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Yes, it's kinda sad that Mayweather vs McGregor killed all the buzz for this one...jmdirt said:Golovkin vs. Alvarez? Hopefully it a good fight.
Floyd Mayweather says Trump’s ‘locker-room talk’ is how ‘real men speak’
Mayomaniac said:Yes, 7-5 for Golovkin seems fine for me. The fight being scored a draw isn't something outlandish, but scoring it 118-110 for Canelo is just bs.
jmdirt said:Watch the Teddy Atlas rant and his rant with SAS:
http://www.espn.com/boxing/
Why is SAS flappin' his mouth? He thinks he is the ultimate expert on all sports, yet IMO he isn't really an expert in any sport. How did he get to his status among talking heads?
movingtarget said:jmdirt said:Watch the Teddy Atlas rant and his rant with SAS:
http://www.espn.com/boxing/
Why is SAS flappin' his mouth? He thinks he is the ultimate expert on all sports, yet IMO he isn't really an expert in any sport. How did he get to his status among talking heads?
It's hard to watch him. Everything becomes a rant. He should stick to basketball.
Teddy owned that guy, it's always a pleasurre to watch Teddy when he's passionate about something.Angliru said:movingtarget said:jmdirt said:Watch the Teddy Atlas rant and his rant with SAS:
http://www.espn.com/boxing/
Why is SAS flappin' his mouth? He thinks he is the ultimate expert on all sports, yet IMO he isn't really an expert in any sport. How did he get to his status among talking heads?
It's hard to watch him. Everything becomes a rant. He should stick to basketball.
We basketball fans (or at least me) don't want him either. He's like what Al Pacino evolved to as an actor about 10 years ago: lots of yelling and hysterics (and I say this as true Pacino fan).
Angliru said:movingtarget said:jmdirt said:Watch the Teddy Atlas rant and his rant with SAS:
http://www.espn.com/boxing/
Why is SAS flappin' his mouth? He thinks he is the ultimate expert on all sports, yet IMO he isn't really an expert in any sport. How did he get to his status among talking heads?
It's hard to watch him. Everything becomes a rant. He should stick to basketball.
We basketball fans (or at least me) don't want him either. He's like what Al Pacino evolved to as an actor about 10 years ago: lots of yelling and hysterics (and I say this as true Pacino fan).
“I want to be clear – I am leaving because my body can no longer put up with the rigors of the sport and therefore my desire to fight is no longer there,” the statement titled “Mission Accomplished” said. “If I cannot give my family, my team, and the fans everything that I have, then I should no longer be fighting.”
Merckx index said:Whoa! Didn’t see this coming—P4P king Andre Ward is retiring:
“I want to be clear – I am leaving because my body can no longer put up with the rigors of the sport and therefore my desire to fight is no longer there,” the statement titled “Mission Accomplished” said. “If I cannot give my family, my team, and the fans everything that I have, then I should no longer be fighting.”
https://sports.yahoo.com/pound-pound-boxing-king-andre-ward-announces-retirement-161209592.html
Boxers frequently “retire”, only to return after some time off (Mayweather and Pacquiao, e.g.), and it’s possible Ward will do that; he’s 33, probably close to his physical peak, and could look forward to at least several more years as an elite boxer. OTOH, this is a good time to go. He’s 32-0, with probably his most defining two fights his most recent ones, the wins over Kovalev. He certainly has nothing left to prove, and it appears the only challenges left for him would be to move up in weight. He did speculate about fighting heavyweight, but there are many in that division he couldn’t beat. Also, of course, the sooner a boxer retires, the better his future health prospects are.
Hopefully leaving now will be good for his brain health.Merckx index said:Whoa! Didn’t see this coming—P4P king Andre Ward is retiring:
“I want to be clear – I am leaving because my body can no longer put up with the rigors of the sport and therefore my desire to fight is no longer there,” the statement titled “Mission Accomplished” said. “If I cannot give my family, my team, and the fans everything that I have, then I should no longer be fighting.”
https://sports.yahoo.com/pound-pound-boxing-king-andre-ward-announces-retirement-161209592.html
Boxers frequently “retire”, only to return after some time off (Mayweather and Pacquiao, e.g.), and it’s possible Ward will do that; he’s 33, probably close to his physical peak, and could look forward to at least several more years as an elite boxer. OTOH, this is a good time to go. He’s 32-0, with probably his most defining two fights his most recent ones, the wins over Kovalev. He certainly has nothing left to prove, and it appears the only challenges left for him would be to move up in weight. He did speculate about fighting heavyweight, but there are many in that division he couldn’t beat. Also, of course, the sooner a boxer retires, the better his future health prospects are.
movingtarget said:
Dazed and Confused said:
Angliru said:Dazed and Confused said:
Being a Detroiter, I remember Cuevas as being "The Hitman", Thommie Hearns' first big win, in a stunning second round knockout. Cuevas was a tough little fighter. That to was one of the golden ages of the welterweight division with many good fighters brawling it out during that era.