Ninja Scooter
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Yeah. Doesn't look like a good style for fighting Vlad though. He looks like he's just inviting punches in.
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Yeah. Doesn't look like a good style for fighting Vlad though. He looks like he's just inviting punches in.
Ninja Scooter
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Pulev is a fucking idiot. He should worry less about showing he's not hurt and actually use the 8 seconds to recover from the fucking punches.
BadAss2961
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He's taken some vicious shots and is still in the fight though.
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boom.
BadAss2961
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HE NOT GETTIN UP JIM
Ninja Scooter
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lol Vulev went out like when your character in WWF No Mercy gets knocked out
Vulev seems like a tough guy but he had no chance in there. Guy's a tomato can.
Vulev seems like a tough guy but he had no chance in there. Guy's a tomato can.
BadAss2961
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lol, Briggs still following Wlad around.
Ninja Scooter
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lol Briggs trying to argue with Vitali's wife. Dude is thirsty as hell for that relevance.
OpinionatedCyborg
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The Klitschko's pay him to be court jester. They're doing him a solid.
I think his defensive technique is a bigger issue. All that flailing is frustrating because he takes himself out of position to counter punch. It'd be nice if he could block more effectively.
OpinionatedCyborg
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Corrie Sanders put an end to that.
I still remember that douchebag Larry Merchant saying "and so the next big thing has turned out to be the next big bust" right after the Sanders knockout. What an old prick. Glad he was proven wrong.
I remember commentators wondering whether the career of Wladimir was over, I think it was after the Brewster fight. Pretty amazing that this was (more than) ten years ago.
I mean, his turnaround after those humiliating losses is kind of unprecedented. I can't think of any other fighter who has gone on to have a productive career after suffering 3 KO losses early on against questionable opposition.
At the time of the Sanders loss, his career seemed to be going the way of Tommy Morrison's.
UrbanDandy
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Chris Algieri In Ring Demonstration
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEgRUoQAJ1M&hd=1
Sort of an interview in a boxing ring with demonstration in real-time.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEgRUoQAJ1M&hd=1
Sort of an interview in a boxing ring with demonstration in real-time.
Hands of Stone
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I'd say he's at least a Top 15 ATG HW (he's top 12 for me personally).
Gotta say I love the fact he ended it with his left hook, such an under utilized punch from Wlad and to get a clean one punch K.O with it was lovely.
Does beating Algeri do anything for Pac? I can't but feel he's wasting his time with this fight and though Algeri is actually a decent enough boxer (to me he schooled Prov after a shaky 1st round) it's not like he's had a run of high quality opponents leading up to this.
Beating 1 good fighter shouldn't be enough to fight Pac.
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Algeri is going to win.
UrbanDandy
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I agree.
Syphon Filter
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How come?
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Algeri is going to box Mannys ears off for 12 rounds. Manny is playing basketball and shit and this other dude doesn't know its a show, he thinks it's a fight!
And as a long time boxing fan I can see the shadiness of the sport so if Paquiao loses, it's no biggie. He'll be on ppv in the spring either way. If Algeri wins...now we have a new star that can headline an HBO card and have a big rematch on PPV, just like Manny made Bradley and went right on like nothing happened.
You think Algeri will get the nod on the cards in Macau? No way. He'll need a knockout for the draw.
Tim was signed to Top Rank when Manny got robbed. Algeri isn't a Top Rank fighter, so I don't see Arum being generous in giving him a decision on the score cards.
I got Pacquiao by close or controversial SD.
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I don't know, I'm just feeling it. This means he will lose by KO round 1.
Syphon Filter
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yea just saw.
edit:
Crystina Poncher ‏@CrystinaPoncher 5m5 minutes ago
143.6 for @ChrisAlgieri for second weigh in. He made it. #pacalgieri
I'm not doubting that he could outbox Pac but boxing being what it is, there's no way he'll get the nod on the cards. Without that he won't win as he's not going to KO Pac
There would be too much of a backlash for pac if algirie wins but doesn't get the nod, his career would be just as done than if he legitimately loses. People aren't stupid and pac has rode his luck one too many times in the past.
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Good lord, the announce team are all over Lomachenkos nuts
He is pretty damn good, but yeah HBO is going to market him big time.
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What was wrong with it? Apart from a 1 round one sided fight, Degale having the aid of a crooked ref and Cleverley not moving for 4 rounds?
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Blue-gold guy is winning easy.
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I like Mini Pac's heart, he literally walks onto every shot like i've never seen before, but he's still trying.