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Jun 21, 2017 04:37
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Did it take you like, 3 days to think of that?
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Jun 21, 2017 04:39
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MMM Whatchya Say posted:Did it take you like, 3 days to think of that? Three days of furious thought, a box of pencils, and four reams of loose leaf.
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Jun 21, 2017 04:43
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thats a lot of effort to catch a rivals.com nicknames probation 
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Jun 21, 2017 05:13
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CommonShore posted:Three days of furious thought, a box of pencils, and four reams of loose leaf. This is an actual image made by someone at boxingscene. You could have done much worse. 
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Jun 21, 2017 05:21
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Dre -- he's a Ball-absian!
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Jun 21, 2017 05:38
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The Ninth Layer posted:This is an actual image made by someone at boxingscene. You could have done much worse. 
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Jun 21, 2017 07:49
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The Ninth Layer posted:This is an actual image made by someone at boxingscene. You could have done much worse. 
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Jun 21, 2017 09:05
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MMM Whatchya Say posted:So Ward's been talking about fighting at cruiserweight or even heavyweight. What do you think his odds are there? I'm sure Ward could hang at cruiser, despite his actual physical attributes being pretty average. Not really sure why he would want to go up there though, considering that even though cruiser is as deep as it's ever been, it's still primarily a European weight division, and all the top guys are going to be tied up in the World Boxing Super Series tournament for the next 2 years. 175 has the Adonis Stevenson fight, which is still a big fight, the winner of Joe Smith Jr/Sullivan Barrera, the winner of Marcus Brown/Sean Monaghan, plus Oleksandr Gvozdyk, Artur Beterviev (these last 2 guys have about the North American name recognition of any top cruiserweight right now), and a few other up and coming undefeated Eastern European types. I'd rather see Ward take a few more fights at 175 and then fight the winner of the Cruiserweight World Boxing Super Series Tournament. Assuming Ward stays relevant over the next 2 years, that could be a huge fight in 2019 or 2020. Cigar Aficionado fucked around with this message at 01:32 on Jun 27, 2017 |
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Jun 27, 2017 00:37
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Fun fact: Before becoming a pro boxer Jeff Horn was a teacher. Not so fun fact: He is laying on the school analogies way too thick. Hope Pacquiao can ring his bell  quote:“Yes, I did notice Manny Pacquiao on his phone, once again,” Horn said. “He got called out for it on stage with my promoter, Dean, and [Pacquaio got a bit rattled]. But I don’t know what he’s doing on it, whether he’s writing notes, but he should have a notepad. https://www.badlefthook.com/2017/6/29/15893264/horn-irked-by-pacquiaos-texting-during-press-conference
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Jun 29, 2017 21:52
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Honestly I have no problem with Arum & crew talking that fight up, I'm just happy to get a free-on-cable Manny Pacquiao fight in the summer. edit: obligatory "Pacquiao's gonna take him to summer school" joke
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Jun 29, 2017 22:49
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The Ninth Layer posted:Honestly I have no problem with Arum & crew talking that fight up, I'm just happy to get a free-on-cable Manny Pacquiao fight in the summer. Well at least Horn will be able to chalk this one up to experience.
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Jun 29, 2017 23:29
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Speaking of ESPN fights: https://www.badlefthook.com/2017/6/30/15898278/lomachenko-marriaga-crawford-indongo-set-for-espn-in-august Vasyl Lomachenko has an ESPN show for August 5th in what looks to be a showcase / stay busy fight. Also he's fighting within literal walking distance of my house so I'm definitely gonna go see it. And Terence Crawford will actually be fighting Julius Indongo, also on ESPN on August 19th. Both fighters are undefeated and between them they have all 4 major world titles at 140 lb, making this a true unification fight where the winner can call himself the undisputed champ at light welterweight.
