Jiji Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 It's not too late for Floyd to carry 90-year-old Larry Merchant through four rounds. There's a backstory. Let's go. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 9 hours ago, Jiji said: It's not too late for Floyd to carry 90-year-old Larry Merchant through four rounds. There's a backstory. Let's go. Still makes me laugh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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The Natural Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 (edited) Edited June 9, 2021 by The Natural 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiji Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 Fucking hell. Massive dudes throwing everything. That short left hook counter from Morrison was perfect. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiji Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 Kirkland Laing has passed away at 66. He defeated Duran in '82 but struggled with addiction and fell from his 4th floor balcony a while back. RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerva Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 Not sure if this should be in this thread or documentary thread but Showtime Sports had a great series called "The Kings" which was about the 4 Kings of boxing in the 80's: Sugar Ray Leonard, Roberto Duran, Thomas Hearns, and Marvin Hagler Really good stuff although them trying to shoe horn Reagan was a bit unnecessary except maybe to explain how flawed Leonard was as a person. It is fascinating how Hagler was always considered the overlooked one from the beginning and really had to fight for his ultimate respect. Even when he wins his first title it is overshadowed because racist British fans almost start a riot Duran was hilarious in this series calling himself the "father" of the Kings because he is the oldest and how it seems every time he won a big fight he just completely let himself go to the point of being a mess on the next fight. Duran blaming on getting killed by Hearns on "fucking two girls and drinking" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Death From Above Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 I blame it more on Hearns landing what might be the single greatest punch I've ever seen in my life, that KO of Duran is actually perfect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted June 15, 2021 Author Share Posted June 15, 2021 Re: The Triller card this week 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Curt McGirt Posted June 19, 2021 Share Posted June 19, 2021 @hammervadude thank you, somehow I completely missed this series (wild month) and I'm gonna binge it today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted June 19, 2021 Share Posted June 19, 2021 That was awesome. I'll talk about it in the Documentary thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted June 20, 2021 Author Share Posted June 20, 2021 Naoya Inoue caught another body. So apparently, Donaire is replacing his one time conqueror Guillermo Rigondeaux against WBO titlist John Riel Casimero on 8/14. So we could get the winner of that vs. Inoue for ALL THE BELTS at 118. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jiji Posted June 20, 2021 Share Posted June 20, 2021 Inoue is so much fun to watch. I'm surprised Dasmarinas was able to get up from the first one and definitely the second. Bring on that Donaire/Casimero vs. Inoue fight ASAP. Anybody catch the Jermall Charlo fight? Worth watching? Lomachenko vs. Nakatani next week. Business picking up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted June 20, 2021 Author Share Posted June 20, 2021 Jermall Charlo vs. Montiel was basically Jermall dominates for the first half of the fight, slows down, Montiel hits him with some good shots to cause very noticeable swelling on Jermall's face in the back half, but Montiel doesn't do enough to win rounds. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Death From Above Posted June 20, 2021 Share Posted June 20, 2021 Caught the Innoue fight last night. I've got about 150 pounds on that guy but no thanks, I wouldn't care to be hit by the wee man 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jimbo_Tsuruta Posted June 21, 2021 Share Posted June 21, 2021 Inoue bomaye! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterien Posted June 27, 2021 Share Posted June 27, 2021 Does anyone know of anywhere to watch The Kings documentary? We don’t have it over here yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiji Posted June 27, 2021 Share Posted June 27, 2021 Lomachenko looked good last night. More aggressive right off the bat. He and the commentators pushed that he was so passive on rounds 1-6 vs Lopez because of his shoulder he had surgery on afterwards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted June 27, 2021 Author Share Posted June 27, 2021 3 hours ago, Jiji said: Lomachenko looked good last night. More aggressive right off the bat. He and the commentators pushed that he was so passive on rounds 1-6 vs Lopez because of his shoulder he had surgery on afterwards. I am of the mind that's because Nakatani is just a great style matchup for him. Tall, lanky guy who smothers his own power. I think it was Bradley or Andre Ward that even pointed out what power can you generate when you're just laying against the ropes. More importantly, you give up all your reach advantage doing so. All he had for Lomachenko was a glacially slow jab and a 1-2 right hand. So yeah, a boxing machine like Lomachenko is going to ripe him apart. I still think Teofimo creates the same problems with Lomachenko. Can he have more successful throughout the fight as opposed to just the second half of the fight? Perhaps. I just view the Nakatani fight as a rehab fight for Lomachenko. No more, no less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 Big get. Mike Costello is the best commentator in all of sports. Love his athletics and boxing commentary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest Jimbo_Tsuruta Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 Loma v Lopez again or Kambosos will be fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted June 29, 2021 Author Share Posted June 29, 2021 It looks like the Fury vs. Wilder III PPV undercard is going to be an all HW affair. The most intriguing one is Efe Ajagba (he of the making dudes straight leave the ring instead of fighting him fame) vs. Frank Sanchez. Ajagba use to be with PBC and Richard Schaefer's Ringstar Promotions before going to Top Rank fairly recently. Sanchez is now PBC's top HW prospect or at least one of them. The other two matchups include Adam Kownacki trying to avenge his upset KO loss to Robert Helenius and Fury's top sparring partner Jared Anderson against undefeated but completely untested Vladimir Tereshkin. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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