LoL I reckon he has just sorted Roy Jones with 7 mill for his retirement, look at this as a testimonial for Cally! A grudge match this is not but should be entertaining all the same.
Threads bin ruined but some good points there still,like the last one about Hopkins not being able to cope with Callys handspeed and pace thus started to spoil....
any sympathy for Ricky ? i personally feel gutted for him i really do as i did for Kessler although i wanted Joe to beat him ,i felt bad for Jermain Taylor aswell
the hatred towards Taylor & Hatton has been very strong IMO Kessler has been called a Robot i think these guys deserve more respect for there very brave showings okay they lost but niether of them laid down
Yes m8,decent post ..
Anyway yeh I also agree with your Kessler remark,I am a die hard Calzaghe fan and have closely watched the guy since he beaten Eubank and I would have been devastated had he have lost BUT Kessler now has also made a big big fan out of me since his fight with Joe and beyer.
Anyway yeh I also feel the same about Ricky,last night could have gone so different had Ricky been allowed to fight his fight and also lasted the 12 rounds because if you think had he not lost the point and also kept up the pace and had it gone 12 rounds he might have won considering the American judges there have scored for aggression before today and talking about that point deduction....well you dont stop boxing untill the ref steps in so Ricky righly kept on throwing punches and it was Mayweather who put himself throo those ropes not Ricky,Mayweather was ducking very low even below the belt ON PURPOSE because either he knew Cortez was on Ricky's case or as my friend suggested Mayweathers notoriety and money was involved and anyway he knew the ref would get Ricky for carrying on boxing when Mayweather had his head so low,also the puch stopped b4 his head anyway and just brushed off the top rope.
I told my m8s the chance that Ricky has got is to really keep the fight at a fast pace and keep on the inside and really bang to the body hard which Ricky is good at but tbh he didnt do much of that last night he went for the head a lot but yeh that was his chance,because Mayweather doesnt like to get hurt,he only ever does just enough to win and if Ricky really took him to the streets then maybe he could just then take his around the back alley and propa mug him BUT the ref was NOT gonna allow it but this is boxing man it aint no tea party and that was a world title bout and for Joe Cortez to behave like that is a suspicious disgrace.
Anyway after he took the point away then Ricky had to really go to town because now all of a sudden hes a desparate man needing to claw the point back,especially if it goes the 12 rounds and so he went on the attack even more which imo suited Mayweather because he runs around the ring getting away and turning his back and falling back on ropes and soaks up some punches to his guard or shoulders BUT THEN IF YOU FALL SHORT AND HE COUNTERS YOU YOUR FUCKED and hes good at that and did it last night with a peach of a hook after which imo the writing was on the wall for Ricky.Sad to see him get knocked out like that when it could have been so different had the Ref let him fight his fight and keep up the momentum but no he had to keep breaking it up,it was really bad refereeing I used to respect the man,not even so much for his ref work but ya know hes a familiar face of some great fights but last night was his worst ever.
I mean ive never been a big Hatton fan and even some of my friends say 'wat you dont think Hatton is a great fighter?ARe u mad?' and I do think hes a good fighter butive just never been a big fan,hes never really 100% convinced me but I do like him,hes a down to earth type of guy and does like to have a tear up which is good,hes a Rocky type of boxer and was just sad to see him get knocked out like that and expecially the way the fight was,I mean he must have felt like hes fighting both Mayweather and Cortez too.
Anyway as I say ive never been a big fan of Hatton,Calzaghe I have tho and cant wait for the Hopkins fight but to the guys saying 'I dont feel bad for him cos hes a millionaire',I thought we was talking about boxing here ?
LoL im skint tbh my banks robbing me so yeh if your talking like that I dont feel sorry for him no....LoL,hes had a better life and able to provide much better than I ever will and you only get one life.
Khan talks too much, saying he could beat Mayweather in a 4 round bout. Ridiculous i can't wait until he steps up to elite level and gets KTFO.
