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How come everytime Chris eubank Jr is on TV his dad is there? Is he his manager?
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Excellent display from GGG last night, showing his boxing skills in the way he approached the threat of Lemieux, that jab was a real treat in the way it broke up all of Lemieux's rhythm.
Chocolatito... what can you say. P4P king. What's so scary about him is that he is not a pure puncher like Julian Jackson or John Mugabi who just loaded up & tried to put you to sleep with every punch they threw, Golovkin is quite happy to box & wait for his opportunity & he is quite capable of knocking out his opponents late into fights. He's a rare talent indeed & I just wish he was around 15 years ago, because I would love to have seen him fight Hopkins at 160, or going further back & fight the likes of Michael Nunn, Roy Jones Jr, James Toney or the mighty Marvellous Marvin Hagler. GGG has had no big fishes to go up against that his talent deserves. |
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Excellent display from GGG last night, showing his boxing skills in the way he approached the threat of Lemieux, that jab was a real treat in the way it broke up all of Lemieux's rhythm.
Chocolatito... what can you say. P4P king. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rq8iKZnRyc There's a similar one for GGG that I think was posted on here a while back but the music isn't as good
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I reckon Eubank Sr could have beaten that bloke. Total mismatch even by the usual standards of that chancer Hearn.
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Golovkin is special; he isn't perfect, but he's special.
What's so scary about him is that he is not a pure puncher like Julian Jackson or John Mugabi who just loaded up & tried to put you to sleep with every punch they threw, Golovkin is quite happy to box & wait for his opportunity & he is quite capable of knocking out his opponents late into fights. He's a rare talent indeed & I just wish he was around 15 years ago, because I would love to have seen him fight Hopkins at 160, or going further back & fight the likes of Michael Nunn, Roy Jones Jr, James Toney or the mighty Marvellous Marvin Hagler. GGG has had no big fishes to go up against that his talent deserves. Marvin never fought another great middleweight - the other three kings were moving up in weight. Dick Tiger v Hagler? Marv in a brutal fight by close UD. |
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If you haven't seen it already, you may enjoy this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rq8iKZnRyc There's a similar one for GGG that I think was posted on here a while back but the music isn't as good ![]() |
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Golovkin is special; he isn't perfect, but he's special.
What's so scary about him is that he is not a pure puncher like Julian Jackson or John Mugabi who just loaded up & tried to put you to sleep with every punch they threw, Golovkin is quite happy to box & wait for his opportunity & he is quite capable of knocking out his opponents late into fights. He's a rare talent indeed & I just wish he was around 15 years ago, because I would love to have seen him fight Hopkins at 160, or going further back & fight the likes of Michael Nunn, Roy Jones Jr, James Toney or the mighty Marvellous Marvin Hagler. GGG has had no big fishes to go up against that his talent deserves. I genuinely can't see anything "special '' about him! He doesn't have fast hands, which is something nearly every truly great fighter has. He's consistently square-on, which is something a great fighter would take a big advantage of. His overall style and skill is nothing special. He takes a good shot and throws a lot of punches that wear down opponants. So, despite his record I don't even think he's that big a puncher. At the moment I see a good fighter taking advantage of a rather poor division, just the way Calazaghe did. |
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I can't believe Maccarinelli is fighting RJJnr. He's going to get sparked inside 3.
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I can't believe Maccarinelli is fighting RJJnr. He's going to get sparked inside 3.
There's no sadder sight in sport than a once great fighter carrying on years past their best. |
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Jones has been totally shot since he won that Heavyweight title and for his own health and safety should have had his liecence taken away years ago!
There's no sadder sight in sport than a once great fighter carrying on years past their best. Jones Jr's biggest mistake was going up to HW then coming all the way back down to LHW to fight Tarver & he just has not been the same fighter since he beat Ruiz a dozen years ago. It's so sad to see a fighter that had such remarkable gifts still fighting at his age with such obviously diminished skills. He might take solace from watching the likes of Hopkins still fighting at 50, but as remarkable as Bernard is, he isn't the fighter he once was & that was evident when Kovalev gave him a one sided beating, the like of which Hopkins had never suffered in his career. |
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Frampton vs Quigg fight now confirmed.
Takes place in Manchester on 27th February 2016 |
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Frampton vs Quigg fight now confirmed.
Takes place in Manchester on 27th February 2016 |
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Frampton vs Quigg fight now confirmed.
Takes place in Manchester on 27th February 2016 |
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Frampton vs Quigg fight now confirmed.
Takes place in Manchester on 27th February 2016 |
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Frampton vs Quigg fight now confirmed.
Takes place in Manchester on 27th February 2016 It made no sense to look elsewhere when this is paying so well. He may be getting a larger cut but both will earn very well out of it. Looking forward to it!!! |
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Frampton vs Quigg fight now confirmed.
Takes place in Manchester on 27th February 2016 I can't wait for this one; should be a great contest. |
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Golovkin is special; he isn't perfect, but he's special.
GGG has had no big fishes to go up against that his talent deserves. |
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Pacquaio v Khan isn't confirmed yet but it would potentially be a fascinating fight, and not like the Mayweather, cagey, negative let down. I don't go for all the Mayweather is an all time great argument. If he'd ever really come out of his shell and fought, the way the all time greats did, he would have lost imo.
