What a night for boxing

[ßringer]

Looking beyond the fact that Margarito was found to be a dirty cheater, and the fact that Shane Mosley at the age of 37, still had enough left to treat Margarito like his *****.

The Staples Center was packed, an all time high record of attendance. The crowd was electric, most of them were on their feet the entire night. The Governor of California was there, and seemed to be loving the show.

Bernard Hopkins was on his feet for most of the fight, applauding Shane's actions in the ring.

And this is only our 2nd fight card of the year.

Anybody wanna tell me about how boxing is "dead" again?

[Cadillac Kevin]

beautiful isn't it?

[oldgringo]

The return of Robert Guerrero is a good thing too. He hadn't fought since nearly decapitating Litzau so it's cool to see him getting back to bidness. Hopefully a Guerrero/Linares bout comes off at some point.

[ßringer]

beautiful isn't it?

It made me proud to be a boxing fan. Beyond all the drama and controversy, it was a stellar fight, and an amazing atmosphere.

Hopkins was cracking me up, he was on his feet the entire damn fight almost. He was so excited, he probably burned out whatever bit of gas he had left in his tank.

[ßringer]

The return of Robert Guerrero is a good thing too. He hadn't fought since nearly decapitating Litzau so it's cool to see him getting back to bidness. Hopefully a Guerrero/Linares bout comes off at some point.

Guerrero is great for boxing. He's dominating in the ring, he's nothing but a humble, class act outside of it, and who couldn't fall in love with him after hearing about his wife and how he dedicates his fights to her?

[WetSexyLlamaPR]

beautiful isn't it?

Lol love your sig. But yeah it was a great night for the sport and I'm glad Mosley owned the cheater. Even though Mosley was caught with steroids a few years ago...

[-Antonio-]

Absolutely. I also think it's very obvious that HBO is working overtime in order to help the sport. They've made a long list of changes on how they run things. The schedule is different, the format is different, the mismatches are gone. 2009 is going to be a banner year.

[ßringer]

Absolutely. I also think it's very obvious that HBO is working overtime in order to help the sport. They've made a long list of changes on how they run things. The schedule is different, the format is different, the mismatches are gone. 2009 is going to be a banner year.

And that's really saying something, considering how 2007 really started things moving, and 2008 stepped it up tenfold.

[Steak]

Tonights fight was awesome. I know everyones is anti Margarito at the moment, but there is no quit in the guy. he took monsterous shots. really sickening ones, they would have demolished anyone else had they took them as flush as Marg did. but it was that early body work that I think did him in. that first right hand to the body that hurt him was the beginning of the end.

I liked the HBO format change a lot. looked good. AND...no national anthems!!! straight to the fight, (well after some prefight buildup) I love it.

and yall should stop accusing Margarito of being a cheater until we have some real proof that his hand wraps were cheaterfied. never know, could be just a misunderstanding

and whats more, Fedruary is going to be full of outstanding fights and cards. I really cant wait. whats icing on the cake is that I get to go to the HBO Triple header on the 14th
I really love boxing. so unpredictable, and so much fun to watch.

[-Antonio-]

And that's really saying something, considering how 2007 really started things moving, and 2008 stepped it up tenfold.

When the schedule was coming together, I sorta had this feeling. Then last week's fight delivered, and tonight was epic. To go on ESPN.com and see Shane Mosely on the cover was satisfying too. The bad economy might have been the best thing for boxing. It's like it lit a fire under the promoters.