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RE: Heavyweight Division - cranky - 02-20-2016 Nice work tm7. I was too slow... RE: Heavyweight Division - tm7 - 02-20-2016 (02-20-2016, 02:13 AM)cranky Wrote: Nice work tm7. I was too slow... I missed out on General but picked mine up on an app called YPlan, give that a go? RE: Heavyweight Division - cranky - 02-20-2016 Ouch.. they've already hiked the prices a lot... RE: Heavyweight Division - diehard - 02-20-2016 How much tm7? Where are you sitting? Lucky guy. RE: Heavyweight Division - NakiFan - 02-20-2016 Alex Leapai retires from boxing owing to risk of losing his sight Told he risked blindness if he continued to fight, Australian heavyweight boxer Alex Leapai has announced his retirement. Best known for his 2014 fight against Wladimir Klitschko, Leapai was humbled inside five rounds, but he did have the honour of being the first Australian to challenge for the heavyweight world title in more than a century. Leapai had surgery on both his eyes after the Klitschko bout and experienced more problems after his last fight, a unanimous-decision loss to Manuel Charr in Russia. He said a specialist subsequently told him he risked losing the sight in his right eye if he continued to fight. "I'm finished, I'm gone. You'll never see 'The Lionheart' in the ring again," the 36-year-old said. Trainer and manager Noel Thornberry said it was the right move. "He's a father of six and health is more important than anything else," Thornberry said. "All the money in the world, all the fame is not going to help you if you're walking on your heels." Leapai said the decision was in the best interests of his family. "I've got to do what's right and, right now, my family is really important to me and I want to see my kids play football and I want to see my girls go to their first prom," he said. Something of a rags-to-riches tale, Leapai was a truck driver who had his shot at a world title when he upset Russian fighter Denis Boytsov. That turned out to be the last win of his career. Leapai had 30 wins, seven losses and three draws in 40 professional fights after making his debut in 2004. - AAP RE: Heavyweight Division - tm7 - 02-20-2016 (02-20-2016, 11:04 AM)diehard Wrote: How much tm7? Where are you sitting? Lucky guy. Only had the cheap seats so I'll take the binoculars. Just under £50 RE: Heavyweight Division - craigyid14 - 02-20-2016 Macklin/Rose on the undercard. Macklin's one tough guy. Any news on the rest of the undercard? RE: Heavyweight Division - diehard - 02-21-2016 Charles Martin says he and Tyson Fury are “The young lions of the sport” – picks Fury to repeat win over Klitschko James Slater - February 20, 2016 - 19 comments IBF heavyweight champion Charles Martin, all set on winning his maiden defence against fellow unbeaten Anthony Joshua in London on April 9th, says he wants the big fights as champion and that Tyson Fury is a man very much on his radar. Whilst in the UK to help promote his fight with Joshua, “Prince” Charles spoke with Sky Sports, about Fury and the prospect of fighting him in particular. Martin had nothing bad to say about Fury – who was stripped of the IBF title he now owns – even recalling how the often vocal Brit congratulated him from ringside on his winning the IBF belt Fury had called his own only weeks before. But, like practically every other active heavyweight out there, Martin says he wants to fight Fury. “Sure, yes, yes,” Martin replied to Sky Sports when asked if he’d like a fight with Fury. “All the great fighters. That’s what I want to do. I’m not here to win a world title and waste my time with defences everybody knows I can beat. No, I wasn’t surprised [at Fury’s win over Klitschko last November]. You can’t dodge Father Time. Klitschko was a great fighter in his era. When he was in his prime, he was awesome. But we’re the young lions of the sport. You can’t do it forever, so that’s where Tyson Fury came into play and he handled his business. I take my hat off to that man for handling his business and he’s going to do the same when they fight again.” If Martin can upset Joshua (the odds makers have “A.J” as the favourite and most pundits pick the 2012 Olympian to win, but some good judges – such as Tyson’s trainer/uncle Peter picks Martin) he will no doubt be in line for even bigger fights. We still don’t know, really, how good the southpaw is, but the April fight – although it is against a challenger who is also largely unproven at top level – is his biggest test to date. And if Martin is also right in his prediction of the Fury-Klitschko rematch, maybe he and Fury will fight later this year. Fury Vs. Martin wouldn’t be as big a deal as Fury Vs. Joshua would be (in the UK anyway) but all unification fights are noteworthy. And maybe Fury, if he doesn’t get beaten by Klitschko in the sequel, and if he doesn’t retire through lack of motivation, will like the idea of trying to regain the IBF belt he never lost in the ring in the first place. RE: Heavyweight Division - diehard - 02-21-2016 Hughie Fury vs. Alexander Ustinov? Team Fury is trying to line up a world ranked opponent for unbeaten heavyweight Hughie Fury (18-0, 10 KOs), cousin of WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Tyson Fury. Contracts have gone out to WBA #5, WBO #5 rated Alexander Ustinov (33-1, 24 KOs). Peter Fury @peterfury We not looking at world titles for Hughie. But good learning fights we not afraid of him mixing in the top ten. Ranking don’t matter. Peter Fury @peterfury We now offered Ustinov ranked no 5 WBA WBO. & contracts gone out. Frank Warren trying to make this happen. Awaiting news from Frank. Peter Fury @peterfury As you know Fedisov asked for a price & was agreed. He’s ranked 7 WBA IBF. They declined. RE: Heavyweight Division - diehard - 02-23-2016 https://www.boxing247.com/boxing-news/dereck-chisora-personally-i/52715#more-52715 |