Australian Boxing/SM Memorial thread

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Tszyu is leaving on Mon to team up with trainers Kevin Cunningham , Ismael Salas , Pedro Diaz, Rudy Hernandez and Abel Sanchez. Tszyu will spend the next 8 weeks sharpening his skill set for a planned early comeback in 26.

 

Storm or Broncos lads?

 

Hopefully, amongst those, Tim will find the right fit.

I suspect he will be shocked at the difference training under someone like Sanchez will be compared to what he has become accustomed to.

 

There's another storm brewing tonight. Enough said.

 

Or will it be riders on the Storm?

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I am thinking Storm to win, Coates to score a try and Munster to win the Clive Churchill multi at $8

 

Storm 22-16.

Harry Grant for the Clive Churchill Medal.

 

It’s a Broncos world

 

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Reece Walsh is a protected species. Connects with a guy's head, goes on report but stays on the field. That's been a sin-bin all year. Scores a critical try within the next 10 minutes. Also headbutts a guy in the first week of the finals & his team receives the penalty while the guy who got headbutted goes to the bin with Walsh. Broncos would also be spending twice as much as the rest of the comp on player talent (excepting maybe Canterbury & the Roosters) due to undisclosed third-party deals. So yeah, it is a Broncos world.

Edit - neglected to mention scheduling. It's a Broncos world when you finish 4th but get scheduled to play on the Thursday night before the finals while the Minor Premiers have to play on Sunday in Brisbane. Only a three-day plus travel time advantage for the Broncos on the turnaround. Broncos get done more favours from officials on & off the field than any other team in the comp.

 

I hope we're going to see ALL THREE BIG DRAGONS in action on this show. Not just the two who have already been matched up. It seems to me that one of them warrants higher billing than he's getting.

 

That incident where Walsh tried to flatten Coates' nose with his shoulder occurred when Storm led 12-6 and 10 minutes in the bin for Walsh may well have seen a different result at full time. But a deserved win by the Broncos. Storm had their chances and just couldn't get it done.

 

You’re going to have to dumb that down for me. I’ve got no idea what you mean here.

 

I would like to see Teremoana get matched up on the forthcoming show. Preferably against a recognizable domestic name. I also think he should get third billing on the show behind Jai & Justis due to his profile & potential. He's more of a drawcard than many of the other fighters who will be appearing on the show. If Tasman Fighters don't think so, okay. Just giving my opinion as an observer of Australian boxing.