Boxing Thread
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@crucial yeah Mike Tyson said Ali would die in order to win and he would have been scared of him in the ring. His ability to circle and move out of range was pretty phenomenal in those days.
Foreman sounds like a really cool guy by the way, in interviews, he doesn't sound like he wanted a rematch and said he was in awe of Frazier, was worried thoughout the fight Joe was going to get him because he kept getting back up!@nostrildamus said in Boxing Thread:
@crucial yeah Mike Tyson said Ali would die in order to win and he would have been scared of him in the ring. His ability to circle and move out of range was ptryy phenomenal in those days.
Foreman sounds like a really cool guy by the way, in interviews, he doesn't sound like he wanted a rematch and said he was in awe of Frazier, was worried thoughout the fight Joe was going to get him because he kept getting back up!Frasier was absolutely tough as fuck. His only losses were to Foreman and Ali ( twice each ). He beat everyone else he faced.
That era was those three with guys like Norton, Shavers and Holmes following close behind.
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@nostrildamus said in Boxing Thread:
@crucial yeah Mike Tyson said Ali would die in order to win and he would have been scared of him in the ring. His ability to circle and move out of range was ptryy phenomenal in those days.
Foreman sounds like a really cool guy by the way, in interviews, he doesn't sound like he wanted a rematch and said he was in awe of Frazier, was worried thoughout the fight Joe was going to get him because he kept getting back up!Frasier was absolutely tough as fuck. His only losses were to Foreman and Ali ( twice each ). He beat everyone else he faced.
That era was those three with guys like Norton, Shavers and Holmes following close behind.
@mn5 said in Boxing Thread:
@nostrildamus said in Boxing Thread:
@crucial yeah Mike Tyson said Ali would die in order to win and he would have been scared of him in the ring. His ability to circle and move out of range was ptryy phenomenal in those days.
Foreman sounds like a really cool guy by the way, in interviews, he doesn't sound like he wanted a rematch and said he was in awe of Frazier, was worried thoughout the fight Joe was going to get him because he kept getting back up!Frasier was absolutely tough as fuck. His only losses were to Foreman and Ali ( twice each ). He beat everyone else he faced.
That era was those three with guys like Norton, Shavers and Holmes following close behind.
I think although Holmes fought Ali right at the end when Ali was cooked , and shavers and Norton .
He was the era immediatly after in a lot of ways , those guys were all pretty much finished and he dominated the division in his own right for the best part of a decade , at one stage was about 48-0 from memory
He was all out on his own as the standout heavyweight ,and the division lost interest compared to what came before, it became the era of the 4 kings , Hagler , Hearns , Leonard , Duran , they became the glory fights of that era .But his dominance as a great heavyweight often gets overlooked IMO
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Boxing fans in Aus ( not sure what the deal is in NZ)
DAZN for $2.99 a month is a bargain .
had the parker fight last week , Canelo this week ,
you can cancel anytime , no contract
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Boxing fans in Aus ( not sure what the deal is in NZ)
DAZN for $2.99 a month is a bargain .
had the parker fight last week , Canelo this week ,
you can cancel anytime , no contract
@kiwiinmelb Yeah the Parker fights here are PPV but everything else linked to DAZN gets put on it so no more AJ, Dillian Whyte and Canelo being put on PPV here which is only a good thing.
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@kiwiinmelb Yeah the Parker fights here are PPV but everything else linked to DAZN gets put on it so no more AJ, Dillian Whyte and Canelo being put on PPV here which is only a good thing.
@african-monkey said in Boxing Thread:
@kiwiinmelb Yeah the Parker fights here are PPV but everything else linked to DAZN gets put on it so no more AJ, Dillian Whyte and Canelo being put on PPV here which is only a good thing.
Just watched the press conference on dazn , if billy joe fights as well as he talks we could be in for a great fight
Let’s see how confident he is after feeling some of those body shots , that’s always the litmus test fighting canelo
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@african-monkey said in Boxing Thread:
@kiwiinmelb Yeah the Parker fights here are PPV but everything else linked to DAZN gets put on it so no more AJ, Dillian Whyte and Canelo being put on PPV here which is only a good thing.
