and btw, the name of the event is "Coming to Fight", it wasnt a setup or anything.
I know that's the name of the event. That's what should let you know this was staged, when the announcer yelled what he yelled.
How can you not get this fight? It's got two of the top five p4p fighters in the world (and arguably two hall of famers). What if you don't get the fight and it ends up being a classic? You'd never forgive yourself. Just chip in with your buddies, it'll be worth it.
What about Iron Truth? He should at least do a Round By Round, although he would give Zab Judah every single round no matter if he was in the fight or not.
Man, I can just see it now...
Lampley: And both boxers touch gloves as we get set to begin the sixth round of what has been a highly contested fight. Iron Truth, how do you have this fight after six rounds?
Iron Truth: Okay Jim. Six rounds to none. All for Judah. He's dominating every aspect of this fight, and it's only a matter of time before he ends it with a devastating left.
Lampley: Iron Truth, this match is between Antonio Margarito and Paul Williams...
Iron Truth: Ya'll need to stop hatin' on Zab.
I don't think he's done enough to warrant making anyone's top five, but he's certainly a talented fighter. He still needs to do more to prove himself as an elite welterweight, and he'll have his chances to do that.
Cotto, right now, is a star, and is on the verge of superstardom. He has much further to go in the world of boxing than Hatton. That's why I picked Cotto in this poll. Both are great fighters, obviously, but Cotto has proven to me that he is ready to take on the role of boxing superstar, and that is why I picked him in this poll. Hatton is a great fighter and his knockout of Castillo tonight was impressive to be sure, but Cotto is the better p4p fighter right now, and when all is said and done, I believe Cotto will be a name worth remembering.
SELECTED QUOTES FROM HOPKINS' POST FIGHT INTERVIEW W/ KELLERMAN:
"I want Joe Calzaghe in Yankee Stadium, I will knock him out."
"Boxing is back"
"I respect Winky. I know why Jermain Taylor doesn't want to fight him again."
"I didn't think I had this fight in the bag in the late rounds."
"The weigh-in shove was a calculated way of bumping up the PPV numbers."
(quotes not verbatim)
The same compubox number breakdown is in our main page article.
Okay, so if the numbers are correct, then Rafael just got Winky's percentage wrong. It should be 27% instead of 21%.
Bad move, he looked shot tonight and winky looked like he wasn't used to the weight class. If Hopkins takes on someone like Calzaghe or Kessler... Hopkins will be hurt, he should retire with his legacy as it is. And I love hopkins, he is the man but he knows it's enough theres nothing else he needs to prove. He beat Oscar, Trinidad, Tarver and Winky... Nothing else to prove!!!
He was asking if it was a good move for Bernard to come back and fight Winky. I don't think he was talking about fights in the future.
Let's face it. Boxing has been unpopular for a few years now (In the US) and it's basically on the verge of becoming irrelevant. A lack of stars is part of the problem, but it's only a small part.
The biggest obstacle to boxing's growth in the US, in my opinion, is the fact that nobody is going to become a boxing fan by accident. What I mean by that is nobody is going to be flipping through the channels when they come across a great boxing match, and that's because there are no big matches being broadcasted to the majority of viewers. The best fights being broadcasted on basic cable are ESPN's Friday Night Fights, and I can't really picture someone coming across a FNF fight and saying "Hey, I like this! I'm gonna start to follow this sport".
The best thing that could ever happen to boxing would be to get big fights back into the living rooms of the general public. I'm talking about ABC, CBS, NBC etc. I know this is pretty implausible, but can you imagine a superfight being shown for free on NBC? Imagine if Corrales-Castillo I was shown on NBC during primetime instead of on Showtime. That's the only thing that will save boxing in the US in my opinion: big fights getting into the living rooms of Americans without them having to subscribe to premium channels or fork over 50 bucks for PPV. Sorry I got off subject a little bit.
COMING TO CLINCH
lol, just kidding, but I was a little dissapointed in the fight. A little too much hugging, although when they weren't hugging, the punches were being thrown at a pretty decent clip. There wasn't enough ebb and flow though. Most of the rounds weren't really distinguishable from the next. If you didn't buy the fight, you didn't really miss a fight worth 50 bucks. If you did buy the fight, you saw some great undercard bouts and a main event that pretty much went as billed... a battle of tactition.
Hopkins over Trinidad.
I know Trinidad didn't really belong at 160 (although he did beat Joppy who was a legitimate middle), but this is still my favorite Hopkins win. Everyone said Hopkins would have to take the fight inside if he wanted to beat Tito, but Bernard won the fight on the outside, simply outboxing Trinidad. He arguably won every round of the fight. It wouldn't matter though, becuase Hopkins made sure the judges wouldn't be involved in the outcome. He dropped Tito to the canvas with a wicked right hand in the final round to seal the deal.
Oh yeah, I can still picture Hopkins walking to the ring to Ray Charles' 'America the Beautiful'. This fight took place in NYC only a few weeks after 9/11.
Here's how it would have gone down with Larry:
"Bernard...................you fought..................with tremendous...............heart.........................................will this be...............................your final..........................fight?"
I believe Oscar has said there is basically no way he would fight Wright, claiming Winky is too big because he walks around at close to 200 pounds. Oscar is moving back down to welterweight anyway, so you can consider the chances of this fight ever happening to be somewhere around zero.
I think eveyone agrees this fight was a lot closer than the scoring would lead one to believe, but I thought Hopkins controlled the majority of the action and landed the cleaner shots. Neither fighter really was seriously hurt during the fight, and the cut created over Winky's left eye early on was clearly the result of a headbutt that was not only accidental, but partly the result of winky's head movement as well.