Boxing

Lets talk boxing in here, good suggestion Joe Chip. We were beginning to hijack the weekend thread! My fault. Continuing out chat from -http://www.skullknight.net/forum/index.php?topic=11760.msg234551#msg234551

Joe Chip said:
Mayweather may be an asshole, but he must be one of the most talented people to ever walk in the ring.
Tyson is my favorite fighter. I liked him way more when he was working with Kevin Rooney together. He said in an interview that getting older had a serious effect on his style, he couldn't keep up with the speed + head movement he once had (not that all the parties really helped =) )

Can we start a Boxing thread? I didn't know that you guys enjoyed it.

Definitely, gotta give credit where it's due and Mayweather, whatever his style may be, has come this far successfully and 48-0 is a massive record. His ability to deliver those point-punches consistently is commendable. His stamina got him outta his fight with Maidana and he had a hard time with Castillo back in 2002. I think those 2 have been his toughest opponents, close fights. He controlled the Pacquiao fight, coming back with more jabs whenever he needed to stay ahead in the points. Honestly, I don't like Floyd's style of boxing. Complete opposite of Tyson's.

Tyson's a favorite of mine too. What're your favorite Tyson fights? A few to list but his two fights with Ruddock were close as hell! I love watching Tyson because he's so ... menacing - powerful boxer, small but his style overcame the reach-height barrier and you always got the sense of a reeeeeeeeaaaal fight being fought. All he cared for was knocking the other guy out. No points.

I haven't seen a lot of fights from the old days from the likes of Ray Leonard or Ali or Marciano or Dempsey.
 
IncantatioN said:
Tyson's a favorite of mine too. What're your favorite Tyson fights? A few to list but his two fights with Ruddock were close as hell! I love watching Tyson because he's so ... menacing - powerful boxer, small but his style overcame the reach-height barrier and you always got the sense of a reeeeeeeeaaaal fight being fought. All he cared for was knocking the other guy out. No points.
Tyson played his cards very well. That's why i like him so much as a boxer before he split up with Kevin and his old crew. Extremely fast, with effective counter punching and on top of that brutal strength. He even knocked out guys with his left jab lol.
I like all the fights just before he lost to Douglas, after that he just wasn't the same. If you look how he dealt with guys like Holmes or Spinks you'd think that they were average boxers, but they were anything but that. Oh and the fight with Frazier, i am still wondering how the hell he stood up from those punches.


IncantatioN said:
I haven't seen a lot of fights from the old days from the likes of Ray Leonard or Ali or Marciano or Dempsey.
If you want to check out Ali, here is he at his finest. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5UW0wfAYbM I don't like his style much, but boy oh boy was he talented. I can see why people say he was the greatest of all time. After his forced retirement, he just wasn't the same. If you watch his earlier fights he was extremely fast for a heavyweight. I am more of a fan of Frazier, his approach was much simpler, i am here let's throw some punches at each other lol.
I haven't seen may of the fights of the older guys, the quality of the videos that are available is really bad.

Do you guys also watch MMA ? A friend of mine introduced me a few months back and i am starting to watch more and more as time goes by.
 
Hi, I'm only just starting to get into sports in general and I've found boxing very entertaining. I can't offer the commentary you real fighting fans have so I'm just gonna leave this classic Tyson gem. The man is hilarious outside the ring and deadly in it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIDjMCxNHSg
 
I thought Canelo was a hype job, but he's starting to win me over with some of his recent fights. His upcoming match against Kovalev is going to be awesome!

Other fights I'm looking forward to: Porter vs Spence, Joshua vs Ruiz 2 and Inoue vs Donaire.
 
I thought Canelo was a hype job, but he's starting to win me over with some of his recent fights. His upcoming match against Kovalev is going to be awesome!

Canelo really stepped up with his defensive skills and they weren't weak for years tbh. He was already great on defensive in year 2013 in his fight with Austin Trout. Ofc he was outclassed by Mayweather but who wouldn't be? With his fights against Golovkin Canelo proved he can fight the best and thus proved he is one of them.
 
Canelo really stepped up with his defensive skills and they weren't weak for years tbh. He was already great on defensive in year 2013 in his fight with Austin Trout. Ofc he was outclassed by Mayweather but who wouldn't be? With his fights against Golovkin Canelo proved he can fight the best and thus proved he is one of them.

