Rolling Boxing Thread / Anticipating Manny vs. Mayweather

Maccrenelli/Hobson on the undercard was a fucking slobberknocker of a fight.

Joe Calzaghe-Jeff Lacy is a mismatch. Lacy is going to destroy that boy. He's too strong, he's a fighter - he's proved himself.

Calzaghe never did anything. He beat Chris Eubank nine years ago, but what has he done since then? He's a joke, that's why he keeps pulling out of fights.

I wouldn't be surprised if he pulled out of this one. Everybody in the UK is over-protected, but Lacy will be OK, because he's a fighter.

Toney should stick to turning the heavyweight division into a circus and failing drug tests rather than offering his unique insights.

I'm sure I can see Willie Thorne in the front row of this crowd.

He had Lacy bleeding from the first round and never really put him down (one knockdown that was a maybe) - that kind of power (or lack thereof) doesn't make moving up a class sound too brilliant.

Fernando Vargas's eye was much worse than it looked in photos.

Last Updated: Tuesday, 7 March 2006, 16:36 GMT

Busy Williams replaces Harrison

Danny Williams will defend his Commonwealth heavyweight crown in Glasgow on 25 March following the withdrawal of Scott Harrison.

Harrison was due to defend his WBO featherweight crown against Joan Guzman but has picked up a gum infection.

Williams last fought on 25 February, when he took a split decision against British champion Matt Skelton.

Williams said: "I thought I'd be out for a while before a potential fight with (WBA champion) Nikolay Valuev."

Williams outpoints brutal Skelton

The 32-year-old added: "I was delighted when I got the call - I wanted to keep busy to stay off the chocolate bars and cakes.

"I don't care who is put in front of me, but I will knock them clean out because no-one is getting in the way of my second world-title shot."

Harrison is in no condition to take on Guzman, of the Dominican Republic, according to his father and trainer, Peter Harrison.

He said: "Scott's training has been a nightmare from the start.

"He developed a cold in the first week, but everything seemed OK following the birth of his daughter, Maria.

"But then Scott was hit by a gum infection and was forced to return from Fort William to visit his dentist.

"Things have got worse since then and Scott phoned me on Sunday morning to say his neck was swollen.

"When I visited him, I could see he had swollen glands and we got in touch with Frank Warren straight away to advise him of the situation."

I'm disappointed but not surprised. He seemed to be running scared.

OMG - LARRY MERCAHNT DEFINES KRUNK!!!!!!

The de la hoya fight had it's own thread.

omg pavlik smackdown

Pavlik winning was kinda surprising.

Spinks/Taylor is going to suck and Taylor is going to win. You can pretty much change the channel already.

This'll certainly be a close fight...

I've just joined Facebook group "I hope Ricky Hatton gives Floyd Mayweather a fuckin good hiding"

CALZAGHE/KESSLER

Major fights with no Americans in = the new hotness

because that's a new thing

Enzo fight on now. Calzaghe fight must be a late one.

ahh f--- this is on regular HBO isn't it. You used to be able to order HBO for one night and pay a prorated amount (like, fifty cents) and cancel it the next day.

I'm just thankful we get Setanta now. This should be a cracking fight.

We pay enough for Sky as it is so, regretfully, fuck Setanta.

We got setanta free this year from virginmedia to make up for them losing sky news/sky one etc.
Enzo just won his fight in 4 rounds.
Calzaghe fight starts 1.30am apparently. Listening to it on radio, Jim?

I might stick it on unless I've gone to bed, yeah.

Come on aim and i'll give you commentary!

happy its gonna be only 930ish here on US east coast
think kessler is gonna win

k lol I can't find my aim link hang on a sec.

I think Calzaghe will be too smart for him.

Not long now.

I really should be in bed....but seeing as I've been drifting off on the sofa all day......

I had a nap earlier so I wouldn't miss this.
And here we go..

Ha, I have to feed the boy in a bit, a perfect excuse

i really don't want to see that good luck chuck advert ever again.

I would watch Dane Cook in a snuff movie maybe

calzaghe = way too cocky here

hes gonna have to have his best fight ever if he's gonna beat this guy, kessler is very good.

if he keeps leading with his head down like that, Kessler's going to floor him with a big shot

im pretty sure kessler wont get knocked out or stopped, so maybe the age difference will count at the later stages.

I'm only listening on 5 Live but it seems to be turning into a chess match. Which suits Calzaghe, I guess.

Joe's way ahead on points but Kessler can catch him with big punches and he's gotta knock joe out. Kessler can punch so hard so joe gotta not get caught.

MY GOD

I reckon Joe has won by 3.

Calzaghe BETTER take Sports Personality Of The Year by a landslide.

has to be calzaghe

xpost no chance, sadly, hatton maybe, if he wins

fuckin' Max Kellerman. They (kinda) ditched Larry Merchant for this putz...

What was up with Kessler's corning not doing anything about his left eye?

YES!!!

It will be Loser Hamilton tho won't it.

It has to be Calzaghe tho.

was there something to like about Larry Merchant?

buffet puts too much into the joe, not enough into the calzaghe

it will be hamilton, i don't know that there's anything that can be done, very wrong, only ricky can stop him

calzaghe was impressive...would love to see the rumored fight vs b.hop

Awesome fight, if this had been on ITV then Joe would walk the sports personality.
But in a country where princesses can fucking win it, I guess it will be Hamilton unless Hatton wins(would be an amazing achievement but I can't see him beating Mayweather).

