Opened back in May last year, it has the largest capacity of any indoor arena in Europe, with 23,500 seats. The arena has plans to host around 120 events per year. In addition to boxing and live music, there are proposals to host many sporting events, including basketball, netball, tennis, esports, and gymnastics. Last October’s card featuring the Jack Catterall vs Regis Prograis fight was the first-ever boxing event at the Co-op Live.
“You have not got a problem with Anthony Joshua. Anybody who wants it can get it, but at the same time, he wants to try and regain his world heavyweight championship. The Co-op Live in Manchester is one of the UK’s newest and largest world-class arenas. It’s situated in the Etihad Campus next to the City of Manchester Stadium.
At this rate, the only people who will still be watching that happen will be the Sandgropers. We were a few rows up from the bottom of the stands, still very close, that was a fantastic day. When the sun shone on the fighters in the ring as the action was going on was kind of magic. He should take the rematch even though his negotiating power has dropped – should still be more money than other fights? Wish the Mundine fight had gone a little longer.
- Reminds me of the time we spent 6 hours in a pub waiting for a Tyson fight – 27 seconds I think….
- Mundine will come out with some rant about his career was ruined by the oppression his people have had to endure at the hands of the white man.
- Is fairly rudimentary but calling it arse about face is a bit rugged …
- Just the size and power of Joshua is going to be too much for him.
- Interesting bloke with an at times awkward style.
The undercard fights aren’t 12 rounds. If the first fight is at 10am AEST then the main fight could potentially start in late afternoon. If each of the undercard fights are 12 x 3 minute rounds that will be around 45 minutes each fight.
When will Artur Beterbiev vs Dmitry Bivol 2 take place?
Usyk vs Fury 2, if it goes ahead as planned, is unlikely to be for the undisputed titles. The IBF is expected to strip Usyk of usyk-vs-parker.com its belt, allowing mandatory challenger Filip Hrgovic to fight for the gold while Usyk boxes Fury again. When Usyk and Fury finally squared off, Usyk was a split-decision winner, retaining the unified titles and taking Fury’s WBC belt and unbeaten record. That fight, like the main event, could eventually have big ramifications for Australia’s biggest fight names.
Who won between Usyk and Dubois?
Ukraine's Oleksandr Usyk defeats Daniel Dubois of the United Kingdom to unify the world heavyweight titles. The bout at Wembley Stadium in London, UK, was stopped after Dubois was floored twice in the fifth round. Usyk held the WBC, WBA and WBO belts, following his consecutive victories against Tyson Fury.
Junior Middleweight (Super Welterweight Or Light Middleweight)
The build up to this fight has been extraordinarily long. Almost an hour after the co-main event came to an end there has been no sign of either fighter emerging from their rooms. The heavyweight champ is now making his entrance to the ring by jogging around and giving the crowd a shadow boxing display on the stage as Pretty Woman blares over the speakers. I thought Ngannou won but was also 0% shocked that he didn’t get the decision. It wasn’t decisive enough and with 3 judges 2 always go into “that round was close I will default to the champ again†mode. Regardless — an incredible boxing debut for him.
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I still have no idea why Horn took this fight. Horn has way more to lose out of this than Mundine. I want horn to win but like the above posts I don’t think so…