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[carjoch_831]

What are some of your all time favorite fights?


Been watching old ones on YT...Pac/Marquez I, Pac/Cotto, RJJ/Toney, looking for another to watch tonight.

corrales/castillo

[dickdicky]

[AirJordanB]

So, is ward planning on moving up or down in weight anytime soon, or is he just content on wasting his prime away?

He was tied up in a contract dispute with his old promoter IIRC. He signed with RocNation and should be making his return soon. I'd like GGG to move up and face Ward at 168, since he's never going to get a big fight at 154 or 160. I think Froch needs a dance partner as well. Those two fights would let us see where Golovkin really stands, since he's been crushing cans at 160.

[slinginmango]

wtf is this ****

He was tied up in a contract dispute with his old promoter IIRC. He signed with RocNation and should be making his return soon. I'd like GGG to move up face Ward at 168, since he's never going to get a big fight at 154 or 160.

said he's move down to manny/money's weight so he could fight them, but that's never gonna happen. would be interesting though.

[AirJordanB]

said he's move down to manny/money's weight so he could fight them, but that's never gonna happen. would be interesting though.

I read that. Both Floyd and Manny made their recent opponents at light middleweight fight at a catch weight, though. Neither of them will ever get in the ring with GGG. He doesn't have the name or drawing power yet with casual fans and he would be HUGE at 154. The only fight for him at 154 would be Canelo, but Golden Boy won't let him near GGG either. He has to move up for a big fight.

[slinginmango]

I read that. Both Floyd and Manny made their recent opponents at light middleweight fight at a catch weight, though. Neither of them will ever get in the ring with GGG. He doesn't have the name or drawing power yet with casual fans and he would be HUGE at 154. The only fight for him at 154 would be Canelo, but Golden Boy won't let him near GGG either. He has to move up for a big fight.

Apparently Canelo wants Golvkin and Gennady said Canelo will be the guy to face him. If that ever does happen I hope its sooner rather than later. Man if there's one thing I hate in boxing, it's all this ducking and political bullsh*t. Two guys that want to fight each other but no...gotta protect Canelo so he can be the face of boxing instead of potentially getting KOed by Golovkin.

Such is life in boxing though. I guess Canelo/Cotto should be decent.

[spambasco]

GGG is the real deal..

[Rebelthq]

Kamegai fighting tonight, poverty cable provider doesn't have FS1 Cricket it is

[svtballa]

corrales/castillo

Probly the best fight I've seen

[rayray905]

read today that haymon contacted arum asking if bradley is available to fight khan on the may 2nd undercard.

that would be a really interesting fight. would love to see this happen. other than a broner-maidana rematch on the undercard, there's no other fight out there that can be a worthy undercard for the biggest fight perhaps of all time

[Swept]

Not like there's an abundance of fighters at middleweight tho, super middle is much better, guys there wont avoid him, would like to see him against anybody from the super 6 tourny a few years ago.

A lot of fighters are that, fighters, not boxers.

He wants to unify the titles Cotto just has to man up and fight him already.

SMW is weak, no one outside of Ward and Froch are even worth mentioning. Ward isn't even a SMW, I'm starting to think he scared of Stevenson and Kovalev

[hardgainersrs]

Hey wondering if any guys in here could give me some advice. Ive always want to try boxing out used to be really small now much lager and figure with would be fun to learn. Any routes a 26 year old with no expericance at all would do to start /?

[Rebelthq]

He wants to unify the titles Cotto just has to man up and fight him already.

SMW is weak, no one outside of Ward and Froch are even worth mentioning. Ward isn't even a SMW, I'm starting to think he scared of Stevenson and Kovalev

Comparatively tho? Hopkins is now at super middle,thats a good test,n no Kovalev can actually box so dont metion him lol but the Dirrell brothers,Kessler, hell even Glen Johnson could test him, lets see how it plays out

[Rebelthq]

Hey wondering if any guys in here could give me some advice. Ive always want to try boxing out used to be really small now much lager and figure with would be fun to learn. Any routes a 26 year old with no expericance at all would do to start /?

