UrbanDandy
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Great article. You make the hype for Indongo vs Crawford something (positive) to think about.
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Great article. You make the hype for Indongo vs Crawford something (positive) to think about.
Thanks man.
Yeah, Indongo is an exciting addition to the world stage. I hope the Crawford fight happens. It would be great to see all 4 belts at stake in one fight.
UrbanDandy
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Is it feasible to make another boxing tournament like what Showtime did with the Super Six?
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Prob not with as many of the top guys. Too many different promoters involved. Super Six really only excluded Bute. Today it would have to be all PBC or all Top Rank or all HBO.
jchap
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Welter would be a good division to try a tournament in.
Syphon Filter
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who yall got berto or porter? I think porter wins.
lightskintwin
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I think Porter wins too but I'm pulling for Berto.
BLOODED_hands
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What a knockout. Decided to stop playing around and knocked him out, lol.
I don't know who to choose for the main event.
I don't know who to choose for the main event.
I think Porter has this one!
BadAss2961
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Knockdown
Porter fights do ugly.
Porter fights do ugly.
lightskintwin
Banned
Good fight tonight.
Berto is going to get KO'd. Porter mauling him and eating him alive.
Berto is going to get KO'd. Porter mauling him and eating him alive.
BLOODED_hands
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Valid complaints, Berto, but you just need to fight. You're getting destroyed.
lightskintwin
Banned
Not Valid complaints. You're in a fight, FIGHT. It's his fault waiting for the referee to do something.
BLOODED_hands
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Yup. Berto needs to stop looking for a way out of the fight. Fight and stop complaining.
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This is pretty much over.
lightskintwin
Banned
Yup. It's not as if Porter's style was some mystery before the fight. He's fighting like he normally does, Berto's tendency to clinch and inability to fight on the inside is killing him.
BLOODED_hands
Member
Berto's done. Too much complaining and not enough fighting.
lightskintwin
Banned
It's a wrap.
BLOODED_hands
Member
I can see his excuses now:
Porter was clinching too much
Porter was headbutting me too much
Porter threw an elbow
Dude was never really in the fight at all. Complained all the way to the end.
lightskintwin
Banned
There's a certain mental toughness Berto lacks. You could see his body language showing it once the fight began. That's how I knew Berto was going to get KO'd. Hell Berto looked like he wanted to tell the Doctor to stop the fight every time they were checking his eye. LOL At least he got to go out on his shield, and hopefully retire.
lightskintwin
Banned
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_D-jwPeJ1ik
Somebody needs to gif that monster Jermell Charlo KO from tonight.
Somebody needs to gif that monster Jermell Charlo KO from tonight.
BLOODED_hands
Member
Yeah. I noticed that as well. As soon as he stepped into the ring, his body language was that of somebody who never wanted to be in the ring with Porter. He lost when Porter first clinched him and he gave up even more after that, lol.
lightskintwin
Banned
Funniest comment I saw on Youtube.
Sean porter's forehead deserves it's own belt, Now we know why Kenny spent so much time talking to Sean's head, he's was like "This is all you baby, daddy gon buy you a new pillow tonight".
Sean porter's forehead deserves it's own belt, Now we know why Kenny spent so much time talking to Sean's head, he's was like "This is all you baby, daddy gon buy you a new pillow tonight".
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Porter is certainly a rough house guy, but it looked like Berto had zero answer or plan for that. Like, did they not train for his style?
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Shadowhelper
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Spence Brook is the fight of the year I am looking forward too, but I really hope its not anti-climatic.
Brook almost broke the record for most clinches in a fight against Porter. With it was something fucking insane.
I'd like to see Spence put the beat down on Brook. Of all the enticing ones, that's the one I look forward to most. Canelo Chavez should be fun too.
LOL Berto. His whole career was HBO letting him beat him small dudes. He never once has a single fucking signature win at welter. Most people even had Carlos Quintana winning. There is no mystery. Floyd was obsessed with fighting Berto before he stepped up and lost to everyone, because Berto boxing skills are kinda crap at the level he is. Squared up, and barely any jab. Floyd knew that was a fucking easy fight. Master boxer against someone who is squared up, and barely jabs.
