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AKA just keeping it warm for The Ninth Layer, aka that's a lot of parentheses and commas From  to  Well here we are past the dog days of boxing and ready to get into the meat of the money fights again. The year in pay per view kicks off when Canelo Alvarez tries to reclaim his mantle as the next big thing in boxing by taking on a very dangerous fighter in Alfredo 'Perro' Angulo. Manny Pacquiao and Tim Bradley got the wins they needed to set up one of the biggest rematches in years. Marcos Maidana stopped the Adrien Broner hype train and is set for a massive payday-albeit in a likely futile effort-against the one of the only two real cash cows left in the sport (the other being Manny), Floyd Mayweather. Continuing the theme of redemption, Miguel Cotto bounced back from losses to Mayweather and Austin Trout by hooking up with Freddie Roach and crushing Delvin Rodriguez and was rewarded with Sergio Martinez in Madison Square Garden. But not the same Sergio Martinez who once destroyed Paul Williams with one punch. The one who robbed Martin Murray in Argentina and has been dealing with injury and ducking Gennady Golovkin. With Golden Boy and Top Rank Promotions having isolated their fighters onto the Showtime or HBO banner, the truly intriguing (Pacquiao/Mayweather, Garcia/ Bradley, Miguel Cotto/Canelo) matchups remain temporarily out of reach but business carries on. But perhaps even more interesting than the known is talking about the unknown. Julio Ceasar Chavez Jr. bounced back from a hellacious, totally self-inflicted, 18 months to defeat hard-charging but clearly over matched Brian Vera. This opens up the door for all sorts of possibilities at 160 (lol) through 175 but each potential opponent has their own unique hurdle. Carl Froch will rematch George Groves May 31st and needs to win big to be a draw outside of the UK. Gennady Golovkin pulled out of an April 26th bout with Andy Lee following the sudden death of his father and, regardless, is more likely to be fighting next in Monte Carlo than Las Vegas due to the paucity of big name takers. Andre Ward tied up Edwin Rodriguez last November in his comeback after a 14 month layoff due to shoulder surgery but the consensus pound for pound number 2 fighter might have to be content humbling brave newcomers while waiting for JCC Jr/Froch /Golovkin or perhaps one of the emerging light heavyweights to get another signature fight. Lower on the weight scale but dealing with similar problems is Guillermo Rigondeaux. The two time Cuban Gold medalist boxed circles around Nonito Donaire and was forced to wait until December to do the same to Joseph Agbeko. With less than fan friendly styles Ward and Rigondeaux are two fighters who have the reverence of those who post on boxing scene and bad left hook comments but-by design-lack the go the war style which has made favorites out of Ruslan Provodnikov, Lucas Matthyse and Mike Alvardo among others. One division which used to have this problem was the light heavyweight division where Jean Pascal, Chad Dawson and Bernard Hopkins engaged in a series of bouts more amusing for the press conferences than the fights. All of that changed when Adonis Stevenson knocked Chad Dawson out with one punch in Montreal in June and has been no less impressive wiping out Tavoris Cloud and Tony Bellew since. In the same time frame Sergey Kovalev annihilated Nathan Cleverly in Wales and did the same to Ismail Silakh on the under card of Stevenson-Bellew. Both being HBO fighters seems to make a clash inevitable but things have a funny way of working themselves out. On the other side of the coin B-Hop remains B-Hop and is amazingly a champion at 48 albeit known much more for excitement outside the ring than inside. Of course the money division was once the heavyweights but that has not been the case in a long time. Vitaly Klitschko has stepped away from boxing to lead the opposition (government?) in Ukraine. Whatever you may think of his style his courage is nothing short of awe-inspring. Godspeed, Dr. Iron Fist. His brother Wlad continues fighting dudes in Germany because no one really gives a poo poo in America. He’s also engaged to Hayden Panettiere which really surprises people who didn't know that before. Upcoming TV schedule courtesy of Bad Left Hook Saturday, May 17 The Forum, Inglewood, CA (HBO): Juan Manuel Marquez vs Mike Alvarado, catchweight (143 lbs), 12 rounds; Viktor Postol vs Selcuk Aydin, junior welterweights, 12 rounds; Diego Magdaleno vs Oscar Bravo, super featherweights, 10 rounds. Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff, Wales (Sky Sports): Nathan Cleverly vs Sean Corbin, cruiserweights, 12 rounds; Lee Selby vs Romulo Koasicha, featherweights, 12 rounds; Gary Buckland vs Gavin Rees, rematch, lightweights, 12 rounds; Callum Smith vs Tobias Webb, super middleweights, 10 rounds. Wednesday, May 21 First Direct Arena, Leeds, England (Sky Sports): Gavin McDonnell vs Josh Wale, super bantamweights, 12 rounds; Josh Warrington vs Martin Lindsay, featherweights, 12 rounds; Khalid Yafai vs Yaqub Kareem, super flyweights, 12 rounds; Stephen Smith vs Fernando David Saucedo, super featherweights, 10 rounds. Friday, May 23 Turning Stone Casino, Verona, NY (ESPN2): Brandon Adams vs Willie Monroe Jr, middleweights, 10 rounds, Boxcino tournament final; Petr Petrov vs Fernando Carcamo, lightweights, 10 rounds, Boxcino tournament final. Saturday, May 24 Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (SHO): Adonis Stevenson vs Andrzej Fonfara, light heavyweights, 12 rounds, for Stevenson's WBC title; David Lemieux vs Fernando Guerrero, middleweights, 10 rounds; Jermell Charlo vs Charlie Ota, junior middleweights, 10 rounds; Eleider Alvarez vs Alexander Johnson, light heavyweights, 10 rounds; Mikael Zewski vs Prince Doku Jr, welterweights, 10 rounds; Julian Williams vs Michael Medina, junior middleweights, 8 rounds; Kevin Bizier vs Carlos Leonardo Herrera, welterweights, 8 rounds. TBA, United States (HBO): Bryant Jennings vs Mike Perez, heavyweights, 12 rounds, WBC eliminator; Daniel Geale vs Matthew Macklin, middleweights, 12 rounds; Edwin Rodriguez vs Marcus Johnson, super middleweights, 10 rounds. Saturday, May 31 Wembley Stadium, London, England (HBO/Sky Box Office): Carl Froch vs George Groves, rematch, super middleweights, 12 rounds, for Froch's IBF and WBA titles; James DeGale vs Brandon Gonzales, super middleweights, 12 rounds, IBF eliminator; Jamie McDonnell vs Tabtimdaeng Na Rachawat, bantamweights, 12 rounds, for vacant WBA "regular" title; Kevin Mitchell vs Ghislain Maduma, lightweights, 12 rounds; Anthony Joshua vs TBA, heavyweights, 8 rounds. Cotai Arena, Macao, China (HBO2 (Tape Delay)): Simpiwe Vetyeka vs Nonito Donaire, featherweights, 12 rounds, for Vetyeka's WBA title; Nicholas Walters vs Vic Darchinyan, featherweights, 12 rounds, for Walters' WBA title; Evgeny Gradovich vs Alexander Miskirtchian, featherweights, 12 rounds, for Gradovich's IBF title; Chris Avalos vs Yasutaka Ishimoto, super bantamweights, 12 rounds. König Palast, Krefeld, Germany (SAT1): Felix Sturm vs Sam Soliman, rematch, middleweights, 12 rounds, for Sturm's IBF title. Tropicana Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, NV (HBO Latino): Javier Fortuna vs Juan Antonio Rodriguez, super featherweights, 10 rounds; Luis Orlando Del Valle vs Luis Rosa, super bantamweights, 10 rounds; Sergio Mora vs Samuel Rogers, middleweights, 8 rounds. Thursday, June 5 House of Blues, Boston, MA (FOX Sports 1): Logan McGuinness vs Mike Oliver, super featherweights, 10 rounds; Alexis Santos vs TBA, heavyweights, 8 rounds. Friday, June 6 Turning Stone Casino, Verona, NY (SHO): Hugo Centeno Jr vs Domonique Dolton, middleweights, 10 rounds; Eddie Gomez vs TBA, junior middleweights, 10 rounds. Saturday, June 7 Madison Square Garden, New York, NY (HBO PPV): Sergio Martinez vs Miguel Cotto, middleweights, 12 rounds, for Martinez's WBC title; Wilfredo Vazquez Jr vs Marvin Sonsona, rematch, featherweights, 10 rounds; Jorge Melendez vs Yuri Foreman, junior middleweights, 12 rounds; Andy Lee vs John Jackson, middleweights, 10 rounds. Sport and Congress Center, Schwerin, Germany (ARD): Juergen Braehmer vs TBA, light heavyweights, 12 rounds, for Braehmer's WBA title; David Price vs Yaroslav Zavorotnyi, heavyweights, 8 rounds. Saturday, June 14 Barclays Center, Brooklyn, NY (HBO): Ruslan Provodnikov vs Chris Algieri, junior welterweights, 12 rounds, for Provodnikov's WBO title; Demetrius Andrade vs Brian Rose, junior middleweights, 12 rounds, for Andrade's WBO title. Saturday, June 21 TBA, Los Angeles, CA (SHO): Gary Russell Jr vs Vasyl Lomachenko, featherweights, 12 rounds, for vacant WBO title; Robert Guerrero vs Yoshihiro Kamegai, welterweights, 10 rounds. Mohegan Sun Pocono Downs, Wilkes-Barre, PA (NBC Sports): Anatoliy Dudchenko vs Nadjib Mohammedi, light heavyweights, 12 rounds, IBF eliminator. Friday, June 27 Braehead Arena, Glasgow, Scotland (Sky Sports): Ricky Burns vs Dejan Zlaticanin, lightweights, 12 rounds; Willie Limond vs Curtis Woodhouse, junior welterweights, 12 rounds; Jon Slowey vs Chris Hughes, featherweights, 10 rounds. Saturday, June 28 CenturyLink Center, Omaha, NE (HBO): Terence Crawford vs Yuriorkis Gamboa, lightweights, 12 rounds, for Crawford's WBO title. Wednesday, July 2 Foxwoods Resort, Mashantucket, CT (ESPN2): Michael Farenas vs Mark Davis, super featherweights, 12 rounds. Saturday, July 12 MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, NV (SHO PPV): Canelo Alvarez vs Erislandy Lara, junior middleweights, 12 rounds, for Lara's WBA "regular" title; Juan Manuel Lopez vs Francisco Vargas, super featherweights, 10 rounds. Saturday, July 19 Cotai Arena, Macau, China (TBA): Zou Shiming vs TBA, flyweights; Guillermo Rigondeaux vs Jonathan Guzman, super bantamweights, 12 rounds, for Rigondeaux's WBA and WBO titles; Brian Viloria vs TBA, flyweights. Friday, July 25 UIC Pavilion, Chicago, IL (ESPN2): Caleb Truax vs TBA, middleweights, 10 rounds; Mike Lee vs TBA, light heavyweights, 8 rounds; Mike Mollo vs TBA, heavyweights, 6 rounds. Saturday, July 26 Phones4u Arena, Manchester, England (BoxNation): Tyson Fury vs Dereck Chisora, rematch, heavyweights, 12 rounds, for Chisora's European title and vacant British title. Saturday, September 6 TBA, Germany (RTL): Wladimir Klitschko vs Kubrat Pulev, heavyweights, 12 rounds, for Klitschko's IBF, WBA, and WBO titles. The SituAsian fucked around with this message at 02:05 on May 18, 2014 |
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Links News http://www.badlefthook.com/ http://ringtv.craveonline.com/ http://bleacherreport.com/boxing http://www.boxing.com/ http://www.boxingscene.com/ http://www.eastsideboxing.com/ Full Fights NOTE: Many of these are copyright violations and could be taken down at any time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-8zGw-1YAM Oscar De la Hoya vs Manny Pacquiao, "The Dream Match", 12/6/08 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0iWcc1Me7xw Floyd Mayweather vs Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez, "The One", 9/15/13 http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xofs84_miguel-cotto-vs-manny-pacquiao-2009-11-14_sport Manny Pacquiao vs Miguel Cotto, "Firepower", 11/14/09 http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xyaphs_andre-berto-vs-robert-guerrero_sport Robert Guerrero vs Andre Berto, 11/24/12 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIlVQO71PbQ Timothy Bradley vs Ruslan Provodnikov, 3/15/13 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFJ_2cRDAsA Danny Garcia vs Amir Khan, 7/24/12 (more to come including, hopefully, The Ninth Layer's updated pound for pound rankings) The SituAsian fucked around with this message at 16:39 on Mar 8, 2014 |
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doctor thodt posted:Canelo-Angulo is playing in movie theaters if you can't/don't want to find a bar. It's like $15 but totally worth it to watch the entire card on a huge screen. This is what i did for canelo-Floyd. To anyone wondering about this I would highly recommend it to shelling out the money for the ppv at home or :files: Most of the energy was coming from the Canelo supporters (other than some guy yelling "lets go money team!" in between rounds) so even if Angulo isn't a big draw per se the atmosphere should be live. It's pretty disappointing that only Golden Boy does these events and really goes to show how dependent Showtime as a centerpiece of its programming whereas boxing is really ancillary to hbo's lineup.
