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@Steven-Harris said in All Blacks 2025:
Was in at the Sport Nation studios on friday , picked up some oil that both Fihaki and Tangitau will be selected in the first All Black squad .
I would imagine they would have a squad in mind if they selected it today .
But there is always wriggle room to change their mind between now and then
@MN5 said in Boxing Thread:
@kiwiinmelb said in Boxing Thread:
@MN5 said in Boxing Thread:
@kiwiinmelb said in Boxing Thread:
@MN5 said in Boxing Thread:
Well, they're doing their best to make themselves relevant I suppose.
I'm sure it'll all be hugs and kind words after the actual fight.....
They are reportedly about to earn 2 mill each if they can sell it correctly and pretend they hate each other .
That is excellent money for two non boxers it must be said
Yep and two retired footballers , it’s hard to blame them,
In real boxing it’s looking increasingly like we are getting usyk v Dubois in July, not sure what it means for parker .
For such a specialised and downright potentially dangerous sport it baffles me ( and always has ) that people with athleticism, profile and a willingness to give it a go can go far. SBW has more pedigree than Gallen.....but by golly they would look like absolute chumps in the ring with any geniune top heavyweights.
It's a similar principle to a bunch of strong, fast, athletic guys giving Rugby a go.
They wouldn’t lay a glove on usyk ,nothing would land , Dubois would walk them down and destroy them within minutes , it would be cruel to watch .
Not only are they much inferior boxers , they are 39 and 43
Now official
@MN5 said in Boxing Thread:
@kiwiinmelb said in Boxing Thread:
@MN5 said in Boxing Thread:
Well, they're doing their best to make themselves relevant I suppose.
I'm sure it'll all be hugs and kind words after the actual fight.....
They are reportedly about to earn 2 mill each if they can sell it correctly and pretend they hate each other .
That is excellent money for two non boxers it must be said
Yep and two retired footballers , it’s hard to blame them,
In real boxing it’s looking increasingly like we are getting usyk v Dubois in July, not sure what it means for parker .
@MN5 said in Boxing Thread:
Well, they're doing their best to make themselves relevant I suppose.
I'm sure it'll all be hugs and kind words after the actual fight.....
They are reportedly about to earn 2 mill each if they can sell it correctly and pretend they hate each other .
@sparky said in All Blacks 2025:
I partially agree.
Jordie is looking so good because he is part of a dominant and extremely well-coached Leinster team. Easily the best in the URC and, as you say, Toulouse are probably their only really challenger in the European Cup.
But these is no denying as part of a high-quality rotated midfield, he's looking extremely sharp.
I haven’t seen much but heard the hype .
Hypothetical question, if he was eligible for Ireland he’s their starting 12 ?
@mariner4life said in NRL 2025:
Why do Melbourne hate is so much? They lose games all the time to shit teams where they for some reason don't turn up.
But they are always up for us. Why? We suck. And have for ages. Are they still angry about 2011?
Nah they don’t hate them , but the warriors storm game always has a lot of interest , sells well, and has a bit of a blockbuster feel. The players get up for that .
Next year when the afl do their gather round , there has been talk of the storm warriors going to a bigger stadium either Etihad or the mcg .
Warriors probably got Melbourne at a bad time , it’s like the storms fitness is on a different level to everyone else right now , they do everything at a 100 miles an hour and it’s a hot day .
Things will probably even up as the season goes on
With no afl in town this weekend , the storm warriors games has already sold out
@antipodean said in AFL 2025:
@Kiwiwomble said in AFL 2025:
@ACT-Crusader said in AFL 2025:
The AFL season is far more interesting when one of the big supporter clubs is under pressure like Carlton are now. All the experts dissect and over analyse. Commentators and journos try to out hot take each other. The drama is hilarious, but opposition fans who love to hate said big club, just eat it up and the machine feeds itself (hence why there are so many AFL shows on the TV it’s not even funny).
dont feel it for Carlton as theyve always been pretty average for my time watching....have enjoyed see richmond being shit after wining 3 of 4 grand finals not long ago
Richmond are actually in a good place IMO even if it doesnt look like it
The supporters are content and happy and for once very patient which feels a bit weird , allowing the club to rebuild from the bottom up
8 good first round picks last year was an amazing haul .
and if they play their cards right developing the kids, they should get first pick this year without looking like its tanking 
, and they also get norths first pick this year ,
They are basically loading up on picks now before the tassie team come in and get the cream of the crop , I think they are playing it really smart
@MN5 yeah see it now
This popped up on my you tube feed ,george hitting the heavy bag at 74
Be great for nz to have another great middle distance runner , been a while between drinks
Aussies seem to have a serious young sprinter on their hands with gout gout
Big George Foreman passes away at 76
Not only a great fighter but a great character of the sport
RIP Champ
@African-Monkey said in Boxing Thread:
@kiwiinmelb said in Boxing Thread:
Back to the present , it’s looking like the wbo will hold firm and strip usyk of his title if he doesn’t fighter parker next .
