r/RealBoxing

Hi folks, welcome to the new sub.

This is a boxing subreddit that is intended to provide the answer to the question:

WHERE CAN I GO TO TALK ABOUT BOXING AFTER MAYWEATHER-PACQUIAO FUCKED THE SPORT UP AND BROUGHT IN ALL THESE DUMBASS CASUAL FANS?

Well, r/realboxing, of course.

Keep r/boxing for the fight threads and news, but let's be honest. The discussion over there has gotten amateurish and the mod team is going through menopause, blocking their funniest (me) and realest (/u/no1113) posters over the most random things.

So this is where you should come to have intelligent, entertaining discussions about boxing. No casuals need apply.

I'm very confused about this fight and there is clearly a lot to be confused about. First and foremost, we have Gennady doing something that is nearly identical to what his red-headed de facto archrival, Canelo did, in bringing up a fucking WELTERWEIGHT for a middleweight title fight. Admittedly, Kell Brook, Khan's de facto archrival is considered by most of us to be the superior of the two, but that's where all kudos and congratulations stop.

Now, I'm a big fan of Golovkin, he's probably my 2nd favorite active fighter after Kovalev. I might even put Fury just ahead of him. But this choice of a fight with Kell Brook is bizarre. So what if Kell Brook is a "huge" welterweight? I know that

https://www.periscope.tv/w/aisD3zYyNDQ0NTd8MWdxR3ZBcmRSVnFLQoDlSMKQhfDuAXdqm51H3rhiUT-_pVZu18LzNlism0I1

I thought it could have been a draw in the sense that it was a Mosley-promoted event, on his home turf, etc, etc, but, even though I scored it for Avenasyan and had him winning, I was still a touch surprised that they A) gave it to him, and B) gave it to him so widely actually on two of the judges scorecards.

I personally didn't think it was that wide, but Avenesyan I felt was indeed the clear winner.

Shane didn't look bad considering he's frickin' FORTY FOUR YEARS OLD, but yeah...Shane, hang'em up. Please. No point in going on.

I think either Shawn Porter or Keith Thurman will beat Avenasyan pretty handily though.