I started at 210, at 175 right now lol Cardio is king, start building it immediately, worry about nothing else for now, with no experience any local gym can impart the fundamentals but keep running bruh trust me

[Swept]

Comparatively tho? Hopkins is now at super middle,thats a good test,n no Kovalev can actually box so dont metion him lol but the Dirrell brothers,Kessler, hell even Glen Johnson could test him, lets see how it plays out

Its better for him to stay at 160 for now until he beats Cotto and Quillin , maybe the Charlo brothers, Canelo, Lara or Andrade move up

[YesWayNoWeigh]

Hey wondering if any guys in here could give me some advice. Ive always want to try boxing out used to be really small now much lager and figure with would be fun to learn. Any routes a 26 year old with no expericance at all would do to start /?

go to a gym lol

[SpiritFighter]

He wants to unify the titles Cotto just has to man up and fight him already.

SMW is weak, no one outside of Ward and Froch are even worth mentioning. Ward isn't even a SMW, I'm starting to think he scared of Stevenson and Kovalev

Would like to see cotto and GGG fight (as well as cotto/canelo), but with that said in cotto's defense; he's a small junior middleweight. Let alone middleweight. If anybody needs to man up, its the significantly larger man GGG. Quit challenging smaller guys who you hold a distinct size advantage over. Add to that he's got some serious power and doesn't bring much to the table money wise.

Yes he holds a middleweight belt, but he don't care about the belt and has no intention of fighting a middleweight. He's already told the committee that they aren't on going to force him to do anything, they can take the belt whenever they want.

[AirJordanB]

Would like to see cotto and GGG fight (as well as cotto/canelo), but with that said in cotto's defense; he's a small junior middleweight. Let alone middleweight. If anybody needs to man up, its the significantly larger man GGG. Quit challenging smaller guys who you hold a distinct size advantage over. Add to that he's got some serious power and doesn't bring much to the table money wise.

Yes he holds a middleweight belt, but he don't care about the belt and has no intention of fighting a middleweight. He's already told the committee that they aren't on going to force him to do anything, they can take the belt whenever they want.

This.

I'm already tired of seeing GGG beat up on cans. Middleweight is currently the thinnest division in boxing. Gennady has to stop chasing welterweights who occasionally fight at 154 and light middlweights with one fight at 160. If Cotto was a proper middleweight, he would give GGG a boxing lesson. Anyway, he should either move up or accept where he's at and stop calling out smaller fighters.

[dannyg2127]

This.

I'm already tired of seeing GGG beat up on cans. Middleweight is currently the thinnest division in boxing. Gennady has to stop chasing welterweights who occasionally fight at 154 and light middlweights with one fight at 160. If Cotto was a proper middleweight, he would give GGG a boxing lesson. Anyway, he should either move up or accept where he's at and stop calling out smaller fighters.

Golovkin said all along he wanted to unify the belts at 160, now he ha 3 and is waiting on that last one. Cotto wont do that fight, I love Cotto but he wouldn't stand a chance against GGG. The thing is though if he is going to play champion and hold that belt then f*cking defend it. Defend or vacate, Sergio was the same way. I really wish Golovkin was able to get Sergio that would have been a massacre.

He really is what a boxing champion/superstar should be. Fights 4 times a year at least and always looking for the biggest fights. Meanwhile you have every one else fighting twice a year if we are lucky and maybe one of those is a decent name.

[GrecoRoman]

Golovkin said all along he wanted to unify the belts at 160, now he ha 3 and is waiting on that last one. Cotto wont do that fight, I love Cotto but he wouldn't stand a chance against GGG. The thing is though if he is going to play champion and hold that belt then f*cking defend it. Defend or vacate, Sergio was the same way. I really wish Golovkin was able to get Sergio that would have been a massacre.

He really is what a boxing champion/superstar should be. Fights 4 times a year at least and always looking for the biggest fights. Meanwhile you have every one else fighting twice a year if we are lucky and maybe one of those is a decent name.

yep, every time he fights you hear about how what he's doing in the ring makes guys reluctant to take fights against him. Pretty sure Roach came out and said that Cotto wouldn't be fighting GGG anytime soon given where he is in his career. Thats not a fight that would interest a small middleweight towards the end.

