And if hate is too strong a word for some, I don't genuinely hate him, but I hate feeling like I'm listening to the "B" team, it can get to the point of being annoying and even distracting.
Jab/left hook, moving to his left (away from the only hand ready to be thrown); just like Teddy noted in the fight plan.
Whether Mares has the tools to execute that plan is another story; that right hand thing is a tick for Santa Cruz now, just how Jermaine Taylor had his "bow and arrow" off of his double-jab/right hand.
Bow and arrow? Didn't he used to tap his head too?
A quality fight without a premium price and this is what you come up with? You're some boxing fan. As for PBC and ESPN, you were watching so mission accomplished
It was thought to be but in my opinion it was a snooze fest and poor matchmaking.
We've seen him have blood taken in a previous fight on 24/7, and honestly he didn't really seem to have a problem with it.
If you're afraid of needles and blood doing it 24 days before doesn't magically make that go away, you're either afraid of it or you aren't.
Also, they take such a small amount, I don't see what the big deal is. I wouldn't want to give a pint a few days before a fight, but what they take is almost nothing.
Yeah. I don't know about 225 because I've never seen him at that weight, but at 250 that weight doesn't help him at all. There's no way that fat helps his power, and it only slows him down.
How is he going to loose the weight when his trainer is a yes man, that doesn't know how to control his own weight as well?
I'm not sure I'd say a little low. I'd say low, but not on the testicals.
Some people seem to think a low blow is a shot to the testicals, but a low blow is a shot below the waist, aka a shot below the belly button. One that lands below the belly button can hurt, but usually not more than one that lands on the testicals.
Again for the millionth time, the belt line is low according to the referees instructions.
Have you people never seen boxing before? Have you people never seen a referee tell the fighters where low blows will be? Have you people never seen a referee tell a fighter his trunks are high and where a punch will be considered a low blow?
Don't get me wrong, the kid was loosing, he was going to loose, he wasn't doing ****, he probably wasn't hurt, he was looking for a way out, or for an excuse. I don't even like Zab Judah.
But at the end of the day the punch was a low blow.
Yeah he's been doing this for a while, he did the same thing in a Hopkins fight, I think it was against Robert Allen but it was a long time ago so I can't recall exactly. I do remember he said Hopkins was setting a particular punch and sure enough in the next round Hopkins landed the same punch and put the guy down.
I wouldn't say controversial but Dawson landed more punches, landed the harder punches, and was more consistent. Pascal fought in small spurts, and my card was a lot closer than the judges score cards, factor in the stoppage from the cut when Dawson was coming on and you have something to talk about.
He definitely took at least one really good shot. It's hard to say on some of the others because he gets hit with certain shots while he's trying to go straight back and I don't know if he has a weak neck or what but his head goes flying back every time, same thing happened against Froch.
He's got a decent chin though at the least.
It's not just about who you beat, it's also about how you beat them.
Say what you want about Virgil Hill, but Roy knocked him out with a body shot...
A lot of guys have gone on to win belts after loosing to Roy Jones, look at Julio Gonzalez for instance, after Roy he went on to beat Glen Johnson and Dariusz Michalczewski (for the WBO title).
Which would you pick?
That's just another reason for people not to like him, fans like fighters that pick the best fights there are, not the ones that pay them the most, that's why people hate guys like Mayweather (if it makes dollars it makes sense)....
Abraham showed that all you have to do to be liked is go out and win in spectacular fashion, nobody cares where you are from when you do that.
I for one don't like Calzaghes slapping style, and the fact that he's trying to make himself look good by fighting guys past their prime.
I also didn't like that stoppage against Manfredo, I know it wasn't his fault but I doubt he said much against it...
Floyd may have an advantage in that he fought more named opponents, but at the same time, Roy beat two Hall Of Famers, the closest Floyd has gotten is Oscar, a guy who rarely fights, and is past his prime.
I also want to comment on your idea that Tarver won the first fight:
Tarver did not win the first fight, just because people in an audience yelled bullshit means nothing, Tarver won the drama of the fight because he was a lot more game than anyone expected him to be.
Every ringside scorer including the HBO guys and the Associated Press had Roy Jones winning a close fight.
Essentially Tarver tried to bully Jones against the ropes but Jones used his speed and counterpunching ability to make Tarver more and more hesitant to do so as the fight went on, with the middle rounds being fought in the center of the ring where Roy Jones wanted the fight, Roy got to Tarvers body often and effectively.
Tarver also constantly tried to steal rounds, to some degree of success, but not enough to win the fight.
I agreed with you until the end, I was impressed with Williams stamina, and his ability to stick with his game plan, but at the end of the night Margatito barely looked like he'd been in a fight, Williams throws a lot but doesn't put much on them...
I guess the reason is that Roy Jones Jr can still be very competitive against Winky or Hopkins, probably in party because he's still got great hand speed, and although his foot speed isn't what it used to be it's still good, and being that he's been at 175 for a while, and Hopkins and Wright aren't known for power, he'd have a good shot against either...
I can tell you one thing for certain, no way Jones Jr or Hopkins could take the punches Toney took from Sam Peter, Peter would probably have knocked them both out.
Toney is probably the most savy boxer of them all, and fights just as well when he's hurt and or tired, but he's pissed away his career over the last couple of years, and Hopkins has looked pretty good still.