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| 21. Author: Dave_1885 Date: Sat 20th Dec 2025. 06:55 Poor watch really. AJ slow start, Hake Paul just running round the ring for 3 rounds, absolutely gassed by the end of the second, took a dodgey time out in 4th cause he was knackered then AJ finished him pretty easily in the end. Paul looked exhausted when he went down. Bad thing for AJ was the first two rounds he looked very cautious and slow. Maybe measured, but wasn’t convincing. Reply |
| 22. Author: The One Who Knocks Date: Sat 20th Dec 2025. 09:54 Think Joshua knew the script. The people want to see some action, go through the motions for a few rounds and then end it at the moment of your choosing. And although my eyes were open They just might as well be closed Reply |
| 23. Author: Bletchley_Par Date: Sat 20th Dec 2025. 09:57 I heard Paulie Malignaggi give an interview prior to the fight. He was talking about (and we`ve all probably thought something similar) who claimed that they`d fight Mike Tyson for $1,000,000. He said any man off the street would never make it to the ring, the dressing room would consume them, the fear would beat them, testing the mouthguard, wrapping the hands. If somehow they did manage to leave the dressing room without fainting, they`d have the ringwalk, the crowd, the lights, the music.....you`d never make it to the ropes. Props to Paul for getting to the ring, AJ done his job, hope we see AJ v Fury sometime in 2026.  Reply |
| 24. Author: wee eck Date: Sat 20th Dec 2025. 10:14 I thought there was a governing body (the British Boxing Board of Control?) which oversaw boxing and ensured mismatches like this couldn`t happen? Reply |
| 25. Author: P Date: Sat 20th Dec 2025. 10:32 wee eck, Sat 20 Dec 10:14 Fight was not in the UK so not their decision, although they had said they would not sanction it hence why it was taken to the USA where it was a sanctioned fight. Reply |
| 26. Author: Tad Allagash Date: Sat 20th Dec 2025. 10:33 wee eck wrote: > I thought there was a governing body (the British Boxing Board > of Control?) which oversaw boxing and ensured mismatches like > this couldn`t happen? > > Florida State Athletic Commission sanctioned this one. Reply |
| 27. Author: Dave_1885 Date: Sat 20th Dec 2025. 10:33 wee eck, Sat 20 Dec 10:14 Was sanctioned as a heavyweight bout by Floridas fighting commission. Thats why these types of fights will never happen in the UK (except the white collar events by KSI). Reply |
| 28. Author: wee eck Date: Sat 20th Dec 2025. 10:51 Cheers, guys. Reply |
| 29. Author: red-star-par Date: Sat 20th Dec 2025. 12:45 I just watched the fight. It wasn`t that bad. I`m not a fan of that Jake Paul at all, so I was looking forward to seeing him humiliated, but I`ve got to say he did okay, despite the obvious gulf in class. He stuck at it even towards the end. Joshua looked in control the whole time, there was never any danger of him being hurt, I think he could have probably given Paul a few free hits and his best shot wouldn`t really have phased him. There was a moment in the first round where you could see AJ about to take a shot and pull out of it, so I think perhaps at least the initial rounds were stage managed to an extent. If he had wanted to Joshua could have ended the fight whenever he wanted to, probably even just by unloading some body shots on him. Paul not a very good boxer, but he`s making them both a lot of money. He might need to think about quitting before he gets seriously hurt. There is a huge difference between some rich kid playing at being a boxer and a professional athlete who has dedicated their entire life to get to this level. I`m hoping that the sums of money being made by these type of fights doesn`t end up with boxing being ruined by these sort of celebrity bouts Reply |
| 30. Author: Buspasspar Date: Sat 20th Dec 2025. 14:32 Paul has a broken jaw in two places according to Aunty He should stop going to those places :-o) We are forever shaped by the Children we once were Reply |
| 31. Author: Luxembourg Par Date: Sat 20th Dec 2025. 15:55 Bletchley_Par, Sat 20 Dec 09:57 As someone who was significantly above the ‘average man in the street’ - in boxing at least - nowadays, sure, I would. In Tyson’s prime? Absolutely no fukkkin way!!! - he would have literally killed me - deid. When you talk about ‘average men in the street’ - Tyson’s speed and power would have done permanent damage with one punch, and a combination would fatal. Remember Micky in Rocky II? “He’ll hurt you poimanent”  Reply |
| 32. Author: Bletchley_Par Date: Sat 20th Dec 2025. 19:58 Topic Originator: Luxembourg Par like Fortunately prime Mike was operating in a time where the movies were way less realistic than boxing reality. What I saw last night was more akin to the Thunderlips bout than Apollo. Reply |
| 33. Author: Back_oh_the_net Date: Sat 20th Dec 2025. 22:49 Can’t honestly believe Paul thinks he has a world title fight coming his way in the near future credit where credit is due though he was man enough to set up and challenge aj but as soon as the first bell rang it was like he knew just how far out his depth he was and it was more evident when he got dropped in the 6th Reply |
| 34. Author: widtink Date: Sun 21st Dec 2025. 00:29 Apparently he`s ranked 14th in the cruiserweight division. Or at least he was recently. Admin  Reply |
| 35. Author: TAFKA_Super_Petrie Date: Sun 21st Dec 2025. 11:42 A payday and it keeps AJ relevant (ish) in the media spotlight for a potential Fury match despite it being a good few years gone from when it should have happened. No coincidence he was on social media hinting about coming out of `retirement` earlier this week. ---------------------------------------------------------------  [b]"People always talk about Ronaldinho and magic, but I didn't see him today. I saw Henrik Larsson; that's where the magic was."[/b] Reply |
| 36. Author: parathletic Date: Mon 22nd Dec 2025. 12:12 AJ supposedly fighting a kickboxer next(Rico Verhoeven), clearly on a cash grab before he walks away. If he was serious about being world champ again or preparing properly for Fury he would be in against better opposition but he knows another defeat and he is done. It must be 5/6 years since he beat a high level opponent? For me the Fury/ Joshua ship has sailed and it doesn`t hold much interest for me. What does it prove now? Both well past their best. Reply |
| 37. Author: Bletchley_Par Date: Mon 22nd Dec 2025. 17:07 Topic Originator: parathletic like Sauce for the goose, Mr. Saavik. The odds will be even. Reply |
| 38. Author: parathletic Date: Mon 22nd Dec 2025. 18:59 You could have a bet on it now-Fury is 1/2 favourite. They could fight for the British title, I suppose :) Reply |
| 39. Author: Back_oh_the_net Date: Tue 23rd Dec 2025. 21:20 lol now that big lantern jawed dosser Logan wants a crack at aj Reply |
| 40. Author: NMCmassive Date: Wed 24th Dec 2025. 17:19 parathletic, Mon 22 Dec 12:12 Verhoeven would be a very good warm up fight to a Fury fight. Extremely experienced prize fighter. He’ll give him a workout without being perceived as to much of a risk. Had it been a kickboxing match, my money would probably go on Verhoevan - that was his game. Just not the same money in kickboxing COYP Reply |
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