Rolling Boxing Thread / Anticipating Manny vs. Mayweather

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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)