Joe will step up a division I reckon. He's beat everyone in the super middleweight division.

yeah, but no-one could see him beating tszyu either, I think he'll do it

Larry Merchant is like having your grandfather narrate a fight on a fifth of Jack. Max is like having your meth-addict cousin scream the entire time. (except tonight, when they seem to have kept his mic cut off for rounds at a time)

Kessler will rule that division when Joe steps up.

With regards to the Hatton vs Mayweather, I reckon Oscar was beating Mayweather until the last couple of rounds where he tired badly. Hatton shouldn't tire like that so it could be a good fight.

Kellerman's success has kinda made him a cocky bastard, but at least he's reasonably informed, and sober. xxp

Setanta needs to lay off the "best fight ever" shite. That wasn't in Joe's top 5. Kessler caught him a few times but looked as if he only had one way of fighting - once Joe sussed that out all he had to do was avoid the big shots (which he nearly fucked up).

First six rounds were good, particularly the 3rd and 4th where it went from "Calzaghe's going to walk this" to "Calzaghe's going to get knocked spark out any second" but after that it never really hit the heights.

All credit to Calzaghe though, he always seem to know to win regardless of what problem is put in front of him. It'll be interesting to see if he moves up a division, given that he's never really been a concussive puncher at 12st.

I thought it was a classic myself. Never gonna get to sleep tonight because of the buzz hehe.

pleasant surprise - Juan Manuel Marquez v. Rocky Juarez on Showtime now. Marquez is a great fighter to watch, Juarez would be making a go of it if not for a nasty cut.

Hopkins next for Calzaghe then?

if anyone's interested, there is a re-airing of the contender final on espn2 tonight at 10. this was completely not on my radar as the contender as a tv show is pretty terrible but brian kenny on sportscenter said this was the best fight he's ever seen.

BBC1 is re-showing the calzaghe fight after football focus on saturday.

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didn't calzaghe kick the arse of the guy from the contender? Or is this a new one?

David Haye vs Jean-Marc Mormeck for the WBA and WBC cruiserweight titles is on setanta now live from Paris.

Is there anywhere to stream this online? Haye's my boy.

Got 5live commentary.

I don't watch (listen to) Haye fights to see him play the fucking stamina game..

Haye dropped in the fourth!

Haye KO R7

A cracking punch to finish it. He's relinquishing the belts though, so no fight with Enzo unless its at heavyweight and enzo isn't anywhere near a heavyweight yet so I guess that fights a few years away.

Shane Mosley vs Miguel Cotto on Setanta at 3am tonight. Worth staying up late?

That sensation you feel is The Quickening

http://profile.ak.facebook.com/object2/176/65/n5180900877_8868.jpg

Totally psyched for this.

I'm gonna eat a shitload of fried food over the next few days in tribute to Ricky.

Hatton KO/TKO @ 4/1 is tempting, though my heart might be ruling my head here.

Not paying £16 for it. I guess 5 Live will have to do.

I feel sorry for Ali though, he put all that time and effort into his little rhymes, his little speeches, his interviews, and yet his entire spoken word output has basically been blown out of the water by the majesty of "Will you stop touching me knee you poof?"

I for one am looking forward to Mayweather's destruction of Hatton.

There is no way in hell you could get me to pay for this one.

Ricky the Hugman Hatton vs. a defensive boxer whose last five or six fights have all been dull.

Mayweather isn't really about destroying anybody, least of all Hatton.

I know, but a guy can dream

Then again, he did kick the shit out of Arturo Gatti.

I reckon if it goes the distance, Mayweather wins. Which is why it should be a great fight, cos Hatton ought to realise that too.

Mayweather by decision: 5/4
Hatton by decision: 9/2
Hatton by KO, TKO or DQ : 9/2
Mayweather by KO, TKO or DQ : 5/1
Draw: 22/1
Mayweather by DQ: 33/1
Hatton by DQ: 33/1
Mayweather by towel: 50/1
Hatton by towel: 50/1

Draw: 22/1

^^^like these odds

God I love Paddy Power:

What phrase will the Sky commentators use first after the first round bell?

Undefeated 6 - 1
Jab 6 - 1
The talk is over 8 - 1
Hook 12 - 1
The Hitman 12 - 1
Caught him cold 16 - 1
Got him with a left 16 - 1
Straight right 16 - 1
Holding 16 - 1
Straight left 16 - 1
Dancing 16 - 1
Uppercut 16 - 1
Got him with a right 16 - 1
What a punch 20 - 1
Working the body 25 - 1
Fast hands 25 - 1
Goes to work 25 - 1
Making themselves heard 25 - 1
In his own backyard 25 - 1
Ricky Fatton 33 - 1
Trash talking 33 - 1
Right on the money 33 - 1
It's going to go to the judges 33 - 1
Show boating 40 - 1
The British invasion 50 - 1
He's cut 66 - 1
Mayweather's down 66 - 1
Hatton's down 66 - 1
Hanging on 66 - 1
Below the belt 66 - 1
There's David Beckham 66 - 1
Low blow 80 - 1
Can he beat the count 100 - 1
He's not going to make it 100 - 1
Saved by the bell 100 - 1
Thrown in the towel 100 - 1

Mayweather by KO 5 to 1? Can that be right? I'd be all over that, had I any monies.

