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[ℒℴѵℯJay ELECTUA]

http://metro.co.uk/2014/02/02/murdered-boxer-propped-up-in-makeshift-ring-for-his-wake-4287166/

I just knew it had to be a rican before clicking..no surprise at all!!!

they wanted to do this for hector camacho but his son (Junior)was like fukk no..im paying for this shyt so no way!

 

[Big Boss]

Good fight

 

[Jesus]

Draw

 

[qwicknezz]

Surprsingly good scrap between douglas and soro...

douglas was looking good the first half of the fight...second half shows he def needs to work on his stamina and defense

He was lucky to survive round 8

 

[GREENandYELLOW]

Dan Rafael chat wrap 7/25:

- Picking GGG, but thinks Geale presents a good challenge in the process.
- Picking Jennings by decision, although he views this fight as close to a toss up.
- Sources tell him Canelo-Lara did around 315k buys.
- Rumor was that GGG broke Groves rib in sparring...hasn't been substantiated.
- Wanted to make sure people knew that Schaeffer's offer to buy out Oscar was not put together while Oscar was going to rehab. It had been in works before that. Just that it was presented when Oscar was going to rehab.
- Wouldn't be surprised if JCC doesn't fight the rest of 2014.
- No real talk of a Cotto rematch with Mayweather. Most the talk surrounds Cotto-Canelo.
- Doesn't believe JCC can make 160.
- Rumors of Floyd fighting Manny in May as his "surprise" are 100% false.
- The book Four Kings about Leonard, Hagler, Hearns and Duran is a must read.
- Expecting GGG-Geale to sell about 7k of the 9k seats.
- Weights: GGG - 159.8, Geale - 159.2, Perez - 242.2, Jennings - 222.6
- Thinks Canelo benefits a lot by upgrading his corner.
- Froch wants to fight JCC in Vegas...JCC is the holdup.
- Perception is that Manny fought everyone, dared to be great and was awesome to watch. Floyd's perception is that he cherry picked his opponents, didn't fight guys at their best, and his side impeded the Manny fight from happening. Agreed that those perceptions are mostly true.
- Lesnar-Cena at SummerSlam, picking Cena.
- In many respects GGG's best and most competitive fights may be at 168. Thinks he is the best at 160.
- Heard HBO has some interest for Yaegashi-Gonzalez...not sure if enough to put it on TV.

 

[WhodatWhoadi]

Since Roy fighting this week does it mean we get to see/hear on commentary the

3 fights in 31 months (N counting)

Light heavyweight draining

ESPY losing

Oakland staying

Out drawn by generic Euro cacs

Son of Winky.. Andre Ward

lmao

 

[WhodatWhoadi]

Camera pans over the crowd......suddenly a familiar sight........

you stay trying to get people to hold those big ass college hoops signs of coli smilies.

 

[ℒℴѵℯJay ELECTUA]

Wtf cena lesnar...really fat dan????

 

[Big Boss]

5 years ago from yesterday vernon forrest got killed........RIP

 

[SuikodenII]

World Boxing Council strawweight champion Osvaldo "Gallito" Novoa (14-4-1, 9KOs) of Mexico will defend his title for the second time, against the official challenger Wanheng Menayothin (35-0, 11KOs) of Thailand, in the last week of September in that country.

Novoa successfully defended his crown for the first time against Nicaraguan, Alcides Martinez by TKO in the 9th round.

The strawweight civision has been very active over the years. Its most outstanding champion was Mexican, Ricardo "Finito" Lopez, who shattered the all time record, making 22 successful defenses of his green and gold championship belt!

I got my money on Novoa, dude has had two must see fights back to back.........

 

[SuikodenII]

Mike Tyson says he's met with Oscar-winning actor Jamie Foxx about collaborating on a possible biopic on his life.

''Me and Jamie Foxx have been talking and he's willing to take that role and portray me as Mike Tyson, doing my life story,'' the former heavyweight boxing champion said Friday during a conference call to promote an upcoming Toronto date for his one-man show, ''Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth.''

''I think he's splendid because he's really up to par. I think he would do a magnificent job.''

Further brainstorming of the project will ''happen very shortly,'' he added.

''I saw him the other night and we discussed it,'' Tyson said. ''He doesn't have the physicality but he will. He's able to ... get bulky, so he's capable of doing it in the future.''

Tyson will bring his solo production to Toronto's Air Canada Centre on Sept. 10. Tickets go on sale July 31.

In the 90-minute show, he gives an unvarnished account of the highs and lows of his life - from his troubled upbringing in Brooklyn and famed boxing career, to his time in prison and addiction issues.

Oscar-nominated filmmaker Spike Lee directed the stage show, which has already run on Broadway and across the United States.

He also turned it into an HBO special that aired last November. Tyson's wife, Kiki, wrote the script that includes room for ad-libbing.

''I don't do shows for any kind of therapy,'' said Tyson. ''I do it because I enjoy doing it, and I do it because it's art. It's changed me a great deal because I can't walk 10 minutes without anybody asking me when the next show is going to appear.''

Now 48 and retired from the ring, Tyson insisted he's not the same intimidating guy he was when he was the youngest heavyweight boxing champion of the world: ''Not even a little bit. That guy doesn't even exist no more.''

Indeed, the Tyson of today is sober and seemingly mellow, with self-deprecating bits in the ''Hangover'' movies and a new role as boxing promoter with Iron Mike Productions.

Besides his stage show, he's also opened up about his life in the 2008 documentary ''Tyson'' and in an autobiography published last November.

''Right now, I'm just living life day by day - black, broke and ugly,'' laughed Tyson, who declared bankruptcy in 2003 and has a tattoo on his face. ''I'm just trying to survive, you know?''

Foxx won't do better than Michael Jai White did, mark my words............

 

[L68]

i agree with fat dan that canelo wouldreally benefit from a corner upgrade

 

[Jello Biafra]

i agree with fat dan that canelo wouldreally benefit from a corner upgrade

I think so too but you have to respect Canelo's loyalty to his people. The only way I see him making a corner change is if Chepo voluntarily decided to quit training him.

 

[Jello Biafra]

- Wanted to make sure people knew that Schaeffer's offer to buy out Oscar was not put together while Oscar was going to rehab. It had been in works before that. Just that it was presented when Oscar was going to rehab.

That really doesn't make what Schaeffer did any better. That just means he was plotting the sale while Oscar was strung out and then tried to get the sale done while Oscar was detoxing.

- The book Four Kings about Leonard, Hagler, Hearns and Duran is a must read.

Got it on my Kindle but haven't had time to read it yet.

- Expecting GGG-Geale to sell about 7k of the 9k seats.

And an old ass Roy Jones is easily selling out 10k stadiums while fighting UPS drivers. Sometimes the universe is a mixed up place.

 

[Jello Biafra]

I can't with this Tyson Fury cat...Fury has pulled out of his fight against Ustinov because of his uncle being sick.
All the work they did to get a replacement after Chisora dropped out and Fury does the same thing the day before the fight.