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Mar 12, 2017 06:18
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Marching Powder posted:so what happened? ended early? https://twitter.com/HBOboxing/status/840793668944457730 followed by Stevens doing a great 2012 Pacquiao impression E: alternate video https://twitter.com/FightDiscovery/status/840795905259376643 Jump King fucked around with this message at 06:35 on Mar 12, 2017 |
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Mar 12, 2017 06:30
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Marching Powder posted:this is how you get me to pay for boxing in case any of the billionaire promoters are reading the somethingawful forums Jacobs is good he's a big puncher with slick movement, but he's a bit chinny, so the feeling is that either way this g we it ends early
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Mar 15, 2017 16:57
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I don't think we've ever seen GGG in real trouble, which is why I think a lot of people have trouble ranking him. When a fighter is always dominating, it's a little harder to know their full range, so every problem becomes a bigger deal and it's easier to imagine the floor suddenly falling out. I think that's why people are always saying GGG is going to get exposed. GGG can box really well, hitting hard has been an important part of his american game, but you don't go 345-5 in the amateurs without having finesse. I'm a little skeptical about his reckless fighting, it seems too easy to handwave everything away with "oh he does that intentionally for big drama show" but it's also clear he adjusts his style to his opponents. A big hitter with less defence like Lemieux gets one of the highest thrown jab percentages in the sport. A quicker boxer like Kell Brook gets rough trades around the corners of the ring. GGG took a lot of big hits in the Brook fight, but Brook's eye socket was broken while GGG was fairly alright, so the trade off clearly worked. I would love nothing more than for Jacobs to really get GGG, to get him in trouble. I want GGG to win, but seeing him overcome genuine adversity to do it would be amazing. It wouldn't reduce my estimation of him either, we've seen a lot of really good fighters who had to struggle for wins, that's part of what makes somebody a great fighter imo.
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Mar 15, 2017 18:38
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The SituAsian posted:With the Leimieux knockout on Saturday and Golovkin looking committed towards fighting BJ Saunders in Kazakhstan in June if he wins the ship has pretty much sailed on Canelo-Golovkin being relevant when it happens if at all. I disagree, Canelo's still a star and also the lineal middleweight champion according to RING magazine
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Mar 15, 2017 23:58
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To me the most obvious person to blame is Canelo and ODLH
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Mar 16, 2017 02:04
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The SituAsian posted:RING "stripped" Adonis Stevenson of the lineal 175 title for fighting subpar oppsition in his own division but Canelo is still lineal champion despite having no fights against anyone ranked at all at 160 and having vacated his only title. Thinkingface.jpg He's actually entirely followed the rules for defending the belt as written The rules are poo poo, but it's not entirely arbitrary.
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Mar 16, 2017 05:03
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isn't it at 9 EST? so in like another hour? writing an op, it's gonna suck but what can you do
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Mar 19, 2017 00:49
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Thread: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3813921
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Mar 19, 2017 01:13
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ozymandius1024 posted:Same. I was hoping they'd start a pre-show or something like that on the stream, but it just restarted the countdown clock for another 45 minutes MMM Whatchya Say posted:They have some prelim fights streamed for free on youtub right now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OS9rytk-lY Andy Lee is fighting right now
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Mar 19, 2017 01:16
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It's no fun to agree on everything
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Mar 20, 2017 01:19
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Just hang in this thread and ask questions as things come up. Biggest fight in the immediate future is Wladimir Klitschko and Anthony Joshua to decide the best heavyweight in the world. Good fighters below welterweight: Jr Welter: Terrence Crawford Lightweight: Mikey Garcia, Jorge Linares Super Featherweight: Vasyl Lomachenko, Gervonta Davis, Takashi Miura, Miguel Berchelt, Orlando Salido Featherweight: Leo Santa Cruz, Carl Frampton Super Flyweight: Roman Gonzalez, Carlos Cuadras, Nouye Inoue, Juan Francisco Estrada, Khalid Yafai
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Mar 20, 2017 20:06
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Imo boxing is settling into a decent groove in 2017/late 2016 We were definitely in weird period for a bit after the Maypac fight, but we've been doing well in terms of quality matchmaking and fights and it look like the mma community is taking a bit more notice too.
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Mar 24, 2017 20:47
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I'm always impressed that british fans can keep that seven nation army thing going for a whole fight
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Mar 26, 2017 00:55
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Jack B Nimble posted:after all it's not like they put in Gentle Jim Corbett They did though Yeah the idolization of the older heavyweights, especially guys like Sullivan where you have no footage and no real comparable accomplishments either. I'm one of those guys that sort of buys into "Prime Tyson" and fringe top 10 seems alright, but factoring results in I agree that putting him above Lewis is silly. Holyfield I'm not sold on though. Liston is tricky to rank, but 10 is inflated. Archie Moore, Floyd Patterson and Sam Langford are all names that should be considered for this, although two of those guys are obviously pretty small by today's standards.
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Mar 28, 2017 04:10
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Southpaugh posted:Did anyone in this thread watch Michael Conlans pro debut versus Tim Ibarra? It seemed like a can crush. Ibarra doesn't have a wiki so I guess it was? Less standard is the shady betting stuff that happened.
