Boxing 2012

[thenry]

bloody awful. the word paralyzed as too strong but the people who fight through it are even stronger. best wishes to him.

[adzii_nufc]

Khan vs Garcia (14th July)

Danny Garcia is undefeated but this will be a repeat of Carl Froch's fight.

Hasn't fought top fighters to prove himself and has everything to lose going into this fight. Khan's speed will get the better of him immediately.

[Mad Max]

Originally Posted by denphone

The tragic life of five-times boxing world champion Johnny Tapia has come to an end as he was found dead at home in Albuquerque. He was 45.

http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/280520...d-dead-45.html

Tragic indeed, very sorry to hear that.

[adzii_nufc]

Manny has just been screwed in one of the worst points decisions I've seen in Boxing.

Clear win for Manny that is daylight robbery.

[denphone]

When we get these terrible decisions it really does bring boxing into disrepute and this is not the first time it has happened lately.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/boxing/18384849

[adzii_nufc]

I think the fight should be re-scored. That's a truly shocking decision, Khan's loss to Peterson could have been close even if it was controversial, This fight however was a country mile win for Pacman. Bradley knew he had been battered for the most and taking a look at the punches landed it's clear Manny dominated. There is simply so way in hell Timothy Bradley just beat Pacman.

[TheDon]

Originally Posted by adzii_nufc

There is simply so way in hell Timothy Bradley just beat Pacman.

There's no way in hell Pacquiao beat Marquez in his last fight either, so forgive me for not feeling too sorry for him.

[denphone]

Olympic heavyweight boxing champion Theófilo Stevenson 'dies aged 60'.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012...ies?CMP=twt_gu



Very saddened to hear of the sudden death of a Olympic boxing legend.

[MarkC1984]

Was flicking through the channels tonight, and came across the fight night on SKY. Why was the fight ruled as a draw after an accidental clash of heads? I know one had a cut above one eye, but thought it was a bit daft to rule the fight as a draw.

[adzii_nufc]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18551754

The hilarious decision re-looked at.

Can scream Marquez all day but fact is this fight was as one sided as they come.

Hopefully Bradley thinks he is unstoppable and climbs into the ring with Mayweather.

Simple fact: Manny can not and will not beat Floyd Mayweather, Nor will Tim Bradley or anyone else for that matter.

[TheDon]

Originally Posted by adzii_nufc

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18551754

The hilarious decision re-looked at.

Can scream Marquez all day but fact is this fight was as one sided as they come.

Hopefully Bradley thinks he is unstoppable and climbs into the ring with Mayweather.

Simple fact: Manny can not and will not beat Floyd Mayweather, Nor will Tim Bradley or anyone else for that matter.

It was as one sided as they come in 1 minute of each 3 minute rounds.

In the other 2 minutes Pacquiao did nothing to deserve winning the rounds.

Sorry but Manny has no one but himself to blame for that decision. You can't do nothing for 2 minutes a round and then cry when you don't get a decision based on the last 1/3 of the round.

For too long boxers have been getting decisions for ending rounds strong over fighters that fought the entire round. I'm glad to see it go the other way.

That "review" is *******s btw, boxing isn't scored on number of punches landed as measured by compubox. It's scored on effective aggression, defence, ring generalship and clean hard punching. Effective aggression and ring generalship are hard things to sell when you're only turning up for 1/3 of the fight.

Compubox stats are useless when it comes to deciding who won a fight because their punches "landed" aren't all clean, they count anything that lands on the opponent, even if it's deflected or blocked. And their "power punches" are just types of punches, they don't really measure if the punches actually had any power behind them or if the other guy was at all hurt my them.

I'm not saying the judges did a good job though, I thought Manny won, no where near as wide as the likes of HBO scored it, but it wasn't as one sided as many people would have you believe. Many people who like HBO think you can sit off for 2/3rds of a fight and walk to a decision based on ending rounds strongly. You can't, you shouldn't, and whilst the decision may be "bad for boxing" in many ways it was right for boxing because at least now boxers might actually go into the ring thinking they actually have to, you know, box?

[Saaf_laandon_mo]

I watched a fight either earlier this year or the last where one of the corners threw in the towel but the referee simply kicked it away. The fight continued and I think a) it went all the way to be settled on points, or b) the fighter who's corner threw the towel won.

I know this is not much to go on but does anyone know the fight I am referring to? Hoping someone with a better memory than me might have seen it.

[Osem]

Miguel Cotto v. Yuri Foreman in June 2010?

http://www.boxingnewsonline.net/view...?ArticleID=633

Foreman's towel was thrown in and thrown back out again. He still went on to lose.

[Saaf_laandon_mo]

Originally Posted by Osem

Miguel Cotto v. Yuri Foreman in June 2010?

http://www.boxingnewsonline.net/view...?ArticleID=633

Foreman's towel was thrown in and thrown back out again. He still went on to lose.

I dont think it was this one.

[TheDon]

Originally Posted by Saaf_laandon_mo

I dont think it was this one.

Happened in Graham Earl Vs Michael Katsidis as well.
Earl's corner threw the towel in in the 2nd round, referee threw it back out.

Earl retired near the end of the fight anyway.