What's the fight you want to see ?
by BristolOne on Mar 4, 2010 5:02 PM EST
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With Pacquiao - Mayweather on hold indefinitely, the Klitschko Brothers having sworn never to fight each other and Pavlik - Williams negotiations off the radar following postponements and wranglings over the purse the Boxing fan is left again thinking as much about what might have been ....
Sure there are some good fights coming up Mayweather - Mosley has been anticipated for some time (Hopkins - Jones anticipated so long than many of have lost interest ), many will be interested to see how Haye and Adamek cope with tougher opponents at Heavyweight and the Super Six is bringing the best in the division together.
There's lot's to look forward to, but besides Pacquiao - Mayweather what's the fight to light up the sport.
In other words is there any fight out there that Phill (my tight northern pal) would be happy to pay for on PPV without so much as a 'well it's a bit steep' or 'I'm not sure it's worth it' ?
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Arthur Abraham v Carl Froch.
AA v Andre Ward.
AA v Mikkel Kessler.
Sorry to list more than one but i really want to see all of these.There are some great fights to come in the Super6.
Big Arthur Abraham Fan Matt
Agreed esp Abraham – Ward – so far looks the pick of the Super 6 – though Froch-Ward would be interesting – though not from a purist POV
There are a lot of them
But for me, they aren’t involving the biggest names, so they probably wouldn’t interest a casual fan too much.
I’ve been wanting Dawson-Hopkins forever, even though I think the fight itself would probably be kind of boring.
Valero-Bradley sounds like an awesome fight to me.
I’d love to see Cloud-Pascal, but I doubt that one ever comes to fruition, especially now that Cloud is with Don King.
I want to see Hasegawa-Yohnny Perez.
In terms of name value, at least in the UK, Hatton-Khan seems doable, and if it’s done sooner rather than later, it might even be mildly competitive.
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Dawson - Hopkins
I agree in one sense it would be boring, but I’d love to see how Chad would handle Hopkins, he looked better again in the Johnson rematch. I feel sorry for the guy Calzghe retires, he’s accused of only fighting older fighters, but who else is there and the one he might get more credit for fighting doesn’t seem to want it. Also agree I’d like to see Bradley tested at the next level.
Oh he could all right. Dawson is no Pavlik.
"If you sit there and watch a person take about an hour to tie his shoestrings, then you realize that whatever problems you got ain't that significant"
---Vernon Forrest 2006
by The Midnight Rambler on Mar 4, 2010 8:59 PM EST up reply actions
Martinez-Margorito
"If you sit there and watch a person take about an hour to tie his shoestrings, then you realize that whatever problems you got ain't that significant"
---Vernon Forrest 2006
by The Midnight Rambler on Mar 4, 2010 8:56 PM EST reply actions
Peter-Arreola
"If you sit there and watch a person take about an hour to tie his shoestrings, then you realize that whatever problems you got ain't that significant"
---Vernon Forrest 2006
by The Midnight Rambler on Mar 4, 2010 8:57 PM EST reply actions
Abraham -Pavlik (and then watch AA send KP to Youngstown Dreamland). Oh yeah!
"If you sit there and watch a person take about an hour to tie his shoestrings, then you realize that whatever problems you got ain't that significant"
---Vernon Forrest 2006
by The Midnight Rambler on Mar 4, 2010 8:58 PM EST reply actions
Finally, Mosley-Margo rematch.
"If you sit there and watch a person take about an hour to tie his shoestrings, then you realize that whatever problems you got ain't that significant"
---Vernon Forrest 2006
by The Midnight Rambler on Mar 4, 2010 8:58 PM EST reply actions
Agreed on all 4 Ted
In particular Abraham – Pavlik – that’s a fight that should have happened at MW
SC vs. Brickhaus
I got my money on SC.
The Seattle Seahawks offense is driving......right into a brick wall at the end of the tunnel.
!!!!!!!!!!!!
"If you sit there and watch a person take about an hour to tie his shoestrings, then you realize that whatever problems you got ain't that significant"
---Vernon Forrest 2006
by The Midnight Rambler on Mar 5, 2010 8:56 AM EST up reply actions
I dunno man
Brickhaus has got that mean straight right.
"Honey i forgot to duck" - Jack Dempsey
by Drunken cutman on Mar 7, 2010 3:08 PM EST up reply actions
Bristol, you cheeky barstward !!
I’d love to see Pacman vs Valero, bit it’s prob just pie in the sky that one. I reckon Manny would use his skills now, whereas the Manny of old would have have gone in all guns blazing.
Froch vs Bute could well be a “beaut” as well, from what little I’ve seen of Bute, he looks skilled and could cause “face first froch” some problems.
I was looking forward to Green vs Bhop too, but that fizzled out. prob Hop’s reluctance to “come to Europe”
Couldn't resist it mate
Truth be known some of the stuff they want PPV for is crazy
Green – Hopkins I’d have liked to have seen, but although Hopkins talks a lot about fighting bigger guys I can’t think of one fight where he actually did – some could say Tarver, but Hopkins looked as big to me on the night.
