Haye's quite late to the division and I think he's felt a few heavyweight punches and decided to be a bit more circumspect in attack. Anyone with a bit of talent and power will stop him.
― nasri like the wolf (onimo), Saturday, 3 April 2010 22:58 (fourteen years ago) link
this hopkins/jones undercard has been pretty limp so far
― Twink Will Ferrell (J0hn D.), Sunday, 4 April 2010 01:50 (fourteen years ago) link
hopefully mora brings something but I'm not holding my breath
whoa no sooner do I complain than green-mora round 2 completely slays! complaining on ilx works...who knew?
― Twink Will Ferrell (J0hn D.), Sunday, 4 April 2010 01:58 (fourteen years ago) link
round 3 also great - this is a proper match
― Twink Will Ferrell (J0hn D.), Sunday, 4 April 2010 02:01 (fourteen years ago) link
green extremely game in round 4 but mora like a fucking tidal wave - whole flurry of unanswered blows but green refused to clutch. green's punches are starting to lose steam tho
fucking GREAT fight
― Twink Will Ferrell (J0hn D.), Sunday, 4 April 2010 02:06 (fourteen years ago) link
Mora relentless in round 5, buckled Green's knees at one point but Green is seriously on some I-will-not-fall stuff, like Frank Fletcher from way back - this is crazy but it can't last, he's gotta go in the next round or two
― Twink Will Ferrell (J0hn D.), Sunday, 4 April 2010 02:11 (fourteen years ago) link
nothing on Green's punches in round 6. cornermen should think about calling it a night imo
― Twink Will Ferrell (J0hn D.), Sunday, 4 April 2010 02:14 (fourteen years ago) link
stopped after too many unanswered punches in round 7. no knockdown. killer match
― Twink Will Ferrell (J0hn D.), Sunday, 4 April 2010 02:17 (fourteen years ago) link
i enjoyed your live blogging , j0hn
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Sunday, 4 April 2010 02:19 (fourteen years ago) link
thanks H! there's two more fights, I'll be here
post-fight mic-audible-in-the-house interview is a weird thing - makes the fights feel like reality TV, which no-one will be surprised to learn is not a direction I'm eager to see more of, even if the Contender is what gave us Mora
― Twink Will Ferrell (J0hn D.), Sunday, 4 April 2010 02:22 (fourteen years ago) link
Angel Hernandez scarfing down punches all through round 1down twice & out in round two, Reynard W TKOdecent action but a mismatch
― Twink Will Ferrell (J0hn D.), Sunday, 4 April 2010 02:30 (fourteen years ago) link
Ray Narh, I mean
― Twink Will Ferrell (J0hn D.), Sunday, 4 April 2010 02:31 (fourteen years ago) link
Litzau v. Juarez coming up - I like Juarez but he's a full head shorter than Litzau
― Twink Will Ferrell (J0hn D.), Sunday, 4 April 2010 02:32 (fourteen years ago) link
It's probably a bit late to stay up for. Wonder if ESPN or Sky have it on here
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Sunday, 4 April 2010 02:34 (fourteen years ago) link
did you guys know Mandalay Bay is the casino that has an indoor beach, well it does
― Twink Will Ferrell (J0hn D.), Sunday, 4 April 2010 02:35 (fourteen years ago) link
Nope not on here it seems
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Sunday, 4 April 2010 02:37 (fourteen years ago) link
lol Litzau is from St. Paul & his nick is "the All American Boy"
― Twink Will Ferrell (J0hn D.), Sunday, 4 April 2010 02:38 (fourteen years ago) link
holds the NABF title but then I'm pretty sure I have an NABF title in some class or other
'savage beatdown division'
― acoleuthic, Sunday, 4 April 2010 02:39 (fourteen years ago) link
LJ's post there just reminds me of shit like cagefighting and how popular its getting and it just depresses me.
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Sunday, 4 April 2010 02:41 (fourteen years ago) link
can't let it bother you imo - people like what they like, as long as there's boxing I'm happy
juarez litzau round 1 was a snoozefest
― Twink Will Ferrell (J0hn D.), Sunday, 4 April 2010 02:42 (fourteen years ago) link
what worries me is that the more popular it gets the more money the fighters make then kids will get into it to make more money and the whole thing snowballs and boxing goes into decline and it's not on TV anymore. UFC has already taken a LOT of boxing fans away.
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Sunday, 4 April 2010 02:45 (fourteen years ago) link
well boxing has barely been on tv at all over here for years, so the thinking goes if you can get people to watch dudes beating on each other, they might also be interested in boxing. and I agree with that. room at the table for multiple fighting sports imo
― Twink Will Ferrell (J0hn D.), Sunday, 4 April 2010 02:46 (fourteen years ago) link
Boxing needs a couple of great exciting heavyweights to come along as that's been lacking for a good while now. Middleweights always been my fave division, any good up and coming middleweights around?
