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AJ didn't even shave or get a haircut, he's going soft
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Sep 22, 2018 22:15
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Frankston posted:AJ didn't even shave or get a haircut, he's going soft And hes been caught a couple of times already, uh oh.
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Sep 22, 2018 22:24
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AJ is looking real bad here....
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Sep 22, 2018 22:27
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Povetkin is winning; AJ fighting a very dumb fight here.
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Sep 22, 2018 22:35
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Cigar Aficionado posted:Povetkin is winning; AJ fighting a very dumb fight here. I got AJ up 3 to 2?
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Sep 22, 2018 22:38
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Kinda weird they’re only showing povetkin’s corner between rounds
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Sep 22, 2018 22:42
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Povetkin is done
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Sep 22, 2018 22:44
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drat AJ
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Sep 22, 2018 22:45
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OH poo poo
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Sep 22, 2018 22:45
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Phwoar
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Sep 22, 2018 22:45
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Sorry I missed what was apparently a good start, but I came on during the 6th and saw something memorable in the 7th.
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Sep 22, 2018 22:46
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I had Povetkin up 4-2 (same as Dan Rafael’s card) at the time of the stoppage. Good that AJ got the stoppage for the heavyweight division’s sake, but he looked very vulnerable here.
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Sep 22, 2018 22:46
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Thank goodness.
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Sep 22, 2018 22:46
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Obviously AJ was troubled I don't think it was a total whitewash like I'm seeing on the reddit thread. Povetkin looked really gassed after 5 and-hindsight I know-I feel like you could've seen this coming after Joshua put in really good work in the 6th.
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Sep 22, 2018 22:47
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AJ fought like the plan was to let him gas and then pounce, which isn’t a bad plan tbh
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Sep 22, 2018 22:49
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sportsgenius86 posted:AJ fought like the plan was to let him gas and then pounce, which isn’t a bad plan tbh Well yea, but its risky as hell what with that heavy weight power that barely missed, if not landed a couple of times, particularly in that first round. Scary stuff.
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Sep 22, 2018 22:50
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Fun fight to watch
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Sep 22, 2018 22:52
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shame Povetkin isn't a few years younger, he's a stylistic nightmare for both Joshua and Wilder (as in, he can actually box)
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Sep 22, 2018 23:05
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That was fun to watch. First time I've seen Joshua look scared in the ring. Good mental strength to pull it back together. Sky sports commentary was fine but so repetitive. They must have called Povetkin a 'threat' at least 20,000 times.
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Sep 23, 2018 03:02
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Watching the GGG-Canelo rematch replay...you guys are awesome, but really it was a close fight. Golovkin had some dominant late rounds, but it's not like they were 10-8. The stylistic mixup causes too much dissonance. Why is GGG the persistent jabber? Why is Alvarez the forward fighter? Since when does the fighter landing more body punches get gassed late? The only obvious missed call was ANYONE that gave round 12 to Canelo. That's the one bullshit point I have. Overall 7-5 GGG but nah, I can't say it's a robbery. The ebb and flow reminded me of Hopkins-Taylor and Holmes-Spinks. There is no consensus on scoring.
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Sep 23, 2018 04:02
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It's only not a robbery if you ignore the context of the first fight, the events leading up to the second fight, Canelo's whole career and the economics of boxing. GGG got hustled out of his belts.
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Sep 23, 2018 09:21
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you don’t have to have a bunch of 10-8s for it to be the wrong decision. golovkin won more rounds so should’ve won is what it boils down to
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Sep 23, 2018 09:22
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IDK, I’m the biggest GGG homer there is and I had it 7-5 G or 6-6, depending on one round swinging. Those two scorecards seem to be the dominant ones from observers, but 7-5 C is absolutely possible. It is disappointing though because it happened two times, and taking both of them into account it doesn’t feel great.
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Sep 23, 2018 18:28
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7-5 either way or 6-6 are the acceptable scores. Canelo winning is no robbery. The real robbery was the draw in the first fight, in which GGG won 8-9 rounds. And of course it sucks that GGG got the short end of the stick, one egregiously so, in both fights, but boxing is a corrupt enterprise and the chances of a 36 year old Kazakh who doesn’t sell tickets or speak much English getting the benefit of the doubt over the 28 year old biggest cash cow in boxing are remote. Unfortunately.
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Sep 23, 2018 21:39
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The next big fight is already this Friday: George Groves vs Callum Smith for the WBSS tournament 168 pound final. This one's a lot less dramatic than the cruiserweight tournament was, as arguably the best fighter in the 168 pound division, Gilberto Ramirez, didn't take part. Actually, somehow only 1 of the 4 major titles ended up in this tournament, so there won't be a unification either, let alone a unification of all 4 belts. The winner of Groves/Smith, assuming it's definitive outcome, will be considered the highest ranked/best super middleweight in the world though, for what that's worth. It's a weak and splintered division, but hopefully the winner is able to secure fights with Ramirez, David Benavidez, and/or Jose Uzcategui.
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Sep 24, 2018 05:11
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Teddy Atlas has some things to say about Mike Tyson: https://www.bloodyelbow.com/2018/9/25/17899044/boxing-teddy-atlas-mike-tyson-was-not-a-great-fighter-heavyweight-news
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Sep 25, 2018 16:15
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Dirt Road Junglist posted:Teddy Atlas has some things to say about Mike Tyson: The whole podcast is fantastic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEwq64YTSO8
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Sep 25, 2018 18:23
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I love teddy atlas, read his book twice. Gonna listen to that asap.
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Sep 25, 2018 21:52
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Dude this is nuts  https://twitter.com/vcstar/status/1044759783679688704
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Sep 26, 2018 03:04
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The SituAsian posted:Dude this is nuts Nice!
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Sep 26, 2018 03:27
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https://twitter.com/arielhelwani/status/1045347580505403392
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Sep 27, 2018 18:05
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This bothers me, but not as much as it might have five or ten years ago. Either they got worse or something about me changed, either way I dont get the same feeling from hearing Jones and young man what's his name talking about a fight vs Foreman/Steward with Larry Merchant.
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Sep 27, 2018 18:16
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They've had a foot out the door ever since the AT&T merger
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Sep 27, 2018 18:38
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Pretty shocking that they would actually make this public but it was definitely inevitable when they really started getting the "we are not a sports network, we're a storytelling network" narrative out there. Looks I'll be renewing that showtime subscription....
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Sep 27, 2018 18:47
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Boxing is dying
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Sep 27, 2018 18:53
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I wonder if Lamps, Max and Roy will end up on dazn now. Edit: He will be involved in the Muhammad Ali documentary being released but even after that......yeah who knows The SituAsian fucked around with this message at 18:58 on Sep 27, 2018 |
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Sep 27, 2018 18:55
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The SituAsian posted:I wonder if Lamps, Max and Roy will end up on dazn now. The article says Lampley is staying with HBO (doing what?!)
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Sep 27, 2018 18:57
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mewse posted:Boxing is dying On the flipside, ESPN and other services are picking up more fights.
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Sep 27, 2018 19:07
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Yeah it’s more that ESPN, PBC and DAZN are upping their investments and HBO don’t want to compete. More money saved for Game of Thrones.
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