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Re: Fights You Regret Staying Late Up For
Posted: 28 Mar 2018, 04:58
by bennie
Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑13 Jan 2018, 12:58
bigjack wrote: ↑13 Jan 2018, 12:56
Cholo_cws wrote: ↑12 Jan 2018, 12:10
Leonard-Duran III.
I stayed up for that and i may be wrong but wasn't it a midweek fight ?
Was a Thursday.
ITV showed it 'live' in the middle of the night, as they did Tyson's fights around that time. Leonard was at his manipulative best when he made the match at super-middleweight because Duran was a natural middleweight. He didn't need to pull this stroke; he beats Duran every night of the week by moving. Duran knew it too and and he looked bored and he fought bored.
Re: Fights You Regret Staying Late Up For
Posted: 28 Mar 2018, 05:04
by Bennyblanco
Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑28 Mar 2018, 04:49
Bennyblanco wrote: ↑28 Mar 2018, 04:41
Devon alexander v timothy bradley
Bradley is never worth staying up for..
What was I thinking????
Re: Fights You Regret Staying Late Up For
Posted: 28 Mar 2018, 06:30
by Ruthless-RKO
Bennyblanco wrote: ↑28 Mar 2018, 05:04
Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑28 Mar 2018, 04:49
Bennyblanco wrote: ↑28 Mar 2018, 04:41
Devon alexander v timothy bradley
Bradley is never worth staying up for..
What was I thinking????
The only Bradley fight I remember staying up for was the first Pac fight. I was at a local snooker lounge and remember the reaction when Bradley won.
Re: Fights You Regret Staying Late Up For
Posted: 28 Mar 2018, 06:49
by Kilburn
Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑28 Mar 2018, 04:49
Bradley is never worth staying up for..
Unless he is fighting Provodnikov.
Re: Fights You Regret Staying Late Up For
Posted: 28 Mar 2018, 06:59
by stujones
A bizarre one for me - but Cotto vs Canelo. Not because of the fight itself but mainly because of the aftermath - I thought it was a RAZOR tight decision and I thought Cotto boxed his brains off for the first portion of the fight - but really the aftermath was "well told you so" and that was it.... No talk of any rematch or anything like that. Just seemed liked all the commentators had Canelo a handy winner and it was a case off "told you Cotto was too small and old" and even Cotto seemed resigned to that (despte Roach saying he thought Cotto won).
Re: Fights You Regret Staying Late Up For
Posted: 28 Mar 2018, 08:00
by Syntax Error
bennie wrote: ↑28 Mar 2018, 04:58
Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑13 Jan 2018, 12:58
bigjack wrote: ↑13 Jan 2018, 12:56
I stayed up for that and i may be wrong but wasn't it a midweek fight ?
Was a Thursday.
ITV showed it 'live' in the middle of the night, as they did Tyson's fights around that time. Leonard was at his manipulative best when he made the match at super-middleweight because Duran was a natural middleweight. He didn't need to pull this stroke; he beats Duran every night of the week by moving. Duran knew it too and and he looked bored and he fought bored.
Leonard wasn't a real SMW either.
During his SMW reign/career, he used to weigh with coins in his pockets to boost his weight.
Re: Fights You Regret Staying Late Up For
Posted: 30 May 2018, 10:39
by Ruthless-RKO
Anyone had any recent regrets? I wouldn't class the Adonis-Jack fight as a regret btw,
Re: Fights You Regret Staying Late Up For
Posted: 30 May 2018, 10:42
by Autobarn
Wlad vs Ibragimov.
Wlad vs Tony Thompson 1.
Hopkins v Wright.
Hopkins v Taylor 1 & 2.
Taylor v Corey Spinks & Kassim Ouma.
Juan Manuel Marquez v Victor Polo & Orlando Salido (although they’d have good main events, and JMM would Star in some great fights I would be glad to stay up for...)
Barrera v Juarez 2 - because MAB was in some many outstanding battles including the first one.
Re: Fights You Regret Staying Late Up For
Posted: 30 May 2018, 10:50
by Autobarn
THEBUTCH wrote: ↑11 Jan 2018, 10:01
Johnny Nelson v Carlos Deleon. Woeful !
The famous nil-nil draw
Re: Fights You Regret Staying Late Up For
Posted: 30 May 2018, 10:51
by Ruthless-RKO
Autobarn wrote: ↑30 May 2018, 10:42
Wlad vs Ibragimov.
Wlad vs Tony Thompson 1.
Hopkins v Wright.
Hopkins v Taylor 1 & 2.
Taylor v Corey Spinks.
Whoa!! Never stay up for a Hopkins fight. I thought you'd learn that from staying up the first time.
Re: Fights You Regret Staying Late Up For
Posted: 30 May 2018, 11:10
by Autobarn
Hahahaha. Well I did enjoy his effective mauls of Keith Holmes & William Joppy. And the masterpieces against Trinidad and Tarver. But the Taylor and Wright fights were awful and suggested if Hopkins has a weakness it’s a deficit in terms of offensive skills.
Re: Fights You Regret Staying Late Up For
Posted: 30 May 2018, 12:39
by Boxerbeetle
Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑28 Mar 2018, 04:49
Bennyblanco wrote: ↑28 Mar 2018, 04:41
Devon alexander v timothy bradley
Bradley is never worth staying up for..
Didn’t see the Prov fight?
Anyway, it was Alexander who made it a stinker and then decided to quit, not Bradley.