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Jun 30, 2017 09:49
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The Ninth Layer posted:And Terence Crawford will actually be fighting Julius Indongo, also on ESPN on August 19th. Both fighters are undefeated and between them they have all 4 major world titles at 140 lb, making this a true unification fight where the winner can call himself the undisputed champ at light welterweight. holy dick, it's been literally over a decade since we've had an undisputed champ at any weight
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Jun 30, 2017 10:53
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Indongo is a very good fighter. Probably not Crawford level though. I'm excited for undisputed.
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Jun 30, 2017 13:24
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Not gonna lie, as old as he is I wanna hear Bruce Buffer say "undefeated, undisputed Xweightchampion of the wooorld" one more time.
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Jun 30, 2017 13:43
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Jack B Nimble posted:Not gonna lie, as old as he is I wanna hear Bruce Buffer say "undefeated, undisputed Xweightchampion of the wooorld" one more time. same because he'd take half the amount of time michael would
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Jun 30, 2017 14:01
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I meant Michael and now you've helped me hurt my own feelings.
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Jun 30, 2017 14:15
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The SituAsian posted:Fun fact: Before becoming a pro boxer Jeff Horn was a teacher. He's probably going to tell him to go sit in the corner between rounds and Pacman will be all "yeah, i know???"
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Jun 30, 2017 14:23
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The Ninth Layer posted:And Terence Crawford will actually be fighting Julius Indongo, also on ESPN on August 19th. excellent
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Jun 30, 2017 15:48
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Doing a quick fight thread cause I haven't done one in a while and I'm pretty sure my writing skills are beginning to devolve to grade school levels without something other than work emails to write about. EDIT: Up now https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3825553 The SituAsian fucked around with this message at 21:11 on Jul 1, 2017 |
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Jul 1, 2017 21:00
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Nice. Ive got a big group for the fight, definitely helps that it's free to watch.
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Jul 1, 2017 21:04
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https://www.instagram.com/p/BWByFxDF5ls/?hl=en
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Jul 3, 2017 20:28
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no
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Jul 4, 2017 00:44
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Have a BHop, RJJ, Toney old man league.
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Jul 4, 2017 04:53
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The Ninth Layer posted:Speaking of ESPN fights: Crawford/Indongo is the best fight that can be made at 140. That should be a great fight to showcase Crawford on free TV, unless Crawford wins a very boring decision or something.
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Jul 4, 2017 06:12
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The World Boxing Super Series is starting to fill out its rosters for its 200 and 168 pound single elimination tournaments. On the Cruiserweight side, they are looking to have all 4 major titlists in Usyk, Gassiev, Breidis, and Dorticos. Plus former titlists Huck and Wlodarczyk have signed on, and Glowacki and Kudryashov are expected to fill out the 8 spot tournament. This is a fantastic lineup that will produce a more-or-less undisputed Cruiserweight champion with all 4 belts. Denis Lebedev (who owns part of the WBA title) looks to be the odd man out here, but at 38 years old, I don't think it's a huge loss for him to not be in the tournament. The Super Middleweight side is much less inspiring so far: Titlist George Groves, prospects Erik Skoglund and Jamie Cox, and almost 39 year old former titlist Juergen Braehmer. Hopefully guys like Gilberto Ramirez, James DeGale, and Badou Jack join, otherwise this will be a pretty flimsy tournament. On July 8th, all the fighters and the fights will be announced. The first round of fights happen this September and October.
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Jul 4, 2017 06:33
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Jack is at 175 now. Last I heard he was in talks to fight Cleverly on the Mayweather undercard. The cruiserweight tournament is unfortunately missing out on Lebedev, who holds the superior version of Dorticos' title, but otherwise its very exciting.
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Jul 4, 2017 07:33
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The Cruiserweight tournament was probably much easier to put together as the weight class is full of Russians and Africans who bash each other up for pennies anyway. Looking forward to it, it's boxing hipster catnip.
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Jul 4, 2017 09:31
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168 has to be he weakest division in boxing right now. Other than the DeGale-Groves rematch (which will probably happen anyway) there's really nothing to glean from a tournament in terms of building someone to get excited about.
