1) Pacquiao 2nd round KO of Ricky Hatton.
Big Pacquiao fan so this was probably my favorite moment out of him. I remember thinking at the time no way Mayweather beats this guy if he fights like that LOL.
2) Watching Chavez Jr./Martinez round 12 in person.
Was at the Thomas & Mack Center in Vegas for this fight. Largely Mexican/pro-Chavez crowd. Martinez dominated the first 11 rounds but when Chavez scored the knockdown in round 12 the crowd went CRAZY... everyone thought he would get the stoppage. A lot of back and forth between Argentinian and Mexican fans throughout the fight... by far the best atmosphere for a fight I've ever seen. 30-45 minutes after the fight ended most people were still in their seats it was that crazy.
3) Gatti/Ward I round 9.
Watched it live on TV. My favorite round and have it in my top 5 of sports moments across all sports. This round (and the entire fight) is basically what converted me from a casual boxing fan to a hardcore enthusiast.
Picking Canelo by TKO/KO but hedging a bit with Angulo to win at 5.1-1. My thoughts on fight here:
masterclassboxing.blogspot.com/2014/03/canelo-vs-angulo-prefight-analysis-and.html
Here is my prefight analysis and betting advice for Wilder vs. Ortiz: http://masterclassboxing.blogspot.com/2018/03/deontay-wilder-vs-luis-ortiz-quick.html
In all honesty has the Barclay Center ever been sold out for a boxing match?
Thurman vs. Garcia - which was televised on primetime CBS - sold out but I believe is the only fight at Barclays to ever sell out. Every other fight actually had the top level of the arena curtained off and didn't even come close to selling out - including Cotto's fight vs. Geale (which was surprising considering Cotto usually sells out MSG)...
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LOL - probably wasn't a good idea for Ortiz to post a prescription bottle with his full home address on it...
Here is my prefight analysis and prediction for tonight's Lomanchenko/Rigondeaux fight: http://masterclassboxing.blogspot.com/2017/12/lomachenko-vs-rigondeaux-prefight.html
That would be an interesting butt of heads. I'd strongly favor Porter based on his significant strength advantage and the fact that he wouldn't have to respect Bradley's power too much (like he had to do with Brook, Thurman, and Garcia)...
part of it is he isn't getting fights (has only fought once this year) which isn't really his fault. past couple of years they've got him fighting only twice a year as if he's some marquee main event fighter in his prime...
I (much) prefer Atlas but understand why they had to get rid of Atlas. Timmy has improved since he first started. The other guy (forgetting his name off the top of my head) is an excellent writer but has no business commentating ringside IMO.
Here's a guy on Youtube (who tends to make solid, insightful videos) who really doesn't think much of Inoune:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpTL7mLoJD0
Nah, the man was on some black pride sh** (i.e., "I'm black and I'm proud") which isn't the same thing as saying black people are superior LOL. Nothing wrong with what he was saying and nothing wrong with his entrance, though interesting people try to twist it that way and make generalizations about all black folks...
Still seats available for this overpriced "megafight": https://tinyurl.com/thtt85p
Lowest nosebleed seats going for $750+. As a comparison I recall buying upper-level Mayweather/Canelo seats for $350/seat back in 2013...
Here is my prefight analysis and bet prediction for tonight's Canelo/Khan fight (I'll be in Vegas at the fight): http://masterclassboxing.blogspot.com/2016/05/canelo-vs-khan-prefight-analysis-and.html
Arum needs to be taught a lesson. This PPV flopping will do that. He's forcing both Pac and the fans on this ****ty fight.
Arum's getting a piece of both sides so he's laughing all the way to the bank regardless no matter how bad the fight flops (unless numbers are absolutely atrocious which I doubt they will be)...
325k.
By the way, this IS, in fact Pac's last fight.
I believe so as well, though Rafael said in his chat today that "no one believes this is Pac's last fight" so don't know if on the low Pac is planning on continuing his career even if he gets the Senate seat? Seems unlikely to me but Rafael/Top Rank seem to think otherwise?
Maidana actually met the president of Argentina a couple weeks after his first fight with Floyd and I believe was even appointed by the Argentine president to some sort of informal position (sports ambassador or something like that) so yeah, the Floyd fights did greatly increase his popularity. I know a couple of Argentine women in the U.S. who know nothing about boxing (only sport they follow is soccer during the World Cup) and they intently watched both Maidana fights vs. Floyd...
LOL, when Cotto's making a guaranteed $15 million and Canelo a guaranteed $5 million please believe 650,000 PPV buys is a disappointing number... would think they would've had to do around the 900K just to break even. For comparison Cotto/Margarito II did 600,000 buys. Chavez Jr./Martinez even did 475,000 buys and this fight apparently did only slightly better.
But if the fight did do the 900,000 number originally reported, that is a pretty decent number. LOL at people still blaming Mayweather/Pacquiao for any disappointing PPV numbers... as if even casual fans would think the disappointment of that fight would carry over to fighters like GGG, Cotto, and Canelo...
Honestly - I feel like homosexuality (in terms of most homosexual *acts*) is disgusting the same way I feel spitting/farting in public, pistachio ice cream, and pineapple pizza are disgusting. But that doesn't at all mean that I find homosexuals to be disgusting or inferior people the same way I wouldn't necessarily find a person who spits in public or likes pineapple pizza to be a disgusting or inferior human being.
I am in general turned off by homosexuality and feel I have every right to be without being accused of being a bigot but if it's someone else's thing hey - that's their right and I don't have issue with that. No issues with same sex marriage, gay rights, etc. except that I do think a lot of it has been getting forced down our throats by hyper-aggressive gay rights activists in recent years...
Here's my prefight analysis and prediction for Mayweather/Maidana 2: http://masterclassboxing.blogspot.com/2014/09/mayweather-vs-maidana-ii-prefight.html
Here is my prefight analysis and prediction for the Hopkins/Kovalev fight:
http://masterclassboxing.blogspot.com/2014/11/hopkins-vs-kovalev-prefight-analysis.html
Gatti vs. Ward I. That's the fight that turned me into a hardcore boxing fan.
As far as fights I've been to, Chavez Jr. vs. Martinez. Guy I was rooting for (Chavez Jr.) didn't win but atmosphere for that fight was unreal - especially in the 12th round when Chavez had Martinez in trouble.