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 Tonight for the first time since 2005 Manny Pacquiao will be fighting off of Pay-per view. While the opponent leaves a lot to be desired in terms of both name recognition and being a credible challenge, bringing a bonafide legend in the sport while he still has a bit left in the tank to (largely) free TV is something that even the most cynical boxing fan-and believe me, there are many of us-should applaud. Manny 'Pac-man' Pacquiao  The 2000's fighter of the decade has been part of some of the most storied rivalries in boxing history with his trilogy with Erik Morales and his four bouts against Juan Manuel Marquez. He also has some of the biggest wins of the past few years with his one punch knockout of Ricky Hatton and dominant stoppages over Miguel Cotto and Oscar De La Hoya. Even his 2016 saw wins over top 10 welterweights with decisive victories over Tim Bradley in (hopefully) their final fight and capturing the WBO belt off of Jessie Vargas. In boxing terms the past few years have not been so kind to Pacquiao. He has not scored a TKO or KO win since 2009 over Cotto, got brutally knocked out by Juan Manuel Marquez in 2012 and was listless and disappointing in the 2015 super fight against Floyd Mayweather. Homophobic comments made during his successful run to the senate in the Philippines, along with being tied to very controversial Philippine President ( and wannabe dictator) Rodrigo Duterte have contributed to making him a tougher sell to the US market. Faced with continually losing money on his star fighter and HBO's dwindling sports budget limiting the opportunities for his other fighters including Terence Crawford, Vasyl Lomachenko and Oscar Valdez-veteran promoter Bob Arum linked up with ESPN for what could be a very important deal for getting boxing back into the mainstream. At the very least we are promised 3 quality cards with tonight's fight, and 2 planned August events which will feature two time Gold medalist Lomachenko against the game Miguel Marriaga on the 5th and the first full unification fight in the four major belt era since 2005 when potential crossover star Terence Crawford takes on Julius Indongo the 19th. Jeff 'The Hornet' Horn  A veteran of the 2012 Australian Olympic team Jeff Horn is largely unknown even to hardcore boxing fans. He's here largely because of the relationship of his promoter Duco Events with the WBO who managed to get him in position to win a secondary belt when he defeated Ali Funeka in December last year and their ability to put 55,000 people in Brisbane's Suncorp Statdium. Horn is also a former school teacher which has resulted him using a abnormally high number of cringe worthy puns during press events. Rest of the card  The televised under-card will feature Shane Mosley Jr. and 2012 Bronze medalist (and Conor McGregor disciple) Mick Conlan who will look to impress and improve on 10-1 and 2-0 records respectively in showcase fights. Jerwin Ancjas will defend a super flyweight belt against Teiru Kinoshita though it seems unlikely this will lead to a face off against the any other elite fighters such as Roman 'Chocolatito' Gonzalez, Juan Francisco Estrada or Naoya Inoue in that talent rich division. The SituAsian fucked around with this message at 04:49 on Jul 2, 2017 |
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Good op The undercard on this sucks, but eh, free tv Actually i don't think this is available at all in Canada but you know
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Jul 2, 2017 00:29
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hope horn wins
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Jul 2, 2017 01:30
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I hope Horn wins by vicious KO
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Jul 2, 2017 01:57
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Teddy Atlas is on the call here in the US, and he's pretty much insane at times, so this should at least be fun (I hope Horn wins and then comes out of the closet in the post-fight interview, if only to piss off Pac more) e: EVEN BETTER WE HAVE STEPHEN A. SMITH IN THE STUDIO Troy Queef fucked around with this message at 02:09 on Jul 2, 2017 |
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Jul 2, 2017 02:07
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Who the gently caress is Jeff Horn? Lol
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Jul 2, 2017 02:11
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This commentary is terrible
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Jul 2, 2017 02:24
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Rasta_Al posted:This commentary is terrible Tim Bradley just can't catch a break.
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Jul 2, 2017 02:37
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doctor thodt posted:Tim Bradley just can't catch a break. 115-113 115-113 113-115
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Jul 2, 2017 02:40
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If the Top Rank thing actually pans out and Golden Boy keeps up their deal with ESPN as well I suspect the commentary will get much better. Joe was largely out of practice when PBC replaced Friday Night Fights on ESPN and now that they've been replaced I'm sure he'll get better as he gets back into it. Teddy is another matter entirely but it's not as if we're expecting anything other than rants and hopefully future dank boxing memes from Atlas.
