You should watch the Babic v Bennett fight on the undercard if you missed it. Not a great display of technical ability, but a bloody good slug fest.
Kate is crazy hot. I was just wondering if that’s who you were talking about because I was several minutes behind you.
Lauren Price lives about a 15 minute drive from me. This morning, she won an Olympic Gold Medal in boxing - at 27 she's won 52 caps playing football for Wales, won 4 senior kickboxing World titles, and now this. Great story: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.com/sport/olympics/58126983.amp
That’s a really good ass fight. Two dudes with losses to Teo but not much else between them. Love that.
Been going back and watching Pacquiao's greatest fights. I didn't follow boxing when all these fights happened. Pretty awesome watching them all for the 1st time. Morales trilogy was awesome. Marquez I was crazy. Hats off to Marquez for getting knocked down 3 times in the first and then getting back into the fight and lasting through the final round and winning several rounds. Pacquiao absolutely destroyed Cotto.
Killed Hatton too. Probably his best KO. Margarito was a match up I worried about because of the size difference but he worked him too. Just one of the most entertaining fighters ever.
Yep I've got the Hatton and Margarito fights up soon. Pacquiao also had one hell of a chin. Got smacked by some good Marquez right hands but didn't go down.
Pacquiao - Margarito was one hell of an ass-whupping. Not sure I'd ever seen a fighter ask the ref to stop the fight because he was beating the hell out of his opponent like Pac did that day.
His chin has taken a lot of hits over the years, is why I’m kind of worried for him for the Spence fight. If he somehow pulls out a win against Spence, that Mayweather rematch would be here soon than later. Just hope he never fights a you tube star.
Pacquiao is 42 years old. Not really a fan of superstars fighting that long into their careers. Foreman was 45 when he won the title from Moorer. I can't remember anyone else winning a super high profile fight at 42+years old. Conversely if you're 31 years old like Spence and get beat by a 42 year old you should just hang it up.
Honestly not sure. Reports say they caught in the pre-fight doctors exam, which suggests he didn’t know about it somehow.
Aug. 14: Tulsa (ESPN/ESPN+)8 p.m. ET Title fight: Joshua Franco vs. Andrew Moloney, 12 rounds, for Franco's WBA "regular" junior bantamweight title Jason Moloney -700 Joshua Greer Jr +450 Nico Ali Walsh vs. Jordan Weeks, 4 rounds, middleweights Arnold Barboza vs. Antonio Moran, 10 rounds, junior welterweights Jason Moloney vs. Joshua Greer, 10 rounds, bantamweights Trey Lippe Morrison vs. TBA, 6 rounds, heavyweights Karlos Balderas vs. Fidel Cervantes, 6 rounds, junior lightweights Genesis Servania vs. Andres Cortes. 8 rounds, junior lightweights Albert Bell vs. Julio Cortez, 8 rounds, junior lightweights Abraham Nova vs. Richard Pumipic, 8 rounds, junior lightweights Aug. 14: Los Angeles (Showtime)10 p.m. ET Title fight: John Riel Casimero vs. Guillermo Rigondeaux, 12 rounds, for Casimero's WBO bantamweight title and Rigondeaux's WBA "regular" bantamweight title Guillermo Rigondeaux +172 UTC John Riel Casimero -220 Title fight: Antonio Russell vs. Emmanuel Rodriguez, 12 rounds, for the interim WBA bantamweight title Antonio Russell -185 Emmanuel Rodriguez +150 Rau'shee Warren vs Damien Vazquez, 10 rounds, bantamweights Aug. 14: Frisco, Texas (DAZN)8 p.m. ET Vergil Ortiz Jr. vs Egidijus Kavaliauskas, 12 rounds, welterweights Egidijus Kavaliauskas +690 Virgil Ortiz Jr -1300 Title fight: Roger Gutierrez vs. Rene Alvarado, 12 rounds, for Gutierrez's WBA "regular" junior lightweight title Rene Alvarado -164 Roger Gutierrez +120 Title fight: Felix Alvarado vs. Erick Lopez, 12 rounds, for Alvarado's IBF junior flyweight title Felix Alvarado -1750 Israel Vazquez +850 Pablo Cesar Cano vs. Danielito Zorrilla, 10 rounds, junior welterweights Alex Martin vs. Josec Ruiz, 10 rounds, junior welterweights George Rincon vs. TBA, 10 rounds, junior welterweights Leonardo Baez vs. Hector Valdez, 10 rounds, junior featherweights Alex Rincon vs. Sanny Duversonne, 8 rounds, junior middleweights Aug. 14: Brentwood, Essex, England (DAZN)2 p.m. ET Joshua Buatsi vs. Ricards Bolotniks, 12 rounds, light heavyweights Joe Cordina vs. Joshuah Hernandez, 10 rounds, lightweights Michael McKinson vs. Przemyslaw Runowski, 10 rounds, welterweights Raymond Ford vs. Reece Bellotti, 10 rounds, featherweights Ukashir Farooq vs. Luis Gerardo Castillo, 10 rounds, bantamweights Zelfa Barrett vs. Viorel Simion, 8 rounds, lightweights Hopey Price vs. Claudio Grande, 6 rounds, junior featherweights
He can scrap. If you’re betting him, you’re also betting that Manny is over the hill and diminished. But that may not be the worst gamble in the world.