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Just came back from the theater (which had like less than a dozen people  ) and the stoppage was really just kind of sad. Sad for Angulo because he had the opportunity of a lifetime and was completely lifeless and unprepared. Sad for Canelo because history won't remember him putting on a total clinic but only that he "robbed" Angulo. Sad for Tony Weeks because he made a-in my opinion-justifiable stoppage and is now the most hated man in the sport. And finally sad for boxing because it's just more fuel for the "your sport is dying because of this poo poo" fire.
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I'll try to make it a goal to update the schedule every week obviously removing events that have happened and new events that have been announced. Obviously the most prominent is Juan Manuel Marquez vs Mike Alvarado May 17th at the Forum in Inglewood-mainly known for being where the Lakers played like a billion years ago. Winner fights the winners of Pacquiao-Bradley so it's a mini tournament of sorts which is kinda cool. Ruslan Provodnikov is going to probably fight Antonio DeMarco next which is all kinds of  and obviously he needs to jump poo poo to Golden Boy and go up against Matthyse.In other news this weekend is headlined by Danny Garcia vs Mauricio Herrea in Bayamon, Puerto Rico on Showtime in a pretty blatant attempt to crown Garcia the next great champion of Puerto Rico after Miguel Cotto. Herrera is the only man other than Bradley to beat Provodnikov-and even that was pretty debatable-but whatever. The undercard is actually pretty decent for a non PPV with Juanma against Daniel Ponce De Leon with the winner probably getting a crack at the winner of the Jhonny Gonzalez-Abner Mares rematch or even Leo Santa Cruz is the whole thing with Carl Frampton falls apart. Also Deontay Wilder is fighting Malik Scott and he'll probably get a super cool knockout. Also, Canelo vs Angulo ended up doing 350k buys which beat all expectations considering it was Canelo's first time headlining a PPV, with a undercard that was poor on paper and even worse after it happened no less. http://www.badlefthook.com/2014/3/14/5509448/canelo-vs-angulo-does-350000-pay-per-view-buys EDIT: Also nice promo pic for the Kovalev fight HBO  
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Lionel Richie posted:Who tf is Cedric Agnew As noted by Grittybeard he has beaten Yusuf Mack who has been beaten by (among others) Tavoris Cloud, Glen Johnson and Carl Froch so you could use the transitive property to give him all sorts of 'by x degrees' wins. Also he's based out of Chicago so if I were to go to one our wonderful local strip clubs there's a non zero probability I would encounter Cedric Agnew as a bouncer.
