Boxing Thread 4.0

Blame Rasho · Post #781 » by **Blame Rasho** » Mon Feb 23, 2015 4:09 am

Boo... I wanted to go to the fight in SA.

It would have been an electric fight at the Alamodome, much more so than the Trout fight.

Blame Rasho · Post #782 » by **Blame Rasho** » Mon Feb 23, 2015 4:11 am

I guess I am jaded at the prospect of Mayweather vs Manny actually fighting.

My excite level is barely above the announcement of the NBC fights.

Blame Rasho · Post #783 » by **Blame Rasho** » Mon Feb 23, 2015 4:12 am

Butch718 wrote:Lemieux would be a good and realistic opponent for GGG. ODLH wanted to pit Santa Cruz against Rigo, so I honestly don't think he would try to protect Lemiex from GGG. Anyway that should be a fun fight to watch while it lasts.

I can't see Lemiueux or Cotto wanting to fight him unless it is for unholy amount of money.

I do want GGG to fight Chavez because Chavez is just a douche...

Butch718 · Post #784 » by **Butch718** » Mon Feb 23, 2015 10:14 pm

Chavez called him out on Twitter. :lol:

That got laughs out of everyone in the boxing media because he's the same guy that turned down a **** load of money even though GGG conceded to all his demands. He ducked the sh*t out of him in every sense of the term. He could have fought him but made up excuses. Now he's trying to call him out on Twitter? After signing with Haymon? Hilarious. Man most Haymon fighters are jokes. They hide behind their advisor and talk sh*t about fighters they know they're being protected from.

GGG is more his father's son then he'll ever be. The funny thing is that Mexican fans adore GGG more than Chavez Jr. Just look at all the negative responses he got after posting his tweets this weekend. I think he probably got pissed off that the guys on HBO dared compared GGG to his father.

Blame Rasho · Post #785 » by **Blame Rasho** » Tue Feb 24, 2015 2:00 am

I wouldn;t mind Chavez and Stevenson going at it at 175... given that they are both backed by Haymon there is a snowball chance it could happen in the future since they both duck from people.

skflives · Post #786 » by **skflives** » Tue Feb 24, 2015 10:27 pm

NotaHypeJob wrote:
Rich Rane wrote:Kinda feel bad for GGG. Does he have any idea who he's facing next or who would want to face him?

Tureano Johnson is supposedly next

Really? Where did you hear that from? I kinda expected someone like Sergio Mora would get the call considering GGG's next fight might be in Los Angeles. Tureano Johnson just doesn't make sense. Why waste time fighting a guy who got KO'ed by someone GGG already KO'ed.

Post #787 » by **Rich Rane** » Thu Feb 26, 2015 8:10 am

Matthyse-Provodnikov on April 18. Color me excited for this fight.
http://www.badlefthook.com/2015/2/25/81 ... rovodnikov

GS Warriors 1 · Post #788 » by **GS Warriors 1** » Fri Mar 6, 2015 10:51 pm

Boxing on NBC tomorrow night from MGM Grand in LV. Broner-Molina on the undercard, Thurman-Guerrero as the main event. Solid card to debut with IMO. Guerrero is the best opponent Thurman has fought to date and it's possible that Broner could have it tough tomorrow. I wasn't too impressed with his performance against Emmanuel Taylor, a guy who is probably around Molina's level.

Blame Rasho · Post #789 » by **Blame Rasho** » Sat Mar 7, 2015 2:36 am

I am legitly excited for the fights tommorrow.

I just say Layla Ali diss Broner pretty bad....

She set him up with a question... Adrian Broner will win if...

and he said if you hug and kiss me... and she was like... hell no... and he is a giant compared to him.

Blame Rasho · Post #790 » by **Blame Rasho** » Sat Mar 7, 2015 2:37 am

GS Warriors 1 wrote:Boxing on NBC tomorrow night from MGM Grand in LV. Broner-Molina on the undercard, Thurman-Guerrero as the main event. Solid card to debut with IMO. Guerrero is the best opponent Thurman has fought to date and it's possible that Broner could have it tough tomorrow. I wasn't too impressed with his performance against Emmanuel Taylor, a guy who is probably around Molina's level.

