Billy Joe and Callum Smith to have tick over fights in November

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  1. carlingeight

    carlingeight Active Member Full Member

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    Why are people bumping threads from 2016..
     
    carlingeight, Sep 16, 2020
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  2. Skyver

    Skyver Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Pair of wastemen tbh.
     
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  3. KermitTheFrog

    KermitTheFrog The people doing the banning are idiots Full Member

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    I think the same can be said for every boxing promoter worldwide.
     
    KermitTheFrog, Sep 16, 2020
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  4. Jurgen

    Jurgen Pay Per Pudding Advisor banned Full Member

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    We had a cracking card recently on Channel 5 with the headline fight hard to better anywhere regardless of purse.
     
    Jurgen, Sep 16, 2020
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  5. Cookiedough

    Cookiedough Active Member Full Member

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    Totally agree. Just get on with it. There are no guarantees at the moment. The virus may keep crowds away for a long long time. This fight needs to happen fast. It is one of the best match ups in world boxing, never mind British boxing. It will be sad for boxing if it doesn’t happen.
     
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  6. Holler

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    Come every briton,
    John o groats to Dover,
    Its time to enjoy,
    Yet another tick over,

    You wont be too stressed,
    About the outcome,
    As these guys will be fighting,
    A cherry picked bum,

    And if for boxings
    Future you fear,
    Be assured this will happen,
    Once again next year,
     
    Holler, Sep 16, 2020
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  7. Boxing Prospect

    Boxing Prospect Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Most promoters aren't throwing mud at the others. Some are trying new things. Some are giving away content.

    Eddie, sadly, painted a target on his own back
     
    Boxing Prospect, Sep 16, 2020
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  8. TheRevAshton

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    Why on earth do world champion fighters need tick over fights? Couldn't they just bring in some reasonably high calibre sparring partners instead? The career of a boxer isn't very long, and it quite frankly blows my mind how so many of them are willing to waste precious time with unworthy opponents.

    It can honestly be painful being a boxing fan at times... the fans want to see the best fight each other in their primes, but there always seems to be something, usually money related, in the way.

    The UFC literally embarrasses boxing when it comes to matchmaking.
     
    TheRevAshton, Sep 17, 2020
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  9. tdf1974

    tdf1974 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Will be at 175lb against a big fat Latvian
     
    tdf1974, Sep 17, 2020
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  10. ipitythefool

    ipitythefool Prediction ? Pain Full Member

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    These 2 world "champs" have faced 1 top 10 opponent between them in the last 2 years and Mundane Smith arguably lost that (to Gorilla Ryder).

    They're both a bad joke tbh.
     
    ipitythefool, Sep 17, 2020
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  11. tdf1974

    tdf1974 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Nicky Piper would have probably slapped them both around .....

    The state of UK boxing these days ,a huge amount of time seems to be NOT boxing or avoiding the fights like the plague....

    We have Lomachenko v Lopez coming up in USA not on PPV while here we are getting bum fights
     
    tdf1974, Sep 17, 2020
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  12. tdf1974

    tdf1974 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    spot on
     
    tdf1974, Sep 17, 2020
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  13. Patter983

    Patter983 Active Member Full Member

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    not sure about thst some cracking fights coming up in the next few months from the states ! Hearns biggest fight so far is Whyte v POVETKIN add that to the next three or four cards he’s doing it’s still the biggest fight he has done . Quite poor if you ask me considering the amount of fighters he has and fights that could be made
     
    Patter983, Sep 17, 2020
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  14. EJC83

    EJC83 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Do you reckon either of these two will one day have a Calzaghe moment and pull out a couple of World Class performances in big fights to have as their legacy or will they never get in the ring with a fighter decent enough to make it possible?
     
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  15. Scissors

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    See the Upcoming US shows thread. Look at the fighters and level of opponents.
     
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