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Gregor Samsa posted:Bob Arum (who never lies) says that JCC Jr. has been presented with an offer to fight GGG in July. Well Junior may be lazy and entitled but I don't really think you can consider him someone who really avoids opponents for too long. He probably could have side stepped Sergio for a few more fights and run the gauntlet of Macklin/Geale/Sturm, etc. Whether money or pride or both the bout was made without too much difficulty. He was actually winning a lot people-including myself-back when he made weight against Vera and fought a good fight but his 12th round antics pretty much ruined all of that. Big props if he's actually willing to step in against GGG but a part of me thinks maybe he wants it now because he thinks Golovkin will be ripe for the picking coming back from his father's death. Also nothing televised going on this weekend except Vanes Martirosyan trying to bounce back against that loss to Andrade tonight at 9/8 on ESPN2 when he takes on Mario Lozano. He should do it. Pretty sparse action until the 12th with Pac/Bradley 2
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The Face of for Pac/Bradley 2 premiered last night and is going to be running up until the fight and on demand on all the HBO networks but really the only thing people will remember is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUzKEamgxzc&t=358s I think Showtime/Sky Sports (Box Nation?) does these as well and the difference really is in the hosting. Max Kellerman is really good at steering these conversations in interesting directions but of course having two dudes who hate the poo poo out of eachother helps https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7llp_L-riVM Pascal-Hopkins https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lDZhnxAwS0 Klitschko-Haye https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMV0vGFCFKQ Cotto-Margarito https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LkPRrvhNBw Provodnikov-Alvarado The SituAsian fucked around with this message at 15:21 on Mar 23, 2014 |
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Schedule updated Most recent news is that the undercard of Mayweather-Maidana is shaping with Amir Khan against Luis Collazo and Adrien Broner vs (NON-sex offender) Carlos Molina which actually makes sense since Khan-Broner right now by itself is probably big enough that it could almost be a fringe PPV and if they both win it should be a bit more than that. Also, Adonis Stevenson-Andrzej Fonfara has been moved to Showtime thanks to Al Haymon basically. Rumor has it that HBO would only give the Stevenson camp what they wanted if they agreed to fight Kovalev (no disrespect to Cedric Agnew and Fonfara but come on now) later in the year. Losing the slim possiblity of Stevenson-Kovalev to Stevenson-Hopkins makes me feel I don't know what. Here's a pretty neat article by Chris Mannix on SI about it http://mma-boxing.si.com/2014/03/24/adonis-stevenson-floyd-mayweather/
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Ninja PD posted:The dude that will hopefully squash The Next Big Fight That Won't Happen Even Though It's The Only Thing That Makes Sense and Everybody Wants since Stevenson has also inked himself a Showtime retirement package. I mean it's going to be hilarious when it turns out that Agnew dominates Kovalev en route to stopping him or something but honestly I've always felt that Stevenson wanted no part of Kovalev after seeing what he did to Silakh.
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Lmao Mayfield licked Dulorme's chest
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Agnew employing the modified Homer Simpson defense I see
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Really the only way to get behind the high guard. Good work Krusher 
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The Ninth Layer posted:Kovalev needs to give GGG some English lessons. "Adonis Stevenson a piece of poo poo"
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 Shots fired https://twitter.com/AdonisSuperman/status/450120630919102465 Adonis Stevenson's twitter posted:@KrusherKovalev You just a real slow BUM with no defence. Easy work!
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Between giving Al Haymon free reign and the Mayweather deal I'm convinced that either: 1) Stephen Espinoza is an HBO sleeper agent trying to bankrupt Showtime 2) Golden Boy Promotions is just an elaborate ruse for Oscar to launder his career earnings
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Gregor Samsa posted:So Canelo has asked Golden Boy for Erislandy Lara on July 12th, and said he doesn't give a gently caress about Lara's WBA "Regular" 154 belt and won't pay a sanctioning fee. Lara's been trying to punk Canelo-and generally looking worse for it-a while now so it makes sense. Canelo can put 350K buys against a fighter coming off a loss and a ho-hum undercard. Meanwhile Lara is stuck fighting Ishe Smith on Fox Sports 1 the night before Mayweather-Maidana. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPpHyfmDeEg&t=55s
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Schedule updated Canelo-Lara is official for 7/12 apparently. Iirc that's what was being targeted for GGG-Chavez Jr but that probably wasn't going to come together so soon anyways. Also, sucks to be Ishe Smith I guess http://instagram.com/p/mvVO_HH-tZ/ EDIT: And a preview of the Cotto-Martinez Face Off. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=su9echZWTqE The SituAsian fucked around with this message at 02:41 on Apr 14, 2014 |
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Definitely a great article. Between horrible judging, the network/promotion wars and so forth boxing suffers enough these days without fighters having to take dives but of course kit happens all the time to this day but it's kind of annoying to have people interpret bad judging/a bad mismatch as a fight being fixed. Also this weekend is the return of Bhop against the "fourth light heavyweight champion" Beibut Shumenov. Don't know too much about Shumenov -he won the belt against Campillo in 2010- and his most notable win since is I guess William Joppy. Also Shawn Porter defends his ibf belt against the Malignaggi in what has to be a star maker for Porter. Also Peter Quillin is stuck against some Czech fighter and will probably look less than impressive but still pull it before calling out Golovkin and Martinez.
