Boxing Thread

[glens73]

It bloody has!!

[glens73]

http://www.vip--tv.com/vip-1.php

Try this, no sound on mines though ok now

[Geoff Tipps]

did your stream just go ?

raging !

If you come across another link could you post one up pls

Yeah mine is gone too. Following it on the live text on the BBC website.

[Atticus_Finch]

http://www.justin.tv/gtxpwnz#r=S3mNQlY~

[Atticus_Finch]

great last round !

I have that kessler by two

[glens73]

I'd say you're about right, Kessler has it

[Atticus_Finch]

Good fight, scoring was a bit off from two of the judges but right decision all the same.

Prizefighter next friday, that's just a wee warm up to:

Mayweather vs Mosley - should be worth staying up for

[DuffleKing]

Anyone like to tell us the decision?

[Schkite]

Kessler won by unanimous decision, 117-111, 115-113, 116-112

[DuffleKing]

cheers

[whiskeysteve]

Froch was very lucky to win his last 3 fights. Not good enough to cut it with the big boys.

[Club Rossa]

Glad to heat that Froch was beaten,the hateful bollox.

[nrico2006]

I liked Froch but of late he has turned into a hateful bollox.  He has a real fascination with Joe Calzaghe too. 

[Atticus_Finch]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yj7bRSz9fSA

Anyone watch the Williams vs Cintron fight ??

One of the most bizarre ends to a fight i have ever seen ... the good people on HBO have taken away any of the official footage from youtube .. the link i've pasted at the top is the best footage i can find on you tube.

Fight ended in the fourth round with Cintron falling out of the ring (jumped or tripped? I'll let you decide) he was then injured, carried off on a stretcher with doctors saying he couldn't continue.

Under normal rules (ABC) the fight would be called a no decision as the fight didn't go four rounds .. promoters issued these rules before the fight ... then all of a sudden they said (when it was clear that Cintron wasn't going to return to the ring) under californian rules the fight could be called because it had gone 3 rounds

Seemed like the people behind the scenes felt they needed to have a winner and decided to use Californian rules (when promoters had issued rules contrary to the californian rules prior to the fight) because it suited them.

There'll be  a lot of criticism not only of the decision but also the way the ring was constructed, ropes are supposed to be tied together, that ring looked like it had a bit of paper around it which was suppose to keep the ropes together 

Williams is said to have been one of the most avoided fighters over the past couple of years ... that fight will have done nothing to make him appeal to the big fighters (been quite a bit of talk about him and Mayweather) ... poor fight that ended under controversial circumstances and judging by the crowd i saw on tv, lots of empty seats,  Williams still doesn't appear to be the sort of draw that will get him the big fights

[maximus]

Looked like he took a jump. What injury did he sustain which prevented him to return to the ring? Didn't look like he could have done much damage.