Amir Khan fight is on ITV in a few minutes. I still can't get used to Stewpot from Grange Hill being master of ceremonies though.

do we know when sky are showing it on non-PPV? I'm so knackered there's no way I'll stay up for it, and I'm buggered if I'm paying 16 quid for it so it's a Likely Lads scenario for me..... if they're not showing it too late.

Khan wins in 1st round. And the ref shoulda stopped it about 10 seconds earlier as he wasn't fighting back. Earl was clearly a finished fighter who should never have been fighting Khan.

I'm not paying £16 either for the Hatton. I'll just check the result in the morning.

The Khan fight lasted 72 seconds. He will never have an easier fight.

"ricky hatton is the underdog, so you've gotta make him favourite" - every english sports pundit over past week

why do we boo opposition anthems? what is wrong with us?

anyway, here goes

not watching this. this will not end well. if hatton wins by miracle of god or assassins' bullet then it will be the greatest upset of all time

mayweather, of course, is winning convincingly so far (according to the radio)

If the loser's plucky, we blame the ref. If the loser isn't plucky, we character-assassinate him. Fortunately for Ricky Hatton, he's plucky.

lol hatton, lol hype, lol media, lol wanko ergo sum

calzaghe for SPOTY

Hatton is a chump

USA!!! USA!!!

lol dat limey nigga got his fucken ass kicked... after watching all of 24/7 the other night i knew that there was no way mayweather would lose~~~

on tha real tho that was a tyte fite imho. i was impressed as shit by how mayweather adapted and came out of his shell. he stepped the fuck up instead of just doing enough to get by~~

Not a surprise. Maybe he shouldn't have stepped up a weight.
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happy to see hatton hit the canvas. mayweather was mostly dominating that shit though, would've won the decision.

Great fight. I thought Mayweather was technically superior to De La Hoya without really killing him, but tonight he was impressive as fuck. I'd've scored him at least 6-2 up before he stopped it but really...admire Hatton's balls and he gave good post-bout interview but you could see in him that he knew he'd been well beaten.

http://assets.espn.go.com/photo/2007/1208/mayweather_hatton3_412.jpg

lol

http://i13.tinypic.com/7y3bvuv.gif

oof, that looks nasty.

Listened to radio from round 4 onwards and it sounded like Hatton got a lesson or two, possibly the most important one being that he may have the bollocks but he doesn't have the power to step up a weight.

Mayweather had been thoroughly twattish in the whole run-up, then in th epost fight interview seemed thoroughly decent.

Great year for British sport

God knows what he's gonna do now, Junior Witter's not exactly gonna get him a £10million purse.

Hatton vs De La Hoya retirement fund-raiser in the New Year.

Ah, I don't see that Ricky's got many places to go now bar the De La Hoya exhibition bout. S'pose it's too much to expect he just retires with dignity tho.

The worst of this is that Hamilton is now a shoe-in for a Sports Bottler of the Year Award tonight.

Mayweather had been thoroughly twattish in the whole run-up, then in th epost fight interview seemed thoroughly decent.

...whereas Hatton came across afterwards as mealy-mouthed and cocky.

By the way, who was the old guy doing the interviews immediately after the fight, an old guy with white hair? What a pro!

Larry Merchant?

lol i would pay premium PPV prices to see larry merchant tortured to death on live tv

Yes, it was Larry Merchant. They didn't make 'em like that any more.

don't

What sort of reputation does Merchant have? Is this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLtPy42LhGM&feature=related anything to go by?

Lots of people seem to hate him, but he's also popular enough that HBO couldn't demote/can him when they wanted to bring in Max Kellerman to do color/interviews full time (thank god for that, Kellerman is a nightmare).

I like him a lot - it's kind of nice to have a rambling old sportswriter type talking rather than high-sheen tv people.

"Dom Passantino left the group I hope Ricky Hatton gives Floyd Mayweather a fuckin good hiding."

merchant is a) always drunk as shit b) always asks the fighters really demeaning questions

it's pretty entertaining but at the same time i wish his slurring old ass would just die in a fire

And well done to Joe Calzaghe BBC Sports Personality Of The Year.
Justice has been done.

Watched the whole thing on youtube, very entertainting. I love Hatton, but Mayweather is a fucking genius, probably the second best fighter (next to RJJ) of my generation.

I put Mayweather above RJJ.

I keep reading that as RJG and thinking you are all mad.

I'd back an RSJ against either of them.

Alex Arthur looks to have left it all in the gym, big shock on if he doesn't stop catching these right hands.

Two great rounds there from Arthur to show I don't know shit.

who is RSJ?

Rolled Steel Joist.

Cracking fight. Left to the body from Arthur in the 9th looked to have taken all the fight out of Foster but then he somehow came back and floored Arthur with a huge right hand in the 11th. Arthur did well to beat the count and hang on for a narrow win.

Just gonna watch the Khan fight. 10 minutes?

started

1st round Khan, St Clair looks up for it tho.

3-0 I think.

This is a proper fight now. Biggest test Khan's had yet and I'm not sure if he'll pass it.

I.E. he's gonna have to keep his cool

If he can get a points win then it will put the end to the can he go 12 rounds stuff.