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Sunday, 4 April 2010 02:46 (fourteen years ago) link
Yeah same here j0hn, its sat/digital only mostly. And as soon as any fighter gets popular it's then PPV so hardly anyone ever sees the fights.
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Sunday, 4 April 2010 02:47 (fourteen years ago) link
I miss all those big fights on sat evenings on the BBC & ITV I grew up watching in the 80s.
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Sunday, 4 April 2010 02:48 (fourteen years ago) link
announcers insisting that litzau "is a showman" but conceding he "hasn't shown it yet" - fight meanwhile is like watching the hour hand on a fucking clock
― Twink Will Ferrell (J0hn D.), Sunday, 4 April 2010 02:50 (fourteen years ago) link
middleweights? nobody I know of. edwin valero is the fun guy to watch right now, he's a lightweight, also I am a huge abner mares stan - undefeated bantamweight outta jalisco, really great
― Twink Will Ferrell (J0hn D.), Sunday, 4 April 2010 02:54 (fourteen years ago) link
round 7 of juarez-litzau a surprising round of good boxing after 6 styleless exercises
― Twink Will Ferrell (J0hn D.), Sunday, 4 April 2010 03:02 (fourteen years ago) link
round 8 - headbutts, blood, desperation - not as good as 7, these guys do not have really good styles
fight stopped by cut between rounds
― Twink Will Ferrell (J0hn D.), Sunday, 4 April 2010 03:06 (fourteen years ago) link
litzau by decision - something pretty stinky about the stoppage, it was a fresh cut & they hadn't given the corner a chance to try and fix it
― Twink Will Ferrell (J0hn D.), Sunday, 4 April 2010 03:09 (fourteen years ago) link
ok, huge lol as Hopkins enters the ring, in his executioner, to some redone version of "My Way" sung as "His Way"
― Twink Will Ferrell (J0hn D.), Sunday, 4 April 2010 03:31 (fourteen years ago) link
but through it all/when there was doubt/he stepped in the ring/and knocked 'em out
― Twink Will Ferrell (J0hn D.), Sunday, 4 April 2010 03:33 (fourteen years ago) link
not making this up
I have seen some dumb entrance music in my time but a personalized version of "my way" is really the living end
― Twink Will Ferrell (J0hn D.), Sunday, 4 April 2010 03:34 (fourteen years ago) link
At least he wasn't singing?
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Sunday, 4 April 2010 03:42 (fourteen years ago) link
I would pay to hear Hopkins sing! He has a great speaking voice
first two rounds not looking like much - cautious chessplay. these guys are gonna get winded fast though
― Twink Will Ferrell (J0hn D.), Sunday, 4 April 2010 03:46 (fourteen years ago) link
Are there bathchairs in the corner instead of stools?
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Sunday, 4 April 2010 03:48 (fourteen years ago) link
fans are booing but I don't know what they expected from Hopkins, who is playing his super-technical game
― Twink Will Ferrell (J0hn D.), Sunday, 4 April 2010 03:50 (fourteen years ago) link
http://buyvintage1.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/3bath_chair.jpg
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Sunday, 4 April 2010 03:50 (fourteen years ago) link
hah while I was looking for that, I found this awesome pichttp://www.waltsense.com/storage/articles/20091017_BoxingBaby-chair.jpg
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Sunday, 4 April 2010 03:53 (fourteen years ago) link
I was a robust child
― Twink Will Ferrell (J0hn D.), Sunday, 4 April 2010 03:53 (fourteen years ago) link
whoa, Jones hit Hopkins on the back of the head - there's a stoppage while the doctors check H out
― Twink Will Ferrell (J0hn D.), Sunday, 4 April 2010 04:02 (fourteen years ago) link
point deduction from Jones, Hopkins still recovering
― Twink Will Ferrell (J0hn D.), Sunday, 4 April 2010 04:03 (fourteen years ago) link
WHOA BRAWL
― Twink Will Ferrell (J0hn D.), Sunday, 4 April 2010 04:04 (fourteen years ago) link
post-stoppage, Hopkins charges - there's ten seconds left in the round - total past-the-bell flailing
― Twink Will Ferrell (J0hn D.), Sunday, 4 April 2010 04:05 (fourteen years ago) link
its turned nasty?
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Sunday, 4 April 2010 04:05 (fourteen years ago) link
hah a boring fight then the bell goes and hopkins starts to fight?
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Sunday, 4 April 2010 04:06 (fourteen years ago) link
well now we're back to tactician staring contest - whole 20-second circling-without-punching parts
― Twink Will Ferrell (J0hn D.), Sunday, 4 April 2010 04:08 (fourteen years ago) link