Curtis stephens getting stroked by that sports network.

[.:: JSFD26 ::.]

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Originally Posted by Jc8804

Somehow it was the main event over far more accomplised fighters.
They wanna paint the picture like it was 50 50, but it was nothing but. A Showcase for an average fighter

which is exactly what ggg/ishida and matts/MDJ were, showcase fights. Its even worse in Matts case because the inital choice was Hank Lundy moving up to 140-a fighter so pathetic that posters said Adrien Broner was cherrypicking if he went up to 135 and fought Hank.

DO you sense any sort of different standard here? Not saying ggg and matts aren't good fighters but if poster JFD26 is right and the hype is about the punch then surely NBC is justififed to hype stevens the same way hbo/sho ahve done ggg/matts.

Lundy was having problems with weight wasn't he? Or am I thinking or Kendall Holt? I got **** memory.

I personally feel the hype (from the Dallas Jr fight) came from the punch cause the majority of the people see Matthysse as a brawler and he KOed this dude with a pull counter.

Like I said, people get excited over KO's. And well, Stevens delivered a brutal KO. Did you see how long Roman was on the canvas?


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[The Big Dunn]

I'm fine with it. He's an NBC guy and they want to build him up.
I hope he takes a B level guy next time to make him look that much better.
I also hope he just doesn't stick to NBC. There isn't another NBC show until November. If he wants a Golovkin shot, stay active and show you can keep producing these KO's against better opposition.
Hopefully HBO tries to put him on a card in September or early October.

stevens ggg would be perfect for NOvember in NYC. The crowd will be hot. GGG likely gets to showcase his amatuer skills. There is the threat of bombs landing. I know gaele/barker winner is more likely-unification and they will have been on HBO.

[Hougigo]

Lundy was having problems with weight wasn't he? Or am I thinking or Kendall Holt? I got **** memory.

I personally feel the hype (from the Dallas Jr fight) came from the punch cause the majority of the people see Matthysse as a brawler and he KOed this dude with a pull counter.

Like I said, people get excited over KO's. And well, Stevens delivered a brutal KO. Did you see how long Roman was on the canvas?


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Lundy lost it because of promotional issues, don't know if he had a weight problem.
That was a crushing KO though, can't really deny that though.
I just don't think there's any problem in criticizing the opponent. He had been in a war in his last fight and got knocked down 3 or 4 times against some D level fighter

[Hougigo]

stevens ggg would be perfect for NOvember in NYC. The crowd will be hot. GGG likely gets to showcase his amatuer skills. There is the threat of bombs landing. I know gaele/barker winner is more likely-unification and they will have been on HBO.

If the fight is in MSG, I don't think it matters when. Duva and Steven's trainer think they should build him up more to make the fight bigger. Hell, if they want to do that fine. I hated it before, but the Steven's trash talk will probably help.
Geale/Barker got the HBO bump because I assume they're trying to build a match with GGG. That or like some said, Macklin still getting HBO slots for the Sergio fight.
If Steven's is lucky, HBO will give him some air time and hopefully he'll do what he did on NBC last week and put a better show than his last HBO fight

[The Big Dunn]

Lundy was having problems with weight wasn't he? Or am I thinking or Kendall Holt? I got **** memory.

I personally feel the hype (from the Dallas Jr fight) came from the punch cause the majority of the people see Matthysse as a brawler and he KOed this dude with a pull counter.

Like I said, people get excited over KO's. And well, Stevens delivered a brutal KO. Did you see how long Roman was on the canvas?


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No doubt matts looked dynamic-but it was Mike dallas jr. I even told you and bojangles i could only imagine if that was mike dallas sr.

I just can't understand why the TS doesn't see that highlight reel KO's lead to irrational hype sometimes. Stevens isn't no more great than Matts is the "new manny"-but NBC has him and is gonna run with him.

Holt. Yeah he was down for a few.

[The Big Dunn]

If the fight is in MSG, I don't think it matters when. Duva and Steven's trainer think they should build him up more to make the fight bigger. Hell, if they want to do that fine. I hated it before, but the Steven's trash talk will probably help.
Geale/Barker got the HBO bump because I assume they're trying to build a match with GGG. That or like some said, Macklin still getting HBO slots for the Sergio fight.
If Steven's is lucky, HBO will give him some air time and hopefully he'll do what he did on NBC last week and put a better show than his last HBO fight

I think ggg has a november date in the theater at msg already. if i'm stevens I take the best offer form either ggg or qullin. He's been around a while and he may never be this hot again.

[Hougigo]

I think ggg has a november date in the theater at msg already. if i'm stevens I take the best offer form either ggg or qullin. He's been around a while and he may never be this hot again.

That's what he wants though. Duva and his trainer want to build him up more because they think it'll make the fight bigger and GGG will be there in the future. Also, I don't know if he'll argue or get in a spat with his promoter because i doubt he wants more promoter issues
I'm sure he can get another NY date if he wanted to. He fought in NY three twice and MSG twice.
The best offer is later if they both keep winning, but if Geale/Barker does get the November date, there's December in Manaco.... and they'll probably wait to try and get it in NY.

[Hougigo]

No doubt matts looked dynamic-but it was Mike dallas jr. I even told you and bojangles i could only imagine if that was mike dallas sr.

I just can't understand why the TS doesn't see that highlight reel KO's lead to irrational hype sometimes. Stevens isn't no more great than Matts is the "new manny"-but NBC has him and is gonna run with him.

Holt. Yeah he was down for a few.

Matts got NSB's full attention after Judah and Alexander. Then he started knocking out everybody. Shoot, he could be a champion right now if he wanted to, but he wanted the WBC and not the IBF.
Don't know why since that belt is garbage

[Jloro]

lol even people who don't watch boxing are saying he is a beast but don't know any other MW's

[Hougigo]

lol even people who don't watch boxing are saying he is a beast but don't know any other MW's

Probably because he knocked out his guy in devastating fashion on a non-subscriber network.
i'd probably think he was a MW god if I haven't paid attention to boxing.
I would probably think he'd kill golovkin if I saw a picture of him