Pretty much all the late Greb and Langsford matches as they fought legally blind in one eye for a portion of their career.
In modern times, Corrales-Castillo, Pacquiao-Marquez 1, Klitchko-Peter 1, Holyfied-Bowe 1, and many of the Gatti and Gamez fights.
Prichard Colon Shows Signs of Improvement
The Colon family through their Facebook page comment on how Colon has moved both his hands and feet. He even moved the hand of the doctor from his chest. Colon was put in a medically induced coma after his bout with Terrell Williams three days ago. The link to the page is in Spanish. They will hold a prayer vigil in his hometown of Orocovis later today.
https://www.facebook.com/PrichardColonPaginaOficial
Huh? Are you saying it is banned (I've never heard that) or that it should be banned? Its kinda a ****ty move in a sport where people actually do die without question, but I don't think it should be banned. Idk who could even ban it with how boxing works these days with all these indians running around trying to be chiefs. Commissions, promoters, alphabet groups, HBO/PBC?
I don't think it should be banned in boxing. In fact, Castillo did it as a gesture to Rick Hatton while they touched gloves (only to get knocked out himself). However, at minimum the ref should have taken control and advised him to stop it. Refs have in the past told boxers to stop "trash talking."
The NBA did ban it after many players did it. If you did you got a suspension. The NFL will classify it as "unsportsmanlike conduct" and result in a penalty for taunting.
The most important thing is just that Colon makes a full recovery and boxing can do a better job in controlling the action.
Just like Khan looked good against Canelo for a few rounds once that big shot landed it was all over. Brook is very good but he will have a tough time getting pass six rounds let alone lasting the distance.
Jose Napoles was a great WW but couldn't go the distance with natural MW Carlos Monzon. Now if Thomas Hearns or Sugar Ray Leonard were moving up this would be a different contest.
I think a good portion of the Pac trepidation in attacking Mayweather was the Marquez KO. I think Hunter is an excellent trainer, but Berto himself as taken a lot of punishment, and would slightly favor Pacquiao.
Saw it only once and thought Canelo won by only one point. I will watch and score it again. However, i felt Lara RAN way too much in the second half of the fight. I think the cut may have been a factor.
I thought the match was closer than the actual scorecards. I didn't think it was a clear Kameda win either. I don't know how they thought Kameda won five of the first six rounds.
I hope Zerafa is fine. However, just because you are alert and talking won't rule out a blood clot and brain hemorrhage. Unfortunately, we've seen examples where people are talking as usual and moments later collapse.
The cat-scan should give answers if he suffered only a concussion. Marv Albert did bring up the issue about boxers coming in the ring way over the limit. I think that issue should be debated, yet i think the bigger problem was allowing such a mismatch be sanctioned.
Cotto may have beaten an old Sergio, but i give credit for taking the risk. He got a win that Mayweather could have easily gotten if he took the risk of getting a sixth divisional title.
We have to be honest Cotto had an uncle training him so he could save a lot of money that a top-notch trainer like Roach demanded. The short relationship with Steward may have been due to money also. Between paying your promoter and uncle sam a fighter may lose half their purse. If a trainer takes another big chunk he will be left with far less.
I like it when fighters just pick up a divisional belt and then vacate it. Roy Jones knew he wasn't a real HW so after beating Ruiz he went back down to LHW intsead of fighting Lennox Lewis. Jones only would challenge an old Tyson for that payday.
Other than Kid Chocolate at maybe 156 there is no other champion that Cotto has any shot at. Cotto was hoping that he could use the MW title to entice Mayweather for a chance in becoming a six divisional champion. Now that the Mayweather prize is over there is no excuse for Cotto to stay at middleweight.
Triple G might as well move up to Super Middleweight as there is nobody other than Andy Lee who will take a crack at him. I wouldn't mind seeing Triple G vs Lee as it will be exciting for whatever duration it lasts.
The bout had so much money involved which can explain why there were no formal protests or objections provided to the NSAC. People weren't going to wait for another excuse to delay the match. Floyd like him or hate him understood how to win in the negotiation table.
If may fights Triple G at a catchweight the excuse will be that Golovkin was drained. Of course, the people also will complain that Mayweather ran around the ring and tried to pot-shot to a victory. That match will never happen.
