Comments Thread For: 'It's hard to let go': why Bryant Jennings is returning five years after defeat

[BoxingUpdates]

When on Saturday night Bryant Jennings walks to the ring to confront Joel Caudle, he will do so as an active fighter for the first time in over five years.
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[PBR Streetgang]

I wish him luck. I vaguely remember that Joyce fight and from what I recollect, Joe clearly won. Jennings also looked lackluster in that Dimitrenko fight even though he got the stoppage.

[BlackRobb]

Pointless return. Almost 40. Nothing special even at his best.

[TreD]

The heavyweight division is wide open in 3-5 years, especially after Anderson's brutal defeat. But coming back, at 39, after five years of inactivity, spells a recipe for CTE.

Boxing really shouldn't be letting anyone box past 37, really. But hey- Mike is fighting professionally at 58, so who cares?

[richardt]

Hope he can pocket some change along the way but this will end in the expected way that most older inactive fighters careers end.

[PRINCEKOOL]

'In boxing right now, there is a BOOM happening in levels below World level. And in my observation this is happening globally'.

And I honestly think, this boom in business opportunities? Is motivating certain fighters, to ether fight on or 'Return to the game. Bryant Jennings is obviously one of those fighters who desires to return and compete'.

Right now in the sport, you have Heavyweight fighters that really are not top level fighters 'They are solid fighters, and I would say middle class fighters i.e High End European level fighters. But they are being perceived and treated as genuine bona fide World level fighters'.

This is happening due to the BOOM in the game, I would say this business and market BOOM is unprecedented.

Note: On September 22nd Anthony Joshua will fight Daniel Dubois for the IBF World Heavyweight titles 'Now Daniel Dubois is a solid fighter, I would describe him as a top level fighter. But is he really a proven bona fide World level fighter? The reality is, nobody can claim that Dubois is a bonified World level fighter'.

Coming into this fight vs Anthony Joshua 'Although Joshua is the challenger for the IBF Titles, but Daniel Dubois has the most to prove in this fight by far'.

I even disagree with the notion that Daniel Dubois has been fighting better fighters than Anthony Joshua recently 'People need to put respect on the game of Jermaine Franklin, he while training part time was still able to push Dillian Whyte in a really close fight. A fight that many people believed that he had won'.

When Jermaine Franklin fought Anthony Joshua, he was 23 pounds lighter than when he fought Dillan Whyte 'Franklin weigh in at 257 pounds vs Whyte, then 234 pounds vs Anthony Joshua'.

Anthony Joshua was coming into that fight, at a very vulnerable stage of his career 'Joshua won 90 to 95% of the rounds, and contrary to certain narratives won the fight still rather easily'.

Robert Helenius and Otto Wallin, were both gradual increases in intensity of competition 'And with every single fight, you could see the momentum and believe building back in Anthony Joshua'.

The Francis Ngannou vs Anthony Joshua fight, was also vastly underrated challenge for Anthony Joshua 'Because Francis Ngannou beat Tyson Fury, all the statistics of that fight prove that statement correct'.

There is a narrative in the game, which certain folk try their best to promote 'That is that Anthony Joshua is petrified of fighters, and is lacking courage. For me, Anthony Joshua's resume displays without a shadow of a doubt that he has courage. Courage is moving forward, despite having apprehensions 'Anthony Joshua showed courage by immediately making the rematch vs both Andy Ruiz Junior II, and Oleksandr Uysk II. Joshua avenged his loss to Ruiz Junior, and still in a losing performance vs Uysk? Joshua produced one of his best ever skill for skill performance'.

Francis Ngannou was a fighter, who was putting direct pressure on Anthony Joshua's courage 'Because if Joshua was going to be afraid of any fighter, it would of been a fighter with attributes and aura of Francis Ngannou'.

Ngannou has mass destructive power in his punches, Ngannou was being built up as a fighter who was perceived to invulnerable to physical attacks.

Francis Ngannou vs Anthony Joshua, was very similar to when Tyson Fury fought Deontay Wilder for the second time 'Because both Joshua and Fury, understood to win those fights. It was not entirely about technical skill, or sophistication. It was about confronting doom, and potential peril and over coming it'.

During Deontay Wilder's Heavyweight reign, there were many fighters in the game 'That were good enough to out box him. But there were very few fighters, that had the ability resolve or fortitude to overcome the doom and peril that Deontay Wilder could bring into the fight'.

When that moment comes, it is not technical skill or sophistication that will fundamentally push you forward to overcome 'It is the type of fighter you are, sentient being on a intangible and immaterial level'.

To conclude: I just see in the game, that for now? There is a boom, in the middle classes of boxing. Is Bryant Jennings coming back to become a World Champion, or is he aspiring to fight his way back into the middle class. Boxing is a sport which in my opinion, has never really had distinct middle class.

You are ether one of the best fighters in the World or you are not 'But right now, for whatever reason there seems to be some sort of BOOM in those reigns below World level'.

If Bryrant Jennings can comeback, and produce a few solid wins 'Then that may be enough for him to land a big fight opportunity' etc.

[tophat1]

Terrible idea, he was never the same after turning vegan

[hitmanjosh]

His name said it all!



Bryant Bye Bye Jennings

[Roberto Vasquez]

This annoys me a lot! Boxers who retire too early and don't get it out of their system and then they have to come back when it's too late. Never listen to idiots on forums who tell you - you should retire after you lose a couple of fights....

Ricky Hatton was a prime example - lost to two legends in Pacquiao and Mayweather and just gave up. He was just such a moron. Why not just try to get better? or just accept there are people better than you? Then he came back when he was done against someone far too good and got bodied. Embarrassing!

[Tag, You're Hit]

I like Bryant for the simple fact that he said Hell No to the so-called-vaccine. Best wishes to you, bro. Scratch that itch.