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Post by MasterSnit on Nov 10, 2009 16:42:37 GMT -5
Is anyone else going to be watching this fight at the weekend? It is probably the most anticipated boxing match of the year and should be well worth watching.
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Post by Snitskyman2016 on Nov 12, 2009 0:53:13 GMT -5
isn't pequao that guy that got killed by his wife.
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Post by Naitch on Nov 12, 2009 8:59:47 GMT -5
UFC 105 is airing for free this weekend so I'm going to watch Brandon Vera vs Randy Cotoure instead.
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Post by Champ on Nov 12, 2009 12:15:08 GMT -5
Yeah me too. I actually prefer MMA over boxing. Boxing is still a timeless sport and I know 70 year old Italians would want to shoot me for saying that, but I like the fact that you have a choice of knockout and submission in MMA. Plus I like Randy Couture fights. The dude is such a stand up guy and an awesome fighter. You don't really get more professional than Couture. He's a fighter's fighter
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Post by Naitch on Nov 12, 2009 12:57:18 GMT -5
I'm hoping we a get a Randy vs Cain Velasquez fight soon. See what that mook is made of against a guy who isn't fighting for the first time in the UFC.
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Post by Champ on Nov 12, 2009 13:32:17 GMT -5
Don't get me wrong(I didn't mean to kill the boxing thread MS) I'd still like to see a good boxing fight if the credentials are on the table with each fighter
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Post by Naitch on Nov 12, 2009 15:21:57 GMT -5
In my mind, boxing promoters killed boxing. There are 800 titles and a lot of "jobber" fights. I never get the feeling that anyone can beat anyone in boxing anymore. MMA does give me that feeling. But boxing needs to die and be reborn in my mind. Its just to damn tainted.
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Post by MasterSnit on Nov 12, 2009 15:29:49 GMT -5
isn't pequao that guy that got killed by his wife. Yeah, and he is coming back from the dead for this mega-fight. Nah, you are thinking of Arturo Gatti. This fight is going to be great, and it certainly does have the credentials on the table. Cotto is the champion (at 147lbs) and Pacquiao is the challenger. Cotto is pretty much undefeated, I would say. He has lost once before but the guy who beat him, Antonio Margarito, was busted in a later fight with loaded gloves, so I believe he probably used them when beating Cotto. Then Manny Pacquiao is the best boxer in the world right now. Some would make an argument for Floyd Mayweather, but you can't claim to be the best when you dodge challenges and fight guys smaller than yourself. Pacquiao started boxing at barely over 100lbs and in this fight with Cotto he is going for a world title in a different weight-class for the seventh time. If he wins he will become the first boxer in history to do so. Boxing isn't really about the heavyweights these days so I think that is one of the reasons why it is almost shunned by much of the media and many fans or potential fans are not exposed to it. However, this fight is a big deal. It's on PPV in the U.S. but is free over here in Britain so I'll be watching for sure. I would recommend at least checking it out when it hits the net. |
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Post by Naitch on Nov 12, 2009 15:41:02 GMT -5
I thought Roy Jones Jr was supposed to be the premiere fighter of the world? It seems like everyweek there is a new best boxer of the world. Between Ricky Hatton and Paqman and Mosley and everyone else thats the best fighter ever.
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Post by MasterSnit on Nov 12, 2009 15:47:09 GMT -5
Roy Jones Jr is well past him peak now. I think he is about 40, but he does still fight.
I'm not saying Pacquiao is the best boxer ever, but as far as active boxers go right now, he definitely stands out. The last few years or so he has decisively beaten the best around, such as Hatton most recently, then before him he battered Oscar De La Hoya into retirement. He also beat two of the greatest Mexican fighters in Barrera and Morales.
He just seems to be steam rolling through anyone, but Cotto should be his toughest test by far, and that is what makes the fight so intriguing.
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Post by Naitch on Nov 12, 2009 15:49:47 GMT -5
I don't pay much attention to boxing but thats a pretty damn impressive resume right there.
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Post by MasterSnit on Nov 12, 2009 15:53:24 GMT -5
Also, this is completely irrelevant, I think Pacquiao has had both the Undertaker and Christian do the ring walk with him.
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Post by Naitch on Nov 12, 2009 16:00:31 GMT -5
Your right, that irrelevant. So Roy Jones Jr really isn't considered that great anymore?
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Post by MasterSnit on Nov 12, 2009 16:09:14 GMT -5
Well, he is older now. But during his peak nobody could touch him really. He was unbeaten for years and years. The last few years or so, as he has aged, he has been getting beaten and knocked out as much as he wins.
Right now, most people will name either Manny Pacquiao or Floyd Mayweather Jnr as the best active pound-for-pound boxers. If Pacquiao beats Cotto this weekend then the two of them really should face each other sometime next year.
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Post by Naitch on Nov 12, 2009 17:42:11 GMT -5
I can't wait for Mayweather to get his teeth knocked out. He annoys the shit out of me.
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