Re: Manfredo's chances...
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Originally Posted by Tito_BHB
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Originally Posted by Brockton Bomber
The answer to why Gomez's career hasn't picked up...weed. He couldn't appear on a Contender card becuase he tested positive, and his fat a** should really be fighting at 147. He would be a monstrer at welter.
Oh yeh i remember hearing that.. Cos he was sparking middleweight sparring partners on the contender..
At welter he would indeed be a banger..
It wouldnt suprise me if he was not very motivated..He is ranked at light middleweight atm i think..
But if he could make welter again perhaps he could make some sort of impact..
A fair enough reason for peter not bieng able to stop gomez is simple..I think you rush in too fast to discredit him...
For one..Manfredo is originally a welterweight.. Then light middle for a period before making middleweight for the sole purpose of bieng on the contender..
Gomez also bieng a welter weight.. Has still never been stopped...
And as you can see peter is looking fairly strong at 168 right now..
I imagine it has taken a while and good training to help him fill out to feel strong at supermiddleweight
But you can see by his body type that its a good weight for him and hes looked strong recently..
Manfredo has never been a welterweight! He started out at around 160, had a few fights at super middleweight early in his career then alternated between middle and Jr middle. He's fighting now at the weight he started out at.
Re: Manfredo's chances...
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Originally Posted by bilbo
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Originally Posted by Tito_BHB
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Originally Posted by Brockton Bomber
The answer to why Gomez's career hasn't picked up...weed. He couldn't appear on a Contender card becuase he tested positive, and his fat a** should really be fighting at 147. He would be a monstrer at welter.
Oh yeh i remember hearing that.. Cos he was sparking middleweight sparring partners on the contender..
At welter he would indeed be a banger..
It wouldnt suprise me if he was not very motivated..He is ranked at light middleweight atm i think..
But if he could make welter again perhaps he could make some sort of impact..
A fair enough reason for peter not bieng able to stop gomez is simple..I think you rush in too fast to discredit him...
For one..Manfredo is originally a welterweight.. Then light middle for a period before making middleweight for the sole purpose of bieng on the contender..
Gomez also bieng a welter weight.. Has still never been stopped...
And as you can see peter is looking fairly strong at 168 right now..
I imagine it has taken a while and good training to help him fill out to feel strong at supermiddleweight
But you can see by his body type that its a good weight for him and hes looked strong recently..
Manfredo has never been a welterweight! He started out at around 160, had a few fights at super middleweight early in his career then alternated between middle and Jr middle. He's fighting now at the weight he started out at.
Im sure it was manfredo who was a welter...
Perhaps im wrong..But im certain that the espn team was talking about it in the pemberton fight..
Perhaps im wrong.. But thats espn's fault if i am..lol
I still think gomez is underrated to make a long story short.. lol
Peace
Re: Manfredo's chances...
The fight will be over in the first round.
Re: Manfredo's chances...
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Originally Posted by Preme
The fight will be over in the first round.
Its a possiblity, but I'd say a few rounds more. Manfredo hasnt a hope in hell though, and thats where he is going! ;D
Re: Manfredo's chances...
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Originally Posted by miles
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Originally Posted by Preme
The fight will be over in the first round.
Its a possiblity, but I'd say a few rounds more. Manfredo hasnt a hope in hell though, and thats where he is going! ;D
since they talked about this i have been uming and ar'ing about how it will end, im certain now calzaghe will end it in the first round, i think when the night comes and hes look over at him, he will just want to get the job over and done with asap. Manfredo doesn't have the power to really hurt joe, the reach to do any jabbing or setting up, calzaghe will be way to fast and just get in and hurt him and end it in the first IMo.
Re: Manfredo's chances...
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Originally Posted by Preme
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Originally Posted by miles
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Originally Posted by Preme
The fight will be over in the first round.
Its a possiblity, but I'd say a few rounds more. Manfredo hasnt a hope in hell though, and thats where he is going! ;D
since they talked about this i have been uming and ar'ing about how it will end, im certain now calzaghe will end it in the first round, i think when the night comes and hes look over at him, he will just want to get the job over and done with asap. Manfredo doesn't have the power to really hurt joe, the reach to do any jabbing or setting up, calzaghe will be way to fast and just get in and hurt him and end it in the first IMo.
I hope you're right. We've not had an early KO for a while
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Totally disagree.. I say manfredo at least lasts the distance!
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as of late, Joe C has been pressured for the K.O against less than worthy opponents, I feel he will look for the K.O
Manfredo's chances...
Slim and None, and right now, we are all out of slim.
The fight will be a TKO.
I dont think Joe C has it in him to KO him
But he has the intensity to make a ref or Corner, stop the fight.
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Joe calzaghe is overated he has been spoon fed by frank warren he should be fighting mikkel kessler now thats a fight
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Manfredo's weakness is if a fighter starts to get off power punches Manfredo will stand still and try to block them.... against Calzaghe that could cost him.
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I must admit though, the sheer scale of the challenge ahead of him will make me root for him though.
Calzaghe has long been my favourite fighter but this fight is tantamount to picking on the spotty nerdy kid with glasses at school and for that I'd love to see him get spanked
Re: Manfredo's chances...
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Originally Posted by Preme
The fight will be over in the first round.
Not at shot. If he couldn't KO Lacy, he ain't gotta KO Manfredo early. I'm not staying he won't stop him, but you guys who think Joe is going to blow him out immediately are overrating Joe and underrating Peter. If Manfredo gets KO'd in round 1, I'll run Providence Place Mall wearing nothing but a Welsh flag to cover my privates :) He'll hang around until late and/or lose a decision.
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Originally Posted by SeanE
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Originally Posted by Preme
The fight will be over in the first round.
Not at shot. If he couldn't KO Lacy, he ain't gotta KO Manfredo early. I'm not staying he won't stop him, but you guys who think Joe is going to blow him out immediately are overrating Joe and underrating Peter. If Manfredo gets KO'd in round 1, I'll run Providence Place Mall wearing nothing but a Welsh flag to cover my privates :) He'll hang around until late and/or lose a decision.
do they make welsh flags that small?
Anywho....
What performance has manfredo shown you, that makes you think he can hang with Calz? Or even any TRUE top contender? His 3 losses out of the last 5 fights?
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Calzaghe will have to break both hands for this to be competitive.
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I would have to agree with everyone that said slim chance. On paper he loses in every aspect except maybe heart.
