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Pascal comes out to the ring with Roy Jones rapping over a Travis Barker beat.. Can't make that **** up..

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I'm told that Golovkin-Wade is agreed to and approved by HBO. April 23, likely at the Forum in LA. #boxing
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7MwdJNDSuU/

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I do think he'll come back to fight one more time(for 100's of millions) and finish 50-0, probably the winner of Canelo-Khan
 
WBA Interim Heavyweight World Champion Luis "The Real King Kong" Ortiz (24-0, 21 KOs) will make his first title defense of 2016 when he faces former world title challenger Tony "The Tiger" Thompson (40-6, 27 KOs) in 12-round main event at the DC Armory, in Washington D.C.on Saturday, March 5 and televised live on HBO Boxing After Dark®beginning at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT.

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Opening up the live telecast, top contender and 2008 Olympian Sadam "World Kid" Ali (22-0, 13 KOs) will face former WBA Super Lightweight World Champion Jessie Vargas (26-1, 9 KOs) in a 12-round co-main event for the vacant WBO Welterweight World Championship.
 
PG_AB said:
WBA Interim Heavyweight World Champion Luis "The Real King Kong" Ortiz (24-0, 21 KOs) will make his first title defense of 2016 when he faces former world title challenger Tony "The Tiger" Thompson (40-6, 27 KOs) in 12-round main event at the DC Armory, in Washington D.C.on Saturday, March 5 and televised live on HBO Boxing After Dark®beginning at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT.

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Opening up the live telecast, top contender and 2008 Olympian Sadam "World Kid" Ali (22-0, 13 KOs) will face former WBA Super Lightweight World Champion Jessie Vargas (26-1, 9 KOs) in a 12-round co-main event for the vacant WBO Welterweight World Championship.
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That's this Saturday? ****. Do you know of any sites that might have the fight available for replay?

Also, Crawford muscled up on Lundy though Lundy was game to throw.
 
I watched most of the Ortiz vs. Thompson fight - another top ranked heavyweight yawner. Thompson peaked (to put it generously) a few years ago and at this point in his career is just a stepping stone.

Ortiz is the real deal but he's going to be 37 in a couple of weeks (lets face it - he's probably even older than that). I don't know how much longer he'll be relevant in the division. A Wilder vs. Ortiz fight with the winner facing Fury is what SHOULD happen (assuming Fury wins his rematch vs. Wladamir). But I wouldn't hold my breath on that.
 
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VINYLONE said:
That's this Saturday? ****. Do you know of any sites that might have the fight available for replay?

Also, Crawford muscled up on Lundy though Lundy was game to throw.
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I was at that fight. It was great, the co-main with El Diamante not so much, he couldn't catch the 6'1" 130lb Brazilian they had him face, but that Brazillian dude showed up to survive the fight, not win it.

there was a big fight in the crowd in that 5h round right before Crawford ended it, was glorious, some dude was just unloading hooks onto his fellow fan, then Crawford cracked Lundy, it was head-turning action.

The ref shoulda stopped it after the first knockdown though, I was screaming from the cheapseats that he was done, and he was.
 
This video is pure gold. If you have 3 minutes and need a laugh, check this out. The commentary couldn't be more perfect.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcFzC26v48Y
 
candrew said:
I watched most of the Ortiz vs. Thompson fight - another top ranked heavyweight yawner. Thompson peaked (to put it generously) a few years ago and at this point in his career is just a stepping stone.

Ortiz is the real deal but he's going to be 37 in a couple of weeks (lets face it - he's probably even older than that). I don't know how much longer he'll be relevant in the division. A Wilder vs. Ortiz fight with the winner facing Fury is what SHOULD happen (assuming Fury wins his rematch vs. Wladamir). But I wouldn't hold my breath on that.
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The lame part of the whole 'The real King Kong' age saga is that certain heavyweights are going to avoid him like the plague, hoping to catch him when he slows down in a few years.

Heavyweights often have a later peak in their careers compared to some of the lower weights, and Ortiz certainly has the skill and power to crack a top-heavyweight with one punch, I wouldn't bet against him unless it was vs Joeseph Parker..

I want to see him vs the winner of Wilder-Povetkin.

Would also love to see how he'd stack up vs Charles Martin or Anthony Joshua, but those are the type of Heavyweights that would be wise to avoid him.
 
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Naoya Inoue (9-0) is gonna be big-time, he destroys every tough opponent thrown his way. Appropriately nicknamed "The Monster"

He fights May 8th, and should gain plenty of hype in 2016.

Phenom status, easily, he's the real deal - he's big for that weight too..

9-0 professional record and he's already won titles in multiple weight classes..


Him vs Roman Gonzalez would be an epic match.

Only fights in Japan though, there's much more $$ to be made in the lower weight classes there and he's on the fast track to super-stardom.
 
It's fight night btw!!

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Andre Ward's first fight in 27 months, and first fight at Light-Heavyweight, vs Sullivan Barrera (17-0) who's got plenty of power, 2" on Ward and he's got plenty of experience with an amateur record of 285-27..

This is considered a tune-up for a super-fight with Kovalev.


Ward's -800 and Barerra's +500
 
I thought Ward looked great with the added weight, even standing next to Barerra who looked huge compared to SOG.

The Kell Brook fight was an atrocity, total mismatch. I guess he was impressive, it's hard to tell though in that kind of fight, looked powerful for the weight.

Chris Eubanks Jr destroyed his opponent. That was a beatdown and a half.
 
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This is awful, I think I just lost my appetite. That **** ain't right.. Perhaps I'm getting old and sensitive but I really don't like seeing people get hurt unnecessarily, which is precisely what that was. Carnage.

My hatred for boxing refs is at an all-time high.. These idiots have gotta call the fight when it's no longer competitive, not when someones beaten to a pulp. I'v seen countless fights this year where I've said 'it's over' and the ref's let it continue..

I know you could say thats what they signed up for but I really don't buy that, they refs have gotta have more conviction stopping the fight. at this point, if you're really watching closely, as I do - It's fair to say they're letting the show get in the way of the match..
 
PG_AB said:
This is awful, I think I just lost my appetite. That **** ain't right.. Perhaps I'm getting old and sensitive but I really don't like seeing people get hurt unnecessarily, which is precisely what that was. Carnage.

My hatred for boxing refs is at an all-time high.. These idiots have gotta call the fight when it's no longer competitive, not when someones beaten to a pulp. I'v seen countless fights this year where I've said 'it's over' and the ref's let it continue..

I know you could say thats what they signed up for but I really don't buy that, they refs have gotta have more conviction stopping the fight. at this point, if you're really watching closely, as I do - It's fair to say they're letting the show get in the way of the match..
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Yeah, man. I hear you. Thankfully these types of incidents are few and far in between.
 
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