Make The Days Count: Joshua Buatsi vs Craig Richards (Build-Up Preview)

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London Light-Heavyweight rivals Joshua Buatsi and Craig Richards do battle at The O2 on Saturday 21 May 2022. The winner will close on a shot at World honours, we bring you exclusive footage ahead of fight night as both men strive to Make The Days Count.
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[@topfuelteddy]

Mon the spider ! He'll be up against it but don't write him off. Two respectful fellas , great to see in this day and age .

[@DEEDUBZ]

I've heard a lot throughout the years; East London fighters saying they won't fight each other, the same with West and North. But South London fighters are not bothered if they come from the same region; they can know and respect each other, maybe even be friends, but they'll still fight each other. South London fighters have always got my respect the most.

[@braderslooloo]

This'll be the first pro fight I go to, two of my favorite current fighters having at it

[@selhurt]

I’m bumped into Joshua, a really respectful and polite gentleman. I was actually quite surprised how tall he was , all the best fella

[@ArticulateDesignASMR]

I thought Bivol looked sensational early against Richards but I'm pretty sure a case could be made for him taking more rounds from Bivol than Canelo did. Very interested to see how this fight plays out, I feel like Buatsi is a coiled spring of talent and power that's just waiting for a shot on the big stage. Having said that, Josh isn't getting any younger and we really need to see him in a marquee fight soon.

[@stephenking6323]

buzzing for this 1

[@timetoleave8366]

I think this will bring out the best of Buatsi imho

[@rickisunak]

Personally, Buatsi is the fighter who Diamante introduces the best. Just my random opinion though.

[@sweetsciencereport9264]

That's funny but accurate. It just works. Buatsi not only one of my favorite fighters, I dont get as excited to watch nearly any other fighter yet he hasn't faced great competition yet. Looking forward to the big fights

[@theguvnor3880]

Great fight. It's about time these british LHWs start fighting each other.

[@JackieChanFan1]

One of the best divisions in our country and Richards is definitely a driving force behind that by taking the domestic fights when he didn’t need to.

[@chrisb-m5203]

Can't wait to go watch this fight 😁👊🏾

[@joeboyd7919]

Great content !

[@david111davies]

cant call this, both are good

[@georgep7925]

Craig is very good, josh is great! These 2 will fight again in a couple years and it will be for a world title

[@TimmyTurner421]

Richards will beat him unless Buatsi brings the best performance of his career so far

[@ferguscasey5301]

Both seem like nice guys. I'm going to go for the underdog Richards. He has proven himself more in the pro's and has not had the backing Buatsi has had.

[@melanitex1089]

Can't wait for this!

[@m2m679]

Another Matchroom hypejob common spider 🥊🥊

[@b5byt]

Beautiful build up.

[@reaper060670]

I'm looking forward to this fight bcos I've never seen this lad buatsi fight so tis will be a good fight and maybe one if the best in British boxing for over a decade if Spider turns up and finds another huge performance.

[@adamlees8410]

This will be a chess match with Richards winning but the judges doing their usual and going for Buatsi with a controversial decision.

[@JB-td9fz]

Going with Richards by KO.

[@dwaynedibley997]

This is the only test of buatsi’s wasted career .. the way Richards dealt with Pitters was world class

[@adamnewman1849]

Hardly wasted, stop start yes and had injuries. But it's now or never. But you're talking like he's 35. This is the test before the big fights.

[@chris-xf5or]

@@adamnewman1849 i looked up buatsi and i thought "wasted career" so im here thinking at the very minimum he should be over 30. mans is 29...

[@adamnewman1849]

@@chris-xf5or that's my point. The time is now. Big fights from now on in. But yes the progression has been slow. But you could say that about cordina too. But injuries don't help. Saturday is time for JB to shine.

[@dwaynedibley997]

@@adamnewman1849 I’m talking like where is his British title? His commonwealth title? His European title? The guy turned pro 5 years ago after the Olympics and now he’s moment has gone, hes on a platform no one knows about.. It’s all about Ben Whitaker now..