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doctor thodt posted:I know I should know better, but I can't help getting incredibly hopeful about this. Kinda makes sense since there is (supposedly was but who know) a split within Golden Boy between Oscar and Richard Schafer with Canelo being closer to Oscar and Floyd, Broner, etc. with Schafer. A Canelo - De la Hoya promotion could conceivably get a lot of the top Hispanic fighters and open things up since hbo's problem is mostly with Al Haymon as opposed to GB promotions as a whole.
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Ninja PD posted:Josesito Lopez is coming up soon on ESPN if that's your sort of thing. "You abandoned the fight!" lmao EDIT: He didn't look too hurt, probably should've at least asked him (Martinez) what he was doing before stopping it
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ch3cooh posted:Ref makes a good point about no standing eight count Yeah he got caught with a huge shot and probably wasn't long for the fight anyways but that there's no standing eight count in California is-for better or worse-unusually strict rules lawyering.
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Speaking (tangentially) of Espn, Klitschko-Lepai will be on live at 4 (I think) tomorrow. Espn getting further involved in boxing is a real exciting development.
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Molina has tons of heart but the machine is just too much and that knockdown probably seals it if goes to the cards
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doctor thodt posted:Keith Thurman thanked Al Haymon before God, Showtime and Golden Boy. Man has his priorities in order.
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Yeah the rest of the Mayweather-barring anything super like finally getting Manny or even Bradley to jump over-fights will be a lot more Guerrero and lot less Canelo. Maybe either Keith Thurman or Shawn Porter bulldozes everyone else and becomes a big threat but by that time Floyd's probably out the door. Also I hope everyone enjoyed Andre Ward's last fight because it will have to tide you over for awhile. Dan Rafael's twitter posted:California commission has once again upheld @DanGoossen's promotional contract in 2nd arbitration brought against him by @andreward. #boxing https://twitter.com/danrafaelespn/status/461629935979753472
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Did the theater thing again which was much more enjoyable than Canelo-Angulo since more than like a dozen people showed up and it actually felt like watching a sporting event. Even if it the social hermit in me would just rather stay and watch at home and not have to deal with people oohing and aahing everything that hits glove just because it sounds loud. Anyways the main event was pretty fantastic at first but Maidana seemed to give enough ground that Floyd 115-113 or thereabouts seems right. As for the rematch Khan did enough to "earn" the fight but won't in September due to Ramadan and even if Maidana had gotten wiped out Floyd can just go with Danny Garcia. Nothing more compelling-other than Manny or even Bradley but welp-than a rematch so why not. Go with Garcia-Broner on the undercard in the eliminator and that's a pretty good card.
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And we now return to our regularly scheduled programming of gently caress boxingChris Mannix of SI posted:Tom Loeffler tells SI that he is beginning the search for other opponents for Gennady Golovkin for this summer. Can't wait on Chavez anymore https://twitter.com/ChrisMannixSI/status/462702451364098048 Mikey Garcia suing Top Rank On the bright side he's not taking on pound for pound arbitration champion Dan Goosen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzQHRvF2HO8 Weezy F Baby getting into it Robert Garcia and Alex Ariza
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Just a reminder that ESPN has Arreola-Stiverne 2 at 8 Est for Vitali's vacated Wbc (?) belt. Hopefully it will be better than Wlad-Leapai. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1K4xe7SY2qE&t=31s The SituAsian fucked around with this message at 22:28 on May 10, 2014 |
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Ninja PD posted:Atlas is on fire tonight Winner first has two mandatories against Deontay Wilder and then the winner of Jennings-perez though Perez was recently injured so who knows. Stiverne falling too in love with the possibility of a big counter and get outhustled bad. The SituAsian fucked around with this message at 02:30 on May 11, 2014 |
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I want to be excited for the fight but I just can't since I don't see much a possible outcome other than Alvardo coming forward like he does and Marquez constantly picking him off to either a handy points win or a stoppage. And then of course there would be the fifth Manny fight to look forward to. Also, the cold war between Golden Boy and Top Rank might be coming to and end. Well, at least Canelo would be free to fight the winner of Cotto-Martinez Oscar De La Hoya's twitter posted:I'm ready to arrange 2nd meeting with Bob, possibly talk boxing business. https://twitter.com/OscarDeLaHoya/status/467497821583589376 EDIT: He's either really serious or tweeting while drunk/high Oscar De La Hoya's twitter posted:For the sake of the "FANS" and the sport that I dearly love #iwillendcoldwar #Boxing https://twitter.com/OscarDeLaHoya/status/467503717193756672 The SituAsian fucked around with this message at 16:15 on May 17, 2014 |
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Nothing pumps up a boxing crowd like some Tina Turner
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What a knockout. At this point I could be convinced that Marvin Somodio/Freddie Roach could turn me into a fighter.