Valeero – he’s catching everyone’s eye at the moment
"Valeero" is that the liverpudlian venezuelan?
Yep, you’re right. Even Barrera was supposed to have said he was the one to beat Manny, apparently to his (Mannys) annoyance. Who Knows.
tua v. peter/arreola
solis v. either klit bros
cunningham v. ademek 2
cloud v. dawson
kessler v. AA
ward v. bute
pavlik v. williams
pac v floyd
bradley v. khan
marquez v. valero
lopez v. gamboa/caballero
hasegawa v. agbeko
vic v. donair 2
calderon v. koki
"Newspapermen ask dumb questions. They look up at the sun and ask if it is shining."
-Sonny Liston
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Tua vs Peter/Arreola
WAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Some people are acting like Pacquiao should be expected to have just gone, "Yeah sure, let’s do something I’ve never done before because your dad made some dumbass baseless comment."
(SC, 28/12/09; http://www.badlefthook.com/2009/12/27/1221143/mayweather-pacquiao-update-bob#comments)
Tua v Haye
I’d like to see the Hayemaker’s prefight intimidation attempts, then the massive highlight reel KO that wins Tua the title – Samoan/NZ HW champion – huge lift for our pacific brothers.
Tua v the Arreola/Adamek winner in a final eliminator for Haye’s belt. Don’t ruin it for me Mr Ruiz…(although I think he might). A Tua/Ruiz rematch for the title does sound interesting though.
Cunningham v Dawson. USS brings it.
Kirkland or Martinez V The Maggot.
Pacman v Floyd – potential Duran/Leonard.
Katsidis, Valero, Marquez and Bradley in any combo.
Onya Bristol!
"Anytime you go thirty rounds with a guy, try to kill each other, and have the utmost respect for each other, no one understands that, but guys who have been to war understand it." - Micky Ward on Arturo Gatti.
Cheers Goaty
Yep – I’d like to see Haye in any of those fights – but not for the same reasons lmao, Cunningham – Dawson – is Dawson talking about steppin’ up I’d go for Chad
we’re are probably the only two people who believe ruiz will beat haye
Texans 19-0 in 2010-2011 season PERIOD
by battle axe of doom on Mar 10, 2010 1:21 AM EST up reply actions
SC?
I wouldn’t be suprised if Pac turned out to be the incredible hulk in a very good disguise. - Sigidy
by Drunken cutman on Mar 10, 2010 11:50 AM EST up reply actions
SC doesn't think Ruiz will win, he just thinks counting him out completely could be a little premature.
Some people are acting like Pacquiao should be expected to have just gone, "Yeah sure, let’s do something I’ve never done before because your dad made some dumbass baseless comment."
(SC, 28/12/09; http://www.badlefthook.com/2009/12/27/1221143/mayweather-pacquiao-update-bob#comments)
I agree that it would be unwise to count Ruiz out
But I am also pretty strongly inclined to pick Haye.
I wouldn’t be suprised if Pac turned out to be the incredible hulk in a very good disguise. - Sigidy
by Drunken cutman on Mar 10, 2010 5:01 PM EST up reply actions
Very unwise
"If you sit there and watch a person take about an hour to tie his shoestrings, then you realize that whatever problems you got ain't that significant"
---Vernon Forrest 2006
by The Midnight Rambler on Mar 10, 2010 8:10 PM EST up reply actions
I'm starting to do just that though, to be honest.
The more I think about this, the more I just think that if Haye goes in there and decides to blast Ruiz out, then he’ll blast him out inside 3.
The best (which in this context means ‘most vivid’) memories I have of Ruiz are of Jones beating the crap out of him and never letting Ruiz get near him, and Tua banging him out inside 19 seconds…
Haye isn’t a slow heavyweight, and he can bang… this could end up being a combination of those two fights, but either way I can’t see Ruiz winning in my mind’s eye.
I’ll get my coat…..
Some people are acting like Pacquiao should be expected to have just gone, "Yeah sure, let’s do something I’ve never done before because your dad made some dumbass baseless comment."
(SC, 28/12/09; http://www.badlefthook.com/2009/12/27/1221143/mayweather-pacquiao-update-bob#comments)
Love to see...
I was waiting and hoping for a Arthur Abraham vs kelly Pavlik since before last summer.
Adamek vs Cunningham II
Floyd vs Paul Williams
Middleweight-Lightheavy
is looking good for the next few years.The round robin of possible fights looks very interesting to me.
Middleweight – Pavlik,Williams,maybe Martinez .
Supermiddle – Abraham,Ward,Bute,Froch,Kessler,Dirrell,maybe Allan Green.
Lightheavy – Chad Dawson,Jean Pascal,Tavoris Cloud,Glen Johnson.
