OFFICIAL BOXING DISCUSSION

[Byron_Bay_Fan]

I was at the 2000 Olympics Table Tennis and they were much more skillful and faster than Federer. It is relevant I know.

Yeah at ping pong. Stick a tennis racquet in their hands and send them onto center court at Arthur Ashe and we'll see how they go. Thats the point.

Just as there are ex-ping pong players who become tennis champs there is also the reverse and they may keep their tennis game up as well. The tennis players are sabotaged in table tennis by their stiff elbow whereas table tennis players don't have any drawbacks in tennis that I am aware of. I know state level champs in both sports who regularly line up against each other. The TT champ can hold his own in tennis but not the reverse for the tennis players in TT. The TT serves just completely bedazzles the tennis champs. When the tennis player cops a TT serve with such severe back spin that the ball rolls back over the net of it's own accord they give up.

Just because table tennis players have good hand eye coordination doesn't mean they would excel at tennis, they are two completely different games. Table tennis players would have huge weaknesses in their game which the likes of Federer would expose with his eyes closed. The skill gap between table tennis and tennis would be bigger than MMA and boxing. And this is not even taking into account that tennis is an endurance game. You have to be in much better shape to excel at tennis.

As I stated tennis players have also gone to table tennis and become champions. Do you think that means that they drop their fitness - not likely when they are in state and national training squads. I have witnessed those state champs of each sport playing against each other and endurance did not seem a problem. They happen to be very close first cousins. The skill gap between the sports favour the table tennis player. The "loop" shot in tennis is completely hopeless compared to the table tennis loop.
It is much more difficult to read a TT serve with much less time to do so than a tennis serve so one needs more of the grey matter to be successful at TT. Reading tennis serves certainly would not give them grey hairs and with TT quicker reflexes they are in the game okay.

With all the delays in tennis, some deliberate by the players - sometimes they are even needed to be whipped into action by regulation time limits between points, the TT player could survive okay. It could even be a help being a nincompoop at tennis - you can fight the refs, the linesmen, the crowds whilst you are putting your hot opponent off his game and getting your breath back. Kyrgios does that.

Tennis players are like having a footie team of 13 Artie Beetsons against a team of 13 Jonathan Thurstons. Not even Robbie's backside could hide the big score of the Thurstons on the scoreboard.

 

[Cultured_Bogan]

Byron has obviously has smoked himself stupid today.

 

[upthetigers]

Yeah at ping pong. Stick a tennis racquet in their hands and send them onto center court at Arthur Ashe and we'll see how they go. Thats the point.

Just as there are ex-ping pong players who become tennis champs there is also the reverse and they may keep their tennis game up as well. The tennis players are sabotaged in table tennis by their stiff elbow whereas table tennis players don't have any drawbacks in tennis that I am aware of. I know state level champs in both sports who regularly line up against each other. The TT champ can hold his own in tennis but not the reverse for the tennis players in TT. The TT serves just completely bedazzles the tennis champs. When the tennis player cops a TT serve with such severe back spin that the ball rolls back over the net of it's own accord they give up.

Just because table tennis players have good hand eye coordination doesn't mean they would excel at tennis, they are two completely different games. Table tennis players would have huge weaknesses in their game which the likes of Federer would expose with his eyes closed. The skill gap between table tennis and tennis would be bigger than MMA and boxing. And this is not even taking into account that tennis is an endurance game. You have to be in much better shape to excel at tennis.

As I stated tennis players have also gone to table tennis and become champions. Do you think that means that they drop their fitness - not likely when they are in state and national training squads. I have witnessed those state champs of each sport playing against each other and endurance did not seem a problem. They happen to be very close first cousins. The skill gap between the sports favour the table tennis player. The "loop" shot in tennis is completely hopeless compared to the table tennis loop.
It is much more difficult to read a TT serve with much less time to do so than a tennis serve so one needs more of the grey matter to be successful at TT. Reading tennis serves certainly would not give them grey hairs and with TT quicker reflexes they are in the game okay.

With all the delays in tennis, some deliberate by the players - sometimes they are even needed to be whipped into action by regulation time limits between points, the TT player could survive okay. It could even be a help being a nincompoop at tennis - you can fight the refs, the linesmen, the crowds whilst you are putting your hot opponent off his game and getting your breath back. Kyrgios does that.

Tennis players are like having a footie team of 13 Artie Beetsons against a team of 13 Jonathan Thurstons. Not even Robbie's backside could hide the big score of the Thurstons on the scoreboard.

https://www.foxsports.com.au/video/tennis/us-open/feds-perfect-drop-shot!640833

Yep, the TT champ would definitely beat Federer :smiley:

 

[stryker]

Byron has a unique ability to derail a topic with utterly useless and mostly boring information. Seriously, who gives a crap about table tennis? LOL…

 

[Byron_Bay_Fan]

Byron has a unique ability to derail a topic with utterly useless and mostly boring information. Seriously, who gives a crap about table tennis? LOL…

Well when I briefly and succinctly stated that Pontius Pilate had an easier time getting rid of JC than Jason did of RF no one blinked an eyelid - so now I have to try and baffle with BS.

 

[InBenjiWeTrust]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuLWvYRpVR4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kL1Z9KmYJIg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iLgwkzyeDs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDaw2QFC1Qg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSp90BN3PlA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HYfNYsupnU

 

[happy_tiger]

Well at the other end of the Spectrum

Mundine rejuvenating his career again
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http://www.msn.com/en-au/sport/more-sports/anthony-mundine-this-fight-is-his-resurrection-or-demise/ar-BBGktXg?li=AAgfLCP&ocid=ASUDHP

 

[momo_amp_medo]

Well Joshua last fight was little bit disappointing …... but Deon Wild-thing will be a test for him when he finally gets into the ring with him.

As far as Mundine thing ..... someone is having a laugh ..... again. Just money for jam!

 

[Munk]

Its hard to believe Mundine is only 42\. He looks like he is in his fifties.

 

[happy_tiger]

Horn could be the worry

I believe he said he needed to lose 5 kg in 10 days to make limit

Could be just BS psych talk , but concerning if not

 

[happy_tiger]

Hoping Horn can handle being the hunted , no so easy for boxers becoming the hunted after being the hunter

 

[Demps]

Would love to see him fight Deontay.

Lots of talent in the boxing world atm.

Golovkin is awesome and beat Canelo IMO.

 

[Fade_To_Black]

Great title fight between Wilder and Luiz Ortiz this afternoon, plenty of leather thrown and the belt was hard-won. Good to see an entertaining Heavyweight scrap for a change.

 

[Byron_Bay_Fan]

Jeff Horn bit off more than he could chew today. the game was stopped before his face could be messed up again. Poor guy has so much guts and suffers punishment without flinching. Hope he already has sufficient money to pay cash for a mansion.

 

[Demps]

Horn is a nerd.
Don't even think he beat Manny.
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#Overrated

 

[innsaneink]

Yeh I was a little surprised at the end of the Pacquioao fight…

Corcoran?

 

[Demps]

Yeh I was a little surprised at the end of the Pacquioao fight…

Corcoran?

Surely they meant Terrence Crawford…

 

[Geo]

It's happy guys…relax

 

[innsaneink]

Horn looked old against a faster sharper more technically correct Crawford

 

[Demps]

Horn looked old against a faster sharper more technically correct Crawford

Only saw the highlights cos UFC >
But as expected…. Horn flopped.

Not a fan.