Re: Boxing Round 2 : Sat Oct 09, 2010 5:51 pm  

What's bugging me at the moment is all the bilge being written about Haroon Khan and his decision to fight for Pakistan. You'd swear he's been the wide-eyed and innocent victim of racist English selectors. But what were they supposed to do - pick a guy ranked NINTH? The whole thing is counter-intuitive anyway as Amir gave the English amateurs such a financial shot in the arm they'd be mad not to include another Khan - on results.

Now that he has a guaranteed medal I'm sure he'll claim vindication. But that's easy after-the-fact. If he was so concerned about fighting for his country he'd have beaten the people he needed to in order to claim the jersey.

Re: Boxing Round 2 : Sat Oct 09, 2010 6:03 pm  

Money Mayweather wrote:

Indeed.

It's been a long time since there's been so many great fights scheduled in such a short space of time. November & December are going to be epic!

6th of November
- Rafael Marquez vs. Juan Manuel Lopez
- Allan Green vs Glen Johnson

13th of November
- David Haye vs. Audley Harrison
- Manny Pacquiao vs. Antonio Margarito.
- Ricardo Cordoba vs. Rigondeaux

20th of November
- Paul Williams vs Sergio Martinez

27th of November
- Michael Katsidis vs. Juan Manuel Marquez
- Arthur Abraham vs. Carl Froch
- Andre Direll vs. Andre Ward.

11th of December
- Amir Khan vs. Marcos Rene Maidana

18th of December
- Jean Pascal vs. Bernard Hopkins

Weird. Aside from Marquez v Lopez (and possibly Dirrell v Ward, which isn't going to happen anyway) I don't see too much to get excited about. There are too many over-the-hill crocks, bluffers and one-trick ponies.

Re: Boxing Round 2 : Mon Oct 11, 2010 9:42 am  

Mugwump wrote:

Weird. Aside from Marquez v Lopez (and possibly Dirrell v Ward, which isn't going to happen anyway) I don't see too much to get excited about. There are too many over-the-hill crocks, bluffers and one-trick ponies.

You don't think Pacquiao-Plastercheato will be interesting? I'm not a fan of either for different reasons but thats a fight I'm looking forward to.

Katsidis-JMM could well be FOTY, and if the 2nd fight is as good as the first Williams-Martinez fight then I'll have no complaints.

Re: Boxing Round 2 : Wed Oct 13, 2010 8:55 pm  

How has Chisora scored that fight??

At least we know Wladimir can't punch him ugly

Re: Boxing Round 2 : Thu Oct 14, 2010 12:42 pm  

MrPhilb wrote:

How has Chisora scored that fight??

At least we know Wladimir can't punch him ugly

If they think Haye has a big mouth then wait until Chisora gets going I hope Del Boy can do it.

DeGale to fight Paul Smith for British title on the same bill, along with Clev fighting for the WBO title (well depends on whether the German goes to prison). I see its only been confirmed that this bill will be on PPV, with Khan-Maidana being the main event I think.

Re: Boxing Round 2 : Thu Oct 14, 2010 2:26 pm  

Money Mayweather wrote:

If they think Haye has a big mouth then wait until Chisora gets going I hope Del Boy can do it.

DeGale to fight Paul Smith for British title on the same bill, along with Clev fighting for the WBO title (well depends on whether the German goes to prison). I see its only been confirmed that this bill will be on PPV, with Khan-Maidana being the main event I think.

sounds good this line up! degale will walk over paul smith (hes sooooo boring)

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Re: Boxing Round 2 : Thu Oct 14, 2010 3:59 pm  

Is there any fights on the Haye - Harrison undercard confirmed yet?

Re: Boxing Round 2 : Sat Oct 16, 2010 12:38 pm  

Going to have a few weekends in and have a good night out for the Haye fight, can't wait, I am really looking forward to seeing where Haye's heavyweight career is going. Harrison will get beaten like a ginger step child.

Re: Boxing Round 2 : Mon Oct 18, 2010 12:02 pm  

andym1988 wrote:

Going to have a few weekends in and have a good night out for the Haye fight, can't wait, I am really looking forward to seeing where Haye's heavyweight career is going. Harrison will get beaten like a ginger step child.

Surely you could have used a better comparison than that?

Re: Boxing Round 2 : Mon Oct 18, 2010 1:25 pm  

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