We’ve got all the Super6 fights in the next year or so and Dawson v Pascal,plus the possibility of Pavlik v Bute,Abraham v Ward,etc.
There are many possible matchups between 160-175 to look forward to,imo.
He was lined up for a fight in the U.S. but last i heard he pulled out.
Mick Henessey seems to have dropped the ball with him.He’s wasting valuable time it seems.
Yeah,i just hope this title shot isn’t a few fights too soon.He looks to be doing ok though.
Good fight.
There’s me thinking your piccy was just “taken from a funny angle”.
This is a good fight. Very close.. Those body shots are working now.
Fury might be capable of Euro title level in the long run but unless he makes a drastic improvement in technique and/or changes trainer he’s gonna get annihilated by the top heavies.
The McDermott fight said a lot,although,to be fair to Fury,he wasn’t even in the double digits.
Maybe they were moving him too soon.
Even for a heavyweight though,no one with ‘love handles’ should be talking ‘world’ titles.
Mayweather – Pacquiao
Dawson – Hopkins
Williams – Dawson
AA – Pavlik
Mayweather – Cotto
Malignaggi – Marquez
Guzman – Gamboa ( @ Super Featherweight )
Dawson – Calzaghe ( to come from retirement )
Wright – Cintron
Valero – J. Diaz
Mayweather – Margarito
Spadafora – Collazo
Berto – Mosley
Arreola – Haye
"I do no speak of the future. Your demise is already an inescapable fact of the past. " - Aizen
Floyd Mayweather, Jr. fan since 7/12/97 -- 40-0-0 (25 KOs)
Arreola – Haye—good one
"If you sit there and watch a person take about an hour to tie his shoestrings, then you realize that whatever problems you got ain't that significant"
---Vernon Forrest 2006
by The Midnight Rambler on Mar 10, 2010 8:09 PM EST up reply actions
Williams - Dawson+
Some good picks there, but Dawson – Williams ? I think Dawson would walk that one !
In my humble Dawson would destroy Paul Williams , too fast , too big , too technically gifted , too fast . I’ll go with a Hopkins – Calzaghe rematch , :-) at Bristol and Phil , Klitschko v Klitschko . Manny and Floyd comes in third . Cheers Bristol . Good Onya mate .
"I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me. " Hunter S Thompson.
Calzaghe - Hopkins 2 - Keep it as a Fairytale !
Cheers JC40 – you must have a short memory mate. Last time Hopkins had a rematch his actions didn’t quite live up to the hyperbole. Prior to the fight he boldly claimed ’I’m coming into this one with a Blue Horizon mentality’. Budd Schulberg covering the fight credits him for coming out with an offensive approach that ‘lasted all of 20 seconds’, then ‘reverted to his passive posture of the previous fight’ and suggested that the round could have been scored 0-0 ‘because nothing happened’. He goes on ‘after that the two of them proceeded to give one of the dreariest performances in the history of the notable Division’ . Noting Hopkins passive performance and less than ambitous approach he finally comments that how he ‘thought he won this one is hard to figure’. I’ve of course watched the fight myself, but thought in the interests of fairness I’d give Schulberg’s version of events as I’m not as pro Hopkins as he is lol Anyway mate they say every great man has a fatal flaw – as a cure I’d recommend watching the entire works of Joe Calzaghe ! PS – if you want to know how the rematch would turn out – watch Roy Jones – Hopkins 1
LMAO Bristol The Entire Works Of Calzaghe equals electronic Valium
At least old Hopkins has the cojones to give rematches , the only bloke Joe rematched was that human punching bag Veit . I will admit the second Taylor fight was a snoozer but shit mate watching the entire works of Calzaghe would put an insomniac in a coma . Calzaghe v Bika – boring , Calzaghe v Starie – worse , Calzaghe v Thornberry would put a crackhead to sleep . A Calzaghe career highlight reel lmao Was that sarcasm? Every other so called great fighter from this era could have an entertaining best of film package .Whats the equivalent of Hopkins dropping Lipsey,Trinidad or Tarver in Joes career? Joes highlights reel would be full of shoe shining and clinching . Calzaghe Bika had more clinching than any other big fight except Calzaghe Hopkins and Calzaghe Starie .Im sensing a theme ;-) Joe was an incredibly tough , very very fit intelligent southpaw spoiler , anyone that claims he is entertaining is biased . The way I look at it is simple Brist ,Hops was champ ,he loses his light heavyweight strap to Joe in a very very close disputed decision . Bernard asks for a rematch but Calzaghe runs away and fights the shell of Roy Jones , then retires . Not the actions of a fights all comers type champ. Typical Calzaghe move . Joes legacy is looking threadbare now . A life and death struggle with a 43 year old 3 to one underdog in Hops . Joe was knocked down and actually lost 3 or four rounds to the shell of Jones. A bloke Glenn Johnson won every round against and knocked out . A bloke Danny Green crushed like a grape , a guy Tarver (* who Nard gave a lesson to ) knocked the f- out in 2 rounds and then fairly easily outpointed in the rubber match . Lmao Jones Hopkins one is actually a close fight . Ive watched it 4 times and every time Hopkins wins more rounds . Bernard managed to win 4 or 5 rounds off the prime Jones. The only person to do so in the ten year period from 1993 when Roy turned pro up to the first Tarver fight in 2003 . Joes two other so called " great " wins are against Kessler ( Ward kind of ruined that) and against Lacey , the most unskilled overhyped fighter of my time . I knew Lacy was mediocre when I watched him have big big difficulties with the likes of the drug addicted Vanderpool and the club fighter Omar Sheika. I told everyone I knew that Calzaghe would box rings around the slow non puncher without a left hook named " left hook". Worst nickname ever that LMAO Youd have thought the bloke was Joe Frazier . As a final blast Id suggest it was a lot harder for Hopkins coming up . A black convict with no fan base does not get any favours compared to a native born bloke from a small country like Wales . Joe gets his first title shot at home against Eubanks who had already lost twice to Steve Collins . Hopkins goes to Ecuador to fight at super altitude against a primed south american beast named Mercado and is given a draw and robbed . Hops destroyed him in the rematch . When did Joe face a dangerous young opponent in his home town? Never .LMAO Ive run out of steam mate , heres a view of the boring Bernard more vicious performances when he was a young man in his late 20s and early 30s . Enjoy! ( If you can find any film of Joe looking that good whack it up mate ) . Cheers Brist , always good to have a spar LOL http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ozw7bu0yiWc Hops v Glenn Johnson the 32 year old Hopkins looking near unbeatable . ( note the lack of clinching and Hopkins being the aggressor) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBlGxqquQvI The 31 year old Hops v Lipsey .This was a great brawl , hopefully someone will put the whole fight on Youtube . I’ve never seen Calzaghe near kill someone like that Bristol . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7t1Rq-nnIYg&feature=related Bernard aged 37 stopping Tito .( the so called midget who destroyed 160 pound champ Joppy ) Six years in boxing terms is forever Brist , shame Calzaghe didnt fight this version of Hopkins . I’d have backed the 37 year old Hopkins to easily outpoint the 37 year old Calzaghe , shit he barely beat the 43 year old part time one ( didnt in my opinion lol) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUjxm1kaQmI The 27 year old Bernard beating up Dennis Milton , a bloke who had outpointed Gerald McClelland , Robbie Simms and Michael Olijade. Take it easy mate LMAO One day I’ll convince you of Hopkins worth .
"I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me. " Hunter S Thompson.
A bloke Glenn Johnson won every round against and knocked out .
Hey, Johnson is a damn good fighter.
That’s as far as I got tbh, the wall of words got the better of me! Up till there though I pretty much agree, Calzaghe was great but Hopkins did take more challenges.
I wouldn’t be suprised if Pac turned out to be the incredible hulk in a very good disguise. - Sigidy
by Drunken cutman on Mar 11, 2010 5:01 PM EST up reply actions
I made it through the post, agree with most of what you say, but, two things stand out for mention.
1. I am a massive Roy Jones fan, and I hate Joe Calzaghe. However, there is no way in the blue fuck that Jones won 3 or 4 rounds in their fight. A few years earlier Jones would have schooled him, no danger,but let’s tell things as they are, rather than how we’d like them to have happened. :)
2. Please, please please, next time you buy a keyboard, can you please make sure the ‘Enter’ key works? :)
(Actually, 3. Would be that I agree, Hopkins beat Calzaghe. 114-113 on my card….)
Some people are acting like Pacquiao should be expected to have just gone, "Yeah sure, let’s do something I’ve never done before because your dad made some dumbass baseless comment."
(SC, 28/12/09; http://www.badlefthook.com/2009/12/27/1221143/mayweather-pacquiao-update-bob#comments)
My Editor is lying o the beach giving herself a suntan
I gave Roy the first round against Calzaghe 10-8 and also the second round Chaos . The third could be scored either way . Thats three rounds in scoring lmao Perhaps I should have said 3 points . My point was that Joe had more trouble with Jones than Glenn Johnson or Danny Grenn . Cheers Mate and gimme a break . Im an aging luddite , its took me three bloody years to work out how to turn my imac on . Sorry for the urge overkill type post but somethings do take a lot of words to expalin thoroughly . Take it easy fellas.
"I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me. " Hunter S Thompson.
I was taking it easy....
My post was meant almost completely tongue in cheek. That’s why there are smileys after both of my first two points….
I’d love to have scored more rounds for Jones, I really and sincerely would. But that wasn’t a competitive fight in my opinion. No way, no how. Joe won 11 out of the 12 rounds, and won them convincingly. I can just about say that now, but at the time I was so gutted I could barely speak. I was finding reasons to give Roy rounds:
“Well, Joe didn’t land with anything decent there” (conveniently forget that Roy didn’t either….)