Then we could have parker v ? For the title.
No doubt Hearn will,use AJs commercial value as a selling point , Frank may push for Moses itauma the promising 19 year old . ( that fight scares me ,that kid looks destined for greatness )
Or interestingly on the wbo rankings , parker is the interim champion , and justis Huni is the number 1 contender . A trans Ta$man world title fight would be massive in this part of the world .
But I suspect usyk may opt for parker and then Dubois should he win , and retire with all the belts as his plan .
Yeah Huni would be set up for Parker if it went vacant. An easy night for Parker if it happened. Huni's chin is suspect, and lacks pop for a HW.
It doesn't really matter what Usyk does from now on in honesty. He's conquered boxing.
For sure, agree with both points .
There was talk if Joe fights usyk we could see huni v Moses on the same card. Huni gets destroyed there .
End of the day it might depend on what turki wants , so far his influence on matching up fighters has been on point.
Back to the present , it’s looking like the wbo will hold firm and strip usyk of his title if he doesn’t fighter parker next .
Then we could have parker v ? For the title.
No doubt Hearn will,use AJs commercial value as a selling point , Frank may push for Moses itauma the promising 19 year old . ( that fight scares me ,that kid looks destined for greatness )
Or interestingly on the wbo rankings , parker is the interim champion , and justis Huni is the number 1 contender . A trans Ta$man world title fight would be massive in this part of the world .
But I suspect usyk may opt for parker and then Dubois should he win , and retire with all the belts as his plan .
@MN5 said in Boxing Thread:
@kiwiinmelb said in Boxing Thread:
@MN5 yeah watched them all live as a kid , my old man was a massive boxing nut and in those days the big fights were night midweek in the us .
Midday nz Time, and I was allowed a day off school to watch .Tyson beating an ageing Holmes is my first memory of watching.
Again, with the old man who informed me that Holmes used to be great. I think he was genuinely upset that he lost like he did.
He then went through a phase of having lots of videos so I watched those. I mainly remember the heavyweights but that Hagler/Hearns fight was fucken awesome. Would be a toss up between that and Foreman/Lyle as to my to my all time favourite.
First big fight I remember is Ali v Frazier 1 on black and white tv after he came out of jail , I was in primary school . Rumble in the jungle I was form 1 intermediate form 2 for the thriller in Manila.around the time colour tv came out 😂
@MN5 yeah watched them all live as a kid , my old man was a massive boxing nut and in those days the big fights were night midweek in the us .
Midday nz Time, and I was allowed a day off school to watch .
The two greatest boxers in my time of watching, although different weight divisions Ali and sugar ray leonard .
Both trained by Angelo Dundee which might have something to do with it.
But both exceptionally skilled with hand speed and footwork and tough but what I liked most was their ability to change tactics to suit an opponent.
When Ali decided trying to outbox Frazier wasn’t going to work and he decided he had to trade with him , took flush left hook after left hook but was determined to be the last man standing, was so brutal to watch Frazier couldn’t get off his stool for the last round, ,ironically that determination was probably the downfall to his health .
He said in his book he thought he was going to die . I don’t think he was ever the same after that . I think that fight played a big part in reducing fights to 12 rounds.
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@nostrildamus said in Boxing Thread:
I would have thought Fury could be a polarising figure in the UK or do people now love him over
The support is tribal , he is generally loved or hated , not much in between. But having people that hate you can be just as valuable , they generally still tune in to see you beat .
That was Ali’s blueprint.But the leftie woke crowd generally don’t like him
Yeah was it what ?
Draft dodging, changing his name, being a muslim.......not to mention an incredible ability to get under the skin of every man he ever fought.
But undeniably the greatest to ever lace up a pair of gloves.
Yeah I’ve got him as my greatest not just for his skills but his sheer will to find a way to win .
Out of the ring as a marketing tool
He was the first to really show a really colourful personality, that you would either warm to, or let it antagonise you .
It’s interesting now he is this loved figure when at the time he was considered really divisive. His haters really hated him with a passion.
