Crushedknee

There will be more and more Mexican heavyweights..It has to do nutrition during childhood especially access to meat..Height has as much to do with nutrition as genetics..their are plenty of wide build genetics in Mexico all you need is a 5'11 or so to stack muscle on and you have a good heavy weight..I don't believe the current tall fighter domination is the end game of boxing. We wont have an NBA invasion problem.Power is generated from the ground and in alot of ways being shorter has an advantage of generating and delivering that power faster and in closer ranges. We just need to relearn some of the Old school inside fighting techniques to make clenching a painful experience..Once you can mitigate the clench you have taken away half of the fighting tall Strategy.. If any Lanky fighter tries to lay his weight on me he's going to pay for it.

I'm a fan of boxing but not of any one Boxer..I respect fighters by their abilities and styles not for there fame or persona..I would rather watch a great fight between two nobodies than a thousand lopsided exhibitions by the so called best. If the best cannot produce a good fight I do not value them..

Tyson often lost the eye thing with people he beat or avoided making eye contact all together. In the end the stare down or whatever only matters as much as you make it matter..Haye went up a few points for mentioning Liston in a way that had more knowledge of him than just his famous lose to Ali..

Will be interesting to see what Haye has cooking to counter the clench..I don't think we can depend on a Ref that will break it up quick enough not Favor klitschko style. Haye seems literate of boxing history maybe he will dig out something from the past. I like to and practice a mean underhand right.. Yes Its above the belt because it's well practiced but I cant employ it on guys more than 3 inches taller than me..I working on a back knee drop straight right body shot..both these punches do alot of damage in very short range about 6 inches to a foot off my chin..And these tall guys are always worried about the head when their closing for a clench. Deliver something painful right before or during every clench to teach this boring style a thing or two..

Lewis always caused a lot of cuts with his jab..More than swelling blunt trauma injuries..If you see the way he threw lot of jabs they tended to pass the outside of the head.. Glove and tap causing a lot of friction as it grazes over the skin..I think he must of learned this from having a Hurt left hand..Another thing is he often had wrist tape farther up his forearm than is typical. I don't consider it unfair our cheating just wanna those little inside tricks cagey fighter employ.

European Fighters seem more stiff...I'm not using that as a negative...There are a lot of advantages to practicing a repetitive efficient form..Just like the Animal World Stiff frames are better at producing energy efficient movements..So they can travel very long distances with less energy..Horse's and Dogs are examples of more rigid body types.Lions and bears have a more flexible frame and gait..All can move very fast..But one form sacrifices efficiency for Flexibility the other Flexibility to efficiency..

A 215 Tomasz Adamek just beat Kevin McBride (285 pounds)..Ya Mcbride was 40 pounds of dead weight..Still Vitali could be a mean 245 vs Adamek..30 pounds at heavy weight has to comparable to 12 pound that these smaller fighter make such an issue of..Or the 20+ pound between Haye and Wlad. These fighter's may be at a disadvantage but they came out of cruiser weights cause they wanted to fight the best..Fight or don't fight just just don't think 10,6,4,3 pounds make's a world of difference..

High intensity fighters like Pacquiao always start to lose the edge first..Maintaining that extreme work-rate is just to wearing..Not so much the fights but the training..To have the kinda workrate means he has to train insane intensity..Not maintainable..I wish he had the Option to go bigger. Lighter weights just favor young mens attributes more. Middleweight and above though they can get buy being a little slower and make up for it in other ways..Pacquiao could work on his defense and Get some real one shot power..Cagey fighter with the power to exploit an opening always seem to have the longest run...

As well, we should ALL note that the gloves were not "LOADED". They had legal cotton/ gauze pads. The illegality comes when they were found to be used instead of new. Because they were used, they were slightly stiffened with dried sweat. There were 2 substances found on them, which were also noted to be 2 of the components of Plaster of Paris. They were ALSO noted to be found in MANY other manufacured items, especially COSMETICS. This includes Talcum Powder. It could easily have been a cosmetic cream he rubbed on his knuckles. Why didn't they find ALL the components of Plaster of Paris...........?? And, as we all know, or should know, the trainer took complete blame swearing that Margarito paid no attention to the wrapping of his fists, a commonplace thing for him, done many thousands of times before. And Margarito swore he did not pay attention, and did not know. Because intent could not be proven, he was NOT banned for life, but suspended in the US only, for 1 year. Of course the many gossip hounds with which BoxingScene is absolutely stifled with, just keep talking about "loaded" gloves, "Cheato", and etc. There was no Commission decision as to whether the used pad WOULD have contributed to an advantage for Margarito. WHY NOT?? I don't believe it would have, even if it had been REAL Plaster of Paris, because the experiments done by Nat Fleischer and a group of famous boxing writers and analysts, re-enacting Jack Dempsey's supposed Plaster of Paris bandages for the Willard fight proved CONCLUSIVELY, once and for all, that the solidly plastered bandages would break up into powder after a few punches on a gym bag. It was all thoroughly investigated, re-enacted and reported in RING many years ago. I think the Commission over re-acted re Margarito, who should just have been warned to pay attention to his bandages in the future. I'm not saying that Margarito didn't know, but that there was NO proof that he did, and anyway there was no evidence that using these "loaded' pads would have caused any damage his fists couldn't. Why don't people just read the reports and pick out the facts, instead of romancing??? Oy Veh. What cosmetics contain Sulfur? Fiber reinforced plaster of Paris is very strong and hard. Name me One fighter that would agree to let his opponent wrap with Plaster of Paris wrapped reinforcement? I would call that answer conclusive!!!

