Boxing Thread

[nrico2006]

Tempted to get it on Boxnation, how much is it now with them?  Haven't seen much of Alvarez to be honest but over the past 2 or 3 years he has been billed as the next big thing so is he not genuinely in with a chance?  I'm sure De La Hoya will have had a hand in how he fights tactically considering how he fared against Mayweather a few years back when the golden boy was far past his best yet won the fight in my eyes.

[gallsman]

Agreed, Mayweather on points but still think Canelo will give a good account of himself. He'll be the biggest and strongest Floyd has faced.

Looking forward to Garcia-Matthyse more than the main event! One of them is going to be seeing stars.

[J OGorman]

Mayweather will be on the canvas @ some stage in this fight. Should be a cracker

[gallsman]

From watching the All Access shows you have to say PBF has a lot of hangers on.

Understatement of the year! They're lackeys and they know it, Floyd knows it, everybody knows it. There was one scene in the final All Access where Mayweather said something along the lines of "I've just had a thought, he not Mexican, he's Irish". Cue the whole gym laughing uproariously. Canelo's appearance has been talked about since he first arrived on the scene and if it's taken Floyd and his crew this long to thing "pasty skinned ginger kid looks Irish", you'd worry about a lot of them.

What does everyone thing of All Access? I think it's shite compared to 24/7 but the first three for this fight were ok. The fourth was crap.

[J OGorman]

Mayweather will be on the canvas @ some stage in this fight. Should be a cracker

Would be interesting to see that. How would he deal with it? Never happened in his professional career.

From watching the All Access shows you have to say PBF has a lot of hangers on. A lot of people getting paid big bucks to just be there lavishing attention on him. Kinda sad really when you think about it. Probably goes back to the lack of attention he got from his parents at youth. Wikipedia his story. Interesting enough.

Spoke with a big boxing fan yesterday who feels if the Donegal Mexican can handle the weight drop, will possess enough raw power to really trouble Mayweather. Turned pro @ 15 apparently! Pity it on so ba$tardin late / early

[gallsman]

Everyone makes weight, Canelo not looking overly drained.

[DuffleKing]

What time are mayweather & canelo  likely to start? 3ish?

[gawa316]

What time are mayweather & canelo  likely to start? 3ish?

Starting soon, it's 9.17pm here so 5.17am back home

[heganboy]

That was a master class- how one judge scored that as a draw is a complete and utter joke.
younger bigger faster stronger maybe- but still not half the boxer? If alvares learns from that he'll be some boxer in a few years, maybe even the golden ticket for number 50 but for now outclassed.

I don't know what gets close to Mayweather - he really made Alvares look absolutely ordinary.

[orangeman]

Mayweather will be on the canvas @ some stage in this fight. Should be a cracker

Damp squib.


Such a gulf in class.


The gravy train keeps moving on.

[J OGorman]

Mayweather will be on the canvas @ some stage in this fight. Should be a cracker

Damp squib.


Such a gulf in class.


The gravy train keeps moving on.

10-4...some operator in the ring

[Wildweasel74]

would have liked to seen Mayweather in with someone like Roberto Duran in his heyday who was the most fearsome lightweight since Benny Leonard, He not in the weight class of Jones, Hearns, hagler or Sugar Ray at Middle weight can really compare as all would been too strong for him, and Although he fought a while at welterweight, the original Sugar Ray Robinson would have made mince meat out of him, the Reality is boxing hasn't got any really great fighters about to compare him against and he avoided the only other great fighter of that era in Manny (though he past it now)

[JimStynes]

would have liked to seen Mayweather in with someone like Roberto Duran in his heyday who was the most fearsome lightweight since Benny Leonard, He not in the weight class of Jones, Hearns, hagler or Sugar Ray at Middle weight can really compare as all would been too strong for him, and Although he fought a while at welterweight, the original Sugar Ray Robinson would have made mince meat out of him, the Reality is boxing hasn't got any really great fighters about to compare him against and he avoided the only other great fighter of that era in Manny (though he past it now)

Jesus Christ! The man is a genius! He's beat over 20 world champions and made most of them look shite in the process. A drugged up manny pacquaio wouldn't have stood a chance either! He's now in the history books with the greatest of all time.

[under the bar]

What a crock of shite.  Mayweather spent years running away from Pacquiao offering excuse after excuse.  That's Mayweathers true legacy.

[JimStynes]

People just cant admit Mayweather is once in a generation boxer and enjoy his talent while he is still around. He just made a great fighter look very ordinary. Even the press who go after Mayweather after every fight are now taking their hat off to him and admitting that he is simply just too good. He is a dickhead but an absolute joy to watch his boxing ability.

The pacquaio fight was complicated with lots of factors making the fight not happening. Pac was on the gear at the time when he was going through his bad boy phase. Next thing he is saved by god and a different man, goes off the PEDs and loses the next few fights. For the failure to organise the fight I put the blame on Pacquaio, Arum and Floyd himself for not getting it organised. It's history now though, 2010 Pac v Floyd would have been a good fight with Floyd winning easily on points but 2013 Floyd v Pac would end in a stoppage win to floyd. No point in making the fight, safer going after the likes of Garcia.