Boxing Speculation, Odds and Predictions

[btc_angela]

^ It might be a tougher fight for Pacman if he chooses to go after Romero. In any case Rolly Romero is the WBA 147 lbs champion so it make sense for Manny to go for the record again becoming the older Welterweight champion as he failed that against Mario Barrios.

I say that it's tougher because Rolly has the power and it seems that this is his right weight class and he doesn't need to weight drain himself at 140 lbs. So it's a explosive fight it this fight happens and very hard to see who's going to win.

[Fredomago]

I have seen videos of one Filipino boxing influencer and analyst saying that Manny's next opponent will be Rolly Romero and it could be this December.

Nothing is final yet, but let it be known that there could be some truthfulness in this news and this is good news for Manny's fan. And as per this post:



https://x.com/dantheboxingman/status/1971631440501854251

For sure there are still many fans who would love to see Pacquiao inside the ring, though he's no longer the same as before but his impact still remain in the eyes of his fans and followers, not sure if how soon for the update if ever that this fight materialize but one is for sure, both gambling and entertaining side will hype this to gain attentions, and potentials money making events to cater and support.

[Sanitough]

Since there’s no specific thread for this fight I’ll just share it here.

I didn’t catch it live, only watched the highlights, but wow, that first round and only round was insane.
Probably one of the best first rounds I’ve seen this year, and honestly, a solid contender for Fight of the Year.

Juarez KOs Layton | Full Round| Craziest round in boxing in 2025 so far!

[cryptomaniac_xxx]

Anyone saw Danny Garcia's supposedly farewell fight against Daniel Gonzalez?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMkDNyWyI0Q

He still possesses one of the best left hook in boxing, as he brutally knockout Gonzalez with that one punch. Reminiscence on how he also knockout and retire Erik Morales back then. Not sure though if this is the end for Danny, maybe still has one fight in him before he official hang up his gloves for good.

[btc_angela]

^^ It's really time for Danny Garcia to retire, if he goes for another fight with a b level fighter, it could turn the tide against him and he could be in the canvass. Health should come first and his dad should really talk him out of another fight.

But during his prime at 147 lbs and up, he is one of those name that really brought that division and yes, through his vaunted left hook.

Fight with Lara, Spence, Shawn Porter and Thurman was some of the best, but he lost all of that fight to these elite boxers but it was a close one.

[TravelMug]

Tim Tim Tszyu decided to switch trainer, hire Pedro Diaz.

Tszyu raced to 25-0 (18 KOs) as a pro but has lost his last three, including two fights with Sebastian Fundora and one to Bakhram Murtazaliev.

The 30-year-old, nicknamed The Soul Taker, was born in Sydney, Australia, and is the son of International Boxing Hall of Famer Kostya Tszyu.

Diaz is arguably best-known for his work with Puerto Rican great Miguel Cotto, as well as the Cuban national team. He worked one fight with Irishman Michael Conlan, and, on Tszyu’s Instagram, the fighter announced: “Excited to welcome Pedro Diaz on board as my new head coach. I’ll be doing training camps out here in Miami, working every day to take things to a new level. Ready for this next chapter.”

https://www.boxingscene.com/articles/excited-tim-tszyu-ready-to-write-the-next-chapter-with-coach-pedro-diaz

What do you think of this changes on Tim? Will it do more good to him? We all know that in his 3 last fights, he was brutally knock out and it's very hard to comeback from that kind of devastating fight.

But hopefully, I wish that he could go back to 154 lbs and make it hype again as they have Boots Ennis at that weight class.

[bbc.reporter]

On these people saying that it was a bad loss for Jake Paul.

This is certainly not a bad loss for the great white Jake considering that he went in the ring very bravely and challenged a real BBC boxer heheheheh.

Also, on retirement and after the survival against Anthony Joshua, this is only the beginning for bigger fights for Jake Paul, I reckon.

[pawel7777]

Shortly after defeating Jake Paul, Anthony Joshua went to Nigeria, where he was involved in a tragic car accident, in which two people (his childhood friend and his fitness coach) died after their car crashed into a parked lorry.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaLwaB06xqs

AJ looked to be in pain on the video showing him being taken out of the crashed car, but I believe the latest update says his injuries are not as severe as they initially thought. There will surely be a strong emotional impact of losing two people close to him in such a tragic way.

