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    Quote Originally Posted by aging one View Post
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    Pacquiao's hand speed has understandably dropped off quite noticeably over the last few years but he's still got enough to tear this muppet to pieces.
    Harry I did not see that at all. In fact which one or two rounds did Rios win?
    Sorry, did I not say "He's still got enough to tear this muppet to pieces"?


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    According to this article , there will be a Return fight Froch V Groves ,Its safe to say this fight alone will fill any stadium in the UK Carl Froch stops George Groves in the ninth round to successfully defend super-middleweight titles - Telegraph

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    Groves clearly stepped up and did better than expected. Good for him; maybe he can take a fight against a top world ranked foreign fighter.

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    After that fight BB the mega money will come from the return and that,s what the game is all about , I found the remarks at the end of the Telegraph Article in my post127 quite interesting too, Another Domestic fight that will make mega dough is Scott Quigg V Carl Frampton ,Scott comes from my home town and a nicer kid you could never meet ,having said that I take Frampton to beat him if they ever get it together .

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    I thought Manny had most of the speed but not the power of a few years ago. Fair enough Rios is one tough kid, but Pacman used to stop people (and future Hall Of Fame tough guys) like that; Cotto, Moralez, Barrera, Margarito, etc.
    Rios absorbed a hell of a beating though, and was still game at the end. Hope he got well paid, because he stars in these type of fights all the time, and it won't be a long career.

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    Rios got 4 million Manny gets 18 million, Manny pays no taxes as the fight was in China and he does not pay taxes there. Rios as a Yank is taxed.

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    Quote Originally Posted by piwanoi
    After that fight BB the mega money will come from the return and that,s what the game is all about
    Yes, that's true. But they're both good fighters, so I'd like to see them beating on johnny foreigner...

    Quote Originally Posted by piwanoi
    Scott Quigg V Carl Frampton
    I don't know much about either of these two.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bettyboo
    Groves clearly stepped up and did better than expected. Good for him; maybe he can take a fight against a top world ranked foreign fighter.
    Very distateful how the crowd booed Groves when he stepped into the ring.
    At the after interviews they were cheering him, fickle bunch of bastards them Mancs.

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    Fickle fu*kers will be cheering Moyes next!

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    Quote Originally Posted by dobella View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Bettyboo
    Groves clearly stepped up and did better than expected. Good for him; maybe he can take a fight against a top world ranked foreign fighter.
    Very distateful how the crowd booed Groves when he stepped into the ring.
    At the after interviews they were cheering him, fickle bunch of bastards them Mancs.
    Now Now Dobella how do you know the Mancs was booing Groves? maybe it was the fiercely patriotic chip on their shoulders Welsh ,I'm a Manc and have never booed any one in the over 55 years I've been watching "the noble art" I never really support any one ,only after the fight, only then will I give my opinion who was the better man on the night , got to admit I fancied Froch to do a job on Groves and said so , but there is nothing like a controversial ending to a fight to draw in the fans and make the boxers possibly more money than the first fight , and Boy do they deserve it

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    Quote Originally Posted by Nando View Post
    Fickle fu*kers will be cheering Moyes next!
    As a Manc who could not give a toss either way about Soccer, I would have thought that hell will freeze over before hundreds of Thousands of "City" fans would contemplate Cheering for Moyes!

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    Cable TV operator here set up a couple of movie-size screens in two of the biggest refugee centers in the main typhoon-damaged areas and showed the fight live. Good on 'em. Small thing, but when you have nothing, a small thing counts.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Davis Knowlton View Post
    Cable TV operator here set up a couple of movie-size screens in two of the biggest refugee centers in the main typhoon-damaged areas and showed the fight live. Good on 'em. Small thing, but when you have nothing, a small thing counts.
    He does have God-like status there, doesn't he? I was in Angeles for one of his fights and they were showing the blessed thing at every venue that had a screen.

    And a happy result which hopefully will have taken people's mind of things for a short while.

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    It's a shame that such a good fight (Froch V Groves) ended with such a bad decision. Fair play to both the warriors. None of the two of them were fault.

