He has gotten a lot better,i remember when he started calling fights he would call every shot a great good punch.
Agreed. And I do like him. But it's funny.
Bob Papa:he appears to be inside of himself. Lennox?
LL: He IS inside of himself...
MK: Is there pressure on him to have a spectacular performance?
LL: There IS pressure on him to have a spectacular performance.
We can make a bet if you while you fall from the rotted branch that once held you.
Will consider it if you can figure out how to put a sentence together.
As a smoker myself, I can tell you first hand that smoking effects any type of athletic performance, it makes your reflexes slower and severely reduces your stamina. Most athletes that are able to do it have to be exceptionally skilled at what they do. Many great soccer players from past and present smoke(d), but their exceptional skills allowed them to be competent, albeit while giving up a physical advantage they may have had over the competition. ex Dimitar Berbatov, Alessandro Nesta, Zidane, Cruyff, etc...
Well put. However, there may be a "hidden" advantage to picking up the habit if you box. Namely: your ability to move up in weight class will skyrocket exponentially if you can manage to smoke for several years and then give it up. Once you quit--trust me on this--the weight gain is "natural" but fast. I doubt anyone could handle moving up three, four, five, even six weight classes with the ease of an ex-smoker. I went from super middle to cruiser in under a year--seamlessly. If you know what I mean...
You ever hear the expression "those body shots will pay dividends in the later rounds"? In this case, paying the bills is no different than "paying dividends" or, something you might be more familiar with, simply "paying off." Having skills pays off. You dig?
Arthur Abraham prior to Saturday night:
12 round fights = 17
Of which 5 went the distance
Of his 12 knockout victories 4 came in the 11th round or later
We should all be able to agree that Dirrell gave Abraham a tougher time than any of his previous opponents and in Dirrell Abraham was presented with his most skilled advesary to date.
Based on the above it seems like a huge leap in logic to say that Abraham was likely going to knock out Dirrell in the 11th or last round.
As has been stated multiple times by multiple posters, Abraham did not land a single meaningful punch in the 11th.
Could he have knocked Dirrell out? Of course. Would he have? We’ll never know. But there’s no basis in reality to say he would have.
The most likely scenario is Dirrell continuing to frustrate Abraham and securing the unanimous, clear-cut and uncontroversial decision.
http://www.tulsaworld.com/sportsextra/article.aspx?subjectid=462&articleid=20100808_29_B1_JamesQ399431&allcom=1
The article is good but the video is top notch.
Check it out...
Excellent, thanks. It's just a real heartbreaker what happens to some of these guys. He's only 53. Might as well be 90.
May sound silly but start a facebook page. Facebook pages, if enough people join, tend to get media attention. All this bullshit right now is already starting to generate attention. There's an article in today's NY Times about Floyd and Manny. The wave is rising...
Great article. I used to hea that Vaughn was even bbetter than The Great was.
How do you figure Vaughn pulling 18 years for armed robbery? Too many priors, I guess. I never heard anything about his boxing. Any idea what his weight class would be?
Great article thanks.
LMAO at the woman being pulled over.
WAR DEVON
“A white woman driving all slow around here is going to get pulled over on suspicion to buy crack."
Cracked me up as well. Always good to see a positive article about boxing in the mainstream media. Although the writer did take a swipe at the state of the sport in the end.
I f*cking hate Time Warner. May they rot.
Agreed 1000%. Constant headaches with those fools. Just two days ago I get an overdue notice. Only problem with that is I'm on an autopay deal with them. So I call them up. After about twenty-****ing-five minutes on hold some nitwit comes on and explains they changed their system and some customers were accidentally "dropped" in the process. I say: fine, I expect next to nothing from you morons, so no surprise--I'll pay. This lady tells me she'd be happy to process my payment but there will be a $1.99 fee to do so. I asked her to kindly waive that complete ****ing bull**** fee because, under the circumstances, she'd have to agree that to charge me would be OUTRAGEOUS. She relented. So I actually got something for free from those ****ers: they let me pay them. What an absolute joke of a ****ing company.
Are you sure we wasn't referencing the anniversary, ie on this day in 08 this guy died... I think that's what he meant..
oh, I'm sure: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvey_Korman
Under consideration:
Taylor claims to have had a bad camp prior to the first fight. Claims to have had done everything “half-assed” (his words). Also claims to have been struggling to make weight for some time. The fact that his rematch clause puts this fight at 166 seems to back that up.
