Only in the UK!

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hears brilliant for Boxing...fuck me he's just delivered the Biggest fight in UK History and one of the biggest of all time.

He's young, Charismatic and is a genuine fight anorak.

Rarely hear people bad mouthing him apart from Warren

I think he's already doing a brilliant job!

Hes an arrogant cunt who is not good for boxing, like most promoters. Hes out to line his pockets and couldnt give a fuck about the sport. Any of his good fighters get easily matched. Any of his decent fighters get easily matched until they get a shot and he ships them off to the states to lose. His domestic level fighters get tough fights because it is the only way they sell. His cards regularly produce no competitive fights. His matching style is not good for his fighters in the long run and certainly does nothing for the progression of the sport. UFC constantly have competitive fights which is why the sport has grown so much.

@Greenbeanz im pretty sure there is some urk/anger being displayed


the "constant" competitive fights in ufc just cant be compared in boxing in any way, a 3 round ufc fight cant be compared to a 12 round championship boxing fight, completely different sports with completely different limits


you have to think about the bigger picture


clev v bellew is a big enough fight, I don't think the card last Saturday was over publicised as a massive night of boxing or anything, everyone knew the situation, yeah clevs opponent was a bit poor, bellews was alright for a second fight at a higher weight after a bad knockout defeat, wasn't he?

Why cant the competitive fights be compared? Because its not as long? Most UFC fights are just as draining as a boxing match. And a competitive 3 or 5 rounder is a lot harder on the body then the 10 - 12 round fights Hearns shows. Cleverly and Bellew get a lot tougher fights in sparring. I get pretty fed up watching boxing cards where the best price you can get on a fav is 1/16. Cleverly 1/80, Bellew 1/33, Fielding 1/40, Joshua 1/100, Callum Smith 1/16. Its not just Hearn Warren and Hennessey are the same but no one believes their shit is gold.

and is it realistic that every time clev (or any fighter) fights it is a 50/50 fight?


and if he was in a 50/50 fight every time how many fights would you expect him to have?


and what would be the significance of a cleverly bellew (or any other rivalry) if clev and bellew had both fought another 2 50/50 fights after their defeats and one or both lost 1 or 2?


and if they did lose and their fight lost significance who would make any money?


and if no one made any money what would the next big fight night be?


and if there wasn't a big fight night who would watch boxing?


and if no one watched boxing what would we do then?