[@adamnewman1849]

@@dwaynedibley997 I think he won the British but gave it up. I think when you medal at the Olympics boxers don't always have to earn their stripes. I agree he should of had more competitive fights. But it's far from a wasted career. Il reserve judgement for now. Certainly not until after this fight.

[@darksiderumpunch]

Richards to win on points

[@dazg7405]

Buatsi talking in top boy riddles

[@cornell833]

Richard wins On points 👉

[@nathansmith9618]

Dont get why Callum Smith is never mentioned as the top light heavies in the county. He's number 1 for me

[@alf2892]

Because he's only had one fight

[@alf2892]

@Huw Evans In the light heavyweight division obviously...

[@nathansmith9618]

Held a world title, no one calls him out

[@sololivingrealty]

He’s number 1 for box rec too. Buatsi 2, Antony Yarde 3, Craig Richards 4.

[@jheezzz55661]

Josh reminds me Holyfield and Richard’s has to fight like Lennox to win.

[@ddeelloobbaa]

Why is it that all of you have white managers??? Is there any black management firm??

[@tommyair7]

Ask Google, only Google can answer that dumb question

[@jakehudson4166]

I rewatched the Richards fight against Bivol again a few week ago and if he had started quicker he would of won that fight. But what happened. This is gonna be an epic fight I’m saying 60/40 Richards

[@funkrates4778]

I'm a HUGE fan of Richards, but let's be honest. Making rounds competitive doesn't mean you won them. Bivol would always come back and outdo Richards to make sure he won the round. Only one card had that fight scored accurately, which was the 110-118 scorecard. The other two were watching some other fight.

[@davidkinsey3744]

That's what I thought if he had just pushed it a bit more , and had the confidence to do it , he could have won , buatsi is lazy and spider needs to put it on him ,👊

[@MisticDW]

You lot are lucky, I can't get excited for these low budget UK fights

[@yourstruly4155]

Decent Domestic level Dustup 🤷‍♂️😏

[@rbg1468]

buatsi or Richards should fight zurdo for the Mandatory slot 💯

[@Footieheritage]

Cmon Buatsi KO Richards he ain't on ur level !

[@nerozonez9423]

Spider no joke he got skills.

[@acatiki111]

Richards win UD!!!...

[@qasimdin7438]

buatsi will stop him late 10 or 11 with Richards leading on the cards at the time of the stoppage Richards will frustrate buatsi for the most part constantly catching him with clean right hands and jabs

[@avelonavelon1611]

Craig richards used stiff arm against jake bull and looked the best I've seen him - But he's never used it since

[@LA_BIÈRE_CHAUD]

I can’t wait for this fight. Edit: This fight sucked.

[@JackieChanFan1]

I like the spiteful fighters because all this friendly and humble stuff is fake. At the end of the day, they’re in there for themselves

[@johnmurphy4747]

Seems like Will from 258 will need a new job

[@billyshears1273]

Buatsi KO rd 4 🥊👍

[@reaper060670]

Hey Eddie, have u paid Dimitri Bivol his money for battering CANELO yet?? According to Bivol u haven't sent him his check as yet and those words came outa his mouth.. Sort ur shit out

[@puresim316nosimracingnolif3]

spider will beat Joshua

[@eastsidecryptoguy8986]

Lol to be real canelo wouldve lost to both these guys

[@basigiyidan996]

Buatsi is more explosive 🧨. I got him on this one TKO 9

[@breal101]

Decent fighter Buatsi, but why does he adopt the AJ plum personality? And if your gonna sell him like hes invincible, chuck him in with beterbiev, or why not bivol as they're both under matchroom 🤷‍♂️ just giving him fighters hes already expected to beat up. Only in, i think his last fight, he almost got found out by a promotionaly completely overhyped opponent.

[@tommyair7]

You might as well get in the ring and show him how things are meant to be done

[@breal101]

@@tommyair7 you might as well just be a cheer leader

[@kase121]

From a promotional standpoint, it would be difficult to promote him. AJ has the physic & the looks, Fury has the skills & the Gypsy community. It’s much more difficult to talk shit in the UK in comparison to the US. Unless you’re Amir Kahn who’s a great talker but he had a flashy style.