2023, another crap year for boxing?

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  1. Csonnyliston

    Csonnyliston Sam Langford P4P GOAT Full Member

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    Looking at upcoming fights, there's not much to be excited about. Davis v Garcia and Stevenson v Yoshino are the only standouts, and neither are title fights.
    We're going to be 1/4 way through the year without many rememberable fights.
    What a weird sport, thinking about the "Should happen" fights actually being made is more exciting than the fights on the books.
     
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  2. IntentionalButt

    IntentionalButt Guy wants to name his çock 'macho' that's ok by me

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    There have been much worse; see: all three pandemic years. There are many saying it may be the best in a decade, so you probably won't find many agreeing with you. There isn't a huge slate of in-demand fights happening, but - there honestly never are. Years that average multiple championship bangers a month are rare.
     
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  3. CST80

    CST80 De Omnibus Dubitandum Staff Member

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    Look how many damn good matches there are this month alone? So I couldn't disagree more.
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    CST80, Mar 3, 2023
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  4. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    Yeah, he's right, there's loads that's good. There are some really great fights in the immediate. But there are some big fights that aren't coming off at all and it's really frustrating.
     
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  5. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    Plus, look what's just happened by? Lara-Wood was quality. Azat-Nery was insane. We had that weird war between Ponce and Subriel. Now this weekend who knows how good Brandon Figueroa vs Mark Magsayo could get. In the end, if Brandon Figueroa vs Mark Magsayo delivers that high, high quality combats.
     
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  6. IntentionalButt

    IntentionalButt Guy wants to name his çock 'macho' that's ok by me

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  7. senpai

    senpai Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Not yet. we have time.

    There are at least 3 undisputed super fights that could be made this year.
     
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  8. IntentionalButt

    IntentionalButt Guy wants to name his çock 'macho' that's ok by me

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    Like, it's literally March. :lol: We've not yet completed a quarter.
     
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  9. Serge

    Serge Ginger Dracula Staff Member

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    Who cares? Every year is a crap boxing year. Nobody cares, bro. Seriously! That's boxing. That's sport. That's life. It is what it is, it is what it isn't. People are struggling. We living on the breadline. We out here fighting a war, bro :facepalm:
     
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  10. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    Deep cut.
     
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  11. DramaShow

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    In my opinion, it is the best year since I started following the sport.
     
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  12. Lesion of Doom

    Lesion of Doom Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I'd say it's off to a strong start, actually. Which is much needed after an abysmal Q4 2022.

    The HW division is slow while everyone waits to see what happens with Fury & Usyk, and there's obviously the Crawford & Spence debacle, but imo most divisions are doing okay where there's actual talent.
     
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  13. Flo_Raiden

    Flo_Raiden Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    On the contrary this year has already exceeded last year. We're only in March and we've already had some banger fights such as Beterbeiv vs Yarde, Lara vs Wood, Nery vs Azat, Jack vs Makabu and we still have more to look forward to.

    This year will only be even better if we finally have Fury vs Usyk, Bivol vs Beterbiev, and Crawford vs Spence finally official.
     
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  14. Badbot

    Badbot You can just do things. Full Member

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    It´s been surprisingly fun so far into the year. But the sport has definitely lost a lot of excitement in recent years(shocker, I know!).
    But I think there are mainly two issues:
    1. Most networks don´t have a consistently good schedule.
    2. We don´t get a lot of good cards.
     
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  15. IntentionalButt

    IntentionalButt Guy wants to name his çock 'macho' that's ok by me

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    Serendipitous. I of course went looking for a clip of the chorus hook for Once in a Lifetime and stumbled upon this instead, and was pleasantly surprised to find Tricky still got it (at least as of 2017).

    Come to reflect on it, a collaboration between Talking Heads and Massive Attack would be... well, massive.
     
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