Rolling Boxing Thread / Anticipating Manny vs. Mayweather

he might last but he wont win

shane too old to win these next three, I'm afraid

mayweather looks unbeatable

pacquiao could beat him & he knows it

lol nodded off some time near the end there.

Mayweather surviving that 2nd round and then proceeding to run the fight was pretty brilliant. I really thought he was going down for a moment. But otm about him running scared of the Pac-man. Surely that fight's got to be made now?

what a bore

Will the floyd vs pacman fight happen? It doesn't seem very likely.

no. floyd is afraid of pacquiao and wants to wait until pacquiao's past his prime, but pacquiao is more interested in politics than boxing now. he has beaten everybody who has the guts to face him anyway.

roach sez october or november~

http://sportsradiointerviews.com/2010/05/05/freddie-roach-on-the-possibility-of-a-mayweather-pacquiao-fight-%e2%80%9cit%e2%80%99s-gonna-happen%e2%80%9d/#more-20871

On whether or not a Mayweather-Pacquiao fight will happen:

“Yeah, it’s gonna happen. Just talked to Bob Arum yesterday. Bob Arum’s flying to the Philippines today to make Manny the offer. We are trying to make this work the best we can, yes.”

On whether or not it will take long to negotiate:

“No I think we have ammo to get it done quickly because there’s a lot of money out there.”

On the testing requests made by Mayweather:

“We’re gonna meet in the middle. We wanted 24, they wanted 14. (Host: 19?) Yeah, 17 or 18 or something. (Host: Now will you also give blood after the fight?) 100 percent yes. That won’t be a problem.”

Would love to see the fight happen. I'm not sure Manny gives a shit any more.

I think it's time Joe's name was retired from the thread title.

Agreed and agreed.

oh how you all forget

New title for a new era. Manny on points by 3 or 4 rounds if it ever happens.

Wayne McCullough is back in action this month at the age of 39 chasing his first win since 2004.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/boxing/8664355.stm

manny by ko if it ever happens

Renaming the thread doesn't rename my bookmark :(

we live in a godless universe

yeah I remember thinking that the last time I saw Audley Harrison fight

Joksan Hernandez just brutalized Daniel Ruiz in the undercard of the Soto fight tonight. Anybody else really impressed? I love Ruiz's style, but he couldn't adapt to Hernandez at all, and Hernandez has seemingly fought everybody in the last few months. IMO this might be more remarkable than the Beltran fight even.

enjoyed the khan fight even though it was pretty one sided

not the greatest card of all time obv but anybody watching Rodriguez (25-14-4) vs. Theophane (24-6-1) tonight i.e. now? could be fun

Rodriguez
Ashley "Treasure" Theophane

also Marquez-Diaz II is tomorrow, both are real game fighters & fun to watch

sierra completely handing it to george in round 1 of the first fight

must suck to be eating a lot of punches while the camera shows the world that you have chosen to have DA BOMB tattooed on your lower back

i doubt its on here

sierra beating the crap out of george but can't close the deal - there's no way george should still be in this fight at all

(it's on espn2 I will keep you updated! :) )

live cricket from the west indies and bajor league baseball on the 2 espn channels here

nothing on sky sports

and major league baseball, lol

don george is bleeding so profusely it's terrible but he won't fall down

sierra seems kinda good but the fact that he can't close the deal bodes poorly for his future

george collapses into the ref literally AT the bell in between rounds after a badly-called foul - fight being stopped

2 point deduction from the winner, sierra. the ref's sleeves are soaked in blood.

the Teddy Atlas Fight Plan segment of Friday Night Fights is the greatest thing in the history of television btw

fast-moving but not terribly eventful round 1 in Rodriguez-Theophane

not watched a fight in ages actually. Any biggies coming up soon?

tomorrow is Marquez-Diaz II - Diaz is a reliably fun fighter to watch, real game head-down pounder, Marquez is a monster vet who I think handed Diaz his first loss last time around. Klitschko meets Peter on September 11th if you get off on watching half-asleep Russians beat up fat guys.

interesting bout going on between rodriguez & theophane right now meanwhile - rodriguez is the better fighter, longer reach & better fight plan, but theophane is the game little dude, who doesn't enjoy a game little dude, and instead of getting in close he throws huge looping rights from way downtown, two of which have connected

rodriguez will win but this is kinda fun

I'll check and see if the fights on sky. sometimes US PPV fights are free here on sky sports as noone would pay to watch. I hate it when its on PPV though. we get ESPN free with sky sports package so its better when it's on there!

I know about PPV being free in other countries - several times I've been away from home on business and ended up seeing big-ticket fights for free

great innit?

split decision for theophane, to the disgust of ESPN announcers and most of the crowd...oklahoma is where Holyfield used to go to find a doctor who'd give him to the OK to take another fight, just sayin'

holy shit patrick lopez just threw like 300 punches in 3/4 of a round

lopez over brewer via tko/stoppage

avila fiora a four-round brawl! amazing!

majority draw

crowd really hates it but the fight really was a draw

pascal/chad dawson fight has been p dope

man there is a great card on espn2 right now - despaigne vs paines dropping bombs on each other right now

that wasnt much of a fight, the one after only lasted 1 min 48 seconds though, lol

yeah I expected fights 2 and 3 to last a hell of a lot longer. did enjoy despaigne vs. paines though, nice style clash

Haye vs Ordinary Harrison

Jesus fucking Chrissssszzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Dunno I think I'd quite enjoy Audley taking another beating or Haye being found out vs a limited fighter. Either way at least one of them will stfu about legacies (though I say that every time Audley loses and he still seems to think he's a player).