Parker v ??

[kiwiinmelb]

Starting to look like Whyte could well be Joseph's next opponent if his management have anything to do with it ,
Eddie Hearn who manages bellew and Whyte , seems keener to match bellew in a rematch with haye for financial reasons . And get Whyte to challenge Parker . I guess so they both have big fights to look forward to .
But haye is non commital at this stage , and bellew seems like he is trying to keep both options open .

[Paekakboyz]

Fury still has that failed drugs test to deal with? Plus I had a lol at the Fury's being out on the piss at a club - maybe it was just a wee back niggle aye! nothing a bit of blow won't sort out... hold on!!

[Bovidae]

@Paekakboyz As one of the comments said, it wasn't a back injury but a lack of spine.

[Paekakboyz]

@Bovidae

[kiwiinmelb]

Not Parker news , but boxing news ,
Welterweight title fight tomorrow ( sunday ) morning , Kell Brook v Errol Spence , this is a great match up ,
Brook the experienced champ from England , undefeated at welterweight , the one loss when moved up 2 weight divisions to fight triple G
Spence the young black fighter from america heralded as the next big thing ,undefeated , been knocking out all of his opponents , but this is his first big test ,
30,000 sold out Sheffield , England
and bonus for those living in Aus , its on live , free to air on foxtel , 5am - 9am

[kiwiinmelb]

Bit of boxing news , parker fans will be used to Jeff Horn , aussie fighter , managed by Duco , fought on Joes undercards quite a few times ,

Pulled off possibly the boxing upset of the year today beating PacMan in a controversial points decision,

I watched it on a stream , stream was dropping in a and out a bit , but saw most of it ,

I thought Manny did enough to win , but in saying that Horn was taking it to him and fought a courageous fight ,

WBO Welterweight champion

[Paekakboyz]

That is massive. I know Pacman is past his best, but I thought he'd beat Horn tidily. Well done that man! Great scalp!

[kiwiinmelb]

There was a massive crowd there at Suncorp , great atmosphere ,

The aussie government put up millions to get Manny out ,

Bob Arum seems to be all over Horn now, talking about some big fights in America for him

[Bovidae]

I see ESPN are calling the Horn decision suspect.

There is some Parker news. The money better be very good for Duco to bend over for the Furys.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/other-sports/94291934/joseph-parkers-promoter-buries-the-hatchet-with-team-fury-to-reschedule-heavyweight-title-fight

[PecoTrain]

@kiwiinmelb

From the article on Deadspin:
http://screengrabber.deadspin.com/large-tub-of-potato-salad-beats-manny-pacquiao-is-new-1796583495

[African Monkey]

I feel like Teddy Atlas did the punch stats, fuck he's a Pacquiao loving piston wristed gibbon. It's certainly not the robbery some people are making it out to be.

[kiwiinmelb]

@African-Monkey said in Parker v ??:

I feel like Teddy Atlas did the punch stats, fuck he's a Pacquiao loving piston wristed gibbon. It's certainly not the robbery some people are making it out to be.

No its not ,

I think Manny needs to hang them up , 8 division champion , nothing to prove now , its time for the younger guys,

if he gets in the ring with the likes of Thurman or Spence he will probably get knocked out

[JK]

I watched the whole fight and backed horn pretty heavily on the TAB. Thought he put up a great effort but didnt expect him to get the decision at the end of it all. Pretty suspect IMHO as well but big ups to Horn for hanging in there and coming back so well after the ninth.

[antipodean]

@African-Monkey said in Parker v ??:

I feel like Teddy Atlas did the punch stats, fuck he's a Pacquiao loving piston wristed gibbon. It's certainly not the robbery some people are making it out to be.

I think it says something when people with a credible investment in the sport publicly state they think the judges got it badly wrong.

[African Monkey]

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[kiwiinmelb]

and also worth noting ,

Lonergan may have his money making PPV earner now ,

and its not Parker after all , the welterweight division is very competitive with many options for Horn

[mimic]

@PecoTrain said in Parker v ??:

@kiwiinmelb

From the article on Deadspin:
http://screengrabber.deadspin.com/large-tub-of-potato-salad-beats-manny-pacquiao-is-new-1796583495

Would be better if they did the stats breakdown by rounds.. Isn't that how they judge the fights? By rounds rather than holistically..
Also would be good to see the judges scorecard to see their decisions

[kiwiinmelb]

@mimic I thought Manny won , but close

But I didnt think it was as dominant like those stats indicate ,

It seems like every time someone loses these days in controversial circumstances , some stats like that appear and get shared around the internet , facebook stats

Like the Ward , Kovalev fight last year , there were a few rounds that could be judged either way , and there lies the problem , its almost opinion based ,

either way , Horn fought a great fight and its a shame people are talking about him like he is a bum ,

[raznomore]

It shits me that Duco could engineer this. Horn clearly lost in my eyes.

I wish there was an boxing computer operated scoring system. Some smart cookie out there must be able to come up with an algorithm that completely eliminates the corrupt SOBs called judges these days.

[raznomore]

I saw stuff had a nothing article today about Parker getting a "boost" from Hughie being barred from official warm up matches for the title fight.

Not sure what type of boost this is to Parker as Fury is still fight this weekend in an unsanctioned fight....