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Mar 28, 2017 13:04
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Conlan also got involved in some illegal betting in the Olympics too
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Mar 28, 2017 13:29
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Southpaugh posted:Can't agree with you on that one man, the russian dude was wrecked. It was close enough but I think Conlan was a clear winner. A large influx of money came in on a bet for Conlan to finish the other guy in the third round on his debut. Like more than rounds one or two, which normally be the biggest picks for a debuting prospect. On the third round he went hard for a stoppage and got it. In the Olympics Conlan made bets on fighters in his division, including betting on himself to lose. E: not mislead though, he didn't bet on himself to lose to the guy he actually lost to. Jump King fucked around with this message at 19:16 on Mar 28, 2017 |
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Mar 28, 2017 19:13
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So that's really happening? It's supposed to be two 8 man single elimination tournaments that Richard schafer is running. I guess one of them will be at 168? It's expected that one of them will be at 154
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Mar 30, 2017 14:07
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The muhammad ali trophy has a long and storied history in boxing
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Mar 30, 2017 14:41
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The Super Six produced Andre Ward so I think that went ok. That this is a single elimination tourney bodes much better.
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Mar 30, 2017 15:19
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Speaking of Andre Ward, the Kovalev rematch is allegedly set for June 17th. In other light heavyweight news Badou Jack might fight Nathan Cleverly
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Apr 4, 2017 19:10
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Oh they will, $70 is the price tag they've announced
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Apr 4, 2017 19:52
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I don't really see the need for a Russia fight myself. Can't say I've ever really seen the argument that Americans rigged the fight for American hero Andre Ward, but if you were thinking that way you could just get non American judges and still have the fight in a good time zone.
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Apr 5, 2017 14:42
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I thought it was pretty good, and the competitiveness of it is reason enough imo. My favourite part was in the last two rounds when they kept hitting each other at the exact same time.
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Apr 5, 2017 17:08
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I think they both have the potential to make strong adjustments. Ward has the better track record and i think he'll do a better job of it, but it really depends on what each fighter takes from the last fight.
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Apr 6, 2017 06:24
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Hey guys, Lomachenko v Crawford, ignoring size difference, who wins?
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Apr 9, 2017 06:02
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Postol, a fight where he clowned the #2 guy in the division in an incredibly embarrassing fashion.
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Apr 9, 2017 06:43
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I think the size difference is too big for it to ever happen but it's an interest no thought
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Apr 10, 2017 02:51
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IDK, I haven't seen anybody beat him in 2017
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Apr 13, 2017 13:30
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Loma fights don't even look like fights. They always have these weird moments in them where you can tell his opponents are getting so frustrated while the fight moves at a really strange pace. Like when Walters just dropped his hands and waited for the round to end at one point.
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Apr 14, 2017 14:07
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I would have liked to see Vargas against loma but he was tragically killed earlier this year by Berchelt
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Apr 14, 2017 19:31
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No shortage of good fights at 130
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Apr 15, 2017 01:01
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I've heard a pretty distressing rumour that GGG has a pretty bad injury, potentially career derailing. Nothing concrete has emerged though. Meanwhile, a potential challenger to Terrence Crawford has emerged in Julius Indongo. Dude just became a unified champion by picking up Ricky Burns' belt. It's the second straight domination he's put over a world champion. It's obviously a really quick progression for a dude who had never fight outside of Africa like a year ago, but he's certainly talented It could be a really interesting fight, at the very least the winner would be the first undisputed champ in men's boxing in a long time.
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Apr 16, 2017 04:38
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The Charlos are quite something
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Apr 23, 2017 03:22
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I'm gonna say something horrible and you're going to hate it. I feel like Porter has the style to trouble Mayweather. I don't think he's like, good enough to actually do anything to Mayweather, but he could certainly make him work hard.
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Apr 23, 2017 04:33
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Marching Powder posted:he's looked great in the fights i've seen, but isn't this step up in competition quite significant? Both fighters bring enough unknowns that it's sort of hard to say until it happens. Joshua - Is he proven? Wins have steadily increased in quality without dipping in decisiveness, but he's yet to notch a win that obviously puts him at the top. The Whyte win looks the best in retrospect. Wlad - Is he shot? It's hard to say what were the biggest factors in the Fury loss. The skills of Fury? The bad style matchup? The age of Wlad? The physical matchup, with Fury being a rare taller opponent? If Wlad's troubles were due to the size or his own aging, AJ should win here. If it's about the style matchup, things look a little better for him since AJ uses the kind of textbook style he knows how to deal with. It's a classic case of How much does he have versus how much does he have left. It should absolutely one of the biggest heavyweight fights of the decade, but it's undercut only by the Fury fight casting a huge amount of doubt on Klitschko.
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Apr 26, 2017 05:40
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Jack B Nimble posted:And surely, surely, fighting as a contender rather than the reigning champ will light a fire that reforges the steel hammer? He's said something to this effect in interviews. being a challenger is much more freeing then being a defender trying to break Joe Louis's record I can really see this going either way. Maybe i should try to get out of work early to watch this
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