Rolling Boxing Thread / Anticipating Manny vs. Mayweather

lmao how was that not a dq. what a joke of a sport. that was literally pro wrestling

I know, bizarre.

This interview is hilarious.

larry merchant was so awesome

holy shit larry!

that moment right there redeems his entire career

joe cortez can never be allowed in a ring again

ref'ing in boxing is at an all-time low, it's like every fucking bout is disgraceful now

At this point I wouldn't even pay for Mayweather/Manny.

oh I would. Mayweather's campaign to take the focus off Manny's skills has been somewhat successful but Manny Pacquiao is all-time & could have stood in with the best of the 80s fighters, he would take Floyd to school all night

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FY4LSGLOTE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMAlzZw9Jvc

the thing is floyd's an asshole & a poor sport but lol at anybody standing there with his arms at his sides waiting for the go-ahead from the ref. keep your eye on the ball is rule #1. not in hockey though. play the man not the puck. but in boxing don't look at the damn ref, listen to him and look at the guy who might hit you in the face.

people criticise a cheap shot like expense was a virtue in a shot.

it looks like Ortiz was unsubtly calling the spot; he has exposed the business

expense is a virtue in a shot! cf. those from-downtown uppercuts that made everybody wanna watch Tyson fight - giant looping crosses - that's the stuff. or Holmes's jab. that titanic look of intention instead of "fuck, dude isn't looking, lemme paste him one!"

I'm not sure why anyone is blaming Cortez, really. This KO happened because Ortiz lost his mind. Perhaps concussed from the headbutt?

who the fuck goes in for a hug

Mosley hugged Floyd all night, everybody wants to hug Floyd, he's a good-looking guy

terrific undercard fight between Andy Lee & Brian Vera right now - later it's Sergio Martinez, don't miss him, he's fantastic

wouldn't say this fight is terrific, pretty one-sided

but looking forward to Martinez

lol you're right I was just really enjoying it, Lee's fun to watch & Vera was pretty game for a guy who was getting beat

yeah, I enjoyed it too

also enjoyed that little segment w/ Martinez & the girl who was getting bullied, great story!

me too - Martinez remembering "with my bullies, they were armed" - and check it out, the girl's at ringside!

Martinez's stance is so great but you sort of figure he ought to let his hands go against a guy so clearly beneath him imo

if Martinez found an uppercut he'd get through this defense I think

3-1 Martinez for me so far, Barker putting on a surprisingly good performance.

I scored round 5 easily for Barker. We may have drama here!

Martinez punching Barker's gloves a loooottt, Barker peppering Martinez with clean punches.

really disagree with how the HBO crew is characterizing this fight. The cleaner punches are Barker's.

still 4-2 martinez but this is not Martinez "coasting."

Martinez's KO power is legit huh?

apparently Noshioka-Marquez was awesome.

Barker really fought a great fight strategically but Martinez is kind of a force of nature right now. He shows a real ability to absorb punishment & just keep fighting his fight until he gets his way. That KO punch was weird tho I gotta say

based on how Barker fought I doubt it was a dive though.

HBO should have shown Nishioka-Marquez instead of that undercard Andy Lee hypefest btw.

I didn't think it was a dive, it was just -- he hadn't been absorbing that much punishment. He'd gotten tagged some but had been so game right up into the last round that it was like - wait - the punch that beat you landed on your glove?

Everybody's saying Nishioka-Marquez was awesome, seems like we never get to see the good Japanese fighters of whom there are plenty. It was on Fox Deportes which is an extra 5 bucks a month here which I should probably go ahead and spend

yeah I seriously considered getting it for this month just for that fight. Roman Gonzalez looked amazing on the undercard apparently.

I wonder if we'll see Noshioka-Donaire?

oh man that'd smoke

some of my fight DVDs I get Asian fighters who never really got a lot of US tv time like Pongsaklek Wongjongkam, so many good light-and-smaller weight guys...HBO should put together a "Window On Japan" series or something to showcase some Japanese fighters, if they got their moment people would dig it

nothing happened in boxing today

Donaire/Narvaez in about ten minutes here

Donaire looks huge

some of my fight DVDs I get Asian fighters who never really got a lot of US tv time like Pongsaklek Wongjongkam, so many good light-and-smaller weight guys...HBO should put together a "Window On Japan" series or something to showcase some Japanese fighters, if they got their moment people would dig it

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I've always wondered: how hard would it really be to just send over a couple announcers, a microphone and one cameraman? The presentation for those Japanese shows is great already, and I'm sure they'd charge a pittance for the (American) rights to the fights. There's always 4 or 5 title fights in Japan each year that are big-time battles between top 10 guys in their weight class. And if you really wanted, you could chip in some money and make even bigger fights there.

Omar Narvaez: please go back to Europe and your meaningless title defenses.

Mark Cuban's HDNET is already doing that with MMA. They send an Australian and American (Frank Trigg) to Japan with a translator and use the already existing production.

xpost.

The other thing that's been happening wayyy too much lately is the big nets (especially HBO) allowing really awesome fights to end up on Fox Deportes or Box Azteca. Serious title fights that are guaranteed action. And in their stead we get dull setup fights for HBO's favored prospects or garbage title fights that will obviously be boring.

Omar Narvaez: please go back to Europe and your meaningless title defenses.

Jesus, otm. That guy's style was terrible. I'm with Donaire, what the fuck's he supposed to do, bust ass fighting a guy who doesn't wanna fight, but still...that fight sucked

good fight on HBO in a minute here, Kirkland v. Angulo

HOLY SHIT ROUND ONE ROUND OF THE YEAR.

fucking A everybody needs to see that. get the backstory on kirkland beforehand for maximum fuuuuuuuucck that was amazing.

crap i was about to flip that on and got distracted by "aladdin"