I'm disappointed with this news. Was planning to go to Vegas either that weekend or the next to catch this fight or the Marquez-Diaz rematch. Guess I'm going to Marquez-Diaz now lol.
Bro Roy Jones hasn't beaten a good fighter in his prime since 2003. Thats 7 years. He is not going to win this fight and Hopkins deserves -100% credit for taking this fight and winning.
I didn't say Roy would win, I just think he'll probably give a better performance than what people are expecting of him. I agree with you 100% that this fight should add nothing to Hopkin's legacy, nor take away anything from Roy's. This fight should have taken place 8-10 years ago when BOTH of them were at their best. However, with that being said, I'll still tune in Saturday and hope that Roy has a similar moment to when George Foreman knocked out Michael Moorer. That would be sweet.
Man y'all can't write off Roy to quickly in this fight. As corny as it sounds every great fighter does have that one great fight left in him and there's no doubt that in his prime Roy was one of the best. If Roy is going to have his last great fight, this is his oppurtunity and who better to have it against than your rival for almost two decades. I wouldn't be surprised if this actually turned out to be a decent fight. Probably turn out better than the 60 bucks I wasted watching Pacquiao hit a human punching bag for 12 rounds.
Decision was legit, but the extra weight gave Guzman a huge advantage over Funeka. He was shaking off similar shots to ones that stunned him in their first fight. Just based on who had the better fight though, regardless of weight, Guzman did undeniably.
So the weight did make a differnece? it wasent just that he moved and avoided?
The weight made a huge difference. He was able to take shots which stunned him in the first fight and he wasn't as drained as Funeka because he didn't have to go through the intense dehydration and rehydration which Funeka did. Think about how much harder it is for Funeka to make lightweight, he's 6'1!!! Guzman won this fight for sure, but the victory is tainted.
Thanks for the replies dudes. I think I'm going to lay it on Ortiz tonight. His price keeps going up (was -200 yesterday, now -230) which I find is usually a good indicator of how the fight is going to go. Its not true 100% of the time, but more often than not when a line continues to rise the favorite usually pulls it off.
Up. What's any other of y'alls opinion on this fight? I also watched bits and pieces of Pirog on youtube, but can't come to a solid conclusion about him. I just can't see Golden Boy Promotions putting the Golden Child in with someone he could lose too considering they've been building him up for awhile and he's co-featuring his 1st major PPV. However, I guess it could turn out like Maidana-Ortiz. **** I'm lost on reading this fight lol.
wow, $800 down the drain eh? And here I am bitching that I wasted my $65 because I expected a close fight, lol.[/
LoL. That's the way shit goes when u gamble my dude, u either win big or u lose big, no in-betweens partner. If I had have put thatmoney on mayweather I would've won $200, but with Shane I was lookin at a $2600 payout for the same money so I had to do it. In retrospect I should have bet on floyd but whatever, I got a short memory and will make it back on baseball tomorrow lol.
Floyd had a good performance tonight. But wont elevate him. I think he should fight the best contenders out there. He got skills that pay bills that what he is saying then fight real contenders. No offense to Shane but he is too old to fight Floyd imo.
Man, before tonight you and anyone else in the world, including myself, would've said Shane was one of, if not the best, welterweights Floyd could have fought and look what he did to him. If Shane Mosley is not a real contender than please tell me who is in that division that presents a viable option for Floyd to fight?
After tonight, Floyd is mos def #1 Pound for Pound. He never lost the title, he just retired. The fight with Pac NEEDS to happen though regardless. If you've got nothing to hide manny just take the tests and take your 50 milli and enjoy it. Ain't no man turning down no 50 mill over a drop of blood if he got nothing to hide in my opinion, I'm just saying. I'd take whatever tests anyone wanted for a milli even if the test was 5 mins before the fight lol.
Man I ain't even gonna lie, I had $800 on Mosley, real money, and after that second round I thought I was sitting pretty. But Floyd adjusted his gameplan and took it to him throughout the rest of the fight. Even though I lost a good chunk of change I ain't even mad. To me, Mayweather proved in this fight he is, without a doubt, the pound 4 pound best fighter in the world. Y'all can say Mosley's old, Mosley's this, Mosley's that, but at the end of the day if it was Pacquaio that laid that whooping on him y'all would be singing his praises as the GOAT. Give Floyd his due, he proved tonight he is indeed one of the greats and made a sure-firer hall of famer look like a sparring partner after round two. Even though he cost me cash, after tonight I can honestly say Floyd is one of the greatest fighters I've ever seen and with confidence I can predict Floyd will dismatle Pacquaio, if the fight ever happens, within twelve rounds and win a wide UD just like he did tonight.
I'll lay a big play on Cotto in this one, even with the big line. Seen Foreman numerous times, doesn't really impress me and I think Cotto will benefit by the move up in weight.
This was a very boring fight. Neither guy deserves to be a world champion in my opinion. Both were unwilling to let their hands go from start to finish. Gotta wonder too if Molitor got the hometown decision because from what I saw there is no way he won 117-111 as one judge had it. To me, the fight was pretty much a toss-up in that neither guy impressed, dominated or even showed the willingness to take charge in the ring.