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BustedKnuckles
Footballguy
Steve Tasker
Footballguy
WOW
That 9th round is probably the best round I've seen this year.
That 9th round is probably the best round I've seen this year.
lakerstan
Footballguy
BustedKnuckles
Footballguy
Steve Tasker
Footballguy
Canelo/Lara tonight....who's in?
Looks like I missed the Vargas/JuanMa fight but Vargas stopped him in the 3rd? Online blurbs make it sound pretty bad for JuanMa.
Mares/Oquendo to start soon.
Looks like I missed the Vargas/JuanMa fight but Vargas stopped him in the 3rd? Online blurbs make it sound pretty bad for JuanMa.
Mares/Oquendo to start soon.
BustedKnuckles
Footballguy
I think Lara wins but im rooting for Canelo
Steve Tasker
Footballguy
I know these dudes are small, but it looks like Oquendo is throwing BOMBS (which Mares is dodging).
Ilov80s
Footballguy
Steve Tasker
Footballguy
I have it dead even through 10. Really nice fight here. 95-95.
Steve Tasker
Footballguy
Farhood has Lara 96-94. No ####### way Canelo loses a decision in this fight.
jamil
Footballguy
Steve Tasker
Footballguy
I got it dead even, 114-114.
Steve Tasker
Footballguy
117-111? Oooooof what was that judge watching?
Ilov80s
Footballguy
It seems like there is always that one judge that has their card filled out ahead of time. Shameful. Was the fight entertaining at least?
BustedKnuckles
Footballguy
The usual debates that take place after a close fight has been awarded to the “house” fighter, or the big star, over the lesser name with less promotional clout on his side, have already begun. Some say Saul Canelo Alvarez was a worthy winner over slick southpaw Erislandy Lara in Las Vegas last night, while others claim the Cuban talent was robbed of a deserving win. The split decision proved one thing: it’s never easy being a boxing judge.
But whatever you think of last night’s scoring, it has to be agreed by everyone how the 155-pound catch-weight battle was a terrific, engrossing fight. A clash of styles that resulted in some excellent action, Alvarez-Lara was thoroughly entertaining. Talk has also begun of the possibility of a rematch – something Team-Lara obviously and understandably want – but Canelo’s promoter Oscar De La Hoya – who was proven to be correct in his thinking that his fighter would win the risky, some said foolishly taken fight with Lara – has said his warrior is “moving on,” and that no-one wants to see a return of last night’s fight.
That may not be true, but Alvarez, a megastar in Mexico and in America, is in the driving seat and he has a ton of options to explore. Basically, he doesn’t need to risk losing to Lara a second time. You could argue that Alvarez won the fight last night, while Lara won the boxing match. In any case, Alvarez is almost certain to fight someone else when he returns in November. And De La Hoya sure has an intriguing list of three names as possibilities.
According to Chris Mannix of Sports Illustrated, De La Hoya told him that the three possibilities are: Gennady Golovkin, Miguel Cotto and James Kirkland. All three exciting fighters are Box Office attractions, but Golovkin’s name is obviously the one fans will jump on as the most exciting, dangerous, fascinating and potentially thrilling for Canelo. Is De La Hoya serious, would his star fighter really get in there with the lethal-punching and incredibly gifted middleweight known as G.G.G?
If people gave Canelo credit for taking a risky fight with Lara, and rightly so, how far up would Alvarez’ rep go if he did take this magnificent match-up? And as to how far into the stratosphere Alvarez would rocket if he defeated Golovkin!
True superstardom is already Canelo’s and, the Floyd Mayweather loss aside, he now looks to prove himself as a true great by taking on the biggest and best opposition and beating them. Maybe Canelo will one day get a return with Mayweather as well.
tdoss
Footballguy
Gotta love the talk about Pacquiao possibly taking on Canelo sometime soon. Yet another fighter that Pacman can take on after Mayweather beat them already.
Would make for a decent fight if Canelo would let his hands go...he fights that defensive, counterpunching thing he did against Mayweather and he'll lose again.
Would make for a decent fight if Canelo would let his hands go...he fights that defensive, counterpunching thing he did against Mayweather and he'll lose again.
BustedKnuckles
Footballguy
in my opinion Canelo is now an even better fighter for having fought mayweather so it should be even tougher for pacman to win
Ilov80s
Footballguy
Right. The whole "beating a guy after Floyd beat him" really only works on aging fighters that are on the decline.
Ilov80s
Footballguy
I had this taped and just watched it. He liked solid, won easily. He didn't blow me away, but certainly has potential. I saw a Mercito Gesta fight. He looked really good and should be winning a title soon. He was smooth, accurate and landed some interesting combos.
tdoss
Footballguy
Finally got to sit and watch this Lara/Canelo fight. I had it 115-113 Canelo...but can definitely see someone going the same score in the other direction.
