I usually don't agree with him but this is spot on.
Mayweather/DLH 2 is a concrete example of how greed beats the championic ambitions.
As if there are many fighters who give a crap anymore...
let's play nice. i heard he had some legal ish a while back because he hit some chick, maybe his girlfriend or wife or something. thats it.
So he Floyd has been tied to domestic violence against women previously? Didn't know that.
I'm completely shocked with the way donnie looked in this fight...have seen many of his fights live, and he usually has quick snapping punches and some sort of defense. tonight he had neither of those things, he looked like a completely different fighter
I highly doubt anyone we will ever see will be able to compare with guys who fought 200 fights, even if it wasn't always against the best comp. but who in the sport is even fighting the best comp. in their 2-3 fights a year?
No one...the best fighters ever are already set in stone, we could put a few modern guys in the top 50 but that's about as far as it goes.
Floyd*
Manny*
Hopkins*
Marquez*
Cotto
Wlad
I know I'm forgetting someone...
I left off guys with known PED ties.
I think that the guys with the * used SOMETHING illegal at some point in their careers.
Pac Marquez 4. I took every precaution to avoid it and ended up seeing the result on ESPN at the laundromat. That f*ckin Laundromat ruined a bears game for me too now that I think about it. Oh well I got a W&D now, no more spoiled sporting events for me.
Nah, especially not Chris....he got a close (as far as points, not rounds) decision last night in his only fight against a top fighter.
I picked Chris to win, because I thought Provo was/is overrated. Gimme another fight to make the decision.
I can kind of see the comparison, but that fight was a LOT closer than yesterday's fight.
You could have given Trout that fight...it really depends on what you see.
I thought at the time of the fight that Trout won 114-113. In the subsequent times I watched it I found another round for Canelo. So that one could have went to either fighter.
There was 8 rounds for Chris yesterday. HBO's scorecard was ridiculous. I try to tune those guys out and not let their d1ckridingness affect what I was seeing.
I think the knockdowns and the eye were a big distraction from what was actually going on in those rounds. Algieri boxing well, sticking to a game plan (which Ruslan didn't seem to have...maybe throw punches, get knockout)
Sergio Martinez was never that good of a boxer. He was athletic enough to always find a way to have his hand raised at the end of the night. When you are that kind of a fighter, and you have over a year off, you have nothing to rely on to help you.
At the end of the day, the thing you have to realize like I said before in the sport of boxing is this...Miguel Cotto is a hell of a fighter and we can't take anything away from him because Sergio signed on the dotted line.
Sergio agreed to the fight bad knee, hand, age, time off....whatever. He could have came back and fought a "tune-up" but I don't think there was a legitimate opponent out there that he would have beaten that night.
Sergio isn't making any excuses, why the f is everyone else?
Besides all that, I think Miguel looked to have been in good shape, he was bouncing on his toes...Miguel Cotto showed up to win the middleweight title and he did that, regardless of the cirumstances. He got the job done, he did was he was supposed to.
It's up to Sergio to get himself ready to defend his title, which he didn't do.
Provodnikov overrated as f*ck. What is it with this place and face first no skilled brawlers who have no answer for a guy who doesn't stand right in front of them?
Easy money
Good morning world! Sorry I have been MIA, as I have been preparing for my next bout July 12th as the Co feature in West. Deptford NJ under Chazz Witherspoon as the Main Event. No locked in opponent as of now but hopefully this week I will be able to post something. I just wanted to post my predictions for tonight.
We have good Boxing on tonight. I will be in Atlantic City watching the Glenn Tapia/Kennan Collins fight but on HBO you have Chris Algeri vs. Ruslan Provodnikov.
I'm calling it now, I firmly believe that Algeri is going to outbox Ruslan and become the new World Champion, though I also wouldn't be surprised if Ruslan wins by mid fight tko ONLY BECAUSE ALGERI HAD HIS WILL TAKEN, BUT if I was a betting man, my money is on Algeri.
Algeri is a good boxer with a gas tank. I follow him on social networks and see how he lives, eat and train. He always keeps in shape which is important in this sport. If Chris has a clear mindset and is not scared of Ruslan's none stop pressure style and his power.... I see a cake walk for Algeri. UD Win.
