Boxing Thread 3.0

Blame Rasho · Post #1181 » by **Blame Rasho** » Sat Apr 20, 2013 12:39 am

GS Warriors 1 wrote:ESPN Deportes reporting that Juan Manuel Marquez is closing in on a fight with Timothy Bradley for September 14th.

Honestly, Marquez should really beat him handlely esp if Bradley fights like he did the last fight or just not there after that brutal fight with Prov..

Blame Rasho · Post #1182 » by **Blame Rasho** » Sat Apr 20, 2013 12:41 am

Oh and if you are a Spanish speaker. Golpe por Golpe is such a great show. They have a prefight coverage and post fight coverage and go into far more than anything else on TV.

Butch718 · Post #1183 » by **Butch718** » Sat Apr 20, 2013 1:49 am

Blame Rasho wrote:
GS Warriors 1 wrote:ESPN Deportes reporting that Juan Manuel Marquez is closing in on a fight with Timothy Bradley for September 14th.

Honestly, Marquez should really beat him handlely esp if Bradley fights like he did the last fight or just not there after that brutal fight with Prov..

I honestly don't think Bradley will ever be that careless ever again. He was trying to prove a point when he fought Prov. He needed to get back in the good graces of boxing fans so that they would show interest in him again. Mission accomplished. I expect him to go back to the style that made him successful.

Em1 · Post #1184 » by **Em1** » Sat Apr 20, 2013 5:52 am

I like Trout by KO. I love Canelo for taking this fight and not fighting a "name" punching bag and trying to bait Floyd into a payday. But I think he'll get into some deep waters and, facing a level of fighter he never has before, Trout will end this.

Em1 · Post #1185 » by **Em1** » Sat Apr 20, 2013 5:54 am

Butch718 wrote:
Blame Rasho wrote:
GS Warriors 1 wrote:ESPN Deportes reporting that Juan Manuel Marquez is closing in on a fight with Timothy Bradley for September 14th.

Honestly, Marquez should really beat him handlely esp if Bradley fights like he did the last fight or just not there after that brutal fight with Prov..

I honestly don't think Bradley will ever be that careless ever again. He was trying to prove a point when he fought Prov. He needed to get back in the good graces of boxing fans so that they would show interest in him again. Mission accomplished. I expect him to go back to the style that made him successful.

Exactly. Which is what made his performance, given the damage he took, that much more impressive. I still think the Marquez fight has some potential for fireworks though. Hate having to wait until September but Marquez is 300 years old and Bradley just came out of his haze from the Prov fight.

Blame Rasho · Post #1186 » by **Blame Rasho** » Sat Apr 20, 2013 5:44 pm

A mark of a great fighter is that they are able to impose their respective will on a fight. No figher has really imposed his will on Marquez outside of Mayweather, and Bradley just isn't in his class and I don't think that Bradley is in that elite class whatsoever. The fact that he took so much damage isn't a good reflection on him vs a FNF level fighter who was moving up in weight when he is going to face one of the best counterpunchers of this era. Unless, Marquez gets old in the ring... I can't see him losing vs Bradley. The only advantage that Bradley has on him is youth and the inability to cut or swell up.

Post #1187 » by **Rich Rane** » Sat Apr 20, 2013 9:09 pm

Wow. Through two rounds, a highly entertaining heavyweight fight between Tyson Fury and Steve Cunningham on NBC. Fury tried to bully him in the first, but Cunningham knocked him down with a huge cross in the second.

Solid fight, but I'm not ready to crown Fury a Klitschko killer. He's not going to be able to lay on either Klitschko to tire them out.

ItsDaBrush · Post #1188 » by **ItsDaBrush** » Sat Apr 20, 2013 9:40 pm

Fury has garbage skills, all he did was lean on and elbow Cunningham who faded real quick. This was an IBF eliminator I think so Pulev should be next, he probably KO's Fury.

Blame Rasho · Post #1189 » by **Blame Rasho** » Sat Apr 20, 2013 9:49 pm

ItsDaBrush wrote:Fury has garbage skills, all he did was lean on and elbow Cunningham who faded real quick. This was an IBF eliminator I think so Pulev should be next, he probably KO's Fury.