7th: good round for Khan. Could've been a turning point but he stepped up and reasserted himself.

Neither look like knocking the other out so far. But who knows what will happen.

I'll say one thing, Khan can box a bit.

I think Khan had better watch himself to the last second, I can still see St Clair catching him. That said, he's taken a couple of decent shots.

I think Khan had better watch himself to the last second,

St Clair don't look beat tho. These last 3 are gonna be dy-nu-mite.

Classy performance. Slightly disappointed St Clair didn't show a bit more at the end there.

Comfortable win for Khan. He looked very good.

120-108 wow

All 3 judges gave him all 12 rounds. Tiny bit generous, maybe.

And I cant really argue with that either though. St Clair didn't really do anything

I thought he mixed it up a bit between 7 and 10.

this shit on hbo paul williams v. quintana is about the biggest mismatch looking fight ive ever watched except quintana caught dude w/ a few good shots in rd 1

has been a quality fight. williams technique looks like it sux and he'd get pwned by mayweather or even cotto i would guess

wowowowowowow new welterweight champ of the world 1st loss for p will

kellerman's lips look methier than usual, poor max

Lennox Lewis is ok, but fuck this Max Kellerman/guy-who's-not-Jim-Lampley noise

Honestly, I never understood the Kellerman hate.

Loud, obnoxious, rarely adds anything of interest and seems to occasionally play favorites with his remarks. What's not to like?

Is he on ILX?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/boxing/7253985.stm

Joe Calzaghe has been warned he "better be willing to die" by Bernard Hopkins ahead of their 19 April light-heavyweight contest in Las Vegas.

Hopkins repeatedly said the phrase to Calzaghe when the two men staged the traditional face off following a press conference on Tuesday.

"I feel in an executioner mood," said Hopkins, who addressed the media wearing a black hood.

"I am going to punish him and punish him slowly."

Undisputed super-middleweight champion Calzaghe, 35, is unbeaten in 44 professional fights.

He laughed off the episode, as he had done before Christmas when Hopkins, 43, Ring Magazine's light-heavyweight champion, claimed during a previous confrontation that he would "never lose to a white boy".

"He's doing what he has to do to psyche himself up," said Calzaghe. "I'm enjoying it. This is a new phase for me, my first fight in the States.

"I came to watch the Ricky Hatton fight against Floyd Mayweather and saw the support he had and that's the only thing missing from my career, a big name, someone like Hopkins and all the bull that surrounds it.

"He can be the bad guy now but I'm going to be the bad guy come 19 April.

"I've been through all this before. I've been undefeated 17 years so nothing intimidates me.

MACCARINELLI VS HAYE. BIGGEST UK FIGHT FOR A DECADE. WHO WILL WIN: GAZ TOP ON STEROIDS OR A BOYZ II MEN BODYGUARD CIRCA 1994?

Tough call, I'm going with Haye inside 8. There's no way I think it'll go the distance.

TYSON VS HOLYFIELD III - WILL THIS BE A BIGGER FARCE THAN MAYWEATHER VS BIG SHOW?

(and who will make the most money?)

If they made Tyson/Holyfield a play-off for the right to fight the winner of Mayweather/Show, I'd buy a ticket.

I'm torn between Haye and Maccarinelli. I remember seeing Haye's debut fight when BBC2 used to have weekly schlub boxing contests on a Thursday night, I was basically "Wow, I fuck w/this dude". But Maccarinelli is good ol' boy as well. It's not going past eight rounds, it may well be over in two tbh.

What time does the actual fight start?

2am

Vasquez vs. Marquez III was great.

Cheers Dom. Reckon I'll stay up for it.

from the bbc
0030: Best guess on fight time is somewhere between 0230 and 0300 but no-one is quite sure. One thing is for certain, the atmosphere at a packed O2 Arena is quite tasty. A full house of 14,000-odd fans and a few lagers have been had in the long wait for the main event. In case you were wondering, first bell is so late because of the US market. The plan is to launch both of these fighters as major world stars by exposing them to the money men across the Pond.

I reckon 3am - that's when Freeview customers are being told to switch from c34 to c38 if they've subscribed.

Drunk and tired but I think I'll make it.

Mitchell vs Johanneson was a great fight - excellent mix of styles. Mitchell did well to come back from a shaky couple of rounds and win but he gets caught far too often to convince me he's ever going to reach the top. Johanneson looked rock solid until that body shot early in the ninth took the wind out if him.

we're on now!

I don't know what way this fight will go.

Thats a bit harsh

Well that's that then.

I look forward to Haye vs Rahman, Haye vs David Tua, and Haye vs Danny Williams within the next year. Nothing big fighters at the top of their game for the Hayemaker.

He says he's going to take a few months out to get fat.

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44479000/jpg/_44479028_maccawobble.jpg

Doop doop doop doop doop doop...

Well that's that then.

I look forward to Haye vs Rahman,
-- Dom Passantino, Sunday, March 9, 2008 12:06 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark Link

Hahahahahah I predicted this right.

ANOTHER SATURDAY, ANOTHER AMIR FIGHT

Dece fight, soured only slightly by Khan playing tom-toms on the dude's head while he was trying to have a sit down.

So is this a pay-per-view fight ?

It's on Setanta Sports. Pay-per-view in the US I think.

I've put away too much wine. I'm switching to sipping beers in the hop of staying awake for the fight. Setant bloke says first bell's at 3am but that could well be after my last bell.

