WALEOVECHKIN
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Wow got the late finish, impressive performance from Frankie
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Wow....Anyone who paid $70 for that should demand a refund
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Love that this chatter is already starting. Waiters is the weak link of that starting 5 IMO. Thompson/Curry are the best backcourt and it's not even close. Wiz-Cavs should be great this year
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Cerrone has had a hell of a year, great fight
Cariaso could bring Yoel Romero's stool into the cage and still be the underdog
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Kevin Iole of Yahoo is reporting the fight did 925K buys and has all of Mayweathers Showtime fight buy info. I'm on my phone so the link isn't working but it's
Mayweather-Guerrero 840,000
Mayweather-Canelo 2,200,000
Mayweather-Maidana I 900,000
Mayweather-Maidana II 925,000
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Mayweather on ESPN. "Absolutely that fight (Pacquiao) can happen. It has to be on Showtime and Mayweather promotions has to promote it."
At the end of the interview, "I'll see ya'll in May, hopefully it'll be against Manny Pacquiao"
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Mayweather cruised, he looked great. Bayless was hyped aggressive in breaking up the clinches. Really didn't understand Maidana's game plan, he held back to save some energy but couldn't get off anything of note in the 2nd half of the fight.
I think we'll see Mayweather-Khan next. If Pac can get by Algeri (LOL) and they are serious about working together, i do think the Mayweather-Pacquaio fight is doable, at least more doable then the last two years.
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First two fights have been better than I thought they would be. Angulo is done. Vazquez-Bey up, visual ambien
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Mayweather over Maidana UD (he drops Maidana on a flash knockdown early)
Vazquez over Bey SD (think this fight might be a little better than some think, only because everyone thinks it will be dog****)
Santa Cruz by destruction (he should KO this guy within 6 rounds)
Angulo by UD, interested to see him in the new division
John Molina by KO, best undercard fight by far. Should be exciting
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The Figueroa fight was closer than the judges had it and ended in exciting fashion.
This Bika-Dirrell fight is a disaster so far, awkward styles and tons of clinching. The ref has had it
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Overeem is the one who was rolling with Jones when he tore his miniscus and sprained his ankle according to Helwani's article today on mmafighting.com
http://www.mmafighting.com/2014/8/14/6004449/jon-jones-undergoes-successful-knee-surgery
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****ty card, praying they pull a rabbit out and get Rigo v Santa Cruz on there. Its a real shame because they have the 9/6 card featuring Broner and Matthysse and that would've made an amazing co-main.
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That Peterson fight was just brutal to watch
EDIT: Stephen Espinoza, head of Showtime boxing, is pissed at De La Hoya:
Rafael:
According to @StephenEspinoza, @OscarDeLaHoya is not here, he left town at 4 pm Saturday. Steve was pretty ticked off. #boxing
Espinoza on Oscar leaving town before the fights: "It is pretty chicken **** it you ask me. He didn't promote, didnt do any interviews."
More from Espinoza on Oscar leaving town: "He didn't do anything for this card and I'm writing a check to Golden Boy." #boxing
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Drakulich did a horrible job of getting control the fight and made some egregious deductions but I actually didn't have a problem with the DQ. Here is a video of the DQ in slow mo (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHE0JQDerZo), Chaves was clearly using the inside of his glove to scratch Rios' eye and actually scratched his cornia. That is extremely dirty and dangerous.
Vargas is the ultimate meh fighter to me and the scorecards were a joke even though I think he won.
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There is a pic floating around on social media of a Money Team branded van outside of the Top Rank offices in LV
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Gotta give GBP props for one HELL of a sell job on this weak ass card:
"All of these champions are facing the most dangerous fighter in boxing....the underdog" Haha Oscar should promote every fight like this. This card blows
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The article does a really good job of laying out all of Mayweather's legal issues but this part killed me:
Corrales, a deeply troubled but usually benevolent soul, was facing an impending jail sentence for assaulting his wife.
Wait, the guy that went to prison for beating up his pregnant wife is given a pass as a "usually benevolent soul" by the writer who then launches into a 10,000 word diatribe about how writers minimize Mayweather's legal history against women? I'll take hypocrisy for $1000, Alex.
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I can't even imagine how they will market this other than "See Manny Pacquiao fight on November 22nd!"
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First I've heard of that. A link would be greatly appreciated.
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I believe Clotty was a much more dangerous foe than Algieri. Why didn't he bring up Maidana, who is way more well known than Algieri,who only got $1.5M to fight Mayweather?
And if he thinks he's gonna get Bradley/JMM $, I guess Provodnikov hit his ass harder than we all thought.
However, sources told ESPN.com that Maidana was guaranteed $4.2 million and wound up earning at least $5.7 million, including the payment for the gloves change.
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The toughest thing for anyone who hits the lottery is deciding how to handle the money and who to trust. That's where Chris Algieri finds himself following his upset of Ruslan Provodnikov for the WBO light welterweight title.
That victory thrust him into position for the chance of a lifetime for a pay-per-view fight against WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao.
Industry sources indicate Algieri (20-0, 8 KOs) has an offer in the vicinity of $1.5 million plus an upside if PPV sales are strong, but after taking short money of just $100,000 for Provodnikov, the 30-year-old Huntington native doesn't want to sell himself short for a shot at Pacquiao (56-5-2, 38 KOs), who is one of the two biggest drawing cards in boxing, along with Floyd Mayweather Jr.
"I took a calculated risk with the Ruslan fight and took short money because of that reason," Algieri said Saturday at an appearance at a sporting goods store in Huntington Station. "I was really unknown at that point. I'm not an unknown anymore.
"If we're going to make this fight happen, I value myself and my health very highly and what I've been doing for the past 20 years. I just want what I deserve."
Looking at Pacquiao's last three opponents, Timothy Bradley and Juan Manuel Marquez each received $6 million and Brandon Rios got $4 million. All were much better known than Algieri and had fought multiple times on HBO. Algieri's promoter, Joe DeGuardia, suggested Joshua Clottey, who received $1.5 million in 2010, might be an apt comparison.
Algieri disagrees.
"With Josh Clottey, he wasn't an undefeated world champion. I am," Algieri noted. "I've got two things that are very important -- that [WBO championship] belt and a zero at the end of my record."
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I see Canelo winning a close disputed decision (as do most people haha). It will be an interesting fight, not thrilled its on PPV. I'll catch it next week.
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You actually think a Pacquiao fight is gonna be on free TV? Quite honestly, Alverez/Lara should be on Showtime.
No, I think it should be though. Charging $65 for a Pac-Algieri fight is not a smart business strategy IMO
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Pac-Algieri? Coupled with the rumored Cotto-Bradley PPV that is two awful Top Rank PPVs at the end of the year within 5 weeks of another. One of those has to move to free TV I would think
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Eh, I think you might have the wrong Dan Rafael. Dude has been a mouthpiece for Bob Arum/Todd DeBeouf/Top Rank for at least the last two years. Dude had Manny Pacquiao as the #3 fighter of the year this year (!)