Possible good step up this for Dubois
Cojuna has been the distance with Parker but also been smashed in 2 rounds by Ortiz.
The best UK boxing venue by a mile too if any of you are lucky enough to have seen a fight there.
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Possible good step up this for Dubois
Cojuna has been the distance with Parker but also been smashed in 2 rounds by Ortiz.
The best UK boxing venue by a mile too if any of you are lucky enough to have seen a fight there.
I really don't rate Dubois , he is to upright , stiff, and lacks the punch variety to be a top fighter.
His distance fight with Kevin Johnson showed how unadaptable he is.
Yarde needs to be fighting for the title soon, why is he wasting time fighting comedian Vic Reeves ?
Cojanu will fold up pretty easily compared to Johnson who was at least skilled and stubborn enough to bluff his way through.
How cool would a fight between Joyce v Dubois be?
The fights are shit but the venue is the most eye-catching - Royal Albert Hall.
Back in the day that was a boxing venue you could instantly recognise.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dxv6bDc7LQ4
Went tgere about 3 times when i was a kid. (Mick duff shows i think) Pat Barret that sort of era, i was only about 11 years old but loved it!!
Not a bad seat in the house either, easily the best boxing venue I've been too š
Anthony Yarde ready to shoulder burden of expectation at history-laced Royal Albert Hall
After The Damned, a topless ranting Muhammad Ali and a thousand nylon-clad thighs from Miss World nights, it is time for the Beast from Stratford to walk out under the strobing beam of a starās light at the Royal Albert Hall.
On Friday night professional boxing returns to the ancient and beautiful venue for just the second time since 1999 and Anthony Yarde, known as āThe Beastā, fights an American coastguard called Travis Reeves in a ring heavy with fabulous memories. The very finest to ever box in Britain fought inside the glorious round hall, plush with drapes, velvet, fat chairs, purple ropes, the grand organ and echoes in corridors from a thousand concerts.
There were also a few stinkers, men convicted of ring larceny long before their fights ended and articulate booing filled the acoustic brilliance of the venue. One Tuesday in October 1980 there was an event dubbed The Night of the Tijuana Tumblers; it entered boxing folklore, a night so awful it has never been forgotten. It has also been added to the sportās rich lexicon and since that night all inept, collapsing and canvas-seeking imports are known as Tijuana Tumblers.
On that night four Mexican boxers went down in a total of just seven uncompleted rounds, their combined collapse was comic in the end and took under fifteen minutes. The BBC cameras were there to record the tumbling quartet ā Mendez, Castro, Lopez and Torres ā for the following nightās television and Harry Carpenter, his knuckles white with fury on the microphone, had to spread dignity like butter during the Second World War.
The ignoble art and the tricky men and women it attracted certainly played a regular role in the venerable hallās daily life throughout the late Sixties, Seventies, Eighties and Nineties.
It was Frank Brunoās home, the blood of countless champions has soiled the old canvas over decades and Naseem Hamed once transformed the venue when he put in a 300-second appearance in 1995. Hamed entered the ring that night from a space between two of the ornate gin-soaked boxes, dancing through the comfy swivel chairs, down the gentle slope, his music fierce, to vault walls and the ring ropes before the demolition of a Colombian ā not a tumbler under any flag, by any stretch ā called Juan Polo Perez. It felt like a cultural coup that night and it probably was: The kid was in town, stuff your organ.
āItās an iconic place to fight,ā Yarde acknowledged. āI want to be a part of its history.ā It is a rich one, especially at light-heavyweight, with the ghosts of British boxers Chris Finnegan, John Conteh and Dennis Andries all haunting the industrial size dressing rooms ā designed for an orchestra and not a 12-stone man, his trainers and somebody hired for the night to stop a cut.
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The Royal Albert Hall always felt like boxing in a time machine, a gentler time that was oddly far more vicious, with men wearing old and tiny 8-ounce purple gloves by Baileyās and the three-roped ring a blur behind a drifting and rising cloud of smoke. I can remember standing at the top of the hall for fights in the Seventies, only dreaming of what riches existed beyond the heavy drapes that closed and made soundproof the corridors surrounding the seats and boxes far below. It felt, years later, that covering a fight from ringside was a privilege.
