Boxing Thread

[BennyHarp]

Frampton vs Quigg confirmed for February 27th in Manchester.

Delighted to see the fight finally being made but a bit gutted at same time as I'm on a stag do that weekend and won't be able to make it.

Definitely going to be on the hunt for tickets for this. Can fly from Barcelona for 60 quid and with a few of us in an Air BnB could make it as cheap a weekend away as you'd get.

Can't wait...short trip on the train for me. Hopefully can pick up tickets!

[STREET FIGHTER]

Who wins this weekend Smith v Fielding?

[Muzz]

Smith

[omaghjoe]

Cotto v Canelo coming up Saturday night with real potential to be fight of the year.

Canelo quite heavy favourite, but its no gimmie for him IMO. Cotto will easily be his biggest threat to date with the exception of Mayweather.

Also Cotto stripped of MW belt by WBC yesterday, wouldnt pay their fees, but Canelo can still win the belt, strange situation.

[BennyHarp]

Interesting couple of days of press conferences for the Frampton v Quigg fight. A few thoughts, Frampton came across as being a bit rattled in my opinion, Quigg seemed very relaxed but perhaps is a bit too thick to even know what's happening, Eddie Hearn is a dick and finally, although the atmosphere in Belfast today was very good, do we really need the rent-a-mouths shouting their "hilarious" comments throughout the whole thing?

[nrico2006]

Cotto v Canelo coming up Saturday night with real potential to be fight of the year.

Canelo quite heavy favourite, but its no gimmie for him IMO. Cotto will easily be his biggest threat to date with the exception of Mayweather.

Also Cotto stripped of MW belt by WBC yesterday, wouldnt pay their fees, but Canelo can still win the belt, strange situation.

I seen that about Cotto - but can he now win the belt again on Saturday?

[gallsman]

Cotto v Canelo coming up Saturday night with real potential to be fight of the year.

Canelo quite heavy favourite, but its no gimmie for him IMO. Cotto will easily be his biggest threat to date with the exception of Mayweather.

Also Cotto stripped of MW belt by WBC yesterday, wouldnt pay their fees, but Canelo can still win the belt, strange situation.

I seen that about Cotto - but can he now win the belt again on Saturday?

Not unless he pays the sanctioning fee. They'll not recognise him. Good on him telling them to f**k off. Alphabet soup.

[omaghjoe]

Cotto v Canelo coming up Saturday night with real potential to be fight of the year.

Canelo quite heavy favourite, but its no gimmie for him IMO. Cotto will easily be his biggest threat to date with the exception of Mayweather.

Also Cotto stripped of MW belt by WBC yesterday, wouldnt pay their fees, but Canelo can still win the belt, strange situation.

I seen that about Cotto - but can he now win the belt again on Saturday?

Not unless he pays the sanctioning fee. They'll not recognise him. Good on him telling them to f**k off. Alphabet soup.

If he wins he was likely gonna vacate it anyway, so he probably thought I'll keep my 300K

I think the real farce here is Cotto being the lineal  MW champ and never fighting anywhere near 160lbs

[gallsman]

Neither of them are true middleweights and the increasing number of catch weight fights needs to be addressed. Will make a winner vs GGG very interesting.

[omaghjoe]

Well Canelo is.... when he gets in the ring on fight night at least, its just that the f**ker can hydrate an entire weight division more than most fighters. Hear he was having trouble making 164 tho so will be interesting to see how his weigh in goes

Will be surprised if we see the winner v GGG soon tho, Canelo maybe but more likely to be Lee if he comes past Saunders.

[gallsman]

Well Canelo is.... when he gets in the ring on fight night at least, its just that the f**ker can hydrate an entire weight division more than most fighters. Hear he was having trouble making 164 tho so will be interesting to see how his weigh in goes

Will be surprised if we see the winner v GGG soon tho, Canelo maybe but more likely to be Lee if he comes past Saunders.

Nah, even Canelo isn't a true middleweight. He blows up a good bit and if he was keeping himself in fighting shape would be a light middle. He's only 5'9. Cotto is 5'7!

[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