Boxing Thread

[CiKe]

Book it. Big fight. If he has any notion of boxing he will know t!!hese guys and look forward to that fight

+1, unlikely to be an exciting brawl but two very skilled boxers - if was me would be delighted!

[Rois]

Thanks - booked it so will report on Sunday how the surprise goes down. Just means I'll have to sit through it, but sure it is something different.

[Atticus_Finch]

Rois, if Carlsberg did Girlfriends ......

You must be up there with the best girlfriends in the world, if I was your fella i'd propose to you after a surprise like that ... if things don't work out with your boyfriend give me a shout 

Would echo what bridgegael and Cike have said.  There's only one bigger upcoming fight than this and that's Martinez and Chavez jr.  But this is an exciting match up nonetheless. The number one light heavyweight facing the number one super middleweight - definitely worth a watch.  I'd say your boyfriend will just be delighted to see Andre Ward in the flesh. Enjoy your trip !

[The Iceman]

Andre Ward is definitely a contender for P4P best in the World.
He cross trains a lot with the Diaz brothers in Lodi, California at Grace Jiu Jitsu. Wish MMA paid more money because he would be great to watch in the cage.

He is what boxing needs right now. All the ability and none of the arrogance of FMW

[Atticus_Finch]

It looks like Adrien Broner fight against Vincente Escobedo is now back on.

The fight looked likely to be called off after Broner, who has been dubbed "The new Mayweather" failed to make weight.  He weighed 13 pounds over the contracted weight this morning.  But it looks like both sides have now come to an agreement with Escobedo getting an additional $400k for agreeing to the fight.  They are fighting for the now vacant WBO super featherweight title as broner has been stripped of the title,  the title is only on the line for Escobedo.

If anyone follows Broner's twitter account this scenario could have been forseen:

https://twitter.com/AdrienBroner/status/224619710354952193/photo/1

Bit of a disgrace, if i had paid money to go watch this fight i'd be pretty pissed off.  Broner already being a big favourite now has to much of a weight advantage to make it a fair contest.  But from what i've seen of him so far i'm not really that surprised at his lack of respect for his opponent or for the fans, comes across as a bit of a pr!ck:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfZpbhg2Juk

I see that Enzo Calzaghe has offered to become Khan's coach.  Not that i like to see Khan do well but it could be a move that makes sense. Khan would get the undivided attention he craves if he did join up with Calzaghe.  Over the past 1/2 I think that Parkinson's disease is increasingly affecting Roach.  I'm judging this mainly on the basis of interviews, his speech seems to have become increasingly disjointed.  I wouldn't know an awful lot about Parkinson's but it clearly would impact his movement and if it did get much worse you would have to wonder would it still be wise (or beneficial) him putting on the pads and stepping in the ring for training.

[Atticus_Finch]

As expected Broner coasted through that fight relatively unscatched with Escobedo's corner throwing in the towel towards the end of the 5th.

Once again Broner used the post fight interview to get more publicity and didn't take the opportunity to apologise for not making weight:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkSsQ11Y4Ng

Can't blame Escobedo for taking the fight, with a newborn to support it would have been hard for him to turn down the extra money in a fight which he was always going to lose, he gets another crack at the belt from what I understand..

The fight didn't really tell us anything new about Broner,  we won't find out anything new until he is put in with an opponent who will make him extend himself.  That could come in the form of the winner of Ricky Burns vs Kevin Mitchell as Broner has now been named the number one contender by WBO and will most likely get a chance against whoever holds that belt after the fight in Glasgow on the 22nd of September.

[Rois]

Tickets went down really well - thanks for advice!

[JimStynes]

I like the look of Broner so far. Love the trash talk as well, great entertainment. As Floyd says every fight needs a pantomine villain and Broner looks happy enough to play that role. Cant wait to he moves up to 140

[Christmas Lights]

I like the look of Broner so far. Love the trash talk as well, great entertainment. As Floyd says every fight needs a pantomine villain and Broner looks happy enough to play that role. Cant wait to he moves up to 140

He more or less has already, came in way over the weight for the fight at the weekend 

Cant like Broner even though he is a good fighter, trying to duplicate PBF in every way......get your own style and personality you p***k 

Also, there isnt enough facepalms in this world for the hairbursh "joke" in the post fight interview.

[JimStynes]

I like the look of Broner so far. Love the trash talk as well, great entertainment. As Floyd says every fight needs a pantomine villain and Broner looks happy enough to play that role. Cant wait to he moves up to 140

He more or less has already, came in way over the weight for the fight at the weekend 

Cant like Broner even though he is a good fighter, trying to duplicate PBF in every way......get your own style and personality you p***k 

Also, there isnt enough facepalms in this world for the hairbursh "joke" in the post fight interview.

he's doing well at selling his fights, boxing would be boring if we didn't have people like him. His only problem is he is trying to be like floyd but doesn't have half the talent floyd had at that age.

[Atticus_Finch]

Selling a pair of tickets for the Carl Frampton fight on the 22nd of September also featuring Paul McCloskey, Eamon O'Kane and Martin Lindsay on the undercard.

Unfortunately I am now going to be away from belfast that weekend and can't make the fight. 

Bought the tickets as soon as they went on sale, they are very well located.

Face value for the tickets is £65 each.

PM me if interested, thanks.

[Atticus_Finch]

Just got a text from one of my mates there to tell me that Kiko Martinez has pulled out of the Frampton fight. 

Great timing for someone that is trying to sell tickets !!!

According to boxrec it looks like Frampton is now going to be fighting Steve Molitor, who is a former two time world champ.

Martinez was reportedly very poor in his warm up fight that he fought at the end of July at the Emerald bar (used to be the Devenish) and perhaps his withdrawal shouldn't be surprising.  Molitor is still a very good fighter but I realise that without Martinez on it the bill doesn't have the same attraction. 

Would take less than face value for tickets - if interested PM me.

[gallsman]

Steve Molitor is definitely a step up from anyone Frampton has fought so far. Big test.

[Atticus_Finch]

Completely agree gallsman and they've done well to get someone of Molitor's class at such short notice.  However, after what kiko Martinez did to bernard Dunne, the frampton vs martinez fight did have an attraction for the irish fight fan but maybe it's a blessing for frampton.  From what I heard Martinez looked poor in belfast when he fought in Belfast at the end of July.  If Frampton beats Molitor it will be a well earned victory. 

I'm gutted not to be making it but unfortunately not about Belfast that weekend.

[Milltown Row2]

Checked out his profile, 35 fights 2 loses and 12 KO's. By all accounts a very good fighter and will be tough for Carl. Should be a great night