Made some good molla betting on Berto to be knocked out. Berto was even getting beating up by Jan Havick, until a cut saved him from the fight. A blowup feather weight wrecked him. There's been this weird thing where people are trying to legitimize him a lot because of all the Floyd Fan boys. Nah, Berto wasn't even a gatekeeper. Just a hypejob that never panned out at all.
Thanks man.
My write-up on the Charlo-Hatley fight and KO:
https://sundaypuncher.com/is-it-finally-time-to-show-jermell-charlo-some-respect-2496772b1615
https://sundaypuncher.com/is-it-finally-time-to-show-jermell-charlo-some-respect-2496772b1615
CopperPuppy
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BadAss2961
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I don't know about all that, but it would be impressive.
Joshua's a beast. Pretty much the perfect modern heavyweight, but he's untested.
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He's definitely the best heavyweight who got Ko'd by Ross purity ever
Wlad is not going to win tomorrow. Let's be real.
I think Wlad deserves credit for essentially rebuilding his career (which even German commentators proclaimed to be over) and for his enormous longevity/consistency.
More importantly, Emanuel Steward deserves endless credit.
I think Wlad deserves credit for essentially rebuilding his career (which even German commentators proclaimed to be over) and for his enormous longevity/consistency.
More importantly, Emanuel Steward deserves endless credit.
lightskintwin
Banned
This can't be serious. Wlad isn't a Top 10 heavyweight despite what other people say. He's definitely a 1st ballot Hall of Famer and Top 15 to Top 20 all time Heavyweight.
Vitali's valiant loss against Lennox Lewis is more impressive than any victory Wlad has ever won.
As long as Wlad's not shot, I think he has a legit shot at beating Anthony Joshua. I hope I'm wrong and Anthony Joshua definitively defeats him hopefully by KO so we have a passing of the torch and can reignite the Heavyweight division. I personally blame Wladimir for destroying the Heavyweight as the glamour division in America. LOL
BLOODED_hands
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I think I might be able to catch that fight tomorrow but I might be at a wedding 
If not, I'll be lurking here lol.
Got Joshua via ko or tko.
If not, I'll be lurking here lol.
Got Joshua via ko or tko.
lightskintwin
Banned
Honestly it's hard to gauge Berto because he was definitely talented, however I do think his development was stifled due to the poor level of opposition he was fed as he was making million dollar purses in going the road of least resistance to winning a title. Berto was definitely old and past his prime in this fight against Shawn Porter. I think Berto at best was a gatekeeper. However you're right that his best win was a debatable victory over Luis Collazo. His loss against Jesus Soto Karass was embarrassing though.
Waste of talent IMO.
People should know Floyd's fight against Berto was basically a showcase/retirement fight after fulfilling his contract in this last fight and making a lot of money for everybody involved from his Canelo and Pacquaio fights.
Time is relentless. Wlad looked old and slow against Jennings already. Dude is 41.
lightskintwin
Banned
You're right, plus he hasn't fought in over a year, so Joshua SHOULD win and I hope he does because he's a young, good looking talented heavyweight with superstar potential who's already a major draw in the UK. However Anthony Joshua hasn't fought 20 fights yet, hasn't fought past the 7th round, and was buzzed by Dillian Whyte despite knocking him out. The way Anthony Joshua fights will obviously allow him to KO Wlad if he can land a solid shot, however it also allows Wlad to hit him with his power punches, and Wlad can still hit hard with the Steelhammer.
So yeah, I give Wlad a very solid punchers chance.
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Wlad hasn't looked good lately, hasn't fought in over a year......but he's also great at minimizing his opponents offense and fighting safety first. I can 100% see him taking Joshua into deep waters and dropping one of those rights.
illmatic22
Banned
Hope Joshua wins(preferably by KO)and closes the book on the Klitschkos.
lightskintwin
Banned
Hear Hear.
I just made a fight thread as I was disappointed that no one else had:
http://neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1366153
http://neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1366153
BadAss2961
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Canelo showing no respect for Chavez in the face off with Max
No English translation yet, but this was good.
No English translation yet, but this was good.