[Yaunfitda]

^^ Yes, it was reported that Joshua is not badly hurt, but he lost two of his mates in the accident and it's really dishearten to hear this kind of news specially before the end of the year. No one wanted to see such things happen, specially to Joshua and for sure it will have a mental impact on him. So it might take some time for us to see him going back to boxing I reckon. And would rather heal that psychological effect as again, you really don't know what's going to happen to us and in just a snap, you lost two of your best friends. And this is what Jake Paul has to say,



https://x.com/jakepaul/status/2005665471224578476

[pawel7777]

^^ Yes, it was reported that Joshua is not badly hurt, but he lost two of his mates in the accident and it's really dishearten to hear this kind of news specially before the end of the year. No one wanted to see such things happen, specially to Joshua and for sure it will have a mental impact on him. So it might take some time for us to see him going back to boxing I reckon. And would rather heal that psychological effect as again, you really don't know what's going to happen to us and in just a snap, you lost two of your best friends. And this is what Jake Paul has to say,

There will definitely be a grief period for him and he might require some help from a psychologist, but this not necessarily mean taking a break in his career. It's not like he has any fight scheduled soon. The soonest fight would probably be a rumoured superfight against Tyson Fury, who's officially retired but will probably return if the money is right. There's no belt on the line, so there's no time pressure.
As for AJ, it's hard to predict the mental impact. It could go either way: demotivate him or give him an extra motivation e.g. if he thinks that his deceased team mates would want him to keep fighting.

Anyhow, he is really lucky to be alive. If he was sat at the other side of the car, he would be gone:

[Yaunfitda]

^^ Yes, it was reported that Joshua is not badly hurt, but he lost two of his mates in the accident and it's really dishearten to hear this kind of news specially before the end of the year. No one wanted to see such things happen, specially to Joshua and for sure it will have a mental impact on him. So it might take some time for us to see him going back to boxing I reckon. And would rather heal that psychological effect as again, you really don't know what's going to happen to us and in just a snap, you lost two of your best friends. And this is what Jake Paul has to say,

There will definitely be a grief period for him and he might require some help from a psychologist, but this not necessarily mean taking a break in his career. It's not like he has any fight scheduled soon. The soonest fight would probably be a rumoured superfight against Tyson Fury, who's officially retired but will probably return if the money is right. There's no belt on the line, so there's no time pressure.
As for AJ, it's hard to predict the mental impact. It could go either way: demotivate him or give him an extra motivation e.g. if he thinks that his deceased team mates would want him to keep fighting.

Well if he is motivated to continue his career, then maybe he would take another fight. But as what I'm saying, maybe he really need to take a rest and I don't know if he will have to seek professional. There are different effects or trauma, only time could heal him. So I'm seeing that again, take maybe a break in the next 6 months and then when he is already healed and think of those who die, then maybe he will keep on fighting. It's only himself that can say that he wanted to get back and fight another day, maybe a Tyson Fury fight?

Edit: I heard that he was discharged from the hospital already.

[bbc.reporter]

The guilty feelings will be very overwhelming on Joshua's heart, I reckon what might occur might be he will be a stronger boxer where he will become very much similar to the Xmen's Wolverine and have a berserker energy or this will destroy his conscience and cause him to announce his retirement.

I will not blame him if he retires, however, the boxing fan in memwants to witness Anthony Joshua become Wolverine and show us his vigorously berserker energy.

[Yaunfitda]

Just to remind everyone that there have been a video of Anthony Joshua saying that he is retiring from boxing for good because of this incident. But I have a hint that this could be a AI so don't believed on it unless we see it from his official account or an announcement from someone close to him or himself telling it. Also there has been a lot of speculation too that Jake Paul has something to do with it or there are some mystical powers that wanted Joshua dead and that he should be dead but somewhat escape that curse. So again, social media + AI is going crazy about this news but I will say that those are all for clickbait and watch time so don't fall for it.

[Lida93]

The guilty feelings will be very overwhelming on Joshua's heart, I reckon what might occur might be he will be a stronger boxer where he will become very much similar to the Xmen's Wolverine and have a berserker energy or this will destroy his conscience and cause him to announce his retirement.

I will not blame him if he retires, however, the boxing fan in memwants to witness Anthony Joshua become Wolverine and show us his vigorously berserker energy.

I have this positive feeling that Joshua would come out stronger from this and it's going to change his whole life in a way though but before he does we should understand that it's going to take some extended period of time because what happened to him was very overwhelming as an unexpected shock of his life at a time he was to celebrate the festive season with his family and friends. If I was to have a one-on-one session with him, my advice would be that he doesn't blame himself for what has happened especially for the death of his friends, feeling a guilt as though he caused what happened could ruin his career forcing him into early retirement.

[pawel7777]

And here we go again, it's official. Tyson Fury decided to come back from his retirement (again):
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/boxing/articles/cgjw7q99dydo

He announced he will return to the ring in 2026. The ideal match for him would be Anthony Joshua, who previously expressed his willingness to fight Fury, but the recent car crash, in which two of AJ's close friends/team mates lost their lives puts any near-future fighting plans in question.
So there are speculations about who could be an alternative option for Fury to fight. Apparently Fury has suggested Fabio Wardley as a potential match-up.

