Canelo Alvarez vs Gennady Golovkin fight of the year

[MiDNiTe]

Well looks like GGG doesn't have the speed or power anymore to get the K.O, just hope he can take the punishment and last the 12 rounds

[Foxx]

Oh well

[stevenash]

What a shit show that was.

[mjsuax13]

GGG showed flashes late and went out on his feet. Wasn’t the battle everyone hoped for. Nothing but respect for the Old Warrior. Enjoy retirement.

[MiDNiTe]

Lol what a weird scorecard given the previous 2 scores in their previous fights, happy to win a bet where was worried early

[Nate rasta]

Weakest fight of the year

[stevenash]

Weakest fight of the year

For sure.
I want that last hour of my life back.

Fight had a couple of moments, doesn't change the fact it was still a shit show.
It was like watching Paul/Money all over again.

[ChuckyTheGoat]

Weakest fight of the year

Damn. Best era of Fighting had to be the Middle-weights from the 1980s.

Leonard/Duran/Hagler/Hearns and others. Guys didn't dodge, nobody was protecting their record.

Fighters that took on the challenge. Occasionally, they'd get beat. But when they fought, worth the price of admission.

[Art Vandelay]

Damn. Best era of Fighting had to be the Middle-weights from the 1980s.

Leonard/Duran/Hagler/Hearns and others. Guys didn't dodge, nobody was protecting their record.

Fighters that took on the challenge. Occasionally, they'd get beat. But when they fought, worth the price of admission.

You are so right! I remember watching a few of those on "closed circuit" - Hagler vs Leonard. Great era!

[stevenash]

You are so right! I remember watching a few of those on "closed circuit" - Hagler vs Leonard. Great era!

My dad used to tell me that and the Sonny Liston era was as good as it got.
Thing was my dad said the fights in his day were a lot more, how shall we say, 'crooked'

[gauchojake]

I actually thought it was a better fight than the last one but still just not a great fight.

[homie1975]

fight of the year will most likely be SPENCE v CRAWFORD on Nov 5.

[Mac4Lyfe]

For sure.
I want that last hour of my life back.

Fight had a couple of moments, doesn't change the fact it was still a shit show.
It was like watching Paul/Money all over again.

I'm a boxing fanatic but they need to find a way to change things up to make it more interesting. The UFC card had 13 fights and 7 ended in KO/submission. I can appreciate the sweet science of boxing and I love watching great defense, where you can't hit a guy but most people want to see knockouts and mayhem and boxing has really lost a lot of luster in that department.

[mackave]

couple good exchanges but yeh mostly sh1t, shoulda had them go 15 somehow

[slayer14]

Guys where does Golovkin go from here

[jjgold]

Terrible fight

UFC ruined boxing

[JAKEPEAVY21]

Terrible fight

UFC ruined boxing

boxing ruined boxing

they were the only show in town for the longest time and always snubbed their nose at the UFC thinking they would never be any competition...

well, guess what? The UFC actually puts on fights that people want to see

I've always been a fight fan but boxing only has itself to blame for falling off a cliff

[povis]

No wonder sport of boxing lost so much popularity and credibility 40 year old guy against Canelo in his prime it's a bounce back fight fir Alvarez. If they don't make Bud vs. Spence fight then boxing is dead sport period. Canelo is arguably 1-2 vs GGG i was sad fight to watch.

[mjsuax13]

I love boxing and agree that boxing ruined boxing. There are not enough marquee fighters/fights and their marketing is stale. UFC does such a better job of marketing the sport, talent and fights. In boxing, most of the top contenders in each weight class spend years talking/dodging and then fight past their primes. Too many promoters. UFC is one which cleans up a lot of the back room bullshit.

That said, T Mobile was filled to the rafters last night and Canelo will make $100 million from 2 fights this year so for him there’s little incentive to change it. Mayweather made almost a billion boxing. The stars do tremendously well. UFC’s top stars don’t earn close to that. If you are the A+ side star on the boxing card it’s highly lucrative.

[stevenash]

I'm a boxing fanatic but they need to find a way to change things up to make it more interesting. The UFC card had 13 fights and 7 ended in KO/submission. I can appreciate the sweet science of boxing and I love watching great defense, where you can't hit a guy but most people want to see knockouts and mayhem and boxing has really lost a lot of luster in that department.

I used to love boxing, pretty much gave up on it after Tyson in his prime.

I was thinking, and I don't like to think on weekends, it hurts too much, anyways, I can think of maybe six really good fights I've seen in the past 20 years, that's like one really good fight every three years.

I've got other options, so I don't care what boxing does anymore, I'll watch a quality fight when offered, thing in there isn't enough quality talent though for consistent quality fights.

