OT: Trinidad vs. Jones Jr.

[Unarce]

http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=2972977

In 2001, this would have been the fight of the century...now...not so much

Still, it did garner a wow from me when I read the headlines. I may have to lift my personal ban from PPV boxing:lol:

 

[kdblove_99]

I hope and think Trinidad will win, I can't stand Jones Jr. Was never really impressed with him

 

[pbetito]

In 2001 I would have sold off my corals to see this. Now I will only be willing to give up a few frags

Karl, if you want help covering the PPV fees and someone to ooh and ahh over your tank, LMK

 

[Unarce]

Maybe, Paul. It's just been a matter of principle for me, when it comes to boxing over the years. The sport is just flat out disgusting.

I really appreciate how the best fighters want a piece of eachother immediately in UFC/MMA events. In boxing, fighters duck one another for years, and meaningful bouts are just too far inbetween.

 

[Nu2SW]

Boxing as a whole has become a very boring sport. The fighters today are nothing like the fighters of yester-years.

The time of Ali, Foreman, Tyson (before the ear fiasco), Sugar Ray,Rocky Marciano, Joe Frazier , Evander Holyfield , Larry Holmes,Jack Dempsey and so forth match nothing to todays boxers.

I use to like to watch boxing when it was free on ESPN and the major network channels. But today, its just over rated and boring.

 

[Unarce]

Could not agree more, Edwin! Evander's still active, though:lol:

 

[Nu2SW]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10561355#post10561355 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Unarce
Could not agree more, Edwin! Evander's still active, though:lol:

LOL

ya but he just needs to stop, atleast tyson got smart and retired.

:rollface:

 

[Unarce]

You didn't hear? He's getting a shot at WBO titleholder Sultan Ibragimov in October!

 

[kdblove_99]

I love Tyson in the Cus D'Amato years. In my opinion he was the best, he was destroying people. I use to have a video of him i watched over and over.

Of course he went on to be a control freak andi cant say he is the best anymore.

 

[kdblove_99]

I also loved his bolo punch <sp

WHere he would crush a guys side and come up with the same punch and give them a uppercut

I saw him knock out plenty of fools with that one

 

[Unarce]

Tyson was great until he fired Rooney. That's when the D'Amato ties were completely severed, where it was pretty much the end of the old Iron Mike.

 

[Nu2SW]

There is a video on youtube of Iron mike and his KO's. Its a great video, It shows how boxing used to be.

Its called "Mike tyson KO king" I believe.