Boxing Thread

[omaghjoe]

No estoy de acuerdo contigo

I take ur point but he looks heavier set than most MWs who usually come in under 6ft. I think he's gonna have bother making 154 soon enough but time will tell

He also actually looks naturally thicker than Cotto, plus those 2 inches, I think that size will be the deciding factor Saturday night but wouldnt be surprised if Cotto came out on top either.

[gallsman]

Trying to get Frampton tickets. Have they already sold out or not gone on sale yet? Thought it was this morning at 9.

[gallsman]

Just too slow by looks of things.

[Milltown Row2]

Just too slow by looks of things.

Sold out!! Very quick

[Atticus_Finch]

Hearing tickets sold out in ten minutes , serious demand. I see there is a further allocation going on sale at 12 for matchroom fight pass members which unfortunately will probably be the way of the future. Pay Mr Hearn an annual £30 subscription and get access to priority tickets. Think they do something similar with darts and pre-sale tickets.

Sad to see tickets going up on touting websites and genuine fans losing out or getting ripped off , suppose it is always going to happen with any high demand event.

Looking forward to the Cotto fight, would love to see him win but just can't see it panning out that way. Think too much was made of cotto'a win against an injury torn Sergio Martinez and a weight drained Geale. Alvarez to win on points or even a late stoppage.

On the WBC issue, it wasn't just the 300k that cotto was going to have to pay but he was also supposedly going to have to pay Golovkin (who was the WBC mandatory challenger) 800k step aside money.  1.1m out of a purse even for a big fight like this is a sizeable chunk and you can understand why he decided against it. Mayweather would always get a sanctioning fee reduction by negotiating with a bit of "you need me, more than I need you" persuasion.   Hopefully cotto's stance may in some way encourage a bit of a revolt against the sanctioning bodies and there may be an overhaul of them with the eradication of alphabet soup belts becoming a thing of the past. A boy can dream !

[Boycey]

Droves of tickets in almost every block of the arena for sale on Viagogo as soon as the tickets went on sale this morning. There are currently 11 pages of tickets with the cheapest coming in at €210. Somebody is having a right laugh...

[gallsman]

Canelo 155, Cotto 153.5 in shoes and socks.

[gallsman]

Decent fight, couple of good, explosive exchanges, particularly round 8. Canelo just too big and strong. Cotto was never in too much trouble but just couldn't make an impact.

The preceding Miura-Vargas fight was brilliant with a great comeback.

[BennyHarp]

Decent fight, couple of good, explosive exchanges, particularly round 8. Canelo just too big and strong. Cotto was never in too much trouble but just couldn't make an impact.

The preceding Miura-Vargas fight was brilliant with a great comeback.

The Vargas fight was superb, he showed some metal to withstand hits to that injury? What did you make of Rigondeaux? Once again, he didn't exactly blow me away against poor enough opposition. He just seems to want to do just enough to win fights, so no wonder he's not box office material. I just wonder how he'd react under immense pressure from Frampton or even Quigg! I'm not sure he's as far above them as everyone suggests, though he has bags and bags of talent!

[gallsman]

I downloaded it this morning and it was in two parts so only caught the final two fights. By all accounts, Rigo was horrendous.

[BennyHarp]

I downloaded it this morning and it was in two parts so only caught the final two fights. By all accounts, Rigo was horrendous.

It wasn't great, the crowd starting booing at one stage as he just tippy tapped his way through the fight to win clearly on points against a guy who, 2 fights previously was knocked out in round 1. He's obviously a huge talent but he doesn't seem to want to get into a fight, perhaps due to the fact that he's been floored a number of times in his career. I've watched his last 3 fights with a view to finding out about this guy who everyone says is in a class of his own, so far I've been exceptionally disappointed.

[JimStynes]

Rigo looks like the sort of fighter who can just lift his game when he needs to. It is probably all too easy for him at the minute. Against Donaire he was very very good. The man is a joy to watch when he is on form, his footwork and defensive skills are just incredible.

[BennyHarp]

Rigo looks like the sort of fighter who can just lift his game when he needs to. It is probably all too easy for him at the minute. Against Donaire he was very very good. The man is a joy to watch when he is on form, his footwork and defensive skills are just incredible.

I agree, he has all the skills but he has been on the floor a number of times so his defensive shield can be broken down. I just don't think he is as far ahead of the rest as appears to be the general consensus but no doubt he'll prove me wrong by cleaning out the winner of Frampton Quigg.

[JimStynes]

It's just a shame that he didn't get into the pro game earlier and that his style is quite boring for the average spectator to make him a proper prize fighter. I personally just love watching defensive fights like him and mayweather. His movement, speed, footwork and all the rest are class. Would love to be proved wrong, but I think he would beat both Quigg and and Frampton quite easily. Frampton said as much a while back. It's all about the money fights at the end of the day and Rigo isn't a big money fight.

Canelo and GGG is the next big prize fight! That will be massive.

[gallsman]

Great words from Canelo after the fight. Clearly full of respect and admiration for GGG but he'll clearly fight anyone.

Not much of an excuse but think Rigo fight was made at a week's notice or so?