Rolling Boxing Thread / Anticipating Manny vs. Mayweather

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?