Boxing News Thread

[naner12]

It's a liability though. You can definately tell someone not to work.
If you want to be a truck driver, you need a Class A license. If you are mentally and\or physically incapable of driving then they will not issue a license. Thus why you can get your license revoked if you don't pass certain tests, even after obtaining your license.
If I get smashed by a semi, by someone they "slid through the system", knowing he shouldn't have been driving, I'm filing a huge lawsuit.

I agree with what you said and I said I'm not for taking people's money if he passes his medicals/physicals which Taylor did. It turns out that the suspicions on Taylor were correct, but people have been calling for RJJ to retire after multiple bad KO's and last I checked he's not out there pulling guns and beating people down in rehab.

 

[heyzel]

It's no way khan is ready for Floyd,the way he looks tonight Keith Thurman will ko him

 

[2-0-Sixx]

I agree with what you said and I said I'm not for taking people's money if he passes his medicals/physicals which Taylor did. It turns out that the suspicions on Taylor were correct, but people have been calling for RJJ to retire after multiple bad KO's and last I checked he's not out there pulling guns and beating people down in rehab.

Well I think what we were talking about before was brain bleed, which is what Taylor had. I didn't think it was safe to let someone who experienced brain bleed and been knocked out numerous times to fight. I'm sure there are some examples of dudes who suffered brain bleed and later came back and maybe had awesome careers, but perhaps that's where the line should be drawn. Brain bleed and you're out the sport. Seems to damn risky. In recent times, we know it's happened to Valero and Taylor. Again, I'm sure there are some obvious examples I'm forgetting. As for Roy Jones yrah he's been KO'd and he's old but he never suffered anything like that to my knowledge.

Btw, I'm not a doctor. I only play one on the siccness.

 

[2-0-Sixx]

It's no way khan is ready for Floyd,the way he looks tonight Keith Thurman will ko him

Everyone knows Thurman will KO Khan. But Floyd probably wouldn't. Doesn't matter if Khan is ready or not it's the only chance he has left since Floyd is retiring after September.

The only other options for Floyd are who? Keith Thurman and Danny Garcia? Garcia is fighting on ESPN in September so looks like he's not a opponent they are looking at. That leaves Thurman and Khan. Personally I'd like to see Thurman (even though I don't think he's ready yet) but Khan has the bigger name so that's probably who he'll go with. Wildcard is a Cotto rematch (~>__<~)

 

[heyzel]

I said it before it's a cotto rematch or khan but floyd will make easy work of khan I hope this is the rumored fight on a network tv because I can not see myself paying for it, and the whole boxing community wants floyd vs thurman

 

[heyzel]

Dan Rafael chat wrap 5/29:

