Lack of awareness of Usyk vs AJ?

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  1. KermitTheFrog

    KermitTheFrog The people doing the banning are idiots Full Member

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    One of my friends is hardly a boxing fan but will usually watch the big fights. I text him last night asking if he was watching AJ at the weekend and he replied ‘what’s AJ’?

    It turns out he had no idea the fight was happening this weekend.

    I also had a chat with my folks and mentioned I’d be watching the fight this weekend and I don’t think they knew it was on either.

    Is anyone else finding this with non-hardcore fans and casuals? Sky may take a bath with this show.
     
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  2. VanBasten

    VanBasten Boxing Addict Full Member

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    If your friend is unaware that on Saturday a heavyweight boxing bout for most of the belts is taking place, can he really be considered a friend? I don't think so. He needs to be de-friended immediately.
     
  3. dryzer

    dryzer Active Member Full Member

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    if he doesn't know who AJ is i'd be surprised if he's ever watched a fight before
     
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  4. Bob Flaps

    Bob Flaps Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I guess this is all anecdotal right, but the usual guys I talk to about boxing are all watching it and chatting about it like usual. Even my son, who isn't that bothered, knows about it cos he drinks Joshua's lucozade and keeps an eye on social media - so he'll (unusually) watch. He hasn't bothered with a fight since Klitschko at Wembley.
     
  5. DramaShow

    DramaShow 19 banned Full Member

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    Coverage has been all over the news channel of Sky Sports. Not sure what your friend is doing there
     
  6. aaaaa

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    My missus and mum know what/who AJ means, think your mate is talking bollocks.
     
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  7. KermitTheFrog

    KermitTheFrog The people doing the banning are idiots Full Member

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    To be fair we usually chat about TV and films so that’s where his mind probably went first.
     
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  8. I Shot JR

    I Shot JR Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    It doesn’t feel as if there is as much hype of this fight as there should be. Likely down to Joshua not being the favourite and it taking place in Saudi Arabia I’d imagine.
     
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  9. KermitTheFrog

    KermitTheFrog The people doing the banning are idiots Full Member

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    Unless DAZN strike a deal this could be the last opportunity to see Joshua fight in a pub full of people. I’ve some great nights over the years, the Klitschko fight in particular.
     
  10. Mr Humble

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    Agree fella

    Completely underwhelmed with only 2 days to go knowing that The Humble Crew are going to feel the pain again unless our man can find a huge punch early in the fight.

    The Saudi location certainly does not inspire enthusiasm either.
     
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  11. Safin

    Safin Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    Fury looks to have stole a lot of Joshua’s plastic fanboys. Even those dolts realised that they had been had, and after enough years jumped ship to the man who actually takes on tough opponents and can do it abroad.

    I can’t see any other result than a Usyk KO. Joshua is going to be stopped one way or another. He should stick to snooze fests with crooked referees in UK stadia against the likes of Paint Dry and co.
     
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  12. Mr Humble

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    Hard to disagree after the fight at Tottenham.

    Haye led the way for the British Heavyweights conning the British public with Joshua, Fury, and even British level Chisora, Whyte and Bellew raking in millions and millions of pounds.
     
  13. Safin

    Safin Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    Woukd Joshua beat a prime Danny Williams? I really am not sure. He has height advantage but Danny was naturally very heavy. One of the most naturally heavy set boxers I’ve ever seen. Must have been physically very strong. Joshua’s length a big advantage but he is a gasser. Without the sos, weights and high calories he’d be walking around at 14 stone.
     
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  14. Mr Humble

    Mr Humble New Member banned Full Member

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    Would have been a good fight with a prime Danny Williams and also a prime Matt Skelton would have seriously tested his tank/heart.
     
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  15. Safin

    Safin Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    These are men who, in their prime, wouldn’t have looked out of place in a ring with the fat pudding who made a fool of Joshua. Aside from a lucky punch he has absolutely no chance of beating Usyk. His best bet is to come out with his eyes shut swinging everywhere and hoping for a one in a million punch to land. There’s more chance of the sun colliding with the moon.