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🚨 CFFT: Dalton desperation? DAZN: Dreadful analysis, zero nouse, NEW Sunny Edwards game and the return of some boxing media charlatans 😮💨
These broadcasts have to change - quickly.
Have a read, click, share of this week's #CFFT, I implore you. #boxing
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Can't take a lot from these vids but he has definitely lost a step hasn't he
Genuinely think him vs AJ comes down to who is least shot
Am I the only one who doesn't enjoy impressions?
At this point, I genuinely think it is an issue with my brain
This is the elite level of pedantry I am here for @karelprince_
Yeah comms is a different issue. They deliberately confuse what is happening for their own agenda. Problem is when actual judges struggle.
Based on the criteria, either Smith or Puello could justifiably have won though. That will always be a problem
That's a valid point. Fighters are rewarded for winning rounds, whether it is just barely or decisively
There was so much disagreement over individual rounds it really could have gone any way. I think the judges knew it was close so subconsciously arrived at really close cards. Was not a lot between the fighters in most rounds.
A fight can be both
100% agree though!
People don't get the nuance in scorecards
You could have 12 competitive rounds and a 120-108 card
This highlights just how the whole scoring system is messed up
3 people I have huge respect for are struggling to articulate how to get to a definitive objective result
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Always argued the only reason mored boxers don't take PEDs is the risk of being caught and the stigma of being a cheat
Generalisation alert but I imagine a large proportion of boxers are looking for any small advantages they can get away with
So much to unpack here and so similar to Fury-Joshua contracts
Blows my mind how many deals are supposedly done in boxing without having every single detail covered
Imagine agreeing an 11 fight deal with no specific opponents included
Absolutely worthless
In October 2018, Canelo Alvarez signed an 11-fight deal with DAZN worth 365 million dollars, the largest contract any professional athlete had ever signed.
He fought three times under it.
In 2020, DAZN refused to pay the guaranteed purse for his next fight. Alvarez sued DAZN, his promoter Golden Boy Promotions, and its CEO Oscar De La Hoya, seeking 280 million dollars in damages.
In the video below, he explains what made him realize there was no loyalty in De La Hoya.
He says Golden Boy signed a separate deal with DAZN promising he would fight certain opponents, but his own contract with Golden Boy never actually required him to take those fights. When DAZN refused to confirm or pay for his next match, he was caught between two contracts that did not match each other.
The lawsuit went through mediation. It failed. Alvarez was released from the deal entirely.
Three fights into an eleven fight contract, he walked away as a free agent.
The case for Golden Boy and De La Hoya is that they built the richest deal in boxing history and made Alvarez the highest paid fighter in the sport. The case against them is that when the money stopped moving, Alvarez found out his own contract never actually protected him.
Here’s the lesson. A historic number on paper means nothing if the fine print lets two companies point at each other.
Should Alvarez have trusted the people who built his biggest deal, or was walking away the only way to actually get paid?
Honestly his whole career from debut to world title is a masterclass of matchmaking and promoting. Moved him quickly without missing any levels.
Imagine explaining this fight to a casual fan and expecting the country to stop
As highly as I rate Dalton, I'd be amazed if any of my mates know who he is
They know Conor Benn fought Eubank and might be aware he got knocked out the other week
Then you've got Matchroom vs Zuffa...
‼️ @TonyBellew is KEEN to see @daltonsmith08 🆚 @ConorNigel: "If Dalton Smith fights Conor Benn, it takes over this whole country."
(via @DAZNBoxing)
