I don't watch boxing but my twitter feed had everyone great and small saying the fight needed stopping, while it was still going, for about three rounds.
I don't watch boxing but my twitter feed had everyone great and small saying the fight needed stopping, while it was still going, for about three rounds.
It could have been stopped the previous round but it wasnt that late.
He took a pummeling by the sounds of it. Brook had another bin man fight as well.
Brook next fight should be against a decent name or someone on decent form. Rumors of bradley regardless of if he beats pacman or not. Brook has fought three IBF mandatories now. Give him vargas or bradley. I dont want to see him against khan if khan is coming off a lose.
My Facebook was the same, Floyd. Stopped at the end of the tenth and most people seemed to start talking about the stoppage from the sixth or seventh.
He was busted open fairly early but it was stopped when his eye was swollen to the point he couldn't see. Other than that though he seemed fine so i'm surprised he's that hurt. All signs are saying he will be fine though.
Eubank Sr did give a funny speecg in the corner about him not knowing why the fight was still going on so that probably lead to the posts.
I watched it, it was quite a weird one as Eubank Jr spent half of each round showboating and giving the lad a chance to get himself back together. Blackwell actually caught him a good few times even in the later rounds and looked like there was a chance he could have caught Eubank with a suckerpunch as he was insisting on dancing around like a gimp, probably what made the ref hesitant to pull it.
Looked a fucking state at the end though, his eye was like a second head.
So some decent bouts this weekend. Pacquiao (earning $20m) returns vs Bradley (earning $4m) in the third installment. Pacquiao and his imaginary torn shoulder injury has now fully 100% healed. Ive got Bradley in this one. I don't like the way Pacquiao and his team acted after the fight of the century. Bradley scored a knockout against shit Rios but Ive got him and the decision in this one. Gilberto Ramirez is fighting Abraham on the undercard. Big things are expected of Ramirez. I don't like Abraham or Strum. so i pick them to lose every fight. Saying that, Abraham is still a strong character and i think it will be a close fight.
Joshua vs Martin is also this Saturday for the IBF title. People claiming this is a step-up for Joshua but im not sure. We saw how Martin won the title, he didn't even throw the winning punch. Its prospect vs prospect as far as im concerned. Some say Joshua may be rushed to early but its against a weak opponent in my opinion. Martin is a southpaw and I'm not sure if Joshua has come across one as big as Martin yet. Correct me if I'm wrong. Decent undercard for the Joshua bout as well. Lee Selby, George Groves, Matthew Macklin
Manny Pacquiao vs Timothy Bradley Jr
Arthur Abraham vs Gilberto Ramirez
Charles Martin vs Anthony Joshua
Lee Selby vs Eric Hunter
Matthew Macklin vs Brian Rose
Jamie McDonnell vs Fernando Vargas
George Groves vs David Brophy
Also Wladimir Klitschko vs. Tyson Fury 2 on July 9 in Manchester according to peter fury
Anyone else having trouble ordering the Joshua fight? Box Office unavailable for the last hour.
Every time a boxer seems to win something the 'yet to tested' line always comes out. Same tonight, Twitter is awash with claims Joshua hasn't fought anyone good. Is boxing really that shit?
Having never seen that Martin fella fight - I was very surprised having just watched a replay. The guy was as mobile as fucking dumper truck. No head movement, very little footwork, just threw a few big lefts and hoped for the best. How on earth was he IBF champ?
Because Tyson had to drop the belt?
Tyson was stripped because the IBF mandated him to fight Glazkov. Tyson choose to rematch Klitschko instead. During the Glazkov vs Martin fight, Glazkov pulled him hamstring and quit. The belt was awarded to Martin
I'm jist glad I didn't pay for it. It was like watching someone beat up a kid in a wheelchair.
Frampton stripped of his WBA title, for not facing his mandatory challenger.
His mandatory was rigondeaux. I really wanted to see that fight. Rigo is specialist. Does that mean frampton will move up and take on santa cruz now?Originally Posted by Gray Fox
He's an odd character. He had his own fight scheduled in Liverpool. He needed a visa to get him here from Russia. The normal way to get one is give in your info and passport, 5 days later you get your stuff back along with a visa to come over.
He gave his info in and on the day he was due to come over he was nowhere to be seen. He eventually turned up back in Miami. Having not told anyone of his intentions and backed out the fight.
Rigo needs to sort his life out. Get rid of his backup team or something.
In regards to joshua, i wasnt aware how popular this guy is. Its ridiculous. If i was his team, i would look to do one of those open bus tour around london like they do after football cup wins. Seriously.
The last two fights on tonight's Sky card have been really good. This Amagasa bloke looks like the sort of silky technician with no durability who wilts in fights he's winning.
Whoever scored that 121-107 needs to be banned from judging a fight ever again.
