the boxing thread

[BOON]

Floyd was pretty dam impressive vs Shane. Sure Shane isnt what he used to be now but he's never looked that crappy before. Also Floyd didnt dance, he stood right in front of him and tagged him all night when Shane tried to do anything.

Shane was once very fast. Pac is still fast and hits much harder. He is smaller though and Floyd looked pretty big against Shane.

People also point to the Marquez fights where Pac arguably could have lost twice due to Marquez's boxing ability. Floyd is even better and bigger. Floyd also dominated Marquez recently though Floyd was much bigger.

Pac's got improved boxing, the use of his right hand now, and throws in unpredictable angles (the ones that hurt you are the ones you cant see coming).

It really comes down to the best offfensive boxer vs best defensive boxer. How is this not a crazy ass super fight?

Regarding the terms: I see it as while asking for stricter more throrough testing measures isnt a bad thing, i dont think Pac has to bow to one party's demands either.

It should be up a mediating or governing body however most people seem to acknowledge the NSAC isnt exactly a very solid body.

Anyhow, just hope it happens.

[kamenriderv3]

i think floyd could win if he didn't have bad hands. its good that he's raking in the dough now because i doubt that he has a long term future in boxing as a fighter.

the marquez argument may sound good but pac has overrun some of floyd's previous opponents that took him longer to finish. pac, floyd and marquez are 3 different type of boxers and their comparisons are not linear. not to mention that pac has also changed for the better at the heavier weight. he's got more power now.

in their current status, i think pac would beat floyd. floyd can't stop pac from advancing at least not in the long run. pac can take floyd's flurries. floyd can avoid some of pac's punishment but he will eventually get tagged good. then floyd will slow down. after that point, its going go downhill within a couple rounds.

its going to be a good match.

[Denstradamus]

anybody see merriweather's racist rant against manny? haha

[fad3r]

Wow, what an amazing fight.

[Goner]

What's crazy about the fight too was that on the final round, Pacquiao didn't want to inflict further damage on Margarito that he relented. The commentators were even predicting that the ref would stop the bout.

[kamenriderv3]

oh man. i missed it. was margarito that much bigger than pac?

[wnoodle]

Manny Pacquiao's Punchout

[kamenriderv3]

coach, i still can win this!

[kamenriderv3]

[wnoodle]

Looks like his corner should've thrown in the towel. Man, dude got punished.

[35ft6]

The whole Margarito camp, including his wife, seem like douches. This was about the most lopsided 12 round championship fight I've ever seen. Margarito's size did nothing except allow him to take a beating for the whole 12 rounds. It's Mayweather's move now. If he wants to be part of the most significant boxing match of the past X decades, he needs to man up.

[kamenriderv3]

margarito and his coach made fun of roach's parkinson. that's pretty fucked up shit....even without seeing the video.

[BOON]

Anyone see Pac on 60 minutes in Nov? Had no idea, thats pretty huge however.......its seems that it was also motivated by the network as Pac/Mosely is apparently gonna be on CBS/Showtime and not HBO

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1kNnCsxRxM

[atomicscissors]

Holy fuck, that split decision for Bradley was total bullshit.

[BOON]

yeah, there's no doubt it was 100% bs, not sure what else to say....theres some talk of Arum pulling this shit off as it was rumoured Pac was gonna leave him after this so this result guarantees (or does it?) another fight under Arum? They already got the rematch posters out there apparently and Bradley was already saying Nov. 10 in his post-fight interview which was weird.

Of course, not sure what this does for the Floyd fight now....was he able to watch the fight in jail btw?

Also not sure how much longer Pac wants to fight. At least he went out with class last night which cant really be said of how he went out on the last JMM fight (even though that was much closer than the Bradley fight).

But i dont think that Pac from last night beats Floyd at all.