At the end of the day, it'll get done at 154 with a penalty for Canelo if he puts on anything more than 5 pounds overnight.
What has happened this week is part of negotiating. You ask for **** you know you won't get in order to get back something that you really want.
The action in Raging Bull was so cartoonish. Almost killed the movie.
The Fighter: Markie Mark is such a terrible actor it took award winning performances from everyone else to save the movie.
Cinderalla Man very underrated. I'd put it number 1.
Short, great hand speed, power under 140 lbs, suspect defense that's attributed to superior talent and not respecting opponents. Same dude. Only difference is Berto isn't an assclown
Honestly there are a lot of factors.
I don't like the fact that once a fighter reaches the pinnacle of the sport it cost almost $80 to see him fight (Floyd and Manny). These two bring the most exposure to the sport. We need some freebies once in a while. It also hurts that there is no heavyweight superstar.
Cold War between Golden Boy and Top Rank. This cost us the biggest fight of the decade and many other great fights (Donaire vs Mares).
Bad judging- We had a fight party at my friends house for Pacman vs. Bradley. It was his 1st time watching/paying for a PPV event. No need to continue. Boxing is like the only sport dumb enough to rob the superstar.
Too many belts and then some of the sanctioning bodies don't want unification bouts. But of course that only applies to some fighters.
And that leads us to corruption. There's so much corruption in boxing its shameful. The judges, promoters, sanctioning bodies, dirty fighters etc....
Bumped for how on point this is.
On the too many belt issues, catchweights are one thing and understandable to the common fan. But there needs to be one, 1, uno, just ONE guy per division who you can point to and say "HEY THAT MOTHER-EFFER RIGHT THERE he's the G-damn man. I know that because he beat the guy who used to be the man", instead there are all these f'n belts and then we need unification bouts, etc. It's a headache. I love and follow boxing and have zero interest in caring who has what belt.
As Kellerman has said, asking Floyd to fight a middleweight is ridiculous and unfair. But I would love to see him fight Sergio. Even this injured broken down version of him.
As great as he is, he has no spice. Very little it factor. There are nice guys in sports that are also all time greats but he just comes off more as Tim Duncan than Derek Jeter. He needs a strong and loud antagonist if he really wants to sell ppv.
Yes. Best case scenario, absolute war between a legend and a fighter trying to earn our respect. Worst case scenario, chess match between a brilliant fighter and a really smart and athletic fighter.
Also i have a blog so I'll need something to post about.
Oddly enough, I'd have to say Winky/Taylor. Not turning it up in the 12th round cost him big and he was never really in a big fight (do not bring up that brutal bhop fight) after that.
This! i think i would accredit the complete derailment of Mosleys career to Vernon Forrest
hell no. he went on to wins vs. oscar, tony, and...well you may have a point.
its probably been brought up but Tszyu/Hatton was the end for Tszyu
Margarito - Cotto I Cotto was never the same. He became a gatekeeper
Pacquiao - Margarito Pacquiao ended Marg's career
Marquez - Katsidis Katsidis was never the same
Marquez - Diaz I Diaz got his career ended in the first fight
Those are some good ones. The cotto one is tough , he got personal revenge, but as a top guy he lost something that night.
We could all go to boxrec and list guys last fights. Lol. but in the Margarito-Cotto case id say its true. Cotto sealed the deal on Tonys eye and career.