AJ's Ring walk

Vitali Klitschko's comeback against Samuel Peter

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AJ connected with more punches on his ring walk than he did during the fight. He danced to the gallows. As for historically memorable ones, Tyson with a ripped towel draped over his shoulders and no gown was always a fantastic homage to the old school fighters he admired so much.

 

I loved the song too. But was it just me who found the ring walk really quite boring?

Joshua walked down a tunnel, then stopped on a podium for about a minute with his traditional firey logos, looking really quite awkward standing there. Then he walked in a straight line to the stage.

The fireworks were definitely nice, but were peripheral to the ringwalk imho. The song was the most notable thing.

Agree with @Jurgen that the Klitschkos got their ring walks spot on. As a fan of 80s sci-fi aesthetics, this is my favourite:

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Always loved Lewis’s ring walk for Golota (what’s the tune called? Everyone knows it, very cool ringwalk music).

Another shout for Lennox - Crazy Baldheads

 

For me it has to be Fury, most people have music that gets themselves and the crowd going something really upbeat trying to out do their opponent and then you get Fury on slow mo being carried to the ring to patsy Clyne crazy.. That one moment I think will go down in ring walk history because anybody else doing that it would have been the worst ringwalk ever hands down but it was so fitting for him and the fight itself that I don't think it can or will be topped.

Honourable mentions naz on his flying carpet was a personal favourite along with Hatton in his sombrero to blue moon but for pure atmosphere and turning the crowd into a frenzy was the Benn ring walk against micellan, just felt really dark to me!!

 

I loved his ringwalk, thought it was amazing, and went on record to Mrs Wig that "he looks really relaxed" since his demeanour surprised and impressed me, I thought he was potentially a mentally shot fighter seeing him throughout fightweek. I also thought BRUTHA USKY was somewhat overwhelmed by the occasion, hiding his face for the ringwalk seemed somehow WEAK to me. In hindsight shows I know fck all about ringwalks.

I also remember commenting at the end of round 2 "jesus its only round two!" was shocked so clearly had lost track of time and space for a moment.

For context, I took a cheeky toke before the fight which enhanced my enjoyment of the fight immensely. I was on the edge of my seat throughout. Properly absorbed in a fascinating fight. Watched it again clear headed on Sunday and enjoyed it just as much. USKY is a rare talent, and will go down as an ATG. Pure joy to watch.

HOWEVER - I don't see how USKY does anything against Fury, in fact the ONLY guy in the HW division from this era who has a chance against Fury is Wilder purely for the fact he has that intergenerational one punch KO power. Freakish power. I don't believe USKY's skillset can offset both Fury's own skillset, as well as his height weight and reach advantage.

It's one thing for USKY to make up the size difference against a one dimensional glass jawed big stiff bodybuilder, another thing entirely for him to make it up against a once in a generation talent like the twenty stone gypsy TANK version of Fury. Bridge too far, Fury KO.

 

Quigg’s from his front door.

 

Nobody can really take too much from an entrance, but I seen it the exact opposite of you. Joshua may well have been relaxed, he seemed quite relaxed in the bout itself, but I thought the smiles looked false and he looked like he was trying too hard to look relaxed. Usyk looked businesslike to me and that nothing was phasing him.

 

Surprise he wasn't knackered, walk was a right mission!

 

Always loved Haye’s ring walk music.

 

Tyson wins it for me.

 

Yup.

 

I'm glad you nominated it so that I didn't have to.




Fernando Vargas' entrances were festive, but also loaded with an intense atmosphere and portent of dramatic violence. He had some cool gimmicks, too, like the white tiger/cage schtick for the bout with Winky Wright and the Aztec dancers before the Quartey fight. One that oddly sticks in my mind is actually a low-key later one, the entrance for his tune-up with Fitz Vanderpool — nothing too fancy, just mariachi, some gunshot firework blasts, a damn nice robe and the palpable threat of a mean-spirited comeback performance. (Vanderpool, for his part, came to the ring in a red Grant robe made to resemble a dinner jacket.)