Former Undisputed 4 belt Prediction champion. Still P4P and People’s Champion.
What is your problem with Brits? Not being funny but you seem to have a bit of a bee in your bonnet when Brits celebrate or back fighters from here that many of us have followed for years. That is not blind optimism it is quite a natural and healthy response but you seem oddly irked by it.
If I am wrong then my apologies but that is how it comes across.
I pictured @Primo Carnera working at his barbershop, hears a patron talking about the upcoming fight "I think Joe will win over 12 rounds."
Patron in the chair asks "Why?"
Patron in line replies, "Joe has improved"
To Which Primo puts down his clippers and hollers' "THERE THEY GO!:Everytime a Brit sit in this chair,
ask him why he think they next great gonna win? 'Cause they improved! That's they one!
That's they one reason!
To which if he wrote in that mindset? It was rather amusing to read.![]()
All's lost! Everything's going to shit!
First of all , I accept your apology. I have no problem with Brits whatsoever, not even you!
My problem isn’t with backing your fighter, regardless of whether if it is blind optimism or not.
But to try prove that it is not blind optimism by giving reasons like “he’s improved” is pathetic.
What happened to balance? Because you’re a Brit, you wouldn’t see it because it comes across as arrogant and disrespectful to the opposition fighter.
If the tables were turned you would see it mate, honestly.
If @Master were to have said :
“Joyce has improved a lot and he has a big size advantage , hopefully that will be enough. But Usyk needs to be respected for what he has achieved and it won’t be a pushover.”
I would have no problem whatsoever.
Former Undisputed 4 belt Prediction champion. Still P4P and People’s Champion.
What a daft thing to say. You are seriously suggesting that being British means it is impossible to have any objectivity? You don't half assume a hell of a lot about people. It is quite funny seeing you trying to justify your own bias by imposing it on others. Usyk did not look great against Chisora. That makes any heavyweight matchup with him nowhere near the foregone conclusion people were assuming. I am not sure that Joyce is going to expose or even beat him but I don't think Master was suggesting that Usyk had not improved at all, rather that he might struggle against a younger fitter and more dangerous opponent than Del boy.
Beaner doing what Beaner does. Pick a couple of words out of a statement , change the total context to suit his argument/ opinion. So what is “my own bias”? Who am I biased towards?
Who said it was a foregone conclusion?
Most people would say Usyk is a better boxer, most people would say Usyk starts as favourite.
Of course , there are questions that need answering, the main one being can he impose himself against these much bigger guys?
As for what YOU THINK what Master was suggesting, well his words were that “ I think Joe will win over 12 rounds. Joe has improved, will do better over the longer distance .”
So I replied asking whether Usyk had improved. Also Usyk is also a fit guy who has no question marks over his ability to do the distance.
And you adding that he’s :
Younger - clutching at straws, seeing as he is 35 years old.
Fitter - fitter than Del Boy possibly, but hardly an area where he scores big against Usyk.
More dangerous - debatable. I mean, do you see Joyce getting as close to beating a Dillian Whyte that was at the time seen as a top 4 HW along with AJ, Fury & Wilder ?
I never said Joyce doesn’t stand a chance. After how he dispatched of Dubois, that would be disrespectful. But we must remember, Usyk is not Dubois. A very different proposition .
I aimed my remarks at Master’s rose tinted spectacles , yet your first sentence is an aggressive “what have you got against Brits?”
Someone is feeling a bit paranoid me thinks.
Former Undisputed 4 belt Prediction champion. Still P4P and People’s Champion.
Repeating what’s already been said but Usyk by UD the safe bet all the way.
While Joyce is in there he has a chance of tagging him but Usyk boxing IQ on another level and you just can’t see it.
It’s a shame for Usyk with his skill levels that he’s just not a natural heavyweight so he can mix it with the big boys. Not the first former cruiser to fall in that category.
Against the big guys winning by UD at distance is what he will need to do. He’s not going to be able to go in for the kill and engage.
Don't bully fat kids - they've got enough on their plate
If Joyce continues to improve the jab and sorts out his right hand, so it's there to block the Usyk left, he's got a great shot at winning this.
As Mark said though, Usyk points is probably the safe bet. People will point to the WSB and you can basically come to any conclusion you want. Usyk won that, he'll win over twelve. Joyce has got better since then, etc etc...
Thinking back to the WSB fight I was of the opinion that Usyk won it at a canter. I re-watched the other day and it wasn't quite that one sided, despite Richie Woodhall's salivating over everything and anything Usyk did. Joyce had decent success and won rounds for me.
When God said to the both of us "Which one of you wants to be Sugar Ray?" I guess I didnt raise my hand fast enough
Charley Burley
Joyce by late stoppage, think hell start really pressuring mid rounds and usyk will wilt
Cummon Joe
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