There many better opponents than Berto as Thurman, Brook, Lara, and even Khan. What happened to Jose Napoles when he moved up to MW and fought Monzon? Got knocked out, do you think Mayweather would take such risk? If he wanted a sixth divisional title he would have fought Sergio before Cotto took him. Sergio had a bum knee and had hand problems and was over the hill, yet Mayweather didn't face him.
Nike as an independent private company will exercise political correctness on these issues. However, kind of tough to say Nike has any moral high-ground especially when many of their labor practices and wages have been put into question for decades. I remember when reporters would ask Michael Jordan about the plight of Nike employees in third world nations his reply was, "please stick to basketball."
Most of the published reviews have been mixed. The character development and script has been criticized. However, many have said the actual boxing scenes are well done and directed. My local theater isn't playing it and not sure if i will have chance to see it this weekend. One odd thing about the film is the running length of 105 minutes. Duran had a long boxing career with over 100 bouts and i would've expected at minimum a two-hour film. Minus the film credits it probably is only 98 minutes long.
The sport will get a good barometer on popularity when the final Cotto-Canelo PPV numbers are tabulated. If that fight does less than one million than the sport is still suffering from the May-Pac backlash. That match which combines two major audiences should do more than 1.5 million.
I DVR both the HBO and Showtime telecasts. A DVR recording is COUNTED as part of the ratings. So even if there are competing telecasts the audience can still watch both while contributing to the ratings.
Although Lucas has had exciting matches is name recognition for casual fans isn't great. Broner lost a lot of his appeal when he lost to Maidana. The fact remains that many just saw him only with the desire to lose, once he did, that lowered his popularity.
Overall, i agree that competing telecasts should have different air-times. Too much of anything is like an overdose. This is why major PPV events start very late to avoid competing with other sports.
If you saw the fight between Lucas and Judah you could see how a combination of boxing skills and hand-speed with good lateral movement neutralizes his offense. Although i thought he beat Zab, the fact remained that a good boxer with a decent beard could beat him.
As also mentioned Lucas has been in some recent wars of attrition and physically that has taken a bit of a toll.
Is Tito better than Benitez, Gomez, Montanez, and Ortiz? I put him in top five. If Cotto beats Canelo it will be hard to put Trinidad higher than Cotto. Tito was shutout by Winky and had a disputed win over Oscar(although i agree it wasn't a robbery).
Roach just wants to make sure Pac is economical and not careless with his shots. We all saw Diego run in to Mayweather shots in their 130 pound fight.
Mayweather needs to withstand the pressure in the early rounds and figure out the timing for that right hand. Pac needs to establish a jab and combinations that can get Mayweather to the ropes from the center of the ring.
Although Mayweather is older he has taken a lot of less punishment than Pac. Overall, this isn't an easy fight to pick. I think Mayweather has a better chin than most think, while Pac has the hand and foot speed with angles to pressure Mayweather. I wouldn't be shocked if there is a draw to try to get a more lucrative rematch.
I loved it!
But I'm far from a movie buff, and obviously love anything related to boxing.
I don't understand some of the brutal reviews. This isn't Raging Bull or the Original Rocky, but there are still some good acting performances and humor that save the film. The entire theater was laughing at the Ramirez-Ana De Armas sex scene and the conclusion of the Buchanan bout.
One legit gripe is the reenactment of round 15 between Duran-Leonard. The final round was a bit different as Duran pretty much told Dr. Pacheco that he took the round off as he felt he already had won it. Film could have been a tad longer and included some more recent bouts, but i have no regrets going to a more distant theater to see it.
As mentioned Stevenson may consider it only because he feels now is time to cash-out due to getting nearer to the end of his career. I would favor Kovalev, but Stevenson still has the punchers chance. Would be an interesting fight for how long it would last. A good appetizer before the anticipated Ward-Kovalev showdown. However, the Stevenson chin won't be able to take as much shots as Pascal and Hopkins took.
The HBO-Showtime contractual situation can be worked out if there was a big public demand. It would be a bit different from May-Pac and Lewis-Tyson as those were PPV events which both channels agree to split the revenue. It would be odd to have both networks air a non-pay-per-view match at the same time.