Boxing Thread

@kidcalder said in Boxing Thread:

Signing with Frank Warren is a career crusher for a fighter if they are not from UK...
Uk boxing is dominated in the promoter ranks by Warren and Hearn...then trailing behind Shalom,
Non UK fighters really need better- fairer representation as its stalling/ruining careers

Always been the way if you're not from the UK/US. Many Eastern Europeans fall into oblivion as a result. Promotion is a tough business and extremely tough to make profit if you don't have a TV network backing you. Look at Bob Arum and Top Rank now that they don't have the ESPN deal now. Frank Warren is like the Winston Peters of Boxing promotion. Just as you think he's down and out and won't be back, he always finds a way back in.

It's even tougher now that Turki has seemingly distanced himself from the HWs for now.

Wow. Sky Sports in Uk reporting that Parker failed a drugs test on day of Wardley fight. Tested positive for traces of cocaine …

Full story has broken. Joseph Parker tested positive for cocaine and faces a possibly lengthy ban from the sport.

what an idiot.

Absolutely shocked. You feel you ( don't actually but you know.....) know someone. Really amazed to be honest.

I’m not that shocked he’s used , it’s the party drug of choice for heaps of sports people whether we like it or not.

But shocked he tested positive on fight day , can’t find what sort of test it was , my understanding it only stays in the system for two days in blood tests .. Urine 4 days . Surely not

@kiwiinmelb said in Boxing Thread:

I’m not that shocked he’s used , it’s the party drug of choice for heaps of sports people whether we like it or not.

But shocked he tested positive on fight day , can’t find what sort of test it was , my understanding it only stays in the system for two days in blood tests .. Urine 4 days . Surely not

Yeah, I'm mildly surprised that he did it but shocked WHEN he did it.

@MN5 said in Boxing Thread:

Yeah, I'm mildly surprised that he did it but shocked WHEN he did it.

Well said, I imagine this decision, in terms of his future fights, could cost millions.

What are we shocked about?

That he used cocaine?
I'm not shocked in the least, party drug of choice, because it doesn't stay in the system long.

That he tested positive for cocaine?
I am extremely shocked about that.

@mohikamo said in Boxing Thread:

What are we shocked about?

That he used cocaine?
I'm not shocked in the least, party drug of choice, because it doesn't stay in the system long.

That he tested positive for cocaine?
I am extremely shocked about that.

Shock that he risked his career and took it so close to the fight.

Yep. He crossed the line.

The only thing I can come up with , and it’s not an excuse

He had a line to help deal with all the media conferences etc ( it makes you feel relaxed and confident) His close mate fury has been accused of acting like he is coked up in press conferences.

I just don’t see him partying in the week leading up to a fight particularly with his family with him , and that’s the only sense I can make of it .

Conner Benn wins the return bout in a one sided contest ,very different to fight one

Fuck

Usyk vacated his wbo belt , making wardley the wbo champion,

And there you have it , Joe was leading that fight with a few rounds to go and if he could have hung on would be world champion again.

Instead lost and tested positive to cocaine and looking at a 2 year ban which could finish his career, talk about a sliding doors moment

So uysk only made the call after Parker loses and cannot rematch.
Frank Warren has worked some magic here..expect Wardley to fight some tin cans and milk this belt for as long as possible.
Be an interesting few weeks/months for Parker

@kidcalder said in Boxing Thread:

So uysk only made the call after Parker loses and cannot rematch.

Usyk is obviously scared of Parker ... no, I can't write that even as a bad joke...

Not scared obviously but Warren knows where the $ are at and its not Parker