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Originally Posted by Tommy

This place has been quiet for a while. What are y'all predictions on these big upcoming fights:

- Pacquiao-Clottey
- Berto-Quintana
- Khan-Malignaggi
- Mayweather-Mosley
- Chambers-Klitschko

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-Pacquaio by SD - i think Pacman is going to have a hard time with Clottey
-Berto by UD - Berto shouldn't have trouble w/ Quintana like he did Collazo, plus i think he'll come in more prepared this time
-Malignaggi by UD - Never seen Khan fight, but he has an impressive resume. Only problem is he hasn't fought any named fighters yet.
-Mayweather by UD - I hate to admit it b/c i want to see PBF get his ass whooped, but Mosley is aging, and PBF is never off his game.
-Klitschko by TKO/KO - Wladimir is going to win big against another big fighter and get no credit.

Other fights
B-Hop by UD over Roy Jones - I hope B-Hop destroys RJJ so i can die happy.
Haye by KO over Ruiz - Should set up Klitschko/Haye match
Pavlik by SD over Martinez - This could be the fight of the year

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Originally Posted by RynMur

-Pacquaio by SD - i think Pacman is going to have a hard time with Clottey
-Berto by UD - Berto shouldn't have trouble w/ Quintana like he did Collazo, plus i think he'll come in more prepared this time
-Malignaggi by UD - Never seen Khan fight, but he has an impressive resume. Only problem is he hasn't fought any named fighters yet.
-Mayweather by UD - I hate to admit it b/c i want to see PBF get his ass whooped, but Mosley is aging, and PBF is never off his game.
-Klitschko by TKO/KO - Wladimir is going to win big against another big fighter and get no credit.

Other fights
B-Hop by UD over Roy Jones - I hope B-Hop destroys RJJ so i can die happy.
Haye by KO over Ruiz - Should set up Klitschko/Haye match
Pavlik by SD over Martinez - This could be the fight of the year

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I agree with what you say on the Pacquiao-Clottey fight, although I think Pac will take a points decision, I can see Clottey putting him in spots of trouble with his pure resiliance and stubborness. Berto should win on points or a late stoppage, but it ain't gonna be easy for the first few rounds.

Khan-Malignaggi is a tough one to call. I've seen every one of Khan's fights but he's never been matched against a big name (bar of course a washed up Barrera), so it's gonna be interesting to see how he fares. Malignaggi can't hit hard for shit, but he can take a punch like a champ so he's gonna stay in there for a possible points victory, although it's hard to call.

Mayweather is gonna win on points.

Eddie Chambers is one of my favourite fighters atm and I really hope he can cause an upset but I just cannot see it. Klitschko is gonna pick him off in a boring fight for a points victory.

And although Hopkins and Jones is a battle of old timers, it's gonna be interesting.

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March 13th, Pacquiao/Clottey.

mike tyson back in the ring.....end of the year.........lol

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Originally Posted by 100pr00f

mike tyson back in the ring.....end of the year.........lol

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False! (Luckily) http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/box...OXINGHeadlines

haha good to hear...i agree with mike tyson...he is really fat lol...needs alot of work

Pacquerrao's a fuckin faggot

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Originally Posted by THE FRANCHISE™

March 13th, Pacquiao/Clottey.

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I'm thinking of ordering...but I think this fight will end with a clash of heads & Pacman up ahead in the scorecards.

I think pacman is going to get upset

so whos watching 2nite?

I'm cheering for Clottey.

yeah watching it tonight.
clottey will be alot tougher than what people make him out to be.
If he can control pacmans pace he can control the fight, somehow clotteys gotta make the right hand work and stop pacmans ludicrously good feet movement.
Although i still see pacman dominating the fight, at times clotteys wall defense is just too basic, and pacmans combinations are far from ordinary, they can rip clottey apart.

pacquiao UD12 clottey (im always right since 2007 in my predictions)
ALWAYS

oh yeah if it goes to a decision clotteys got no chance, judges are always gonna be a pacs side in a close bout, for obvious reasons.

he wont get a KO.
he cudnt hurt cotto bad when cotto was basically half blind. And one KO in his last 10 fights seems pretty bad, i think clottey is ovverated.

Dont forget about Clottey how controversial/unlucky his "losses" were.

Everybody but the judges agreed he beat Cotto. Also he was beating Margorito to a pulp until he fractured his hand half way thru the fight, which allowed Margorito to get the points win. He has also beaten Corales and Judah, and has never been KO'd (yet).

Clottey is a true fighter and will punch himself till he breaks his arms without a second thought.

yeah i had him beating cotto that night, and the margo fight was a close one.
Hand injuries are always excuses though, its unfortunate but its part of boxing.
i respect that hes a true fighter, he will finish the fight against pacquiao

pac will take it. but i wont be easy for him thats for sure.

