eagleskins Posted July 12, 2008 Share Posted July 12, 2008 Joe C wins easily against Jones. People judging Jones's last fight against that tomato can that Trinidad has become are fooling themselves. Go back and look at Roy's fights against Tarver and Glen Johnson. And he was younger then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACW Posted July 12, 2008 Author Share Posted July 12, 2008 Just under 90 min. left. GO TIGER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StillUnknown Posted July 12, 2008 Share Posted July 12, 2008 listening to Larry Merchant is just painful, they need to go with Kellerman full time now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hooper Posted July 12, 2008 Share Posted July 12, 2008 That fight may have saved the heavyweight division from ever being saved. Just hilariously bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StillUnknown Posted July 12, 2008 Share Posted July 12, 2008 That fight may have saved the heavyweight division from ever being saved.Just hilariously bad. pretty much the heavyweight division is just sad and there are no prospects rising that make me think it'll change in the near future. the fact that tony thompson even got a shot for the title just shows how bad the division really is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksun247 Posted July 12, 2008 Share Posted July 12, 2008 That fight was just horrible. NO DOUBT ABOUT IT!!! Thompson didn't try to win the fight. He landed more punches, but never tried to hurt him with power shots. When he did throw hard, he missed. The Heavyweight division just sucks right now. The smaller guys put on a better show. Can't wait for Cotto/Margarito in 2 weeks. That fight will be worth it. :notworthy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACW Posted July 12, 2008 Author Share Posted July 12, 2008 Tiger gave a game effort (only the 5th opponent to take Wlad to 11 or 12), especially in the first half, but after that, it was all Wlad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forehead Posted July 12, 2008 Share Posted July 12, 2008 Tiger gave a game effort (only the 5th opponent to take Wlad to 11 or 12), especially in the first half, but after that, it was all Wlad Thompson quit, plain and simple. Did you hear his corner between the 10th and 11th round? His corner said something like "Don't lie, you aren't giving your best" and Thompson said something like "This is what I've got." At that point, coupled with how long he took to recover from his leg "injury" I knew he was done. I told my wife it was over, he had no chance, and then Wlad knocked him out a minute later. And I'm not so sure he got caught flush on that shot, but you could tell by his face that he didn't want to get back up. I don't think Klitschko (sp?) is a half bad fighter, but like Lennox Lewis, he's going to be downgraded for fighting in a weak heavyweight era. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chachie Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 I don't think Klitschko (sp?) is a half bad fighter, but like Lennox Lewis, he's going to be downgraded for fighting in a weak heavyweight era. It was good to finally see Klitschko beat someone his own height with good boxing skills. I was honestly thinking in the early rounds that it was Thompson who was going to wear down Wlad, but by the 8th I knew Klitschko was in control and Tony didn't want any more right hand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACW Posted July 13, 2008 Author Share Posted July 13, 2008 I had Tiger and Wlad tied going into the 7th, but from there it was all Wlad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forehead Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 I'm just mad that Thompson basically quit, that's what I percieved from his body language and his words. Will just have to keep waiting for the next American hope, and enjoy champions from Europe for awhile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCSaints_fan Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 I don't know much about boxing but as soon as I saw Klitschko I immediately thought "Ivan Drago" and in real life Drago would kick Rocky's ass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eagleskins Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 I had Tiger and Wlad tied going into the 7th, but from there it was all Wlad What? Tony didn't win one round on my card. Maybe the first. Got to give it up to the Tiger for his heart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACW Posted July 13, 2008 Author Share Posted July 13, 2008 eagle, indeed you do. Tiger's 36, been fighting professionally only since he was in his late 20s, and gave Vlad more of a challenge than the great majority of other opponents. On another note, if you were the King of Boxing, besides the weight classes, what other changes would you make? I'd blow up and start from scratch. I'd have The Ring magazine pick the top 2 competitors from each of my 9 weight classes and have those 2 fight it out for the title. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forehead Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 eagle, indeed you do. Tiger's 36, been fighting professionally only since he was in his late 20s, and gave Vlad more of a challenge than the great majority of other opponents.On another note, if you were the King of Boxing, besides the weight classes, what other changes would you make? I'd blow up and start from scratch. I'd have The Ring magazine pick the top 2 competitors from each of my 9 weight classes and have those 2 fight it out for the title. Exactly, I'd be done with these sanctioning organizations, they're all corrupt anyway. One champion, not four or five. And Ring Magazine would determine the contenders. Also, as far as champions pulling out of numerous defenses because of illnesses and training injuries...b.s. They're getting stripped if it becomes a habit, but I'm not having any "interim champ" b.s. The #2 and #3 guys can fight to become the new champ, and the former guy can fight to regain his title if he can make it through camp without pulling a hamstring. Also, I think I might have some kind of language about defending your title 2-3 times a year minimum. I'm sick of these guys who win a belt and then fight once every 9-12 months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StillUnknown Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 everybody in boxing knows the alphabet belts are meaningless, the only people who don't know are the casual fans who pay for tickets & PPV promoters attach a meaningless belt to give the bout more significance. only rankings i respect are Ring Magazine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StillUnknown Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 Tarver-Dawson set for Oct 11! SHOWTIME Senior Vice President and General Manager, Sports and Event Programming Ken Hershman officially announced today that world champion Antonio "Magic Man" Tarver (27-4, 19 KOs) and undefeated "Bad" Chad Dawson (26-0, 17 KOs) will face off in a battle of light heavyweight kingpins on Saturday, Oct. 11 live on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING at 9 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast). "There's been a ground-swell of anticipation for this fight for more than a year," said Hershman. "Two of the pound-for-pound best going toe-to-toe—this is what SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING is all about. Tarver-Dawson is yet another example of SHOWTIME delivering on our promise to televise the most meaningful and competitive match-ups in the sport." i'm taking Dawson in this one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gator Bait Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 i'm taking Dawson in this one to call tarve and dawson two of the pound for pound best is a joke to me. I hope dawsom kicks his ass! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StillUnknown Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 to call tarve and dawson two of the pound for pound best is a joke to me.I hope dawsom kicks his ass! i would hope he was only talking about Light Heavyweights :laugh: he probably wasn't though :doh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACW Posted July 15, 2008 Author Share Posted July 15, 2008 Rahman vs. Toney tomorrow night (11 on Comcast). Loser retires I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StillUnknown Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 maybe we'll get lucky and see a double KO so they can both retire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StillUnknown Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 espn2 has a pretty good main event tonight in Oscar Diaz vs. Devlin Rodriguez. that has the potential to be a great fight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACW Posted July 16, 2008 Author Share Posted July 16, 2008 If anyone cares, boxing's coming back to DC August 8 @ the Ibiza Nightclub. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrimReaper21 Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 Here is my first boxing article. Give me any feedback, positive or negative. Thanks guys. http://secondsout.com/World/news.cfm?ccs=225&cs=26447 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StillUnknown Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 i'm mad i wasted my time watching that Toney/Rahman fight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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