Rolling Boxing Thread / Anticipating Manny vs. Mayweather

so who will step up to fight Loma next?

are he and bud crawford too far apart in weight?

Stephen A Smith vs Teddy Atlas is the best part of the night

that was a joke btw, they just yelled at eachother for like 5 minutes

British heavyweight wins bout, dies:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/more-sports/british-boxer-scott-westgarth-dies-after-heavyweight-bout/

I really wanted to see Pacquiao eat it on Saturday, disappointing that Matthysse only seemed 70% on.

the thought of Crawford v Spence short-circuits my brane, how do you pick one

i want to see mikey garcia vs spence too.

I think GGG will get the ko this time. One round in rn

Canelo disciplined, fast, effective so far

Pace picking up considerably, can't see this one going the distance. Good stuff

Canelo hasn't been on the ropes yet, amazingly

Awaiting decision. I score a draw

Two judges score 115-113 Canelo, fair enough, he fought a much better fight this go and my man GGG looking old :(

thought GGG edged it, draw would have been fair. canelo's numbers were good

really great fight. canelo won on style. thought kellerman had it right, there was an exact point in the fight ( i think middle of round 6?) ggg looked washed and done but canelo didnt press right at that moment and ggg clawed back in from that moment on. both dudes have chins made of granite.

you won't find a more flawless performance than this KO1 from Inoue
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsvverU6Fvs

amazing

straight right hand direct to the temple. no ambiguity.

lovely forceful jab setting it up too

Inoue is 100% boxer, but the methodical way he sets up the distance and the abrupt precision of the punches makes that look almost like karate

waht

this fucking guy

This Crawford/Spence confrontation at the Hooker fight last night is actually pretty cute and heartwarming

https://www.instagram.com/p/BqRV2p2ATcR/?utm_source=ig_share_sheet&igshid=155spfc88d9v3

I prayed for death on a daily basis … I woke up and thought why didn’t I die in my sleep … I tried to drink myself to death. I attempted to crash into a bridge one time.

fuck him up tyson

Fury is fucking terrible, I don't understand why anybody thinks otherwise.

A good rise and fall and rise story will lead people to overlook a lot

As it were

https://deadspin.com/the-rise-and-fall-and-rise-of-tyson-fury-boxings-most-1830718880

I haven't seen enough of Wilder tbh but the prospect of Tyson bumbling and missing his way thru even one round is not enough to make me stay up. You're right about the back story Hoos and the logic of it makes me think he might even win this somehow.

I'm rooting for him as the better fighter making a comeback from a relatable rock bottom period, but yeah, there's no excusing his worst public moments.

My trainer the other day was taking over/unders and, in giving the uninitiated a rundown, said "Wilder punches like an idiot...but an idiot that can knock you out"

Imma be at the bar like Tyson please hit him and not yourself

Wilder completely loses control and looks like a two year old flailing around, I cannot support that go Tyson

Fury and Wilder are good names for fighters though.

Fury - Klitschko is probably the worst title fight I've ever seen

I have not watched the whole thing tbh -- its just boring I take it

At the time I said "I've been to poetry readings where more punches were thrown"

fury some ways the better fighter

ive been thinking a bit recently about the modern need to hold public figures to account for every unpalatable opinion and how that maps to somebody with tyson fury's background and i decided fuck it

Otm

Also yo I don't see any discussion upthread of Canelo GGG 2 but that's all online now and damn that was a compelling fight

listened to some v good podcast discussion on the buildup and eh yeah forgot to catch it ffs

My objections to Fury are all boxing-related tbh

ok but set against wilder and he looks like a phd in the sweet science tbh

i put some of wilder up on the tv earlier and swear to fuck one of his misses knock a lamp off my mantelpiece

lol

fury has said some really horrible and objectionable shit. he is a really powerful advocate for mental health awareness though, do give him some respect for that

and he can box

wilder seems like a deep down decent dude but he flails so much. money's on fury gassing and then getting clocked a belter

And like if anybody can outmaneuver Wilder's anti-aircraft right it's the dude whose movement confuses people

Hoos there's some Canelo GGG 2 talk right above my Inoue revive

The real fight everyone wants to see is Spence vs Crawford, which will happen eventually. I can hardly even imagine a more compelling fight, but then I thought that about Loma vs Rigondeaux lmao

I bit the bullet but this is pretty good

Fantastic fight

where can I re-screen