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Just this once, and just for you Dick , a walk down Muay Thai's Memory lane

Originally Posted by blue

hopefully this fight in a few hours will be good



Deontay Wilder weighed in for the third defence of his WBC world heavyweight title lighter than challenger Artur Szpilka.
The American (35-0-KO34) clocked 228lb on the scales after Polish visitor Szpilka (20-1-KO15) - looking in the shape of his career and enjoying some noisy support - had tipped the scales at 233lb.
The two nearly came to blows in their last face off and had plenty to say to each other on this occasion, but promoter Lou DiBella was determined to keep them separated as Szpilka repeatedly told Wilder: "You're going down."

Not a bad fight at all. Exposed Wilder's lack of experience with southpaws at least, a few of the other contenders might be licking their lips at the ease with which Szpilka managed to land on him.
Nonetheless, Wilder managed to take care of business with a terrific right hand in the 8th round. Early contender for best KO of 2016, imo.

Bad Left Hook has about 4 GIF's of the KO punch on this page:

GIF: Deontay Wilder knocks out Artur Szpilka - Bad Left Hook

Well well now there's a surprise!, Amir Glass jaw V Saul Alvarez ,there has been quite a bit of speculation about who both fighters would face next and now this, Alvarez is much the bigger man and will enter the ring at super Middle weight after almost killing himself to make 155 , it should be good while it lasts but I can't see Khan going past the 8th round , this could well be Khan's swan song if he gets badly beaten but I suppose his biggest ever purse will compensate for it , Kmart ,NZ Dick?Canelo names surprise opponent: Amir Khan | Boxing News | Fightnews

^Bit of a surprise. Thought he was a mandatory challenger for Danny Garcia's new Welterweight crown..
Makes sense financially I suppose. Might be the end of his career.

This weight proviso of 155 should he meet GGG is a load of bolloks ,he's hoping that Golovkin will fall for it and kill himself to make the weight , the middle weight limit is 160 and no way should he be allowed to dictate what weight Golovkin should be at the weigh in , no one is bigger than the game , or shouldn't be in my book Canelo Alvarez tells Gennady Golovkin 155 lbs or no fight.

As much as I'd like to agree with you gents, I must confess I think you are underestimating Khan... I was like you, thought his chin was suspect, weak power, etc..

His chin was exposed because of his poor defense but mainly because of his pride.. Khan is a do or die - type fighter... He is not afraid to lose to win... if you know what I mean..

I wasn't a Khan fanboy, or anything... I just think he is a very quick and agile fighter.. if he can tighten up his defense (which he looks like he's done) then he can beat Canelo.

Oh, and Roy Jones Jnr (in his prime) was the best boxer ever to lace on gloves (sorry boys, but he was).

^Khan just moved up to 147lbs. Alvarez will probably weigh around 170 on fight night.. I rate Khan as a good fighter too, but imo he will be bullied by Alvarez, same as the better boxer - but smaller guy Cotto was in the last fight, supposedly at "Middleweight".
There were a lot of potentially great fights for him at 147lbs; Kell Brook, Keith Thurman, etc in an exciting division packed with talent, but hey this is boxing.
This matchup has Al Haymon written all over it. I just hope they're drug-testing Khun in the coming months up to the fight.

OK... I'll concede Khan might have bitten off more than he can chew with Canelo...

Hey, but at least we can agree that Roy Jones was awesome at his peak mad skilz..

^Agreed, Roy Jones Jr was amazing in his prime. Athleticism and reflexes off the charts. Unfortunately, when the inevitable happened he started getting starched by journeyman fighters. Wish he'd retired after beating John Ruiz for the Heavyweight (yeah, not too packed with talent at the time) title, and kept an incredible legacy alive. There were also a lot of good fighters at Middle at the time, but Jones easily beat the likes of Hopkins and James Toney, so I reckon he could have handled the others (and the UK contenders; Benn, Eubanks; Watson) easily.

Originally Posted by piwanoi

This weight proviso of 155 should he meet GGG is a load of bolloks ,he's hoping that Golovkin will fall for it and kill himself to make the weight , the middle weight limit is 160 and no way should he be allowed to dictate what weight Golovkin should be at the weigh in , no one is bigger than the game , or shouldn't be in my book Canelo Alvarez tells Gennady Golovkin 155 lbs or no fight.

