Deron Williams vs Frank Gore?

[UcanUwill]

Wait, Deron is only 3 time all star? Man, it seemed like his prime lasted longer than that.

[Duke4life831]

What does the sport have anything to do with it? It's not like they're fighting for world titles or being seen as a legitimate fight in the eyes of the boxing community. The jokers are the people paying for the Paul fights and giving these celebrity bouts credibility.

I think its more to do with the fact that these kind of fights have become what most consider the sport to be nowadays. Normal boxing events dont come close to the numbers that these fake matches do. These idiotic clown matches have sadly become the face of the sport.

Sadly I can't disagree. Boxing's reputation is as low as it gets, but this isn't what should represent modern boxing, these circus acts don't come close to what we just saw a few weeks ago from Fury VS Wilder for example which was one of the greatest heavyweight boxing matches ever.

Ya dont get me wrong, Im an MMA fan but I do enjoy boxing as well. I haven't missed a Lomachenko fight in probably 3-4 years, I watched all 3 Fury/Wilder matches and thought each one were great fights in their own way and all together one of the best title trilogies in combat sports history.

But ya Fury/Wilder 3 got less than 600k PPV buys. And sadly these circus fights do just as well if not better. And sadly because of that, these circus fights have become how many view boxing. It does suck because there are still some good boxing matches that sadly go under the radar now.

[TheSeeker]

I've actually sparred with Deron Williams, he has been training a while as he likes MMA. He does a decent job.

I real fighter would kill him, but I think with the experience he has, that he will wipe the table with Gore, even though Gore is a beast.

[a8bil]

I've actually sparred with Deron Williams, he has been training a while as he likes MMA. He does a decent job.

I real fighter would kill him, but I think with the experience he has, that he will wipe the table with Gore, even though Gore is a beast.

Will be interesting...beast on the field is different than beast in the ring.

[Tor_Raps]

Haha sadly I'll be watching lol

[inquisitive]

Why not fight the other paul? Also is he going broke now? Not sure why people pay for PPV….been watching for free online on all boxing/MMA stuff…same for Canelo/ Caleb fight tonight.

[iLLmatic860]

I think Deron actually had mental health issues that killed a lot of his motivation and forced him to walk away. I think he may have legit been depressed throughout his Nets tenure and he never got back to what he used to be as a player, and he totally lost whatever passion he had for basketball.

He wasn’t built for Ny

[brutalitops]

You shouldnt give money to Triller, Boxing has, in the last 18 months made a bit of a push with having some great fighters fighting eachother, dont give the clowns any attention

[Pantsman]

I think Deron actually had mental health issues that killed a lot of his motivation and forced him to walk away. I think he may have legit been depressed throughout his Nets tenure and he never got back to what he used to be as a player, and he totally lost whatever passion he had for basketball.

his ankles gave out

Came here to say exactly that, which is why a boxig match doesn't seem like the greatest idea for him...

From interviews I’ve heard from deron it seems like MMA is his passion. I believe he opened an MMA gym. This might be good for him.

[HeartBreakKid]

Why not fight the other paul? Also is he going broke now? Not sure why people pay for PPV….been watching for free online on all boxing/MMA stuff…same for Canelo/ Caleb fight tonight.

Paul has been training for a few years now, celebrities are not going to box him.

[Cubbies2120]

Lol @ people blaming the sport of boxing.

The Paul brothers making a mockery of it isn't Boxing's fault.

Imagine two popular social media personalities having a beef and deciding to settle it in a game of 1v1 Basketball or 3v3 or something and they decide to publicize it. Is the entire sport of Basketball a joke then?

[Big J]

Kinda surprised that DWill took out that brother. I didn’t realize any NBA dudes could actually fight.

[payton2kemp]

He really went in on him lol

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[Ice Trae]

**** lol'd at that push by deron williams. that was hilarious

[D.Brasco]

He really went in on him lol

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Dude treated the fight like it was MMA. He owns an MMA promotion I think, he'd probably be more successful in the cage than the ring.

[payton2kemp]

I still remember the debates in the mid 2000's about CP3 vs D-Will lol dude could ball early in his career he really fell off with the Nets.

[rockmanslim]

Frank kind of calling out Deron in the post game presser. Frank claiming Deron bent the rules. Frank wants to run it back, Deron saying nope, this was a one off thing. But Frank keeps insisting they run it back lol. Frank is showing Deron respect, but at the same time seems pretty salty, wants a rematch.

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[Pelon chingon]

This sport is a joke

Boxing like all pro sports in order is.
1. A business
2. Entertainment
3. Sport

"You dont play boxing"

[JDR720]

This stuff isn't real boxing. It's the boxing version of WWE.

I watched WWE as a kid, everyone knows (or at least most do) that it's fake and scripted but they watch for the drama. The same applies to these fights. And the novelty of celebrities fighting each other has it's appeal too.

I do think these events outdrawing real boxing matches is bad for the sport though. It's like when counterfeited goods outsell the real thing.

[FreeThrowLine]

I might need to go see an optometrist because I've replayed it 3 times and I don't see Deron push a cameraman...the cameraman walks in front of him and minimal incidental contact is made with Deron's midsection....where is the push?