Middleweight division is not very deep right now at all which is a shame because it’s historically been one of the best divisions in boxing in terms of fights. Adames and Janibek clearly the best two fighters tho init right now and it’s also a shame that we haven’t been close to seeing that fight happen and with janibek failing a Ped test it’s probably not going to happen anytime soon. Just make Lara-Adames next tho
They both train with Salas, I doubt that fight ever happens unless one of em changes trainers.
All u guys here are interpreting his post wrong. Ward said something similar and so did tank. People are mad that he beat up on an old man for clout so they're saying why don't u try that with me. He's not begging for a payday, neither is tank, or ward.
Barrios vs Ramos was quite an exciting bout, but difficult to believe is a world champion and his first defense was that close against a aged Abel Ramos.
Aware he got the title as it was vacated. But still, he can lose the belt at any given moment. His mandatory will be the winner of December between Souleymane Cissokho and Egidijus Kavaliauskas.
I didn't know that. I think kava beats him. I hope he gets the fight, he fights everybody and deserves a final shot at the title. Granted he has to win against cissokho but he shouldn't have a problem with that, he's fought much better competition and actually gave em tough fights
I would definitely watch a rematch but barrios don't want it. He couldn't stop stuttering when asked about running it back. Not saying he wouldn't take it if it's the best paying fight he can get, but he DEFINITELY wants to explore his options
I wonder y top rank isn't hyping besputin more. Dudes a great fighter and with a few step up fights I think would pose a threat to any of the top welterweights. Adames is another one of theirs that doesn't get much hype. They're just leaving 2 of their top up and comers in complete obscurity....wtf???
Lol .. that seems to be how it works!
And talking about boxer's real nationalities, as an Englishman, I wish that Nigerian bum AJ would stop pretending to be British ...
Weren't u on here just a few days ago talking about how great aj is and how he'd destroy Wilder??? Now all the sudden he's a Nigerian bum that England doesn't even want anymore... Lol. Wow how that script got flipped quick
Nobody is in their prime at 37 years old. Nobody. You're telling me Canelo is gonna be better at 37 than he currently is?
Also. Iirc, two judges had it 6-5 Canelo and one had it 6-5 GGG. That's clear eh?
Also. You think I have a bias for white European fighters. Do you think that's because I'm white? Is that what you're getting at? Because let assure you that I'm not white lmfao. I'm a minority just like you but unlike you I love the sport and not just people who look like myself. You make us all look bad. When I see posters like you it makes it easy for me to see how people like Trump and his followers hate you guys.
Mexican guy who only supports Mexicans and calls out people who dont racist. You dont even know the color of my skin but assume that I'm white because I "like white European fighters ".
Just happens that a lot white European boxers are good at the sport. Doesnt mean I hate people of color like you do.
Nice post, wish boxing had more fans like u. I like fighters based on there style, willingness to face good opposition, and personality. I could careless what color they are.
White Americans asking Latino-Americans where they're from:
White guy: Where are you from buddy ol' pal?
Latino: United States
White guy: No, like, where are you from?
Latino: California
White guy: No, no...like, where are you from really, like where are your parents from?
Latino: Mexico
White guy: Okay, so you're Mexican then.
Latino athlete wins something in sports:
White guy: He's from here. He was born and raised in 'Murica. He represents the Red, White and Blue. He's not actually Mexican.
Ruiz loses Mexicans say he's not Mexican he's American. Ruiz wins Mexicans totally claim him and all white people are racist...derp duh derp.
Sorry to tell u he's American. He was born here, his passport is from here, his driver's license is from here, he's American. He's of Mexican decent and I'm proud of him for being the first person of Mexican heritage to win a heavyweight title but Mexico claiming him is about the same as Pakistan claiming amir Khan. He might b of Pakistani decent but he's a British citizen. Everyone generalizes white people and it's fine but if a white guy generalizes anyone else he's racist. Hypocrisy at it's finest.
No need to get childish just because you’re acting like a tough man on the Internet, thinking you can fight :lol1:
ur right, I should move into my mom's basement like u and go around enlightening people on a boxing forum just answering a question. That would definitely make me a better person. Just to show there's no hard feelings....I wish u and ur boyfriend the best. I shouldn't have drug him into our conversation when he had nothing to do with it.
Like I've always said different standards.
No way was shields win greater or more significant than Teofimos win over Taylor but Teo never even had a chance. Instead they nominated 3 other guys who also didn't have the win Teo had this year.
That tells you all you need to know about the agenda driven BS Going on here.
**** the fairness they say.
Teofimo never had a chance at the award and not because his win wasn't greater but simply because he didn't fit the agenda ESPN has.
With that said I don't expect anyone to be honest here and admit to it ofcourse not.
That's the world we live in now. She fits the mold for the agenda they're pushing so of course she got it. Just b glad there isn't any trannys in women's boxing or it would've won instead. Shields made solid accomplishments as far as women's boxing goes, but compared to men's boxing her sport is a joke. It is what it is tho. Personally, I don't pay attention to any of the awards anymore, I just watch the fights that interest me and ignore the rest.
They still got Schofield & zepeda. If Ortiz takes care of his health issues he's got a lot of potential. It does seem like GBP is slowly dying tho. Maybe Oscar should consider merging with one of the smaller promoters or selling his stable to TR.
Bro Vergil Ortiz is in bad shape he wont be able to box again, his condition is bad he has muscle wasting, his power is gone. I have no clue how that happened I only heard of this issue from people who do crossfit its from over training without recovery or hydration it taxes your body.
Someone said he had the muscle wasting again when he was starting training again, that is not a good sign.
That sucks, I really liked Vergil. All action and seemed like a really good dude outside the ring. I'm not familiar with this specific condition, is it permanent? Is there no way to take some time off, get healthy, then start training again with a better regimen?
Ennis has said he will Thurman, Ortiz, Ugas, or Stanonis, or any top fighter. Ennis is not with PBC either. I don't understand the fake narratives that Ennis is not interested in fighting top guys. It also takes two to make a fight. If they're not interested the fight can't be made.
I remember when Villa beat Ellis people here were asking why Ennis won't fight him. Now that the fight has been made the narrative has changed it to a meaningless fight and Villa is "made for Ennis."
Nobody was saying Ennis was ducking Villa, people were saying villa would've been a better fight than Karen, and it is. I look at this like I looked at benevidez/lemiuex It's an ok fight but I give villa zero chance. I .He was #2 with the wbo when Vergil turned down Crawford, he could of easily enforced his mando and fought bud, but he didn't. He went the easy ibf route. He might not b officially PBC but he is with showtime who works with PBC and fights mostly PBC guys. Hopefully he fights the winner of Thurman/ugas.
Brook/GGG and Canelo/Bivol were high-risk/high-reward match-ups. GGG/Brook seemed to be made out of desperation because Brook couldn't get sensible opponents in the ring. Canelo's loss didn't appear to hurt his marquee value either. Joyce risked his mandatory position against a high-risk/low-reward opponent in Zhang. Now he's lost whatever leverage he had. As ShoulderRoll said, Warren wins in the end because he has options on Zhang's next bout.
That is not why brook fought ggg. Eubank backed outta the fight and hearn needed an opponent so he drug brook up 2 divisions and ruined his career. Then before he even had a chance to fully heal he puts him in with Spence and puts the final nail in his coffin. Honestly that's probably the worst thing I've ever seen a promotor do to one of his fighters, especially considering that brook was arguably the best welterweight in the world at that time and hearn just ruined him.