Rolling Boxing Thread / Anticipating Manny vs. Mayweather

I'm pretty excited here.

yeah I'm amped. just got some snacks and a root beer. living that snacks and root beer PPV life right now tbh

srsly make Jim Lampley stop with THIS IS THE FIGHT OF HIS LIFE tho, and send Bob Costas a text that says FUCK YOU FOR SCREWING UP SPORTS BROADCASTING FOREVER

and while I'm kvetching fuck these 20-minute ringwalks

um is this the lead singer of Survivor?

yeah...he didn't survive

marquez's face marking up very easily

I gave round 2 to Marquez

I'll give 2 to JMM but maybe I'm being nice

compubox shows round 2 pretty much even with more power shots for marquez

two right hooks give 3 to manny

finally signs of the Manny I love in that round, the one who when you hit him comes back with rapid combos

https://twitter.com/#!/iamdiddy/status/135584843571535873

Manny seems content to win close rounds, strangely

I think Lampley's actually otm - manny's taking his time to get marquez's timing down

lol or not! nice round for jmm

JMM just not active enough for me.

4-2 manny

loool marquez fans singing "cielito lindo"

4-3 manny, destined for another controversial decision.

5-3 manny, 8th is a biiig swing round

I feel like JMM would be winning this if he could just put more energy into each round

yeah I'm calling it close to even right now. manny really oughta let his hands go a little more

classic round, 6-3 manny for me

scoring round 9 even seems fine too

oh man that's what makes these fights worth it, that was exactly the hit-and-get-hit manny stuff for sure

manny's winning the fight now

manny is incredible, the greatest stamina since aaron pryor

honestly I can see the judges giving this to marquez

this is a fight where compubox really tells the story imo

JMM doesn't deserve the fight after that 12th.

calling it now a split decision & lots of cup throwing from the crowd

should have bet the draw

manny looked rusty to me to be honest, he should maybe quit while he's ahead - those big flurries of fury that he made his bones on weren't really ever in evidence, not at the old level anyway

yeah the manny era may be over, which is strange since the speed seems to be there? maybe his heart not in the game

imo a lot of the reason people seem to think manny loses these fights with jmm is that manny's defense involves a lot of flopping around that makes dumb people think he got rocked. But judges see he didn't actually get hit.

everyone on the net seems to think jmm got robbed, really weird. It was a very close fight, come on.

yeah the manny era may be over, which is strange since the speed seems to be there? maybe his heart not in the game

I really think that's it - he's unimaginably wealthy, he's got this legendary entourage surrounding him at all times, he's involved in politics, he's been doing this for a long time in boxing years & has kept pretty busy - he's gotta be exhausted, he's certainly not hungry. his speed is just gorgeous to watch, but the joy with which he used to attack - or if not joy, the engagement, the passion - that's missing.

everyone on the net seems to think jmm got robbed, really weird.

floyd's anti-manny campaign in the press has been really effective in the u.s. imo, longtime boxing fans who I used to respect are vocal manny haters now, never give him a round, talk down his skills, it's ridiculous

meanwhile here's this margarito-cotto faceoff thing...margarito's such a classic bad guy, he's much better at coming off mad & evil than lots of guys who look like they're trying harder. margarito will destroy cotto imo

boxing has enough problems without people inventing "robberies" in every close fight. It seems to be a worsening problem...

hbo should pay us for watching this

well, that's when I start watching boxing again.

fell asleep :-| gon' check it later

boxing has enough problems without people inventing "robberies" in every close fight. It seems to be a worsening problem...

yeah it's getting really old how if there's a decision, at all, people get mad. it's childish. still I gotta say, Pacquiao could have put more into that fight; kinda wish he'd gotten knocked down, he fights best when somebody brings the fight to him. Marquez gave what he has left I think.

For some shitty reason I thought this was today! Boo! Is it worth trying to find out anyway?

lol wtf

breaking news:-

Even more lol wtf

i bet rob mccracken feels mad guilty now

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