Boxing Thread 3.0

Post #1481 » by **Rich Rane** » Mon Sep 2, 2013 3:50 pm

Tommy Morrison passes away at age 44.
http://espn.go.com/boxing/story/_/id/96 ... on-dies-44

I'll be honest, most of my memories of him are Rocky V, his fight against Foreman, and testing positive for HIV. Damn, he had some power in his punches. I never thought he'd defeat Tyson, but it was something I always wanted to see.

Nemesis21 · Post #1482 » by **Nemesis21** » Sat Sep 7, 2013 10:52 pm

I work part time at the Amway Center, home of the Orlando Magic. Cotto is fighting there on Oct.5, I'm hoping to work that event.

ddt · Post #1483 » by **ddt** » Mon Sep 9, 2013 12:55 am

Nemesis21 wrote:I work part time at the Amway Center, home of the Orlando Magic. Cotto is fighting there on Oct.5, I'm hoping to work that event.

Damn lucky!! Should be a great fight

GS Warriors 1 · Post #1484 » by **GS Warriors 1** » Tue Sep 17, 2013 6:45 pm

Slowly getting back to the typical boxing week, looks like Andre Ward's next title defense will be against Edwin Rodriguez in November on HBO.

Blame Rasho · Post #1485 » by **Blame Rasho** » Wed Sep 18, 2013 1:17 pm

GS Warriors 1 wrote:Slowly getting back to the typical boxing week, looks like Andre Ward's next title defense will be against Edwin Rodriguez in November on HBO.

Surprised ward is fighting given how much hbo has been on his nuts.

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Bank Shot · Post #1486 » by **Bank Shot** » Thu Sep 19, 2013 4:17 pm

Ken Norton passed away.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/boxing/article-2424920/Ken-Norton-dies-aged-70.html

RIP Champ.

Blame Rasho · Post #1487 » by **Blame Rasho** » Fri Sep 20, 2013 11:31 pm

Bank Shot wrote:Ken Norton passed away.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/boxing/article-2424920/Ken-Norton-dies-aged-70.html

RIP Champ.

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He was an amazing fighter... Should have two W vs Ali but given that everyone was riding him as the greatest, Norton got jobbed.
The guy had a build like wald back in the day when no else was muscular...

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ItsDaBrush · Post #1488 » by **ItsDaBrush** » Tue Sep 24, 2013 10:20 pm

Fatso Chavez is trying to get the weight limit vs Vera changed again. It's currently the 168 limit after originally being a 164 catchweight and on the 7th of September but he couldn't make the weight even with the fight getting postponed by 3 weeks for a "cut." Now he wants it to be 173, I dislike this fat disgrace

ddt · Post #1489 » by **ddt** » Wed Sep 25, 2013 2:33 am

ItsDaBrush wrote:Fatso Chavez is trying to get the weight limit vs Vera changed again. It's currently the 168 limit after originally being a 164 catchweight and on the 7th of September but he couldn't make the weight even with the fight getting postponed by 3 weeks for a "cut." Now he wants it to be 173, I dislike this fat disgrace

SMH, Chavez jr. doesn't deserve to be named Chavez jr. Geeze he really treats his boxing career as a part time job.

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Post #1490 » by **Rich Rane** » Wed Sep 25, 2013 3:56 am

Blame Rasho wrote:
Bank Shot wrote:Ken Norton passed away.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/boxing/article-2424920/Ken-Norton-dies-aged-70.html

RIP Champ.
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He was an amazing fighter... Should have two W vs Ali but given that everyone was riding him as the greatest, Norton got jobbed.
The guy had a build like wald back in the day when no else was muscular...

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Always makes me wonder what the media would've thought of Ali had Norton taken that trilogy...that and if Eddie Futch wasn't either his or Frazier's trainers.

Blame Rasho · Post #1491 » by **Blame Rasho** » Thu Sep 26, 2013 2:24 am

Rich Rane wrote:
Blame Rasho wrote:
Bank Shot wrote:Ken Norton passed away.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/boxing/article-2424920/Ken-Norton-dies-aged-70.html

RIP Champ.
.

He was an amazing fighter... Should have two W vs Ali but given that everyone was riding him as the greatest, Norton got jobbed.
The guy had a build like wald back in the day when no else was muscular...

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Always makes me wonder what the media would've thought of Ali had Norton taken that trilogy...that and if Eddie Futch wasn't either his or Frazier's trainers.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Atzy49nQoNM

Em1 · Post #1492 » by **Em1** » Thu Sep 26, 2013 4:32 am

Did I hear this right? Arum said theyll way in THEN announce the contracted weight.

ddt · Post #1493 » by **ddt** » Thu Sep 26, 2013 4:40 pm

Em1 wrote:Did I hear this right? Arum said theyll way in THEN announce the contracted weight.

Wtf. What a joke.

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Blame Rasho · Post #1494 » by **Blame Rasho** » Thu Sep 26, 2013 11:06 pm

It isn't unreasonable to expect an upset... he is lazy... which is a shame given that he has all the physical tools(I mean he is 6"1... wtf) to be among the best but it just isn't in him to apply himself.

Butch718 · Post #1495 » by **Butch718** » Fri Sep 27, 2013 12:11 am

What a disgrace to his father's name.

ItsDaBrush · Post #1496 » by **ItsDaBrush** » Sat Sep 28, 2013 5:24 pm

Did you guys see the pictures of the weigh in, Chavez Jr looked drain as hell at freakin 173

Butch718 · Post #1497 » by **Butch718** » Sun Sep 29, 2013 4:30 am

Vera was robbed. Sorry but those judges were paid off. One had it 8 rounds to 2 in favor of Chavez. Give me a break. Chavez may have landed the harder shots, but he was outworked for all 10 rounds. And whenever he did land he couldn't really hurt Vera to the point of stopping his momentum. Vera was the smaller man and he was backing Chavez up for the majority of the fight. Decisions like this make me sick.

I really dislike Chavez. He's a lazy bum with an entitled attitude. Dude was stopping in the middle of the fight to complain about low blows and headbutts. Then he continued to b*tch about it in his post fight interview. He's a disgrace to his father's name.

GS Warriors 1 · Post #1498 » by **GS Warriors 1** » Sun Sep 29, 2013 5:57 am

Scored it 7-3 for Vera, he clearly won this fight but I had a feeling this **** would happen once it became quite clear early that Vera was a very live dog in this fight.

ItsDaBrush · Post #1499 » by **ItsDaBrush** » Sun Sep 29, 2013 3:49 pm

Chavez' complaining to the ref is a family tradition, Chavez sr.'s interviews after losing to Randall is one long whinefest about Richard Steele

Cammo101 · Post #1500 » by **Cammo101** » Sun Sep 29, 2013 3:57 pm

Boxing is becoming unwatchable thanks to all these awful decisions.