“Roy outworked him in that round” (Did he bollocks… lol)
Basically, Joe went after two guys he thought he could beat the bones of. Hopkins he didn’t, Jones he did. Congrats, Joe…. that’s a legacy topper if I ever saw one…..
Some people are acting like Pacquiao should be expected to have just gone, "Yeah sure, let’s do something I’ve never done before because your dad made some dumbass baseless comment."
(SC, 28/12/09; http://www.badlefthook.com/2009/12/27/1221143/mayweather-pacquiao-update-bob#comments)
I still think the first 4 rounds were competitive
I always watch replays of fights with the sound down Chaos . I know the commentators were screaming their usual guff but the first 4 rounds of Jones v Calzaghe was close and competitive . Roys stamina at age 40 isnt good while Calzaghes was always exceptional . Shit Roy has been done since Ruiz , he should have fought Lennox for the megabucks after Ruiz but perhaps the Balco situation stuffed that up . Whatever happened Roy post Ruiz was a shell .
"I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me. " Hunter S Thompson.
Holy God in Heaven!
"If you sit there and watch a person take about an hour to tie his shoestrings, then you realize that whatever problems you got ain't that significant"
---Vernon Forrest 2006
by The Midnight Rambler on Mar 11, 2010 10:46 PM EST up reply actions
JC40 Classic Post
Man – if he ever reads that OJ’s Lawyer is gonna think that he had an easy brief – If I ever get caught red handed at the scene of the crime, with 24 witnesses pointing the finger at me and a shed load of scientific evidence confirming my guilt – I want you in my corner ! My favourite bit was ‘The 31 year old Hops v Lipsey .This was a great brawl , hopefully someone will put the whole fight on Youtube ’ – like it’s youtubes fault that that ‘Hopkins’ and ‘great brawl’ result in a ‘no matches can be found for this search’. Truthfully I’ve just got back home from the boozer after about 6 pints and a game of footy and just caught your post – It deserves a proper reply – and don’t worry I have plenty to say ! LMAO Dennis Milton ! Take it easy mate – your’e a top man hopkinitus aside !
HOW TO LOSE GRACEFULLY
JC46-0-0 I hear some people are saying you outdid me with your high volume, 1000 word, multi link, aggressive posting. It’s been the talk of Bad Left Hook for days everyone saying that I couldn’t match your stamina, skills and sheer will to win. Apparently compupost showed that you threw and landed more insults that I’d ever been hit with before – But I still say I schooled Ya ! Once I heard that all the judges and ref were from Bristol I knew it was stacked in your favour. Then when I said I’d ‘never let an Aussie beach bum beat me’ people started getting their knickers in a twist and I knew the fix was on. I started well and would have come back at you with more, but after a while with the sheer volume of your posting I gassed a bit and was only allowed a 5 minute rest by the ref – once you started on the bump and grind thing I started getting flashbacks and got distracted.
JC46-0-0 we just don’t post like that over here. I wouldn’t have minded if you’d broken it down into 374 normal sized posts and taken the smug smile off Phil’s face when he realised I had three times more comments on my Fan Post than him – hell even Ted would have recognised my greatness. How did Phil get more comments than me – another fix. I’ve already tried giving my own Fan Post 34 recommendations, but I reckon SC is on to me and apparently calling yourself a Hall of Fame poster doesn’t cut the mustard with them. Another conspiracy – hell who cares if I call myself a Legendary Poster often enough some fool over in Austria is bound to believe me.
I reckon all this prejudice goes back to me getting in trouble when I was young and ending up inside for a stretch – on the first day I beat up the biggest welterweight in the joint – some called me a bully but it was good preparation for later life and I’ve had some of my biggest nights beating up on little guys – one of them got so scared he gave me a Job in the promotions department. I love it – most of the time I get to talk about my favourite subject – myself. I made sure I learnt plenty of lessons from my early brushes with the law – whenever I mugged a Granny she’d shout ‘Robbery’ – hell, I thought THAT IS A GOOD IDEA ! Now when I get out posted I shout ‘Robbery’ and complain like hell. On my final day in prison the guard said to me ‘see you back here soon Bristol’ – ‘you won’t be seeing this west country boy again’ I told him – well Geography has never been my strong point.
Since our little falling out I’ve beaten up on a couple of other posters one had 10 broken fingers and a roaring temperature and the other you’ve probably never heard of. Next up is a guy you’ve already taken to the cleaners. I then plan to take on some Heavyweight posters – well between you and me I’m talking about it anyway and I can always treble my demands if they actually get interested – it’s getting the fans excited and they’ve started calling me the ‘ExcuseMaker’ – must be Austrian for ‘Executioner’. JC I’ve heard your hands have been hurting – serves you right for all that posting – I normally just do nothing and hope the ref gives me the decision. I made a promise a few years ago that I’d give up fighting – some say I broke that promise, but anyone who’s seen my last few bouts will tell you I’m a man of my word.
