Australian Boxing/SM Memorial thread

Nope,will download and watch the undercard when I can.
But I am a fan of Taylah.Classic Aussie sporty beauty.
She got mad skills on a skateboard judging from her instagram and I like her fashion sense.
Cool chick.
Btw she is fighting in a week on the Huni undercard against a 6-6-2 chick.
Staying busy.

 

Didn't really care about Kambos loss. I just can't warm to the bloke. Way too arrogant and talk that was getting cringe.
If there is a rematch hopefully he trains more at fighting instead of the horrid mean mugging.

 

I see Fenech is rippig the Kambosos corner-riggtfully so.

Could he train George better?

 

Commiserations to George but he's still achieved plenty in 21 fights. All of the world championship belts (including the WBC) are in his trophy cabinet, a decent payday is in his bank account & he now holds a record attendance for a fight in Melbourne at 41,000. Bearing in mind that Jeff Fenech & Kostya Tszyu drew 36,000 & 28,000 respectively at the end of their careers, that's a very significant achievement in its own right. George still has a big money rematch coming his way. It will be interesting to see where they put that one on.

Devin Haney did a lot of things right in the lead-up to the fight that enabled him to win. Getting over here more than two weeks before the fight was key. You need that time to acclimatize & settle in properly. He also did sparring during the first week here which is important. It doesn't really matter who against b/c the hard work has been done before coming out here & it's then a matter of fine tuning in the penultimate week. Even little things like attending the Aboriginal smoking ceremony were a nice touch, I thought. It all helped him.

Highlight of the day for an Australian boxing fan was Big Daddy Browne laying out Junior Fa. BOOM! TIM-BER! KIWI DOWN!! I don't want to see Justis Huni in with him after witnessing that. Big Daddy still has the ability to end a promising career before it begins. What wasn't a highlight was Junior Fa convulsing on the canvas after the first knockdown. The fight should have been stopped straight away. Good wins from both of the Moloney brothers to keep them in world title contention.

 

Yeah not a great day for the Kiwi boys. Showed how far Parker had fallen under Kevin Barry after getting dragged deep by Fa, who had also been heavily dropped by 43 year old Dominic Guinn and probably would have finished him as well had he come to win. Browne will no doubt get a few more paydays after this so well done to him, maybe Huni or Ahio or even both?

Speaking of Ahio, it was a shame that Tsoye pulled out with an injury. It was shaping up to be a good fight I felt. Hopefully he can get out again soon.

Nyika also looked quite underwhelming I thought. He got caught multipule times and still has an amateur style of fighting. He needs to commit fully to the pro side of the sportand possibly adjust a few things style wise going forward. This fight at the same time will do him good going forward, but yeah, he needs to move on from amateur boxing and I seriously hope he isn't going to the Commonwealth games, he's past that stage and needs to learn more as a pro boxer.

 

* Paulo Aokuso has revealed ambitous plans to beat Aust record for World Title in six fights and beat Fenech mark of seven fights in 1985.
* Still monster year for Aust Boxing with Opetia , Paro , Tszyu , Zerafa and Haney rematch in Nov set to fight for world titles.
* Amazon Prime has rights to Inoue vs Donaire rematch would be interesting if Amazon Prime Aust Sports enters Aust Boxing market.

 

The respect Haney showed for the Aboriginal community in Melbourne was awesome. He done the smoking ceremony with elders, and also attended a Koorie Youth Boxing group training, that's some real champion stuff... bias view from me obviously but couldn't go against him after that.

It terms of the main event, I had the feeling that Kambosos was there to sell tickets and Haney was there to fight. Clearly seemed to be the case after the trash talk (which i dont mind), initially missing weight and lack of adjustment during the fight. Happy that Kambosos got a good payday and the experience though, interested to see who he plans on fighting next if he does have that 2 fight deal at Marvel.

Browne KO was a huge surprise. He does cop a lot of flack from the Aussie boxing fans so that would've shut them up, KOing Opelu and Fa back to back is impressive given the Gallen loss.

 

anybody stay to see the last fight?
was more action than all the others put together.
kambosos was thinking from the start that there's no need to rush as there's 12 rounds but you've got to make every round count in such a big fight.
his corner showed no urgency at any stage, only his dad was trying to put a rocket under his butt and bring out the mongrel in him.
nice shot by browne, he should be calling out parker as its his best payday against a non-celebrity boxer most likely cause he's not gunna get a title shot again.

 

Great post BF.

Lol yeah Lucas was having a go at anyone and everyone who thought he was to old. Even gave Bazza Michael a spray.

 

Does anyone know if Inoue Donaire 2 is going to be on Foxtel or Fite tv?

 

Its on ESPN+ in the States middy. Who usually shows their telecasts down here?

 

I usually watch the Top Rank ESPN shows on FIte TV app but its not coming up on there.

 

Word is the TR youtube channel will carry it.

 

Thanks mate any idea what time the main event is Australian time?

 

The Dazn website has the main approximately 1230pm British time which would make it about 930pm Sydney time by my calculations. All approx though.