Boxing

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I thought Joshua has an exclusive deal with DAZN?

He’s been allowed to fight on Netflix for this fight. DAZN are actually good at letting fighters fight on other networks even if they are in an exclusive deal. They’ve allowed Katie Taylor to do it recently.

You’d imagine they’ll have had to pay
DAZN some sort of compensation though.

 

[widnesblue]

I had a similar conversation yesterday , I think you’re spot on about his age but I also think the weight factored in as well . Eubank had a double whammy and the combination of factors hit him hard. As you know age being a factor particularly in boxing seems to arrive almost overnight.

Possibility but for me, the fact he’s spent is whole career at 160 pounds and 168 pounds squashes that argument for me. It will have been easier for him to make that weight for these two fights, than it will Benn dropping the weight to go back down to 147 pounds. Fighters who’ve moved up in huge weight like Benn always struggle when they go back down.

I’ll use Roy Jones Jr as an example, once he put all that muscle on to go up to heavyweight then dropped back down to LHW. He was never the same fighter.

 

[widnesblue]

So Joshua can’t weigh more than 245 pounds in this freak show? Pretty sure he’s been over 250 pounds in his last 6 fights. He’ll struggle to get that off

 

[Harryflashman]

So Joshua can’t weigh more than 245 pounds in this freak show? Pretty sure he’s been over 250 pounds in his last 6 fights. He’ll struggle to get that off

250 on the button against helenius , 251.4 against wallin then 252lbs last two fights . It’ll be a challenge as it’s not something he’s faced before but 2lbs I suspect he’ll manage that .

 

[Rita_Poon]

Possibility but for me, the fact he’s spent is whole career at 160 pounds and 168 pounds squashes that argument for me. It will have been easier for him to make that weight for these two fights, than it will Benn dropping the weight to go back down to 147 pounds. Fighters who’ve moved up in huge weight like Benn always struggle when they go back down.

I’ll use Roy Jones Jr as an example, once he put all that muscle on to go up to heavyweight then dropped back down to LHW. He was never the same fighter.

rj jr was repeatedly caught doping. Once he'd spat in the eye of enough people there was a dragnet set for him to down him, such scrutiny meant no more being naughty and that's when he tailed off.

 

[Roger Milla]

He’s been allowed to fight on Netflix for this fight. DAZN are actually good at letting fighters fight on other networks even if they are in an exclusive deal. They’ve allowed Katie Taylor to do it recently.

You’d imagine they’ll have had to pay
DAZN some sort of compensation though.

Yeah I know they've done it with Taylor on MVP shows, I'm just surprised they've done it with Joshua as the draw of the 2 aren't comparable. Maybe they will have it in the UK and Netflix the rest of the world, that would probably make sense tbh.

 

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rj jr was repeatedly caught doping. Once he'd spat in the eye of enough people there was a dragnet set for him to down him, such scrutiny meant no more being naughty and that's when he tailed off.

Don’t you dare disrespect the GOAT.

 

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250 on the button against helenius , 251.4 against wallin then 252lbs last two fights . It’ll be a challenge as it’s not something he’s faced before but 2lbs I suspect he’ll manage that .

To be fair he’s looked very slim and lean in his last couple of fights. Interesting that they’ve put that clause in. 100% convinced that they wouldn’t allow him to wear 10oz gloves.

 

[Rita_Poon]

Don’t you dare disrespect the GOAT.

A washed up, punch drunk fool, that had enough influence for a time to stay a step ahead of the authorities so long as he greased the right wrong-uns. Another smear on a once noble sport.

 

[widnesblue]

Yeah I know they've done it with Taylor on MVP shows, I'm just surprised they've done it with Joshua as the draw of the 2 aren't comparable. Maybe they will have it in the UK and Netflix the rest of the world, that would probably make sense tbh.

Do Netflix do PPV’s? I’ve not had Netflix for years so not sure if they have a PPV model. It’s interesting because of the draw
Joshua is. You’d think DAZN would try get it on PPV but also not sure on if Joshua is the draw he once was.

 

[widnesblue]

A washed up, punch drunk fool, that had enough influence for a time to stay a step ahead of the authorities so long as he greased the right wrong-uns. Another smear on a once noble sport.

Disgusting, absolutely disgusting.

 

[Moomin]

Do Netflix do PPV’s? I’ve not had Netflix for years so not sure if they have a PPV model. It’s interesting because of the draw
Joshua is. You’d think DAZN would try get it on PPV but also not sure on if Joshua is the draw he once was.

Jake Paul has a bigger draw than Joshua.

No PPV with Netflix.

 

[Roger Milla]

Do Netflix do PPV’s? I’ve not had Netflix for years so not sure if they have a PPV model. It’s interesting because of the draw
Joshua is. You’d think DAZN would try get it on PPV but also not sure on if Joshua is the draw he once was.

No, The Jake Paul v Tyson fight was on their usual subscription. They now have the WWE who've changed the name of it's PPV's to PLE's (Premium Live Events) because they're available on the usual subscription. I don't think he is the draw he once was, but he's still a massive draw with casuals, who lap up everything Hearn tells them.

 

[Rita_Poon]

There's enough HW's still semi capable to run one of those 8 fighter tournaments, drag up some MW's and do similar. 4 significant bouts every Saturday for a month. See how it pans out. Boxing has an image problem, the boxers aren't visible nor do they fight often enough to get any sort of following. Access and regular bouts fixes this.

 

[Milk]

Old enough to well remember Ali v the Japanese wrestler Inoki.
This is the same

Makes a farce of pro boxing.