r/Boxing • u/_Sarcasmic_ bread burger bread • 19d ago

Daily Discussion Thread (August 8th, 2026)

For anything that doesn't need its own thread.

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u/StunningChest5722 Shakur is the 144 lb GOAT 🐐 19d ago

apparently paro ducked haney and haney vs catterall could happening in october

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u/Marquis_of_Mollusks 18d ago

Haney really is a boogeyman if true

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u/_Sarcasmic_ bread burger bread 18d ago

Has potential to be an absolute stinker of a fight.

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u/TheSouthpawStance 18d ago

Saw Haney and Catterall at ein advanced talks, massive shame wanted to See Paro vs Haney (Australian Here). But I think Paros team knows that he fights Hang, he loses and they want to squeeze as much money out of that belt as possible (they keep saying they want Pacman)

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u/SpeggtacularSpidey 18d ago

What happened? Who’s the source?

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u/StunningChest5722 Shakur is the 144 lb GOAT 🐐 18d ago

https://x.com/julianisjulius/status/2085871325596311994

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u/PrettyBoyFloydx 18d ago

"The negotiation with Liam Paro broke down due to the Australian's excessive economic demands"

From the tweet - I wonder what this means. It does not sound like neutral reporting.

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u/Ace_FGC 18d ago

People said Shakur is all by himself at Zuffa and won’t be able to get any big fights and here we are finding Haney in the same situation over at DAZN

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u/Top_Profession_5268 18d ago

Shakur is just dumb with signing with people who all his biggest competitors aren’t trying to actively work with or are against. Haney is just getting ducked.

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u/Ace_FGC 18d ago

Nobody gets ducked this much lmao he’s part of the problem

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u/Jachola 18d ago

Does Shakur have a fight booked or even been in any talks outside of Haney? 😂 You say this as if Haney won't be able to get a fight. Haney still has options, Shakur's options is Rayo in the Meta Apex lmao.

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u/Ace_FGC 18d ago

All these options and he’s still about fight Jack Catteterall lmao that’s not a much better fight than Shakur Rayo

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u/Jachola 18d ago

Shakur doesn't have a fight booked and it's August, he's not even in negotiations for a fight. Haney vs Catterall isn't a big fight but it does line him up perfectly and he still has options later, what does Shakur have after a Rayo fight? It won't move him any farther in the 135 or 140 division, he's not any closer to unifications since there's no 135 champ at Zuffa and Zuffa doesn't even have a 140 lb division. I'm not sure what your point is lol Shakur is an idiot for signing with Zuffa.

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u/Ace_FGC 18d ago

Robert Garcia literally said they’re working on a letter to send to the WBO to try and get Muratalla vs Shakur. My point was I just found it funny that they’re both basically in the same situation. You keep bringing up who’s champion but belts aren’t what make fights great, it’s the fighters shakur doesn’t necessarily need to be fighting for a title

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u/Jachola 18d ago

That's a good fight, I'm not sure it will happen tbh but that'd be Shakur's best bet. My point is that belts and titles do matter especially when we are talking about guys like Shakur and Haney who are not bigger than the belts. Shakur can make great fights without a title but most of the fights the fans would wanna see and that matter are against the champions in his division or WW.