I am of the opinion that Broner should have several losses... and I really want Molina to stop him but he has been in too many wars for my liking.

skflives · Post #791 » by **skflives** » Sat Mar 7, 2015 10:14 pm

Blame Rasho wrote:
GS Warriors 1 wrote:Boxing on NBC tomorrow night from MGM Grand in LV. Broner-Molina on the undercard, Thurman-Guerrero as the main event. Solid card to debut with IMO. Guerrero is the best opponent Thurman has fought to date and it's possible that Broner could have it tough tomorrow. I wasn't too impressed with his performance against Emmanuel Taylor, a guy who is probably around Molina's level.

I am of the opinion that Broner should have several losses... and I really want Molina to stop him but he has been in too many wars for my liking.

Broner should be done fighting guys like Molina. Molina's coming off of 2 straight losses.

Blame Rasho · Post #792 » by **Blame Rasho** » Sun Mar 8, 2015 1:50 am

This looks and feels epic..

GS Warriors 1 · Post #793 » by **GS Warriors 1** » Sun Mar 8, 2015 5:24 am

Thankfully, Thurman-Guerrero was quite entertaining even if it was a tad one-sided. Thurman looked much better than he did in his previous fight, he really looked to go for it but Guerrero is a tough SOB. Thurman definitely landed some shots that would've knocked out a lot of other guys.

skflives · Post #794 » by **skflives** » Sun Mar 8, 2015 7:45 pm

Blame Rasho wrote:This looks and feels epic..

And the Broner fight went as expected. Yawn

skflives · Post #795 » by **skflives** » Sun Mar 8, 2015 8:16 pm

GS Warriors 1 wrote:Thankfully, Thurman-Guerrero was quite entertaining even if it was a tad one-sided. Thurman looked much better than he did in his previous fight, he really looked to go for it but Guerrero is a tough SOB. Thurman definitely landed some shots that would've knocked out a lot of other guys.

It was but I didn't like Thurman behavior at the end of the fight. He knew he had it in the bag and ran around the ring.

GS Warriors 1 · Post #796 » by **GS Warriors 1** » Sun Mar 8, 2015 10:23 pm

Blame Rasho wrote:This looks and feels epic..

I liked NBC's production but as for the in-arena show with the ring walk music and PA announcer, it felt cheesy and generic IMO. After all 3 fights, the PA guy said each time "Now let's give a hand for these valiant warriors!" They need a Buffer or Lennon Jr. to do these, someone that can inject excitement into the crowd. I don't mind the fighters walking alone as much as some others but at least give these guys the freedom to choose the music they want to listen to when they are entering the ring.

Blame Rasho · Post #797 » by **Blame Rasho** » Mon Mar 9, 2015 12:28 am

I hated Marv Albert. He was an idiot.

GS Warriors 1 · Post #798 » by **GS Warriors 1** » Mon Mar 9, 2015 10:25 pm

It did an average of 3.4M viewers on NBC Saturday night, #1 among 18-49. Peaked at 4.2M during Thurman-Guerrero.

Butch718 · Post #799 » by **Butch718** » Mon Mar 9, 2015 11:49 pm

I read somewhere that it felt short of what they wanted out of their targeted audience of 18-49. Duva's daughter posted some interesting numbers on her Twitter explaining why it wasn't as big a success as it should have been. She just wasn't throwing around uninformed opinions but pretty solid facts and numbers. As much as I dislike Haymon (I still don't think that him not working with Top Rank or Golden Boy will ever be good for the sport), I really want this to work.

Butch718 · Post #800 » by **Butch718** » Mon Mar 9, 2015 11:50 pm

Blame Rasho wrote:I hated Marv Albert. He was an idiot.

He shouldn't be do boxing fights. This made me appreciate Lampley a little more.