So its the 2nd most popular prospect in boxing behind anthony joshua in action later. Its a decent test for errol spence vs chris allgeri. Allgeri isnt in great form and he did lose to khan and pacman in his past three fights.
Ive got allgeri purely from a betting standpoint.
Did you see the Warrington v Amagasa fight just now Sincere?
Agreed. Warrington definitely had it but all the judges had it too wide in my opinion, and that last card was just flat out disrespectful to Amagasa. He put a right shift in. Good fight.
There's nobody more Leeds than Warrington.
There's a rugby song in there somewhere.
I'm a twit
Earl Spence stopped algeri last night. It was a good performance. His body shots are vicuous, he puts in a lot of work to the body. He also became the mandatory for kell brook. Now brook has taken three IBF mandatory since he was stabbed and the boxing world has been calling for him to make a step up. Spence is still a prospect but if brook decides to fight him, it would be a decent fight. With the algeri win, it pushes spence into the top 10 welterweight
So its GGG vs Wade later. The level of opponents GGG is facing is poor. He really needs to do something and make some step up. Best fighter on his resume still, is daniel geale. Chocolatito who everyone is going crazy about is also on the same card. Ive only seen him fight three times.
Fucking Boxnation.
One of this chaps shoes has just fallen apart, I don't think I;ve ever seen that before.
Its canelo vs khan this weekend. People are saying khan is going to sleep but i really believe this fight goes to 12 rounds. Canelo isn't a big puncher, he is just a big kid fighting at some bullshit weight.
Canelo will down him within ten. Crolla is going and so is Chisora.
Canelo will wipe him out quickly.
If Khan makes it past round 5 I'll be stunned.
It's going to be glorious.
What a night that was, the Prescott fight actually. I think it was Taz who mentioned that Prescott to win by KO would be a decent bet, TTH took the bookies down that night
I dont feel stops khan. Khan always get touched, and he stays punch drunk for a ridiculous amount of time during his fights but he goes the distance.
The hype behind khan getting stopped is mega. He is going to put his roller blades on from round one.
Surprised khan came in at 155, i thought he would have been lighter. He does not look very defined at his waist area. Im sure canelo will try and target khans body later tonight. Right after the weigh-in canelo was ramming food and drink into his mouth. It was funny, man must have been mega hungry.
Didn't he put something stupid on last time - like 9kgs between weigh in and fight. 9 fucking kilos.
Usually canelo weighs in at 155 pounds (which is a weigh class he has created and has fought at this weight for his past four fights) and then come fight night, he is 170+. He hasnt done fight night weigh-ins for a while but people are saying he is close to 180 now, come fight night. He weighed 174 against angulo four fights ago. Then he claims he isnt fighting at 160 because he isnt a middleweight...
How in the name of fuck does somebody put on 9 kilos overnight? How is that even possible?
It's common that they won't have eaten for a couple days if it's a difficult cut. A lot of it is water weight as well, before the weigh in you'll have sweated as much out as possible and only sipping enough to keep you hydrated.
It's all dehydrating your body and then rehydrating it after the weigh in.
I've seen some doing weight cuts (in the Ultimate Fighter house for the UFC) and it really is fucking shit, at times some are on the edge of fainting because their body simply can't take it.
What a complete farce, although I suppose if you made them weigh in on the day of the fight all you'd get is people fighting in an absolute state.
They did thie before and it was changed to the day before as fighters were a mess in the fight. They really need to do something about it though. I dont like all this weight cutting/gaining. Make it 5% of the weight or something and huge mega fines.
Can someone explain to me why weight matters? I know weigh-ins are events in themselves but the purge and gain can't be good on an athlete's body. And you're sparking this fucker out, regardless, in your own mind.
Well, you have to agree to fight at a weight, otherwise you'll just get Tyson Fury bowling in and ruining a fleet of bantamweights.
It does make a mockery of the weight classes but other than weighing them constantly I'm not sure what you do about it.
Has anyone in any combat sport ever cut as much as Anthony Johnson did in the UFC?
His walking weight is around 220-230 but he used to cut to 170 which is absolutely mental.
He now fights at 205 though:
I can't imagine many fighters losing that much though, it really was nuts. At times he looked like he was about to pass out on the scales.
Its a perceived advantage if you are able to gain more weight during fight night. Although, whatever weight you come into the fight. It should work to your advantage if your under or over weight. Gatti gained 18+ pounds against joey camache and almost killed the guy in the ring. Weigh should be respected, not abused.
Awesome fight from Crolla there.
I forgot about those stupid noises khan makes everytime he throws a punch.
Everytime I see a sporting event in America someone properly murders their national anthem. Khan to be on his arse inside 4 or 5 rounds if he's lucky.
Blimey.
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