hbo. hbo is blowing showtime out of the water this year (especially now that the corrales-castillo fight didn't go off), although showtime had a great year last year.
if you're basing the decisions purely on boxing, hbo gets the slight edge. if you're basing this on boxing + original programs, hbo is by far the better choice (sopranos, entourage, curb your enthusiasm, etc.)
actually what the hell, ill post the fights here:
castillo - corrales 1, half of rd 9, all of 10
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Hagler vs. Hearns...Opening round generally considered one of the best ever, and the fight itself was recently voted 2nd best ever. Here's the entire fight (1985 Fight of the Year - Round of the Year )
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Ward-Gatti I....The infamous "Round 9" (2002 Fight of the Year - Round of the Year )
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Barrera vs. Morales I...Arguably the best round from their 3 historic matches. (2000 Fight of the Year - Round of the Year )
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Bowe vs. Holyfield I...Great heavyweight action (1992 Fight of the Year - Round of the Year )
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Foreman vs. Lyle...Only time in history Round of the Year was awarded to two rounds...rounds 4 & 5 of this fight. Absolute slugfest. (1976 Fight of the Year - Round of the Year )
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Muhammad Ali vs. George Foreman...better known as "The Rumble in the Jungle." This fight is on most everyone's list of the greatest fights in history. (1974 Fight of the Year, Round of the Year ).
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Mike Tyson vs. Michael Spinks....Spinks, at the time, was thought to be the person with the best shot to beat Tyson. All I can say is, don't blink. (1988 Round of the Year ).
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Prince Naseem Hamed vs. Kevin Kelley...Great fight featuring two little guys that includes 6 knockdowns (3 each) inside of the first 4 rounds. Regardless, I hate Prince.
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salsa? i have no idea how there's any salsa being played, because there's none on my page that i know of. i dont have any sound here at work.
is there salsa on my myspace page?
ok cool.
man that sucks with the salsa shit though. i wonder how long that's been there. i aint even got sound to figure out if i shut it off or not. damn.
sorry it took awhile to get back to this, but for those of you want it, here ya go...
big file, but at least this fight really deserves that treatment:
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I'd probably have to go with Mayweather - de la Hoya, just b/c the build up to it we be huge. It would be one of those fights that non-boxing fans would watch, and everyone would be talking about. It'd be good for the sport.
However, I like slugfests just like anyone else. So from that point-of-view I'd like to see:
Cotto-Hatton
Hatton-Mayweather (probably not a slugfest, but just to shut everyone up already)
Arce-Darchinyan
Corrales-Juan Diaz (although I'd be split on this fight. I love Corrales, but Diaz is from my hometown, so I'd have to pull for him).
Barrera-Pacman 2
Corrales-Castillo 3 (not immediately, but in the future at a heavier weight, while they're still in their primes. Damn, I was looking forward to that fight!)
yeah, i hated prince. hated him. but loved to watch him fight...just in case he'd get his ass whooped. thank god for barrera. now that mf in jail, just when he was gonna make his comeback. lol. dumbass.
Although I think Pavlik wins a decision due to punch output, I don't see him ko'ing BHop. I think BHop has a better chin that Taylor, and Pavlik couldn't knock Taylor out at 164, despite hitting him with numerous flush shots. How is he going to knock out Hopkins at 170, who not only has a better chin, but will probably be hit a lot less?