Ezzard wrote:Broner is their next “superstar”…which means he’s a juiced up, super draining, sprinter type with a big mouth and an act that appeals to people with double digit IQs. They’ll tip every single aspect of any fight in his favour and tell the world he’s harder than King Kong’s dad…
He missed the weight and nobody cared…
Yep. He's the new boy, & it's frankly a bit sickening to see the machinery & greed laid bare when it comes to the lad; we all know the deck is stacked but with someone like him you can really see it & it's fvcking disgusting.
Weigh in half a stone heavier than your opponent & you're some dude from the Dominican Republic: laughing stock & butt of jokes (as it should be).
HBO's new boy does it? Slip the opponent a bung & never ever mention it again.
It'd be enough to make a small-minded man really, really dislike him, just for what he represents.
from a different POV, we should be pelased for vazquez, who got overlooked in the soto-antillon-acosta-brandon rios fights and has never been mentioned by broner (or burns- until now!)
JLP wrote:To those holding off on buying tickets: as has been pointed out, Vasquez can be had for a lot less money than his talent merits, so I see no reason for the fight to fall through over a money issue. I'd wait until the last two or three weeks or so and providing the right noises are still coming out of Vasquez' camp, I'd then take the risk. I learnt along time ago that rushing into buying boxing tickets is foolhardy.
In common with most fans familiar with the history of FWP when it comes to big name opponents being replaced at the last minute, I too was a little sceptical about how "done" this fight actually is. However, a rudimentary google has thrown up a number of quotes from Team Vazquez that suggest this is a fight that suits all, and is in no way a Jose Ocampo situation.
We're really excited about getting this fight," said Sean Gibbons of Zanfer Promotions, which promotes Vazquez. "Adrien Broner is running from us because of our style. We're not the most exciting at times but we are the No. 1 lightweight in the world. We've proven it. We took the Burns fight because we couldn't get Broner. So since we couldn't get Broner, we'll take the man Broner wanted, Burns. And when we beat Burns decisively, we hope Broner quits talking and fights the best lightweight in the world.
"Burns is a good, solid fighter and a good test, and going to England is not an easy place to win, but Miguel Vazquez is a master boxer and has the style to beat anyone in the world at lightweight."
Good luck to yourself, Ricky and the rest of the team. It’s been great following your successes and I hope it continues for many years to come.
Ricky, like Froch used to be, seems underrated on the world stage and has had to work for everything he gets. I hope we get more unification fights like this.
annoys me when trainers talk like this and this guy a Promotor
Freddie Roach does it all the time and Amir Khan , "We were Throwing bodyshots" ???? No you werent Freddie
i know its a team effort but the boxer is the one in there
annoys me when trainers ect
earsjohn wrote:
JLP wrote:To those holding off on buying tickets: as has been pointed out, Vasquez can be had for a lot less money than his talent merits, so I see no reason for the fight to fall through over a money issue. I'd wait until the last two or three weeks or so and providing the right noises are still coming out of Vasquez' camp, I'd then take the risk. I learnt along time ago that rushing into buying boxing tickets is foolhardy.
In common with most fans familiar with the history of FWP when it comes to big name opponents being replaced at the last minute, I too was a little sceptical about how "done" this fight actually is. However, a rudimentary google has thrown up a number of quotes from Team Vazquez that suggest this is a fight that suits all, and is in no way a Jose Ocampo situation.
We're really excited about getting this fight," said Sean Gibbons of Zanfer Promotions, which promotes Vazquez. "Adrien Broner is running from us because of our style. We're not the most exciting at times but we are the No. 1 lightweight in the world. We've proven it. We took the Burns fight because we couldn't get Broner. So since we couldn't get Broner, we'll take the man Broner wanted, Burns. And when we beat Burns decisively, we hope Broner quits talking and fights the best lightweight in the world.
"Burns is a good, solid fighter and a good test, and going to England is not an easy place to win, but Miguel Vazquez is a master boxer and has the style to beat anyone in the world at lightweight."