Anyway I want a rematch – this time I’m bringing the ‘Blue Rinse’ mentality. I’m even prepared to travel over to County Wales in England, but as I said after the Roy Jones- Green robbery I would never go over to Europe. I did once end up in Columbia – turns out it wasn’t in Texas – I got knocked over twice and they only gave me draw – Don King’s not what he used to be eh ?
BristHop
HaHaHaHaHa Mate ya got me call nurse
Bugger Bristol , I that icecream cone stuck up my nose again in protest at that Tolstoy sized post . No fair mate , my lawyers promised that when I joined BLH that they had a contractual obligation to severly edit any posts that were as long as mine . Im too monged this morning to even parry your combo let alone counter any of em ;-) Classic mate , have a good one .
"I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me. " Hunter S Thompson.
In the Best Aussie Tradition
I’ll hold my hands up to you Aussie boys – you love to rip the piss, but you can always take it and with a smile.
When Old BHOP does hang up his gloves I’m gonna write a special no sacrcasm tribute to him just for you mate ! (I’ll probably have to email it to Phil first to edit out any subconcious digs).
Happy day mate
As an aside I wish Old Nard would retire , gimmick fights like the Jones one aint my cuppa Bristol . Im not even watching that one . Nard should have retired after Pavlik . Cheers Mate!
"I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me. " Hunter S Thompson.
Jeezus H, JC40
I had to pause half way through that to read War & Peace, cos it’s a bit shorter than your last but one post ! ;-)
I’m glad I’m not Bristol having to cone back at you over that.
by Phill on Mar 11, 2010 5:53 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Maybe he will choose to 'cone' back instead.
It would certainly be an interesting experiment…..
Some people are acting like Pacquiao should be expected to have just gone, "Yeah sure, let’s do something I’ve never done before because your dad made some dumbass baseless comment."
(SC, 28/12/09; http://www.badlefthook.com/2009/12/27/1221143/mayweather-pacquiao-update-bob#comments)
David Tua vs.... well, anyone really.
I just want to see him active again, to have a real go at beating some of the top guys. I think he’d be a massive risk for a lot of guys though, and don’t see him getting the bouts, even if he wanted them.
Khan vs Maidana; let’s see if “King Khan” (*vomits loudly into laptop bag….) can actually fight someone who IS at their peak, who CAN punch, DOES have the balls to trade, and has ‘seek and destroy’ as their gameplan.
Lamont Peterson vs Devon Alexander. Simply because I’d like to see if that much combined handspeed in the same ring would in fact cause the universe to implode….
Seriously though, I’d love to see Alexander (who I have to now say looks the real deal) in a fight with one of the other really good guys in the division, such as Bradley, Maidana, or dare I say it, Hatton….. I think I might even pick him over any of those guys, too. Alexander vs Pacquiao @140? Is this dreamland?
Hopkins/Dawson. I want Hopkins to forget the vendetta against Jones, and just take the big fight. I’ve always respected Hopkins for taking the best challenge out there, and since he dismantled Pavlik he hasn’t done that. I still think he’d nick a win off Dawson were they to fight, and I’d love to have the chance to be proved right.
Haye vs Vitali. I don’t think he can beat Wlad, and Vitali has now slowed right down. He wasn’t ever Prince Naseem, but Vitali is now slow slow and immobile that I think he is ready to be felled, like a big fucking Elm tree in Holland….. Strangely, this just reminded me of a epitaph/poem in one of my favourite books, which went;
“Your life’s tree felled far too soon,
I fear, lest in my hand the axe be found.”
I’d love the axe that chops down the tree that represents Vitali’s career to be found in the hands of David Haye. In fact, even more so since the Haye/Wlad fight that would follow could be the biggest heavyweight fight since… Lewis/Klitschko? Possibly even bigger?
Holyfield/Tyson 3. Ok, this one is my own guilty pleasure. Kind of a morbid curiosity. Forget I said anything…. ;)
Bradley/Hatton. If Ricky is going to come back, I’d rather see him make one last big move for the big-time, rather than fight no-marks or smaller guys who are piling it on for a payday. I’d like to see him fight Marquez, possibly, but I’d rather see a warm-up, then Bradley. I’ve said multiple times on here that losing to the best two guys of your generation doesn’t make you a bad fighter. I have also said I’d pick Hatton to beat Bradley. Now, I’m not so sure, but I’d be rooting for him hard.
Pacquiao/Mayweather. Enough said? ;)
Tua/Arreola. This is top of my list, although it’s the last one I’ll write. This would have me buzzing so much I would be bouncing off the walls for weeks.
Some people are acting like Pacquiao should be expected to have just gone, "Yeah sure, let’s do something I’ve never done before because your dad made some dumbass baseless comment."
