Boxing Thread

[Chief Whip]

What fighter of any substance has haye really beat? he can stand about all day and shoot his mouth off; but in the cold light of day you have to wonder who the real winner here is? and that can only be frank warren who will be rubbing his hands

[Minder]

Pretty clear from that Haye hit his manager Booth with the camera tripod. Haye seems to be 100% mouth, i dont know how he can stand there mouthing when he had his chance last year and failed miserably. I suppose he is trying to talk himself into another multi million payday and doesn't care if he wins or not.

[Atticus_Finch]

let's set the scene here.
david haye gatecrashes a press conference that he has nothing to with and starts mouthing off.
then he proceeds to glass/ punch chisora and in the following scuffle his manager gets cut/ glassed too.
at the end he then tells klitscko that he is a great champion but HIS manager is a disgrace.
I GIVE UP!
a great day for boxing, i had to wait on the brawl report to finish before i learned what happened in the actual fight.

Warren made the point that Haye should have been nowhere near the press conference .... I found that a bit rich coming from Warren.

The whole reason that Haye was out in Germany was to provide commentary on the fight for Box Nation and who is the main driving force behind Box Nation ?  Yes that is right, one Frank Warren.  I'm pretty sure Warren would have known about Haye working for his channel and after that it was on the cards that Haye was going to show up at the press conference.

[whiskeysteve]

ach, there will be a load of outrage for a while then they'll sit down and make a packet out of Haye v Chisora. Providing Derek doesnt literally 'burn' or 'shoot' him in the run up.

Thought Chisora put up a very good show against Vitali, which has kinda got lost in all this.

Think Vitali looked a tired man at the end and should be thinking about retirement, all these fights are a bit of a lose-lose for his prestige anyway. Given his ambitions outside boxing he also has double the pressure to maintain his health

[Archie Mitchell]

Magee fight on Boxnation for free now.

[Forever Green]

I saw that weigh in on Friday and then Chisora talking to the media after. I would put money on it that thon f**ker was wiped off his face on something. Anyhoo, good promotion for a fight between Chisora and Haye with their scrap. A pair of typical arrogant, english arseholes

As for the actual fight last night, it`s obvious Vitali only has one, maybe two more fights left in him. Chisora did quite well, a lot better than expected. However, it again shows how poor the heavyweight division is these days

[Atticus_Finch]

Froch admits prolonging a fight so his family and mates could get a bet up:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-17088977

He's probably lucky this is coming out now when Chisora and Haye are still stealing the headlines.

Chat of life bans for Chisora and Haye, I can't see that happening.

[LeoMc]

Dromid to issue a statement at midday.

Actually thought HAye was from Dromid. He was very quick to the cameras.

[thejuice]

Hard to take professional boxing seriously at all these days. Especially the heavy weights. Its as comical as WWE now and I wouldn't be surprised if the outcome was pre-determined either.

All the nonsense at weigh-ins and press conferences is what you would expect from a  crap Rocky movie or wrestling.

[The Iceman]

Crap and Rocky don't go together...... 

[thejuice]

Rocky V and the latest one. Crap and Crap.

[The Iceman]

Rocky V?!?!?!! Are you nuts?? The fight scene?
Yo Tommy you knocked him down, why don't you try knocking me down?
TOMMY GUNN ONLY FIGHTS IN THE RING
My rings outside

[Atticus_Finch]

May 5th - Paul McCloskey vs Julio Diaz , Kings Hall

Undercard will feature an Irish Middleweight Prizefighter - Anthony Fitzgerald, Eamonn O'Kane, Joe Rea, Mark Hefferon and Darren Cruise are all confirmed to fight.

[STREET FIGHTER]

May 5th - Paul McCloskey vs Julio Diaz , Kings Hall

Undercard will feature an Irish Middleweight Prizefighter - Anthony Fitzgerald, Eamonn O'Kane, Joe Rea, Mark Hefferon and Darren Cruise are all confirmed to fight.

Atticus what do you know about Julio Diaz?  What sort of challenge will he bring?

[Atticus_Finch]

May 5th - Paul McCloskey vs Julio Diaz , Kings Hall

Undercard will feature an Irish Middleweight Prizefighter - Anthony Fitzgerald, Eamonn O'Kane, Joe Rea, Mark Hefferon and Darren Cruise are all confirmed to fight.

Atticus what do you know about Julio Diaz?  What sort of challenge will he bring?

Wouldn't know a great deal about Julio Diaz.

But he's mixed it at world level and he's a former world title holder (IBF).He's got some decent names on his record.  News of this fight will hopefully register to some extent on the other side of the pond, something a bout with Curtis Woodhouse was not going to do.  The only fight i think i've watched of Diaz's was when he fought against Juan Diaz.

Just went to youtube to try get some footage of his last fight with kendall Holt.  All I could get was the third and final round:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbD9kr3wPCg

Holding my hands up to not having a great knowledge of him but I would say his strengths are his movement and in particular his ability to land combinations.

I'd be fairly confident of a comfortable win for McCloskey as from what i've seen of Diaz his defence is far from water tight - i think McCloskey should be able to tag him without any great difficulty.

In addition to that when you bring into the equation one of McCloskey's greatest strengths, his elusiveness, then if things go to plan then Diaz wouldn't be able to establish any rhythm or be allowed that window of opportunity to land combinations.

Also looking at Diaz's record he hasn't fought outside the States before.  I don't think he'll find travelling to Belfast easy, especially as he will have almost a year of inactivity by the time he steps into the ring on the 5th of May.

I would predict a comfortable points decision for McCloskey and wouldn't rule out a late stoppage between rounds 10-12.