Loldley Harrison coming up, fighting a guy who's 10&6 in the hope of proving he's a title contender.

sipping beers in the hop

lol freudian typo

HBO in the US.

Loldley took 5 rounds to break his punchbag.

Some guff on screen about freeview people needing to switch channels before 3am so it may be PPV for them. Last trailer thing they showed has me stoked. I'm going for a tight (maybe even split) Calzaghe points win then bringing Hopkins back to a stupid big UK stadium to knock him out in a rematch.

I thought I was harsh on Audley until I saw McGuigan & Co. on Setanta getting wired into the poor guy. I think if he learned to tuck his chin in and maybe swapped some bulk for a bit of mobility/speed he'd have a shout. He never seems to throw those great combinations that won him the Olympics but he still has enough weapons to take out most of what passes for a top heavyweight division these days.

I've been lolling all week at Joe C trying to out trash-talk Bernard Hopkins. He can't get a word in and when he does it's always in the most unconvincingly tough accent ever. You can't say "this week the executioner will be executed" in that accent and expect to be taken seriously.

lol what is this fuckin gibberish comin outta tom jones' mouth

hahaha

Well, that didn't take long.

Can't see a way in for Calzaghe here. Hopkins' tactics spot on so far and his counter-punching is superb.

yup

Found his range a bit there but he needs to stay outside or he'll never claw back the points he's already lost.

shit ref

he keeps letting Hopkins use his head

Whatever the fuck Hopkins is doing now it isn't boxing. Nothing but diving in and holding and headbutting.

lol is this your first hopkins fight?

The point is the ref keeps letting him away with it.

Seriously what the fuck is this ref doing?

This the same ref that stopped Hatton doing exactly what Hopkins is doing?

Calzaghe needs to throw more or this is gone.

Hopkins will win.

This other dude is a sucker.

If he ups the workrate he has a chance
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Hopkins hasn't shown anything but his head since the 5th. He's just trying to suck the life out of the fight now, and it's working.

he's totally at it now

and funnily enough he looks totally fine

he just wanted a rest

Hopkins looks knackered

Hopkins rubbing his balls for 3 minutes did him the world of good, he's started fighting again :)

that break certainly benefited hopkins

He's a fuckin pussy and wants to stop crying and holding his nuts.

(I am a bit drunk)

Calzaghe was poor there but Hopkins ran away for 2/3 of the fight.

im not sure hopkins did much in the later rounds tbh. but who knows how the judges will score it

YES!!!

Hopkins runaway tactics gets him beat haha

I'm going for a tight (maybe even split) Calzaghe points win then bringing Hopkins back to a stupid big UK stadium to knock him out in a rematch.

-- onimo, Sunday, 20 April 2008 02:45 (Sunday, 20 April 2008 02:45) Bookmark Link

Shoulda put money on that.

Fucking yes

Rematch for sure. Lets see if Hopkins can come to the UK and fight.

the way hopkins was wasting time and holding i got the feeling he wasnt convinced he was winning.

Hopkins is in his 40s, he wasn't going to knock Calzaghe out so I think he was making sure he did everything he could to take it the distance. To be fair he came back in it in the last couple of round after his ball break. He's a smart boxer, as is Calzaghe, they both changed their game as the match went on and I think Calzaghe walking forward and throwing more punches edged it. I don't think he came close to hurting Hopkins.

he should come to the uk for a rematch. put his money where his big mouth is and fight instead of running away.

It was close though. Dunno how that judge had Calzaghe 5 ahead.

Weird that with Hopkins actually being there he seemed to see a different match from everyone else. Maybe if he'd looked for that right-hand more than the grapple he'd have built on his excellent first three rounds. Jumping inside and holding doesn't sell rematch tickets. He's now lost (I think) as many fights as Frank Bruno :)

Not sure Calzaghe should fight at this weight again. I know he struggles to make super-mid but if he isn't carrying enough power at light-heavy to hurt a 43 year-old man who's running away he's going to struggle. I think Roy Jones (who he hinted at) would take his head off.

I think you are right.

I do feel the weight is just too much for Calzaghe.

and whatever that judge was drinking was too much as well

I scored this so wrong, I had 15-12 Hopkins.

N.B. I know nothing about boxing but watch every big fight and at least I wasn't drunk this time.

you saw 27 rounds? You didn't half score it wrong!

Haha, 115-112 even, or was it 115-111? Anyway it was heavy wrong.

I had Hopkins with all a 40-35 lead after four rounds so it's hard to see how anyone could give it to Joe by more than a couple of points, particularly with Hopkins having his fair share of the last three.

As I see it Calzaghe didn't "finish Bernard Hopkins" as he claimed and Hopkins certainly didn't "take Calzaghe to school" as he claimed.

Calzaghe was the more adventurous fighter for most of the fight and Hopkins was cagey enough to prevent Calzaghe having much of an impact.

Both of them have had their best successes as counter-punchers. It didn't suit Joe to go forward and Hopkins never had any intention of going forward so it didn't make for a good fight.

i don't think either one acquitted himself very well. this was my first time seeing cal - dude's pretty dirty, even in contrast with hopkins. his swings are incredibly amateurish. if bhop had more than one speed he could've run away with the fight in the second half - overall he landed less but i thought when he did land his shots were a lot cleaner. cal couldn't hurt him at all, he was just slapping away at bhop the whole time. i don't have a problem with the decision, it was a close enough fight, but calzaghe came off like an incredible punk.