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    Quote Originally Posted by harrybarracuda View Post
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    Cable TV operator here set up a couple of movie-size screens in two of the biggest refugee centers in the main typhoon-damaged areas and showed the fight live. Good on 'em. Small thing, but when you have nothing, a small thing counts.
    He does have God-like status there, doesn't he? I was in Angeles for one of his fights and they were showing the blessed thing at every venue that had a screen.

    And a happy result which hopefully will have taken people's mind of things for a short while.
    Yep. About an hour before the fight, things go dead quiet. No cars, bikes, people on the street. Even the dogs stop barking. Whole country shuts down. He's the one and only Filipino athlete with international star status.

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    Quote Originally Posted by rebbu View Post
    Thanks ,The kid came across as a very level headed individual , obviously he was gutted ,and IMHO being that the ending was highly controversial the BBBC should try and get Groves a rematch ,of course Money talks in the End but as stated previously the return would fill any stadium in the UK , so why not , now that Froch knows Groves can hurt him ,it could, on Frochs behalf be a different fight altogether ,but its the not knowing bit that puts arses on seats ,and of course the TV money is the added bonus

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    A poor refs decision may have cost Groves his only chance at World Champion, may never get as close again

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    Terrible ref , he let too much holding and hitting go on before the dubious early stopage , only thing worse was listening to Jim Watts annoyingly high pitched whiny commentary.
    BBC....

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    This is what boxing scribe Graham Houston had to say about the fight , Houston IMHO is one of the best and certainly one the most fairest boxing writers in the business todayBoxing News | Froch-Groves: An ill-timed intervention

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    This should be on Channel 7 on Fri afternoon about 3pm Boxing News | Eto-Vor Saengthep WBA officials

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    Just watched the Froch v Groves fight.

    1) Froch has a good chin, and after being dropped, he got up well and was ready to fight. Zero chance of the fight being stopped there.

    2) The fight, on the score cards, would've been even on 2 out of the 3 scorecards if the 9th round had been allowed to continue. So, no, Groves was NOT well ahead.

    3) Groves was hurt in the 8th a couple of times, hanging on and even turning away; he took quite a few hard punches, and you could see when they walked back to their corners that that was a turning point...

    4) The fight was stopped too early; but it had become exactly the kind of fight that Froch likes and always wins - Groves might've only lasted another 30 seconds or so, but he was firing back and should've been given the opportunity. Shame the ref stopped it, as the fight could still have gone either way. Bad refing.

    Groves did really well, but Forch is rock hard and really experienced.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bettyboo View Post
    Just watched the Froch v Groves fight.

    1) Froch has a good chin, and after being dropped, he got up well and was ready to fight. Zero chance of the fight being stopped there.

    2) The fight, on the score cards, would've been even on 2 out of the 3 scorecards if the 9th round had been allowed to continue. So, no, Groves was NOT well ahead.

    3) Groves was hurt in the 8th a couple of times, hanging on and even turning away; he took quite a few hard punches, and you could see when they walked back to their corners that that was a turning point...

    4) The fight was stopped too early; but it had become exactly the kind of fight that Froch likes and always wins - Groves might've only lasted another 30 seconds or so, but he was firing back and should've been given the opportunity. Shame the ref stopped it, as the fight could still have gone either way. Bad refing.

    Groves did really well, but Forch is rock hard and really experienced.
    Not wishing to make a meal of it but I never wrote Groves was Well ahead ,I just repeated what the article said, one of the Judges had Groves ahead 78 to 73 the other two had him up 76 to 75 ,so up to Groves being stopped he was in front ,I would suggest you read the fight report in my post 105

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    Quote Originally Posted by piwanoi
    ot wishing to make a meal of it but I never wrote Groves was Well ahead
    I wasn't disagreeing with others or commenting on your posts; just me views after watching it.

    I thought Groves did really well and should not have been stopped at that point. But, I also thought that Froch was starting to enjoy it and had taken the fight to exactly where he needed it to be.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bettyboo View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by piwanoi
    ot wishing to make a meal of it but I never wrote Groves was Well ahead
    I wasn't disagreeing with others or commenting on your posts; just me views after watching it.

    I thought Groves did really well and should not have been stopped at that point. But, I also thought that Froch was starting to enjoy it and had taken the fight to exactly where he needed it to be.
    Just watched a recording of the "finish" ,what a load of bollocks, the kid was firing back when the Ref jumped in ,here it is

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