>Saturday May 6th - HBO US BT Sport Boxnation UK Canelo Alvarez vs Julio Cesar Chavez Jr Lucas Matthysse vs Emmanuel Taylor David Lemieux vs Marcos Reyes
>Saturday May 13th - Sky Sports UK Khalid Yafai vs Suguru Muranaka Ceferino Rodriguez vs Sam Eggington
>Saturday May 13th - BT Sport UK Josh Warrington vs Kiko Martinez James Dickens vs Thomas Patrick Ward
>Saturday May 20th - Tokyo TV Japan Hassan N'Dam vs. Ryota Murata Juan Navarrete vs. Daigo Higa Ganigan Lopez vs. Ken Shiro
>Saturday May 20th - TBS Japan Kosei Tanaka vs. Angel Acosta
>Saturday May 20th - BT Sport UK Showtime US Gervonta Davis vs Liam Walsh Ryan Walsh vs Marco McCullough
>Saturday May 20th - HBO US Boxnation UK Terence Crawford vs Felix Diaz
>Saturday May 20th - Showtime US Gary Russell Jr vs Oscar Escandon Andre Dirrell vs Jose Uzcategui
>WAAAAAH WHY DID YOU MAKE IT LOOKED LIKE I DUCKED HIM WHEN I DUCKED HIM
top fucking lel
Cooper Cook
>that 20th of May
The Japanese cards never clash either so 4 cards to watch that day.
Julian Clark
First for Canelo is a massive pussy
Logan Ward
>implying that isn't just a convenient excuse to avoid VADA testing
He probably hates them for making him look like a pussy too but it also lets him get away with that.
Ryder Howard
I will only watch the murata fight >crawford - diaz one sided and too late >russel jr - escandon too late >tanaka - acosta come on man >davis - walsh actually doesn't look that bad
Cameron Brooks
Watch the undercard of the Murata fight too. Particularly Navarrete vs Higa is a world class 50/50, should be very good.
Mason Taylor
Just read this part
Justin Jones
And box wonders why alot of us are siding with /PinkUnderwear/
Kayden Cox
Yeah it's hilarious. They're claiming it's because they only gave him 15 days to negotiate the GGG fight but they knew full well after beating Cotto they'd have to do it.
This might well be part of it too the WBC mandate VADA testing these days so finding an excuse to not have that belt on the line might be something they're after if they think they need a bit of extra help for the GGG fight.
Christian Lewis
I just want that pasta the Mexican posts about him knocking out GGG on Mexican Independence day in a sold out Azteca to come true so his head can explode.
John Price
we're siding with him because we've all got a bet on lol
Justin Turner
Reminder that this weekend's card will NEVER be as big as this one no matter what shite people are claiming.
Robert Thompson
HBO's replay of Joshua vs Klitschko got 890,000 viewers more than its 3 live shows this year
Thomas Morris
To be fair their only good non-ppv card so far this year has been Vargas vs Berchelt which they put head to head against Frampton vs Santa Cruz. It doesn't have much competition.
Nathaniel Gomez
Gervonta davis reminds me of a tiny, young tyson
Needs more cardio tho
Aiden Lee
But Davis already has an impressive win on his record lad, how can he possibly be like an overhyped bum who had one world class win in 37 fights before being found out at the first sign of adversity?
Jackson Watson
>mini Mike Tyson >coming to the UK to take a title
where have I heard this before
Evan Ortiz
Did Calzaghe ever make a hook connect with his knuckles?
Parker's fight is being shown on sky sports 5 from 11am
Bentley Smith
Oh I'm not Mexican, I just want Canelo's legacy to take a shit. Also that event would be insane, it's the north American "90k in wembley"
Hunter Nguyen
>90k 5 Frochies have been deposited to your account
Landon Fisher
Was really excited for Parker/Hughie ffs, might still watch this. Should end pretty quickly.
Adrian Morales
>Was really excited for Parker/Hughie ffs
It'll still happen, and probably in the UK now. BT fucked up by underestimating the support Duco could get from the government but they won't let it happen again, they need something like this as a marquee fight for them this year.
Easton Flores
With the amount of weight Canelo cuts, I wouldn't be surprised if he uses diuretics.
Juan Butler
That's assuming he'll get another chance anytime soon. Parker could fight Wilder and it seemed like the WBO didn't believe the back injury
Wyatt Sullivan
The WBO and Frank have a good relationship and he's still mandatory. They probably planned out how they were going to play it before they pulled out.
Liam Wright
Yeah exactly, it's funny how he's suddenly had this revelation of hating the WBC a couple of months after they've started enforcing mandatory VADA for title fights.
Matthew Hughes
Parker doesn't care about that fight and unification takes priority over mandatory. And if he wants money Bellew pays more so the WBO might tell Hughie to do a final eliminator as he hasn't fought in over a year now.
Asher Stewart
Don't see that chain of events as likely Tbh. Hearn clearly wants the Wilder fight for AJ because of he's American and because of his relationship with Showtime, so if I had to bet I'd say the far more likely scenario is that Bellew fights Wilder to build his profile over here to build towards AJ.
The bigger deal is that as I said the WBO are completely in bed with Frank, if the unification doesn't happen you can bet they won't mess him around by forcing eliminators.
Bentley Williams
If Eddie thinks Tyson Fury is going to relapse or be banned and will never come back then it would make sense for him to try and make Wilder vs Bellew while AJ does the Klitschko rematch to set up Wilder in April. But I'm surprised Bellew is so keen on it as the size difference really doesn't suit him, Parker is the perfect fight for both Wilder and Bellew. If it does happen like that then maybe Parker could do Hughie and Haye if he wins.