- Floyd vs. Thurman next? Believes Floyd fights next on 9/12, because Thurman fights 7/11 he likely won't be ready. Khan if he wins tomorrow is the most obvious choice.
- Calzaghe vs. Froch? Froch's overall resume is better. He fought more and better opponents, but he also has two losses. Believes Joe was the better fighter overall at his peak. Both have had superb careers and expects Froch to join Calzaghe in the HOF. If they fought, he would pick Calzaghe.
- Selby vs. Gradovich? Both are not big punchers so it has distance fight written all over it. Can see Selby scoring a mild upset on points.
- Nicholas Walters main promoter is Top Rank and Warriors has a piece and is a co-promoter.
- If Algieri gets out of his cage can he beat Khan and then get a Mayweather fight? Doubtful.
- Picks Khan on points rather easily.
- Fortuna - Vasquez is a very even matchup. He is picking Fortuna because of his speed advantage.
- Linares vs. Mitchell? Linares by KO.
- Whoever wins the Selby vs. Gradovich and Linares vs. Mitchell fights wouldn't be huge upsets. They are pretty even.
- Eddie Hearn is working on US TV for Linares vs. Mitchell. It will not be on HBO or Showtime. He has spoken with ESPN, but they would do stream only. Possible it could show up on Wealth TV.
- Tomorrow's London card would have been perfect for Showtime International, but Showtime says that Hearn approached them late in the game and they couldn't make it work on such short notice.
- Lara is talented, but he doesn't enjoy watching him fight. Same opinion on Rigo.
- No idea what PBC is doing for advertising, only seems they really have Corona locked in. Fights cards have generally been good, more good than bad. Give their overall rating a B.
- Povetkin vs. Wilder is a very good matchup. He would give the edge to Povetkin because he has much more experience and a good chin.
- He believes Povetkin is the 2nd best HW. Klitschko is just that good.
- Believes Errol Spence Jr. has what it takes to be a champion and top fighter in the division he is in.
- Excited for Walters-Marriaga. Marriaga beat him in the amateurs. Verdejo-Najera is a good undercard.
- Khan has said that Ramadan won't affect a Floyd fight.
- Hearing Danny Garcia may be in the main event of the 2nd PBC card to be on ESPN, August 1.
- Would like to see Garcia fight the Broner-Porter winner on Aug. 1, but doesn't think either guy would be ready that soon. Would love to see Garcia take a Khan rematch.
- No news on Lamont Peterson.
- For PBC the NBC commentating crew is troublesome, Spike crew is excellent.
- Could Mayweather steal Cotto for a fall fight from Canelo? No. HBO would not put this Cotto fight on without a firm commitment from Cotto for his next fight.
- Numbers for Mayweather Pacquiao still in excess of 4.4 million PPV buys. Pacquiao made more than $100 million and Mayweather more than $200 million.
- Mosley vs. Malignaggi? Unlikely a fight would happen. Pointless fight nobody would care much about.
- Prime Mosley vs. Mayweather? A fight at 135 would have been legendary. Mosley in his prime had a great shot of beating Floyd.
- No news on Lucas Matthysse.
- A Garcia-Matthysse rematch will not be happening. Garcia is with PBC and Matthysse with GB/HBO.
- Kevin Johnson has been talking a lot lately about how great his camp was. Doesn't put much stock into it as he is not much of a fighter anymore.
- Does not have any issues with belts like the NABA. They are regional titles, not hailed as world titles.
- Has been told that JCC July 18 fight will be on Showtime.
- No news on Ward-Smith undercard.
- JCC blaming Joe Goosen (one of the best trainers) is dumb. JCC could have Eddie Futch, Freddie Roach, and Emmanuel Steward in his corner and it wouldn't mean anything if he didn't take boxing seriously and fight in a heigher weight class than he should be in.
- N'Dam's promoter Michael King died last night. He poured millions into boxing. Well known for his work with the Oprah Winfrey Show, Jeopardy, and Wheel of Fortune. He was a good man.
- Lomachenko is not under an exclusive contract to HBO.
- Some great warrior fights: Cotto-Torres, Toney-Jirov, Pavlik-Taylor 1, Freitas-Barrios, Somsak-Monshipour, Parsawan-Yaegashi, and Rodriguez-Takayama.
- Ever met ODH's wife? Yes and she is a lovely woman. Could not be nicer.
- Has met boxer's wives before that are nightmares to deal with.
- The ref's decision to stop the Edwin Rodriguez fight was horrible. The ref was not fined in any way.
- Most amazing fighter he witnessed in his prime? RJJ.
- Bradley vs. Vargas is an interesting fight. Bradley may have slipped a little, Vargas has been more interesting recently. StubHub tends to bring the best out of fighters.
- Khan-Algieri Miami Vice photo? That was a little weird.
- Al Bernstein's comments on the exclusion of mentioning Top Rank on the last broadcast of FNF? The job was to commemorate FNF, not all the fights that have taken place on ESPN.
- Thought the last show of FNF was good and ended the way it should have.
- Floyd has not officially vacated his belts yet.
- Thought Adams would win the Boxcino finals, Thompson looked good and it was a good win.
- Roc Nation does have other dates scheduled with BET, but have not announced any details yet.
- TruTV replays their fights later that night and Spike will replay the fight immediately after the live broadcast ends.
- Very skeptical GGG-Froch happens.
- Jack vs. Groves has been made. Favors Groves if the fight were to take place in the UK (no official location announced).
- FS1's contract with GB runs out this year and PBC will take over broadcast rights.
- Klitschko vs. Fury? Klitschko's camp says they continue to negotiate a deal.
- Has seen Hopkins a lot recently and gets the vibe that he is done fighting. He may get lured back in if he gets a great opportunity.
- Cotto is being unfairly criticized for not fighting GGG yet. Geale is a legit opponent and Canelo is a mega fight. After that let's see what happens.
- ODH says Lemiuex-N'Dam will be shown on US TV. No outlet named yet (will not be HBO).
- Sadam Ali is the mandatory for the Bradley-Vargas winner. Imagines that fight will happen later this year.
- Kovalev-Mohammedi is on July 25th, not the 18th as BoxRec says.
- Question: What is Frankie Gomez up to? Answer: About 160?

 

[2-0-Sixx]

Yeah Walters-Marriaga is fight under the radar, could be a very tough fight for Walters. Risky too cuz Top Rank was planning on making Walters vs Lomachenko.

