Boxing Thread

[quit yo jibbajabba]

Id a fb friend said it was official that she was Irelands best ever, so theres no arguing with that 😃😉

[nrico2006]

Watched the Stevenson v Valdez fight there. Hard to believe them boys are in the same weight division. Stevenson vastly superior as well as a nightmare southpaw, bit of a gobshite tho.

What you mean about the weights?

Stevenson is hard to like. Had to run out mid post-fight press conference as his ma and family started a whole handling.

[Hound]

Great fight. A fight that lived up to the hype, probably the best women's fight I've seen.

Katie has no power and while Amanda is the smaller woman she did have more power and wasn't too far away from stopping Katie in round 5 and also dominated 6. But Katie showed unbelievable heart to come back and win the last 4 rounds.

The first 4 rounds were very tight and could have been scored 3-1 to either, or 2-2.

In the past Katie got the benefit of at least one poor decision, but a tight win was the right decision this time.

[Saffrongael]

Id a fb friend said it was official that she was Irelands best ever, so theres no arguing with that 😃😉

Case closed

[Mikhail Prokhorov]

great fight, well deserved for Katie, worked her out after tough middle rounds   

as a role model Katie Taylor transcends sport in Ireland

[bennydorano]

Watched the Stevenson v Valdez fight there. Hard to believe them boys are in the same weight division. Stevenson vastly superior as well as a nightmare southpaw, bit of a gobshite tho.

What you mean about the weights?

Stevenson is hard to like. Had to run out mid post-fight press conference as his ma and family started a whole handling.

Stevenson just much bigger looking

[Blowitupref]

World championship gold medals for Lisa O'Rourke from Roscommon and Amy Broadhurst from Louth

[Substandard]

I wouldn't be an avid or very knowledgeable boxing fan, but recently started following The Loneliest Sport page on Facebook, if you haven't seen it, it's definitely worth a look.  It just gives a short quote from different fighters, and I usually end up on Wikipedia afterwards reading a bit more about their lives and careers.  Some really fascinating and interesting stories and characters.

[nrico2006]

There are some boxers out there with very colourful lives, with a lot of them ending up dead in tragic (or not so tragic ways too).  Just think of Gatti's death which is shrouded in controversy.  Add in Corrie Sanders, Edwin Valero (possibly greatest boxer you never heard of), Carlos Monzon, Antonio Cermeno, Hector Camacho, Vernon Forrest, Trevor Berbick, Alexis Arguello, Alejandro Gonzalez Jr (who knocked Frampton down twice), Freddie Mills, Sonny Liston and Pernell Whitaker.  Freddie Mills life story is crazy, even the rumours about how or why he met his end.

[Look-Up!]

Anyone watch "The Kings", 4 part documentary on Duran, Hearns, Hagler and Leonard. Thoroughly enjoyable watch. Duran some man for one man.

[CiKe]

Anyone watch "The Kings", 4 part documentary on Duran, Hearns, Hagler and Leonard. Thoroughly enjoyable watch. Duran some man for one man.

Not seen it but I doubt you'll read a better sports book than George Kimabll's "Four Kings"

[ONeill]

Chisora, no idea how he won that.

Is there a sport where the judges see totally different things? 116-112 and then 112-116.

[Milltown Row2]

Chisora, no idea how he won that.

Is there a sport where the judges see totally different things? 116-112 and then 112-116.

Was 'watching' the betting on it, which bid general the best you can gauge live, after round 8 they had him in front well enough, always a good indicator I feel

[nrico2006]

I thought Chisora deserved that, landed far more significant punches.

[ONeill]

Some change in style by Conlan.