Rolling Boxing Thread / Anticipating Manny vs. Mayweather

so, Chavez Jr vs. Brian Vera was a pretty good fight - Jr. showed up ready to go, fought really well, landed amazing punches. Vera's game and never went down but can't hit hard enough to take out the Jr who showed up last night. Round 12 was annoying showboating that was wholly unnecessary but 1-11 were nice

terrible reffing again and one pretty questionable scorecard

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQYeSXpC244

good fight card on HBO right now. the Mayfield-Delorme press conference was pretty OTT

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bj1-GrRIcAEvFJ6.jpg

i dunno if it's just bradley's demeanor or what, but between rounds he looks totally unresponsive and it's starting to freak me out a little

I didn't buy this fight. just didn't figure it'd be worth the scratch and it sounds like it wasn't. Always glad to hear Pac won, but honestly I think it's time for him to go out on a winning note.

Justin Bieber is singing for Floyd tonight so all the twitter links to the umm unofficial stream are from Beliebers

lol

115-113 Maidana for me. Very close, drawish fight. 117-111 for Floyd is a poor card.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> george groves fans

froch ✓

thought that was a shit fight, cracking shot to finish it

idk i thought it was alright in a scrappy, uncertain, tactical way, ko was so good because despite having been mostly outclassed, for the last round or so groves was irritating him and then suddenly that happens

that amir khan interview was strange, possible case of dementia pugilistica outside of the ring maybe

too tactical for my liking - felt they were both too worried about getting hurt/making a mistake

I didn't see the Khan bit

he said groves was controlling it, sky interviewer tried to correct him 'you mean froch?' but amir insisted he meant groves

think it was after round 4 or 5

bit annoyed i missed this

I agreed with Jim Watt that Froch won 4 or the first 5 but much of twitter was calling Watt punchy and saying Groves won 4 rounds idk wtf people were seeing that I missed

4 of*

someone gif the final punch at least

https://vine.co/v/MpaHu13IP3U

vine link

amazing ko. it'd be interesting to see how the judges scored it - pretty hard fight to score imo.

fuck every doubting cunt Froch is REAL

in the 24/7 prep show for this second maidana fight, floyd goes to do a pilates/hot yoga class -- he puts down a matt and lays out a perimeter of $100 bills around him. then at some pt during the class a dude in his crew pops in with the mcdonalds floyd asked for, floyd goes into the hallway and eats 2 big macs, fries, and soda, and returns to the yoga class

maidana was kinda flailing but floyd was poss tired/hurt or took rd 3 off

maidana takes a page out of luis suarez' playbook

I don't think Hopkins should retire for his health, I think he should retire because if he actually fought Stevenson or Kovalev he'd get embarrassed.

― Matt Armstrong, Sunday, October 27, 2013 1:53 PM (1 year ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i think hes gonna lose but idk embarrassed

foreman is soo pro-bhop when hes not won a rd yet and looks p bad

idk how hopkins stayed standing

fair 2 say embarassed imo. good call

I'm not sure i've been aware of Hopkins, ever? The NY Times Mag profile of him the week before this fight was pretty impressive tho.

So, armed only with native smarts and a jailhouse G.E.D., Hopkins set out to turn a weakness into strength. “I started asking questions, trying to figure out how everybody else was making more than me, and I’m taking the punches,” he said. “I had to learn the business — international rights, marketing, license fees, the gate, concessions, merchandising, sponsors.” He did it on the sly at first. “I didn’t want to let people know I was trying to learn, or they would have tried to stop me, so I would ask questions about other fighters who set an example for me not to do.”

By 1995 he felt ready to take over his own boxing affairs, and he has managed himself ever since, employing lawyers and other “soldiers who do the legal mumbo jumbo” to help negotiate deals that allow him to take home a much greater share of the money he makes in the ring. “I started getting mines late in the game, once I realized I should know this before I became another [expletive]-up fighter,” he said. “If you don’t know your own value, somebody will tell you your value, and it’ll be less than you’re worth.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/02/magazine/bernard-hopkins-boxings-oldest-and-most-cunning-champion.html

he should probably hang up his gloves now, he hung in 12 rounds with Kovalev which is a lot, but I'm guessing he keeps going for a few more paydays and maybe changes his nickname to Lazarus

the best young boxer in the world, and maybe the best period soon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iobyLer7kEg

Inoue looked v sharp on the attack and snapped off quite a few crisp powerful punches, but his opponent obv wasn't a counterpuncher and basically had no offense, so he was never really challenged.

opponent had also lost once in 15 years, by decision

deonte/stiverne is such a contrast of personalities, kinda love it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puJFaJntFyU

rios beat the fuk out of alvarado

from the website of record

http://www.tmz.com/2015/01/30/floyd-mayweather-vs-manny-pacquiao-fight-boxing-deal-done-fight-set/

Actually really finally happening?!

almost literally 10 yrs too late

floyd will win easy

actually ideally they wouldve fought in like 08ish

this thread was started in 2006

yeah floyd walks this one, Manny's been hit too many times. congrats floyd you ducked your #1 contender until he was no longer a credible threat, enjoy yr fraudulent 0

still totally stoked for this, bring on the spectacle

boxing on nbc tonight, and gloves that auto-tweet or something

http://tech.slashdot.org/story/15/03/07/0347235/nbc-thinks-connected-gloves-and-bullet-time-can-make-boxing-cool

—in HD, with video-game-like graphics and Matrix-like camera angles.

this is really what boxings been missing

this is sort of a big deal tho no? boxing on nbc during primetime.

seems cool yah, i hope the dude broner's fighting can stay standing awhile

was hoping al michaels would open this by saying welcome to boxing night in america

its worrisome that molina jr looks like laila ali would def knock him out in abt 1/2 a rd

they made the set look like american gladiators

lol broner