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Boxerbeetle wrote:

taffytoon wrote:What channel was the fight on?

The Channel of Champions, naturally.

digzee wrote:

Boxerbeetle wrote:

taffytoon wrote:What channel was the fight on?

The Channel of Champions, naturally.

£12 a month which will include the Canelo-Cotto fight compared to the £35 you will have to pay for Klit-Fury, AJ-Whyte and Brook-Chavez plus your SKY subscription.

Last night was proper boxing porn and if I could bash one out I would have done.

Datsue wrote:Lemieux entered into "the silent contract" of "please let me last as long as possible & I'll do my best to look like I'm trying without actually trying to win" about ten seconds into the first round:

Loftgroov wrote:Only Chris Eubank Jnr can stop GGG now.....

Datsue wrote:Lemieux entered into "the silent contract" of "please let me last as long as possible & I'll do my best to look like I'm trying without actually trying to win" about ten seconds into the first round.

Fantastic performance from GGG but Lemieux was terribly poor, imo.

Brian Viloria, OTOH, deserves a fuckin' medal. What a fuckin' boy he is. & what a war he & Gonzalez engaged in, really totally high-class stuff. The Filipino/Hawaiian/whatever he is threw bombs all night, didn't stop trying no matter what, had a game plan that he stuck too, tried to do different stuff when it wasn't working, & got the ever-living shite kicked out of him by a dude who fights like JCC Superstar inside but throws combos like a young Juan Manuel Marquez.

GGG=

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Datsue wrote:

handsofstone wrote:Taking nothing away from Golovkin who was back to his absolute best,taking no silly shots for the sake of it,i was dissapointed in Lemieux,he never gave it a real go and im sure he'll be filled with some regrets when he wakes up today,i dont think he had anything but a punchers chance against Gennady anyhow but he was never gonna outbox him so he should've threw caution to the wind a bit more,the punch after the bell was bit naughty and Golovkin was lucky not to be deducted a point or 2,Lemieux did shows bravery and seeing as it was a world title unification fight i would have liked to have seen David get a bit longer but he didnt complain too much mind

Golovkin shot selection is a sight to behold though,along with the timing and accuracy he was utterly dominant every second of that fight

Gonzalez-Viloria was a great fight too,Roman took a couple rounds to get going,just eying Brian up but once he let his hands go it was pure poetry,variety sublime,foot movement was beautiful,he has every punch in the book,Viloria played his part too and actually boxed quite well but he was outclassed and had no answer for Gonzalez's punches,he showed massive heart though and wouldnt have blamed him for quitting such was the accuracy and power of Gonzalez

Also, when was the last time the best boxer in the world had the logo of the Sandinistas on the back of his shorts & the logo of the Zapatistas on the front?

ShadrachSimmo wrote:

Datsue wrote:

handsofstone wrote:Taking nothing away from Golovkin who was back to his absolute best,taking no silly shots for the sake of it,i was dissapointed in Lemieux,he never gave it a real go and im sure he'll be filled with some regrets when he wakes up today,i dont think he had anything but a punchers chance against Gennady anyhow but he was never gonna outbox him so he should've threw caution to the wind a bit more,the punch after the bell was bit naughty and Golovkin was lucky not to be deducted a point or 2,Lemieux did shows bravery and seeing as it was a world title unification fight i would have liked to have seen David get a bit longer but he didnt complain too much mind

Golovkin shot selection is a sight to behold though,along with the timing and accuracy he was utterly dominant every second of that fight

Gonzalez-Viloria was a great fight too,Roman took a couple rounds to get going,just eying Brian up but once he let his hands go it was pure poetry,variety sublime,foot movement was beautiful,he has every punch in the book,Viloria played his part too and actually boxed quite well but he was outclassed and had no answer for Gonzalez's punches,he showed massive heart though and wouldnt have blamed him for quitting such was the accuracy and power of Gonzalez

Also, when was the last time the best boxer in the world had the logo of the Sandinistas on the back of his shorts & the logo of the Zapatistas on the front?

