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Boxing - Crawford vs Khan - Tyson Fury vs Tom Schwarz

So a year on from the white vs. indigenous fight we now have AFL vs. NRL. Wow Aus boxing what gimmick will you come up with next?

Slow thread day

Hype job over.

LOL wow at the Anthony Joshua boilover.

#pooped

Akkawy gets his chance this weekend with a change of opponent on the Canelo undercard in Vegas. He's stepped in a late notice to fight for the WBA interim super middleweight title against Englishman John Ryder

We could have our next Aussie world champion sooner than expected

Not the athletes. I meant the local scene where there seem to be no professional cards anymore apart from the occasional freak show. Even Shane Heal (lol) before he went bankrupt was running some on the GC broadcast on Fox. I'm not kidding.

"ewww Aussie boxing"

Well if you're judging it from anything to do with Mundine your opinion is justified, but you're looking at the wrong guys. Check out the guy I mentioned above. Canelo Alvarez has taken him under his wing after sparring with him a couple of years ago so his fights lately have all been on his undercards. The next one is May 4 in Vegas.

Mundine makes all the headlines but there's plenty of good young talent in Australia. Akkawy for one is definitely world class

Oh wow, boxing is still a thing?

Fury vs. Wilder was awesome - the heavyweight division at present with the undefeated trio of Fury-Joshua-Wilder is intriguing. Although it sucks how after Fury vs. Wilder none of the three will be facing one another as they are drawing it out fighting weaker opponents to collect the monies along the way.

On the other hand ewww Aussie boxing -- how embarrassing was Horn vs. Mundine and the undercards before it. Just a boganfest with barely pub grade fighters. Not just the fights but the broadcast too was shocking. What an absolute shitshow.

Tim tszyu another Aussie to watch out for.

Keep your eyes open for up & coming Aussie Bilal Akkawy. Many good judges say he's the hardest hitter in world boxing and he's steadily working his way towards a world title. His last fight was in Mexico and was a 1st round TKO and he didn't hit the guy in the head once....just a series of lethal body shots. Next fight coming up in Vegas next month

Everyone wants to see Fury vs Wilder 2, or Joshua fight either of them.

But as per the usual in Boxing, we'll just have to wait.......

Oh wow, boxing is still a thing?

My sister in law raved about this book and gave me her copy to read, so I thought “why not?”.

I thought I should read it seeing as though everyone was going on about it being mummy porn and the like. I was expecting it to be pretty sexy and to contain some moves even I haven’t tried before, but willing to give a go with a batman cape and a tube of KY. The warning signs were there when the reviews were along the lines of "I couldn't put the book down", instead of "It was a really wonderful book with a rich tapestry of characters and an interesting plot", but like mini me in Goldmember, I didn't quite catch on until it was too late and when you are halfway through a book you might as well go the distance. The fact it was written as fan fiction by a Twi-hard should have been a warning beacon of disaster like the Robe lighthouse.

The story is about a 'lusty love affair' between the two main characters, Christian Grey and Anastasia Steele, but there is no love in this book, only obsession, control, stalking, tracking, bullying and domination by a dysfunctional creepy weirdo with a domineering mother (hello Norman Bates) over a naive young girl. The sought of behaviour if you exhibited to a love interest in real life an AVO would be served and before you know it you’re sharing a cell with Bevan Spencer Von Eiman. Last time I had a lusty love affair was in 1986 and we did it where ever we could, including a pay phone booth at the Adelaide Casino. Their lusty love affair is manicured like the Adelaide Oval.

The writing style was atrocious. First person, present tense should be saved for memoirs of war heros and primary school essays. The characters are as paper thin as John Wayne's badguys and even the A Team had more complex plots. I guess the book(s) would appeal to those who are a little naïve in the ways of the world and who are looking for an escape from daytime TV, washing, cooking, ironing and vanilla sex once a week. It's basically a "journey of discovery" story.


My verdict ……. GIVE ME BACK THE HOURS I WASTED READING THIS BOOK ! Fifty shades of rubbish.