Rolling Boxing Thread / Anticipating Manny vs. Mayweather

Arthur Mercante dies at 90:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/11/sports/11mercante.html

Some great fights tonight. Almost PPV worthy I think. Bute-Miranda and Pavlik-Martinez. HBO. Good time to be a boxing fan. Very little chance these will be dull matches.

wicked uppercut from Bute

Wilmer Flores Trosel, CICPC director, has announced that lightweight world champion Edwin Valero admitted guilt in the murder of his wife early this morning in Valencia, Venezuela. According to police, Mrs. Valero had three stab wounds on different parts of her body. The wounds were not deep and police didn’t find a knife or razor in the room. Investigators hypothesize that the crime occurred during a fight. The couple had checked into the hotel at around 11:30PM last night. At about 5:30AM, Valero went to the hotel lobby and confessed to hotel staffers, who called police. Valero was taken into custody without incident.

the wheels really came off the pavlik wagon, didn't they :\

i mean, it really seems like his hand speed had declined badly since the seconf taylor fight

he did look really slow, slow to defend also as reflected by the blood pouring out of his face the last 4 rounds

Mayweather - Mosley: is this gonna be as one-sided as it looks?

think so

Yeah me too, but it's free over here so I'm tempted to try and stay up for it. Still pissed off with Mayweather for fucking up the Pacquiao fight tho.

all the actually-in-the-sport guys I know are actually giving Shane more than a puncher's chance. If he can get inside, he can win. Mayweather's defense is great & he's smart enough to use it to win a fight when he needs to.

I guess we didn't talk about Edwin Valero's suicide here - dude was a world-class asshole, there can't really be any doubt, but he was also an exciting fighter who brought 100% of his game into the ring when he fought; it's a pretty big loss to the sport imo

I haven't seen enough of Valero to talk about him as a boxer. That whole story was just so tragic and futile that it didn't feel like there was much to be said.

Still awake so far. Watch me nod off just as the big fight starts.

man this alvarez-cotto fight is solid!!!

ok well that was a fucking awesome performance by alvarez

Yeah that was a huge finish

no comment on a ginger mexican?

lol my friend came over and was like whos the irish guy

no comment on a ginger mexican?

sigh

man this alvarez-cotto fight is solid!!!

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ok well that was a fucking awesome performance by alvarez

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Yeah that was a huge finish

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^ j0hn?

do keep up herman

*insert chris brown @ a boxing match joek here*

or don't, even

oh my

this is fantastic

shit thought floyd wuz goin down, legs buckled

2-1 mayweather imo but a hell of a 2nd round for shane

another round in the bank for floyd

mosley's face swelling up

better round for shane but stronger finish for mayweather, I've got it 39-37 right now

mosley looks tired

lol what happened to the other two rounds in my scoring, I'm sticking to the single-round system

mosley looks tired

in fairness & against how the Sky announcers are calling it, Shane's expression always looks at odds with what he's doing

he's getting beat though, only got round 2

he couldve got rd 1 but yeah mayweather def won everyone after 2

turning nasty

shane is not lasting the next 4 rds

he might last but he wont win

shane too old to win these next three, I'm afraid

mayweather looks unbeatable

pacquiao could beat him & he knows it

lol nodded off some time near the end there.

Mayweather surviving that 2nd round and then proceeding to run the fight was pretty brilliant. I really thought he was going down for a moment. But otm about him running scared of the Pac-man. Surely that fight's got to be made now?

what a bore

Will the floyd vs pacman fight happen? It doesn't seem very likely.

no. floyd is afraid of pacquiao and wants to wait until pacquiao's past his prime, but pacquiao is more interested in politics than boxing now. he has beaten everybody who has the guts to face him anyway.

roach sez october or november~

http://sportsradiointerviews.com/2010/05/05/freddie-roach-on-the-possibility-of-a-mayweather-pacquiao-fight-%e2%80%9cit%e2%80%99s-gonna-happen%e2%80%9d/#more-20871

On whether or not a Mayweather-Pacquiao fight will happen:

“Yeah, it’s gonna happen. Just talked to Bob Arum yesterday. Bob Arum’s flying to the Philippines today to make Manny the offer. We are trying to make this work the best we can, yes.”

On whether or not it will take long to negotiate:

“No I think we have ammo to get it done quickly because there’s a lot of money out there.”

On the testing requests made by Mayweather:

“We’re gonna meet in the middle. We wanted 24, they wanted 14. (Host: 19?) Yeah, 17 or 18 or something. (Host: Now will you also give blood after the fight?) 100 percent yes. That won’t be a problem.”

Would love to see the fight happen. I'm not sure Manny gives a shit any more.

I think it's time Joe's name was retired from the thread title.

Agreed and agreed.

oh how you all forget

New title for a new era. Manny on points by 3 or 4 rounds if it ever happens.

Wayne McCullough is back in action this month at the age of 39 chasing his first win since 2004.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/boxing/8664355.stm

manny by ko if it ever happens

Renaming the thread doesn't rename my bookmark :(