Rolling Boxing Thread / Anticipating Manny vs. Mayweather

Watched this fight tonight - absolute shocker from the ref. Anyone would think he'd been told the 9-0-0 guy couldn't possibly be beaten by the 14-10-3 journeyman. Doran had already been down before being hurt another twice in the first round then the ref stops it as soon as Maxwell (that's MAX MAXWELL!) has taken two shots.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwZXzuW6CcE

100% record forever tainted imo

He was clearly staggered and before the ref stepped in, he was basically defenseless and ripe for a real pummeling. But the ref should have given him a standing eight count first. If he still seemed glazed over, THEN consider stopping it.

in almost all professional fights, there is no standing eight count.

it's an ok stoppage.

OK. Then the ref did a decent thing there. He was gonna get creamed in about two more seconds. Getting smashed around when your defensive reflexes are gone can leave permanent brain damage.

The referee gave his opponent a standing eight count about 20 seconds earlier. Maxwell was hurt but he wasn't even given a chance. Honestly watching the way it all went down it was like someone panicked at their future title contender suddenly turning chinny and vulnerable to being stopped by a very limited boxer. Doran was hurt several times but allowed to recover and continue.

bhop compares himself to tina turner and claims that all the years of boring fights were so he could save his energy for his hard-chargin late-40s

u.s.a., u.s.a.!!!

hope HBO makes Hopkins vs. Tavoris Cloud instead of a Dawson fight.

& said he'll fight til 50

sheee-ooot, dick tiger fought well after he was 50.

gus johnson called jim grey "j geezy"

gus johnson was kind of hilarious tonight

yeah so

fight fight fight

haye's not gonna enjoy this

If I can score more than 3s on Haye I'm tempted to have a fiver but really my head says no fucking way.

not if there were three of him in the fuckin ring, man

i'm pretty sure both Klitschkos have got more than Haye but I'm pretty sure they've not been tested that hard either

they won't be this weekend neither

Heavyweight div is basically a fucking pantomime the last 5+ years, i've got no clue nowadays

klitschko proper ard nut tho innit

Haye avoided that big lad, right enough, but he'll have to fight this time

Prob be shit tho

Haye's going to have a painful night. Might be best to do an Audley and get out of there early

yeah i wouldn't pay to see it and i don't think any of my locals will have it. might hook up a dodgy stream if i've got nothing better on

don't really care but haye is a nudnik and will enjoy the coverage if he gets sonned

Haye kinda lives for the publicity sonned or unsonned, if he was to somehow nick this it might at least have interesting repercushions

i love it when you talk druzhyna

I'd like Haye to win it just because the Klitschkos are even more boring than David Haye but he'll need to be gunning for the lucky punch all night. this fight is on regular HBO I believe

cool i'll check with the sweeneys have they hbo, but failing that it's the pub what a tragedy

i'm still trying to parse the concept of a Klitschko going 12 rounds with wee little Hayden Panettiere

one cannot conceive of the carnage

the '12 rounds with _______' cliche is a bit mistaken cuz if those hypothetical mismatched did happen, they wouldn't go 12 rounds

ya

/mismatches

thinks he's a smooth criminal, really just a wanker.

nultbloggin itt

maybe hayes fans can incite a riot so he gets a technical draw or w/e

the city london's most feckless brokerage chavs will have assumed prime ringside positons for the chance to be splattered with the viscera of their beloved haye

this intro is a better movie than green lantern

haye's entourage look like the worst sportsciencebros ever

Haye has just completed the London marathon and is wrapped in aluminum foil.

you got this on a stream or tv?

the pantomime here is ridic.

i have a german stream that is really good quality, but i don't know if that's cool here, ysi was a long time ago etc.

's okay i've got one thanks ;)

"I must say there is woefully inadequate security here, I fear for our and the fighters' safety. I cannot see a security guard anywhere."

impromptu Royal Rumble, let's do this thing.

i sort of hate haye, but i think it's just cause he's mouthy and english, which is a pretty bad thing to hate a fighter for.

i like Buncie, i hope he makes it out alive

as long as someone takes out jim lampley xxp

Klitschko's eyes tell me he is gonna fuck Haye's shit right up

his nickname is really dr steel hammer? really?

tbf i havent watched a heavyweight fight in 10 yrs so i guess it could be

i like it anyway.