I thought he could go on... mabye he wanted the ref to call it off to save face.
Timothy Bradley got robbed of a glorious victory - I know he won't be satisified with how it ended.
What do you think?
Does Alexander Lack Heart or Was the Stoppage Justified?
Hard to say man, but he had to know he lost the majority of those rounds and he had to know it wasnt going to get better as the fight went on. I was at MSG for the cotto vs clottey fight and saw Miguel continue to fight with a worse gash over his eye and Clottey was clobbering him with punches.
Alexander quit... The last headbutt hit his left eye and he acted as if his right eye was head butted again. He didn't want to continue, that to me was very clear.
Another sad part of this bout is the HBO commentators making it sound like it was a close fight. From the start of the fight, HBO people are announcing Alexander is landing more punches and it was hard for them to say who got the upperhand... These people should get out of boxing. They are pathetic in their obvious attempt to mislead the audience. They have been doing this for quite sometime already.
I thought the same thing, i'm like what fight is Emmanuel Steward and Merchant watching??? Alexander is getting his *** kicked.
Cotto vs Vanes and Martinez vs Lee were both rejected because supposedly HBO only wants top quality fights meanwhile they showed that sparring session last night with an unproven fighter against a guy who had no chance. The fact that the fight was for a jrmw title was an even bigger disgrace.
I agree with you man, it's time for HBO to get off of Golden Boys balls, it already cost them the Pacquiao fight. I am not buying the Alvarez Kool aid either, first time he steps up to real competition, he gets knocked out.
My thoughts exactly
arthur abraham: I'm just not a fighter.
Another formerly protected now exposed european gutless pansy. Have fun in germany fighting nobodies
arthur sucks!!! Go back to germany and fight some c class fighters like before and pull your damn trunks up to your chest so every time you get hit in the stomach they call low blow!!! I always knew you were a coward who needed home court advantage to win, go back to middleweight so sergio can knock you out cold!!!!
Tickets have not gone on sale yet. Not even a press conference announcing this fight has happened. They need to promote Sergio properly.
yeah i agree, one of the top 3 fighters in the world and there is next to no promotion of this fight Dibella Ent. needs to step it up!
Berto-Maidana is a decent fight imo, berto's speed vs maidanas pressure n power. good combnation of styles
Still not a good fight man, Berto trying to cherry pick as usual, there is no gurantee that Maidana's power is going to go up with him at 147. Only Pacman somehow does that, Berto should have given Collazo the rematch, instead he is constantly fighting smaller guys, or dudes with no talent
True legend
Gotta give it up to Glen, knocked out Roy Jones, beat a prime Antonio Tarver, got robbed in the first fight with Chad Dawson, but had Chad holding on for his life, stood toe to toe with a young killer like Tavoris Cloud and didnt take a backward step. MUCH RESPECT TO GLEN JOHNSON!!!!!
Give it up Roy. If you can't take a shot to the side of the head you shouldn't be in the ring period. Roy knew Green had power so why he keep his hands down like that? Even with Trinidad he kept his hands up like how Winky Wright does it. This is the second time Roy got hit around the same spot and falls down like a tree both times. I know B-Hop and Roy just want a quick pay day but it's definitely going to be hard to sell since Roy didn't even try to fight back after he got dropped.
i agree i don't know why roy did not have his hands up, he knows better. It looks like he got hit on the temple, he was definetely disoriented he could not fight back. Good stoppage by the ref.
Green
Green looked like a fool out there. I knew Andre would win but not like that, that was the first real non competitive fight in this tournament. Green has been publicly questioning why Taylor and not him had been picked for this tournanment and he just answered his own question. J.T. would have never just stood there and got the hell beat out of him without fighting back, win or lose Ward vs Taylor would have been much more exciting.
Man you gotta respect the Road Warrior. Even though he's never going to be a HOFer he is one of the baddest fighter of this time. This dude is fighting everyone for peanuts trying to get his last big shot.
yeah it's almost kind of sad, he made 12,000 for the last fight. cloud is not gonna be a cakewalk for him, it's actually a dangerous fight for him as cloud appears to be relentess and hungry. I'm not sure why Glenn is still doing it, if Dawson is on his game he will never beat him.
It'[s time for Manny to stand up and be a man, Floyd has made concessions in his fight as well, go ahead and take the tests and stop acting like a bit*h
hbo
trust and believe chad is not taking this fight because he wants to, hbo is pushing this fight. chad is a good fighter but i dont think he got that fire in him to brawl, like a p.williams or sergio martinez. cloud by ko 9th round or earlier.
Stop crying
im a fan of shane's but all this "people are ducking me" needs to stop. Pac vs Cotto was made because it made financial sense for Top Rank and all parties involved. who is gonna get that type of money fighting mosley? mayweather wanted to fight twice and shane dodged him, what does he want? i got Berto beating him in this fight.
fight of the year
hell of a fight, but a fight that williams lost. this hometown/home country referee sh!t has to stop. Martinez pulled that fight out, and i am a williams fan.
Berto got some talent, and Paulie does to. With that said, bad fight for both of them. They both need to fight someone their own size, Collazo-Berto, Alexander-Malignaggi. Berto is just too big for Paulie.
hilarious
Good, now stay gone.
Its hilarious how you guys on this forum have turned your backs so quickly on Kelly. Really just unbelievable, i understand everything he is saying. To real boxing people, fighters, trainers, etc. Kelly's name does ring out louder than Bute. This dude Bute has fought nothing but bums, his entire career, got handed a gift in the andrade fight, and these scumbags wanna give Kelly short money to go fight ,in a place where he is gonna have to put Bute in a bodybag to win? Damn right those chumps at Top Rank are trying to cash him out, take a look at Pavlik's resume and Bute, there is no comparison, Kelly lost to one of the greatest fighter in history, and one of the top 3 boxers out right now, and guess what? The Jermain Taylor that lost to Kelly Pavlik knocks Bute out in 4.
Zip it, Blob. We all know Maragrito has no chance in hell. We all know you need to hype this in-house mismatch as being somewhat competitive so people will be stupid enough to line your pockets more, but dont insult our intelligence.
I couldnt have said it better myself
Foolish
Love roy to death, dont think anybody was better in his prime, but he is really starting to look like a damn fool. This is beginning to look like a sad story for boxing in general, Roy will get slaughtered by David Haye, hell, Roy couldnt pull the trigger against Bernard.
Cotto is a true champion never ducked anyone and his resume is impressive. i am glad that he finally spoke on the matter, know that it takes a lot of balls to do that especially since that slimy slithering snake Arum is his and Pacroid's promoter.
better than saturday
Good article, this should be a good fight between two respected fighters who will both actually try to win instead of collecting a payday. It is good that its on ESPN and i wont have to come out of my pocket, like last week because i foolishly thought Sugar Shane would have been brave enough to go for it