Showtime announces dates for Garcia-Thurman, six more fights - Bad Left Hook
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Then down here in Oz we have Green hasbeen vs Ant Mundane and the public will buy into it.
Riveting stuff I tell you. :rolleyes:
Definitely a few good fights coming up in the next few months. October has been a horrible month to be a boxing fan
Nice, definitely a good handful of fights, was Haymon able to secure a new network deal with Showtime or something? I think all of these fights involve a fighter of his. I remember Granados upsetting Amir Inam on the Bute-DeGale undercard, exciting fighter with a really high output and a lot of guts. Worried he'll be outgunned and give Broner too many openings, but I'm sure everyone would love to see an upset there.
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Originally Posted by Andre
Just thought I would post in your thread, because I know you miss my sig. ;D
Anyways, looking forward to Frampton/Santa Cruz II and Garcia/Thurman.
Adrien Bonehead could disappear for all I care.
From 0 to 100 in sixty seconds is Showtime ;D Decent scraps building there. I'm not sold at all on Mikey Garcia being fast tracked after time out and coming back at 135-140 and he should be in deep with Klaticanin. That is a solid card! Thurman v Garcia needs to happen but the cynic in me will wait until inner politics play thru to believe Haymon.
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Originally Posted by DianeQuote:
Originally Posted by Andre
Just thought I would post in your thread, because I know you miss my sig. ;D
Anyways, looking forward to Frampton/Santa Cruz II and Garcia/Thurman.
Adrien Bonehead could disappear for all I care.
who are you :-X
Hi Diane.
Sad indictment on the state of Aus boxing when the general press is laughing at and hanging shit on 'The greatest fight in Aussie history'.
;D Funny stuff here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYWiw-4peYs
Totally agree with youQuote:
Originally Posted by powerpuncher
154 Jarrett Hurd fighting on the Danny Garcia card! Think this guy is one to watch. Original opponent had to pull out so now it's Jo Jo Dan :-X
Jesus Cuellar (28-1, 21 KOs) will defend his secondary belt against former three-division world titleholder Abner Mares (29-2-1, 15 KOs) six months after it was postponed due to Mares’ inability to get a boxing license in New York because of a failed eye exam.... I root for Abner Mares because he's always willing to risk all in order to land his own best punches and he signed a boxing glove for my son... :) But, I worry for Abner because Mares had surgery for a detached retina in 2008 and think Cuellar will be ruthless and try to target the old injury... Also the co-feature will pit junior middleweight world titleholder Jermall Charlo (24-0, 18 KOs), of Houston, against mandatory challenger Julian "J Rock" Williams (22-0-1, 14 KOs), of Philadelphia, and figures to be as competitive as the main event.... The world title doubleheader will be on Dec. 10, 2016 at the Galen Center on the USC campus....
No big fights on tonight?
Vasquez JR and Juanma are fighting tonight, does that count?:p I'll probably try and watch just for the train wreck factor, I think(hope) Vasquez isn't as dangerous as the last few guys to pole axe Juanma, but it's definitely a farce of a matchup. Lopez should not be fighting and you have to wonder if he has anyone looking out for him.
Not really a big one but this one should be a barn burner just the same....Quote:
Originally Posted by Master
Saturday 29 October 2016
Palenque Vicente Fernandez, Gomez Palacio, Durango, Mexico
Cristian Mijares 54 8 2
vs
Shohei Kawashima 14 0 2
Featherweight
WBC Silver featherweight title
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2FZVQpdwV8
Nice battle.
Is it crazy/annoying to anyone else that PPV fights today wouldn't have even made HBO/Showtime prior to 2000? Think about it: Barrera vs Morales, Barrera vs Hamed, Barrera vs Pac, Hagler vs Hearns, Oscar vs Mosely...etc., were available on cable networks. Manny vs Vargas?!?!? Garcia vs Thurman?!?!? Canelo vs any bum he decides to extend his charade against next?!?!? THOSE are PPV worthy fights today???? What a joke.
That is seriously bad for boxing when this crap is ppv. People should stop buying these cards and that will tell the promoters and tv companies that they can not keep taking the piss out of fans.Quote:
Originally Posted by mikeeod
Think all of those were ppv also or close circuit with Hagler-Hearns. Huge difference compared to Canelo's traveling farce is most if not all were respected as competitive fights prior to the opening bell. They've just turned it into a feeding troff.Quote:
Originally Posted by mikeeod
True but ppv should be the exception not the rule and now bad fights are classed as ppv because of the greed which will kill the sport.Quote:
Originally Posted by SpicoliThink all of those were ppv also or close circuit with Hagler-Hearns. Huge difference compared to Canelo's traveling farce is most if not all were respected as competitive fights prior to the opening bell. They've just turned it into a feeding troff.Quote:
Originally Posted by mikeeod
Exactly, ppv is ideal for the culmination of the build of a fighter. The network features them on 'regular' network shows, sometimes featuring proposed opponents and then leads to a big fight. How we'd like it or how it should be anyway. Kovalev vs Ward should be the norm. More often than not now a promoter just uses them as vehicle to feature fighters in heavily favored bouts. Honestly Manny v Vargas is decent..not great but decent. It just doesn't belong near a PPV. Crawford-Postol good fight. Terrible ppv. Canelo-Smith was probably one of the worst ppv cards can remember.Quote:
Originally Posted by MasterTrue but ppv should be the exception not the rule and now bad fights are classed as ppv because of the greed which will kill the sport.Quote:
Originally Posted by SpicoliThink all of those were ppv also or close circuit with Hagler-Hearns. Huge difference compared to Canelo's traveling farce is most if not all were respected as competitive fights prior to the opening bell. They've just turned it into a feeding troff.Quote:
Originally Posted by mikeeod
Think the only two that may have been PPV were Oscar vs Shane and MAB vs Morales 3. Hell, MAB vs McKinney was on the first HBO boxing after dark and that was light years better than Canelo vs Smith. Hamed vs Kelley was HBO as well. In the early nineties we paid 10 bucks to watch Evander decision Foreman, and 20 to watch Riddick beat Evander for the title. Lennox Lewis blew out Razor Ruddock Halloween night on HBO. Talk about changing for the worse. Pretty sure Meldrick Taylor vs JCC 1 was on HBO as well. I'm getting depressed now...Quote:
Originally Posted by SpicoliThink all of those were ppv also or close circuit with Hagler-Hearns. Huge difference compared to Canelo's traveling farce is most if not all were respected as competitive fights prior to the opening bell. They've just turned it into a feeding troff.Quote:
Originally Posted by mikeeod
Now you pay $100 for Floyd v Manny, 5 years past its sell by date. :(Quote:
Originally Posted by mikeeodThink the only two that may have been PPV were Oscar vs Shane and MAB vs Morales 3. Hell, MAB vs McKinney was on the first HBO boxing after dark and that was light years better than Canelo vs Smith. Hamed vs Kelley was HBO as well. In the early nineties we paid 10 bucks to watch Evander decision Foreman, and 20 to watch Riddick beat Evander for the title. Lennox Lewis blew out Razor Ruddock Halloween night on HBO. Talk about changing for the worse. Pretty sure Meldrick Taylor vs JCC 1 was on HBO as well. I'm getting depressed now...Quote:
Originally Posted by SpicoliThink all of those were ppv also or close circuit with Hagler-Hearns. Huge difference compared to Canelo's traveling farce is most if not all were respected as competitive fights prior to the opening bell. They've just turned it into a feeding troff.Quote:
Originally Posted by mikeeod