Thinks its because they are fighting folk from their weight division mainly.
Dont think Vitali/Vlad would get much credit from beating up on Cruizerweights or Light Heavies
Actually Froch's smack talk of late is turnin people off to him too.
Agreed. He spends too much time talking calzaghe down when he should let it go and concentrate on his own boxing.
Witter hasnt beaten anyone of note and has no right to demand a fight with Hatton.
That said though I would love Hatton to fight him next to shut him up. Would never happen unfortunately as theres not the money in it that hatton can get elsewhere.
JMM best bet for hatton next
Witter had no right to demand a fight with Hatton? How about the fact it would of been a brilliant British boxing fight and the fact Witter had the WBC LWW belt....the belt that's more prestigeous than Hattons IBO belt, LOL.
Yeah but Hatton made the decision to fight Castillo and then Mayweather which although looks silly now, must have made sense financially in a big way.
I dont disagree that its great for british boxing as I personally would love to see the fight as im sure many others would. Its similar to Froch v Calzaghe in many ways.
Fighters will go where the money is though and after all they are the ones getting in the ring etc
Would be great if this fight was made but I just cant see Warren letting Khan face anyone who can punch with any amount of power. I still think he will fight mezaache next as its a nice easy fight for him, like usual.
Fingers crossed for Valero fight though
Hattons body shot is a lot more damaging imo. Whether he will be able to land it as opposed to the relative ease with which Pac will probably land the straight left is another matter.
Very interesting fight and cant wait until 2nd May to get all the answers !
What Max Kellerman said tonight were words of truth. Boxer's who aren't exactly exciting and don't have KO power, who come to box rather than take out their opponent, leave themselves open for these kind of bullshit decisions. They very often leave themselves at the mercy of biased judges. It goes to show that Big Puncher's in the sport of boxing have been more marketable because no one can dispute a KO and guys like Paulie, who don't have KO power but usually tend to go to the scorecards for the victories get shafted. Is it Paulie's fault for not being able to take his guy out and prevent it from going to the judges or is it simply just his style? While I generally dislike Max, he really surprised me with his commentary tonight.
I was pretty pissed off with what he said afterwards tbh. It seemed to me that he was justifying the decision based on how many fans the fighters had. As in Diaz has a big following and is therefore backed by Golden Boy and accordingly gets the decision regardless of the fight.
He is spot on of course but I didnt like the way he was kind of saying it as if its acceptable for this to happen. Surely its possible to just observe each round and score it as you see it regardless of where the boxer is from or where the fight is held etc. The Judge who scored it 118 - 110 needs a good slap imo
Sry but him getting knocked out its the best k.o highlight hes produced yet kinda messed up.
Must admit it is funny to watch now, was horrified at the time.
Love the bit where he is wobbling backwards after first knockdown and gets described as 'all over the place'
An old Paulie? Are you ****ing kidding me? He is not even 30 and has only fought 31 fights. HOW IS THAT OLD?
Every decent fighter that Paulie has fought have dominated him, while Khan has dominated everybody he has faced except for Prescott, who landed a good shot on a different Khan.
Khan certainly hasnt dominated everybody he has faced.
He was almost beaten off 'Wild' Willie Limond for starters and I can remember a few other dodgy moments for him in fights.
Agree he is better than paulie though and will go on to achieve more.
Bet he wishes he had paulies heart and chin though
but either way pac is better than cotto, therefore we gotta a better fight with pacquiao and mayweather now.....
OP makes a very good point and one that i hadnt really thought through before.
However I also agree with your comment in that Pacquiao v Mayweather would be the best fight so hopefully, if they get it on.... :boxing:
all is well that ends well !
Haye is a hell of a lot more exciting. Look at any past fights (excl. Valuev) and its obvious.
Part of the excitement comes from the fact that his chin isnt the greatest and theres a good chance he could get ktfo himself if he doesnt put his opponent down first.
Carl froch might be as lippy, but he backs it up by fighting the best schooling them then ****ing off.
What david haye is doing is embarrassing as his performacne against 38 year old bums.
He knows full well that he will get destroyed and turned to mush. But after that video a year ago when he went up to wlad and dissed him etc. He fakes backs injuries and now this???
He knows full well the klit bros are not going to fight each other and he knows full well, that they are bigger names, so the 50 50 is worful.
Lets be honest, and im a brit, he is shit scared of them and wants to defend against 38 year old mandatories who have been knocked out in 1 round in 1996...
The guy is a horrible person i hope adamek kncoks him out...
There is some truth in what your saying but i got to ask you.
When you say "Froch is schooling the best" who are you referring too as the last two fights of his could very well have gone either way
Khan is just trying to do a David Haye and talk his way into a massive fight. Keep spouting **** and people will listen.
Difference being he will go and try and make a fight of it.
End result will be the same though
No way would this be a good idea for Ricky other than to boost the bank balance and send him off into retirement for good.
Was a big fan of his throughout his career but unfortunately he just fell too short of beating the 2 best guys. Think he should retire now and look back on his world titles and career with pride.
Hardly getting rocked.
He was off balance, thus putting his arms out.
I agree and in addition I think Khan was rocked a lot more than this.
Could post a pic or two but everyones seen them lol