Rolling Boxing Thread / Anticipating Manny vs. Mayweather

all these ignorant hicks bitching about Mayweather's power obv never saw the Hatton fight or any of the other 25 he's won by KO

Hatton was in 2007. He's had one KO since then.

thats about 1/3 diminishing explosivity and 2/3 tactical

crap fight but evident how much better a boxer he is than pacquaio, 'sweet science' dorks must have daydreams about his syncopated footwork

There's no doubt as time's gone on he's stayed outside more and protecting that zero became more important than stopping anyone.
Manny hasn't stopped anyone this decade - this was always going the distance and always going to Mayweather.

thats about 1/3 diminishing explosivity and 2/3 tactical

crap fight but evident how much better a boxer he is than pacquaio, 'sweet science' dorks must have daydreams about his syncopated footwork

Mayweather has never had great power at any weight. His accuracy and timing presents a constant threat of a sustained beating and that's usually enough to keep people from taking risks.

He's not feather fisted tho, that's definitely an overstatement.

There's no doubt as time's gone on he's stayed outside more and protecting that zero became more important than stopping anyone.
Manny hasn't stopped anyone this decade - this was always going the distance and always going to Mayweather.

I haven't really noticed an increase in defensive focus from Mayweather. He was more cautious at 130 and 135 imp.

*imo

James "Mandingo Warrior" Kirkland

deonte is landing some BOMBS omg

lol fukkin announcer said "he goes down faster than a plate of alabama barbecue!!"

So who's good now? Cotto, Alvarez, GGG? Takes a lot of work to keep up given the lack of media coverage.

not cotto

GGG, Kovalev, Andre Ward, Roman Gonzalez, Juan Estrada, Rigondeaux

I don't really recommend watching Andre Ward tho

psyched for the action on ESPN tomorrow night

kovalevs right is incred

saw this earlier wow yes it was pretty brutal.

had to cut away before they stepped frame by frame into mohamedi getting his dome cracked, dude was dangerously outclassed

jim grey's 1st question to mayweather was "what would you like to have to eat that youve been denying yourself these past decades"

http://c.files.bbci.co.uk/163C8/production/_85708019_tysonfury.jpg

Fury's so no-hopey i feel like i'm watching a straight-to-vid Rocky spinoff

HBO commentator: "Father Time still undefeated, although I think Hopkins fought him to a draw recently."

lol "The Dark Tenor"???

http://static.zoonar.com/img/www_repository5/bb/8c/d8/10_ff2b5f5f52121b79ae7e3efd643fe585.jpg

this dude sang the national anthems

and Fury does more with his mouth than his fists first round. lol dick.

this is basically shit but the fact that Fury's dickery seems to be unsettling Klitschko is providing some gentle entertainment

fury is jittery as hell

probably in front tho

by all objective measure this fight has been a joke so far and yet

Missed the start of this. Terrible fight (terrible division). Fury edging it but won't get a decision when there's next to nothing in each round.

yeah think he might struggle to get the decision but Klitschko has looked poor for big spells. having said that in the last round i feel like he's just starting to get the measure of Fury

Aye his jab is getting better now. Finally launched a right hand too.

better round, we might get some kind of finish here yet

First time I saw the name Tyson Fury I thought we really need a heavyweight champ who sounds like a Tekken character but never thought he'd ever even get a shot. He's holding his own against (an admittedly lacklustre) Klitschko.

Weird round. Fury wide open for a straight right and Vlad pulled it short.

*Wlad

yeah hometown decisions or not i think Klitschko needs to do something big in these last 2

yea klitsch is not throwing enough

Wlad in trouble and ref stops it to take the point. That's yer fight over.

bad to lose that point but i reckon Fury's earned the win here

If think if your opponent keeps turning his back you should be allowed to punch fuck out of his neck.

gotta be a rematch either way

wlad got tagged w that left hes lucky it didnt hit cleanly

Fury's hurt here

furys…trunks are falling down

moral victory = Fury, actual decision = fuck knows

Fury's fight for me, though he was hanging on there.

i say moral, that's probably not the right word here

nfw Klitschko loses a tight fight with the judges

wasnt that tight tho

yeah Klitschko did fuck all in maybe 8 rounds

holy shit!