Re: Boxing thread - Part 2

by RealGunner Tue May 05, 2015 10:08 pm

Will he do the rematch before the september date? making it 2 matches before he retires?

by Great Leader Sprucenuce Tue May 05, 2015 10:09 pm

Pacquaio's surgery will take 9 months i heard to recover from, if this is to happen it will happen April-June time i reckon next year.

by M99 Tue May 05, 2015 10:17 pm

Don't know how legit those were, but I read that Floyd really does want to fight Khan at Wembley. He wants a September match but Khan can't train properly for that because of Ramadan.

by El Gunner Tue May 05, 2015 10:22 pm

Inb4FloydtriestobuyKhanoutofhisreligion :coffee:

by RealGunner Tue May 05, 2015 10:29 pm

M99 wrote:Don't know how legit those were, but I read that Floyd really does want to fight Khan at Wembley. He wants a September match but Khan can't train properly for that because of Ramadan.

The only reason he wants to fight Khan is because both him and his dad thinks Khan would be the easiest fight Floyd has had in years.

by Great Leader Sprucenuce Tue May 05, 2015 10:32 pm

Calling this right now.... if Khan fight happens, Floyd will win but Khan will cause him more problems than Pacquaio because of his jab and his ability to fight off the back foot.

Not to be confused though, Khan is a scrub but his skillsets and overall style is more problematic for Floyd.

by El Gunner Tue May 05, 2015 10:39 pm

Dem super quick but weak Khan combos Proud

by The Franchise Tue May 05, 2015 11:10 pm

Fight Pacman again Laughing

That better be free, who would be stupid enough to pay for that again? Floyd's own damn father told you before the fight, your wasting your money.

I agree with Mole, Khan would give him more problems. Actually Khan would be his hardest fight since Cotto.

by RealGunner Tue May 05, 2015 11:29 pm

That's the thing. Fighting Pacman again would mean 200m more in his pocket before retirement.

by Great Leader Sprucenuce Tue May 05, 2015 11:51 pm

Doubt it tbh, no one is paying the money for that fight to be as huge again.

by The Franchise Tue May 05, 2015 11:55 pm

I think Manny should be the one to fight Khan, now that would be a really intresting fight.

by RealGunner Wed May 06, 2015 12:05 am

Manny will have similar reach problems against Khan as well. Think Khan can really beat him. He is faster than him and his recent change of style has made him more defensively responsible. But it will be an exciting fight. Both are similar-ish. Both *could* end up in a brawl towards the end.

If Khan was still trained by Roach then Paquiao would beat him without a doubt. But under Virgil, IMO khan could win this.

by RealGunner Wed May 06, 2015 3:40 am

Greatest of all time

https://i.imgur.com/hZp8q89.webm

by The Franchise Wed May 06, 2015 10:48 am

RealGunner wrote:Manny will have similar reach problems against Khan as well. Think Khan can really beat him. He is faster than him and his recent change of style has made him more defensively responsible. But it will be an exciting fight. Both are similar-ish. Both *could* end up in a brawl towards the end.

If Khan was still trained by Roach then Paquiao would beat him without a doubt. But under Virgil, IMO khan could win this.

I agree, the only problem though is there is a big question mark on if Khan can stand up to a Manny left hand. Khan has all the tools to beat him and could have a perfect gameplan, but one Manny left hand and it falls apart if Khan cant take it.

Manny doesnt knock out anyone these days, but he does hurt them.

by Freeza Wed May 06, 2015 11:16 am

RealGunner wrote:Greatest of all time

https://i.imgur.com/hZp8q89.webm

More punches in that gif that in the fight last week.

by BarrileteCosmico Thu May 07, 2015 10:33 pm

This is a pretty good article:

http://www.forbes.com/sites/leighsteinberg/2015/05/05/mayweather-pacquiao-fight-fraud-of-the-century/

by Rebaño Sagrado Thu May 07, 2015 10:48 pm

Not really. Same crap being spewed over and over again.

by The Franchise Thu May 07, 2015 10:55 pm

I been hearing boxing is dead since I was 10 years old and I have heard even older people saying they heard it since they began watching too.

As for the fight being boring. Its the fans fault. I agree with Paulie Malinagi.

It was the fans who hyped Manny up and told everyone how great he is, how he is better than Floyd, how he would knock Floyd out, how Floyd is scared...they created the myth and thats why the same fans are so upset now, they had their entire hopes pinned on this one guy to do the job. Meanwhile, alot, if not most boxing people told you Manny wasnt the guy for it and Floyd would dispatch him like all the others.

Of course the fight didnt meet expectations to those fans.

The boxing "purists" as the article said saw this fight going this way and expected pretty much what we saw.

by Great Leader Sprucenuce Thu May 07, 2015 11:00 pm

Floyd Mayweather is a technically brilliant fighter who starts defensively, piles up points, waits for the other fighter to tire, and does the minimum necessary to win in later rounds.

Wish this crap would stop being spieled all over the place, amount of people who get paid to write uninformed bullshit is insane.

by The Franchise Thu May 07, 2015 11:14 pm

You know what I find funny. How Floyd is seen as a defensive fighter who dont throw any punches while Manny is the KO artist offensive juggernaut...and yet their career KO % is 3% apart.

Its as if Floyd's career has only lasted the previous 5 years while Manny's last 5 years didnt happen Laughing

by Great Leader Sprucenuce Thu May 07, 2015 11:16 pm

Manny hasn't KOed anyone in about 6 years lol.

by El Gunner Fri May 08, 2015 12:54 am

You know what I find even funnier is how Floyd attempted and landed more punches than Manny in the actual fight Laughing

by izzy Fri May 08, 2015 3:21 pm

A visionary I see...............

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/boxing/watch-floyd-mayweather-predict-fans-5661475

by jibers Fri May 08, 2015 7:14 pm

Dani I actually think Khan can give Floyd a bit of a problem if he can use his jab effectiVely

by The Franchise Fri May 08, 2015 11:41 pm

I agree.

Floyd dominates fights because he controls the range when he is on the defence, he knows when you cant hit him. And on offence he stands in the middle of the ring and relies on being first to fire off because the opponent is afraid of getting countered.

Khan's jab will mean Floyd cant control the distance. That is the way to beat Floyd in my opinion, you need a bigger guy with a jab. All the big guys he fights, they dont throw the jab. Khan would.

The issue which stops Khan winning the fight though is the big bright lights. We know Khan...he gets hurt, he cant take a punch. And when he does get hurt, he goes into hero mode and his gameplan goes out the window.

Just like the Garcia fight, he was controlling it, he got clocked and then the gameplan went out the window.

Also Floyd is a very rough and at times dirty fighter, I could see him leaning on Khan, pushing him, elbowing him, holding him and making it a dog fight. Just like Peterson did.

by RealGunner Sat May 09, 2015 9:57 pm

Why is Anthony Josua still fighting school kids Laughing

What a monster.

2nd round KO Laughing

I know they are trying to make him step up steadily but I badly want to see if he can actually do this at a higher level. Hope he is not another Price (Highly doubt it).

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