happy new year to you too buddy

you just know when someone titles a thread REAL TALK it's gonna be some booolshiiiiit

hyperbole aside, might give it a listen, looks ok actually.

Baby Face Finster wrote:Rigondeaux doesn't deserve a top 5 P4P spot like so many seem to have him slotted into. It's just a matter of time before someone lays him out for good.

it's a matter of time until every fighter gets laid out for good

I'll never get this whole 'Cotto will do better next time' sentiment re him and Floyd. Floyd's gotten older, but so has Cotto. Cotto's the guy with mileage on the clock and imo we'll see him looking truly 'old' long before Floyd. Floyd adjusts in rematches. He changed for the Maidana rematch (which...

I think Cotto is a different class of offensive fighter to anything Alvarez has seen. A top p4p boxer-puncher. I think Canelo brings the eat but Cotto is too cute, landing his left hooks and gets the finish when he troubles Canelo. As for Floyd, i had him a very narrow winner the first time a round...

I'm kinda torn. I think Saul vs Miguel is the better fight, but I don't think it'd be nearly as competitive as many think it will be thus its not THAT much better & Floyd doing anything is always gonna be bigger. So Floyd vs Miguel II would be bigger than anyone else vs Miguel & there is a ...

I'm kinda torn. I think Saul vs Miguel is the better fight, but I don't think it'd be nearly as competitive as many think it will be thus its not THAT much better & Floyd doing anything is always gonna be bigger. So Floyd vs Miguel II would be bigger than anyone else vs Miguel & there is a ...

When Cotto first picked up the belt I thought Floyd would get this fight signed immediately. The promotion for Cotto-Floyd would be nauseating, the hype about Cotto being 'reinvigorated' or the 'historical' aspects of Floyd fighting the middleweight belt. Plus, we haven't actually seen Cotto-Canelo ...

Can we rate him on personality next?

He's taken being a tool to another level.

Great blend of skills and athleticism. Not quite as skilled or tactically brilliant as Hopkins but still super smart and much quicker and more athletic. Not as insanely quick as Roy Jones. Decent chin, reasonable power but not on the level of a Cotto or a younger Mosley, let alone a Trinidad type. D...

I'd still like to know who Ricky considers to be 'above average' at 147.

Never understood the hype. doesn't hit particularly hard but get's hyped as if he hits as hard as Kovalev or Golovkin. Boxing skills, sort of awkward, can box a bit on the back foot, prone to ugly stuff/accidental headbutts. Let's be honest, Thurman is garbage. Who do you rate (edited) as above ave...

For one thing, he changed opponents.

Marquez we confused and befuddled by Floyd and Bradley; Khan would blitz him from afar and frustrate him to the point of tears. Marquez is/has been a remarkable boxer but some styles and attributes cannot be negated by experience; it happens to the very best and Marquez is one of the very best. Flo...

A 42 year old JMM wouldn't land a punch on Khan and it would be meaningless.

Great statement from Khan this weekend. Bradley's resume is better by miles but momentum / form may favour Khan right now. (However I haven't seen the Bradley fight and it sounds like he won it fairly clearly.) EDIT: not saying Khan wins head to head, but a while back I wouldn't have given him any s...

I'm staggered they got 300,000 people to pay $70 (that goes for any other fight pricing itself at that)

I would expect most boxing fans would and should have heard of Joshua. And most people here have 'heard of him', that's not really saying much though. Is Joshua the only Gold medalist 'most boxing fans' should know about / follow / take interest in? Should we be interested in Oleksandr Usyk? Luke C...

It would be Chavez or bust for me.

The atmosphere and interest in the Groves rematch probably won't be repeated, it just seems like a good place to call it.

edit: stay very far away from Ward and GGG. Would love to see Froch finish on a win.

Several more fights and he may surpass Audley Harrison's achievements in the pro's.

This question and post was posted on a boxing forum, if people in America don't have any idea who Anthony Joshua is then there is summat wrong! I understand any Tom Dick and Harry on the streets of America have no idea who he is but if you love the sport of Boxing you should know who Anthony Joshua...

Tony1244 wrote:I'm sorry, but if you live in the UK and follow boxing more than the other sports and barely know who an undefeated Olympic Gold Medal Winner is, you aren't really a boxing or sports fan. You may be brilliant in other areas.

Good one

This question and post was posted on a boxing forum, if people in America don't have any idea who Anthony Joshua is then there is summat wrong! I understand any Tom Dick and Harry on the streets of America have no idea who he is but if you love the sport of Boxing you should know who Anthony Joshua...

I would have picked Provodnokov over Pac before he lost to Algieri. Pac's got to be favoured here but I won't be shocked to see Algieri cause major problems for Pac with a jab and good movement.

http://larrybrownsports.com/boxing/freddie-roach-talks-trash-chris-algieri/247388 Personally I don't see any need for trash talking from Roach other than to try and sell this fight because the public doesn't seem particularly interested in this fight but I think that many people who don't watch thi...