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Ibime:
Henry Cooper record prior to knocking out Ali

Cooper is no different to Julius Francis, Danny Williams and Sinan Samil Sam

Show us Ngannou’s record.

And if you record his kpon kpon fights on top building sites in Yaounde I will sue you.

Ibime:
Foul

Abeg in which planet can you see Hassim Rahman defeating Fury. Let's leave Ali first and focus on Lennox

The very same planet in which Fury had to employ Wike to steal victory from a recently retired kpon kpon carrier like Ngannou.

The next Fury fight if they don’t use IREV, we go riot!

Ibime:
Foul

Abeg in which planet can you see Hassim Rahman defeating Fury. Let's leave Ali first and focus on Lennox

Na you mention Ali. Now you want to run away.

Cooper was British and Commonwealth Champion just like Fury.

It was Ali that stopped Cooper from becoming World Champion.

One can even say that Cooper was the Fury of his time. Or Fury is the modern day Henry Cooper, 😛

Ibime:
You mean Cooper was the same level as Julius Francis?

I mean he was 10 times the boxer Ngannou was.

And I mean he was the level of Tyson Fury who was also British and Commonwealth Champion. 😂😂😂

Ibime:
It was sanctioned the day before, after training camp (or lack of it) is already done and dusted. It's no more valid than Mayweather Vs McGregor which was also sanctioned.


We won't open the files of the greats like Mohammed Ali Vs Henry Cooper (which he realistically lost) in order to downgrade Ali. If we want to talk of disgrace, Ali has some disgraces on his record. There is no Hassim Rahman, Oliver McCall, Spinx or Kenny Norton on Fury record. Dey play

Ngannou cancels 10 Henry Coopers.

Cooper that was British and Commonwealth Champion and later European Champion against Ngannou that was a few years removed from carrying kpon kpon in Cameroon?

Dey play. Dey play.

You go explain tire. But for this Christmas period. No evidence.

Ibime:
It was sanctioned the day before, after training camp (or lack of it) is already done and dusted. It's no more valid than Mayweather Vs McGregor which was also sanctioned.

Excuses plenty for Fury.

Mayweather won his fight by TKO. Fury stole his fight with a spurious split decision.

Mayweather did not disgrace boxing, Fury did.

Mayweather turned his sanctioned fight into the exhibition that it truly was. Fury turned his sanctioned “exhibition” fight into a life and death, do or die affair.

Phucking disgrace.



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Ibime:
That was an exhibition match. Who count Mohammed Ali or Floyd Mayweathers exhibition matches toward their resume?

That was a bloody disgrace.

And for your information it wasn’t an exhibition match. It was sanctioned by WBC and it counts towards his professional record.
You can check BoxRec to clear your doubt. The only thing is that it was a non-title bout.

Fury had a controversial split decision victory over a non-boxer in a SANCTIONED fight. Phucking disgrace.

Ibime:
Fury can never be on fraud watch. Fury just gets lazy and overweight between fights and is getting old. Fury is the greatest of this era and may be arguably the greatest since Larry Holmes.

Nah.

With the way Fury’s resume is turning out no way is he greater than Lennox. Lennox caught a lot of solid bodies. Your resume counts when we start talking about greatness.

Him being fat and lazy between fights is on him and the way he embarrassed the boxing world against Ngannou is a mark against him.

The Ngannou fight alone places him on Most Wanted fraud watch. It was a phucking disgrace. Didn’t you see how all those who gave Ngannou no chance did not post anything here after the fight?
I was rooting for Ngannou and I still felt embarrassed for Fury. 😂

A40:
Fury is lowkey on fraud watch. I'm actually interested in seeing him with AJ now. I know styles make fights which is why I want to see it even more now.

Ngannou will be punching air right now. With Wilder completely destroyed how can anticipation even be built for their fight

They are all on fraud watch or at least overrated/overhyped watch. Bums beating bums, feeling funky.

A40:
I wasn't expecting him to outbox Wilder to be honest. The Parker I saw go into slugfests with Whyte, Delboy and Joe Joyce I assumed would definitely get starched by Wilder.

I'm impressed that he stood his ground. Though Maoris are fearless for the most part but yeah his biggest win yet.

Power is usually the last thing that goes it's just that now he's slower, the reaction time to land those punches no dey again.

Yeah you are right about power but remember these punches are not against bags but against other boxers. More of that power is felt when the punches are landing unexpectedly but now that people have that extra millisecond to prepare for his punches (which are telegraphed already anyway) his punches can’t have the same effect.

P.S All those guys are far better boxers than Wilder. It’s like you guys don’t understand how bad a boxer Wilder is. Someone who thinks footwork is a surgical procedure.

The eraser he has is that right hand, and if that is not landing he has nothing to fall back on.

raumdeuter:
Time for Joshua to collect his own beating

Not today!

A40:
Parker absolutely wiping the floor with Wilder. Incredible

Not really. Wilder can’t outbox any top or even decent heavyweight. Now that he is approaching 40 yrs of age his power will diminish and his legs will start to betray him. His only shot against the better boxers is one (lucky) punch.

