Anthony Joshua v Daniel Dubois

[Master]

The undercard is very good what are your predictions for the fights?

Liam Smith vs Josh Kelly (middleweight)

Tyler Denny vs Hamzah Sheeraz (European middleweight title)

Anthony Cacace vs Josh Warrington (IBF and IBO super-featherweight titles)

Joshua Buatsi vs Willy Hutchinson

Mark Chamberlain vs Josh Padley (lightweight)

[TIC]

josh, hamzah, anthony (are you sure the ibf is on the line?), willy & mark

[erics44]

The undercard is very good what are your predictions for the fights?

Liam Smith vs Josh Kelly (middleweight)

Tyler Denny vs Hamzah Sheeraz (European middleweight title)

Anthony Cacace vs Josh Warrington (IBF and IBO super-featherweight titles)

Joshua Buatsi vs Willy Hutchinson

Mark Chamberlain vs Josh Padley (lightweight)

Smith by KO (unless hes shot)
Sheeraz by KO (Denny is a sacrifice)
Cacace probably by KO (warrington is cashing in now)
Buatsi probably points
I think the last one will be closer than people are expecing

[Master]

Josh Kelly PTS

Hamzah Sheeraz PTS

Anthony Cacace PTS

Joshua Buatsi PTS

Mark Chamberlain KO6

[TIC]

liam smith has pulled out of the josh kelly fight

[Master]

liam smith has pulled out of the josh kelly fight

Liam Smith should have pulled out against Eubank in their rematch. Glad he did the right thing and not cheat his fan's this time by trying to get away with another injured performance.

[TIC]

ishmael davis will replace liam against josh kelly. the ibf has confirmed that the belt is not on the line for anthony cacace v josh warrington

[TIC]

Mark Chamberlain vs Josh Padley (lightweight)

I think the last one will be closer than people are expecing

good call on this one. i took your advice & placed a little bet. thank you

[KickMuck]

What's left for AJ? and where does this put Daniel?

[Spicoli]

Frank Warren always chatting shite. Usyk considered the best "at the time". Yeh before he beat Fury and then of course he got worse.

[Primo Carnera]

I thought Joshua would win. I thought Dubois had a small puncher’s chance early, but wasn’t expecting that. Good luck to him.
But how the fuck can Joshua (the Challenger) have a rematch clause ? What an absolute load of bollocks that is. The sport is fucked.

[Master]

AJ is the big draw which is why there may be a rematch.

Good exciting fight.

[erics44]

Mark Chamberlain vs Josh Padley (lightweight)

I think the last one will be closer than people are expecing

good call on this one. i took your advice & placed a little bet. thank you

No worries, I had a good night with predictions

apart from the main fight

[Master]

That was an abysmal performance by AJ. I have never seen him that bad ever. Even against Ruiz he was doing OK before the knockdown.

AJ seemed like he never boxed before. He was slow, timing off, missing his target, chin in the air, was leaning back, taking unnecessary punishment, and bullied by Dubois.

AJ needs to take a long hard look at himself and ask does he truly want it because that was an awful performance. Dubois did nothing new that AJ was not expecting.

AJ seem to come in thinking he was going to easily break Dubois and started far too casually. He tried the quick right cross and uppercut which all missed. Sticking his tongue out and taunting Dubois but it was ignored. When AJ went for Dubois in round 5 he recklessly walked into a huge right hand.

If AJ wants to continue and not retire then he should rebuild again as Bruno did time and time again. There is no need for a rematch he would get destroyed just as quickly. He should rebuild by making a couple of arena fights and see what happens with Usyk/Fury/Dubois.

Sadly AJ v Fury could still sell. That will still happen.

On current form Dubois could beat damaged Joyce, shot Wilder, old Chisora but would prefer he stay busy and take on Parker, Zhang or Bakole.

[TitoFan]

Heavyweight boxing is unlike any other division in boxing for a simple reason. You can bulk up as much as you like. You can train to punch through a brick wall. You can build abs of steel to take body punches.

But you can't make your brain more impervious to shots to the head. Sure, you can bulk up neck muscles. But you can't add shock absorbing capability to the brain floating around in your skull. A punch from a heavyweight boxer is going to ring your bell no matter how bulked up you are.

Having said that, some chins are weaker than others... and it's obvious AJ's chin is suspect. Some guys could famously take a punch and keep coming (2nd version of George Foreman comes to mind). Holyfield was another one. But AJ's Achilles heel is his chin.

I couldn't help thinking of Wilder, and how far both have plunged. Both have gotten knocked out by more than one opponent. A fight between them now, while pointless, would be interesting. Either could easily knock the other guy out... and it would be pretty much a coin toss as to who would win.