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Originally Posted by Kingkazim

yeah i had him beating cotto that night, and the margo fight was a close one.
Hand injuries are always excuses though, its unfortunate but its part of boxing.
i respect that hes a true fighter, he will finish the fight against pacquiao

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Wouldnt say it was an excuse, he fractured his hand LOL. Its not as if every boxer is fracturing his hand in every fight. It does happen, but I think its a valid excuse for losing a fight, especially if you were winning the fight before it happpened.

Clottey has performed very well against southpaws in his previous fights; I was ringside when he absolutely took apart Zab Judah, it was like he couldn't miss with that rifle-like straight right hand and Zab didn't want any of it. Personally, though, I thought Cotto beat him although it was very, very close and I'd understand if you had it the other way.

However, as much as I rate Clottey as a tough, seasoned, good fighter, he just won't be busy enough tonight to take the fight. Pacquiao is gonna fire a lot of combinations with high workrate to take a points decision.

I do believe there will spots where Pac comes under a lot of pressure though, it ain't gonna be easy for him.

Yeah but Mannys doped up

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Originally Posted by THE FRANCHISE™

Yeah but Mannys doped up

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Margarito had cemented hand wraps and Clottey still didn't give a fuck, he'd fight Godzilla if there was a decent pay cheque.

yeah and that was another thing, margoritos cement gloves.

he did that against Cotto aswell. fucking scumbag.

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Originally Posted by THE FRANCHISE™

yeah and that was another thing, margoritos cement gloves.

he did that against Cotto aswell. fucking scumbag.

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It's hard to say as obviously we don't have any rock, solid (no pun) proof of it. But if he did it against Mosley, who he was actually odds on to win, why wouldn't he have done it against Cotto where he was the underdog? Especially if he'd gotten away with it before.

I was actually at that fight and couldn't quite believe what I was seeing, Cotto was fighting strong for like the first six rounds then just seemed to come apart after little punishment.. even his face was getting mashed up with no real huge punches landed.

you went to US to watch the fight? how much were tickets?

he did that against cintron too...kermit was 30 -0 with 27 ko then margarito koed his ass in the first rounds...

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Originally Posted by THE FRANCHISE™

you went to US to watch the fight? how much were tickets?

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I've been to the US a lot of times for major fights, the next one I go to will be Mayweather and Mosley. Erm, I think the tickets for that one were like $50 each for the furthest out seats? Pretty good price considering it was a huge Mexico-Puerto Rican showdown.

I'd definitley recommend it to anyone, if you see a big fight being advertised then go for it.

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Originally Posted by PALEHORSE

he did that against cintron too...kermit was 30 -0 with 27 ko then margarito koed his ass in the first rounds...

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Yeah, Margarito really fucked himself over with that hand wraps thing. All of his wins are now being scrutinised by everyone, and to be fair, when you look at them closely you can kinda tell that something was up. No wonder nobody wanted to fight him, props to P Will for beating him at that time.

i agree, and personally i think margarito is disguting and should be stripped of all accolades and banned from boxing, he could have killed someone if he wasnt such a pussy he needed to fight with cast on.

^^ I agree, I lost all respect for Margacheeto after the Mosley fight. As for Clottey, I remember him losing energy in his fight with Cotto. The last rounds he was chasing Cotto but not really throwing punches either. He might have a harder time with Pacman if Pac senses that Clottey is tiring in the latter rounds, I also like Freddie Roach, he'll find ways to make adjustments. I'm not too convinced with Clotteys corner, I think this is their first fight together ( head trainer, I forgot the part time locksmith's name).

I'm not sure how anyone could forgive or respect Margarito after that disgusting shit was brought out; best believe if Nazim Richardson (a boxing genius) didn't see that he'd still be cheating with it and battering people illegally. It just brings a bad name to boxing and gives people flashbacks of the Billy Collins incident where a guy was basically pummelled with bare fists to the point where he didn't want to live anymore, that's not boxing it's fucking assault. Margarito shouldn't be let back in the ring unless he's fighting in some underground shithole in Mexico somewhere for $10.

Cant wait for the fight tonite. Im sure Pacman will have problem with Clottey, but im always hyped as shit before a big boxing match

Also cant wait to see how the match looks inside Cowboy Stadium and see how many people they got up in there

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Originally Posted by Tommy

I'm not sure how anyone could forgive or respect Margarito after that disgusting shit was brought out; best believe if Nazim Richardson (a boxing genius) didn't see that he'd still be cheating with it and battering people illegally. It just brings a bad name to boxing and gives people flashbacks of the Billy Collins incident where a guy was basically pummelled with bare fists to the point where he didn't want to live anymore, that's not boxing it's fucking assault. Margarito shouldn't be let back in the ring unless he's fighting in some underground shithole in Mexico somewhere for $10.