(SC, 28/12/09; http://www.badlefthook.com/2009/12/27/1221143/mayweather-pacquiao-update-bob#comments)
Holyfield/Tyson 3. Ok, this one is my own guilty pleasure. Kind of a morbid curiosity. Forget I said anything…. ;)
Ok you don’t get to talk anymore!
I wouldn’t be suprised if Pac turned out to be the incredible hulk in a very good disguise. - Sigidy
by Drunken cutman on Mar 8, 2010 12:58 PM EST up reply actions
I knew it'd be you having a pop... ;)
I reckon they could put it in an “OLD PAST IT HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONS PRIZEFIGHTER!!” tournament.
Entrants;
Holyfield
Tyson
Bowe
Moorer
Golota
Ruddock
Morrison
Ruiz ;) ;) ;)
OR maybe bring back Big George, and we’ll really see what’s up… ;)
I watched a Bowe fight recently, he looked old (obviously) and slow (durrrr), but that big 1-2 was still there…. Bowe FTW in this tournie?
What do you reckon, DC??
Some people are acting like Pacquiao should be expected to have just gone, "Yeah sure, let’s do something I’ve never done before because your dad made some dumbass baseless comment."
(SC, 28/12/09; http://www.badlefthook.com/2009/12/27/1221143/mayweather-pacquiao-update-bob#comments)
Chaos - you're a sick man !
lol – Holyfield – Tyson 3 – at least you’re honest enough to admit it mate ! Truthfully I’d probably watch it myself.
Bowe – not so sure the guy seems completely punch drunk already
I’ll go Holfield vs Big George – with Big George winning by late KO
I think Moorer would win
But I also think that Holyfield would have a heart attack, Tyson would get DQ’d for something insane, Bowe would see Golota there and run away, Golota would also leave to chase Bowe and randomly low blow him for no reason, Morrison won’t be allowed to fight as he’s going to be in prison for possesion and Ruiz would be lynched for being so dull in the first fight!
I wouldn’t be suprised if Pac turned out to be the incredible hulk in a very good disguise. - Sigidy
by Drunken cutman on Mar 9, 2010 12:32 PM EST up reply actions
Holyfield would show everyone his Apollo Creed-esque footwork, like he did in the Valuev fight.....
I think you’re mad. Bowe could barely move when he was 28, and now you think he could break into a run?? Downhill, maybe…. ;)
Golota also doesn’t lowblow people for no reason. His reason = they are there. Hell, it’s enough for him, so who am I to argue?? ;)
Seriously though, if that comp were to happen, I think I pick Holyfield (as he can still move pretty quickly) or Tyson (as he would still be dangerous in close, I think.)
Moorer isn’t a bad shout for this either. He’s around a gym a lot, still looks in shape…. Was never the most heavy handed of dudes tho….
Some people are acting like Pacquiao should be expected to have just gone, "Yeah sure, let’s do something I’ve never done before because your dad made some dumbass baseless comment."
(SC, 28/12/09; http://www.badlefthook.com/2009/12/27/1221143/mayweather-pacquiao-update-bob#comments)
I think that just the fact that he is in shape alone
Is enough. Holyfield stays in shape too but he’s so old now I have serious doubts about what he could do in there.
Golota also doesn’t lowblow people for no reason. His reason = they are there. Hell, it’s enough for him, so who am I to argue?? ;)
Well you’d better not argue! Or he’ll getcha! :D
I wouldn’t be suprised if Pac turned out to be the incredible hulk in a very good disguise. - Sigidy
by Drunken cutman on Mar 11, 2010 5:03 PM EST up reply actions
Michael Moorer
won 52 (KO 40) + lost 4 (KO 3) + drawn 1 = 57
KO% 70.18
"If you sit there and watch a person take about an hour to tie his shoestrings, then you realize that whatever problems you got ain't that significant"
---Vernon Forrest 2006
by The Midnight Rambler on Mar 10, 2010 8:08 PM EST reply actions
Come one Ted, we all know the stats can be misleading.....
Are you suggesting that Moorer had dynamite in his hands?
Some people are acting like Pacquiao should be expected to have just gone, "Yeah sure, let’s do something I’ve never done before because your dad made some dumbass baseless comment."
(SC, 28/12/09; http://www.badlefthook.com/2009/12/27/1221143/mayweather-pacquiao-update-bob#comments)
Numbers don’t lie
"If you sit there and watch a person take about an hour to tie his shoestrings, then you realize that whatever problems you got ain't that significant"
---Vernon Forrest 2006
by The Midnight Rambler on Mar 11, 2010 10:44 PM EST up reply actions
ALL HAIL THE INEVITABLE TRUTH!!
I assume you’ve got Paul Spadafora at the top of your current P4P list, and he gets plenty of text-space in your current book? I mean, the numbers don’t lie, right?
Where is Sven Ottke in your all-time P4P list, by the way? #1 you say?!!? (shocked grimace!!)
Is your current top 3 P4P:
- Floyd,
- Spadafora, and
- JCC Jr?
