Hypothetically speaking how many PPV buys would an HBO World Championship Boxing card take away from an HBO PPV?
Think about what you are asking. Stop. And think.
Let me clarify a little further than. Networks aside, pretend there was another premium cable network televising, now how much would it affect sales?
It wont happen on the same date. Now fuk off with this pointless thread u stupid bastard.
What's wrong little boy? Mommy and daddy didnt show you enough attention growing up? You find the thread pointless, keep it moving internet tough guy
The problem with what you think is that GBP don't agree with you, by the names they have been mentioning they are pretty sure Lara will whoop Canelo's a$$, and once you hold a belt you became a target, 21, 20, 19 or 17 like Benitez you have to defend that belt against the best fighters in your own division, age is not an excuse they are plenty of fighters that won a belt at an early age and not only fought the best but unified their divisions, if you can't hang with the big boys get out of the way...
Great post
Martinez ends up kissing like 13 of the background dancers right after. Weird show.
This was pretty tamed compared to this video I found.
Yo that b*tch is fine!
Lara didnt look too good tonight given his opposition. I expected him to look spectacular against hernandez. He looked a bit slower, sluggish, grunting a lot in the later rounds to put that extra snap behind his punches (due to fighting 1 rd in past yr maybe) compared to his performance against williams. Not too sure about him beating canelo now
He'll get pretty far if they keep him on the path he is now. It's not fair to the boy. If they put him in there with the big boys after babying him like this he'll get Bute'd.
True that. Not to mention he's already collecting million dollar paychecks without accomplishing anything meaningful. The day he steps in with a talented hungry fighter he could very well lose.
Prime Tyson
Prime Roy
Sweet pea
Benitez
Sugar Ray
Gene Tunney
I'll give you Tyson but unfortunately We never saw his skills against prime, elite opposition. Roy Jones was mainly reflexes though and was more of a boxer than an explosive versatile brawler like Duran. Sweet pea lacked the punching power in his offense but he did have excellent defense no doubt. Benitez the same. Sugar ray Leonard or Sugar Ray Robinson?? Gene Tunney I cant really speak on. I've only heard about him. I guess I'll have to look him up sometime.
Duran's a great fighter but I think his defensive e prowess has become a little overrated in his prime he wasn't very hard to hit he just hit you back harder and more often.
He was hard to hit CLEANLY. He did get tagged but he was also excellent at rolling with the punches and taking away some of the shock from the punches. Btw i agree with the poster who said Tyson followed a bob and weave pattern rather than use ring savvy and anticipation like duran did to defend against single punches.
Duran's defense is SORELY underrated just because he didn't mind mixing it up but I have to give RJJ the greatest amalgamation of offense and defense. God gifted reflexes, speed of hand and foot, power in each hand AND high ring IQ. GOAT skills wise.
Greatest of all time in terms of athleticism maybe, but it seems like you have your mind made up. I won't argue with you about your opinion
I have a hard time believing tyson comes close when his achievements are so clearly inferior to duran's. How many top inside fighters did tyson beat? holyfield showed him up in that sense. He took apart some bums and fighters who were uncoordinated against anyone even close to being inside. Duran could counter punch on the inside, against top inside fighters, and not get hit cleanly.
Tbh, the question is somewhat vague and needs defining. When floyd mayweather performs a pull counter does that count as great offence plus great defence? or are you only looking for high volume aggressive fighters who can fight on the front foot without taking clean hits?
Explosive agressive fighters
Very good defense, doens't get enough credit for it today. One of my trainers had the nerve to say Duran had no defense and was just a skilled brawler. I was speechless and I just didn't want to question his knowledge in front of everybody but man I was really shocked somebody would think that.
I hear that alot too. It annoys me especially when someone says he would've lost to this guy or that guy because he was a "face first brawler" and nothing more.
Duran defense while on the offense was a thing of beauty. Always in the right position to not to get hit. Also he rolled with the punches.
Early JCC was like that.
JCC was awesome no doubt but his plan was to smother you, pin you against the ropes and break you down little by little with a body-head attack. He couldnt lay you out with a single shot like Duran did against Lampkin, Wheatley, Huertas and Ortiz
He's not. The DeJesus fight is proof enough.
I'm not saying he was invincible. Dejesus was an excellent boxer puncher and knew to fight Duran calmly and intelligently. And of course Duran went on to avenge those defeats twice for the record.
In terms of offense+defense I'd say he was about as good as Chavez Sr,who is very underrated when it comes to defense.
You must not know much about Duran. Everything Chavez did Roberto Duran did better. There's a reason why Duran is rated higher on all time greats list than Chavez.
He's a solid fighter. Nothing special like Barrera, Morales showed at his age. Marquez also seemed like a well rounded fighter at that age. Spotlight is shining much brighter on him than on those other guys though,not just because of his looks and undefeated record but also because bigger fighters generally get paid more attention. Problem with this dude is that he's becoming popular very fast. He's already a superstar and getting 1 mil+ when he fights. All this before he's accomplished anything meaningful. Hopefully it won't get to his head
http://www.*********.com/Boxing/alvarez-tba-no-longer-a-pay-per-view-121082 re-pasted the link again. Sorry if it doesn't work. It's in FI*HT N*WS website