I know that it most likely isn’t true but it’s just a thing where that’s how I choose to see it because it’s funnier that way to me. I imagine in his head he’s looking around going “what is this man made of” whole time we think he’s just clowning around per usual

Straight from my 25TB boxing vault.

EP1 - Martínez vs. Williams II (2010) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1x3ht2m

EP2 - Pacquiao vs. Hatton (2009) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1x5mwh2

EP3 - Darchinyan vs. Donaire I (2007) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1x6kxj6

EP4 - Peter vs. Williams (2004) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1x86k7r

EP5 - Lee vs. Jackson (2014) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1x9tmdm

EP6 - Rothmann vs. Thompson (2004) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1xapvrj

Rules of the scenario:
Fury is in his absolute prime.
Every opponent is transported from 1992 at their 1992 level of ability. No aging, no future improvements, and no decline.
Every fight takes place under the same conditions, with standard heavyweight championship rules.
Fury must fight all 10 men individually, with each matchup treated as its own fight.
For the sake of the hypothetical, assume every fight is frozen in time: Fury can face each man at his 1992 level, regardless of how the other fights turn out.
No outside interference. Just boxing.

I see him sitting around the 3-1 spot, and all of those matchups are a 50/50 tbh

The "Canelo" Alvarez-Christian Mbilli event is still reportedly going ahead on Saturday, October 31, in Riyadh, despite the US State Department ordering non-essential embassy staff and their family members to evacuate Saudi Arabia today.

According to State Department spokesperson Tommy Pigott, “The U.S. Department of State issued an ordered departure for non-emergency U.S. government employees and their family members in Saudi Arabia,” explaining that “Iranian-supported Houthis have increasingly engaged in hostilities against Saudi Arabia, including attacks on civilian airports and other critical infrastructure resulting in civilian casualties and severe travel disruptions.”

Rafael Espinosa (32) of Mexico, the WBO world featherweight champion, expressed his desire to fight Naoya Inoue ( 33) of Ohashi Gym , the unified world super bantamweight champion of four organizations, in a video interview uploaded on the 20th (21st Japan time) by the American boxing magazine "The Ring" .

[Photo] Espinosa, who has become a topic of conversation for his "striking resemblance" to Naoya Inoue , said, "Japan is a good place, and I would really like to fight in Japan. I have always wanted to fight there. So it would be great if I could go there and win. I believe I have the ability and ambition to give Inoue a hard time. I believe I have distance, height, and power. I'm not saying I'm definitely going to knock him out. I don't like saying things like that. I just believe that I can win." Standing at an exceptional 185 centimeters tall for a featherweight, Espinosa is preparing for his fifth title defense against WBO No. 1 ranked Lorenzo Parra (31) of Venezuela at an event billed as "Mexico vs. the World" (October 31st = November 1st Japan time, The Venue in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia). When asked by Mike Coppinger (USA) of "The Ring" for a message to Naoya Inoue during the interview, he smiled and sent a message saying, "Inoue, I want to fight you. First, I'll finish my next fight, and then it would be a great honor to fight you. God bless you." Naoya Inoue is planning to take on WBA world bantamweight super champion Jesse "Bam" Rodriguez (26) of the USA in February or March of next year, but on the 13th he posted on his X account, "I'm not going to just sit around waiting for Bam, so I'm also starting to prepare to go up to featherweight." If the fight against Rodriguez is not scheduled for February or March of next year, he has indicated his intention to move up to featherweight and aim to become the first Japanese male boxer to win world titles in five different weight classes. Espinosa's professional record is 28 wins in 28 fights (24 KOs), Naoya, a four-division world champion, has 33 wins in 33 fights (27 KOs), Parra has 24 wins in 26 fights (18 KOs), 1 loss, and 1 draw, and Rodriguez, a three-division world champion, has 24 wins in 24 fights (17 KOs).

This is crazy or am I missing something? Also the fact Adames is fighting in Riyadh in Nov is equally perplexing.

It didn’t really make sense to have it in Saudi Arabia to begin with but given the state of the region why push it. I do love how dumb UFC is still pushing for fights there too. Is Dana just Turki’s stooge now?