And if not, why not? Is that because numbers can, in fact, lie? And therefore taking a numbers only approach to a debate such as this is not as much objectivity as it is insanity?
That comment doesn’t do you justice, Ted. Subjectivity when looking at records and fighters isn’t just a nice touch for the sake of a forum, it’s a necessity if you want to come across as knowledgable, which you quite obviously are (which is why I’m genuinely surprised that you’d make such a stupid comment, to be honest. You know too much, and your opinion holds too much weight, for you to boil down a subject into the farcical statement that ‘numbers don’t lie’…. Keep smiling…).
Some people are acting like Pacquiao should be expected to have just gone, "Yeah sure, let’s do something I’ve never done before because your dad made some dumbass baseless comment."
(SC, 28/12/09; http://www.badlefthook.com/2009/12/27/1221143/mayweather-pacquiao-update-bob#comments)
Moorers record at 175 was 22 fights, 22 wins, 22 knock outs . At heavyweight up to and not including the Foreman fight 13 fights 8 kayoes . At 175 he was a monster at heavyweight he was average .
"I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me. " Hunter S Thompson.
Moorer always had extremely fast hands which generated his power. As JC points out, at 175, he was truly a one punch KO artist. Later, he was a solid heavy and could still deliver the hammer as Jirov found out.
"If you sit there and watch a person take about an hour to tie his shoestrings, then you realize that whatever problems you got ain't that significant"
---Vernon Forrest 2006
by The Midnight Rambler on Mar 11, 2010 11:27 PM EST reply actions
Yeah but Jirov was a career cruiserweight who was never a proper heavy.
He’s back down at cruiser now.
Are you being truculent?
"If you sit there and watch a person take about an hour to tie his shoestrings, then you realize that whatever problems you got ain't that significant"
---Vernon Forrest 2006
by The Midnight Rambler on Mar 12, 2010 9:19 AM EST up reply actions
Moorer was an awesome puncher at light heavy – known for it. Shotgun jab broke em down and set everything up.
"Anytime you go thirty rounds with a guy, try to kill each other, and have the utmost respect for each other, no one understands that, but guys who have been to war understand it." - Micky Ward on Arturo Gatti.
What ever happened to Morrison’s comeback?
"If you sit there and watch a person take about an hour to tie his shoestrings, then you realize that whatever problems you got ain't that significant"
---Vernon Forrest 2006
by The Midnight Rambler on Mar 11, 2010 11:28 PM EST reply actions
He's back in training
Or so he says, but he still won’t be able to get licensed anywhere legitimate. Supposedly he was going to fight in Texas, had the fight all lined up, and then suddenly he pulled out, ended up fighting a “modified Muay Thai” match (that was obviously choreographed on top of everything) in Wyoming a few months later instead. Dude had no stamina to begin with, and that was before he was on antiretrovirals.
Bad Left Hook - The SB Nation boxing blog
"Baseball is played on the field, not on a calculator."
Ugh
"If you sit there and watch a person take about an hour to tie his shoestrings, then you realize that whatever problems you got ain't that significant"
---Vernon Forrest 2006
by The Midnight Rambler on Mar 12, 2010 9:36 PM EST up reply actions
Constant revision of this subject is required....
New information = new position and all that…. :)
I’d like to see Valero fight either Soto or Marquez next,for different reasons.
1. I think Soto is a myth. I don’t rate him as anything at all really. I think he’d have to fight the best fight he’s ever fought to look good against Valero, and I’d like to see him really give it a go. Prove me wrong. I don’t want this fight out of any malice toward Soto, although I read that back and that’s how it looks, but I do want to see him take on someone we don’t already know he’s going to beat. I’d like to see if I have him wrong as a fighter, if he can actually take on and beat the best guys. That said: Valero TKO 2
2. Marquez vs Valero is a fight I can’t really call.
On the side of Marquez is a great chin, more experience than you can shake a stick at, some brilliant technical know-how, and a fierce will to win.
On the side of Valero is his speed, and that vicious, vicious power. It’s horrible sometimes watching Valero hit people.
I discussed this with a friend the other day, and he said Valero would stop JMM. I’m not sure. I think Marquez gets to see the final bell, and maybe gets the nod. Maybe. As I said, I genuinely can’t call that fight.
Some people are acting like Pacquiao should be expected to have just gone, "Yeah sure, let’s do something I’ve never done before because your dad made some dumbass baseless comment."
(SC, 28/12/09; http://www.badlefthook.com/2009/12/27/1221143/mayweather-pacquiao-update-bob#comments)
Tim Bradley v Devon Alexander
A late entry,Bristol.
I think this would be a great fight.Hard to pick a winner.
Me too Matt
You could see 140 Division doing a Super Six – if it ends up working at 168 – which is still is IMO despite Taylor withdrawal and Ward’s injury. Again it’s hard to pick a winner – maybe Valero ?
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