- Mar 4, 2013
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Smh at Mikey if he does fight Broner
Blatant cherry pick
The Garcia fam is held to a higher standard
Blatant cherry pick
The Garcia fam is held to a higher standard
Official 2017 Boxing Thread: 12/16 - Billy Joe Saunders vs. David Lemieux HBO
- Thread in 'Sports & Training' Thread starter Started by Bobby Layne,
- Start date
- Jun 7, 2012
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Cherry pick or not, good payday for mikey
- Jan 14, 2014
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I don't think the world is ready for that.
- Jun 7, 2012
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http://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/...m-eyes-terence-crawford-julius-indongo-august
Arum not waiting for hbo
Arum not waiting for hbo
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- Aug 22, 2013
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Tank signed an endorsement deal with UA.
- Jun 7, 2012
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http://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/...h-world-title-facing-yoshihiro-kamegai-aug-26
Cotto signs a multi fight deal with golden boy after leaving roc nation, will fight kamegai and then possible Lemieux
Cotto signs a multi fight deal with golden boy after leaving roc nation, will fight kamegai and then possible Lemieux
- Mar 6, 2004
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I hope Lemieux destroys cotton face
- Jan 14, 2014
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Bad fight for Cotto. Lemieux is huge compared to him. Cotto should be looking at guys in 154 to finish out his career instead of getting ragdolled in a fight that can't be good for his long term health.
- Sep 28, 2003
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The fight is at the end of August that makes it almost 2 years since he last fought. Wouldn't surprise me if Kamegai beats him.
Lake Shore Drive
formerly slp product
- Feb 8, 2005
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I figured Cotto would've waited for the winner between Canelo/GGG.
Would've been a nice way to leave sport.
Didn't Canelo post a pic of him fighting GGG in sept and then him facing Cotto in Dec?
Would've been a nice way to leave sport.
Didn't Canelo post a pic of him fighting GGG in sept and then him facing Cotto in Dec?
- Mar 20, 2017
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Man when Charlo gon fight!
Jermall that is
Jermall that is
- Sep 28, 2003
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If he's ready, he should call out and fight Jacobs.
- Feb 25, 2010
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Cotto trippin'
Lemieux is not the fight he should end his career with.
Learn from B-Hop
Lemieux is not the fight he should end his career with.
Learn from B-Hop
Baby Newport
formerly freddie gordy
- Dec 28, 2016
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Cotto vs lemieux?? These old cats just dont know when to hang it up and still think they got it smh. Lemiuex will make cotto punch drunk.
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- Dec 28, 2003
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Am I the only one who read the word "possible" 
- Jan 23, 2008
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Mikey garcia - broner in the works for 7/29 at Barclays.
Looks like ab is gatekeeper status now.
Looks like ab is gatekeeper status now.
- Feb 6, 2011
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Am I the only one who read the word "possible"
Right lmao bigger chance that it's a canelo rematch than him fighting Lemieux
- Mar 20, 2017
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Hope AB get his as rocked
- Jan 11, 2009
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That wouldn't be an easy fight for Mikey AT ALL. I don't really believe it happens though.
- Mar 17, 2014
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Confused to why ppl think it's an easy W for Mikey. He's a beast though
- Mar 20, 2017
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U Answered ya own question AB is a drug addict now
- Aug 22, 2013
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Al is finally cashing Always Broke out
- Dec 28, 2003
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On his Facebook page Thursday, De La Hoya wrote:
To my fellow boxing fans:
I write in the hopes that together we can protect the sport of boxing.
With each passing day, it looks more and more likely that the circus known as Floyd Mayweather Vs. Conor McGregor will be coming to town in the near future.
As undercard fights start to take form, athletic commissions give their blessings in exchange for millions of dollars and the fighters start counting even more cash, one group will eventually be left to make sure this farce doesn’t occur.
We, the fans, who are the lifeblood of our sport.
Boxing is starting to dig out of the hole that Floyd and Manny Pacquiao shoveled by waiting seven years to put on a fight that ended up being as dull as it was anti-climactic.
2017 has started off as a banner year for boxing. Joshua vs. Klitschko; Thurman vs. Garcia; Golovkin vs. Jacobs; Canelo vs. Chavez. All four of these fights — and many more — have brought the fight game back and reinvigorated interest from the ever-elusive casual fan.
But if you thought Mayweather/Pacquiao was a black eye for our sport — a matchup between two of the best pound-for-pound fighters that simply didn’t deliver — just wait until the best boxer of a generation dismantles someone who has never boxed competitively at any level — amateur or professional.
Our sport might not ever recover.
I fully understand the initial attraction from any fan of combat sports. McGregor is almost certainly the best pound-for-pound MMA fighter. Floyd is Floyd — the most dominant boxer of his time.
But success in one sport does not guarantee success in another. Far from it. And let’s be clear, these are two different sports — from the size of the gloves fighters wear, to the size and shape of the ring, to the fact the one sport allows combatants to use their legs to strike.
Think about it, beyond Bo Jackson and Deion Sanders, what other athlete has successfully competed in two sports in the modern age? And Jackson and Sanders both played both baseball and football throughout their high school and college careers before going professional.