On November 23, 1991, Evander Holyfield defeated Bert Cooper via 7th-round technical knockout (TKO) at The Omni in Atlanta, Georgia, successfully defending his WBA and IBF Heavyweight titles. Dubbed "The Homecoming", the fight became an instant classic after Cooper—a late-notice substitute—nearly pulled off a massive upset in a highly dramatic, back-and-forth war.

Holyfield was originally scheduled to fight Mike Tyson, who withdrew due to a rib injury. Replacement fighter Francesco Damiani also pulled out days before the event due to an ankle injury. "Smokin'" Bert Cooper stepped in on extremely short notice as a massive underdog.

Round 1: Holyfield asserted his dominance early, setting up his jab and landing a crushing left hook to the body that sent Cooper to the canvas. Cooper beat the count and survived early flurries.

Round 3 (A Boxing Classic): Cooper roared back and caught

Holyfield with a powerful, "sneaky" short right hand. The blow heavily stunned the champion, sending him stumbling into the ropes. Referee Mills Lane ruled it a knockdown—the first official knockdown of Holyfield's professional career. Holyfield survived an absolute barrage from Cooper to close the round.

Rounds 4–6: The fight became a brutal test of wills. Holyfield recaptured control by targeting Cooper with sharp right uppercuts and body shots. Cooper's mouth bled and a severe cut opened above his right eye, though he remained dangerous and continued to trade heavy leather.

Round 7: Holyfield cornered a wearing-down Cooper and unleashed a ferocious, unanswered 24-punch combination. With Cooper pinned to the ropes and taking heavy punishment, referee Mills Lane stepped in to stop the bout at the 2:58 mark.

Evander Holyfield Bert Cooper

Pre-Fight Record 26-0 (21 KOs) 26-7 (23 KOs)

Punches Landed / Thrown 188 / 381 (49%) 104 / 274 (38%)

Knockdowns Scored 1 (Round 1) 1 (Round 3)

With all the crticism and anti-criticism of Ben Davison that gets mentioned everytime he has a major loss, I thought this was useful context and background to remind people of.

Ben Davison showed a tremendous amount of arrogance and disrespect (warranted or otherwise) when he was on top of the world in 2022 after Josh Taylor won the undisputed championship with him as his trainer.

He basically started saying he was the second coming with quotes like:

"I feel like the level of coaching is poor in this country. They're lazy - that's the reality of it. I outwork them - that's the reality of it.

"They may have 30 or 40 years on me but the amount of time I spend studying the sport, my fighters, the opponents, it's unrivalled work."

""I've been able to fast track as a coach," said Davison, who has not suffered a defeat as a trainer since 2016.

"But if all these other guys who have been coaching for 30 or 40 years were good enough they'd be here."

This was when he was building his stable and loads of fighter were joining him and before he started having a sequence of high profile losses.

Yes, he was 28 years old while Foreman was 42 years old. Holyfield was 208 pounds while Foreman was a whooping 257 pounds. This madman Holyfield fought arguably the greatest power puncher of all time while at a 50 pound disadvantage who was on a massive win streak. He also fought incredibly tactically, using his footwork and manoeuvring around Foreman with sharp angles. Despite that, he actually stood toe to toe with Foreman and exchanged with him multiple times which was insane to witness.

Foreman had his moments in the fight but Holyfield completely outboxed him over that 12 round fight. If it wasn't for George also having one of the greatest chins of all time, he would've been knocked TF out. George caught so many relentless power shots and combinations from Holyfield idk how he was still standing. At 45 years old, Foreman knocked out Moorer to become the heavyweight champion of the world. The Foreman that Holyfield beat was not the young, terrifying brute that Frazier faced but was still extremely dangerous and elite.

The fact that they are heavyweights definitely played a big factor as power is generally the last thing to go. You don't see 45 year old flyweights still make appearances for world titles. I think Foreman got a lot of attention for surviving the fight and rocking Holyfield a few times but Holyfield does not get the credit he deserves for performing as well as he did.