I actually wasn't referring to his match with mayweather (in which he seemed weight drained), but the level of his opposition after. Alfredo angulo was on his way out, I thought he lost to Lara, James Kirkland was a 'has been', Cotto was in the twilight of his career and looked like a dwarf on fight night, chavez jr seemed weight drained and let's not forget Amir Khan.

But like I said, his recent fights are a different story and I don't understand the people who are disputing his win in the ggg rematch, I thought it was a complete shutdown.
 
I became fan of his in 2012 after his fight with Mosley, but he really cemented it with vs Austin Trout fight with his body movement/defensive. Later he just proved that he can fight good fights with strongest fighters around his weight division.
 
So, here we are, resurrecting this topic 4 years later to chat about the Tyson vs Paul fight tomorrow ... unbelievable. I wish it didn't happen or wasn't allowed because of the age gap.

Anyone going to be watching this? I hope Tyson knocks him out, at least that's what my heart wants.
 
So, here we are, resurrecting this topic 4 years later to chat about the Tyson vs Paul fight tomorrow ... unbelievable. I wish it didn't happen or wasn't allowed because of the age gap.

Anyone going to be watching this? I hope Tyson knocks him out, at least that's what my heart wants.
Wait, this fight is actually happening? I thought it was just a joke and they'd cancel it last second.
I feel like I'm in no position to talk about it cause I don't know the first thing about boxing, I just find the Paul brothers annoying.
So yeah, I'm with you on Jake hopefully getting knocked out at least :ganishka:
 
I don't keep up with boxing at all, but I've been curious about this fight. As a kid who grew up hearing about Tyson in the 90s, it's hard to imagine him NOT whooping Paul's butt (and I'm still kind of holding out hope that this happens, just because :slan: ), but realistically, a 31 year age gap? It feels like stamina will be the deciding factor in this fight.
 
The only reason I even know about Logan Paul, other than this recent boxing hype thing, is his disrespectful stunt in Japan. Not sure how anyone could root for him, personally. I'm dumb. In my defense, they look the fucking same! (and do we really need two Pauls?)

It feels like stamina will be the deciding factor in this fight.
I dunno... Tyson's had 44 career knock outs, and 24 happened in the first round. So it's statistically likely that this kid's face will hit the mat within a few minutes.
 
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I dunno... Tyson's had 44 career knock outs, and 24 happened in the first round. So it's statistically likely that this kid's face will hit the mat within a few minutes.
That stat is crazy.

After the Mike fight, Jake's being talking about a match with Canelo. I mean, that's seriously lopsided and lucky for everyone, Canelo isn't interested in making him into a human pinata.
 
I've been following it. Seems to me that Tyson is talking it seriously and wants to make some money out of this fight. Paul has gained a lot of weight for this match.
All things concidered, i think it will be more like a sparing match.
I just hope we get 20 sec of the 90s Tyson and he gets some mean uppercuts in.
I dont think that Paul is a bad fighter, i just think, against an opponent who has serious boxing experience and can take a few punches, he stands no chance.
I believe thats the reason Paul is not fighting guys who are professionely ranked.
All in all im pretty excited =D

I also think about this clip alot,
 
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The fight hasn't even started and he already got smacked up :ganishka:
Some people say he stepped on Mike's foot, I have no clue honestly.
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The question is: does being 58 simply mean you can no longer compete against a young opponent?

Definitely going to watch this, because there is no question a young mike would kill this opponent. If he can maintain stamina, and that is a big if, I wonder how much damage he can do.
 
So, as someone who has absolutely no clue about boxing: was it as bad as the German newsletters claim it to be? I hear the stream itself but also the boxing was "staged, boring and embarrassing".
 
Well, Jake Paul seemed to hold back at some point, but to be honest I’m glad he did.

There was a co-main event was a legit women’s boxing match with titles on the line.
 
So, as someone who has absolutely no clue about boxing: was it as bad as the German newsletters claim it to be? I hear the stream itself but also the boxing was "staged, boring and embarrassing".
Yes, but it always was a farce. I wish these youtubers would just GO AWAY with their circus acts.

And I ask you guys to please watch this fight to see what boxing is really about:

 
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