Boxing The CIS Boxing Thread

[k9cane]

The Theater of the Unexpected

There's a reason why they fight the fights. I was taught that long ago by the legendary Larry Merchant years ago. Another one of his favorite phrases was that boxing was, ''the theater of the unexpected''. Both rang true this past weekend. What was thought of as a rather nondescript weekend of...

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[JD08]

 

[Stylie]

 

[E1k]

I got fury in the rematch

Hopefully it leads to a 3rd fight

 

[Stylie]

I got fury in the rematch

Hopefully it leads to a 3rd fight

Usyk might have a hard time winning a decision for that very reason!

 

[Stylie]

 

[canesfan54]

Great fight I got Usyk

 

[canesfan54]

 

[Stylie]

Great fight I got Usyk

He’s really good. Wonder whats next for Usyk?

 

[canesfan54]

He’s really good. Wonder whats next for Usyk?

 

[E1k]

I got fury in the rematch

Hopefully it leads to a 3rd fight

Never bet against an all time great like usyk

Great fight but usyk won clear, im happy he got the decision

 

[OldhamA]

I had Fury winning that pretty clearly, but that's why you can't leave it to the judges.

 

[Memnon]

Fury losing by decision, was karmic retribution for Wilder vs Fury 1.

 

[Stylie]

Never bet against an all time great like usyk

Great fight but usyk won clear, im happy he got the decision

He’s a legend. Have him at # 2 on my P4P list. With 2024 wrapping up, I officially have this guy at 1 now. An absolute, ******* freak.

 

[k9cane]

King Usyk

It wasn't that long ago that pundits were stating that Tyson Fury was among the greatest heavyweights, ever. Well, in that case -- what does that make Oleksandr Usyk? On Saturday night he defeated 'the Gypsy King' for the second time at the Kingdom Arena in Saudi Arabia. All three ringside...

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[Stylie]

 

[Tony4Canes]

King Usyk

It wasn't that long ago that pundits were stating that Tyson Fury was among the greatest heavyweights, ever. Well, in that case -- what does that make Oleksandr Usyk? On Saturday night he defeated 'the Gypsy King' for the second time at the Kingdom Arena in Saudi Arabia. All three ringside...

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How was your trip

 

[k9cane]

 

[k9cane]

some thoughts on my trip to Saudi Arabia..

Postcard from Riyadh

So at this time last week I was in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where Mario Lopez and I had the opportunity to cover the rematch between Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury for the heavyweight championship of the world. In the past year or so, Riyadh has become a central location for some of the biggest...

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[k9cane]

2024 Activity Report

So as we start to look ahead to 2025, as is our yearly tradition here, we look back at the activity level of the sports elite. There used to be a saying that as, ''the heavyweights go, so goes the game of boxing." My belief is that nowadays the sport is really about how often the games stars...

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