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Jul 5, 2017 00:47
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how about zurdo?
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Jul 5, 2017 01:14
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The SituAsian posted:168 has to be he weakest division in boxing right now. Other than the DeGale-Groves rematch (which will probably happen anyway) there's really nothing to glean from a tournament in terms of building someone to get excited about. Gilberto Ramirez is worth building up.
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Jul 5, 2017 02:29
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A larger, marginally more offensive minded Miguel Vasquez? I'll pass.
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Jul 6, 2017 20:59
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Actually I kind of take back what I said about the 168 WBSS (but not Zurdo, gently caress that guy) now that Callum Smith and the winner of Eubank Jr and Abraham are in it's actually not too shabby if a bit top heavy. It's obviously not as a crazy loaded as cruiser but I'm pleasantly surprised at the quality of that tournament as well.
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Jul 7, 2017 23:37
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They had an event to announce the tournament layout (with predictably over the top pageantry, Eubank's dad also showed up in his place which is pretty expected) Anyway, here's the bracket CRUISERWEIGHT (1) Oleksandr Usyk (12-0, 10 KOs) v Marco Huck (40-4-1, 27 KOs) (4) Yunier Dorticos (21-0, 20 KOs) v Dmitry Kudryashov (21-1, 21 KOs) (2) Murat Gassiev (24-0, 17 KOs) v Krzysztof Wlodarczyk (53-3-1, 37 KOs) (3) Mairis Briedis (22-0, 18 KOs) v Mike Perez (22-2-1, 14 KOs) SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHT (1) George Groves (26-3, 19 KOs) v Jamie Cox (22-0, 12 KOs) (4) Juergen Braehmer (48-3, 35 KOs) v Rob Brant (22-0, 15 KOs) (2) Callum Smith (22-0, 17 KOs) v Erik Skoglund (26-0, 12 KOs) (3) Eubank/Abraham v Avni Yildrim (16-0, 10 KOs) These are both really good. Glowacki is an alternate for the cruiserweight tournament if somebody drops out. I've heard conflicting reports that Mikkel Kessler might be an alternate for the super middleweight one. Pretty exciting. E: Kind of interesting that all the top seeds of the cruiserweights are undefeated, while all the low seeds of the super middles are undefeated. I wonder if we'll see some upsets in the 168 fights. Jump King fucked around with this message at 07:10 on Jul 9, 2017 |
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Jul 9, 2017 07:04
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hope jamie cox gets battered
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Jul 9, 2017 20:04
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It's too bad the best 168 pounder isn't participating (Zurdo, apparently he's fighting the undefeated Jesse Hart in September), but it ended up being a pretty solid tournament nonetheless. It also would have been nice to see James DeGale in the tournament but it sounds like he's still pretty busted up from the Jack fight (suffered several injuries during it) and he's been talking about only having a few fights left before retiring, so sounds like he really just wasn't up for running a gauntlet of top Super-middleweights. He's also been ordered to fight Andre Dirrell when he returns, so watch for that. I'm actually psyched for the Cruiserweight tournament. There's only been a handful of relevant Cruiserweight fights in the division's history (Holyfield-Qawi, Toney-Jirov, maybe Haye's last fights against Mormeck and Enzo Mac), and now we get an entire tournament with all of the best fighters in the division save an old Denis Lebedev. The winner of the tournament should provide Andre Ward with a very intriguing reason to move up to Cruiserweight in a couple of years. Or maybe the winner moves up to try his luck at heavyweight. Cigar Aficionado fucked around with this message at 00:00 on Jul 10, 2017 |
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Jul 9, 2017 23:52
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MMM Whatchya Say posted:
Kessler turned down the wildcard invite because he didn't think he could get fit/ready in time for it. It seems like he's set on doing something else for his comeback. Viasat/MTG said the only way they'd have him fight on PPV outside of the tournament would be against fellow danish boxer Patrick Nielsen which would be a garbage fight but it would sell well.
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Jul 10, 2017 05:41
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that something else should be staying retired
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