Rolling Boxing Thread / Anticipating Manny vs. Mayweather

might've been classier to make sure that Williams wasn't dead before he put the crown on

wtf is ref doing counting out a clearly unconscious man?

he's probbly wtched mn united seen nni jump up within 0 secs of being killed tbf?

shit. see disply nme, sry

I appreciate the boxing fandom on ILX but every time this thread gets bumped I admit I always hope it's news on May/Pac. Fight's got to happen but damn it's taking long enough.

will never happen imo.

might've been classier to make sure that Williams wasn't dead before he put the crown on

he actually took the crown off after he learned Williams wasn't dead, as it was the crown for becoming King of Killing Paul Williams

williams is a fairly welsh name, i suppose?

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damn this is at foxwoods! i prob would have gone if i knew abt it earlier, will def dvr

Dzinziruk probably has the best jab in boxing, interesting to see how Sergio adjusts to that.

opening bout, Lee vs. McEwan here (which announcers keep pointing out is stylistically Freddie Roach vs. Kronk Gym, which is kinda cool), is good action

I almost started a Freddie Roach appreciation thread a week or so ago. He's my chosen successor to Fred (Mr.) Rogers as my Real American Hero. Somethin about those Freds.

holy crap what a come-from-behind performance by Lee! 10th round KO!

decided to stream cotto/mayorga. I really don't know anything about them, but cotto looks like a clearly superior fighter to me

Sergio. Fucking. Martinez. That's two sensational performances in a row. At 35/36. This dude is so goddamn exciting to watch, that hands-at-waist stalking stance...great night of fights on HBO.

Pirog is the only guy I see having a chance against him at middleweight.

Kirkland would make for an interesting fight. But Martinez is in his own zone right now. That stance he fights from is just so instantly exciting. None of this cruise-control-until-shit-gets-heavy garbage. Want to write him fan letters to thank him for not fighting like an asshole. But both HBO fights were great tonight! Caught those instead of Cotto-Mayorga, did anybody catch that one?

Watching the Martinez fight just now. The guy is oozing class and confidence. Dzinziruk comes out all "I'm taking this fight to you and closing down the ring" and Martinez is delighted with it.

lol @ Dzinziruk's corner - he's still dizzy from a 5th round knockdown and they're telling him he won the round.

Did anyone see Ricky Burns' defence last night? Looks like a nothing fight from the reports - ended on an injury retirement - not quite the big showcase he was looking for.

Finish from Martinez was amazing - he'd spent a round or two taking a lot of shots and it looked like Dzinziruk was getting back into it. Martinez looks to have just decided it was time to take him out before the fight really turned.

They're rebroadcasting this right now and I'm watching it again, because I enjoy watching Martinez fight so much.

Smoker is a great ref, too. He should get a manager working his name out there -- Mills Lane managed to get enough PR to parlay his ref job into more work, and this guy's fantastic

Darchinyan looking very, very mean vs. Perez in round 1

Darchinyan showboating in round 5, evidently running the fight but looking like a real asshole

Wow these odds:

Manny Pacquiao - KO or TKO or Disqualification 4/6
Manny Pacquiao - Decision or Technical Decision 6/4
Shane Mosley - KO or TKO or Disqualification 9/1
Shane Mosley - Decision or Technical Decision 25/1
Draw or Technical Draw 50/1

is the "Anticipating Manny vs. Mayweather" part of the thread title meant to be read as a sick joke at this point

Shane looked 1) in amazing shape and 2) remarkably composed, even for him, during interviews at last night's Friday Night Fights card. Interesting, because I've seen him at ringside grabbing mic time where he seems kinda desperate and unconvincing, but honestly he looks to have had a great camp.

That said, Pacquiao in 9.

man naseem richardson is such an intense individual

paquiao in 7.I like mosely-at age 29. Mayweather still a fucking pussy.

I think Pac in rounds 4-6. You have to move your head against Pac or you end up like Maragrito (best case) or Hatton (not best case).

countdown announcer just gave out a top-five dumbest things ever said in sports hype line: "when champion manny pacquiao is in town, the playbook doesn't just go out the window; it simply doesn't exist."

this is a verbatim fucking quote.

that is incredibly dumb. what is the implication, you just streetfight pacquiao? riiight.

yeah it's completely ahistorical. if anything, Pacquiao is a more classic coming-forward fighter than anything else; he'd be fightable if it weren't for his ridiculous heart. but the boxing establishment needs to make hay while the sun shines so they're making all manner of claims about it. which, to be fair, he's easily the most exciting fighter since Tyson, so you can't blame 'em.

I'll take Pac on a TKO in 8.

don't know if you guys are seeing the undercard but this kid lopez is GAME.

still lost by majority decision. LL Cool J now giving great patter in the press booth

I don't have that PPV cheddar but would love ilxor commentary!

this vasquez jr - arce fight is a brawl. totally amazing rock-em sock-em robots action

vasquez jr. v. arce was a completely fantastic undercard fight fyi

opening of the 12th round was a moment of real beauty, too - the fighters touched gloves but then really spontaneously just looked at each other & embraced in the middle of the ring - beautiful, beautiful fight

epic by all accounts, can't wait to see it

fuckin Christ the amount of in-the-ring stuff before the fight is ridiculous. I'm not going to cover the fight on thread, I'm just gonna watch the fight, but...both "Star-Spangled Banner" and "America the Beautiful" (the latter sung, beautifully I should say, by Jaime Foxx)? C'mon. One anthem per side please.

holy fuck tho LL is doing "Mama Said Knock You Out" for Shane's ring walk and it is fucking electrifying. Hope somebody uploads it somewhere because he's killing it

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watching this while listening to "Here I Go (Again on my own)". Adding a lot to the experience tbh.

The problem with following fights online

(12:15pm) Round 3 - Pacquiao's speed forces Mosley to back-pedal. Pacquiao decks Mosley with a left straight to the face. A lopsided round for Manny. Pacquiao 10-8

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Round 3. They trade straight power shots to the midsection in the first minute. Pacquiao gets in two lefts that back Mosley up. Pacquiao drops Mosley with a right hook with a minute to go. Mosley gets up at "six." Pacquiao measures Mosley for his straight left, but the 39-year-old vet holds on to clear his head and run out the clock. (Pacquiao's round, 10-8)

Weird fight. Neither guy real aggrerssive. Vasquez-arce fight was fantastic, too bad the guys father threw the towel in.

I disagree with the posts above-ll cool j and the plastic surgery disaster in pacs corner singing the guys into the ring was supremely cheesy.

jesus louise finally some energy in the 10th

how many punches has mosley even landed? like, two?

Wondering if pac is dogging it to bait mayweather into taking his skirt off. Just got knocked down

Mosely has done nothing. A lame performance.