Egad this is a tough one..While Pacman fans a more numerous and aggravate by way of their Blind adoration..Mayweather Fans and their Baseless accusations of Pac juicing and other Conspiracies seem to mirror Mayweather own Paranoia And are a little more about Putting down other parties than about boosting up their own fighters. So I would say Individually Mayweather fans are more Intense but the sheer volume of pacfans well there combined outrage can eclipse almost anything..So I guess that's a draw for me..

If an Up and comer can get past the Gatekeepers he is going to get a shot at the big Boys ..Most of the Time it takes tell a fighter is in his 30's to reach that point. No conspiracy..

I don't understand why people despise Pu@#$..I like them and enjoy being in and around them and I like the people who posses them..I like to call them Women..Calling someone a Pu#$% to me is like calling someone ice cream or steak I may get hungry but I don't think that's the intended effect..

By making this public she has lost whatever leverage she had in getting some money.

More fight on a regular basis..Boxing could profit by having more tournament style events..Maybe 3 fights in a week..First two in head gear..Coalesce the highlights and play the champ fight in it's entirety would make a good show..Even reality TV shows cost a couple mil an episode you could generate a lot of good fights for that amount.

I don't think he works Honest like paying out front..Instead he will lay out a path that benefits your career if you lose this fight.. He lets you draw the conclusion that winning the fight may not be in your best interests.This is how the professionals do things while never breaking a Law.

I don't think boxing is going to get fixed tell it becomes Local again. It needs to be repaired from the ground up. Fans can be apart of it when then get back in touch with boxing not through the TV or Computer but by knowing their local gyms where a weekend fight or serious sparring can be had..When you can get a Hundred or so people watching the opportunists for a venue become available..Drinks and food will increase the spectators beyond the hardcore fans to people just looking for a fun thing to do at night.

I hate noise makers..Nothings more annoying in a gym..Enjoying the natural rhythm of boxing the loud claps and dull thuds of fists hitting bags the sliding of feet on the floor. Then some silly person comes in and starts making weird noises..Ha..Ha..haa..Ahh! Ahh! Ha! look at me! I can make noise's out of my mouth...The Guy was hitting hard he just needs to learn how to shut his mouth and let his fist make the noise..

Are their any set rules on knee braces and wraps during fights? Or is it determined while setting the details for a fight..I find bracing increases my confidence and it's worth the compromised flexibility and speed to regain it..

I thought it was shaping up to be a good fight tell the Knee gave out. If he recovers In a reasonable time I think a rematch would be something worth watching..Not like there is alot of better contenders just waiting for the chance..The talent pool is pretty thin in heavyweights right know..

Watched the Sanders fight again..Would not place hope in the same openings being their 7 years later for An orthodox fighter like Haye..Sanders doest seem fast yet he can be very fast indeed when needed..Haye Always looks fast..I don't see possum technique playing for Haye's like it did for Sanders..But the Mechanics behind it could serve Haye well..Asymmetric timing..I just don't See anyone getting the Better than Wladimir when it comes to timing..It's the lynch pin to his whole game..Its why he seems off at first tell he times in and it's why he always manages distance so well yet never seems to move that fast. If Haye falls into a Rhythm With Wlad it's not going to end well..Looking at Sanders is a start in the right direction..Unbalanced fighters..Drunken boxing,, techniques that are not predicated on timing and are unpredictable could mess up Wladmir's game..But These methods also involve sucking up some damage.If you sync into Wlads Jab you are on his timing.. Yet if your not Tuning into his jab your going to take some pain..It's a subtle way he suckers opponents into his Timming.

Would like to see Tony Thompson get another crack at either brother..Wlad only paid 500 grand as it was a mandatory and I think unwanted fight. Plus Tony deserves a couple mil fight to cap his career he has earned it..500 may sounds like a lot but after managers,trainers,transportation it ends up not being a lot of take home pay.

If you'd like to bet REAL money on it before an impartial and intelligent observer with good eyesight I'd be willing. It is accepted by the acute observer that Sanders head and left hand arrived at practically the same moment. You can SEE it on the Video, and he did it a few times, very fast. I'm not saying he did it on purpose but he did it. Look closely again,in slo-mo, also try to figure out how Klitschko got a cut over his left eye when Sanders didn't throw a right hand. I've seen and showed the video a dozen times or more to unbelievers like yourself, who eventually ALL were able to see the actual first butt. It has been written about on these pages years ago. Sanders is well known for his Mean Left hand..I guess he just had to Uncork his unknown Headbutt for this fight cause he was having so much difficulty land His left..His first big left he landed and no Sanders head for miles around..It was a desperate clench seeking Wlad that brought the heads in close proximity..And Sanders did what your supposed to do when fighting a taller opponent..You bring your chin into you chest and let the opponent deal with the hardest part of the head.. There is no foul style head butt hear just good defensive inside technique..You don't want a shorter guys noggin bouncing up in your face don't go around looking for a hug..Really it's one of the only ways a shorter guy can discourage a taller opponent from clenching and laying weight on you..I highly recommend Haye adopt it..

The Sanders fight was 7-8 years ago. He took Klitschko by surpise with his sudden, herky-jerky springy style, and also butted him very hard at exactly the same moment the first left hand punch arrived. there were several hard butts, but so fast that you need to see them on slo-mo. It was THIS which caused the damage, not the punch, or not "just" the punch. Klitschko was cut over his LEFT eye, and Sanders did not throw or land a single right hand. it was Sanders' head which caused the cut. It's actually interesting to investigate and dissect what actually happened in this fight, which was against ALL expectations. What head butt are you talking about?? Sanders head was know where near Wlad..Replay it all you want..No mystery Head movement is going to close that 3 foot gap to produce a Miracle excuse...