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ozymandius1024 posted:I haven't seen it anywhere reputable yet, but there are rumblings that Canelo has agreed to fight Liam Smith on Sept. 17th. That's the fight all Mexicans have been waiting for, Liam Smith a dude who is from uhhhh *flicks through phone* Great Britain and has a record of uhhh *gestures at assistant*
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Liam Smith is a good fighter. He's not a Middleweight
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Jun 24, 2016 20:16
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MMM Whatchya Say posted:Liam Smith is a good fighter. Neither is Canelo Alvarez (  ), so it's totally cool!
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Jun 24, 2016 20:35
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Oh apparently it's at 154. I'm not sure how I feel about that. The fact that it's a genuine Jr. Middleweight fight is better at least, then pretending it's middleweight event. On the other hand, saying you're delaying the fight so that you can get used to 160 and then moving down in weight is... not good.
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Jun 24, 2016 22:33
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Win win imo. canelo gets an easy win and Liam Smith (and maybe the other Smith brothers too) get to defect to the us Edit: But real talk this is pretty trash. Even leaving out the "in Mexico we don't gently caress around (with GGG)" poo poo. Are we really to believe that if Canelo really wanted a Lara rematch , Andrade or either of the Charlo twins that Haymon would not run to take 10% of that payday? The SituAsian fucked around with this message at 23:09 on Jun 24, 2016 |
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Jun 24, 2016 23:02
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Canelo is pretty quickly squandering his good will among the public. Liam Smith is a nobody, exactly the kind of fight that will have everyone groaning about Alvarez' level of competition. Oh well. Canelo's team obviously doesn't think he is ready for Golovkin yet, so they'll just have to take the hit on public relations.
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The Ninth Layer posted:Canelo is pretty quickly squandering his good will among the public. Liam Smith is a nobody, exactly the kind of fight that will have everyone groaning about Alvarez' level of competition. Oh well. Canelo's team obviously doesn't think he is ready for Golovkin yet, so they'll just have to take the hit on public relations. he's not
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Jun 24, 2016 23:16
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Golovkin/Eubank Jr. in September is the next best thing I guess. A Daniel Jacobs fight could be interesting for a few rounds if not for Al Haymon. Billy Joe Saunders is the most "eh" opponent I can think of. I look at BJS and all that I see is yogurt. There's just nothing interesting left for him at 160, from our perspective. It's cool how many different ways this sport finds to be frustrating. Liam Smith as a headlining PPV opponent LMAO
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Jun 25, 2016 05:25
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The SituAsian posted:Fury pulls out of the Wlad rematch. What an awful 24 hours for our UK bros. Turns out if you get vastly out of shape you're more likely to hurt yourself getting fit again Fury really doesn't want it anyway
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Jun 25, 2016 10:36
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I can live with the whole 154 is where Canelo wants to fight (despite blowing up on fight night to like Super Middle or Light Heavy I think), but it's pretty tough to tell me that Canelo/Smith is a PPV I should have any interest in at all.
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Jun 25, 2016 16:48
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I think I got Liam Smith mixed up with Callum Smith
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Jun 25, 2016 17:01
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From a raw numbers perspective Canelo/Smith works since Canelo's guarantee (as far I recall) is around 8-9 million and they are paying Smith-relatively-peanuts. Combined with the site fees from MGM Grand and the live gate this makes a handsome profit at what seems to be Canelo's floor of 225-250,000 buys and this will test that no doubt. Just a little something for all my #boxingbusinessheads
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Jun 25, 2016 20:16
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Eubank Jr status: still owns Should be fighting above the level he is by now tho
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Jun 25, 2016 21:34
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probs the best groves performance since the first froch fight there
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Jun 25, 2016 22:49
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imagine going to a heayweight boxing match and being unable to maintain silence for 10 seconds in memory of muhammad ali. love english people me
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thehappyprince posted:probs the best groves performance since the first froch fight there Nah he's finished, Murray turned up for a retirement payday and was still reasonably competitive I was expecting worse from the 10 bell salute tbh with an arena full of tanked up cunts, it was 99% respectful
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Jun 25, 2016 23:17
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what was the ref doing there
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Jun 25, 2016 23:34
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joshua looking a bit average tonight tbh
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Jun 25, 2016 23:42
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He might be dragging it out to show he can box a bit Anyway it shows even more how pathetic Charles Martin was
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Jun 25, 2016 23:50
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Haye always hanging around like a Sky Box Office loving vulture
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Jun 25, 2016 23:51
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"Breazeale is the perfect opponent to practice stuff on!" Cool world title fight.
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Jun 25, 2016 23:52
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joshua looks really good when he's boxing on instinct and countering but when he has to think about things he looks poo poo, missing right hands by 2 feet. reckon he'd beat wilder but would pick haye and fury to do him tbh thehappyprince fucked around with this message at 00:02 on Jun 26, 2016 |
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Jun 26, 2016 00:00
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I don't think it will ever feel normal to watch boxing on one of the big four networks. I also don't think it'll ever really come back in a big way, but still, nice to see I guess.
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Jun 26, 2016 02:03
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thurman handling porter here will make broner look even worse so looking forward to that
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Jun 26, 2016 02:11
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Goddamn that was a pretty uppercut from Hurd.
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Jun 26, 2016 02:18
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Awful stoppage.
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Jun 26, 2016 02:56
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that was a ridiculous stoppage even though it was clear he wasnt going to win
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Jun 26, 2016 02:57
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wank stoppage but it doesn't matter really. hurd's pretty decent with his paul williams' arms
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Jun 26, 2016 02:57
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why are they trying to rewrite history with the brook fight? it wasn't that close fam. take the L
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Jun 26, 2016 03:21
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Watching at a buffalo wild wings. Go Porter!
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Jun 26, 2016 03:25
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way better than I expected so far
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Jun 26, 2016 03:29
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I don't know if Thurman is getting hurt at all, but when one guy is going forward so consistently it's really hard to not give him the round.
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Jun 26, 2016 03:34
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yeah good action
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Jun 26, 2016 03:34
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1-1 after 2 although porter is still smothering the majority of his shots on the inside and thurman landed some nice floyd esque uppercuts to the body off the ropes cant see it going 12 at this pace
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Jun 26, 2016 03:36
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thurman reminds me of haye with his stance and how he throws his shots. has that really relaxed style too. also cornrows
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Jun 26, 2016 03:39
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Thurman hurt him there
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Jun 26, 2016 03:41
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3-1 Thurman?
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Jun 26, 2016 03:42
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This fight loving rules
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This is a loving good fight
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2-2 even. Thurman seems to have adjusted to Porter's bursting combinations.
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