[bbc.reporter]

Just to remind everyone that there have been a video of Anthony Joshua saying that he is retiring from boxing for good because of this incident. But I have a hint that this could be a AI so don't believed on it unless we see it from his official account or an announcement from someone close to him or himself telling it. Also there has been a lot of speculation too that Jake Paul has something to do with it or there are some mystical powers that wanted Joshua dead and that he should be dead but somewhat escape that curse. So again, social media + AI is going crazy about this news but I will say that those are all for clickbait and watch time so don't fall for it.

Hheheheheh yes! This has shown the mystical powers of the great white Jake! This very much has also shown that Mike Tyson was afraid to not follow the script because he was warned that Jake will use his mystical powers if he did not follow heheheh.

In any case, yes this was a funny fake news. However, on Joshua's retirement, it will not be very headshaking if this will be real.

[fullfitlarry]

And here we go again, it's official. Tyson Fury decided to come back from his retirement (again):
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/boxing/articles/cgjw7q99dydo

He announced he will return to the ring in 2026. The ideal match for him would be Anthony Joshua, who previously expressed his willingness to fight Fury, but the recent car crash, in which two of AJ's close friends/team mates lost their lives puts any near-future fighting plans in question.
So there are speculations about who could be an alternative option for Fury to fight. Apparently Fury has suggested Fabio Wardley as a potential match-up.

If Fury is going to come out of his retirement, his fight should be bigger prior to him hanging his gloves. So it could only be Anthony Joshua for him. Although Joshua was in a accident, he might have to rest for this yea.

Maybe Wardley, but not sure though if Fury is willing as I have said, he could be fighting because of the money. Or maybe Dubois?

Another name floating is Arslanbek Makhmudov, who is ranked #6 by WBA.

[Dave1]

The guilty feelings will be very overwhelming on Joshua's heart, I reckon what might occur might be he will be a stronger boxer where he will become very much similar to the Xmen's Wolverine and have a berserker energy or this will destroy his conscience and cause him to announce his retirement.

I will not blame him if he retires, however, the boxing fan in memwants to witness Anthony Joshua become Wolverine and show us his vigorously berserker energy.

I have this positive feeling that Joshua would come out stronger from this and it's going to change his whole life in a way though but before he does we should understand that it's going to take some extended period of time because what happened to him was very overwhelming as an unexpected shock of his life at a time he was to celebrate the festive season with his family and friends. If I was to have a one-on-one session with him, my advice would be that he doesn't blame himself for what has happened especially for the death of his friends, feeling a guilt as though he caused what happened could ruin his career forcing him into early retirement.

That is also possible as well, maybe he will take on what has happened to him and make it positive or be a inspiration to make a great come back and think about the friends that he have lost in the accident.

Yes, it will take some extended time for him, but once he fully recovered then it's time for him to go back to the gym again and not let this negative impact him for the rest of his lives and still go and fight. I think there are still a lot of fights inside Joshua, specially against Tyson Fury which we all have been wanting to see.

[pawel7777]

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If Fury is going to come out of his retirement, his fight should be bigger prior to him hanging his gloves. So it could only be Anthony Joshua for him. Although Joshua was in a accident, he might have to rest for this yea.
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It doesn't look like it right now. Today UK media started reporting on AJ's retirement:
https://www.gbnews.com/sport/boxing/anthony-joshua-retired-boxing

According to Nigerian newspaper The Punch, however, Joshua won't ever return to the ring after the crash - with the heavyweight star reportedly informing his family that he's going to hang up his gloves.

But, to be fair, I wouldn't take those announcements as something set in stone. Obviously right now he's in a state where getting back to the ring is the last thing on his mind, but once he's through the grief phase, he could very well change his mind. Maybe even he will go for "the last dance" to dedicate the win to his lost friends and it will be a source of motivation for him. Anything is possible.

[fullfitlarry]

(...)
If Fury is going to come out of his retirement, his fight should be bigger prior to him hanging his gloves. So it could only be Anthony Joshua for him. Although Joshua was in a accident, he might have to rest for this yea.
(...)

It doesn't look like it right now. Today UK media started reporting on AJ's retirement:
https://www.gbnews.com/sport/boxing/anthony-joshua-retired-boxing

According to Nigerian newspaper The Punch, however, Joshua won't ever return to the ring after the crash - with the heavyweight star reportedly informing his family that he's going to hang up his gloves.

But, to be fair, I wouldn't take those announcements as something set in stone. Obviously right now he's in a state where getting back to the ring is the last thing on his mind, but once he's through the grief phase, he could very well change his mind. Maybe even he will go for "the last dance" to dedicate the win to his lost friends and it will be a source of motivation for him. Anything is possible.

For now and we understand that AJ wanted to retire because of the recent accident. I mean losing two of your best friends and you surviving, you might have to question your life's purpose in general.

But then again, only time can heal this trauma. Maybe after a couple of months, he could go back to his senses and as what others say, he could be motivated to go for one fight and dedicate it to the mates that he lost. So let's see, as you have said, everything and anything is possible.