The Boxing Thread -yes Boxing

**Wigner's Friend** · 12-07-2008, 12:01 AM

Wow. Manny Pacquiao was incredible tonight. Lets see if it's enough to get Mayweather out of "retirement".

**leafinsectman** · 12-07-2008, 07:34 AM

Yikes, speed kills. I'm happy since my boy Manny won but damn, I was expecting a bit more from De La Hoya. I still love him though.

**nightwing1982** · 12-07-2008, 08:39 AM

Originally Posted by leafinsectman

Yikes, speed kills. I'm happy since my boy Manny won but damn, I was expecting a bit more from De La Hoya. I still love him though.

I wonder if those people that placed the Statue in his honor are having second thoughts...

...And way De La Hoya is now not going to live this one down. Golden Boy...more like rusty man.

Manny brought his A-Game.

**Arion** · 12-07-2008, 09:48 AM

Originally Posted by nightwing1982

I hope that the Golden Boy gets knocked out this Saturday

Very important questions. I would hate to see all comics at 3.99.

**Hodge** · 12-07-2008, 10:52 AM

Haven't have the chance to see Manny's win yet. Him vs Hatton could be an interesting bout - but yes would love to see him fight Floyd.

Did see a cracker of a title fight for WBC Super-Mid with Froch coming out with the win. Real toe to toe action for much of it.

**Ultimate Dead Cap** · 12-10-2008, 10:05 PM

I'm going to watch the replay just to look for George Lopez in the crowd and see his depressed face when the Golden Boy is pounded into fool's gold.

**sonnylarue** · 12-13-2008, 05:04 PM

how sad is the hvy division?
pretty sad.
klitchko should beat rahman, but an upset isn't out of the question.

**sonnylarue** · 12-13-2008, 05:13 PM

Originally Posted by sonnylarue

oscar never retired officially. he knows he's still a ppv draw, and fighting manny paquiao at 147 is a safe big name match-up for him.

i was sick and didn't have the chance to expand on this fight .

i figured it was manny's fight to lose, because like roy jones, oscar has been living on his past rep, and trying to avoid hard matches since his loss to hopkins.

i think he took this fight for the same reason he chose floyd mayweather, thiking these smaller guys wouldn't hurt him.

i respect all delahoya accomplished but he's been too selective match-up wise for most of this decade, as opposed to his rise through the 90's.

**sonnylarue** · 12-13-2008, 05:18 PM

damn!

didn't realize tonights klitchko-rahman fight was tape delay.
avoid the net if you want to watch the fight fresh.

man rahman totally phoned in his performance. he was sleepwalking, waiting to get ko'd

**sonnylarue** · 12-20-2008, 04:04 PM

sounds like holyfield got robbed against the giant Nikolay Valuev in their wba title fight.
http://sports.yahoo.com/box/blog/box...urn=box,130517

i wasn't going to buy this ppv.

to quote rocky lV, "holyfield is over the hill, and the russian hasn't fought anybody."

yet more proof how fucked up the current state of boxing is