Lara is the one type of fighter Golovkin has avoided his whole career.. A guy with good feet and a good jab.
Lara is all wrong for him. He will definitely retire after the fight if the fight gets made
Mayweather is the black Bob Arum.. thats where he learned to mind his whiskers..
Everyone is going to try get a piece of this fight now..
Mayweather hasn't a shred of dignity left outside the ring.. One day he will be selling off his belts to pay the bills.
Canelo didnt want to fight him bc its pointless fight. WTF other weight could he fight Canelo at?
Bud has the weakest resume of any "p4p" fighter at the end of their career. He has 1 name that means anything on his resume
Canelo was in negotitations to fight an influencer!
Crawford's last 19 fights were World Title fights..
and he own every single one. .
13 KOs in those fights..
it feels like only yesterday that the welterweight division was packed with talent..
Porter is retired,
Danny Garcia seems to be semi-retired,
thurman is looking for pension money,
spence is pretty much retired.
All these guys wasted so much time not fighting and when they think its time, its too late. Their bodies are riddled with injuries, etc.
He will never be the same
I don't think he'll ever get another belt.. That took way too much out of him.
How can he be that brave again? He's met his limits and he'll know to not go that far again..
his legacy will be:
- getting knocked out by canelo,
- getting knocked out by crawford,
- getting knocked out by Danny Garcia..
- almost getting knocked out by Maidana..
- losing controversially to Peterson..
that's all i can remember! its like paris hilton wanting to get with some A lister.. her best hope is to get ran through.. she's not trying to hold anything down!
By the time he was Tank's age Floyd had already fought:
Genaro Hernandez
Gregorio Vargas
Diego Corrales
Carlos Hernandez
Jesus Chavez
Jose Luis Castillo
Jose Luis Castillo again
DeMarcus Corley
Which of the guys on that list at that point in their career was undefeated or in their prime?
struggling to know what defines a Pound for Pound top fighter. It seems to be a grey area.
1. Is it about accomplishments and who the fighter has beaten on their resume?
2. Is it about skill? athletic skill and talent, no matter who they have had the chance to fight.
(this list recognizes the best fighter, beyond what opportunities they have?)
3. Is it about ability to win in all circumstances?
(No matter how ugly the style, they just win, like Ward in all circumstances and styles of fighters?)
Hearn is over the moon that Putin invaded Ukraine, it's saved his cash cow from another azz whupping.
Rumors are he has a hit put out with the Chechnyans to take down Usyk.
Last minute jitters? It sounds like it.
Joshua sounds confident. Saying all the right things. Fury saying now he doesn't care who he fights.. He sounds less confident. I think he needs a press conference to get a real sense of Joshua and feel out whether there's nerves on his side..
VADA caught another cheat. The fight should not go on.
yep.. its the only reason its in place is to protect fighters..
I wouldn't be surprised if the insurance for these events being cancelled (when VADA is involved) gets increased, causing further pressure to not include VADA.
That's pretty much the facts. I think Davis is capable of winning huge fights but him and his team are making great money doing what they are doing so legacy doesnt play a part in their plans
Thing is though... He probably will fight them.. at the "right time", when one of them gets knocked out or gets old or suffers a bad injury.. And he'll have all these beautiful names on his record.. Just like uncle Fraud..
Quick answer: Yes.
It's all totally notional and 100% unprovable and should just be treated as a bit of fun.
Personally, I think activity has to come into it. For example, Beterbiev is an absolute beast of a fighter, but of late he has been sidelined with injuries and that counts against him and takes him out of the conversation for the time being. Crawford has fought once in 17 months, because... Well, just because. I think that counts against him.
Inoue is the man walking the walk on a regular basis.
if activity is a requirement, thats going to be a very small list nowadays.
People seem surprised about two has-beens selling out a huge stadium..
But you have to remember. There's about 10 years of marketing on this. A lot of bad blood. So that type of fight sells easy.
Pacquiao Marquez would sell out right now if it was announced for June
Ya this is nonsense..
Everyone is expecting a location/date to be agreed and the fight announced and Joshua is saying the offer is only in the post now. FACEPALM
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End note: Joshua definitely is a little anxious. The fact he wants/needs a full loud 80,000 fans in Wembley roaring his name is a crutch.
Cool, he's going to fight the exact same way he did last time.
I've seen Woodley fight enough times in the UFC to know that he rarely ever delivered.
Yep complete bottler..
And he'll be asking for a third fight after he freezes for most of this fight too
Kav was 5 years ago and was a flash KD. Gamboa was a decade ago. Neither were mistakes that big. Inoue got countered with a wide looping punch and was down and hurt.
and kavliauskas was a beast at the weight. them punches had some meat behind them. Crawford didn't back down. he did seem to just time the guy well after that and go through him.
all this highlighting knockdowns is another shade of 'protecting the zero on your record'. it makes fighters less adventurous.