There was a lot of expectation on those rare nights ā hope and dread often enough that the Tumblers were not back in town ā before the records of fighters were known, scrutinised and dismissed. On Friday night Reeves arrives with a reputation for resilience, which is good because Yarde has stopped or knocked out 16 of his 17 victims. Yarde is expected to be tested, Reeves is expected to test him, but as Yarde is finding out, expectation is most definitely a beast of burden. He is definitely in the right ring to leave an impression. It will be a joy to be back.
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Couldnāt remember if Iād seen Dubois or not, but i watched the Kevin Johnson fight I remember, wasnāt impressed. Granted Johnson is the ultimate fight to survive type, but guys know that coming in, and should know they just need to do something dynamic, get creative as thereās fuck all coming their way.
Yes Dubois is very wooden and stiff when he fights. I was hoping he would loosen up more as he gained more experience but I think that is how he will fight for the rest of his career.Quote:
Originally Posted by p4pking
1-100 odds i just read so if you put a tenner on Dubois & Yarde you win 20 pence plus your stake money.
Dubois you can kinda excuse as he's only 8-9 fights in but Warren & Yarde are purposely treading water and blatantly waiting for Kovalev to get old.
Anyone watching this?
I spent from Tuesday night until this morning in bed with the flu, felt fucking dreadful, I've felt a little more alive today, still a fucking walking corpse but I won't let it interrupt my Friday night so I am fighting my way through my stella (just cracked my 5th can) and I've got a chicken naga on the way, got the boxing on in the background whilst listening to some Jimi Hendrix.
Boxing is on now?
Cojanu giving it a good go in the first round. Looks tired already. Dubois landing solid punches.
1 nil Dubois
Nah it starts tomorrow you buffoonQuote:
Originally Posted by Master
Dubois knocks out Cojanu in the 2nd round. Real good performance and put his punches and combinations together. Well done!
I love it when you get mad with me.Quote:
Originally Posted by BatmanNah it starts tomorrow you buffoonQuote:
Originally Posted by Master
Mullender v Williams on now.
I'm not mad, I'm crazyQuote:
Originally Posted by MasterI love it when you get mad with me.Quote:
Originally Posted by BatmanNah it starts tomorrow you buffoonQuote:
Originally Posted by Master
I'm also going to bed, feel like fucking shit
Mullender was trying to wind up Williams before the start of the fight but Williams outboxing mullender beautifully.
1 nil Williams
Get well soon.Quote:
Originally Posted by BatmanI'm not mad, I'm crazyQuote:
Originally Posted by MasterI love it when you get mad with me.Quote:
Originally Posted by BatmanNah it starts tomorrow you buffoonQuote:
Originally Posted by Master
I'm also going to bed, feel like fucking shit
Williams totally flattens him. I watched them in the press conference. Mullender knew he was out of his depth. Heād lost before he got in the ring. Williams just bollocking the ref for not stopping it after the first knockdown, and I think heās right to.
Batman tell me you saw that knockout?
That was a brutal knock out in the 2nd round by Williams.
That is a beautiful arena.
Yards next. Heās a typical Warren fighter. Heās a beast, no doubt , and Warren blows enough sunshine out of his ass to get him as the mandatory for a shot, and then carries on avoiding title fights.
Can anyone please tell me what the fuck āLions in the camp!ā Means? Talk about trying too hard to give yourself a fucking handle ffs. :rolleyes:
Lion in the camp must be his song. Then he plays Phil Collins.Quote:
Originally Posted by Primo Carnera
Yardes speed, accuracy and timing is exceptional and wins the first round. Reeves did land a right hand but it was all Yards.
1 nil Yarde.
Yarde landing hurtful and quality punches against a game Reeves in the 2nd round.
2 nil Yarde.
Reeves took some hard shots and still trying. Yarde is too fast and sharp for him.
3 nil Yarde.
Theyāre talking about Yarde being mandatory for Kovalev and fighting him next. Trust me , that wonāt happen. All a bit meh for me.
How can you not admire Yardes skill? He is boxing beautifully, appreciate it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Primo Carnera
Yarde landed some hurtful uppercuts and combinations in round 4.
Reeves is trying his best and not caving in.
