I'm not saying it's good to have more than 12 rounds but the chances of a draw would happen less if the fight were to end with the number of rounds as an odd number.
Wilder comes forward most of the times and seems to have poor reflexes when it comes to defensive footwork. As predictable as he is, he's better off giving Fury a different look for the first 3 or 4 rounds, maybe backpeddling or taking Fury's soft punches to the point where Fury get too comfortable with his sneaky attacks. Fury is open to the upper cuts and if Wilder wants the KD or KO early, he has to mentally setup Fury in playing into his game plan early on.
Fury's skills and attributes is levels above Wilder's and I predict he will win in UD if his conditioning is right. The leg injury during camp rumor could be mind games.
It won't be a one punch KO, but an accumulation of punches.
Fury had Wilder hurt and wobbled at times in the first fight and he wasn't even sitting down on his punches and going for power.
Wilder will empty his tank earlier this fight as well and will be a sitting duck in the later rounds.
Wow. I'm glad Fury won. 2 thumbs up 4 U and this thread, D4.
...that's how I feel about beard as cushion at least, which is what I remember being cited as the main concern when I've seen the topic of facial hair in combat sports crop up before. But I can defnitely see other ways in which it could it be advantageous, or at least disadvantage to opponent. As a trap for sweat and debris that could really mess up an opponent in the clench by obscuring vision. Or by way of additional "splash" from the beard on punch impact. Maybe?
I've heard before that it's allowed just as long as it's trimmed a certain length and that the jawline can be seen. But like you said, if one were to have a beard in a fight and have a bloody mouth dripping and settling in the beard over the course of the fight that mess can't be good for the other opponent. And someone here mentioned potential of eye abrasions. I can see they made Broner & Tyson Fury shave beard completely off and if there is a rule on this, none of the profighters should enter the ring with it.
I think the real question is why did Floyd say he would be down to rematch in the octagon after their boxing match happened. Floyd got cold feet and broke promises.
Wilder wanted and probably still wants a body on his record.
Meanwhile Fury would rather make a record of Oldies and Gospel music
Fury is one of a kind. I can't remember any fighter in history singing during the post fight interview.
Lateral footwork and head movements would make it harder for Fury to get a feel of the punching range, versus Deontay backing straight against the ropes and getting trapped. Those attributes along with others that need to be worked out can make the 3rd rematch competitve.
Lmao. Some ppl are taking this too seriously. Did any of you lose $$$ on him to have this kind of attitude towards him? Geez, now you wish him bad health? 🤕
Lol @ fans concerned for Pacmans health at 40 yrs old against a young pressure fighter like Spence. If Pacman is in serious trouble, I'm sure Buboy in the corner will do his job to look out for his best friend. Mind you Pac is not the reckless fighter after the Marquez KO. He bounced back from adversity. If Garcia can stand in front of Spence for the whole fight w/o being knockdowned, I'm sure pacmans style with speed, feints and footwork will make for a competitive fight. It's Manny's decision at his age to continue to fight for the pride of his countrymen and for the fans. Plus, fighting at his age for the purpose of passing the torch to next generation is a tradition in boxing. Can you say the same thing for Floyd? mma and kickboxers? What a joke. I think some fans only say this and telling him to retire cuz their fighter is not doing it. They're envious, lol.
Damn son, Lopez hasn't even fought anyone and you're rating him pretty high. What, to you, has he done that makes me equal to Loma?
Never said I rated Lopez. Both Loma and Lopez have high KO/TKO ratio. They almost have the same number of pro fights. The only good win I think worth mentioning for Loma is Rigo. But loma was alot bigger than him and Rigo I think came up in weight. Both Loma and Lopez know how to finish. And Loma is 31 just coming off shoulder surgery and l am surprised Pedraza lasted that long with him in his last fight.
I think it's the other way around. Does Crawford want that piece? Cos he's by all himself in that lonely street
Spence admitted he won't fight Bud cuz of different promoter. And I don't think Spence is ducking. Just politics in the way.
But Floyd ducked Keith at the time he was mandatory. Instead he fought Berto. He had all the main titles except IBF after he fought Pac and yet he did not unify with Brook for the IBF title.
What the hell are you talking about? I've answered all of your questions.
Don't be one of those weird posters that just can't let it go.
Not exactly to the point I'm making. I'm talking about the timing of the approval being fishy regardless of what is stated in usada's policies. There are loopholes in their program. But for yourself, and not for the sake of Floyd or the agency, don't you think that's kinda fishy?
You begged me for an answer, now that I give you one, you talk about me having time on my hands? Unbelievable.
Are you on Manny's payroll, Mr. "He was sparring with one hand against sparring partners that he claimed were sent home." :lol1: Ridiculous.
Did you find out if a retroactive TUE is a part of WADA's protocol yet, or did I make that up?
If it's there, that means you officially have run out of things to complain about. So I suggest you let it go.
I know about that already. The stuff you spew out still does not support the TIMING of the approval process, hence why I mentioned to use your own judgement in that aspect without an agenda.
With all due respect, I'd like this to be my last response here because I'm tired
He was dehydrated in the past. You can see it in the Mosley fight. Obviously he was worse off this time. It doesn't really matter. As long as his sample was not diluted, that means he wasn't masking anything. The sample was checked by two separate entity to ensure it wasn't diluted, and it came back clean.
I'm done now.
That fine. This will be my last point then I'm out.
