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Cigar Aficionado posted:I scored Spence/Garcia 118-110 Spence. Other than rounds 9 and 10 when Spence seemed to be taking a breather, he mostly controlled the fight with his jab and basically just outclassed Garcia, who's more of a B+/A- level fighter, whereas Spence is a solid A level fighter. Anybody getting generational vibes from this situation? Like, Crawford is justthisclose to getting a major fight in that division but it's clear that everybody else has their round robin going and don't want to upset the flow. Reminds me of Aaron Pryor wanting to campaign at welterweight (he even interrupted a few Sugar Ray Leonard and Tommy Hearns appearances) but never got them. Crawford is in the division and still doesn't get a whiff besides Porter acknowledging he's a mandatory. Spence is a big, polished dude but Crawford's style is just...mean. Maybe that leads to Spence knocking him out from too many chances against a guy that big, but I'd love to see him try.
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balancedbias posted:Anybody getting generational vibes from this situation? Like, Crawford is justthisclose to getting a major fight in that division but it's clear that everybody else has their round robin going and don't want to upset the flow. Reminds me of Aaron Pryor wanting to campaign at welterweight (he even interrupted a few Sugar Ray Leonard and Tommy Hearns appearances) but never got them. Crawford is in the division and still doesn't get a whiff besides Porter acknowledging he's a mandatory. Spence is a big, polished dude but Crawford's style is just...mean. Maybe that leads to Spence knocking him out from too many chances against a guy that big, but I'd love to see him try. well Pryor ended up getting his big day against Alexis Argüello, and yeah I can see some comparisons between Bud's style and HAWK TIME (thankfully we won't have to worry about bottles that Panama Lewis mixed this time round) e: remember when someone said the future is old guys and YouTubers? well... https://twitter.com/sportingnews/status/1335718214534373387?s=20 Troy Queef fucked around with this message at 00:04 on Dec 7, 2020 |
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Troy Queef posted:e: remember when someone said the future is old guys and YouTubers? well... its never going to end
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Why would anyone want to watch that?
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https://twitter.com/gervontaa/status/1335720017091047426?s=21 Lol I will probably watch
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I’m gonna watch it
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Dec 7, 2020 01:17
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Big same. It's me, the boxing pleb with no taste.
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Legend has it that Pryor was too scary and good and that nobody wanted to fight him. I grew up watching him and believe it. Also, god damned, Floyd is so boring to watch. I can't imagine anyone paying to watch him fight especially in an exhibition. He's a great boxer but his fights put me to loving sleep. He's also a giant rear end in a top hat and I've never liked him. Is this trash really where the sport is at? Speaking of growing up watching boxing/Pryor, someone brought up the mid 80's as probably the best the sport has ever been and I think they're right, certainly in the lower weight classes. Leonard, Hearns, Hagler, Duran, Barkely, Sanchez, Paz, Whitaker, Arguello...then you had Holyfield, Tyson, Holmes, Spinks... I remember when just about every fight on HBO in the 80's was a loving barn burner.
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Dec 7, 2020 01:42
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i hate everything about this.
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Dec 7, 2020 01:56
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it's an exhibition he won't even get knocked out
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Declan MacManus posted:it's an exhibition he won't even get knocked out I feel like the hardest thing about fighting Logan Paul for Mayweather would be not knocking him out.
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Dec 7, 2020 02:25
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Ducking the best Paul brother 
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blue footed boobie posted:I feel like the hardest thing about fighting Logan Paul for Mayweather would be not knocking him out. he put macgregor over for 10 rounds, i'm sure he can imagine 6 rounds of lightly slapping logan paul around where they aren't keeping score
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FWIW there's actually a pretty interesting pricing model though I'm not sure what it means for those going through cable/satellite pay per view. I'm guessing those will just end up being the standard $69 (nice).99 https://twitter.com/MichaelBensonn/status/1335719634583085056
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"Buy it at a cheap price now before we say it sold 1 million and we increase the price" That's not half bad of a way to get people to buy it
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The fact that this is even happening combined with that price model makes me think Floyd needs money bad
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https://www.boxingscene.com/tyson-vs-jones-exhibition-nets-16-million-ppv-buys-says-triller-owner--153820 drat, 1.6 million ppv buys for Tyson v. RJJ. What an event.
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sportsgenius86 posted:The fact that this is even happening combined with that price model makes me think Floyd needs money bad wouldn't surprise me and now Floyd's last three fights have been against, in order: a MMA fighter who was doing it to launch his mediocre whisky brand/make Dana F. White more needless money, a 5'4" kickboxer on the Saitama Omisoka card with weird rules, and now a Youtuber in an exhibition.
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Brut posted:Why would anyone want to watch that? I have zero interest in boxing generally but the idea of seeing Logan Paul get his rear end beat by a real boxer is pretty loving compelling. TBF I'll just end up watching some clips or whatever so I won't actually be paying anything for it (god forbid).
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blue footed boobie posted:I feel like the hardest thing about fighting Logan Paul for Mayweather would be not knocking him out. Floyd doesn't have huge power and Paul outweighs him by 50lbs. PBF could stop him with punches easily, but it wouldn't be a sweet one shot KO.