Just watched the press conference on dazn , if billy joe fights as well as he talks we could be in for a great fight
Let’s see how confident he is after feeling some of those body shots , that’s always the litmus test fighting canelo
@kiwiinmelb It's a nice change tbh from the usual 'it's an honour to share the same ring as Canelo' nonsense haha.
Are we about to see Saunders emulate his best mate Fury when he did Klitschko in and out of the ring?
Saunders tends to fight to his level. The more I think about it, the more I feel an upset happening providing Saunders doesn't get robed on the cards.
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Pretty good article and very hard to disagree with any of it, I think Parker has reached as far as he ever will and no disgrace in just being good as opposed to one of the greats.
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@kiwiinmelb It's a nice change tbh from the usual 'it's an honour to share the same ring as Canelo' nonsense haha.
Are we about to see Saunders emulate his best mate Fury when he did Klitschko in and out of the ring?
Saunders tends to fight to his level. The more I think about it, the more I feel an upset happening providing Saunders doesn't get robed on the cards.
@african-monkey said in Boxing Thread:
@kiwiinmelb It's a nice change tbh from the usual 'it's an honour to share the same ring as Canelo' nonsense haha.
Are we about to see Saunders emulate his best mate Fury when he did Klitschko in and out of the ring?
Saunders tends to fight to his level. The more I think about it, the more I feel an upset happening providing Saunders doesn't get robed on the cards.
Really looking forward to it , 70,000 Mexican fans in Texas , cinco demayo day , I do love the Mexicans passion for the sport ,
Would be massive if he pulled it off , I find it hard to pick against canelo in this current form at 168 pounds though , he is like a rocky marciano in a super middleweight body
I think billy joe has to start fast and pinch early rounds , imagine the scenario second half of the fight if canelo feels he has to stop him to win
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Thanks to reddit I've seen most of the fight. Was really good and very even
That uppercut was evil! Canelo knew exactly where he would slip and threw a big shot. Boy was fuuuuucked after that, and he knew it
Can you imagine how.much pain is involved in a cracked orbital bone?
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Thanks to reddit I've seen most of the fight. Was really good and very even
That uppercut was evil! Canelo knew exactly where he would slip and threw a big shot. Boy was fuuuuucked after that, and he knew it
Can you imagine how.much pain is involved in a cracked orbital bone?
@mariner4life said in Boxing Thread:
Thanks to reddit I've seen most of the fight. Was really good and very even
That uppercut was evil! Canelo knew exactly where he would slip and threw a big shot. Boy was fuuuuucked after that, and he knew it
Can you imagine how.much pain is involved in a cracked orbital bone?
Billy Joe was doing pretty well , and making like difficult for Canelo to land his power shots being southpaw and a slick mover,
But you kept thinking eventually something would give ,
Canelo is a beast in that weight division ,his power to weight ratio is something else right now , his last few fights opponents have pretty much surrendered to body shots , and I love how active he is fighting every 3 months ,
years ago I was playing league with a guy who copped an accidental knee to the face while tackling and had the same injury , on the way to the hospital he sneezed and his eye popped out with nothing to support it
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@mariner4life said in Boxing Thread:
Thanks to reddit I've seen most of the fight. Was really good and very even
That uppercut was evil! Canelo knew exactly where he would slip and threw a big shot. Boy was fuuuuucked after that, and he knew it
Can you imagine how.much pain is involved in a cracked orbital bone?
Billy Joe was doing pretty well , and making like difficult for Canelo to land his power shots being southpaw and a slick mover,
But you kept thinking eventually something would give ,
Canelo is a beast in that weight division ,his power to weight ratio is something else right now , his last few fights opponents have pretty much surrendered to body shots , and I love how active he is fighting every 3 months ,
years ago I was playing league with a guy who copped an accidental knee to the face while tackling and had the same injury , on the way to the hospital he sneezed and his eye popped out with nothing to support it
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@kiwiinmelb Canelo has won 56 times!
@mariner4life said in Boxing Thread:
@kiwiinmelb Canelo has won 56 times!
A couple of lucky ones in there , but respect where its due , he stays so active and has such an impressive resume when you look at the names ,
best body puncher i think ive ever seen , watch him train body shots here , the power is unbelievable , makes you wince thinking about wearing those in the guts
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Really pleasing to see highlights of some real boxing.....because this is what is going on elsewhere in the once great sport.
