Boxing 2023: lol MMA

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Mekchu: Apr 10, 2012; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

To me that Povetkin KO was just insanely brutal for whatever reason.

# ¿ Aug 23, 2020 09:22

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# ¿ Apr 26, 2024 13:27

Mekchu: Apr 10, 2012; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

The times ive met Dan Rafael while qorking on Klitschko fights (Povetkin was one) was kinda cool. Still think meeting Freddie roach and Lennox Lewis is a pro sports highlight of mine.

# ¿ Sep 5, 2020 05:56

Mekchu: Apr 10, 2012; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

The SituAsian posted:

Since Dan was let go from ESPN he's been pretty spicy on Twitter, especially with politics which has been pretty cool to see.

Yeah probably had to keep it under wraps or else ESPN wuold get complained too and threatened by the different promoters.

# ¿ Sep 6, 2020 07:36

Mekchu: Apr 10, 2012; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

Historical fuckery aside, who the gently caress thought "Bridgerweight" was a good name?

# ¿ Nov 11, 2020 03:55

Mekchu: Apr 10, 2012; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

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%

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

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.

# ¿ Dec 8, 2020 10:36

Mekchu: Apr 10, 2012; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

Please lets never forget the time where Shannon Briggs was called a quitter by one of the dumb YouTube guys because he told the brother the "wrong advice"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDMZS585H8A

# ¿ Dec 9, 2020 02:43

Mekchu: Apr 10, 2012; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

anyone willing to take a 6er today to spread an important message?

# ¿ Dec 25, 2020 03:48

Mekchu: Apr 10, 2012; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

hosed THOSE FESTIVE PROBATIONS RIGHT UP. :cripes:

# ¿ Dec 26, 2020 00:18

Mekchu: Apr 10, 2012; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

updated thread date & title to be more accurate

# ¿ Apr 24, 2021 03:09

Mekchu: Apr 10, 2012; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

The Ninth Layer posted:

It's okay just gives me incentive to actually finish my write up.

Honestly it's a lot easier to write these when I'm stuck in an office and need things to do to kill eight hours. Working from home makes it too easy to play PS5 instead.

By all means make a new thread. I missed that it was in the works. My bad.

# ¿ Apr 26, 2021 02:39

Mekchu: Apr 10, 2012; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

The Ninth Layer posted:

Don't feel bad for updating the date on an almost 3 year old thread title lol.

Also while I'm here, the discord server I linked to in the OP is dead and most of us now hang out on another server to watch live fights. It's not my server and a bunch of people use it for things that aren't boxing so I won't link it here, but if you'd like to join just shoot me a PM either here or on discord theninthlayer#4960 with your SA name.

I'll take you up on this. The MMA/Grappling discord has some punchsports discussion but its few and far between.

# ¿ Apr 27, 2021 01:29

Mekchu: Apr 10, 2012; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

Jump King posted:

Kind of funny how despite all the serious negotiations for Joshua to fight either Wilder or Fury over the last 4 years we�ve just ended up with 3 Wilder-Fury fights

This is why boxing rules.

# ¿ May 19, 2021 13:29

Mekchu: Apr 10, 2012; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

The sweet science (of cashing in on youtubers in 2021)

# ¿ May 20, 2021 02:58

Mekchu: Apr 10, 2012; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

The SituAsian posted:

https://twitter.com/jedigoodman/status/1403124547897880576?s=19

Lamar Odom facing off with Aaron Carter officiated by Chuck Liddell and Rob Van Dam is so up my alley it's scary

This is the most amazing thing

# ¿ Jun 11, 2021 14:06

Mekchu: Apr 10, 2012; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

Marching Powder posted:

aaron carter? the brother of one of the backstreet boys? sure why not.

He was a somewhat successful teenie bopper wasn't he?