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So Yuri Foreman-who was supposed to fight on the undercard of Cotto/Martinez-just apparently retired. What an unfortunate journey from his fight with Cotto. http://espn.go.com/blog/dan-rafael/post/_/id/9084/yuri-foreman-retires
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Ninja PD posted:I remember him from that fight, it was the first time I had ever seen a ref disallow a corner throwing in the towel. I didn't even know that was legal. I remember it being a pretty bittersweet affair all around because he just couldn't continue anymore and had to give up the title. What happened afterwards? Injuries mainly? He tried a comeback fight that following March against a Polish journeyman but had to retire after 3 due to the same knee injury. He fought four times in 2013 but never more than 6 rounds and either he wasn't ready or his heart just wasn't in it. A lot the reason he became such a big draw was being an Orthodox Jew meant a very invested audience that seldom sees competitive pro fighters and he is studying at a yeshiva so there's a lot more to him than boxing which is always nice to see. Also, Manny reupped with Top Rank until 2016 and then posted most half-assed Floyd callout ever. Meanwhile Max Kellerman senses something rotten in http://instagram.com/p/oOJVfiOd9G/ Manny Pacquiao's instagram posted:Wala pang tumawag. No call yet. #open24/7  Maybe you should take some of Bob Arum's money and upgrade from the iphone 3 champ. I've only ever owned Android devices so I have no idea what model iphone that actually is The SituAsian fucked around with this message at 00:02 on May 21, 2014 |
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ForbiddenWonder posted:Anyone check out the Cotto-Martinez face off? I usually don't watch prefight hype stuff but this was pretty cool. Max got put on the spot and also had to do some quick translating. While boxing side of the fight is really intriguing I'm having a hard time thinking that there's genuine personal animosity because cotto wants to be introduced last or because Sergio saw him act like a dick to some kids. At least a Canelo fight (who is ridiculously bland from a personality standpoint) would have the Mexico - Puerto Rico rivalry. Cotto strikes me as a very even keel guy but he seems honest which is refreshing for a prize fighter.
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There's really so many variables to Cotto-Martinez that it really is fascinating and it's definitely my most anticipated fight of year. Adonis Stevenson is back against a guy not named Sergey Kovalev. Grantland has a great piece about his checkered past and it's worth a read for sure. http://grantland.com/features/adonis-stevenson-pimp-prison-hbo-showtime-boxing-past/ EDIT: A lot of Adonis' s early appeal was -to me at least- is that he knocked out Chad Dawson who no one seemed to really like. And then people find out he's a pimp and it's like "lol maybe he'll walk to ring with a cane and some hos". Then he starts avoiding talking about Kovalev, takes the path of least resistance by jumping to Al Haymon and Showtime and on top of that he has done awful things that are beyond the pale even for a prize fighter The SituAsian fucked around with this message at 19:09 on May 23, 2014 |
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doctor thodt posted:Hahaha Showtime just claimed Adonis Stevenson is the only true champion at 175. Well he is the lineal champion which is as close as you can get to true. But considering they have the only multi-major belt champion ON THEIR OWN NETWORK makes that pretty lol.
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hahahaha get hosed Adonis
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