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Really pleasing to see highlights of some real boxing.....because this is what is going on elsewhere in the once great sport.
@mn5 Mayweather has decided he'll get rich..er off idiots and in the process whoop some ass. I think eventually it'll become stagnant for the masses and no one will want to pay for this shit anymore. Just like the original UFC. No one wants to really pay to see a sumo fight a boxer. Yes its interesting but it's not really a thing you want to pay for.
I imagine Logan Paul will be absolutely wrecked after 2 rounds of trying to land even on punch on Money May. Then the latter will pick the former apart. I reckon Paul quits by round 6. Actually how many rounds are there?
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@mn5 Mayweather has decided he'll get rich..er off idiots and in the process whoop some ass. I think eventually it'll become stagnant for the masses and no one will want to pay for this shit anymore. Just like the original UFC. No one wants to really pay to see a sumo fight a boxer. Yes its interesting but it's not really a thing you want to pay for.
I imagine Logan Paul will be absolutely wrecked after 2 rounds of trying to land even on punch on Money May. Then the latter will pick the former apart. I reckon Paul quits by round 6. Actually how many rounds are there?
@raznomore said in Boxing Thread:
@mn5 Mayweather has decided he'll get rich..er off idiots and in the process whoop some ass. I think eventually it'll become stagnant for the masses and no one will want to pay for this shit anymore. Just like the original UFC. No one wants to really pay to see a sumo fight a boxer. Yes its interesting but it's not really a thing you want to pay for.
I imagine Logan Paul will be absolutely wrecked after 2 rounds of trying to land even on punch on Money May. Then the latter will pick the former apart. I reckon Paul quits by round 6. Actually how many rounds are there?
He’d knock him the fuck out quicker than that if he really tried.....which I hope he does.
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@raznomore said in Boxing Thread:
@mn5 Mayweather has decided he'll get rich..er off idiots and in the process whoop some ass. I think eventually it'll become stagnant for the masses and no one will want to pay for this shit anymore. Just like the original UFC. No one wants to really pay to see a sumo fight a boxer. Yes its interesting but it's not really a thing you want to pay for.
I imagine Logan Paul will be absolutely wrecked after 2 rounds of trying to land even on punch on Money May. Then the latter will pick the former apart. I reckon Paul quits by round 6. Actually how many rounds are there?
He’d knock him the fuck out quicker than that if he really tried.....which I hope he does.
@mn5 when was the last time you saw FMJ try and knock someone out?
this had better be nothing short of a total embarrassment of epic proportions or the entire sport is going to lose an enormous amount of credibility
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@mn5 when was the last time you saw FMJ try and knock someone out?
this had better be nothing short of a total embarrassment of epic proportions or the entire sport is going to lose an enormous amount of credibility
@mariner4life said in Boxing Thread:
@mn5 when was the last time you saw FMJ try and knock someone out?
this had better be nothing short of a total embarrassment of epic proportions or the entire sport is going to lose an enormous amount of credibility
Try and remember who he’s “fighting” if it can even be called that
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@mariner4life said in Boxing Thread:
@mn5 when was the last time you saw FMJ try and knock someone out?
this had better be nothing short of a total embarrassment of epic proportions or the entire sport is going to lose an enormous amount of credibility
Try and remember who he’s “fighting” if it can even be called that
I don't understand this at all, if he loves boxing and his own legacy why does he even bother? Not like he needs the $. Maybe he still craves the attention. That's dangerous for a boxer in his 40s..
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@mn5 when was the last time you saw FMJ try and knock someone out?
this had better be nothing short of a total embarrassment of epic proportions or the entire sport is going to lose an enormous amount of credibility
@mariner4life said in Boxing Thread:
when was the last time you saw FMJ try and knock someone out?
Conor? The last time he had a circus fight
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@mariner4life said in Boxing Thread:
when was the last time you saw FMJ try and knock someone out?
Conor? The last time he had a circus fight
@duluth said in Boxing Thread:
@mariner4life said in Boxing Thread:
when was the last time you saw FMJ try and knock someone out?
Conor? The last time he had a circus fight
oh yeah fuck, i forgot that one.