I definitely see where Canelo has matured but he really hasn't gotten better at cutting off the ring. Mayweather would chew him up again. Pacquiao would beat him as well...but it would be interesting because PacMan would stand and trade more than Mayweather might and doesn't have the defense PBF has...which could be dangerous.
Lara definitely ran...but I put that on Canelo...cut off the ring...learn to freaking move your feet and catch him. Learn what a damn jab is...
I can see this Lara/Canelo fight going to rematch...Lara did what he wanted and scored enough to make it a doubt. That cut really messed him up and those body shots slowed him some in the mid-late but great rally around 10th to swing the fight back his way.
The crowd being so quiet really should've told you the story. Canelo wasn't able to take over this fight really at any point...he'd catch him and then couldn't really capitalize.
That f'ing judge who had is 117-111...my God. That person should immediately serve a one-year ban. So...basically this judge is saying that Canelo won 9 rounds...and lost only 3??!?! Lara won the first 3 rounds before Canelo even landed anything...so he's saying Canelo won everything after that?
I definitely see where Canelo has matured but he really hasn't gotten better at cutting off the ring. Mayweather would chew him up again. Pacquiao would beat him as well...but it would be interesting because PacMan would stand and trade more than Mayweather might and doesn't have the defense PBF has...which could be dangerous.
Lara definitely ran...but I put that on Canelo...cut off the ring...learn to freaking move your feet and catch him. Learn what a damn jab is...
I can see this Lara/Canelo fight going to rematch...Lara did what he wanted and scored enough to make it a doubt. That cut really messed him up and those body shots slowed him some in the mid-late but great rally around 10th to swing the fight back his way.
The crowd being so quiet really should've told you the story. Canelo wasn't able to take over this fight really at any point...he'd catch him and then couldn't really capitalize.
That f'ing judge who had is 117-111...my God. That person should immediately serve a one-year ban. So...basically this judge is saying that Canelo won 9 rounds...and lost only 3??!?! Lara won the first 3 rounds before Canelo even landed anything...so he's saying Canelo won everything after that?
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BustedKnuckles
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PinkydaPimp
Footballguy
id love to watch him fight cotto.....
Ilov80s
Footballguy
He's a good boy.
Ilov80s
Footballguy
GGG is the closest thing to Tyson we've seen. Hilarious interviews, stalker with KO power in every punch, fearless, and seemingly indestructible. Froch, who is a weight class above GGG and one of the toughest fighters on the planet openly said that he is scared to fight him.
Ilov80s
Footballguy
Andre Ward?
Evilgrin 72
Distributor of Pain
I love GGG so much. Please, Max, thank you for Daniel Geale. Is niiiice. Great success.
Evilgrin 72
Distributor of Pain
I said it 20 pages ago... Ward/Golovkin is my dream fight. Only fight I would pay to watch right now in any weight class.
Dinsy Ejotuz
Footballguy
Didn't see the fight, but the GIF of him just taking that punch in stride before he knocks Geale out is kinda scary. A dude that's not afraid of taking your best shot and can walk right through it before he knocks you out... yikes.
Ilov80s
Footballguy
I'm telling you, he's the new Tyson. Except instead of a mean guy from the NY with a funny high pitched voice, he is a really nice guy from Kazakhstan who has the funniest accent.I like this gif of Curtis Stevens (a bad dude in his own right) after tasting that GGG power.
http://images.ftw.usatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/ggg3.gif
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BustedKnuckles
Footballguy
whats amazing about that expression is hes a pro who gets hit for a living...and yet he still looks astonished at triple G`s power
Ilov80s
Footballguy
And he was the toughest and probably best fighter GGG has faced. Stevens actually tweeted a pic of his "ohhhh" face last night and said something to the effect of, "at least I got up and kept fighting". He even recognizes that just getting up from a GGG punch is an accomplishment.
Good Posting Judge
Footballguy
Yeah, Geale gave the ref the "no" shake of the head. He just breaks people.
BustedKnuckles
Footballguy
Pacman vs Algieri ......seems like a wasted fight for manny...whats the point
Ilov80s
Footballguy
BustedKnuckles
Footballguy
just feels like a pay day....hes only got a few good fights left in him...why waste them on guys like this
Ilov80s
Footballguy
He's going to make a ton of money fighting a guy in China that has almost no chance to win which means he will get another pay day after that. It's all in house, it's easy sell to China (good looking new white kid vs the greatest Asian athlete of our time).
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