# ¿ Jun 11, 2021 14:07

Mekchu: Apr 10, 2012; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

CommonShore posted:

Triller is Affliction 2021

This is 10000000% true

# ¿ Jun 19, 2021 02:53

Mekchu: Apr 10, 2012; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

Applicable given the news - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1ajzcGsLaA

# ¿ Nov 11, 2021 13:42

Mekchu: Apr 10, 2012; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

fast cars loose anus posted:

I saw Dude Wipes in the store today and could barely believe they were real

Then I come here to find gifs of the knockout and lo and behold Tyrone Woodley is sponsored by them, lmao

Many an MMA fighter had them as sponsors before the UFC said the foghters were making too much money off sponsorships

# ¿ Dec 20, 2021 03:57

Mekchu: Apr 10, 2012; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

i find boxing to be difficult to follow cuz of the numerous belts etc and also not knowing which fight is or isn't worth the effort or time and randomly wound up on this channel and gotta say i like their content and makes me more intrigued to watch boxing in the future

https://www.youtube.com/user/OfficeHanchoBoxing/videos

# ¿ Jun 21, 2022 14:04

Mekchu: Apr 10, 2012; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

Shankel Magnus posted:

At this point I think I’d be more disappointed by boxing if the fight wasn’t fixed.

Yeah I would 100% be shocked Paul, who has ran scams multiple times, didn't try to fix the fight.

# ¿ Jul 8, 2022 04:18

Mekchu: Apr 10, 2012; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

Silva is 47 lol

# ¿ Sep 6, 2022 18:36

Mekchu: Apr 10, 2012; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

There's no real thread for Chess Boxing on PSP nor should it really get its own thread but there was apparently an event on December 11th with a bunch of YouTubers, Twitch Streamers, etc. doing Chess Boxing and it was stupid and fun and is worth sharing if you wanna watch nerds have to box then play chess.

The undercard had Smash Bros. Boxing which is the same but with Super Smash Bros.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tg9CH4KlKMc

# ¿ Dec 12, 2022 21:58

Mekchu: Apr 10, 2012; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

ngannou has used the boxing style of gloves before back in 2015 when he did a kickboxing match. its not the same but at least there's somewhat footage of him using his striking in a "striking only" context and he at lest did start off as a boxer when he got to france before being convinced to move to mma (think the person said he'd make more money quicker or something which idk if that's true or misremembering the story a bit)

https://twitter.com/Beyond_Kick/status/1678874477294149637

edit - yeah the story was the coach at the gym in france thought he'd be better fit for mma for some reason

wikipedia posted:

At age 22, Ngannou began training in boxing, despite the initial reluctance of his family.[20] After training for a year, Ngannou stopped training due to an illness.[21] He did various odd jobs to make ends meet, until age 26 when he decided to head to Paris, France, to pursue professional boxing.[22] However upon reaching Europe, he was jailed for two months in Spain for illegally crossing the border.[23] After Ngannou reached Paris, he had no money, no friends, and no place to live.[17] After living homeless on the streets of Paris, he met Francis Carmont who introduced him to Fernand Lopez and the MMA factory.[24] Being a fan of Mike Tyson, Ngannou was originally interested in learning how to box but Lopez saw his potential in MMA and convinced him to try MMA instead.[22] Lopez gave Ngannou some MMA gear and allowed him to train and sleep at the gym for no cost thus starting Ngannou's MMA career.[22]

Reflecting on his journey across continents and his decision to become an MMA fighter, Ngannou said:[17][22]

When I started, I had nothing. Nothing. I needed everything. But when you start [to earn money], you starting collecting things: I want this, I want this, I want that. The purpose is not collecting things, though. The purpose is to do something great. Finish the dream you started.

I want to help my family, first, of course, but then I want to give opportunity to children in my country like me who have a dream to become a doctor or something. If I reach my dream, it will give me the opportunity to help those in my country who have their own dreams and nothing else to fulfill them.

I want to give some opportunity for children like me who dream of this sport and don't have an opportunity like me. The last time I was in Cameroon, I brought a lot of materials for boxing and MMA to open a gym. Now I just bought a big space to start the gym, as well.

A lot of children now in Cameroon, because of me, they have a dream. They say, 'I will be a champion in MMA. I will do boxing like Francis,' because they saw me when I was young. I didn't have anything. I didn't have any opportunity. And today, they see me, and they are dreaming. They are thinking that something is possible. Even when they are so poor, something is possible in life. � It's not easy. It's so hard, but it's possible.

Mekchu fucked around with this message at 08:59 on Jul 12, 2023

# ¿ Jul 12, 2023 08:56

Mekchu: Apr 10, 2012; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

inoue vs fulton tonight

# ¿ Jul 25, 2023 04:53

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# ¿ Apr 26, 2024 13:27

Mekchu: Apr 10, 2012; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

inoue is so good

# ¿ Jul 25, 2023 13:41

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