Pacquaio and Khan come out and fight, and they know each other very well. Imo, the fight hinges on weather Pacquaio is back to his best. Those rotator cuff injuries are excruciating, and if anyone has had one they will know. It would have been a massive handicap for Pacquaio in the Mayweather fight, and much worse than any injury Mayweather claims he also had imo. The injury will probably have healed, but Pacquaio will need all his speed, accuracy and power to beat Khan who is also very quick with a longer reach. Pacquaio is an expert in breaking his opponents nose, which sounds a bit off I know, but it's a fact, and for Khan that's a big weak point, as it was with Hamed. The only fighter who could still fight well after getting that sort of damage was Froch, who narrowly lost to Kessler in their first fight. If Pacquaio is back to his fighting best, he will win the fight imo. Khan will try and keep him at range, but he's no Mayweather, and won't be able to do that for long. Manny has a very good defence, and is one of the best at getting inside and hitting with speed and power. One thing about MP, he has never ducked an opponent, and Mayweather ducked MP for a long, long time. If it is MP's last ever fight, imo he is the best ever fighter (yes better than Duran) in the history of the sport. Also one of the best boxers. |
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Pacquaio v Khan isn't confirmed yet but it would potentially be a fascinating fight, and not like the Mayweather, cagey, negative let down. I don't go for all the Mayweather is an all time great argument. If he'd ever really come out of his shell and fought, the way the all time greats did, he would have lost imo.
Pacquaio and Khan come out and fight, and they know each other very well. Imo, the fight hinges on weather Pacquaio is back to his best. Those rotator cuff injuries are excruciating, and if anyone has had one they will know. It would have been a massive handicap for Pacquaio in the Mayweather fight, and much worse than any injury Mayweather claims he also had imo. The injury will probably have healed, but Pacquaio will need all his speed, accuracy and power to beat Khan who is also very quick with a longer reach. Pacquaio is an expert in breaking his opponents nose, which sounds a bit off I know, but it's a fact, and for Khan that's a big weak point, as it was with Hamed. The only fighter who could still fight well after getting that sort of damage was Froch, who narrowly lost to Kessler in their first fight. If Pacquaio is back to his fighting best, he will win the fight imo. Khan will try and keep him at range, but he's no Mayweather, and won't be able to do that for long. Manny has a very good defence, and is one of the best at getting inside and hitting with speed and power. One thing about MP, he has never ducked an opponent, and Mayweather ducked MP for a long, long time. If it is MP's last ever fight, imo he is the best ever fighter (yes better than Duran) in the history of the sport. Also one of the best boxers. Manny is a truly great fighter but to say he is the best of all time is a very bold statement in my opinion - especially as Mayweather won so easily (although the fight should have happened five years ago). Such lists are always very subjective of course.
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The lists are very subjective, and to go from flyweight where Manny dominated with speed, precision and power to light middle where he destroyed the likes of Cotto (now a middle weight world champion) and Margarito is the best imo. The first fighter to put the amazing Eric Morales down and the first fighter to ever stop Barrera at his best. That is beyond what Robinson and others did imo, and I have watched all of his fights. It's subjective though, agreed.
Some analysts think that Pacquaio won the Mayweather fight, and others that Mayweather won by a small margin. Mayweather fought very dirty early on and should have had points deducted. A fully fit Pacquaio could have edged it. I'll be honest, I'm not a FM fan. Far too cautious, negative and political for me. One thing most others will probably agree on. After the Pacquaio fight if it happens, Khan will lose to Brook, and that will be a massive British spectacle. |
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I assume Frampton's getting a bigger cut of the purse in exchange for fighting in Manchester.
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Another encounter would have been Mayweather at middle, He was capable of moving up, and that would have been his toughest test imo.
He even forced Alvarez to get down to 152 because he didn't want to face him up at 154. Quote:
Some analysts think that Pacquaio won the Mayweather fight, and others that Mayweather won by a small margin. Mayweather fought very dirty early on and should have had points deducted. A fully fit Pacquaio could have edged it. |
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The lists are very subjective, and to go from flyweight where Manny dominated with speed, precision and power to light middle where he destroyed the likes of Cotto (now a middle weight world champion) and Margarito is the best imo. The first fighter to put the amazing Eric Morales down and the first fighter to ever stop Barrera at his best. That is beyond what Robinson and others did imo, and I have watched all of his fights. It's subjective though, agreed.
Some analysts think that Pacquaio won the Mayweather fight, and others that Mayweather won by a small margin. Mayweather fought very dirty early on and should have had points deducted. A fully fit Pacquaio could have edged it. I'll be honest, I'm not a FM fan. Far too cautious, negative and political for me. One thing most others will probably agree on. After the Pacquaio fight if it happens, Khan will lose to Brook, and that will be a massive British spectacle. As for Margarito. Please. That guy was nothing but a cheat and slow plodding fighter who walks in straight lines defending punches with his face. |
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I can't believe Maccarinelli is fighting RJJnr. He's going to get sparked inside 3.
what would you call a boxer that has gone past shot? because that's what roy is. enzo was never that good but even he has been destroyed for years ever since haye beat him. i would actually look forward to seeing this lol
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HAHA! is this for real?
what would you call a boxer that has gone past shot? because that's what roy is. enzo was never that good but even he has been destroyed for years ever since haye beat him. i would actually look forward to seeing this lol ![]() |
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