ETH kicked Rangnick out and calmly burnt a few hundred million pounds cash.

patrickmuf:
De Gea this, De Gea that. Onana will relegate this club unless he is barred from entering Old Trafford.

Let's keep it 100. Onana kicked us out of the Champions League but he has not been the major problem in the league. Our overall defence in the league has not been terrible. Our problem is scoring goals. Only the bottom 4 teams battling relegation have scored less than us.

Rashford, Hojlund, Garnacho, Antony are the ones sinking us.

olabode89:
Onana dey ever catch ground shots?? See the way he dived 😂🤣

Onana will first dive upwards so by the time he is landing to catch the ground shot the ball has entered the net.

Expert owes us some robust explanations.

kozmicity:
Garnacho's final touch is suspect. I'm not liking the fact that were not aggressive. Since ETH has decided to play both McTom and Brunch high, he should remove McTom for Mason.


Antony is contributing in his own way. Not beating his man or anything like that, but he's having an impact in the game. Then you have Shaw and AWB 🥲

This Man U doesn't deserve those guys.

Which Mason?

I have always disliked this narrow West Ham pitch.

Leyqute:
Afrodoc2 this guy knows about triangles all these while. But were not seeing it on the pitch. Is he the one not telling the players or maybe they're not implementing it?

Something he implemented with success at Ajax. Man Utd problem no be oju lasan.

kozmicity:
Hopefully this kambwala boy is good. I don't want to see McTom bombing forward and making Bruno play deep.

Kambwala has potential which you will most likely see glimpses of today but when he makes mistakes they are often catastrophic. He can play extremely well in a game and still be at fault for 2 goals.

I have not watched him this season sha, so maybe he has cleaned up his game.

chrisley024:
I don't know what happened to Shaw at CB and Reguilon at LB

That plan is inside the dustbin. I would have preferred that plan to be honest.
One CB is retirement age and the other CB is 19yrs old. The CDM protecting them is 18yrs old. The CDM’s partner is a ghost.

This recipe looks dangerous.

Leyqute:
Just saw the lineup.

OMO x1,000

ETH get mind die o.

If we no play well or lose anyhow, wahala go burst o.

E get real mind. Hired killer mind.

MRTA7:
Doesn't McTominay have experience as a CB? Wouldn't that have been an option than blooding a player that might not be ready. Away at west ham is no joke.

I have not seen much of Kambwala this season so hopefully he has improved significantly.

What i expected was for ETH to play a double pivot of Mainoo and Amrabat to protect the weakened central defence (whether it is Kambwala or McTom).

MRTA7:
Kambwala and Evans are CBs.

A very dangerous combination.

BlueRayDick:
Everybody deserves a stan like that .

I am telling you.

Leyqute I am hearing that Kambwala is going to start today.

Mainoo not in the squad apparently.

I think the squad has been affected by illness.

Correction: Mainoo starts but so does Kambwala. No Varane.
Omo!

BlueRayDick:
Honorable off Ur mic 🥶

Meanwhile Alhaji Monerozzi has built an alter in Kaduna where he worships Buhari and offers supplication for him on a daily basis 🚶‍♂️

Monerozzi is prepared to lose his life rather than denounce Buhari.

Leyqute:
Have you seen the latest The Athletic article about how things are run at Manchester United?

No. I will check it out.

I have been talking about it for close to a decade now sha so it is difficult to shock me. While some people keep heaping all the blame on manager after manager or player after player, some of us know where the main rot is.

P.S Just finished reading it. Nothing in there really surprised me. They are running a major football club like a supermarket. I knew about Murtough's conflict with Butt but didn't know he also tussled with Sir Alex, and that Fletcher appointment was an obvious PR move at the time which thankfully the fans didn't buy. It was also likely a way to bribe SAF

raumdeuter:
How many peoples GF don change their loyalty so far

Na loan move. Loyalty does not have to be changed, just temporarily suspended.

Ellexy:
How did they even know that ETH has made the decision? Where they privy to the conversation... I feel it's just the press stirring shit up for clicks as usual.

Maybe but with the way every thing leaks I won’t be surprised it is true. It is the right decision to make anyway.

OasisX:


......some folks still don't believe this though.

E no matter. No be religion where you have believers and unbelievers. Every one is entitled to his own opinion.

Buhari is a known biter of hands that fed him and his actions during the primaries and run-up to the general election speak for themselves. Na wetin make IBB remove am for 1985 be that.

MRTA7:
It is but that decision should still not be made now. There is nothing wrong with making that decision known at the end of the season.

Amrabat knowing that decision will likely impact his performances negatively.

True but the problem is that everything leaks at the club. It is like the staff have to pass an amebo test before they can be employed. Very disgraceful.

melodyogonna:
So far the only weaknesses I can spot in Mainoo is lack of pace and maybe tackling

He can tackle when in position. He is quick running forward (especially with the ball). So far in the seniors, he has shown lack of stamina (which is understandable) and lack of recovery pace (which might be more problematic). There was no real evidence of either in the academy so hopefully it is only a transient issue.

The first time i saw him play as a 15yr old he played RM, so he definitely didn't show that he was slow for a CM in the academy.