Rolling Boxing Thread / Anticipating Manny vs. Mayweather

from the bbc
0030: Best guess on fight time is somewhere between 0230 and 0300 but no-one is quite sure. One thing is for certain, the atmosphere at a packed O2 Arena is quite tasty. A full house of 14,000-odd fans and a few lagers have been had in the long wait for the main event. In case you were wondering, first bell is so late because of the US market. The plan is to launch both of these fighters as major world stars by exposing them to the money men across the Pond.

I reckon 3am - that's when Freeview customers are being told to switch from c34 to c38 if they've subscribed.

Drunk and tired but I think I'll make it.

Mitchell vs Johanneson was a great fight - excellent mix of styles. Mitchell did well to come back from a shaky couple of rounds and win but he gets caught far too often to convince me he's ever going to reach the top. Johanneson looked rock solid until that body shot early in the ninth took the wind out if him.

we're on now!

I don't know what way this fight will go.

Thats a bit harsh

Well that's that then.

I look forward to Haye vs Rahman, Haye vs David Tua, and Haye vs Danny Williams within the next year. Nothing big fighters at the top of their game for the Hayemaker.

He says he's going to take a few months out to get fat.

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44479000/jpg/_44479028_maccawobble.jpg

Doop doop doop doop doop doop...

Well that's that then.

I look forward to Haye vs Rahman,
-- Dom Passantino, Sunday, March 9, 2008 12:06 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark Link

Hahahahahah I predicted this right.

ANOTHER SATURDAY, ANOTHER AMIR FIGHT

Dece fight, soured only slightly by Khan playing tom-toms on the dude's head while he was trying to have a sit down.

So is this a pay-per-view fight ?

It's on Setanta Sports. Pay-per-view in the US I think.

I've put away too much wine. I'm switching to sipping beers in the hop of staying awake for the fight. Setant bloke says first bell's at 3am but that could well be after my last bell.

Loldley Harrison coming up, fighting a guy who's 10&6 in the hope of proving he's a title contender.

sipping beers in the hop

lol freudian typo

HBO in the US.

Loldley took 5 rounds to break his punchbag.

Some guff on screen about freeview people needing to switch channels before 3am so it may be PPV for them. Last trailer thing they showed has me stoked. I'm going for a tight (maybe even split) Calzaghe points win then bringing Hopkins back to a stupid big UK stadium to knock him out in a rematch.

I thought I was harsh on Audley until I saw McGuigan & Co. on Setanta getting wired into the poor guy. I think if he learned to tuck his chin in and maybe swapped some bulk for a bit of mobility/speed he'd have a shout. He never seems to throw those great combinations that won him the Olympics but he still has enough weapons to take out most of what passes for a top heavyweight division these days.

I've been lolling all week at Joe C trying to out trash-talk Bernard Hopkins. He can't get a word in and when he does it's always in the most unconvincingly tough accent ever. You can't say "this week the executioner will be executed" in that accent and expect to be taken seriously.

lol what is this fuckin gibberish comin outta tom jones' mouth

hahaha

Well, that didn't take long.

Can't see a way in for Calzaghe here. Hopkins' tactics spot on so far and his counter-punching is superb.

yup

Found his range a bit there but he needs to stay outside or he'll never claw back the points he's already lost.

shit ref

he keeps letting Hopkins use his head

Whatever the fuck Hopkins is doing now it isn't boxing. Nothing but diving in and holding and headbutting.

lol is this your first hopkins fight?

The point is the ref keeps letting him away with it.

Seriously what the fuck is this ref doing?

This the same ref that stopped Hatton doing exactly what Hopkins is doing?

Calzaghe needs to throw more or this is gone.

Hopkins will win.

This other dude is a sucker.

If he ups the workrate he has a chance
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Hopkins hasn't shown anything but his head since the 5th. He's just trying to suck the life out of the fight now, and it's working.

he's totally at it now

and funnily enough he looks totally fine

he just wanted a rest

Hopkins looks knackered

Hopkins rubbing his balls for 3 minutes did him the world of good, he's started fighting again :)

that break certainly benefited hopkins

He's a fuckin pussy and wants to stop crying and holding his nuts.

(I am a bit drunk)

Calzaghe was poor there but Hopkins ran away for 2/3 of the fight.

im not sure hopkins did much in the later rounds tbh. but who knows how the judges will score it

YES!!!

Hopkins runaway tactics gets him beat haha

I'm going for a tight (maybe even split) Calzaghe points win then bringing Hopkins back to a stupid big UK stadium to knock him out in a rematch.

-- onimo, Sunday, 20 April 2008 02:45 (Sunday, 20 April 2008 02:45) Bookmark Link

Shoulda put money on that.

Fucking yes

Rematch for sure. Lets see if Hopkins can come to the UK and fight.

the way hopkins was wasting time and holding i got the feeling he wasnt convinced he was winning.