Boxing Thread

I’m a ssssaaaaaaddddd boxing fan.

my friends and i box with 16 oz gloves. is that fine?

That’s disappointing and it has some other consequences. Doubt Pacman/Cotto/Mosley are going to wait for the results of his fight to see who he will fight next…

cotto wont fight pacman since he wants to fight closer to 147, pacman wants to fight closer 140 so I dont think that fight will happen

Yeah that’s standard size for sparring. Some might use lighter, but 16oz is ideal to start out with.

trying to get more into boxing, so tagged.

Damn, that fucking blows. I’m a self admitted Mayweather hater. I know, it’s a shame. But I can’t stand that dude’s mouth. And he’s boring as fuck to watch. Not to mention he doesn’t fight boxers that I consider to be the best. He fought dudes like Carlos Baldomir, Arturo Gatti, Zab Judah, Ricky Hatton, etc. - All of whom are awesome fighters, just not what I would ever consider to be “great”.

I figured that if anyone could dethrone PBF from his self-proclaimed “king” status, it would have been Juan Manuel Marquez.

PS: I didn’t know there was a boxing thread here on SRK. Guess I gotta pay attention to GD every once in a while.

A lot of insiders were speculating that in addition to (or maybe instead of) this injury, promoters are saying that there hasn’t been a lot of ticket/PPV sales for this fight…therefore wanting to create more hype. Two defensive boxers who WON’T press the fight? Probably wouldn’t put butts in the seats that fast.

This is when it sucks to be a “hardcore” boxing fan. To us, we appreciate the sweet science when it’s applied in a manner of mastery that is sure to be displayed by JMM and PBF. But for casual viewers, all they wanna see is the KO.

Personally, I think JMM is actually a pretty exciting boxer. I’d say he’s more adaptive than defensive. He covers so many angles over 12 rounds that it ALWAYS adds drama and excitement to the fight. Just like he totally turned around the fight with him and Juan Diaz.

I hate to sound like a JMM fanboy, but goddamn, that guy is fucking ridiculous.

how popular do you think manny pacquiao is with people that dont follow boxing or watch espn (and arent filipino) ?

Good question. Over the past 6 or 7 or so years, I’ve been telling everyone how vicious he is and how he’ll go down as one of the greats. And I always get the same “Manny who?” responses. But after his fight with Hatton, it seems like a LOT of people know who he is. Especially in the UK, haha.

He has definitely been popular within the boxing community though. Especially since his JMM controversy.

my friends and i are all gonna spar tonight. i’ll upload vids later.

right ^

if you know boxing, watch espn, or are filipino, you know him. you “might” have heard of him if you know people that keep up with any of those. if not, im guessing not many people know him. he’s fun as hell to watch but it doesnt mean everyone watches him

wow, i just got done boxing. i’ve never been so exhausted in my entire life. it feels like my whole body is gonna collapse. i won the match but after the first round my whole body was already maxed out. i barely made it through the second and third round.

how much conditioning do you guys do?

Are you sure?

Looks like they fighting on Nov. 14th. :rolleyes::rolleyes:

Fucking Mayweather, now we don’t get to see Mayweather vs Pacman this year. Fuck! FUCK! FUCK!

Damn. I just hurt my ribs a few weeks back and that shit HURTS! (Sparred with 3 different people and they all hit me with loaded up shots to the same rib!)I couldn’t spar for a while but I’m back now. Hope Mayweather heals up. If he broke a rib then that’s gonna take a while. You already know that Marquez is gonna aim for that rib…

Mayweather vs. Marquez fight will probably happen on Mexican independence weekend. That will get more ppv buys. Also, they better lower the damn ticket prices for that fight. It was way too much. That was probably one of the main reasons ticket sales were not good.

Looks like Waldimir Klitschko is ready to add another belt to his collection:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v637/Zero1gouki/fb7a906b3cfc8197494aeab4a86c218d-ge.jpg

just a bunch of calisthenics routines combine with cardio workout (jogging, on the bike or step machine, I used to do swimming). No weight lifting at all. That shit is no good for boxing.

maybe it was because you worked out or did soemthing earlier that day. just today i maxed out in 3 secs because i played with the weights earlier that day

Nah his body isn’t conditioned for boxing yet. After a month or two he should be ok.

I had to focus more on my legs, especially my quads. Don’t know why but they hurt the most afterwords for me.