4 nil
Yarde stops Reeves in the 5th round with accumulation of punches. Good stoppage by the ref.
Heās ok. He doesnāt do anything badly. But he is mandatory and listen to the mixed messages from Warren and Woodhall. Heās ready, heās not ready.Quote:
Originally Posted by MasterHow can you not admire Yardes skill? He is boxing beautifully, appreciate it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Primo Carnera
At this moment in time, he doesnāt beat any of the title holders including Kovalev.
They clearly deep down donāt think heās ready. And heās not !
Pah, whilst you fellows were watching competent professionals match room Italy were broadcasting an errrr just not that good of a card... I was actually working so I only listened to it and then watched the main event once I got home..... three fights broadcast, woman's fight had the Italian women head but the Mexican opponent and smash her nose bad, for a woman's fight it actually had some good power punches landed. Mexican won.
Ukrainian git half beat up some Belgian git, his brother was apparently euro title level :S, to a unanimous decision. ..
Main event had heavily tattooed ltalian daniele scardina v a git from the great boxing land of Finland. .. listening to alex Arthurs commentary this sounded like a fairly close fight, after I watched it, alex Arthur is a total plum :S.... he's good at spotting weaknesses and so on but he picKS the guy he likes and champions him the whole fight.. scardina is not great but wotever, I like these match room Italy cards, the crowd was small biit seemed into it, more countries with a boxing followin is good for the world title scene. So mon the wops..
This has nothing to do with whatever this thread was about.. aha to stay relevant to thread, only person to properly stop kingpin is joshua, so I wouldn't hold a ud v kingpin against dubious daniel.
Dubois has got fierce power and looked good last night.
Joshua Buatsi would murder Yarde tommorow if they met and Yarde knows it.
Anthony Yarde rises to the occasion with 18th straight win as boxing makes glorious Royal Albert Hall return
Anthony Yarde soaked up the rarified atmosphere of the Royal Albert Hall to extend his unbeaten streak to 18 with a fifth-round stoppage of Travis Reeves in his sixth defence of the WBO Intercontinental light heavyweight title.
After a slow opening round, in which Yarde landed a keen counter left hook which momentarily wobbled Reeves, a 38-year-old fighter from Baltimore, he raised his tempo through the rounds and went for broke in the fifth with a barrage of mainly right-hand power punches.
Yarde, ranked No1 by the World Boxing Organisation, could step up to a world title fight this year against Russia's Sergey Kovalev, the reigning 175lb champion.
Earlier, the Peacock Gym trained heavyweight Daniel Dubois moved to 10 fights unbeaten with a spectacular second round stoppage of Razvan Cojanu to win the WBO European title.
Dubois was caught by some handy counters in the opening salvos but once the Romanian chose to stand toe to toe with the Londoner in the second round, Dubois produced a left-right-left combination to flatten him. The final left hook left its stamp on the contest.
Dubois now has nine victories by knockout and it was another impressive display from the highly-touted 21-year-old, who is being seen as a potential word title challenger in the future. Dubois could meet fellow unbeaten British prospect Nathan Gorman after what promoter Frank Warren branded a "statement" victory.
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"I'd fight him tomorrow, I'm ready for the fight," said Gorman, here working ringside for BT Sport, speaking to The Telegraph. Gorman defeated Cojanu on points over 12 rounds last December.
Just before the main event, Wales' Liam Williams delivered a major statement in a two-round destruction of Essex middleweight Joe Mullender in his first defense of the British middleweight title.
This, only the second boxing event in 20 years to be staged at the Royal Albert Hall, had been scheduled for Nicola Adams, the double Olympic gold-medalist, to fight in her first world-title bout but an injury prevented the Leeds lass from doing so.
It left Yarde to make his mark which, indeed, he did. On a night he will treasure forever, fighting in the hall where the ghosts of Muhammad Ali, Sir Henry Cooper, Primo Carnera, Lennox Lewis, Frank Bruno and Jimmy Wilde still lurk. For British and world boxing, it has been a hall of fighting fame. Yarde joined them night.
It was also announced here that BT Sport Box Office will air Amir Khan's bid for the WBO world welterweight belt against unbeaten champion Terence Crawford on April 20 from Madison Square Garden, New York.
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