Rolling Boxing Thread / Anticipating Manny vs. Mayweather

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.