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tommy does the knowledge!!!!!!!

still feel bad for collins!!!!!!! kids sight was gone after the fight, and you dead right, he didnt wanna live anymore after that mauling!!!!!!!!!!! one of the saddest events in boxing history!!!!!!!!!!

margarito should be looking for work in a home depot parking lot!!!!!!! no place for that!!!! fernando vargas frownin on that!!!!!!!!!!!

excited for the fight tonight, i think paq will take it, but i think hes pussy after the flloyd debacle!!!!!!!! ill be rooting against bob arums jew nazi ass as usual!!!!!!!!!!

mannys rep took a major hit if you ask me!!!!!!! mosely agreed to all the testing and more... mosely is gonna beat up on floyd, whether he wins or loses... manny took the safest fight he possibly could after ducking floyd, im not expecting any suprises!!!!!!!!!!!!!

mosley tested positive for roids before and floyd still is fighting him AND waited after hes past his prime and this is mosleys biggest pay day im sure he would have sucked floyd off if it was in the contract but besides floyd this is the best fight manny could have

Pathetic performance by Clottey. Talk about getting your paycheck and being content with just that

^^ Clottey seemed concerned about NOT getting knocked out than winning the fight. A good scrap for Pacman to keep busy and make some $$.

Maybe Clottey has an ego thing with not getting hit or knocked out, idk. Alot of Africans are like that, super proud and shit, the last thing he wouldve wanted is to be knocked out in front of all the people watching.

I was dissapointed in the fight overall, Clottey would throw 1 or 2 punches per round, and the funny thing is whenever Clottey actually did show the ambition to punch, he was pretty much hitting Paq everytime. It was like if you wanna hit Manny, you can pretty easily.

Manny's only defence is his constant offence. Which is great and effective, but he can be hit. At ease. If only Clottey had shown more desire to hit, he MIGHT of had more chance. But saying that, Mannys so fast, as soon as you do try to go after him, he WILL catch you flush at some point. So its all or nothing. Clottey went for nothing.

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Originally Posted by THE FRANCHISE™

Maybe Clottey has an ego thing with not getting hit or knocked out, idk. Alot of Africans are like that, super proud and shit, the last thing he wouldve wanted is to be knocked out in front of all the people watching.

I was dissapointed in the fight overall, Clottey would throw 1 or 2 punches per round, and the funny thing is whenever Clottey actually did show the ambition to punch, he was pretty much hitting Paq everytime. It was like if you wanna hit Manny, you can pretty easily.

Manny's only defence is his constant offence. Which is great and effective, but he can be hit. At ease. If only Clottey had shown more desire to hit, he MIGHT of had more chance. But saying that, Mannys so fast, as soon as you do try to go after him, he WILL catch you flush at some point. So its all or nothing. Clottey went for nothing.

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in an interview before the fight clottey said this " Even IF i lose, i want to lose differently to all the other guys pacquiao beat" Clotteys mentality wasnt there, i dont think he even believe he could win.

The thing i noticed about manny is that some of his moves are very repetitive, when an orthodox fighter throws the jab or lead left hook, manny steps back and throws a right hook. When theres medium distance between the two fighters pacquiao leans to the right and throws the left to set up body attack or a right hook (only if the opponent throws a punch while pacman throws that left). So clotteys tower guard defence disabled pacquiao to hit clottey with those looping punches which made cotto, DLH, and Hatton die.

Pacman is beatable but itl take a range of skills to counteract pacquiaos ferociousness, skills that Mawyweather acquires.

Floyd can take him, in an ideal world on paper, Floyds style is superior and should win. Unlike Clottey, Floyd uses his defence as his offence, he's defending to set up his punches, unlike Clottey, whos defending just to not get hit. IMO when Paq fights like he does vs Floyd, thats just givin Floyd infinite opportunites to do what he does.

So the more wild punches (Manny doesnt jab) you throw at Floyd, the more your falling into his plan, punches to floyd is like light to a prism, he'll deflect that shit all day. Your just setting yourself up for the counter.

I think Manny and Roach know this, I think they know Mannys style is well suited to Floyd, which is why they wanted more money fights before Floyd. I think this is more likely than Manny being a drug cheat, they probably were just looking for excuses not to fight Floyd, because as soon as they do, and lose, Manny is no longer the games star.

lame, gutless performance!!!!!!!!

you knew it was going to be anti-climactic, manny and floyd are both pussy, manny being the bigger pussy!!!!!!

who really thought clottery was gonna win!?!?!? im tired of this shit in boxing, set up some fights that can go either way!!!!!!! bob arums smoke screens are getting easier and easier to see through!!!!!!!!!

on to floyd vs. shane...

shoulda happened years ago, but mosely is still capable of beating up on floyd and keeping him busy!!!!!!!!!!! i think well get actual fight outta that!!!!!!!

floyd gets called out for ducking niggas, but manny hides behind broken english and that jewish nazi arum!!!!!!!!!!!! manny didnt win any fans last night!!!!!!!! thats for sure!!!!!!!!!