I was going to say Skinny the explosive, but I think he was against the Sandinistas in his pomp…?

crusader wrote:

Datsue wrote:Lemieux entered into "the silent contract" of "please let me last as long as possible & I'll do my best to look like I'm trying without actually trying to win" about ten seconds into the first round.

Fantastic performance from GGG but Lemieux was terribly poor, imo.

Brian Viloria, OTOH, deserves a fuckin' medal. What a fuckin' boy he is. & what a war he & Gonzalez engaged in, really totally high-class stuff. The Filipino/Hawaiian/whatever he is threw bombs all night, didn't stop trying no matter what, had a game plan that he stuck too, tried to do different stuff when it wasn't working, & got the ever-living shite kicked out of him by a dude who fights like JCC Superstar inside but throws combos like a young Juan Manuel Marquez.

GGG=

Brian Viloria=


Román Gonzalez=

Spot on about Lemieux. He started timidly moving back almost immediately and I sensed then that he was done for......it may have allowed him to last longer but greatly reduced his chances of success, and while GGG's jab played a role in keeping Lemieux at range I think that David had the tools to do better.

As for Gonzalez, I'm not sure if I've seen a better combination puncher among the fighters who were active at some point since I started following boxing nearly 15 years ago. His ability to throw 5-6 punches at time with perfect technique and fluidity is incredible.

palooka wrote:When you see the class and sportsmanship that Gonzales demonstrates it puts Kal Yafai's antics last night in sharp contrast.

Counter-puncher wrote:'hes got every punch in the book' has become a cliche, stoney, but with Gonzalez I think he is unique in the modern age, for this reason:

Not only can he, and does he, throw and land with literally every punch in the book with either hand, and seems to do so in every fight, but more to the point I think he actually hurts his opponents with every punch in the book with either hand. Freakish. Glad I've been aboard the hypetrain for a couple of years at least.

bripez wrote:

palooka wrote:When you see the class and sportsmanship that Gonzales demonstrates it puts Kal Yafai's antics last night in sharp contrast.

What happened with Yafai?

I haven't seen much of Gonzalez - will have to check him out on YouTube.

Are there any particular fights to look out for?

bripez wrote:

palooka wrote:When you see the class and sportsmanship that Gonzales demonstrates it puts Kal Yafai's antics last night in sharp contrast.

What happened with Yafai?

I haven't seen much of Gonzalez - will have to check him out on YouTube.

Are there any particular fights to look out for?

littlepug wrote:Star of the night for me was Gonzales, he looks big enough to rise through more weight divisions and theres some very tasty fights for him at super fly, might be getting ahead of myself but he has the look of a potential ATG.

stevedoc wrote:How do we think golovkin would do against ward I'm torn I think with the extra size ward could take GGGs shots but who knows , I'd pick ward to take a points win

crusader wrote:

littlepug wrote:Star of the night for me was Gonzales, he looks big enough to rise through more weight divisions and theres some very tasty fights for him at super fly, might be getting ahead of myself but he has the look of a potential ATG.

That's the thing...he's still a very solid flyweight even though he's moved up a few divisions and I think there's room for him to move up again without being generally undersized. In my view he probably has several more years and some more divisions in him.

stevedoc wrote:How do we think golovkin would do against ward I'm torn I think with the extra size ward could take GGGs shots but who knows , I'd pick ward to take a points win

Ward on points in my opinion. Aside from being significantly bigger and a very good fighter, I think that he has the right style to nullify GGG's offense.

Datsue wrote:Lemieux entered into "the silent contract" of "please let me last as long as possible & I'll do my best to look like I'm trying without actually trying to win" about ten seconds into the first round.

Fantastic performance from GGG but Lemieux was terribly poor, imo.

Brian Viloria, OTOH, deserves a fuckin' medal. What a fuckin' boy he is. & what a war he & Gonzalez engaged in, really totally high-class stuff. The Filipino/Hawaiian/whatever he is threw bombs all night, didn't stop trying no matter what, had a game plan that he stuck too, tried to do different stuff when it wasn't working, & got the ever-living shite kicked out of him by a dude who fights like JCC Superstar inside but throws combos like a young Juan Manuel Marquez.

GGG=

Brian Viloria=


Román Gonzalez=