he's of course well within his rights to carry on if he needs and/or wants the money. but, yeah, he's beyond finished, last night looked hugely overweight, slow, and far too old to see the level of improvement that'd be needed to restore him to contender status.
No, there is a lot of good fights left for him. Joyce, Gassiev, Hrgovic. He could be good co-main event.
The question is should Whyte retire and your answer is no, because he can keep getting starched. What sort of boxing fan are you? Too many comments like yours on this thread shows you're a casual boxing fan.
If his goal is to become a champion, yes. He will never become a real world champion and he’ll only be on the decline for the rest of his career from now on. If his goal is to box for the love of the sport.... I’m not sure. He has a glass jaw and gets knocked out or knocked down fairly frequently. That can’t be good for his health.
A lot of the journeymen you're talking about don't keep getting starched. When you get starched you can't box for a while due to medical suspension, and I wouldn't want no boxer to keep getting starched. I certainly wouldn't say it's a good enough career to not take retirement. Brain damage is a thing in boxing and shouldn't be taken lightly.
I would quite happily retire with the purse he received for the bout, invest it wisely and live comfortably. However i saw no reason that he definitely should retire, the losses on his record are to Povetkin, AJ and Fury only, if he so chose there is plenty of money to be made in other bouts, though he might want to tighten up his uppercut defence, as sure as hell any future opponent will be testing it.
I put 'not sure'. He's had a good career but clearly past prime. In general, each time a wealthy boxer retires in good health it's a win for a sport that doesn't get enough of them. On the flipside, there's no shame losing to Fury. I think he gives most of the other top guys a good fight. He has a good ranking. There's a chance that in one years time 1,2 or even all three of the guys ahead of him are retired. He may want to stick around on that offchance?
Feel bad for him losing like that after waiting so long for his shot and all the crap he had to go through courtesy of the Wilder Bodyguard Council Plenty of good matchups for him out there and top HWs he can still beat though
What's so "casual" about that? Boxing is a business - it is a job for these folks, and if they want to keep working, and they can pass the licensing exams, then they should keep fighting if they want to! Incidentally, I've been a boxing fan for 40 years, and have seen over that time so-called boxing fans move from having a clear understanding of this, to not seeming to get it at all. And so, you get these absurd calls for fighters to retire after a loss - which is silly, presumptuous, unnecessary and frankly smacks of whining. If Whyte wants to continue his career he should - and he can make some good money as a "name" opponent padding the record for up and comers. And boxing fans should quit ****ing whining about it.
Whyte, AJ, Fury,, Ruiz Jr, Usyk & Wilder should all retire now. All of them are wary of how quickly the division could open up though and are desperate for that glory to claim they are "two" or "three" time champions. It's kind of sad.