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Jul 2, 2017 02:42
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what time is the main event due
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Jul 2, 2017 02:44
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is floyd the last boxer to be better than his dad e; loving hell i just noticed the white patio chairs at ringside lol thehappyprince fucked around with this message at 02:51 on Jul 2, 2017 |
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thehappyprince posted:is floyd the last boxer to be better than his dad Eubank Jr over Eubank Sr.  VVVV I was *looks at wikipedia page of British slang* taking the piss The SituAsian fucked around with this message at 02:54 on Jul 2, 2017 |
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Jul 2, 2017 02:51
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The SituAsian posted:Eubank Jr over Eubank Sr. wash your keyboard out
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Jul 2, 2017 02:52
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Rasta_Al posted:Who the gently caress is Jeff Horn? Lol A professional boxer at the very least
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thehappyprince posted:is floyd the last boxer to be better than his dad Holy poo poo, the chairs. Lmao What's the Aussie equivalent of Dollar General. Must have made a killin
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Jul 2, 2017 02:55
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lol mosley jr is bad
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Jul 2, 2017 02:57
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Did one of the judges really score that 77-75 for Mosley?
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Jul 2, 2017 02:59
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Rasta_Al posted:Holy poo poo, the chairs. Lmao Crazy Clark's.
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Jul 2, 2017 03:02
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I watched 3 rounds of that fight and even I knew there was no way Mosley could have won. His defence is impressively bad.
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Jul 2, 2017 03:05
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Rasta_Al posted:Holy poo poo, the chairs. Lmao K-Mart, which somehow is still quite big down in Australia.
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Jul 2, 2017 03:06
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lmbo at Conlan's opponent coming out with the sombrero. How the hell does someone get a 5-4-3 record anyways?
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Bruce AND Michael Buffer? Woah there ESPN
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Announcer makes a good joke about the sombrero, everybody laughs, announcer repeats the joke and stomps all over it explaining it.
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The SituAsian posted:lmbo at Conlan's opponent coming out with the sombrero. How the hell does someone get a 5-4-3 record anyways? I think he's fighting for a case of Vic Bitter stubbies
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Rasta_Al posted:I think he's fighting for a case of Vic Bitter stubbies We're at Lang Park, it's XXXX or nothing
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Jul 2, 2017 03:18
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Timothy Bradley should consider not talking e: I mean Teddy Atlas talks like a drunk too but at least he has salient points occasionally
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Jul 2, 2017 03:22
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Troy Queef posted:We're at Lang Park, it's XXXX or nothing I hope that beer is endorsed by Xander Cage
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Jul 2, 2017 03:25
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not sure i can stay up through a super flyweight fight tbh
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Jul 2, 2017 03:30
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super flyweight is like the best division in the sport right now though
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Jul 2, 2017 03:33
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i woke up unexpectedly anyone got a stream?
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Jul 2, 2017 03:36
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stephen a smith is the worst thing to ever happen to boxing and i do not say that lightly
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DumbWhiteGuy posted:stephen a smith is the worst thing to ever happen to boxing and i do not say that lightly He's just Skip Bayless 2.0, mute the TV anytime he appears and you're golden
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Jul 2, 2017 03:40
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it's pretty impressive that manny hasn't accidentally knocked someone out since 2009
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DumbWhiteGuy posted:stephen a smith is the worst thing to ever happen to boxing and i do not say that lightly friend, you haven't lived until you've seen/heard The Dan Le Batard Show stop whatever they're doing to watch SAS fire off blazing takes (also watch/listen to Dan and Stugotz in general)
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Jul 2, 2017 03:46
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the japanese / korean dude is paying like 8:1 so naturally i've got a tenner on him so i give a poo poo about this fight
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Jul 2, 2017 03:50
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what time is pacqiuao's fight supposed to start?
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Jul 2, 2017 03:51
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Marching Powder posted:the japanese / korean dude is paying like 8:1 so naturally i've got a tenner on him so i give a poo poo about this fight fighting spirit!
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Jose posted:what time is pacqiuao's fight supposed to start? roughly 40 minutes according to my book but more than likely like an hour at least until they're in the ring.
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Jose posted:what time is pacqiuao's fight supposed to start? An hour from now.
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