Taylor looks to be truly motivated for the rematch. Moreover, he appears to believe with conviction that he can take Pavlik out. As far as he’s concerned, he had him out of there last time—half assed—so nothing will stop him this time around. Not saying this is true but it does look to be the best attitude he could possibly have under the circumstances.
My opinion is both guys likely struggled to make weight first time around. Pavlik is the naturally bigger guy. Naturally the stronger guy. But Taylor is much faster. The question is will 166 really make a difference? Pavlik won’t be weaker. Probably won’t be slower. But Taylor could be stronger than last time. His stamina will presumably be better. His skills will remain intact. And I don’t see the weight slowing him down. He might be more comfortable.
I would never discount Pavlik’s strength, desire or skill. And I don’t doubt for a second that all those things played into him being able to survive the second round of the first fight. But the fact is he was badly hurt and if Taylor was in good shape mentally and physically that night, I see the fight ending in that second round. In the rematch I don’t see how Pavlik could be any more motivated than he was for the first fight. Taylor is.
I like everything about Pavlik and have never been particularly enamored with Taylor. But I’m going out on a limb and predicting Taylor will win an uncontroversial decision.
Taylor absolutely caught Pavlik with an elbow. No question. But here’s the thing. Many people, including—I believe—Jack Lowe—say the mistake Pavlik made was sticking his chin out as if to say “is that all you got?” while what others saw was he got clocked with an elbow and glanced at the ref (or maybe Taylor) to complain. Split second. Which is all it took. The sequence of punches/elbow speaks to Pavlik’s mental coolness under pressure. First, he’s able to recognize he got elbowed. Second, he has no problem calling attention to this—in the midst, mind you, of an all out assault by the then middle-weight champion of the world—and last , when he does finally catch that equilibrium shot and goes down he bounces right—and watch it: right back up . Granted: without legs. But mentally 100%. Nevertheless, I stick with my long shot: Taylor by UD. And no controversy. Happy to be proved wrong in any scenario. Looking forward to what should be a damn good fight.
Has everyone forgotten the buildup to Judah/Mayweather? The fact that Zab got humiliated by Baldomir did zero to stop his fight with Floyd. That being the case, even if Forbes were to somehow beat DLH, it's not going to stop the hype (read: the money train). The fight is going to happen. If you're really against it, throw your television out the window come fight night, because we all know it's going to require will power beyond the average to not buy the damn thing.
Asian Sensation is right on the money. Neither guy was impressive. And if you consider what was on the line... Where's the hunger? Sorry to say, this is just another sham. Can any of you seriously see Klitschko losing to anyone out there? And I'm no fan of his. The heavyweight division is at present clubland. Zero happening. Watching espnclassic earlier made me miss the old days (20 fuckin' years ago, if you can believe that!) All those early Tyson fights. The man was... the man. Ferocious. Povetkin? Chambers? Silly.
Favorite Tyson knockout is 1st round stoppage of Reggie Gross. Of all Mike’s ko’s this one stands out for two reasons: 1. Gross really tried to take it to him and actually caught Mike once, with an uppercut. A large volume of punches were thrown towards the end of round one. Tyson slipped most but he did get caught. Then, in the midst of bobbing, weaving, slipping, etc. he connects and Gross goes down (for the first time but that was basically it). A short fight but one that showcased all of Tyson’s abilities at the time. 2. Gross was built much like B. Douglas and showed a similar style. Needless to say, Mike was his own worse enemy. When you look at this fight, among others, I think it’s his speed and defense that makes him special. Power goes without saying but the speed was ridiculous. And his back fucking looked like the skyline of Manhattan. Huge and ever-changing. If you catch my drift.
As for tonight's action... no comparison.
Slugs being slugs.
hmmm... I know he had major colon surgery but I don't know about that. I think it was more a matter of him losing whatever natural instinct he had (due to his illness?). it was like he forgot how to box. I'm not a huge a fan of his or anything but I do feel bad for the guy. I also remember he had the word "DETOX" on his trunks that night. promotional? inspirational? I've heard he's a hard-core vegan or some such. I have no idea. but I've never seen a professional boxer looking down like that, trying to get his feet right.