Thank god Hopkins and Hatton could never match weight.

Of course he came off like an incredible punk, he's a boxer.

Junior Witter RIP, heaven needed someone to focus more on Ricky Hatton than the dude he's actually supposed to be fighting.

Steady lollin' at Froch's ring entrance as well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJS-HttWeio

"I'm the best light welterweight in the world"

He's calls out to the crowd "How many of you want to see me fight Ricky Hatton" - all 17 of them say "YES!"

Let's get it on!

British boxing: pretty good for a nation of white people that isn't Russia. Or Germany. Or Denmark.

Having said that, Froch's beating this Polish OAP into a coma at the moment, so it's not all :-(

I missed the fight, forgot all about it.

Aye, a good old-fashioned pummeling there. xpost

We have a new world champion http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/boxing/7402980.stm

So Hatton wins. Anyone pay to see it or go to pub to watch it? (i didnt)

Sopcasted it. I think it may be safe to say Hatton will never be a P4P top 10 fighter ever again. His inside work looked like shit and he's quite clearly not gonna be able to keep up the pro-ana weight loss routines before every fight from now on.

He will make a fortune from another Mayweather fight, which is probably the only thing that keeps him going.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/7422638.stm

That fucking guy...

they showed it on versus (free cable) here in the states and it was the most boring fukkin thing ive ever seen.

ugh as soon they mentioned welshman gary lockett i knew this fight would be fucking MURDAH

Dom, have you seen this?

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44737000/jpg/_44737849_7ac0306f-9372-4c44-9818-83c6ebfb09a6.jpg

anybody who doesn't want to punch this guy in the face is dead inside

haha true

So another Amir Khan fight..

Michael Gomez: sombrero, Irish flag, introduced as "Manchester's Own".

Utter massacre

khan down

belter of a fight this

Lovin' Gomez already. Please tell me his day job is as bouncer for some really rough estate pub.

what a combination from khan there

gomez down now

khan wins. what a fight

Khans inexperience showed, but his brilliance won in the end. Don't think that will be enough to win a world title yet though.

That was great

and we're back for one last Calzaghe fight. What time are we expecting them in the ring?

I dreamt last week that Calzaghe took Jones out in the first round. So not gonna happen.
I'm going for Calzaghe with a very late stoppage.

oops. Calzaghe with as good a start as he made against Hopkins.

Then wins the next 11 rounds. Good fight but neither boxer at his best. Calzaghe seems to have lost a bit of power or he's protecting his dodgy hands. Jones seems to have lost a bit of everything.

Rematch in Cardiff or Joe's retirement?

Rematch in Cardiff, because then I won't have to give up in a pathetic attempt to keep my eyes open until early o'clock.

David Haye fight on Setanta NOW

Prediction: Haye KO 4

Decent scrap this

BANG!

It has to be over

Cant believe the ref didnt stop that

Saved by the bell.

Looks like dom's prediction is on

That was a slip

Should have shoved a twenty on it

As much as I love the guy and wanna see him win every fucking HW belt going, I still think he has zero chin

there he goes

wow he got up

Ref had a fiver on it ending in the fifth, clearly

haha

haha wow Barrett hit him while Haye was down. He's gonna pay!

Can't remember if I've mentioned it here before, but I saw Haye's debut fight back on BBC2 in... 02? 03? Second year at uni anyway. The guy exuded star quality even then.

must be out this time

Stick a fork in it

Can't wait to see Haye get hugged by the Klitschkos for 15 rounds

They would have to get near him first

I'm excited at the prospect of a Haye vs Klitschko fight. I just hope virginmedia dont take Setanta off us! (Or Pay per view on sky)

I watched a bunch of old boxing matches today. If you've never seen Caveman Lee vs. John LoCicero you gotta get on that, totally amazing fight.

That the same Caveman Lee that got beasted by Hagler?

Yeah I have that fight too and also watched it today - that was two fights later for Lee, he was really coming up and then Hagler one-rounded him. To be honest the Hagler fight looks kind of fishy if you've watched Lee scrap - Hagler's class, but hard punchers like LoCicero have a very hard time dropping Lee and then boom, he can't lay a glove on Hagler, crumbles quickly, vanishes for four years, fights two more fights and retires? Still, it's true that none of the guys he ran through were anywhere near Hagler's stature.

I'm in Australia tonight and won't be able to see the De La Hoya/Pacquiao fight :(

spoiler: pac-man wins

you & I both wish!

If accessibility is the problem then here's a list of places you should be able to watch the fight

I'm pretty sure I'll be on an airplane when it happens (I'm in Newcastle tonight and I'm flying to Adelaide eaaaarrrrrly tomorrow morning) but if I get to Adelaide in time then sir I am in your debt for that list

De La Hoya will get more consideration from the judges if this fight is close, but I don't think it will be close enough for that to come into play. I like pacman - unanimous decision by two points.

Righto, anyone watching tonight's ITV punch-a-ganza?

The first match will be starting on ITV4, featuring a bloke called Tyson Fury. Who is six foot nine.

