The Official Boxing Thread

[krichardson]

Gannady seems to be calling out Miguel Cotto and Andre Ward's name was mentioned,what do you think of either of those match ups?

 

[bottles]

I love Cotto, but he might be a little undersized against GGG. A matchup with Ward would be great.

 

[krichardson]

Yeah,the HBO announce team was saying that Ward is about the only fellow who is willing to fight Triple G..I was a little surprised to see that HBO will be airing Bernard Hopkins next fight.He is a part of the Gden Boy promotion company who I thought was at odds with HBO?

 

[SumoNinja]

Just watched Gannady Golovkin destroy Marco Antonio Rubio on HBO and Roy Jones summed up the fight with,"I hope you had your popcorn popped,your soda already ready and some of it in your mouth because Golovkin works fast!"

he lost the fight on the scale already. when a fighter is heavy close to weigh ins, he is desperately trying to drain a lot of weight and dehydrate in a very short amount of time or last minute. which depletes his energy, not to mention the mental aspect of it.

a lot of fighters say that they love what they do, the thing they hate most is the weight cut

 

[bottles]

I'm not sure what's happening with HBO/Golden Boy. I'm looking forward to Hopkins vs Kovalev. Kovalev is coming in as a slight favorite.

 

[krichardson]

Based on Kovalev's dismantling of his last opponent I can see why.

 

[krichardson]

Well,Bernard Hopkins finally got his butt whooped last night....I should have made a few bets at work as I didn't see him at fifty years old having any chance of beating Kovolev...he was almost knocked out.

 

[tlindsey]

Bernard Hopkins is one of my favorite fighter's , followed him from the first time he appeared on Tuesday NightFights , I would hhope Bernard would consider retirement.

 

[krichardson]

I agree but he was actually looking past Kovalev and eyeing a fight with Genady Golovkin in the future...It turns out Hopkins should have worked things out with Adonis Stephenson for a unification match.All water under the bridge now Bernard should spend his days in the offices of Golden Boy and stay out of the ring.

 

[SumoNinja]

I don't know why bhop is still fighting. dude is old as hell now. he needs to just chill and enjoy his legacy

I hated bhop way back when I didn't know who was this chump who ko'd my boy Trinidad.

turns out he's one of the greats, lol