** Demetrius Andrade should handle Brian Rose pretty good. UD win for Andrade or possibly mid fight stoppage.
** I think Sean Monaghan will go life and death with Elvir Muriqi but will win the fight.
:boxing::boxing::la:
I'm picking Agieri as well. I don't think Ruslan is able to get up for this fight, he's eyeing bigger and better things. Algieri tops Ruslan in a lot of categories, but can he move enough for 12 rounds and keep Ruslan off?
I don't know too much about Chris, but it seems he's hungry, in good shape, quick with hands and feet. He's at home, and from all accounts he can box well.
Plus if you're a betting man, there's great value in taking Algieri at the given odds
i seriously hope that he does not.
I concur.
Anyone on the fence, just have a look at the official list of fighters and ask yourself if he belongs there. Sure there is Sly Stallone, and Gatti
But Sergio doesn't serve as the rule OR the exception.
I enjoyed watching him fight, but NOT hall of fame material...
121 fighters in the last 71 years inducted...Sergio is just simply not in that class.
Resume
Cintron - a fight he clearly won, in most people's eyes. Never very good
Williams 1 - tough close fight...some people thinking he won. Had some decent wins on his resume, wasn't built for middleweight.
Pavlik - had a tough middle 4 rounds, but outworked KP in the 1st and last 3rd of the fight. Pavlik a limited fighter
Williams 2 - Well we know what happened there. Well placed shot, nice win.
Dzinziruk - Sergio completely shut this guy down, who it turns out was just a walking jab. Had 1-2 decent wins at 154. Didn't deserve to be fighting the lineal middleweight champion with 0 160 fights under his belt. Doesn't help your case for HOF, but doesn't hurt.
Barker - Don't really remember this fight. I believe it was closer than the cards indicated but Sergio found a way to win. Barker went on to get a W over top contender Geale. May have been too early for Barker to fight Sergio.
Macklin - Macklin made their fight close, had Sergio on the canvas, once again Sergio pulled out the W late. Macklin, to me, looked to have beat Sturm. Good win for Sergio.
Chavez - lol
Murray - Sergio was lucky to get the W in my opinion. Murray seems to be a good fighter, hard to credit Sergio for this win.
Cotto - say what you want about how it played out...Good Cotto, or bad Sergio? Both? Either way Sergio was beat up bad by a (IMO) future HOF'er.
I think that if Sergio got his career going a little bit earlier he could have polished his boxing a bit more, and perhaps fought better opposition, or not have made the fights so hard on himself.
The late start hurts him.
Champions in the past have sprinkled in easy bouts between their tougher matches. Riddick Bowe fought Michael Dokes and Jesse Ferguson, for example, in between the first and second Evander Holyfield fights.
If you look at Danny's career he's been in against one good fighter after another. Up to and including Mauricio Herrera.
Is he entitled to take a soft touch?
Campbell, Holt, Morales, and Judah don't count. Yeah good names but not fair when Danny is in his prime. The Lucas and Khan fights, sure.
And to answer the question. If there's nothing else out there, fine take what you can get. At least attempt to fight someone who is a legit "soft touch".
But no, when you are THE champion why should you be allowed to fight anyone other than the best available contender, (promotional BS aside) just because you were in tough previously (which is the whole point of being a champion).
I worked hard yesterday, I'm going to sit here and do nothing all day. Nobody would have a job if that was the mentality.
Who cares 3 fights, 9 fights, 100 fights...this kid is the goods, and will probably beat everyone put in front of him at 126.
I thought this kids greatness would be the one thing this forum would agree on.
He fought a good fighter for a pro debut. He fought a tough veteran, with the wrong style, who was overweight, and Lomachenko still hung in there.
Then he fights a blue chip prospect people have been waiting for, and said this was to be his coming out party, gets embarrassed landing 10-15% of his punches?
It's been 3 fights. Golovkin has had 30
I made this thread last week, and from what I was told by someone from Shane Mosley camp today while his two sons were training, if Mayweather don't do good numbers in September, Showtime will force him to revise his contract or force him to fight Manny in May to regain revenue lost in the contract. Or Showtime will reserve the May date for Cotto vs Alvarez. HBO may get involve (I.e. Tyson vs Lewis). These are all rumors going around the gym.
When FRANKGWJ speaks, y'all better listen.