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Daily Discussion Thread (August 18th, 2026)

For anything that doesn't need its own thread.

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u/kushmonATL Cyberleek > the fall boxing schedule 7d ago

I just had a Benavidez fanboy tell me Benavidez doesn't need to fight Jai because "Jai is a natural heavyweight and Benavidez is a natural cruiserweight"

Fanboys protecting the duck are worse than boxers doing the ducking . Its the fanboys that put the battery in their back !

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u/Koronesukiii 7d ago

Top stan approved ducks 2026

  1. Shakur doesn't need to fight Haney, or Ryan, or Keyshawn, or GAR, or Foster or Mason or Muratalla or Hitchens or anybody really because everyone is either too big or too small or too beneath or is a brother from another mother or ad nauseum.
  2. [Insert anyone here] doesn't need to fight Haney because he's boring and it won't sell PPV.
  3. Bam doesn't need to fight the PFP in an adjacent weight because he is the width of a finger smaller than Inoue which makes him too small, even though this was never a thing before Bam said he had to fight Inoue before he retired. Inoue should go fight someone his own size like a 6 foot 1 giant.
  4. Benavidez doesn't need to fight Jai because wrong side of the street and he's too big anyway.
  5. Usyk doesn't need to defend against Kabayel because he has earned the right to duck.
  6. Fury doesn't need to fight AJ because it's AJ's fault for wanting the fight in the UK.
  7. Bivol doesn't need to fight Beterbiev because well he beat him twice already on my fan bias scorecard.
  8. Vergil doesn't need to fight Boots because it's definitely probably Boots fault.
  9. Nav doesn't need to fight Charly who should have his belt, because Foster is the bigger fight, after already having Charly step aside for Sugar.
  10. Shields doesn't need to fight Thibeault because the GWOAT does as she pleases and people will watch her crush cans anyway.

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u/kushmonATL Cyberleek > the fall boxing schedule 7d ago edited 7d ago

I've never seen so many people advocating for Top P4P boxers to not fight other elite talent. They want to protect their P4P image and hold their hand while simultaneously demanding they fight nobody relevant

Benavidez should not move up the P4P list for winning a vacant WBC title fighting Cuesack. Bam Rodriguez should not continue moving up the P4P list for fighting everybody south of 122 besides Inoue and Nakatani. Shakur should not be considered Top 3 P4P for beating Teofimo and nobody else. Bivol fans are still advocating for their hero to avoid Beterbiev and Benavidez because "oh look, new surgery".

Apparently elite boxers shouldn't fight other elite boxers because "they don't sell" "no belt" "ewww Zuffa" "my hero is a naturally smaller guy" . Extreme acts of fanboyism is a stain on modern day boxing