I was just getting my dinner out of the oven, come back, Booty Luv are stood on the ring entrance, and they are singing. And then the Hungarian lad that Tyson Fury is about to pummel walks between them. And now here's Tyson Fury himself.

I do not get it.

Tyson Fury could perhaps be described as a Julian Barratt-looking motherfucker, except he has shaved and is, like, six foot nine.

Rob McCracken! Whey!

"Hennessey Sports in association with Brady House Hotel, Ireland, Golden Palace.com, The Sun newspaper, and Hooters of Nottingham..."

Poll?

And Fury pops him in the belly and it's over in just over two minutes. That was not very interesting at all.

So now there's how much time to kill before the main event? I hope that prelim was scheduled for, like, 3 rounds.

BTW, I am not watching this. Just seeing what you post.

Now signing off. Have fun. I hope it's a barn burner of a fight.

I missed the second fight cos that lasted one round too. I am not sure what they're gonna do now. Gabriel Clarke has just interviewed Tyson Fury. Again. Now he's talking to his dad.

Gabriel Clarke looks remarkably like a Tory MP who's about to be found out for something.

Okay Hannah's letting me have the boxing on now. This one looks promising.

Carl Froch fight is on ITV at 10.45pm

This is looking like a very good fight, actually, that last round the momentum seemed to keep on swinging...

Davis showboating like crazy here.

David

Boris Becker talks about poker, I turn to ITV1 where they're giving an award to David Renwick. Good on them, If You See God, Tell Him is class.

Olivia Colman with the Twiggy-style haircut - good look.

Referee's calling him Davis too, to be fair.

This is a proper fight eh? Some mental shit from David, he's asking to be knocked down if he keeps blocking with his head like this.

His posture is remarkably similar to Titus Bramble's.

Great fight. Wright looks remarkably together considering the pummelling his face just took.

Better right hand than Titus, though. Cracking knockout, that.

And there's a match going on now that they're not showing.

And here's Boris.

Drop Dead Gorgeous beats Skins to Best Comedy Drama. Sid from Skins - unimpressed.

HERBAH HIIIIDE!

This might read odd, but Jon Thaxton's face takes up the entirety of the front of his head. It basically looks as though the rest of his head has been weathered away to leave only his face.

loldley Harrison has lost again.

I think I basically mean that I can't see his ears.

Gabriel Clarke is not really a man who knows what he's doing, it would seem.

I know Becker's got a lot of bills to pay but pissing his cash up the wall playing online Poker seems like a bad idea.

Is he actually playing poker or just fronting an ad?

Given I could only see that feller's tie, I almost thought it was Phil Brown.

Lawton is a former victim of Amir Khan, btw. Stopped in 4.

Eek, that is a horrible, horrible cut.

Froch looks a lot like a mate of mine who is also from Nottingham.

Really, really cold eyes.

http://jumpcut.com/media/dyn/f2/23b8/1d7de85ed246c47931df9c5846/view.jpg

Khan's done his feller in two. No idea if he looked good in so doing.

Man, Rawling and McKenzie are wearing some awkward specs there.

Re: Pascal's entourage - does Montreal still have a baseball team? I thought the Expos got shut down?

Froch looks focused as hell.

First round to Pascal tho I reckon.

Oh, this looks like it's gonna be good. Froch edges it for me, but he's looking nervy. Pascal has, I think, taken to this atmosphere better than him.

Don't go asking if people can become the next Davey Hilton. No-one wants that.

Couldn't call that round. Don't think this is going the distance.

And a quality ending to that round, probably give it Pascal, but I think Froch is bedding in a bit.

This is making up for me being too tight to pay for De La Hoya-Pacquiao

Good fight this

Froch takes the 3rd maybe.

Froch takes that one, I think he's landing harder than Pascal.

lol one of the corners has HOOTERS on it

Believe this is what Dom would refer to as a slobberknocker.

And Pascal gets that round back, HELL of a last minute there, and you could tell Froch was rattled at the end. Back and forth all over the place, this fight, marvellous.

If I had a gun at my head and I had to put money on this right now, I think I'd bet Pascal.

me too

I would too. That's based on this past minute alone, though...

AND THEY'RE GOING AT IT AFTER THE BELL well Pascal is, anyhow. I'm struggling to see this going beyond eight, really.

Surely the ref's got to do something about this after the bell stuff. That was mostly a canny round from Froch but he's still got to do something special now I think.

Froch is looking tired already, Pascal looks like he's only just started. Froch needs a knockout soon or I think he's gone. Cracking fight.

bit nasty from pascal there

I'm sure there's an even more obvious candidate to be Croydon's greatest-ever sportsperson than Duke McKenzie, but I can't remember who.

Froch has his clearest win thus far. Surprised ref's not told Pascal to keep his head up yet.

Roy Hodgson xpost

Pascal's eyes are swelling a bit.

Hodgson'd be greatest-ever coach, but he was never much of a player, was he?

Anyway, nuffa this talk, Pascal's suddenly the one running out of gas, and Froch has two rounds on the spin.

Pascal hasn't throw a punch since i said how fresh he looked.

Yeah it's probably Froch's to lose now.

If Froch just uses his jab and stays out of trouble (ie not going toe to toe) he can win this on points.

moderately successful hahaha

He was a moderately successful player with Crystal Palace (where he failed to break into the first team) followed by several years in non-league football with Tonbridge, Gravesend and Northfleet and Maidstone United (where he was assistant coach),

jim come on aim

I'm coming on later after this. Haven't got AIM on this puter.