Re: Fights You Regret Staying Late Up For
Posted: 30 May 2018, 17:47
by Ruthless-RKO
Boxerbeetle wrote: ↑30 May 2018, 12:39
Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑28 Mar 2018, 04:49
Bennyblanco wrote: ↑28 Mar 2018, 04:41
Devon alexander v timothy bradley
Bradley is never worth staying up for..
Didn’t see the Prov fight?
Anyway, it was Alexander who made it a stinker and then decided to quit, not Bradley.
That was a punch up. Bar that one fight, i would never re-watch his fights.
Re: Fights You Regret Staying Late Up For
Posted: 30 May 2018, 17:53
by ALI
blanca wrote: ↑03 Dec 2017, 09:47
Any mayweather fight except v hatton
Yes, in hindsight i dont think i would stay up for any of his in the last 10 years outisde of Hatton. Its amazing just how boring he was, amazing talent, but just a terrible bore. As he moved up the weights and as he got older the power punch output got less and less. In hindsight, why were we all so fascinated by him?
Re: Fights You Regret Staying Late Up For
Posted: 30 May 2018, 18:15
by Ruthless-RKO
ALI wrote: ↑30 May 2018, 17:53
blanca wrote: ↑03 Dec 2017, 09:47
Any mayweather fight except v hatton
Yes, in hindsight i dont think i would stay up for any of his in the last 10 years outisde of Hatton. Its amazing just how boring he was, amazing talent, but just a terrible bore. As he moved up the weights and as he got older the power punch output got less and less. In hindsight, why were we all so fascinated by him?
It was a select few boxers who made some interesting. Mosley for 2 rounds before it became one-sided. Cotto gave it a real good go. Maidana made the first fight interesting. Apart from that. It was shīt!
Re: Fights You Regret Staying Late Up For
Posted: 31 May 2018, 09:20
by Crazyboy
Mayweather v Connor.....
End of story
Re: Fights You Regret Staying Late Up For
Posted: 31 May 2018, 09:36
by Ruthless-RKO
Crazyboy wrote: ↑31 May 2018, 09:20
Mayweather v Connor.....
End of story
Remember there was a delay and this started around half 5! fornicate me. I had work at 8am!
Re: Fights You Regret Staying Late Up For
Posted: 01 Jun 2018, 09:53
by Matt W
Hopkins vs Eastman. Brutal for all the wrong reasons
Re: Fights You Regret Staying Late Up For
Posted: 01 Jun 2018, 10:12
by Ruthless-RKO
Matt W wrote: ↑01 Jun 2018, 09:53
Hopkins vs Eastman. Brutal for all the wrong reasons
Again with these Hopkins fights
Re: Fights You Regret Staying Late Up For
Posted: 01 Jun 2018, 10:15
by Counter-puncher
stujones wrote: ↑28 Mar 2018, 06:59
A bizarre one for me - but Cotto vs Canelo. Not because of the fight itself but mainly because of the aftermath - I thought it was a RAZOR tight decision and I thought Cotto boxed his brains off for the first portion of the fight - but really the aftermath was "well told you so" and that was it.... No talk of any rematch or anything like that. Just seemed liked all the commentators had Canelo a handy winner and it was a case off "told you Cotto was too small and old" and even Cotto seemed resigned to that (despte Roach saying he thought Cotto won).
Re: Fights You Regret Staying Late Up For
Posted: 01 Jun 2018, 10:23
by Ruthless-RKO
Counter-puncher wrote: ↑01 Jun 2018, 10:15
stujones wrote: ↑28 Mar 2018, 06:59
A bizarre one for me - but Cotto vs Canelo. Not because of the fight itself but mainly because of the aftermath - I thought it was a RAZOR tight decision and I thought Cotto boxed his brains off for the first portion of the fight - but really the aftermath was "well told you so" and that was it.... No talk of any rematch or anything like that. Just seemed liked all the commentators had Canelo a handy winner and it was a case off "told you Cotto was too small and old" and even Cotto seemed resigned to that (despte Roach saying he thought Cotto won).
Scorecards were too wide. Kinda shows a one-sided fight when it wasn't.
Re: Fights You Regret Staying Late Up For
Posted: 01 Jun 2018, 11:29
by Matt W
I thought Cotto looked the better boxer, his punches just didn't have the impact of Canelo's. I dislike Canelo for the reason that he wins fights through his ability to take off and put on huge amounts of weight (and that's without even beginning to question the legitimacy of his methods). The pound-for-pound obsession and boiling down is ruining boxing for me.
Re: Fights You Regret Staying Late Up For
Posted: 01 Jun 2018, 11:30
by Matt W
On Canelo, clearly he's a very skilled boxer as well but his size is such an advantage for him and promoters / governing bodies bend over to favour him. It's rank.
Re: Fights You Regret Staying Late Up For
Posted: 01 Jun 2018, 11:43
by Autobarn
Canelo’s a strong lump, with fast hands if you stand in front of him, who can only fight 2/3 of a fight.
I had his fight with Trout a draw as he squandered any advantage by running for two minutes a round after one minute of good work.
Was stunned to see him take off about 4 rounds in a row versus a Golovkin, mid-late in their frustrating fight. It’d taken about two years to put the fight together then to try and buy time, during the fight...
Re: Fights You Regret Staying Late Up For
Posted: 01 Jun 2018, 11:46
by Autobarn
Cotto-Moslwy I regret staying up for. Cotto landed phenomenal punches for 6 rounds then set a pattern for most of his subsequent big fights, by running out of gas and ideas.
In the second half all it took was for Mosley to hold and push his man back inside, break his rhythm somewhat, to have Cotto looking clueless and desperate in the late stages.
Obviously I’m not a huge fan of Cotto or, say, Canelo Alvarez.