The state of boxing (2)

[CCTAU]

Butterbean would like to have a word with y’all!

[Snaggletiger]

Butterbean would like to have a word with y’all!

I prefer zipper peas.  Got a gallon bag of those the other night and cooked them up with some inch thick, smoked pork chops. 

[CCTAU]

I prefer zipper peas.  Got a gallon bag of those the other night and cooked them up with some inch thick, smoked pork chops.

That is you...on the flo!

[WiregrassTiger]

That is you...on the flo!

I knew if I hung around long enough, I would eventually chuckle at something that you posted. But it has been painfully difficult.

[The Six]

Well, I stand corrected. As GH mentioned, Wilder did indeed exercise his rematch clause and that's happening this July in Vegas.

Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder to complete trilogy in July
https://sports.yahoo.com/tyson-fury-deontay-wilder-rematch-trilogy-mgm-grand-july-042839319.html

The trilogy fight between Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder has a date.

The two heavyweights will meet at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on July 18, Top Rank’s Bob Arum told the Los Angeles Times. The fight will occur just five months after Fury’s dominant win over Wilder.

From the Times:

    “We received a letter from Wilder’s team on Friday night, and we agreed with the networks and the hotel that July 18 was the optimal date,” Arum told The Times. “We had a seamless promotion last time with Al Haymon, PBC [Premier Boxing Champions] and Fox. We look forward to working with them again.”

Wilder quickly exercised the rematch clause in his contract after falling to Fury via seventh-round TKO.

[Kaos]

Well, I stand corrected. As GH mentioned, Wilder did indeed exercise his rematch clause and that's happening this July in Vegas.

Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder to complete trilogy in July
https://sports.yahoo.com/tyson-fury-deontay-wilder-rematch-trilogy-mgm-grand-july-042839319.html

Could not possibly care less 

[The Six]

Could not possibly care less

[Kaos]

Just ran across a video of the three Frazier-Ali fights. 

Makes me realize even more what chumps and clowns these two posers Fury and Wilder are. 

Joe Frazier was  grown man.  He would have killed both of them at the same time.  Ali?  He'd slice either of them to ribbons.  He fought a series of goofy ass goons like Tyson Fury over his career and made them look stupid.  This would be no different. 

I had forgotten, but I really wish Eddie had let Joe come out for the 15th round in the third fight between Frazier and Ali.  All Joe would have to have done was walk to the center of the ring and watch Ali topple at his feet.  But Futch sat him and Clay took the belt.



I get it, Joe had taken a beating like I've never seen any man suffer outside a movie.  But it just sucked that he took all that punishment through 14 brutal rounds and was denied the payoff for absorbing it.  Ali was done.  His legs were gone.  He wouldn't have survived the 15th.

That was boxing.  This pansy ass, blubber flab shit now?  Pffft.

[Snaggletiger]

Yep, boxers in Ali's era were bad ass.

[GH2001]

Joe Frazier, Joe Louis - prob my fav 2 of all time....Holmes, even Foreman. And the 80's/90's era guys - Lewis, Tyson, Holyfield, Hearns, Hagler, Leonard - all very dominate and respectable boxers. 

Hard to leave out Marciano, and then the rags to riches underdog types like Braddock and Wepner. Boxing, much like "rasslin" - was always about the personalities and then backing it up in a tough fashion. I miss that. 

[AUJarhead]

Hard to leave out Marciano,

That's their one!  That's their one!

[Snaggletiger]

That's their one!  That's their one!

Every time start talkin' bout boxing, white man gotta' bring up Rocky Marciano.  Let me tell you somethin'....

[WiregrassTiger]

That's their one!  That's their one!

He beat Joe Louis’ ass.