From a marketing standpoint its a win win.Pac and Floyd- huge ratings and ppv cash machines will be exiting the sport soon, boxing needs to build up future stars.Ie, Broner ,Thurman and the like need tv saturation so casuals can be esposed to kos for life,etc.
Years down the road,these guys could possibly headline ppv cards.
Can't say asking GGG to move up 2 weight classes ridiculous.Floyd did it.A lot of posters here want him to move up more at 38,almost 20 years in the game to fight GGG.
But asking GGG to move up,wow mind blown!
All day long,Paquaio hasn't even been up to the level of boxing outside of EM MAB and JMM.Notice that you didn't use injury as an example!!!
It was hugs that you cited. Really.
After so many years in the making,what was Paquaios excuse?
Him job was supposed to be simple.Make Floyd work.!!
Destroyed every single person and was known as a boxer puncher by Larry Merchant no less!After 17+ years in the game,it should be a cakewalk for Pacquaio and his trainer to develop a plan for him!
Take solace in the hugs he gave.
Apparently you guys still need it!
What motivates a fighter?Fighting!!!
Hasn't fought in forever,plus famous in home country, and has $$$.
Hard to push a person to get up for 3 months of camp,it's a mental game,and few have the capacity for it.
Co sign!Lmao!!!
I watch boxing no matter the weight class,had high hopes for Bermaime and Arreola.
Like both Klitschos,there just hasn't been many heavyweight bouts televised on my channels,Hbo&Showtime.
At that weightclass I'm looking for more exciting bouts.Cause generally speaking 1 punch could end the fight quicker than the other classes.Plus the fighters stamina winds down faster.Generally speaking of course.
Whoa son!Mayweather is older than Pacquaio!Did he know five years ago that he would still not have received a loss or that Pacquaio would?
Ortiz and Canelo were ten years younger or more,outweighed him,yet looked lost!If social media were around when Sugar Ray and Hagler fought what then?
People are cool when Joe fought Roy and Hopkins but not todays fighters!Foh!
End of the day,I want to watch fights!How they get made,who had to drop what,A side,B side ,make the fight!The funniest part,every poster calling FIGHTERS scared,wishes Mayweather would fight GGG at catchweight!!
Dude fought Mayweather,Trout,Lara,and Kirkland!
And while you're wrapping your mind around that he only loss to Mayweather ! He's called out the toughest guys in his division! At his age you have to give it to him.He's the champion with or without belts!And I thought going in that he was another Julio Ceaser Chavez Jr!
Co-sign.I will probably watch,but not counting down to day of the fight like say Kirkland-Canelo.
All these fighters should be moving up their comp,not these match ups!
What's not to like? If you want a cerebral boxer he's been that his whole Pro career, he's always adapted in the ring,if you watch and see his subtle adjustments. If you want to knock out puncher check out his early career .Been champion since 21 years of age, has find 20 + world title fights!***55357;***56881; For those who follow his early career he was a knockout artist. What triple G is now is what Diego Corrales was then when he fought him Floyd was the underdog! When people talk about how many punches Pacman throws per round ,go watch Philip Ndo throw over a hundred punches per round and Floyd Stopped him! So you have a boxer went from being a. Ko artist to being a defensive boxer seamlessly also to be the highest grossing boxer and to becoming a great promoter of himself! Just respect the blueprint that he created for future generations of boxers, not the man outside ring, but the man inside the ring!
Holyfield was a beast...nuff said!
Nah,if you watch his fights,the man was unreal,literally out on his feet,idk,a dozen times,at least,and came back like the wrath of God.
This fight has a lot of variables to think about,eye/advantage Spence,venue/advantage Brook,weight/advantage/Spence,big stage experience/advantage Brook.
Listen to Stony explain all of John Ruiz diet tips
listen to Mike Tyson read Genesis from the Bible
rather watch rod salka train
listen to Angel Garcia explain why Puerto Ricans are the best fighters
?Webster needs to spend more time in the gym working on the sweet science . Definitely has the tools but needs a trainer to show him when and how to use them High on Douglas he still needs more practice but high up side.
Gotta give it to Canelo. He takes all comers. He was gonna fight Paul Williams before the motorcycle accident. If I recall correctly he was gonna fight James Kirkland, but it fell through. There was a few boxers that for whatever reason the fights never materialized. He's the real deal.
Thanks, I'm not one to quit easily.
Just spoke to an NSAC rep.
He said they like the idea of scoring fights only in slow motion. That they might do away with real-time scoring In the near future just so they don't have see and hear all the tears and crying from sourpuss fans after a major humiliating loss.
He warned me it could take 1000 years before that ever happens though.
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@mindbat well played!
Really really like GGG,but you need to fight live bodies before p4p ranking.Is anyone ranking Wilder?***55357;***56853;
Cause he has to fight fighters of note before hand.No one's ranking Ax Man either,and I'm good with it!
Step up the level of competition and then let's discuss!
I thought Collazo was a live body against Khan giving his recent showing.But really it just underscored how far he and Ortiz have faded.
Khan vs anyone with a decent ring I.Q. has rough outings.When Julio Diaz gives you a genuine scare,....well.
Gotta be honest,Thurman has had a solid schedule,will to give a pass if he takes a Collazo.
But not excited,even if ko came early,it's expected.
Lmao,the hurt is still fresh after a month.
I went in thinking this was a tossup,had 40 people over 90 percent Pacquaio fans.
Mayweather rapidly dispelled me of those delusions in round 1!
I get that people can get fanatical about a fighter,good or bad.But at the end of the day, having watching boxing for 30 plus years,there have only been a few that I've had to go back and rewatch,and gully,this wasn't one of them.Hands down,from round 1 on,Mayweather imposed his skills on Pacquaio,and it wasn't close.
Beterbeiv is exactly like Bhop in this scenario.
Hopkins lost early in his career,was a puncher boxer,adapted later in his career as a boxer.Beterbeiv could lose by ko and still grow as a fighter.Others have done so.