Fury is dog ****... no real skills whatsoever. He is only good because he is 6'9.

I will give him this... he is fun to watch because unlike most heavyweight fighters he lets his hands go. It and it will be fun to see him lose.

I would love to see him fight Arreola.

Great fight for NBC primetime nonetheless....

Oh don't sing...

ItsDaBrush · Post #1190 » by **ItsDaBrush** » Sat Apr 20, 2013 10:03 pm

Arreola sucks too man, just as fat and arguably has less skills. It would be a good fight though because both dudes would let their hands go and it probably ends in a KO.

Another good fight would be Wilder vs Fury if Wilder takes care of Harrison next week. Fury's been down 2x when he ate a good right from not strong punchers, a powerful right is about the only thing Wilder has and it would be nice to see what happens if Wilder can land it.

Fury absolutely sucks but yeah you can make some good matchups with him. But in terms of being a legit fighter to the Klits he is a pure joke

Post #1191 » by **Rich Rane** » Sat Apr 20, 2013 10:11 pm

ItsDaBrush wrote:Fury absolutely sucks but yeah you can make some good matchups with him. But in terms of being a legit fighter to the Klits he is a pure joke

In terms of the heavyweight division right now, that's fine with me. Entertaining fights are pretty much all any fan could ask for. Today was actually my first time watching Fury. His hand speed wasn't exactly impressive to me despite what others say and he leaves his hands down way more than a cocky fighter with a suspect chin should, but I will definitely watch his next fight even though I'm not a fan. He can definitely put on an entertaining fight.

Blame Rasho wrote:Oh don't sing...

Once that started, I changed the channel. I had no intention of listening to that. :lol:

Post #1192 » by **Rich Rane** » Sun Apr 21, 2013 2:43 am

Solid body punch KO by Omar Figueroa. Interesting prospect.

Good fight between Canelo and Trout. I'm not sure if I agree with Malignaggi though and scored the 7th 10-9 Canelo. I'm not sure what the punch stats were, but even if Trout landed more, it looked like Trout was hurt more even outside the KD punch.

ItsDaBrush · Post #1193 » by **ItsDaBrush** » Sun Apr 21, 2013 3:46 am

the open scores are complete joke, this is idiotic

Post #1194 » by **Rich Rane** » Sun Apr 21, 2013 3:50 am

ItsDaBrush wrote:the open scores are complete joke, this is idiotic

I didn't get a chance to look at it. How bad was it?

ItsDaBrush · Post #1195 » by **ItsDaBrush** » Sun Apr 21, 2013 3:52 am

Rich Rane wrote:
ItsDaBrush wrote:the open scores are complete joke, this is idiotic

I didn't get a chance to look at it. How bad was it?

WBC open scoring, one idiot had the judge 80 to 71 thru 9

Post #1196 » by **Rich Rane** » Sun Apr 21, 2013 3:54 am

ItsDaBrush wrote:
Rich Rane wrote:
ItsDaBrush wrote:the open scores are complete joke, this is idiotic

I didn't get a chance to look at it. How bad was it?

WBC open scoring, one idiot had the judge 80 to 71 thru 9

Good Lord.

Post #1197 » by **Rich Rane** » Sun Apr 21, 2013 3:57 am

What a good day to be a boxing fan.

Wow, that 118-109 card was out there.

ItsDaBrush · Post #1198 » by **ItsDaBrush** » Sun Apr 21, 2013 4:01 am

115-112, 116-111, 118-109

congratulations to Texas for sucking even more than was previously thought possible

Post #1199 » by **dockingsched** » Sun Apr 21, 2013 4:03 am

i liked the open scoring, it made it a lot easier to swallow that 118-109 card since it was already exposed along the way.

Post #1200 » by **Rich Rane** » Sun Apr 21, 2013 4:03 am

I have no problem with the 115-112 card. The rounds were very close and I could see a judge swaying close rounds to one side. The 116-111 score was a bit more lopsided for what I saw, but that 118-109 card...