Fuck's sake Froch, please don't be a bleeder.

(for WBS) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C.B._Fry

Froch really should've finished him by now.

Oh, it's kicked back into life - Pascal was REALLY hurt by that combo 20 seconds from the end, Froch took that round I think by virtue of that.

'k, I'll give you that one.

Froch for me on that one too.

2 to go, the fact that they've both stayed upright this long is pretty impressive.

So on ITV's cards, Pascal needs the knockout now.

Aye Pascal is reduced to throwing haymakers in hope rather than expectation. Still dangerous all the same.

hey william did j ross go home empty handed?

Sort of, except I think he was already at home. Not as comedy entertaining as Alan Carr, apparently.

And they've made it to round twelve! How?

Froch's mum looks like she'd be pretty handy, too.

terrific fight, cant believe it went the distance. Reckon froch dominated the 2nd half of the fight and won by 3 or 4 rounds. But both looked like world champions.

Must be Froch, surely. Don't think he'd fancy a re-match.

Best fight in a long long time. Awesome it was on ITV so everyone can see it.

Heckuva fight, no idea how to score that last round, but I think Froch's later rounds were that much better that he must have it. Surely there'll be a rematch, though. (Probably on Setanta)

"From NUTTINGAM!"

8 rounds on one card? lol

And Mikkel Kessler's still got the WBA strap, too.

Absolute classic, I could watch that again and again. Must be in the top 10 of fights I've seen.

McGuigan reeling off that list of potential fights for Froch did make things sound very exciting.

Pascal very classy in defeat too. Hope he gets another crack at a belt - given that Lucian Bute's the IBF champion...

Pascal looked like a world champ. That's how great Froch was.

Fancy Froch vs Calzaghe?

Not sure he's a big enough name yet for it to be an offer Calzaghe can't refuse. I'd say Kessler should be next for Froch - that gives him and Calzaghe a common opponent, and, if Froch can beat him well, it gives him a point to needle Joe with.

Can't see Joe going back down to Super Middle and I think Froch will want to stay there.

Froch and Kessler both look to have great chins, could be as good as the Froch vs Pascal fight.

Ring magazine has these five rated above Froch:

1. Mikkel Kessler
Country: Denmark
Record: 41-1-0 (31 KOs)
Ranking: This Week: #1 | Last Week: #1 | Weeks On List: 209
Titles: WBA

2. Lucian Bute
Country: Romania
Record: 23-0-0 (18 KOs)
Ranking: This Week: #2 | Last Week: #2 | Weeks On List: 139
Titles: IBF

3. Librado Andrade
Country: Mexico
Record: 27-2-0 (21 KOs)
Ranking: This Week: #3 | Last Week: #3 | Weeks On List: 181

4. Anthony Mundine
Country: Australia
Record: 34-3-0 (23 KOs)
Ranking: This Week: #4 | Last Week: #4 | Weeks On List: 324

5. Jermain Taylor
Country: USA (Little Rock, Ark.)
Record: 28-2-1 (17 KOs)
Ranking: This Week: #5 | Last Week: #5 | Weeks On List: 42

Just read through this thread for first time in a while - a few good calls (Calzaghe/Hopkins) and a few ridiculous ones "I think Roy Jones would take his (Calgazhe's) head off."

Strange that Khan being wrecked by Prescott didn't make the thread.

From an ABC story on De La Hoya vs. Pacquiao (TKO in 9th round):

Fighthype.com's score cards had Pacquiao winning, 80-72, throughout eight rounds. Compubox indicators also showed that Pacquiao landed 195 out of 333 power punches compared to de la Hoya's 51/164.

iow, 4:1 punches landed == not much of a fight. too bad. Oscar should retire now.

http://images.huffingtonpost.com/gen/53814/original.jpg

are you serious???

he looks like he's wearing a fat suit

I think it's more depressing that he's reduced to hosting at the National Video Game Awards or whatever the fuck it was.

Hayve vs Vitali fight is off

Haye

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/boxing/7816556.stm

He's trying to get Wladimir though

"as long as I get to beat up somebody in that family, I'm fine"

Amir Khan will face seven-time world champion Marco Antonio Barrera on 14 March.

whaaaaaaaaaa?

wait what

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5jyXekN-xdn9VTdEjb8rrYeTkEMwQ

was very surprised berto got the decision vs collazo

man seeing margarito get his ass beat was great

who cares, the FEDOR v ARLOVSKI fight was tonight!!!!! spoiler: it owned

Reg Gutteridge R.I.P.

man seeing margarito get his ass beat was great

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RIP Ingemar Johansson

drudgesiren.gif Undefeated world super-middleweight and light-heavyweight champion Joe Calzaghe has retired from boxing drudgesiren.gif

wau @ juan manuel marquez

Just watched the Marquez fight on youtube. The accuracy in his punching for the two knock-downs was unbelievable.

Final round:

Khan vs Barrera is on. Listening on 5live. Barrera has a bad cut apparently so i dont think its gonna last long, khan on top.

It's all Khan, hes won every round apparently. Still it only takes one punch..

its over

tko

cut

but he sounds as though he was hammering him anyway so it doesnt matter really. Khan haters (there's loads on 606) will still say how Barrera was past it etc