Media review: Wearing inappropriate clothing nonsense doesn’t change the reality of the situation

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Media review: Wearing inappropriate clothing nonsense doesn't change the reality of the situation

There were two battle triangles that took place over the weekend, both of which were broadcast on major platforms. One is on PPV in the UK prime time slot while the other is on the streaming service in the early hours of Sunday morning.

The PPV performance, which drew a reported 60,000 spectators to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London, was marked by an unsolicited three-way match. Tyson Fury pummeled Derek Chisora into a mess. The results are never in doubt but somehow the fight is even more depressing than most people think.

Despite the mismatch, the broadcast had to turn it into a big fight. By putting this on PPV, BT Sport has no choice but to pitch it as a Christmas turkey and try to sell it as something that is not only palatable but delicious. The fight itself is far from happening, but the event is generally good.

The fact that Fury, even in such a lackluster matchup, was able to draw more than 60,000 fans seated in the stadium on a cold December evening is testament to his charismatic power. When looking at the production of the show, it’s hard to fault BT Sport. We even got a showdown between Fury and Oleksandr Usyk, who flew in to watch from the ring. His glazed stare at Tyson as the Briton poked him into the microphone was the highlight of the entire show.

All that being said, this is not entertainment. In the end, that’s the goal of boxing – to entertain the viewers – and this is mostly just painful. Chisora’s punishment lasts too long and we can only hope there are no lasting effects on his health.

Which brings us to another three-way battle of the weekend between Roman Gonzalez and Juan Francisco Estrada on DAZN. Their first two games were incredible and this third meeting cemented their triple rivalry as one of the best the sport has ever seen.

DAZN has come under a fair amount of criticism in recent months – ironically, most recently from Chisora last week, who said the platform currently only shows “YouTuber fights” – but the Shows like Gonzalez-Estrada III are the perfect counter to that criticism.

Instead, this is a fight worthy of Fury-Chisora’s attention. But that’s not how the boxing business works. Still, it’s fun to watch two modern greats once again battle to draw the line between them. Even after 36 rounds, we were still not sure who was the better fighter – then people talk about a fourth meeting somewhere in the future.

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In the days leading up to his fight with Chisora, Fury gave countless interviews and there was one topic that always came up – retirement. It’s not that Tyson says he’s about to leave the sport, but in fact it seems to be the opposite. The 34-year-old tennis player talks about his fear of retirement and how he is “addicted” to boxing.

He details how he once thought he only needed the practice aspect of the sport, but has now realized he needs it all; crowd, serious fighting, risk.

This is not anything new. You can fill a book with the names of boxers who have stuck with their professional careers for so long because they don’t know how to say goodbye. However, after all these years, there is still no clear exit strategy from boxing.

Of course, Fury has had long periods of non-competition and, in his own admission, those were extremely dark times in his life. Honestly, hearing him discuss the inevitability of permanent retirement is pretty sad. His mental health issues are well documented at this point and it is hoped that, by the time he hangs up his gloves, Fury has found something satisfying to focus his mind on. his mind and emotions.

Someone Fury has dealt with in the past, WWE co-CEO Stephanie McMahon surprisingly acknowledged last week while speaking at the 6th Annual Wells Fargo TMT Summit She revealed that she and WWE are considering a move into boxing, specifically emphasizing how hard the sport has become to follow with the rise of ‘world’ titles. Her comments were first reported by Business Insider.

This is similar to the comment of UFC President Dana White, whose plans to get into boxing ultimately never happened, but it’s still worth watching to see how this develops.

Whatever you think of professional wrestling, WWE is an amazingly successful company that produces crossover stars. If it’s serious about switching to boxing, it has enough resources to make a big impact.

If you need an example of how much boxing needs global governance, Jaime Munguia gave you one last week. After being ordered to fight WBO ‘world’ champion Janibek Alimkhanuly, Munguia informed the sanctioning authority that he would not be participating in that bout, despite being the mandatory challenger for the jewel.

Yes, it’s hard to understand. And no, we don’t know what the plans of either fighter are from here. Credit should go to BoxingScene for reporting the news as it highlights further shortcomings in how boxing works.

The rankings of the various sanctioning bodies are virtually meaningless. Rarely do we see a division’s true number one challenger become the subject of a mandatory defense, and even if that happens, they can just turn around and say “no, you’re okay.”

What is especially alarming is that Munguia has once again come out of a challenging battle. He’s talked about fighting Jermall Charlo or Gennadiy Golovkin but neither of those matches seems likely to happen next.