Boxing Thread

[Medic]

GGG had Brook in the first round, could have taken him out but did it on purpose to give a big drama show to let the fight carry on and tell Brook to hit him! Street fight crazy fight GGG is fucked up lol

[Medic]

Yeah and I agree re Mayweather vs GGG. Floyd's punches landing on GGG would feel like butterflies. He'd get walked down. GGG is too big for him.

[JimStynes]

Yeah and I agree re Mayweather vs GGG. Floyd's punches landing on GGG would feel like butterflies. He'd get walked down. GGG is too big for him.

Again I disagree but it's all about opinions. Mayweather has only been hit clean a handful of times in a 20 year career. He's not a knockout puncher so he wouldn't be looking to knockout GGG. I reckon it would be another point scoring exercise (GGG never moves his head ffs) and then avoiding GGG. I know Canelo isn't the same as GGG, but Mayweather made Canelo look stupid when everyone was saying that he was going to walk him down and use his power to stop Mayweather. GGG hasn't faced anything even close to a fighter of the quality of a prime Mayweather and it would be that style of fighter who would have the best chance against him. We really know very little about GGG, who has he fought that is a top p4p top 10 fighter? An animal at his weight but gets hit too much and needs some bigger names on his CV to go down as a true legend. Not really his fault but he needs to try and get some big fights soon otherwise he is going to be over the hill, he's 34 now!

[BennyHarp]

GGG had Brook in the first round, could have taken him out but did it on purpose to give a big drama show to let the fight carry on and tell Brook to hit him! Street fight crazy fight GGG is fucked up lol

I don't buy this big drama show stuff. GGG is a feckin animal who punches like a mule but he was not eating those punches for fun. His head movement isn't good and he gets caught fairly easily. A slick heavy handed, proper middle weight could cause him problems, there aren't many of those around though and unfortunately you need a full suit of armour on if you go in the ring with him. Eubank Jr would be fun while it lasted.

I'd like to see him clean up at middleweight by taking out Saunders then move up to super middle where he might run into a few guys who can bang just as hard as him....then we will see if he is really the megastar that he is hyped up to be. This might sound a bit premature now but give it a year or 18 months and GGG V Calum Smith could be a cracker!

[Medic]

Canelo was 2 pounds short of 154 vs Floyd.. this is why Mayweather put all those conditions so he can have an advantage, When you go down in weight your body is dehydrated and you don't perform at your best. Exactly that is what he did to Canelo, besides Canelo was green at 21 years of age. Even with all at catchweight, GGG is a different beast than Canelo and he would destroy Mayweather even at 154, he is too strong and punches like a freaking mule. All GGG has to do is cut the ring off and land one punch and Floyd will be in sleepyville!!

To quote Stephen A Smith... "Floyd is a defensively brilliant fighter, one of the greatest I've ever seen. He don't need to get in a ring with triple G. One punch is all it would take, One! Stay away from triple G, stay away from him"

Sure Mayweather is great. But he's boring as fcuk. He dodges fighters in their primes. Pitter Patters his way to victory. He has no power. I'd rather watch paint dry or grass grow.

ETA: 5 Times Floyd Mayweather Got Stunned https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ofeqQ_ljCk

[bennydorano]

Alvarez beats Liam Smith & says GGG is avoiding him!

Liam Smith v Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez: Briton loses WBO light-middleweight title - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/boxing/37399818

[gallsman]

Vicious body shot.

[JoG2]

Canelo and Eubank jnr must the same PR firm! Embarrassing from both camps

[bridgegael]

Frank warren had a right go at eubank Jr. on boxnation last night.

[Atticus_Finch]

Mick Conlan has gone pro with Top Rank (Bob Arum's promotion company).   That's some move for him.  The robbery got him some exposure, even if he had got a gold medal he wouldn't have got a fraction of that and he's benefitted big time from it. Fair play to him, deserves to benefit from it.

Paddy Barnes has also gone pro and signed with MGM (Matt Macklin's promotion company) which Jamie Conlan is also a part of.

[BennyHarp]

Frank warren had a right go at eubank Jr. on boxnation last night.

But Eubank Sr is only looking after the welfare of the mere mortals that Jr might have to face if he continues to fight for the British title. 

In all seriousness though, junior needs to ditch his dad. He's a very exciting fighter who I believe, if handled in the correct way could cause problems for the very best boxers..... But under his current management team he is going nowhere and soon won't be touched by any promoters.

[BennyHarp]

Ah ffs, Klitchko v Fury 2 is cancelled. Fury injured again apparently. He gave Haye some stick over his sort of thing.

[Milltown Row2]

Ah ffs, Klitchko v Fury 2 is cancelled. Fury injured again apparently. He gave Haye some stick over his sort of thing.

Making a fool of himself

[Hound]

"Tyson has, this week, been declared medically unfit to fight. Medical specialists have advised that the condition is too severe to allow him to participate in the rematch and that he will require treatment before going back into the ring. Tyson will now immediately undergo the treatment he needs to make a full recovery"

That sounds like it could be code for alcohol or drugs related problems. They're being deliberately vague anyway.

[JoG2]

History will tell our kids,  grandkids etc that Fury was heavyweight champion of the world... This actually belongs in the things that make you go what the feck thread!