[SpiritFighter]

Golovkin said all along he wanted to unify the belts at 160, now he ha 3 and is waiting on that last one. Cotto wont do that fight, I love Cotto but he wouldn't stand a chance against GGG. The thing is though if he is going to play champion and hold that belt then f*cking defend it. Defend or vacate, Sergio was the same way. I really wish Golovkin was able to get Sergio that would have been a massacre.

He really is what a boxing champion/superstar should be. Fights 4 times a year at least and always looking for the biggest fights. Meanwhile you have every one else fighting twice a year if we are lucky and maybe one of those is a decent name.

1. Golovkin is still an option on the table that cotto is considering. Golovkin, a guy who is two weight classes bigger. Why isn't golovkin challenging a guy that is 1 weight class bigger? But yes, cotto is a b1tch for fighting guys who are bigger than him, while golovkin is what a boxing superstar/champion should be....challenging guys multiple division below him and all.

2. Wtf is the point of unifying a ****ty division?

[NateTheGood]

ATTENTION BOXING FANS!!! YOUR SILLY SPORT IS DYING AND IS PRETTY MUCH DEAD!!! IT IS OBSOLETE AND REFUSES TO EVOLVE!!! YOUR FANBASE IS GONE AND THE OLD FARTS WHO STILL WATCH IT ARE DYING OUT!!! BOXING WILL BE GONE IN 5 YEARS!!!

Meanwhile we're got some stupendous fights coming up in the next few weeks:

Sat March 28 2015 (Showtime)
*(WBC Featherweight Title) Jhonny Gonzalez vs Gary Russell Jr

Sat April 4 2015 (CBS)
*(The Ring and WBC Light Heavyweight Title) Adonis Stevenson vs Sakio Bika
*Artur Beterbiev vs Gabriel Campillo

Sat April 11 2015 (NBC)
*(The Ring Junior Welterweight Title) Danny Garcia vs Lamont Peterson
*(WBO Middleweight Title) Andy Lee vs Peter Quillin

Sat April 18 2015 (HBO)
*(WBO Lightweight Title) Terence Crawford vs Thomas Dulorme
*Lucas Mattysse vs Ruslan Provodnikov

Sat April 25 2015 (HBO)
*(The Ring, IBF, WBA, WBO Heavyweight Title) Wladimir Klitschko vs Bryant Jennings

So this dying sport will be getting 5 consecutive weeks of amazing action:
-Gonzalez getting some good exposure after breathing some life back into 126.
-Stevenson, Beterbiev, Quillin, and Garcia potentially producing some highlight KO's on national TV in two consecutive weeks
-Two potential superfights in the fall between the winners on the previous cards
-Exciting slugfests with the likes of Crawford and Matthysse/Provodnikov
-The heavyweight title being defended in USA on American TV for the first time in a long time

And all of this before some fight I've heard some minor buzz about for the first weekend in May...

[dannyg2127]

1. Golovkin is still an option on the table that cotto is considering. Golovkin, a guy who is two weight classes bigger. Why isn't golovkin challenging a guy that is 1 weight class bigger? But yes, cotto is a b1tch for fighting guys who are bigger than him, while golovkin is what a boxing superstar/champion should be....challenging guys multiple division below him and all.

2. Wtf is the point of unifying a ****ty division?

Cotto isn't fighting Golovkin. Roach has pretty much said it isn't happening and the only fight he will be doing at 160 now is Canelo even though that one pretty much fell through. Again, if Cotto is going to hold a MW title then f*cking defend it. Don't hold it hostage rejecting fights against the actual champs in the division. Who is Golovkin challenging that is multiple divisions below him? Cotto is a MW title holder. He is a MW.

It's impressive for anyone to unify the division. It doesn't happen often. Jermaine Tayler was the last by beating Hopkins. If you think the MW division is bad now look at it when Hopkins was the unified champ.

