Boxing Thread

[nrico2006]

Fury knows how to raise his profile, can't believe his singing.  Was an entertaining fight though, showed balls to attack instead of sitting back after the knock down. 

I see that Matthew Macklin has signed up to fight Gennady Golovkin.  Can't see anything but a KO win for GG.  Macklin isn't anything special either, I suppose he gets a bit of attention as he is someone that the Irish media like to class as one of their own. 

[Atticus_Finch]

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[JimStynes]

Another masterclass by The Money Team

[Minder]

Another masterclass by The Money Team

Apparently he got $32m for last nights fight.

[JimStynes]

Mayweather promotions, he basically paid himself

[gallsman]

Mayweather promotions, he basically paid himself

Nope - CBS, the parent of Showtime paid him. Great article on the Guardian the other day about the potential sums involved in his new deal.

[nrico2006]

Hopefully Mayweather fights Saul Alvarez next, that would be some fight.

[Christmas Lights]

Another masterclass by The Money Team

Apparently he got $32m for last nights fight.

[Syferus]

Fury knows how to raise his profile, can't believe his singing.  Was an entertaining fight though, showed balls to attack instead of sitting back after the knock down. 

I see that Matthew Macklin has signed up to fight Gennady Golovkin.  Can't see anything but a KO win for GG.  Macklin isn't anything special either, I suppose he gets a bit of attention as he is someone that the Irish media like to class as one of their own.

Macklin is pretty clearly in the top five-seven worldwide at his weight, one of the most competitive weights in the sport at that. He already has one world title win under his belt, whatever the German judges think. Less of the glib.

[bennydorano]

Any freebie streams for Froch v Kessler?

Could be fight of the year, while I want to see Froch win i was suprised to see so many people tipping him (non-English too).

[Tony Baloney]

Any freebie streams for Froch v Kessler?

Could be fight of the year, while I want to see Froch win i was suprised to see so many people tipping him (non-English too).

Try thon...

http://www.firstrow1.eu/watch/188324/1/watch-mikkel-kessler-vs-carl-froch.html

[Gabriel_Hurl]

http://espn.go.com/boxing/story/_/id/9323856/floyd-mayweather-jr-fight-canelo-alvarez-sept-14

This time the fight that boxing fans want to see most got made.

Pound-for-pound king Floyd Mayweather Jr. and junior middleweight champion Saul "Canelo" Alvarez signed on Wednesday night to fight Sept. 14 in the main event of a Showtime pay-per-view event at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas in the biggest fight boxing has to offer.

"I chose my opponent for September 14th and it's Canelo Alvarez," Mayweather tweeted to break the news. "I'm giving the fans what they want."

Mayweather holds a world title at welterweight (147 pounds), but he also still owns a junior middleweight title (154), which he won by outpointing Miguel Cotto in May 2012. After that fight, Mayweather returned to welterweight and defended the title against Roberto Guerrero in a lopsided unanimous decision win on May 4 at the MGM Grand.

But he is moving back up in weight to face Alvarez (42-0-1, 30 KOs) with their belts on the line, although the fight will be contested at a catchweight of 152 pounds.

"It's a done deal and Floyd is very excited to give the fans what they want," Leonard Ellerbe, chief executive of Mayweather Promotions and one of Mayweather's closest advisers, told ESPN.com. "This is the fight they wanted and this is what they are getting. It's the biggest fight in all of boxing. It's the biggest fight Floyd can possibly make."

Added Golden Boy Promotions chief executive Richard Schaefer, Alvarez's promoter, who also has promoted Mayweather's past seven bouts on a fight-by-fight basis: "This is the big one, the only one. It's the one everyone wants to see."

Should be a great fight

[bennydorano]

Has Manny Pacquio quit? Was it rumoured he'd MS?

[Syferus]

http://espn.go.com/boxing/story/_/id/9323856/floyd-mayweather-jr-fight-canelo-alvarez-sept-14

This time the fight that boxing fans want to see most got made.

Pound-for-pound king Floyd Mayweather Jr. and junior middleweight champion Saul "Canelo" Alvarez signed on Wednesday night to fight Sept. 14 in the main event of a Showtime pay-per-view event at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas in the biggest fight boxing has to offer.

"I chose my opponent for September 14th and it's Canelo Alvarez," Mayweather tweeted to break the news. "I'm giving the fans what they want."

Mayweather holds a world title at welterweight (147 pounds), but he also still owns a junior middleweight title (154), which he won by outpointing Miguel Cotto in May 2012. After that fight, Mayweather returned to welterweight and defended the title against Roberto Guerrero in a lopsided unanimous decision win on May 4 at the MGM Grand.

But he is moving back up in weight to face Alvarez (42-0-1, 30 KOs) with their belts on the line, although the fight will be contested at a catchweight of 152 pounds.

"It's a done deal and Floyd is very excited to give the fans what they want," Leonard Ellerbe, chief executive of Mayweather Promotions and one of Mayweather's closest advisers, told ESPN.com. "This is the fight they wanted and this is what they are getting. It's the biggest fight in all of boxing. It's the biggest fight Floyd can possibly make."

Added Golden Boy Promotions chief executive Richard Schaefer, Alvarez's promoter, who also has promoted Mayweather's past seven bouts on a fight-by-fight basis: "This is the big one, the only one. It's the one everyone wants to see."

Should be a great fight

The first line in that article made me burst out laughing.

[Gabriel_Hurl]

Among boxing fans - it is a fight they all wanted to see