fight a youtuber who got famous by being a spoilt little rich kid acting like the worst person on the internet.

Especially when the odds are intentionally tilted in the favor of the rich kid.

Its a shame this is what boxing has become, I feel sorry for people who have dedicated their professional lives to becoming elite at the sport. These people have turned it into a joke and unfortunately I don’t think it will ever recover.

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I honestly feel like for most (if not all) people this was the sole attraction of the fight, hoping to see someone like Tyson destroy a twat like Jake Paul.

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