Rolling Boxing Thread / Anticipating Manny vs. Mayweather

By which I mean Cotto in 5 is a possibility. xpost to me

dude watching a match in a movie theater is a grand tradition! pre-TV, the way people kept up was by watching fight films a week or more after the fight in their locals - I have an old fight film poster for when Joe Louis toppled Primo Carnera. put on a fedora and and do it old-school!

i was excited abt cotto as a fighter in like 2007. i dont really think he has a chance vs floyd

my gf just randomly decided she wanted to watch this but the only place around here showing it is a fucking movie theater

― call all destroyer, Saturday, May 5, 2012 7:17 PM (19 minutes ago) Bookmark

yeah a bunch of those showing it around here for some reason

i was excited abt cotto as a fighter in like 2007. i dont really think he has a chance vs floyd

― johnny crunch, Saturday, May 5, 2012 7:37 PM (16 seconds ago) Bookmark

same on both counts

yeah idk the theater could be fun if we were both more committed to the idea but it's kind of far away and i don't know if they sell beer

If I was betting I'd go Mayweather on points, but I'm not.

This will be about 4-5am UK time won't it? No chance of me making it :(

mayweather will win easily

itll be on rapidshare in the morning

or afternoon if u need to get a fedora first

I found a bar showing it, probably gonna get in a cab. watching the streaming undercard right now, holy fuck Figueroa's left hook is hilarious.

the may weather is terrible in england fwiw

i was watching the hatton fight again the other day

hes gonna retire undefeated

I think Cotto has a better shot than any of Floyd's "recent" competition but Cotto's recent bouts haven't really pitted him against anybody to test him - Margarito's washed up, Mayorga had already lost to almost every major fighter he's faced, Pacquiao beat him. I really want Cotto to pull it off but he would have to bring in some new style that Floyd hadn't trained against.

fight doesnt appear to be on tv here and i cba staying up to watch a shitty stream just to see mayweather win.

canelo's got a nasty cut

shane really showed up tonight. first time seeing canelo, not overwhelmed, a money fight with pac or floyd or whoever definitely not a good move for him yet

lmao bieber is carrying floyd's belts

bieber shd fight cottos son

wow, this is a brawl for floyd

arguable cotto couldve won the last 4 rds?

cotto's landing clean shots and winning rounds :0

cotto's gassed

floyd almost dropped him

Floyd lost what, one, two rounds top? Dominant as always.

yea cotto did a good job coming fwd, looking busy generally until rd 9 but nvr hurt him

why do you hate vowels, johnny crunch

Floyd knocked them all out of his words. Not enough $$ left to buy a vowel

that was a sweet fight until cotto gassed. rounds 4-6 belonged to him imo

take away all the bullshit and just look at his style and you just can't deny Mayweather. That was a tremendous performance, gauged Cotto almost perfectly. Cotto came to fight & did pretty well although I think Mayweather's accuracy in early rounds has a Tyson-like effect on his opponents: he scares them out of throwing their best punches because their instincts quickly tell them "that will leave you open, if you're open Floyd will land at least one." I gave 4-6 to Cotto too, but not super-decisively except for 4.

Alvarez looked really good, I love Shane a lot & always love fighters who just want to keep going but he needs to hear the message the scorecards are sending him & step down. Get into training imo, he could become a great trainer

The traditional home of boxing, um, Luxembourg, have sanctioned a Haye vs Chisora fight to be held in Britain despite neither boxer having a British licence.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/boxing/17987600

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/boxing/article-2142090/British-boxing-reeling-sensational-developments.html

This completely sucks. I really like Lamont Peterson but he's toast now - stylistically he's a much more interesting fighter than Khan imo. Oh well. Dumb athletes can't seem to stay off the juice so to hell with them

something about that fight stunk, but i didn't expect to find out he was on performance enhancing drugs for it too. Boxing doesnt need that kinda shit right now. Its stock has never been lower. Very sad and hope its not widespread.

http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2012/05/mannny_pacquiao.php

goddamit, I don't want to root for Pretty Boy Floyd if they ever fight

Convicted repeat woman-beater vs homophobe. It's a tough choice.

hmm yeah think the convicted repeat woman-beater is probably just a bit worse than the fundie moron

goddamit, I don't want to root for Pretty Boy Floyd if they ever fight

never gonna happen imo so you're safe

might be a better thread for this but..
http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/7940841/an-open-letter-manny-pacquiao-gay-filipina-american-concerning-champion-boxer-recent-comments-gay-marriage

goddamit, I don't want to root for Pretty Boy Floyd if they ever fight

― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Tuesday, May 15, 2012 5:36 PM (4 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I realized the other day that 99.9999% of the reason I hate floyd is because he's ducking Manny, so in some universe in which he wasn't ducking him I really wouldn't have a problem rooting for him.

Manny's pretty bullshit these days anyway but if you read Ryan Songalia in re: the paper that "broke" that Pacquiao story, it's pretty shady

https://twitter.com/#!/ryansongalia

I'm not gonna get up in arms about him opposing gay marriage considering how many of the greatest boxers and how many of my favorite boxers were basically sociopaths.

David Price looked terrific vs. Sexton, hard to argue he's not the top heavyweight prospect.

fantastic atmosphere in Nottingham.

i dont think ive ever heard anything like this in 20 years

bookies dont give Froch a chance at all

after that round they might be wrong. What a round.

Bute's legs look dodgy.

All over. What a performance by Froch!!!!!!!!!!!!!