I follow the AEW, yes pro wrestling is scripted, but Kahn's company, AEW is loaded with wrestling talent.
These athletes do some incredible things. It's an athletic soap opera is what it is, but I like it, so sue me for liking pro wrestling if you don't like it. lol

Than I got the MMA/UFC if I want, not to mention MLB and NFL.
So like I said boxing can do what they want, just stop promoting 'fight's of the year' that's actually a shit show.
That's what's turning sports fans off, the shit shows they get people like me sucked in to watch.
I don't pay for these events, all the PPV's are included in my content carrier package, my beef is not money I paid, I paid zero for these, my beef is it was a waste of my time, and my other beef is I don't like being played for a sucker.

Yes boxing is a sweet science, I understand it, two things I can't do athletically, that being basketball and boxing, not that I'm not athletic, I am very, but I'm 5' 7.5" 174 lbs. I built like a bowling ball, like the late, great Kirby Puckett, very low center of gravity, tree trunk legs, and a solid upper body. I was a scholastic baseball player and wrestler.

I wrestled 158 and mainly 170 lbs.
You couldn't take me down below the waist, I was too developed in the legs and my low center of gravity made in next to impossible. I was good, not great, I loved wrestling against the six foot lanky 170 pounders, they were mainly all legs and so easy to take out, most of my losses came from opponents built like me and jut plain out wrestled me.
My record was like 38-16 give or take (two years HS, two years college)

I played a lot of pick up hoops just for fun.
I would get elbows to the head all the time underneath, I'm just not built for hoops, love the game, I can shoot, but I'm too small.

Boxing?
Forget about it, I have no reach, I'd get killed.

Good luck in the NFL picks today, gotta run.

[jjgold]

Ufc rules

[mcaulay777]

I used to love boxing as well growing up in the late 70s early 80s i subscribed to all the magazines taped all the fights once vcrs came into play. Marvin Hagler was my favorite growing up. Off the top off my head some great fighters of the past. Salvador Sanchez was awesome life cut way too short.Eddie Gregory who became Eddie ustapha. Mustapha Mahomed, Cornielles Boza Edwards, Eddie Chacon, Wilfred Benitez,Donnie Moore rip,so many others could be here all night!

[stevenash]

^
Macho Camacho used to amuse me.

Hagler was my favorite too, that mother fukker took no shit.

[BigJay]

When the two biggest “stars” of the past 20 years, Mayweather and Canelo, are/were very boring fighters.

Nothing like the 80s and 90s when I was growing up (middleweight heyday Hagler, Hearns, Leonard, Duran, even DeLaHoya and Trinidad) and a good run of heavyweights led by Tyson.

Just hasn’t been anything like those days recently.

Plus the same old games of people waiting to fight each other years after the fight should have taken place, such as GGG-Canelo 1, Fury-Joshua and the list goes on and on. You just don’t see those games in the UFC. They make the fights people want to see when guys are in their prime.

[JAKEPEAVY21]

^
Macho Camacho used to amuse me.

Hagler was my favorite too, that mother fukker took no shit.

Enjoyed watching the big fights while growing up in the 80s and 90s.

Prince Naseem Hamed was one of my favorites to watch.

[povis]

Can you imagine Dana White getting away with constantly bad cards, weak PPVs month after month? revenue would collapse by 80%. Boxing has so many belts bunch of mediocre champions promoters are short-sighted only looking to make quick buck. People should try One championship it's on amazon prime for US citizens they got some compelling fights not all fights are barnburners but muay thai is fun to watch, not that many sites offer betting but it probably going to catch up.

[mjsuax13]

Can you imagine Dana White getting away with constantly bad cards, weak PPVs month after month? revenue would collapse by 80%. Boxing has so many belts bunch of mediocre champions promoters are short-sighted only looking to make quick buck. People should try One championship it's on amazon prime for US citizens they got some compelling fights not all fights are barnburners but muay thai is fun to watch, not that many sites offer betting but it probably going to catch up.

You are right he couldn’t.

UFC is a company that controls every single detail of every single promotion, the brand UFC is the promotion. Boxing is the Wild West with promoters, bunch of bs belts and trash everywhere. It’s too bad boxing couldn’t consolidate all this down to 1-2 major promoters with unified belts in each class.

[homie1975]

errol spence v terrance crawford on Sat 11/19 should be a doozie !!

[stevenash]

errol spence v terrance crawford on Sat 11/19 should be a doozie !!

Crawford is a beast, he wins at every level.

[Thor4140]

Knocked out in the first minute. Hard as hell to cap UFC.

Sorry Mac that was the worst performance of his career. I am still stunned that happen. He had a chance to get out of that mount but Jackson illegally grab the fence to keep position. I didnt see this the first time i watched it but saw it later. Who knows. Sad part is that for some reason this boy family keeps getting stiffed their tickets while the other fighter has family their cheering him on. I talk to him right after the fight an all he could think of was coming home. It is a little easier when he has family there but he pretty much had nothing but a few coaches. I finally think i have his father riled up enuf to start asking some questions.

[Thor4140]

errol spence v terrance crawford on Sat 11/19 should be a doozie !!

Thats the fight everyone wants to see and that includes me