The **BOXING** thread
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Amirhussain said:
Driver101 said:
After last night I can't see many people being too bothered with another fight. It really was poor.
Praise the lord for dodgy live Internet streams!It did used to be the huge boxing events that were PPV,but too many are heading that way.
Driver101 said:
Amirhussain said:
Driver101 said:
After last night I can't see many people being too bothered with another fight. It really was poor.
Praise the lord for dodgy live Internet streams!It did used to be the huge boxing events that were PPV,but too many are heading that way.
9mm said:
Floyd should sign to fight Manny at the earliest opportunity. I think Floyd would win it in a canter.
I agree, I would still be rooting for Manny, but think Floyd would have him. Imagine if these two fought each other around 2009, THAT would have been worth seeing, it still would be exciting now, but not as much.Still, lets see how Khan does against Devon Alexander, and wonder if he will ever get a shot at Mayweather...
Don't need to see bellew and clever do it again. Quite boring that. Manny Pacquiao would have finished Algieri with ease five years ago......I wonder if he took his foot off the gas to finally tempt Floyd to sign.???
Lomachenko looked phenomenal again....I just wish he had more power!!
Lomachenko looked phenomenal again....I just wish he had more power!!
Driver101 said:
After last night I'd imagine it will be channel 5 next time. No way it will command a big audience on PPV again.
It did used to be the huge boxing events that were PPV,but too many are heading that way.
Didnt Sky/Hearn have to stop putting boxing on PPV for a while because the cards were disappointing?It did used to be the huge boxing events that were PPV,but too many are heading that way.
tux said:
Driver101 said:
After last night I'd imagine it will be channel 5 next time. No way it will command a big audience on PPV again.
It did used to be the huge boxing events that were PPV,but too many are heading that way.
Didnt Sky/Hearn have to stop putting boxing on PPV for a while because the cards were disappointing?It did used to be the huge boxing events that were PPV,but too many are heading that way.
Phew, glad I called Bellew, everyone else seemed to be going for Cleverly and I was doubting myself a lot.
I though it was a decent night to be honest, thought the main event would have had a bit more excitement, but Cleverly was weary early on about that left from Bellew, although so weary it did make me wonder about an injured hand.
I thought the undercard was decent to be fair.
I though it was a decent night to be honest, thought the main event would have had a bit more excitement, but Cleverly was weary early on about that left from Bellew, although so weary it did make me wonder about an injured hand.
I thought the undercard was decent to be fair.
Did anyone else get the impression that Cleverly perhaps thought he couldn't win?
Reason I say is he didn't exactly seem distraught at the loss, talking more about his character to fight at Cruiser coming up from Welter etc. He also seemed to be boxing just to avoid getting knocked out. Losing on points he can recover from, bad KO & it would be hard to see where to go. He's also said since he's not a Cruiser, somewhere between that & Light-heavy.
Probably just me though....
Reason I say is he didn't exactly seem distraught at the loss, talking more about his character to fight at Cruiser coming up from Welter etc. He also seemed to be boxing just to avoid getting knocked out. Losing on points he can recover from, bad KO & it would be hard to see where to go. He's also said since he's not a Cruiser, somewhere between that & Light-heavy.
Probably just me though....
benm3evo said:
Did anyone else get the impression that Cleverly perhaps thought he couldn't win?
Reason I say is he didn't exactly seem distraught at the loss, talking more about his character to fight at Cruiser coming up from Welter etc. He also seemed to be boxing just to avoid getting knocked out. Losing on points he can recover from, bad KO & it would be hard to see where to go. He's also said since he's not a Cruiser, somewhere between that & Light-heavy.
Probably just me though....
The last few big grudge matches seem to have ended with both boxers kissing each other's backsides. Reason I say is he didn't exactly seem distraught at the loss, talking more about his character to fight at Cruiser coming up from Welter etc. He also seemed to be boxing just to avoid getting knocked out. Losing on points he can recover from, bad KO & it would be hard to see where to go. He's also said since he's not a Cruiser, somewhere between that & Light-heavy.