Levi Johnson
Not sure Bellew really gives a shit about winning at this point, he just wants as much money as possible between his next fight and a Haye rematch. To make the kind of money he made against Haye again he'll need that kind of a talker and Parker is about as exciting as a sheet of cardboard. I don't honestly think he has the slightest chance of beating either so that's what it'll come down to.
The Fury thing may just take a bit longer, it'll could be his other fight in 2018. He'll probably look like shit for quite a while, doubt he'll be ready for a mega fight in under a year.
Henry Carter
Yea but we won't have a boxer as good as zaggers ever again
Cameron Bell
*jabs* *uses superior footwork to get away* *sticks chin out* *bobs and weaves* *triples up on the jab*
get good kid
Cameron Nelson
Talking about the big guy
Brandon Richardson
*lands overhand counter right on your chin*
pssh... nothin personnel... kid
Joseph Sullivan
APPROVED
Evan Ramirez
NOT APPROVED
really makes you think....
Tyler Reed
What did he mean by this lads?
Jaxon Foster
What about cinnamon?
Evan Walker
...
Chase Ramirez
He needs to be for the next fight, but he might not want to be when he faces GGG.
Christopher Torres
There's also a Golden Boy Promotions card this Friday on ESPN2 with three potentially fun fights
Parker vs H. FURY would be a good undercard for AJ's next fight.
Grayson Garcia
>fighters from 2 rival british promoters on the same card >fight that could easily sell out an arena as a headline on an undercard >eddie putting on an expensive fight on an AJ undercard from now on
Not going to happen. Not sure why you'd think it was possible.
John Brown
Too big for an undercard fight, the winning bid was 3.1 million and Hughie is with Frank Warren
Anthony Ortiz
I keep forgetting Parker has a title. I'm so used to him fighting washed up has beens.
Luis Hall
What's Cojanu fighting for?
Leo Morris
I've seen a couple of their cards and they had good, reasonably competitive fights despite half the fighters being undefeated pretty much all the way down the card. Well-matched mismatches if you know what I mean. Should be a good one on Friday.
Your flanoposts are some of my favourites in this general Tbh lad
Ethan Thompson
He started the Liam Smith camp with VADA testing too but had it removed during camp. There's a high chance that VADA will be removed now that Canelo has came out and said he doesn't want WBC to sanction the event.
Someone criticized it last thread, I think it's great, I just hate that the plate has the Mexico tourism board logo on it
Xavier Ramirez
Yeah man, the guy who made it was a mexican handcrafter who really put an effort making it and was really proud about it, but the fucking Canelo turn it down because he's salty with the council. Seriusly, fuck the guy. I hope Chavez Jr win.
Jonathan Richardson
I think it's good he turned it down desu
Don't really see the point in that belt. Sure it looks nice, but completely meaningless.
Nathan Taylor
lol Mike's competition was pretty good, they shit all over the current heavyweight division
Adam Phillips
It was commemotarive, for the 5 may thing. Yeah, is not a tittle belt but is nice for the mexican people, tradition you know. Why turn down a symbolic belt, before the fight, and put pression for not promoting it? Canelo is just being a little bitch
Jordan Johnson
Larry Holmes was about 70 and coming off back to back losses, Berbick proved how limited he was with losses to some complete shit barely after Tyson and Tucker had a completely padded record, the Wilder of his day.
His only genuinely impressive win was Spinks prior to Douglas, and he went on to show that he wasn't even nearly the best of his generation after that loss. Good fighter but not at all worthy of the hype.
Julian Evans
but /box/ says hes on steroids
Aiden Flores
>Getting hyped from someone as good as May that has to resort to using cheap ass nigger tactics
Smdhpham
>Oops I missed my hook, better lay my elbow into his clavicle >Oops he just punched me in the face, better hold his glove under my arm and punch him while he can't defend himself
James Smith, Pinklon Thomas, Tony Tucker, Tyrell Biggs, Tony Tubbs and Donovan Ruddock were all quality fighters. Tyson's win over old Holmes is better than AJ's win over old Wlad as well considering Holmes went on to beat Mercer.
Tyson was hyped because he was a monster, no heavyweight was like him
Lucas Foster
Look and laugh
Carson Lewis
Most of those guys lost to some complete shit around the same age they lost to Tyson, call it a much better era if you want but within that era those wins weren't that remarkable at all. Again Spinks and maybe at a stretch Holmes were good, but he's not a top 10 all time heavyweight and lost to a good number of people better than him overall.
Just get bored of it being the go-to comparison people use when there are usually better ones.
Zachary Brown
VERY triggering thread in to be honest, though it's intended to be so fair enough
Jack Edwards
I read a great article yesterday by a seasoned boxing analyst. He said Parker wasn't up to scratch to face the like of Joshua or Wilder but said if he keeps progressing he could make himself a legitimate challenger. He said the ever improving Joshua is likely to be Champ for some time considering he has no competition. He also said Wilder likes to call out the big names but then fight cans. I agree with everything he said.
Alexander Ward
Sounds about right. Don't know how much better Parker can get, but Wilder is Wilder and needs to take a big fight before he gets smashed by a nobody. I'd rather see Joshua-Wilder first so he gets a little more time to develop if he can.
Lincoln Howard
Was Julian Jackson the hardest hitter p4p?
Colton Wood
Who's hype for this EPIC
Christopher Howard
Are we all in agreement that Wilder will be the unified champ by the end of 2018?
