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    Britain vs Ukraine?

    So, I kinda noticed that there has been several significant instances in the past 20+ years where British and Ukrainian fighters have fought. Most of which have been in the heavyweight division. The first instance is when Lennox Lewis defended his title against Vitali Klitschko. Then we have Wlad Klitschko losing his championship to Fury then suffering another loss against AJ. Another significant UK vs Ukraine fight was Loma vs. Campbell. And now we have AJ vs Usyk right around the corner.
    Now, I’m aware that the case I just built up is totally flimsy and that pointing out these fights in particular doesn’t necessarily mean rivalry. It’s even harder to determine since unlike with Mexico vs. Puerto Rico, you aren’t able to see both British and Ukrainian fans in the same stadiums.
    That’s why I wanna ask any Brits or Ukrainians on this site, do you feel that there is a rivalry between your countries in the world of boxing? Are there any other significant fights that I don’t know of which would support my speculation? Or am I just completely full of it and don’t know what I’m talking about?

    Edit: When I originally wrote this, the AJ vs Usyk hadn’t aired yet. Now we have Usyk as champion.
    Last edited by Flickergrab98; 10-02-2021, 01:34 PM.
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    They were all good fights. Vitali battered Lewis before losing to a cut, Fury schooled Wlad, then Wlad was at least 5 points up (in reality) vs Joshua before being stopped. Loma beat Campbell 116-111 imo, and AJ vs Usyk is 60-40 AJ. Nash out.

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      #3
      You forgot about Wlad vs Haye.

      Anyway as far as a rivalry goes, nah not really, there has definatley been some good fights between fighters from both countries, and there's been a lot of Ukrainian fighters I admire (as a brit) but generally I've always found Ukrainians to be good people and fun to be around so there's not that rivalry even in like a banter sense that we have with say the aussies.

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        #4
        Nah no real rivalry at all from my perspective.

        There was also Wlad-Haye, Vitali-Chisora, Khan-Kotelnik, Hatton-Senchenko and Usyk-Bellew in recent years.
        Last edited by RJJ-94-02=GOAT; 09-13-2021, 11:10 PM.

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          #5
          as a Ukrainian I will say that I have never felt any kind of rivalry in the world of boxing between our countries until you wrote this post.

          or rather, some inner feeling, as a comparison via ​ like if it was some kind of London derby (arsenal vs Chelsea or vs th) in football in your country I have never existed.


          our media set us up only to compete with the Russians, with other countries - these are just friendly skirmishes
          Last edited by Bossony; 12-19-2023, 08:16 PM.
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            #6
            Procure uma plataforma que ofereça transacções simples e sem problemas e que ofereça uma variedade de modos de depósito e levantamento.Tenha sempre uma ideia das ofertas e promoções que a plataforma tem para oferecer. Isto poupará o seu dinheiro e ajudá-lo-á a beneficiar de um grande ganho a partir do montante promocional.​

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              #7
              Interesting thought… you posit complex match ups …

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                #8
                Klitschkos got a lot Ukrainians into boxing (both fighting and fans). Got a lot of my Ukrainian fans into being boxing fans.

                Then Loma and Usyk.

                I hope this only grows.

                Damn I wish I was 16 again and started boxing. The little boxing that I did for personal training at the age of 25 (10 years ago) I absolutely loved it. If I was younger I would've wanted to go to amateurs and maybe even pros.

                I would include things like Tai Chi, mediations, Ayurveda - gifts that many boxers do not (yet) value that would make their systems (spirit, mind, body) so much more stronger.

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by Nash out View Post
                  They were all good fights. Vitali battered Lewis before losing to a cut, Fury schooled Wlad, then Wlad was at least 5 points up (in reality) vs Joshua before being stopped. Loma beat Campbell 116-111 imo, and AJ vs Usyk is 60-40 AJ. Nash out.
                  Lewis disfigured Vitali. The fight was stopped purely to preserve the safety of Vitali. It was a ****.

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                    #10
                    I can't speak for the Ukranian's but the Brits respect ukranian fighters (Klitschko's, usyk, loma at least). Brits tend to criticise british boxers if they think too highly of themselves. look at the hate anthony fowler and shannon courtenay get on twitter/youtube as an example.
                    usyk is the most down to earth boxer ive seen. i saw that video where he was calling out anthony..and did a 'run', about 2 yards back and forth, as his cardio (ie 'look, im not doing any cardio for this fight'). He's always doing something hilarious.

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