The principal objective in boxing is to knock the other man unconscious. Scorecards only become a relevant factor when that does not happen. Carl...
What a load of absolute shite. MTF
I'm not sure that Froch's level was much lower than Ward's. If Groves proved he belonged in the same ring as Froch (who stopped him twice, once...
Pretty much. Groves is a good, solid fighter with some elite attributes and a shaky-ish chin. Froch, on the verge of retirement, had a few...
No, he wasn't. MTF
Good preview on ITV4 for this. Looking firward to this fight now. MTF
Wlad has the tools to beat Holy. He's a lot bigger, rangier and has enough power to give Holy fits. But I'd pick Holy to win at least seven out of...
I laughed at the Apolloa quote. Well done :) I'd pick Starling here. I saw nothing of Mayweather at 147 to suggest he'd beat Marlon, who was...
I'll also add this. Ward gets a lot of benefit of the doubt for 'taking his foot off the gas' after seven and coasting to the win. He must have...
The fight is a good example of the pros and cons of the 10-point must scoring system. Scored against that criteria, it was a clear 8-4 or 7-5...
Correct. Ward absolutely beat the shit out of Froch for seven rounds. Everyone remembers that. It was very impressive: probably Ward's best...
'Clinic' my hole. Championship fights last 12 rounds, not 7. MTF
Groves has elite level attributes. His right hand is hurtful and he is much quicker than he looks. I think he's proven much more than Eubanks Jr...
I don't remember the cards from the second fight. I'm pretty confident he was ahead on the cards in the first, which wasn't a great stoppage. He...
Khan was in terrible trouble and Maidana couldn't land a telling blow to finish the job on the most hurtable fighter in modern boxing. MTF
Aye, but GGG had something like 350 ammy fights before he turned pro, and what, 38 pro fights? There is no realistic prospect of him being in his...
Of course he doesn't. Prime RJJ would have beaten Calzaghe comfortably. Calzaghe would have been without a speed advantage for the first time in...
The chance of a fighter being at his best at 35 are pretty slim. It is possible, but it is rare. MTF
Eubanks - Collins I Maidana - Khan MTF
The first round tells us very little, really. Calzaghe was himself 36 at the time of that fight. He'd wasted his prime fighting absolute bums. He...
I've only seen the first three, so I'll take your word for it. MTF
Not really - the entire plot of the first two revolves around a robot being sent back from a post-apocolyptic future to kill an important person...
Mad Max 2 for me. Some other good ones on the list. Do the Terminator films count? MTF
This entire thread is glorious. Well done to all involved. MTF
If you rewatch the Prescott fight (I do, often), you can hear his mother scream in horror as Amir is turtled into the corner. MTF
He's a genuinely entertaining guy to watch. Part of that is because is is always literally one decent shot away from being highlight-reel KO-ed....
Fancy Groves to pull this one out. I'm not at all sold on Eubanks Jr and Groves has been in with much better men, and held his own for the most...
Nope. MTF
Absolutely spot on. I don't know anyone who didn't think it was hilarious when he lost. Listening to Barry on ITV describing him as 'the new Sugar...
Same. I was on a stag weekend in Amsterdam when the fight happened, and the first I heard was a text from one of my mates which simply read 'Khan...
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