What I was saying about having a strong neck is basically being able to prevent the head from rapid jerks, not necessarily just having a big neck.
This is true.
Well sounds like Roy just made the public statement "Im completely full of shit All this god this and god that was a ploy to get a little more of a fan base."
He deserves it just for being Irish.
Damn Right! Im not sure what all the judging factors are. I know in baseball there is merit to what type of person you are. If boxing HOF is the same way. Ward is all that is good in boxing. Its possible to see him in there. Plus all those fights of the year, WOW!
I think Larry is the reason they keep rotating Jones, Foreman and Many around. HBO's afraid one of these guys is going to knock out that drunken old pimp. So they rotate em in and out. Those guys need time to cool off. ;)
Don't underestimate Gatti...
Here are some FACTS to consider, not opinions:
1) Gatti is NOT a bum.
2) Mayweather is better pound-for-pound.
3) Gatti will outweigh Mayweather by 13-15 lbs.
To call Gatti a bum or a disgrace is pretty disgraceful if you ask me.
Yep you cant argue the facts. Czar's salad mentioned cuts, I dont think they will as much as a problem as they were in the past. Im pretty sure he had corrective surgury.
Hop is too crafty; and dare I say dirty for Sturm. Hopkins can beat you in a number of ways. The guy just knows how to win fights. He can out muscle you, out box you, out foul you, etc.
The one thing that I haven't seen lately, that I think they should bring back. Standing 8 counts. That would cut down on a lot of the contravercial stoppages. I also agree with most of the other post about cutting down the sanctioning bodies, and having a regular boxing commission.
It is amazing the sport survives. People just wont spend the money to watch up and coming fighters it seems. I think if they were to have a boxing commission, I think a good idea would be for it to re-invest the earnings from the mega purses back to the grass roots club fights. Its necessary to keep the sport going.
"If he's not punching people outside the ring or biting the ears of opponents and shows he's well disciplined, we will take him."
So in other words hes fucked. :D
We will see how much Gattis boxing ability has increased. Remeber, he didn't land a flush punch at all on Oscar. by his own admission. Of course Oscar had the size on him. I think Gatti has improved his boxing quite a bit since then, this fight will show how much. Gatti has to be willing to take a few and try to get PBF on the ropes and work the body ala Mickey Ward. If he can do that he may slow Floyd down enough to take away some of that speed and even up the fight a little bit.
This may be the only time I will be rooting for James Toney. I also wouldn't mind seeing him get his mouth shut for good, but I would rather see it done in devastating fashion by either Klit.
Ditto :) I couldn't agree more. The good news is Someone has to lose this fight.
Don King just sets up the fights he wants to benifit his fighters. The dude is just a crook who tries to control all of boxing like it was his personal invention.
I think its too little to late for John to start trash talking. Hell his nickname is already the quite man. King needs to get his champs to fight each other. Bastards milking these cows for all their worth.
Everyone knows im a huge Roy fan...If he does come back he better have some goddamn tune up fights first. He needs to be in the ring at least twice to see if he can still move enough and if he still has the stamina to compete against top Light Heavies.
Jones would need a couple of tune up fights before he could be competative against the top Lightheavies. If Jones fought a fight or two and then takes on Tarver I think he would win. Tarver nor Johnson impressed me at all last night.