Which bad performance by current Top Heavyweights can you forgive the most?

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  1. GGGunbeatable

    GGGunbeatable Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Please rank: What's the worst and what is easily forgiveable?

    - Fury getting outboxed and dropped by Ngannou

    - Usyk rescued by the referee after knocked out against Dubois

    - Zhang's fight against Jerry Forrest

    - Hrgovic's robbery against Zhang

    - AJ's mental breakdown against Usyk

    - Joyce rematch against Zhang

    - Wilder's inactivity after losing against Fury
     
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  2. UnleashtheFURY

    UnleashtheFURY D'oh! Full Member

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    1) Usyk wasn't rescued
    2) Hrgovic/Zhang wasn't a robbery.


    Worst is easily Fury/Ngannou.
     
  3. chacal

    chacal F*** the new normal Full Member

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    Yes they were.
     
  4. lordlosh

    lordlosh Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    Usyk schooled Dubois, who landed 20+ lowblows and was dirty as hell, and he was the one actually saved by the incompetent referee that should have DQ him.
    Clear lowblow.

    And while i believe Zhang won the fight, Hrgovic has lost his father, and at least was competitive in most rounds.
    Also Zhang prove himself to be an absolutely monster in the HW division.
    Zhang has a health problems against Jerry Forrest and he suffers kidney failure and anaemia, and the judges actually scored it a draw.

    Fury and the judges robbed Ngannou of his 100% deserving win, and now the whole World is laughing at Boxing being beyond corrupt and the HW Champion of the world being literally smashes to piece by a f***** 37 years old MMA guy.
     
  5. UnleashtheFURY

    UnleashtheFURY D'oh! Full Member

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    Nah.
     
  6. chacal

    chacal F*** the new normal Full Member

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    Zhang's and Joyce's are the easiest to forgive, tbh. Specially Zhang's.

    Good days, bad days.... those things happen, but they didnt act like idiots or got something that they didnt deserve. Those were venial sins.

    Joyce's rematch was a worse sin than zhang's, though, but it was a fight that cleared so many doubts that we cant blame him for taking it after all. He ruined his career, but he made us the fans a huge favor answering a lot of our questions in this fight. Ofc I forgive him.
     
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  7. AngryBirds

    AngryBirds Well-Known Member banned Full Member

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    This one. You can tell AJ really wanted the victory after all the training he did + the post-match rant which was rather cringeworthy, but what doomed him was that he didn't become aggressive enough in the moments where it counted. I think he realized he could've gotten Usyk out of there in round 9/10 if only he had followed up with a little more aggression and is why he was so angry after the fight.
     
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  8. MrPook

    MrPook Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Zhang probably overtrained that’s forgivable.

    Usyk fighting Dubois was a totally fabricated title shot. It should never had happened. And he got away lucky.
     
  9. KernowWarrior

    KernowWarrior Bob Fitzsimmons much bigger brother. Full Member

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    Furys performance to me was the worst, it was not just a bad night at the office, it reflected badly upon the heavyweight title.

    AJs words/actions were immature, unsporting and frankly showed what a trash diva he had become and 100% showed zero respect, and i cannot forgive him for it, but it reflected badly upon him and him alone

    Usyks mortally wounded act, worthy of a Oscar nomination was him showing wisdom and experience, using his boxing oracle of a brain.

    Joyce lost against Zhang, it was what it was, the hype train of which i was a willing passenger got derailed, so losing the rematch bout is forgivable

    Wilders inactivity is his own life choice, i would like to see him fighting but if chooses not to then so be it, nothing to forgive in my book
     
  10. MrPook

    MrPook Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Joyce taking the rematch against Zhang showed heart if anything. He lost fair and square. Nothing to blame there.

    It would be nice of Wilder if he did fight more but not sure if he is being avoided or pricing himself out.
     
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  11. testez

    testez Member Full Member

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    so much cocaine incoming... the dealers will have to create a UNION.

    Long Live The Table Tennis World Champion !!
     
  12. Serge

    Serge Ginger Dracula Staff Member

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    :lol: Usyk didn't have a bad performance

    He fought a murderous punching much bigger WBA regular champ, dominated the entire fight, got hit with a low blow all of which landed below the naval, took the allocated time to recover per the rules, and then got up and continued with his domination before dropping them x 2 and scoring a stoppage.

    Dubois is one of the hardest punchers in the division, top 5 easy, and the vast vasty majority of fighters would've been dropped or stopped multiple times had they fought as many savage punching KO artists and legit bangers as Usyk (almost all in their backyards), let alone ones much bigger and heavier than them. There are numerous so called greats in the current P4P top 10 who have barely fought any punchers at all, especially their size, let alone savage punching KO artists or ones bigger or way bigger than them.

    We just saw Belly get dropped by a rank novice because they had size and power :facepalm:
     
  13. miniq

    miniq AJ IS A BODYBUILDING BUM Full Member

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    AJ against Helenius.


    ooof he loves finding any way possible to look bad in any given fight
     
  14. AdamT

    AdamT Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    Usyk getting rescued
     
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  15. Redbeard7

    Redbeard7 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I guess AJ losing to Ruiz isn't there because it's too far beyond the pale.
     
  16. Rollin

    Rollin Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Joshua having a breakdown was satisfying from the PR perspective, as it shattered the good guy image, but actually relatively commendable as far as ambition and dedication for the sport goes.