The Boxing Thread

I would think so.

 

Not sure what those commentators are on. You would think Macklin is getting a hiding here but I think he at least shared the 10th there.

 

saved by the bell

 

Well that settled it.

 

or maybe not

 

Cant believe they pulled him out there. * sake it was the last round.

 

He was beat.Gave it a shot.....

 

How much of the fight did you see ?

 

They done correct.

Had it of went another round,he may have been leaving that place in a stretcher.

You can always tell by the fighters reaction,and Macklin did not protest one bit to his corner.

 

One of the judges had Macklin 3 points up going into the 11th and the other two had him losing by 1 point.

 

All of it.He held his own for me for most of it......quite balanced, but he did in my opinion start to lose it in the last 3 or 4 rounds.He didnt get beat up or anything, but he did lose it.His corner didnt pack it in for no reason.:-/

P.S. I had £23 @5/1 on him winning, and £2 @33/1 on the draw!

 

last 3 or 4 rounds / you being serious ?

His corner gave it up because they seen his stamina was gone.

You said he "gave it a go"............i think that was quite condescending,but then again you probably meant it in that way.

 

Any more boxing on the nite? looks like i missed a good fight...

 

I meant he gave it a go, in the actual sense of the words!He tried his best,but lost out to a great champion......i wasnt being condescending in the slightest, was being realistic.I think his corner quit because he got beaten up in the last round and had nothing more to give.I dont believe it was stamina, he is 8 years younger and probably prepared for the fight more than any in his life.I think he was beat.
As for last 3 or 4, well i dont know when exactly he started to lose it, but it seemed like the last few rounds.I didnt hear the commentary as i rarely listen to it in any sport, but i did see Jim Watts scorecard flashed up a few times.
I hate them directing my thoughts, so i usually listen to music watching sport!

 

This is where i realise you are taking the *.


Nothing more to give,as a pro boxer = stamina *.

The rest of your post could be picked apart,but as you are just trolling,i could not be bothered.

 

F-- sake.....i watched a fight, and posted my view, and you accuse me of trolling.You are quite clearly knit picking with me.

"taking the *"..."trolling"????What are you on about?Am i allowed to comment at all?

 

http://tykestv.eu/index.php

Couple of streams on this showing Mayweather- Cotto and Alvarez - Moseley. It starts at 2am I think. A decent preview on the undercard fight.
http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rc...xuXMBA&usg=AFQjCNGJOvHgks6odxey4YvHYOkh4L8m6A

 

What a start to the Irish Prizefighter!!!

 

did anyone watch the carl froch - bute fight on saterday?

was honestly a trully great performence from the under dog froch.

best i've ever seen from, he was class on the night. really enjoyed that fight.

 

Forgot to post this. For those that remember him, he was a really good fighter. Bit erratic mind but RIP

http://wzeu.search-results.com/r?t=...former-world-champ-johnny-tapia-20120528.html

Nobody who knew Johnny Tapia can be remotely surprised that he was found dead inside his Albuquerque, N.M., home on Sunday.
The only surprise, perhaps, is that he survived the first four times he was declared dead.
Johnny Tapia celebrates after defeating Eduardo Alvarez during an international featherweight contest. (AP)Tapia won major world championships in three weight classes and was one of the elite fighters of the late 1990s and early 2000s.
Despite his brilliance in the ring, he was far better known for a life story that was far stranger than any fiction novel could ever be.
An 89-word passage from his 2010 autobiography, "Mi Vida Loca," probably best sums up the sad life of this small, troubled and talented man.
"My name is Johnny Lee Tapia. I was born on Friday the 13th. A Friday in February of 1967. To this day I don't know if that makes me lucky or unlucky. When I was eight I saw my mother murdered. I never knew my father. He was murdered before I was born. I was raised as a pit bull. Raised to fight to the death. Four times I was declared dead. Four times they wanted to pull life support. And many more times I came close to dying."
Sadly, on Sunday, he did. A spokesman for the Albuquerque, N.M., police department told Yahoo! Sports a body found in a home in the city's northwest section was believed to be Tapia's. He said circumstances do not appear to be suspicious and that the cause of death will be determined at autopsy. His death was confirmed shortly thereafter.
Tapia won world championships at super flyweight, bantamweight and featherweight, relying on guile, cunning and a barely controlled fury.
He ripped off punches in rapid-fire manner, as though he was trying to knock out all the demons that were attacking him. In the ring, he stayed calm amid all manner of chaos, keeping his cool as punches flew from all directions at his head and body. He'd duck, step to the side and return fire with remarkable accuracy.
It was when the gym doors were closed and the lights were turned off that Tapia couldn't win. Death was his constant companion. His mother was raped, stabbed repeatedly with a screwdriver and chained to the back of a truck. When he tried to tell family members what he saw, no one believed the 8-year-old until it was too late.
He saw friends murder and murdered. He ducked bullets more often than he did punches.
He went through * in the ring with a smile because it was a breeze compared to his life outside it.
He nearly didn't make it through the second day of his marriage. On his wedding night, his cousins approached his new bride, Teresa, and said to her, "Why don't you go back there and see what you married."
Teresa Tapia walked into a bedroom in her new mother-in-law's home and saw her husband of a few hours shooting himself in the arm with a needle.
His heart stopped and he was declared dead in her car.
He inflicted intense amounts of pain on those he loved with his frequent bouts with drugs and numerous brushes with death, yet he remained a chipper and friendly man who never would simply say hello. If you were a Tapia friend, he'd throw a bear hug on you and squeeze, holding the embrace as if he forever would be safe if he never let go.
But the only place in his life where he truly was safe was in a boxing ring. He was 59-5-2 with 30 knockouts in a professional boxing career that covered 23 years, more than half his life. As an *, he won more than 100 fights and earned five New Mexico Golden Gloves titles and two national Golden Gloves championships.
Tapia never did quit fighting, inside or outside of the ring. He nearly died of a cocaine overdose in 2007, recovered and returned to fight three more times.
That he reached 45 was something of a miracle. He always said he expected to be dead long before he turned 40.
In his book, he wrote, "My mother was murdered when she was 32. I didn't think I would outlive her. I never thought I'd make it past my own 32nd birthday. I didn't even want to make it past her 32nd birthday. After turning 31, I could feel that time was coming on. It started growing in the back of my mind, and it was always there in my head. I was counting down the days, weeks, and months to the time that I would be the age she was when she died. I started to feel that time was running out for me."
Time ran out, finally, on Sunday.
He fought to win and he fought to survive. In the ring, he was knocked down just twice, once in his second pro fight in 1988 and then again in his final bout in 2011.
He got up both times to win.
On Sunday, though, the count reached 10.
This was a life he simply couldn't win.