Probably just me though....
Before the fight you back one and dislike the other. Then after the fight you are then supposed to be convinced maybe the bad guy wasn't such a bad guy like you thought.
It is odd to hear all the bitterness before the fight when you are to be convinced it is real, then one losing the fight, then they are best buddies.
benm3evo said:
Did anyone else get the impression that Cleverly perhaps thought he couldn't win?
Reason I say is he didn't exactly seem distraught at the loss, talking more about his character to fight at Cruiser coming up from Welter etc. He also seemed to be boxing just to avoid getting knocked out. Losing on points he can recover from, bad KO & it would be hard to see where to go. He's also said since he's not a Cruiser, somewhere between that & Light-heavy.
Probably just me though....
I doubt he thought he couldn't. He stated he found the weight hard. Let's not forget, he's a Light Heavyweight, he has the right frame for LH and isn't exactly big at that weight either.Reason I say is he didn't exactly seem distraught at the loss, talking more about his character to fight at Cruiser coming up from Welter etc. He also seemed to be boxing just to avoid getting knocked out. Losing on points he can recover from, bad KO & it would be hard to see where to go. He's also said since he's not a Cruiser, somewhere between that & Light-heavy.
Probably just me though....
He's packed on 25lbs (best part of 2 stone) and that's all lean muscle which takes a lot of time to adjust to and he's done it in a very short time.
He'll move back down i'm sure.
benm3evo said:
dirty boy said:
He's packed on 25lbs (best part of 2 stone) and that's all lean muscle
He'll move back down i'm sure.
Wish I could do that!!He'll move back down i'm sure.
Yeah I think he'll go back down too, glad he's not talking about packing it in...he's only about 26ish I think
If he genuinely broke his hand in round 3 he deserves another shot but there is a lot of pain, operations, rehab to go through for a boxer with dodgy hands, a lad like Cleverly has other options whilst his brain is still in good nick where the likes of Mayweather or Calzaghe (both with glass hands) maybe didn't. I wouldn't be surprised if we didn't see him in the ring again.
[quote=dirty boy]
He's packed on 25lbs (best part of 2 stone) and that's all lean muscle quote]
Yeah & a guy called Arnold Schwarzenegger wished he was able to put that much real muscle on. Arnie says how when he was competing for his 6th championship he says with all his techniques & diets he could (at best)put on 5lb of real muscle in 1 year.
Look at a god ........saying that looking at Arnie training I can see a bout of Cleverly Lol
http://www.t-nation.com/training/5-things-we-can-l...
He's packed on 25lbs (best part of 2 stone) and that's all lean muscle quote]
Yeah & a guy called Arnold Schwarzenegger wished he was able to put that much real muscle on. Arnie says how when he was competing for his 6th championship he says with all his techniques & diets he could (at best)put on 5lb of real muscle in 1 year.
Look at a god ........saying that looking at Arnie training I can see a bout of Cleverly Lol
http://www.t-nation.com/training/5-things-we-can-l...
RAFsmoggy said:
dirty boy said:
He's packed on 25lbs (best part of 2 stone) and that's all lean muscle quote]
Yeah & a guy called Arnold Schwarzenegger wished he was able to put that much real muscle on. Arnie says how when he was competing for his 6th championship he says with all his techniques & diets he could (at best)put on 5lb of real muscle in 1 year.
Look at a god ........saying that looking at Arnie training I can see a bout of Cleverly Lol
http://www.t-nation.com/training/5-things-we-can-l...
Apologies, I didn't mean it to be taken so literal, but how I worded it didn't help.Yeah & a guy called Arnold Schwarzenegger wished he was able to put that much real muscle on. Arnie says how when he was competing for his 6th championship he says with all his techniques & diets he could (at best)put on 5lb of real muscle in 1 year.
Look at a god ........saying that looking at Arnie training I can see a bout of Cleverly Lol
http://www.t-nation.com/training/5-things-we-can-l...
Cleverly put on a lot of weight to reach that level, Bellew didn't have to lose any.
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