Paid Members Egg Shen Posted January 13, 2014 Author Paid Members Share Posted January 13, 2014 yeh, i expect em to start sewing the seeds for that on Feb. 15th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted January 16, 2014 Author Paid Members Share Posted January 16, 2014 Darren Barker has officially hung up the gloves. Best of luck to him... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Lion_of_the_Midlands Posted January 20, 2014 Paid Members Share Posted January 20, 2014 The Bute vs Pascal fight from the weekend was one of the oddest things I have ever seen. I thought Pascal knew he was winning that fight no matter what he did. It looked very odd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted January 20, 2014 Author Paid Members Share Posted January 20, 2014 in what way? Â Pascal did some clowning and always seemed in control because Bute just couldnt pull the trigger, and the few times he did (before rounds 11 & 12) he got punished for trying. Â If Bute started with the confidence and fearlessness he had in the last two rounds it would have been a very different fight. Â Takam/Perez on the undercard was a strange one, for 5 rounds it was a complete stinker, then from 6 onwards Takam was on a mission. I think the draw was probably right from a scoring standpoint but Takam won the war. Bit of a setback for Perez who was about in line for a shot at a belt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Lion_of_the_Midlands Posted January 21, 2014 Paid Members Share Posted January 21, 2014 Why stand for 40 seconds and let a guy punch you without response. Why do it so many times. You don't take it in turns. If that was the ref from the Froch v Groves fight then Pascal would have been stopped. Â Bute does look a shadow of himself though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted January 22, 2014 Paid Members Share Posted January 22, 2014 Pacquiao vs Bradley 2 rematch for April 12th in Vegas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimufctna24 Posted January 22, 2014 Share Posted January 22, 2014 Pacquiao vs Bradley 2 rematch for April 12th in Vegas. Excellent  2014 is shaping up for myself.  Del Boy vs Fury is on the table, and I am curious to see Floyd vs Khan. I am also convinced we may see Froch vs Groves 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted January 23, 2014 Paid Members Share Posted January 23, 2014 I'd love to see Froch vs Groves 2. The first fight was really exciting and there was enough controversy with the finish to really put some spice into the rematch. Â 2014 could be just as good as 2013 if some of these fights come off and deliver like you'd hope. I have no doubts on the result but I still can't wait for Mayweather vs Khan. I think that will be fun while it lasts. We've got Martinez vs Cotto in June as well. And Canelo vs Angulo in March. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimufctna24 Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 I have no doubts on the result but I still can't wait for Mayweather vs Khan. Khan does bring a new challenge at least, as Khan is very quick, plus you could contend that Floyd is not the biggest power puncher. Khan has been troubled by lighter punchers that Floyd. If Khan is to win/do well, he cannot be inconsistent with his work, he has to be at his very best all night, he cannot drift off or try and get drawn into silly games like he did with Peterson. Â I like Floyd to win, probably by TKO, but there is enough there to get me excited. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted January 23, 2014 Author Paid Members Share Posted January 23, 2014 speaking of Peterson, he's back in action this weekend for the first time since being smashed my Matthysse: Â Â Boxing's very much back on the cards now, there's a ton of good fights this weekend but their spread across a few shows, there's the fight above, HBO has the Mikey Garcia/Burgos fight, then on Boxnation from Germany is Huck/Arslan II which should be awesome because the first fight was great and Marco Huck doesn't do bad fights...David Price returns on that show too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gooner Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 Looking forward to Pac/Bradley II.  Regardless of how the first fight went in terms of scoring and the guy getting his hand raised not deserving on the night, I can't see lightning striking twice, Pac to win again on points, only this time his name gets read out instead of Bradley when verdict announced.  Boxing News magazine did an article on their 20 most wanted fights of 2014.  20. Sergio Martinez vs. Gennady Golovkin @Middleweight 19. Marcos Maidana vs. Lucas Matthysee @Weltwerweight 18. Deontay Wilder vs. Tyson Fury @Heavyweight 17. Guillermo Rigondeaux vs. Vaysl Lomachenko @Featherweight 16. Marcos Maidana vs. Ruslan Provodnikov @Welterweight 15. Roman Gonzalez vs. Juan Francisco Estrada II @Flyweight 14. Amir Khan vs. Adrien Broner @Welterweight 13. Sergio Martinez vs Miguel Cotto @Middleweight 12. Vaysl Lomachenko vs Orlando Salido @Featerweight 11. Guillermo Rigondeaux vs. Leo Santa Cruz @Jr Featherweight 10. Danny Garcia vs. Timothy Bradley @Welterweight 09. Wladimir Klitschko vs. Deontay Wilder @Heavyweight 08. Floyd Mayweather vs. Manny Pacquiao @Welterweight 07. Mikey Garcia vs. Yuriorkis Gamboa @Jr Lightweight 06. Scott Quigg vs. Carl Frampton @Jr Featherweight 05. Carl Froch vs. George Groves II @Super Middleweight 04. Miguel Cotto vs. Saul Alvarez @Jr Middleweight 03. Adonis Stevenson vs. Sergey Kovalev @Light Heavyweight 02. Manny Pacquiao vs. Ruslan Provodnikov @Welterweight 01. Floyd Mayweather vs. Gennady Golovkin @Middleweight  Stevenson vs Kovalev should be happening at some point for sure in 2014 as HBO put it in Stevenson's brand new contract with them, the rest if we could get say at least four out of the remaining 19 fights I'd be very happy with that. Hopefully 2014 in the sport can live up to what we saw in 2013. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted January 23, 2014 Author Paid Members Share Posted January 23, 2014 yep, sign me up for all 20. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimufctna24 Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 (edited) Froch was on Ringside. Â I remember now why I do not support him as much as other British boxers, the guy is full of himself, yet because he has a macho aura he gets away with it. There is no wink and a nod like there is with Floyd. He had a go about Groves complaining about the finish for the past 2 months, I would be pissed off if I was Groves. He bangs on about lacking motivation for a rematch, and does not acknowledge the success Groves had against him, instead just talks about how he "rallied late" Â I do like him in general, but when guys like Haye and Khan get high amounts of shit of the British public and Froch does not, is baffling to me. The guy at times is a complete knob. Edited January 24, 2014 by jimufctna24 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Van Dammer Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 Frochs been getting shit from the british public ever since that fight though? He might escape it a bit as hes not in the public eye as much with things like Twitter etc as far as I know? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimufctna24 Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 The plot thickens  http://www.espn.co.uk/boxing/sport/story/276757.html - Froch: Groves rejected 'seven-figure' rematch offer  Something tells me to take this with a huge pinch of salt.  And yes, Froch has gotten a bit of shit, but mainly the referee got more (and rightfully so). Froch has always said and done things questionable though, but unlike Haye and Khan seems to be given a free pass. He slagged off Khan for years for no decent reason (they do not fight in the same weightclass so it was not hyping a fight), says some things that are offensive like "I do not want to look at Groves because of his deficiency".  Plus, he is very easy to wind up, the fact he is still taking the bait of Groves makes him look silly, added to the fact Groves only started playing the wind up merchant after Froch acted like a prick to him when the fight was announced. With Groves, there is a nod and a wink to what is going on, he plays the slimy bastard, behind it all he seems a decent guy, he was very fast to make up with Adam Booth and seemed touched when the crowd cheered him in Manchester. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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