Furthermore, it’s not like McGregor would be fighting a good fighter, let alone a mediocre one. He would be fighting the best. To use a bit of an extreme analogy, I happen to be a pretty good golfer. Could I potentially hold my own on one of the second-tier tours? Maybe. But would I be able to compete with Rory McIlroy, Jordan Speith or Sergio Garcia? Of course not. Nor would I think to try.
Now, I know critics will say that I’m only writing this letter because my company is promoting what will be the culmination of an outstanding boxing year when Canelo Alvarez takes on Gennady “GGG” Golovkin in September, and I don’t want anything to distract attention away from that fight.
But my interest is in the health of boxing as a whole. It always has been. And if Floyd were to come out of retirement to take on someone like Keith “One-time” Thurman, Errol Spence or some other top welterweight, not only would I applaud the fight, I’d be the first one on line for a ticket.
That kind of fight is what the fans — and I am a fan first — deserve.
Which brings me back to the circus.
Floyd’s and Conor’s motivation is clear. It’s money. In fact, they don’t even pretend it’s not. But it’s also a lack of consequences for when the fight ends up being the disaster that is predicted. After this fight, neither of them will need us anymore. Floyd will go back to retirement — presumably for good this time with another nine-figure paycheck — and Conor will go back to the UFC.
It’s a win-win for them. It’s a lose-lose for us. We’ll be $100 lighter and we will have squandered another opportunity to bring boxing back to its rightful place as the sport of kings.
At this point, only we can shut the circus down by making it clear that we won’t pay to see a joke of a fight and telling our casual-fan friends that they shouldn’t either.
Sincerely,
Oscar
To my fellow boxing fans:
I write in the hopes that together we can protect the sport of boxing.
With each passing day, it looks more and more likely that the circus known as Floyd Mayweather Vs. Conor McGregor will be coming to town in the near future.
As undercard fights start to take form, athletic commissions give their blessings in exchange for millions of dollars and the fighters start counting even more cash, one group will eventually be left to make sure this farce doesn’t occur.
We, the fans, who are the lifeblood of our sport.
Boxing is starting to dig out of the hole that Floyd and Manny Pacquiao shoveled by waiting seven years to put on a fight that ended up being as dull as it was anti-climactic.
2017 has started off as a banner year for boxing. Joshua vs. Klitschko; Thurman vs. Garcia; Golovkin vs. Jacobs; Canelo vs. Chavez. All four of these fights — and many more — have brought the fight game back and reinvigorated interest from the ever-elusive casual fan.
But if you thought Mayweather/Pacquiao was a black eye for our sport — a matchup between two of the best pound-for-pound fighters that simply didn’t deliver — just wait until the best boxer of a generation dismantles someone who has never boxed competitively at any level — amateur or professional.
Our sport might not ever recover.
I fully understand the initial attraction from any fan of combat sports. McGregor is almost certainly the best pound-for-pound MMA fighter. Floyd is Floyd — the most dominant boxer of his time.
But success in one sport does not guarantee success in another. Far from it. And let’s be clear, these are two different sports — from the size of the gloves fighters wear, to the size and shape of the ring, to the fact the one sport allows combatants to use their legs to strike.
Think about it, beyond Bo Jackson and Deion Sanders, what other athlete has successfully competed in two sports in the modern age? And Jackson and Sanders both played both baseball and football throughout their high school and college careers before going professional.
Furthermore, it’s not like McGregor would be fighting a good fighter, let alone a mediocre one. He would be fighting the best. To use a bit of an extreme analogy, I happen to be a pretty good golfer. Could I potentially hold my own on one of the second-tier tours? Maybe. But would I be able to compete with Rory McIlroy, Jordan Speith or Sergio Garcia? Of course not. Nor would I think to try.
Now, I know critics will say that I’m only writing this letter because my company is promoting what will be the culmination of an outstanding boxing year when Canelo Alvarez takes on Gennady “GGG” Golovkin in September, and I don’t want anything to distract attention away from that fight.
But my interest is in the health of boxing as a whole. It always has been. And if Floyd were to come out of retirement to take on someone like Keith “One-time” Thurman, Errol Spence or some other top welterweight, not only would I applaud the fight, I’d be the first one on line for a ticket.
That kind of fight is what the fans — and I am a fan first — deserve.
Which brings me back to the circus.
Floyd’s and Conor’s motivation is clear. It’s money. In fact, they don’t even pretend it’s not. But it’s also a lack of consequences for when the fight ends up being the disaster that is predicted. After this fight, neither of them will need us anymore. Floyd will go back to retirement — presumably for good this time with another nine-figure paycheck — and Conor will go back to the UFC.
It’s a win-win for them. It’s a lose-lose for us. We’ll be $100 lighter and we will have squandered another opportunity to bring boxing back to its rightful place as the sport of kings.
At this point, only we can shut the circus down by making it clear that we won’t pay to see a joke of a fight and telling our casual-fan friends that they shouldn’t either.
Sincerely,
Oscar
- Feb 25, 2010
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