They should just have a "Golden Bollocks Mex" division and be done with all the pretense.
Milking the ginger cash cow for all he's worth, before he gets slaughtered by a real frightening Middle like GGG.
The "catchweight" fights are all maneuvering and politicking. More moves than the actual fights themselves. Probably more akin to chess than boxing.

Have you guys watched Mr.Calzaghe yet? it's on pirate bay.

He takes the piss out of Roy Jones Jr. in his last ever fight, at Caesars Palace too.

Great story

I watch it... great movie, great fighter..

But still couldn't handle Roy in his prime

You will never know

I know your dog is looking like he wants to chew on your tired gonads

Originally Posted by kmart

Originally Posted by piwanoi

This weight proviso of 155 should he meet GGG is a load of bolloks ,he's hoping that Golovkin will fall for it and kill himself to make the weight , the middle weight limit is 160 and no way should he be allowed to dictate what weight Golovkin should be at the weigh in , no one is bigger than the game , or shouldn't be in my book Canelo Alvarez tells Gennady Golovkin 155 lbs or no fight.

They should just have a "Golden Bollocks Mex" division and be done with all the pretense.
Milking the ginger cash cow for all he's worth, before he gets slaughtered by a real frightening Middle like GGG.
The "catchweight" fights are all maneuvering and politicking. More moves than the actual fights themselves. Probably more akin to chess than boxing.

Another astute post by yourself about the noble art ,with a sense of humour added nicely to the mix

I don't think 3G will trample Canelo, in fact quite the opposite.. I think it's a very close fight as their fighting style is very similar.

Their styles being so identical, will nullify both of their attacks somewhat

^Pfft. Canelo is just a blown-up Welter, as opposed to a real 160lb-er like Golovkin.

His handlers know this and won't let him fight anyone dangerous at Middle-weight. Its obviously been done before though, Ray Leonard going up the weight scale and outpointing (still disputed today) former Middleweight king Marvin Hagler.
But Canelo ain't no Sugar Ray.

Originally Posted by NZdick1983

I don't think 3G will trample Canelo, in fact quite the opposite.. I think it's a very close fight as their fighting style is very similar.

Their styles being so identical, will nullify both of their attacks somewhat

The way I view the fight (if it ever happens ) is that Golovkin will have too much of everything , Alvarez will be very wary of just steaming in knowing full well the sort of firepower that GGG carry's in either hand ,his handling of David Lemieux proved beyond any doubt that he's a far better boxer than many give him credit for , this will be a very lucrative fight for both boxer's and is certainly what the fight fraternity want to see , there was post fight talk of a return by the Canadian slugger , personally I think the outcome would be no different , but a good money earner for both of them , in my honest opinion Alvarez does not fancy the job with GGG one little bit trying to put weight stipulations on it , and the last time Alvarez weighed in at 155 he looked drawn to the bone so he's not finding it easy to make the weight either , Golovkin ain't no spring chicken and this mega money fight could well see him set for life .

Here's the latest news on GGG Gennady Golovkin vs. Dominic Wade is better fight than Canelo-Khan

khans looks like a middle aged man
sure 9 weeks to go but still...
he wants to be light as possible , so he can run and skip backwards faster, and last 3 or 4 rounds,
Maybe he going to try bear hugging Canello for 12 rounds, if so his ribs will get pounded , as Alverez punches when in a clench .
OR maybe he just don't care -as its just his retirement payday

check him out here at 25 seconds
nice tits though...

Lucas Browne, the anti pretty boy Aussie heavyweight ko'd WBA champ Ruslan Chagaev
in the 10th at Grozny Chechnya to go to 24-0.
Tyson Fury has been on the phone to his mum for counseling after hearing the news.
But good on Browne for getting there,seemed confident before the fight.

What a bloody idiot !! his big money fight with Ashly Theopane now looks in jeopardy as there's a warrant out for his arrest Lawsuit sheds light on Broner situation | Boxing News | Fightnews