Boxing Thread

[bennydorano]

'The Great White Hype' film with Samuel L Jackson & Jeff Goldbloom should have been watched yesterday to prepare people for the inevitable anti-climax. It's a gem of a comedy btw well worth watching.

[Eamonnca1]

Credit card companies are paranoid about fraud and have become a monumental pain in the arse as a result. You need to phone them to tell them your whereabouts to be sure of getting cash out, when you need it or to avoid embarrassment in a shop/restaurant etc.

As soon as I buy something when traveling I immediately get a text asking me to confirm where I am. Bit irritating, but better than having your identity stolen and your account emptied.

[Wildweasel74]

Depressed by the boxing? hell watch The Raid and The Raid 2, just brighten up my day!!

[nrico2006]

I felt robbed after wasting money on the Alvarez and Mayweather fight but I'm not too sickened at paying for that fight in that I would have been gutted to miss it if it had been a classic and streams are a balls, full of ads or pausing flat out. 

[JimStynes]

I never feel robbed watching Mayweather, I love watching counter punchers in genera but this man is a genius. His footwork, speed, ring smarts and all the rest are amazing to watch. Go watch the mexicans if you want to see tear ups all the time. Manny Pacquaio is a legend and one of the best ever yet he could hardly lay a glove on him. Mayweather has had 48 pro fights and has hardly been hit! That is some going! He won't get the credit he deserves until he has long retired.

I see GGG's name being mentioned with Mayweather as well! Cant see him taking that fight to finish off his amazing career. Khan and Garcia would be good options and both would do well PPV wise.

[gallsman]

I never feel robbed watching Mayweather, I love watching counter punchers in genera but this man is a genius. His footwork, speed, ring smarts and all the rest are amazing to watch. Go watch the mexicans if you want to see tear ups all the time. Manny Pacquaio is a legend and one of the best ever yet he could hardly lay a glove on him. Mayweather has had 48 pro fights and has hardly been hit! That is some going! He won't get the credit he deserves until he has long retired.

I see GGG's name being mentioned with Mayweather as well! Cant see him taking that fight to finish off his amazing career. Khan and Garcia would be good options and both would do well PPV wise.

Golovkin would be unreal and he's in record as saying he'd fight at 154 but Mayweather would and will never take that fight.

The best of his era no doubt but this TBE nonsense, championed by imbecile acolytes like Justin Bieber needs knocked on the head.

[nrico2006]

I never feel robbed watching Mayweather, I love watching counter punchers in genera but this man is a genius. His footwork, speed, ring smarts and all the rest are amazing to watch. Go watch the mexicans if you want to see tear ups all the time. Manny Pacquaio is a legend and one of the best ever yet he could hardly lay a glove on him. Mayweather has had 48 pro fights and has hardly been hit! That is some going! He won't get the credit he deserves until he has long retired.

I see GGG's name being mentioned with Mayweather as well! Cant see him taking that fight to finish off his amazing career. Khan and Garcia would be good options and both would do well PPV wise.

Golovkin would be unreal and he's in record as saying he'd fight at 154 but Mayweather would and will never take that fight.

The best of his era no doubt but this TBE nonsense, championed by imbecile acolytes like Justin Bieber needs knocked on the head.

Mayweather is the best of his era but not the best ever.  Mayweather, and the world, knew that Pacquaio 2015 is not Pacquaio 2010, hence why he took the fight.  Mayweather would never even consider going for GGG, that is a fight that he could very well lose.

[JimStynes]

Even when Pac was running around on the gear in his prime he wouldn't have beaten Mayweather. It would have been more or less the same fight as the other night. Wasn't ever going to be a win for Mayweather, if he got beat it would have been 'told you so' and when he does win convincingly it's 'but Pacquaio 5 years ago.....'. There is no doubt about it, Mayweather is a p***k but he's an outstanding boxer. Possibly in the top 10 or 15 boxers of all time.

[JoG2]

Very disappointing, but probably the result most expected. Wouldn't be much of a spectacle if Mayweather fought someone with the same game plan. Wonder where both go from here and how much the shoulder injury impacted MP

King Kane won, though not a vintage performance I heard. Ticket sales not the best either, £40 / £65 tickets were on the steep side.

[Medic]

I give props to Floyd Junior being a master defensive boxer but if he is (TBE) the best ever then everyone in Boxing should pick up his strategy and stop fighting.

LOL MMA is where it's at... more compelling and more about real fighting!!

[Syferus]

I give props to Floyd Junior being a master defensive boxer but if he is (TBE) the best ever then everyone in Boxing should pick up his strategy and stop fighting.

LOL MMA is where it's at... more compelling and more about real fighting!!

MMA is still a distant second to boxing for me.

[gallsman]

I give props to Floyd Junior being a master defensive boxer but if he is (TBE) the best ever then everyone in Boxing should pick up his strategy and stop fighting.

LOL MMA is where it's at... (a) more compelling and (b) more about real fighting!!

(a) that's debatable - lots of MMA, especially when it goes to the mat is incredibly boring from a spectator's point of view

(b) that's the difference - boxing isn't fighting, it is sport. Regardless of the propaganda spouted by MMA fans the world over about it being the fastest growing sport on the planet or having the best PPV numbers, this is largely bluster. Top quality fights between the best fighters are few and far between, just like in boxing, as Dana and the Fertitta brothers are happy to push crap each and every week and watch the $$$ roll in.

[Medic]

Yep, MMA fighters fight, not foot around and box. You really can't run in MMA.

Pride was awesome back in the day... https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=312&v=bLHe1vuaYBM

I just think a boring MMA match is still better than a boring boxing match

Joe Rogan UFC Vs Boxing https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=64&v=TtKx41UdCj0

[Atticus_Finch]

While I admire Conor McGregor for his marketing skills, my admiration of anthing UFC pretty much stops there. 

The fact is that UFC is WWF (or WWE is it called now ?)  for adults and should not be mentioned in the same sentence as the sweet science !

Pipe down and head over to the UFC thread, if there isn't one already you should join up with the WWF thread.  Good man

[blewuporstuffed]

Some interesting points made about Mayweather and his checkered past on Second Captains last night.
He may be a fantastic boxer, but he also seems to be a bit of a sc**bag.
It makes his 'Money' persona even harder to stomach.