In previous post, you're trying to justify the need of a toradol shot when you see Manny in full training but when there is a video of Floyd at the weigh-in press conference drinking water, didn't have problems making weight, and never been dehydrated in prior fights how can you justify IV treatment as legit when Floyd infused outside medical facility in his home, which violates the protocol. He did not look dehydrated. When you see the weigh-in during Floyd/Canelo fight and take notice of canelos physic, now that looks like somebody dehydrated trying to make catch weight. You are making all this fuss about Manny abusing toradol yet the NFL toradol conspiracy you brought up was never a proven fact for enhancement. If it was, toradol would be currently a banned substance in wada prohibited list. It's not banned. That conspiracy is a week arguement. The whole scenario looks like usada is in Floyd's pocket to protect him. I mean there is VADA agency which would cost Floyd less to conduct testing but he chose the extremely expensive agency in usada?
And there is no breach of contract whether you think Manny is lying. If he said usada approve application for toradol and arum claims that he did and usada failed to submit on time, you can't prove for either side of who messed up. Main point is Manny never took anything before the fight to have an advantage so what is all this fuss about lawsuit and breach of contract?
You are not understanding this properly.
It is NOT USADA's policy. It is WADA's policy. USADA is a signatory of WADA. USADA is bound to follow WADA's rules.
If you believe that you can tell WADA, all of it's anti-doping experts and scientists what should be done regarding anti-doping...then I suggest that you are delusional.
No, I don't think anything is fishy. There is a therapeutic use exemptions committee that is in charge of looking over the relevant information regarding the IV and determining if it is proper and above board. The application does NOT have the athlete's name on it. That means, the 3 doctors in the committee are unaware that the application is from Floyd Mayweather. They review the information that is filled out by a physician, and they approve the application or deny it. They approved it, again without knowing that it was for Mayweather.
An IV can mask the results of a urine test by dilution. Urine samples are required to be checked to ensure that they are not diluted by a specific gravity test. It is a requirement that it not be diluted. The urine samples are tested both by a doping control officer and by the lab technician at an independent WADA laboratory. That means two separate entity tested the urine sample and ensured that it was not diluted. This is the sample that was tested at the laboratory and came back clean. The laboratory, again, is independent. It does not work for USADA. It is also a signatory of WADA.
Independent TUE committee. Indendent laboratory. WADA, which obviously does not work for USADA, has rules in place that govern how this process works.
Is there anything else you need to know...because I've said more than I care to about this topic.
You got lots of time on your hands and put in all that effort but still... "18 days after fight"?
But your opinion is your opinion. Are you on Floyd's payroll?
By the way, since you want to be annoying:
Skip to 2:12 and tell me how injured that shoulder looks to you after his morning run with his sparring partner that isn't really there because he was sent home :lol1:
Then tell me how after surgery it was healed WITHOUT rehab....but only through the grace of God and salt water, yea? ;)
Why so much animosity? Why you changing the subject on timing of the TUE approval process?🤣
. They were supposed to spar that day, but the reason they gave at the time that they didn't spar was because USADA showed up so Roach canceled the sparring. That is also supported by the picture of him I found right before USADA showed up. His hands are clearly wrapped, and you don't wrap your hands unless you are going to be punching something.
I'm not buying it.
Pac was probably preparing to spar, but only with his left. When the day usada showed up, I believe the reason Roach cancelled the rest of the sparring day was cause there were spies in his gym earlier.
What? Where did you get that from? Why do you guys just make up shlt. Just stop it.
Just stop. This thread should have died a long time ago.
Google "WADA retroactive tue guideline". The provided search links from wada site, not usada, states "WADA decisions are not retroactive" in description.
Oh really? Mr. Pacquiao sparring with one hand still can't understand simple things :rofl:
Still waiting for approval as of Feb. 24th. How many days is that from when he took the IV? :lol1:
Face it, son. You got nothing. Now talk to me about that shoulder. :rofl:
"Retroactive" TUE is not a standard procedure on WADAs policy so links that you bring in here stating in the headline, "OPINION" and what usada's own decisions on granting retroactive TUE is not solid ground. Still fishy to me in usada's case.
No no no, dude. USADA was on Lance like white on rice. There is a huge document about it. Regarding the testing procedures, he was helped because there wasn't an adequate test for EPO at much of the time that Lance was doping. Once one was developed, frozen samples from him were retested and failed.
Check out how massive this document is. They were going in on him and he knew he would have to come clean because USADA was cornering him.
In other words, they found out too late. Or usada knew about it back then and let him compete regardless of situation with liters of IV solution to mask blood doping. Now here is the same situation, again. Come on, man. I don't agree with that agency.
I think ur accusing me of things I never said.
The only things I've said here was that Pacquiao's attempted use of Toradol was odd, especially because even he got caught lying about it. You can't deny that. He said himself he had no injury, he claimed his sparring partners left camp, claimed he couldn't spar...and even you admit and said, Oh--he's going to spar with only one hand.
lol. Your bias is astounding.
As for Floyd, the point where all of that noise stops is that an IV masks PED's by dilution. The urine was required to be checked for dilution by two separare en****** to make sure it wasn't diluted. Therefore, it was impossible that the IV masked anything.
So what you have is Manny wasn't allowed to use Toradol, Floyd didn't use PED's, Mayweather won.
The end. Good day, sir.
You will not understand from a fighters standpoint cause you probably never competed. In Manny's case with over 70 fights, I can understand all the wear and tear and it seems reasonable why he would take toradol as a precaution due to previous injuries. It's not banned.
It was civil with you and I compared to how you dealt with the other guy. Peace