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The Golovkin fight was a joke. Max Kellerman has completed his transformation into a full blown company man too, shts mute worthy.
 
Roman Gonzalez(28 y/o) becomes the first fighter since Floyd Mayweather in 2013 to go 45-0.. How this dude is still an undercard is beyond me.. #1 P4P fighter in the world..

Dude who he faced fought valiantly but was just outclassed.. props to him for going the distance..
 
Shane Mosley: I was asked to throw fights, was set up in steroid scandal;

Shane Mosley is a fighter not afraid to speak his mind, and his latest public statement is likely to raise some eyebrows in the boxing world. The former world champion took to Twitter Sunday night for a lengthy diatribe on boxing. In it, he talks about working with a promoter he suspects of murdering people, his own past indiscretions including selling drugs, and much more.

One of the most interesting parts is where he describes being asked to throw a fight and the subsequent fallout. Here is his story, in Twitter-speak:

I was approached by this slimy promoter, offered a million $ under the table 2 lose 2 his guy. my biggest purse b4 that was like $50k so I was like a million $ wow.

But I couldn't lose I love the respect 2 much, but I had taken fight b4 he made the offer so I had 2 fight. I KOed the guy. Mistake.

After that I was getting death threats on some mafia type sh*t. People following me, had 2 throw them hands in a dark alley 1 night on some gangster ish. I still don't know how I got out of that 1 cause I should have been dead bout three four times by now. So then this guy who I turned down 2work with me had it out 4 me so he set me up a few fights with the sole purpose of ending my career & I ended up taking L's.

After those 4 loses every1 said "hang it up. Your washed up. U can't win" but I keep proving people wrong & coming back 2 beat Vargas x2. Mayorga, Margarito, Cano. Cause I'm the comeback kid. Hate fuels me. Cause I like to prove people wrong.

Given the timeline Mosely provides (after beating De La Hoya, but before losing to Vernon Forrest) and that he says he won by KO, that would suggest that the fight in question was either against Antonio Diaz or Adrian Stone. Interestingly, in this 2010 interview, Stone also talks vaguely about some questionable management issues leading up to the Mosley fight.

Continuing on his Twitter rant, Mosley goes on to talk about being asked to throw fights on multiple occasions, and when he refused, facing repercussions including having things slipped into his water or food before fights to make him sick.

Perhaps the biggest claim is when Sugar Shane states that because he refused to follow people's orders he was:

seriously set up on some Balco sh*t.

BALCO is the San Francisco based company that was investigated by the federal government in 2002 for providing steroids to professional athletes - an investigation that ultimately included many high profile names such as Barry Bonds and Jason Giambi. In that investigation, Mosley admitted to using BALCO steroids before his 2003 fight with Oscar De La Hoya. Mosely has always claimed that he did not know what he was using, telling ESPN in 2007:

Unknowingly, yes, some of the substances they are talking about, were being used as part of the workouts. I didn't know what the hell it was... I had no intentions of trying to cheat or do anything crazy. My thing is live healthy, eat healthy. That's how I live. I'm not afraid what people will think. I know the truth.

He wraps up his Twitter story with this:

Disclaimer* the stories on my timeline are for entertainment only and should not be construed as facts.... my attorneys said

Take a look at the entire story on Twitter at @shaneMosley_.

Mosley is back in action May 28 taking on David Avanesyan.


visit this link https://www.bloodyelbow.co .. twitter-boxing
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What I wrote about Usyk in this thread months ago was right btw. He's the best cruiserweight since Evander Holyfield.
 
!!!!!

Errol "The Truth" Spence vs Kell Brook for his 147lb belt is on!!! Finally Spence has a chance at a belt!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOnJi1wZ8g8
 
Diamond77 said:
Yes Kovalev got robbed! It is scandalous!
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Only in the USA, my blood is still boiling over it, I don't even want to watch the replay cuz I know it's only going to confirm what I saw live.

That fight happens anywhere else and Kovalev wins it by 2+ rds on all cards.

At the very worst they should've scored it a draw. Kovalev didn't lose that fight..

the undercards seemed to be judged by judges in the promoters pocket as well..
 
PG_AB said:
Only in the USA, my blood is still boiling over it, I don't even want to watch the replay cuz I know it's only going to confirm what I saw live.

That fight happens anywhere else and Kovalev wins it by 2+ rds on all cards.

At the very worst they should've scored it a draw. Kovalev didn't lose that fight..

the undercards seemed to be judged by judges in the promoters pocket as well..
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Always the same story with the judges in the States, the noble art is losing credibility because of this!
 
Lomo, for my $$, is the most brilliant fighter throwing hands on the planet, bar none. He's got a 65" reach too LOL, doesn't matter. Walters reach is 73".

Here's the full fight, see for yourselves.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YZ7yjJBuzg

Outclassed doesn't even do what took place last night justice, he completely took Walters right hand away and beat the fight out of him.
 
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Ok boxing nerds, here’s some stats for you! With Vasyl Lomachenko’s dominant performance over Nicholas Walters this past weekend,


he now becomes #1 on CompuBox’s Plus/Minus list with a connect percentage differential of +20.9 — marking the highest rating since Floyd Mayweather (+24.5).



The Plus/Minus differential takes into account a boxers percentage of punches landed minus the percentage of punches landed on them. As of right now, the top 10 fighters in the Plus/Minus category are as follows:

Vasyl Lomachenko (+20.9)

Gennady Golovkin (+15.1)
Andre Ward (+15.1)
Erislandy Lara (+14.4)
Naoya Inoue (+14)
Terence Crawford (+12.1)
Lamont Peterson (+11.7)
Juan Francisco Estrada (+11.6)
Roman Gonzalez (+11.6)
Adrien Broner (+11)
Taking a look strictly at the defensive aspect, Lomachenko also rates #1 on opponents total connect percentage against, putting him even above the defensive wizard in Guillermo Rigondeaux. The top 10 in the category goes like this:

Vasyl Lomachenko (16.1%)

Guillermo Rigondeaux (16.8%)
Erislandy Lara (19.1%)
Terence Crawford (20.9%)
Juan Francisco Estrada (21.3%)
Arthur Abraham (21.5%)
Naoya Inoue (21.9%)
Andre Ward (22%)
Wladimir Klitschko (22.3%)
Carlos Cuadras (22.4%)
This stat is pretty interesting considering that Lomachenko fights more offensively than RIgondeaux, which in theory should make him more vulnerable to an opponent’s counter attack.

Lomachenko averages about 10 more punches thrown per round than does the Rigonadeaux (59.5 - 49.4), while Lomachenko also nearly doubles Rigondeaux’s average punches landed per round (22 - 11.6).

Considering how highly Rigondeaux’s boxing skills are held, the fact that Lomachenko can be more effective both offensively and defensively is pretty darn impressive. It should be noted, however, that Rigondeaux still occupies the #1 position when it comes to strictly defending power punches. The top 10 in opponent’s power punch connect percentage is as follows:

Guillermo Rigondeaux (19.9%)
Vasyl Lomachenko (22.7%)
Erislandy Lara (24.1%)
Wladimir Klitschko (24.8%)
Andre Ward (26.7%)
Lamont Peterson (27.9%)
Terence Crawford (28.3%)
Juan Francisco Estrada (28.8%)
Keith Thurman (29.3%)
Carlos Cuadras (29.5%)
 
Keep an eye on this undefeated 30yo Polish heavyweight(17-0-0 14ko's) of Nigerian descent. He just signed a deal with Al Haymon.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8vBu9O-9QQ


He's a stablemate of one of the top heavyweights in the world NZ's Joseph Parker(pictured below) who I've mentioned here before.
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