[HtotheOV]

Who would win in a street fight, Boxer or Wrestler???


not srs


Agreed with above..awesome fights above. I want to see Cotto/GGG. Cotto is my favorite fighter.

[SpiritFighter]

Cotto isn't fighting Golovkin. Roach has pretty much said it isn't happening and the only fight he will be doing at 160 now is Canelo even though that one pretty much fell through. Again, if Cotto is going to hold a MW title then f*cking defend it. Don't hold it hostage rejecting fights against the actual champs in the division. Who is Golovkin challenging that is multiple divisions below him? Cotto is a MW title holder. He is a MW.

Cotto doesn't even know what he is doing/fighting. Let alone roach. Who is golovkin challenging that is multiple divisions below him? Pacquaio, mayweather and cotto. All welterweights. And yes, golovkin challenged cotto before he even had a middleweight strap.

The canelo fight fell through as far as fighting on this cinco de mayo goes, but that fight is not off the table. Could very well happen in September. Ain't nothing being held up, ain't nothing relevant that can't wait. Plenty of good fighters in the division above golovkin.

Hopefully cotto just gives the strap up, so you bishes won't have anymore excuses as to why golovkin can't challenge guys his size, or god forbid, bigger than him.

It's impressive for anyone to unify the division. It doesn't happen often. Jermaine Tayler was the last by beating Hopkins. If you think the MW division is bad now look at it when Hopkins was the unified champ.

That's irrelevant. Being unified champ isn't impressive when it comes by way of beating white Irish boys.

[RainingBlood14]

What are some of your all time favorite fights?


Been watching old ones on YT...Pac/Marquez I, Pac/Cotto, RJJ/Toney, looking for another to watch tonight.

Check out HBO's Legendary Nights series on youtube, Its got all the classics from the 80's and 90's.

My fav all time fight was Julio Cesar Chavez v Meldrick Taylor. Goat great fight, great story and great all time controversy.
That was one of the first fights I can remember watching.
Chavez was the pound for pound king untill he fought Whitaker

[FGCHENG]

If GGG had a fight with Mayweather and Pacquiao on the same night.. (One fight after the next) Who would you put your money on? GGG or Mayweather/Pacquiao

[Swept]

Would like to see cotto and GGG fight (as well as cotto/canelo), but with that said in cotto's defense; he's a small junior middleweight. Let alone middleweight. If anybody needs to man up, its the significantly larger man GGG. Quit challenging smaller guys who you hold a distinct size advantage over. Add to that he's got some serious power and doesn't bring much to the table money wise.

Yes he holds a middleweight belt, but he don't care about the belt and has no intention of fighting a middleweight. He's already told the committee that they aren't on going to force him to do anything, they can take the belt whenever they want.

Quillin is still out there. GGG is basically doing what Ward is doing, except GGG isn't a natural 168 while Ward is a natural 175 who walks around at 190.

[NateTheGood]

Cotto doesn't even know what he is doing/fighting. Let alone roach. Who is golovkin challenging that is multiple divisions below him? Pacquaio, mayweather and cotto. All welterweights. And yes, golovkin challenged cotto before he even had a middleweight strap.

The canelo fight fell through as far as fighting on this cinco de mayo goes, but that fight is not off the table. Could very well happen in September. Ain't nothing being held up, ain't nothing relevant that can't wait. Plenty of good fighters in the division above golovkin.

Hopefully cotto just gives the strap up, so you bishes won't have anymore excuses as to why golovkin can't challenge guys his size, or god forbid, bigger than him.

Agreed on Golovkin. He comes off as desperate when challenging guys several divisions below him, especially when there are plenty of good opponents at 160 and 168 to choose from.

That's irrelevant. Being unified champ isn't impressive when it comes by way of beating white Irish boys.

Regardless of your views on certain champions or contenders please take that racist inferiority chit somewhere else.

[SpiritFighter]

Regardless of your views on certain champions or contenders please take that racist inferiority chit somewhere else.

I'm white. The fact of the matter is, Macklin, Lee, etc = meh.

Get off your horse