 

[battle619]

Thurman-Collazo, Harrison-Nelson PBC Doubleheader - Boxing News

Thurman won't fight either as he will have zero rest for Floyd. Khan wore the WBC shirt so it's obvious it's Khan vs Mayweather

 

[2-0-Sixx]

July 11th? Yeah you're right. Total was of a fight too, no point fighting Collazo at this point.

 

[battle619]

It's khan or jmm. More than likely khan in ny

 

[2-0-Sixx]

JMM? Lol never. He has fought forever and is irrelevant now, he's like 41 now isn't he?

 

[Lamberto Quintero]

Marquez is a legend, but he's too disadvantaged physically to have a chance vs Floyd. I rather see canelo again vs Floyd instead of dinamita.

 

[battle619]

But haven't you guys read what jmm has been saying on his interviews? And I don't think he has an exclusive contract with hbo. And didn't you guys also notice he was on showtime for that Floyd special? Plus top rank has no one for ppv this year so why not jmm?

 

[2-0-Sixx]

Notice what? JMM saying he wants a rematch? That's cool. But why on earth would Floyd give him a rematch for the final fight of his career? He already beat him easy, JMM is old and hasn't done anything since he KOd Pacquiao. There is no reason at all to rematch.

 

[battle619]

And I agree with you. But the reality is Canelo vs Cotto will more than likely fight on Mexican Indy day in order to reach a potential 1 mill ppv buy mark. Will Mayweather even sell 1 mill over Canelo on that day? It's all politics and Floyd knows what he has to do in order to get big numbers. The only other option would be Khan in NY or the UK so that the promo aspect of it would be huge.

 

[HERESY]

Floyd is not fighting in NY or overseas. He will only fight in LV. And I thought you said Canelo Cotto was gonna do 5 million buys so why is it a "potential million" now? Or maybe you said Canelo GGG was 5 million?

 

[Lamberto Quintero]

Canelo vs cotto would beat Floyd vs khan on the same night, believe it. Floyd played his last card with the pacquiao fight in the competition between him and canelo controlling the two Mexican holidays. If canelos people are smart, they'll go heads up if they have to vs Floyd and take those days for canelo from now on. He's got a more fan friendly style, and better matchups exist for him right now compared to Floyd, not to mention his being beaner and light skinned to boot.

 

[battle619]

@HERESY is said Canelo GGG would beat the record of Floyd Manny but it would take two years to build. Key word: BUILD. And the reason I say Floyd fighting in NY or UK is because if Canelo does go up ahead against Floyd for the same day everyone would prefer the Canelo fight over Floyd's overpriced non-fan friendly fight. But his tickets can sell for high price at Barclays or UK easily as it will be promoted as his last fight.

 

[HERESY]

@HERESY is said Canelo GGG would beat the record of Floyd Manny but it would take two years to build. Key word: BUILD. And the reason I say Floyd fighting in NY or UK is because if Canelo does go up ahead against Floyd for the same day everyone would prefer the Canelo fight over Floyd's overpriced non-fan friendly fight. But his tickets can sell for high price at Barclays or UK easily as it will be promoted as his last fight.

Battle, you're all over the place so it's no telling what you actually said unless one of us digs up the posts. I just know several people commented on the shit you were saying because it was typical "battle" shit.

Floyd is not fighting in NY or Overseas. If you think he is going to have his last fight, outside of the MGM, a place that he calls HOME you're not on one, you're on thirty. As for the overpriced non-fan friendly fight, are you referring to the fight were he dismantled the liar and stain on boxing, Manny? It was two men in the ring. One came in and performed his craft admirably. The other guy came in taking selfies, didn't throw too many punches, was smiling after he lost, thought he actually won the fight and has told so many lies afterwards that he himself now believes them. That wasn't just a Floyd fight. It was the number 1 and the number 2 draw in boxing so stop trying to blame Floyd for the fight not living up to the expectation of casual fans. You know a bit about boxing, I mean you post here and you're a regular, so instead of always hating on Floyd and Al Haymon, why not educate the casuals and be TRUTHFUL and tell them that Floyd did the damn thing and that Manny is a liar who needs to retire? In fact, where is @The Bay Area ? He should make a shirt "MANNY IS A LIAR WHO SHOULD RETIRE."

 

[HERESY]

In other news, which isn't really news at all, Cotto is on more bitch shit.

Miguel Cotto Warns That It's Catch-Weight or No Fight - Boxing News