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Obviously, Floyd could be in a coma for ten years and have a lobotomy on the part of his brain that knows how to box and still be 2000% the boxer Paul is, but at least it still has that weight difference going for it. Not like Paul can land a punch with any power behind it on Floyd but you know, it has one bullet point of interest. The objective funniest, and therefore best outcome of this is Paul clips him with a wild, garbage hook that knocks Floyd out cold.
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Dec 7, 2020 10:42
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Best outcome is double knockout with both launching sweet hooks to the jaw simultaneously.
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Dec 7, 2020 11:19
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Why can't one of the Paul brothers step *up* a weight class or two instead. Deontay Vs Jake Paul. I'd pay to watch that 1 round bloodbath.
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Quizzlefish posted:Best outcome is double knockout with both launching sweet hooks to the jaw simultaneously. Would a double KO count as a loss for both or a draw for both, cos if it's a L for both, that's definitely funnier than a clean Floyd KO on a fluke. I think they should invent time travel and fight Earnie Shavers though.
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Josuke Higashikata posted:Obviously, Floyd could be in a coma for ten years and have a lobotomy on the part of his brain that knows how to box and still be 2000% the boxer Paul is, but at least it still has that weight difference going for it. If Paul is smart, he'll just be as dirty as possible in the clinch and catch a lot of warnings.
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Josuke Higashikata posted:Would a double KO count as a loss for both or a draw for both, cos if it's a L for both, that's definitely funnier than a clean Floyd KO on a fluke. One of the greatest defensive boxers in history eating a haymaker from a YouTube star would definitely be funnier than a double KO imho.
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Vox Nihili posted:I have zero interest in boxing generally but the idea of seeing Logan Paul get his rear end beat by a real boxer is pretty loving compelling. You know, at the time of posting I had in my mind Mike's exhibition and was thinking I don't wanna watch Floyd play-fight with youtubers for easy millions, but I'm now thinking back to the Tenshin exhibition and uh, he did not hesitate to try and knock Tenshin in to orbit. So yeah, if he's really gonna go after him, I'd wanna see it.
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he also had the kind of size on tenshin that paul will have on floyd, which im sure makes it easier to flatline a child
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Iirc Floyd seemed he was willing to carry Tenshin but then Tenshin got a little fresh and it seemed like Floyd just said "gently caress it" and went in
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the nasukawa fight was hilarious. if the paul fight is anywhere near as funny, it will absolutely be worth the zero dollars i will pay to watch it
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double negative posted:the nasukawa fight was hilarious. if the paul fight is anywhere near as funny, it will absolutely be worth the zero dollars i will pay to watch it lol The SituAsian posted:FWIW there's actually a pretty interesting pricing model though I'm not sure what it means for those going through cable/satellite pay per view. I'm guessing those will just end up being the standard $69 (nice).99 this is legit a great idea. i will never pay money for this horseshit, but this is a great idea.
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Meh, for $25 I’ll probably get it. It’ll probably be entertaining enough that it’s money well spent.
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there's a tiny but somewhat genuine wonder if the paul fight's not actually the most dangerous of the three "floyd needs money circus fight" trilogy purely because of the weight difference, 'cos nasukawa never had a prayer and conor lasted exactly as long as floyd wanted him and that was always going to be the case to so a big(ger) dude just flailing like a child might bring the victory chance for floyd down to 99.999999999% instead of 100% and thats how they'll get their PPV buys i guess. not from me, i'm not giving them a penny, i'll watch the streamable highlight on r/boxing
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No, you can't beat the best boxer on the planet even by accident even if you outweigh him by 50lbs
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Josuke Higashikata posted:there's a tiny but somewhat genuine wonder if the paul fight's not actually the most dangerous of the three "floyd needs money circus fight" trilogy purely because of the weight difference, 'cos nasukawa never had a prayer and conor lasted exactly as long as floyd wanted him and that was always going to be the case to so a big(ger) dude just flailing like a child might bring the victory chance for floyd down to 99.999999999% instead of 100% Conor didn't lose technically. He got tired and the ref didn't let him catch his second wind. Therefore it was a DQ in favor of Conor since the referee cheated.
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sportsgenius86 posted:The fact that this is even happening combined with that price model makes me think Floyd needs money bad I don’t think he’s run out of money as much just loving money always needing to make as much of it as possible while doing the least work. He actually makes an ok amount from promoting as well, don’t forget.
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Jump King posted:I don’t think he’s run out of money as much just loving money always needing to make as much of it as possible while doing the least work. I mean, he may be doing fine. But I don't really see the point of that progressive PPV pricing structure unless you need money right now.
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sportsgenius86 posted:I mean, he may be doing fine. But I don't really see the point of that progressive PPV pricing structure unless you need money right now. its his money, he needs it now!
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LobsterMobster posted:its his money, he needs it now! I dunno, I think it's pretty clever because it creates FOMO to both drive early sales (FOMO on that good price) and late sales (FOMO on an event that is building hype). I should say I don't often end up paying for PPV because of a combination of it being needlessly difficult in the USA and the pricing generally, but I paid for Connor McGregor and, if this early price gets me under cards as well, gently caress it, 24.99 is fine to me.
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