LoL Is that what he said m8? hehe
I cant be bothered getting into arguments here but I will say that the initial poster who is getting some stick here has some good points,as I sed in the 'feel sorry for Hatton' thread my m8 sed b4 the fight that the MONEY was on Mayweathers side so hes bet on Mayweather for that reason,I sed wtf u talking about....BUt watching Cortez breaking up everything then what my m8 sed came to mind,was Mayweathers money and notoriety involved??Richard Steele was ref then it would have been a different outcome imo.
They were soccer fans but they were drunk, boozed up and being like that goes with the territory of drinking. Its not a reflection of them as people.
Boxing fans (US included) are generally lower class though, like soccer fans. They're quicker to descend to this sort of behaviour.
But boxing isn't exactly a classy sport, is it. 2 men battering each other. It is neaderthal so lets not dress it up. And thats part of its attraction.
Eh??Boxing fans are a lower class of people?wtf u talking about and when you say....ah fuck it I cant be arsed....your ignorant tho..
I always felt sad about what happend to michael watson. i think he was the best of the british middleweights of the 90's and would have gone onto much bigger things.
here he is knocking out Benn.
Totally agree,I loved Micheal Watson,a nice classy boxer he was and as one of the other guys sed I was absolutely gutted when Eubank won the 2nd and even more when I realised what had happened to Watson,as I remember I ahd Watson ahead too....
BTW whos the bird on your siggy m8?Some tidy shit right there fella!
Yeh it was the punch that caused to KO,then a series of them AND YES the turnbuckle pad IS PADDED a lot BUT I wasnt saying that the corner turnbuckle would have caused any damage to Hattons head,like a cut or bruise im saying that his head was near pushed into his chest!
He hit iT neck down.. which can cause wiplash and concussions... I am sure it did half the damage..
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Your right it did m8,I was only saying this last night to a friend when talking about the fight (I hadnt seen him since b4 the fight) and I sed exactly the same,he didnt hit it like you would butt someone,no he hit it like a ramming top of the head first job which neck nerves suffer from causing the damage you talk of....
Without talking about the heavyweight classics of days gone by I thought the Benn V Mc Clennan was a good fight,one showing great heart from Benn,near killed them both that fight.
for some reason I think I've watched Calzaghe vs Byron Mitchell more than any other fight. I guess that makes it my favourite.
Yeh was certainbly one of Callys toughest and that one with Kabari Salem
Gotta Be Hamed-kelley
Lad how can I watch that fight,I wanna see it again and I aint got it,some guys have gave me links to that megaupload thing b4 but ive never used it,maybe ill try find myself....
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How the hell do I search in that megaupload site?
Cotto Hatton .
Cotto v Mayweather
De La Hoya v Hatton
Pavlik v Kessler
RJJ v B-Hop
The last 2 interest me too,tell you what Kessler has made a big fan out of me since his beyer fight and moreso his Calzaghe fight,altho I was supporting Calzaghe in that one,in fact ive supported him heavily since he beat Eubank for his title.
As the guy sed theres bin a lot of chat in all forums ana ive read quite some here,all I can say is im really looking forward to the fight,roll on the 8th....
I'd love to see Calzaghe retire the overrated Borenard Popkins for good.
^^ LOL
An the guy who sed Hopkins would nullify Calzaghe's style and also this 'style' is perfect for Hopkins....well it prompts me to ask you....What 'style' is that?Let me tell you..You cant calculate Calzaghes style..he hasnt a certain style for a boxer to get onto and this is why fighters need several sparring partners to train with before fights with Cally because they can never get onto how he fights and use a certain partner for that because basically he is unpredicable and all his fights are different.Hes just an extremely adaptable boxer as opposed to fighter.
I agree with the other stuff the guy sed tho about how hops would fight and tbh yeh theres better fights/purses out there maybe but id love to see this fight for the reason gavinz1970 has given.
Haha n1 m8 I was just gonna post sopmething similar but saw yours...Yeh I am eager to see this fight,I guess Lacy will do all the things hes good at but couldnt do fighting my man Calzaghe,just wasnt allowed to and got a boxing lesson,lol some slapper eh fella...hehe but I think you'll/he'll beat Manfredo!
Lets see....