Papa Roche

[The Celtic Way @TheCelticWay3]

You fundamentally just wouldn't be allowed to say this on British TV.

Well done to Richie Sadlier.

[Dom Pirrello 🥊 @Pirrello]

It wasn't a robbery.

I had it 6-4 to usyk, but could see it 5-5 or 4-6, a few tight rounds in there. the official cards said the same thing. Two judges had it 95-95, one had Rico up 96-94. The knockdown was real and Usyk dropped him fair and square.

But no dobut about it this was the worst Usyk has ever looked.

Slow, distracted, a step behind all night. He almost looked like he aged overnight in there.

Hard not to wonder what was on his mind. Kyiv was being hit again the same night he was fighting. I can't imagine carrying that into a ring.

And then Rico. My word.

Better than anyone could have dared imagine. He looked MASSIVE in there, and i cant believe with that frame, and how much he was moving, that he did not fade down the stretch. If anything he was the fresher man at the end. That size and that pace caused Usyk every kind of problem.

One thing I will say though. The commentary was extremely one-sided. They missed a lot of what Usyk was actually doing in there. I think they were in genuine shock at how competitive it was, and all that extra surprised credit they kept handing Rico made it sound like he was having all the success. It wasn't one-way traffic. It was a close fight, and it should have been called like one.

Then the uppercut. A cracking shot in the 11th by Usyk, exactly when the championship rounds demanded it. And this is what Usyk does time and time again. The deeper a fight gets, the more he finds. He digs down and pulls something extra out to get the win. Special, Special fighter.

If you spit your mouthguard out on purpose, you should forfeit the right to put it back in until the end of the round. The time wasting at the most climactic moment of the night was horrible to watch.

If Rico wanted the fight to continue, throw a punch, try to hold, do SOMETHING in the final 10 seconds. Standing there and letting Usyk line you up was always going to end one way.

The pyramids lit up behind the ropes is an image boxing won't forget in a hurry. Pretty good execution from Turki after the Times Square show was a failure.

So where now.

I hope Usyk retires on this. 25-0, nothing left to prove, and tonight looked like a man at the very end of a long, great road.

And I'd love to see Rico get another fight at heavyweight. On this evidence, I want to know how far he can actually take this. Feed him to Itauma and lets see what Itauma can do to him.

#UsykVerhoeven

[Papa Roche @rochejn]

Same people crying about that were crying about Bivol Beterbiev. Usual shite. #usykrico

[Papa Roche @rochejn]

@ColmMcGuigan Two fair cards.

[Papa Roche @rochejn]

Never ceases to amaze me how poorly the masses score boxing. Just always go forward and be aggressive regardless of landing and that's enough for most of these mugs.

[Papa Roche @rochejn]

@JakeRWeston Way the Comms and online were going on, it was like Usyks punches weren't landing at all. Rico stepped up no doubt but was ugly and wasn't like some dominant performance.

[Papa Roche @rochejn]

Bad stoppage. Bell had rang? Didn't have it wide like others. Had it level and usyk about to go one up. #usykrico

[Papa Roche @rochejn]

@MirrorSport No

[Simon Harris @SimonHarrisMBD]

UK TV sport industry: ‘Why are so many people turning to illegal fire sticks?’

Also UK TV sport industry: ‘The 2026 Champions League final involving a UK team will not be broadcast free-to-air for the first time in 34 years.’

[Paul Brand @PaulBrandITV]

Quite remarkable that you can mess up a landslide victory quite this badly and quite this quickly. Labour had huge potential to achieve whatever it wanted to. Instead they are going the way of the Conservatives - interminable civil war.

[Papa Roche @rochejn]

Disgusting from Wardley's corner

[Papa Roche @rochejn]

Someone voted for something when she didn't understand what local council actually have power to impact...

I can tell you when they'll implement change... Never

[Francis Keogh @HonestFrank]

GOLDEN TEMPO came from last to first for historic win in 152nd running of #KentuckyDerby

The 23-1 shot made history as Cherie DeVaux became first woman to train the winner (ridden by Jose Ortiz)

1 Golden Tempo (23-1)
2 Renegade (5-1)
3 Ocelli (70-1)

[Papa Roche @rochejn]

@thejodiefry Millwall, 6 points.

[Anon Opin. @anon_opin]

It doesn't matter where you are in the world, there's always a bloke wandering around in a Coventry City shirt.

[Papa Roche @rochejn]

@IFLTV Not even close. Inoue

[Sarah Deech ☕️ @londonette]

Me flicking through the menu at an Indian restaurant pretending to be open minded when I know full well I’m going to order the chicken tikka masala

[Papa Roche @rochejn]

@Skye_Lloyd @Coventry_City

[Coventry City @Coventry_City]

NOW YOU’RE GONNA BELIEVE US! 🎆

[NO CONTEXT HUMANS @HumansNoContext]

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