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[brianj74]

Was travelling so did not see it live but saw it the next day.

Few things:
-Haney won most (all ?) of the rounds in which he did not get knocked down and factor in the point deduction for Garcia and its a close fight despite the three knockdowns.

- As (sort of) suspected, Haney is proving chin-y and will have trouble with anyone with legit power.

- Haney's camp completely botched the Garcia weight issue. I figure it was ego/arrogance that allowed this to happen. Not having a re-hydration clause in the contract and essentially allowing Garcia to miss weight (granted, Garcia had to pay Haney for this but still) and then have no re-hydration clause is crazy. Garcia was much the bigger man between the two in terms of weight (guess Garcia learned after Tank had that clause in their fight).

Fury-Usyk on May 18 (finally)
5 X 5 card on June 1 will be one of the better overall cards in a good while.
Canelo fights in early May (too bad its not against Benavidez).
Inoue fights two days after the Canelo fight.
Josh Taylor/Catterall fight in late May.

 

[PinkydaPimp]

Was travelling so did not see it live but saw it the next day.

Few things:
-Haney won most (all ?) of the rounds in which he did not get knocked down and factor in the point deduction for Garcia and its a close fight despite the three knockdowns.

- As (sort of) suspected, Haney is proving chin-y and will have trouble with anyone with legit power.

- Haney's camp completely botched the Garcia weight issue. I figure it was ego/arrogance that allowed this to happen. Not having a re-hydration clause in the contract and essentially allowing Garcia to miss weight (granted, Garcia had to pay Haney for this but still) and then have no re-hydration clause is crazy. Garcia was much the bigger man between the two in terms of weight (guess Garcia learned after Tank had that clause in their fight).

Fury-Usyk on May 18 (finally)
5 X 5 card on June 1 will be one of the better overall cards in a good while.
Canelo fights in early May (too bad its not against Benavidez).
Inoue fights two days after the Canelo fight.
Josh Taylor/Catterall fight in late May.

bivol biterbiev is going to be really good!!! I think we get another Ryan fight this year. hes called out spence which would be interesting tho i think spence wins.

 

[PinkydaPimp]

Was travelling so did not see it live but saw it the next day.

Few things:
-Haney won most (all ?) of the rounds in which he did not get knocked down and factor in the point deduction for Garcia and its a close fight despite the three knockdowns.

- As (sort of) suspected, Haney is proving chin-y and will have trouble with anyone with legit power.

- Haney's camp completely botched the Garcia weight issue. I figure it was ego/arrogance that allowed this to happen. Not having a re-hydration clause in the contract and essentially allowing Garcia to miss weight (granted, Garcia had to pay Haney for this but still) and then have no re-hydration clause is crazy. Garcia was much the bigger man between the two in terms of weight (guess Garcia learned after Tank had that clause in their fight).

I dont mind not doing a rehydration clause so long as you make weight. But doing that AND moving forward when he didnt make weight, that was a big mistake. Haney sucked himself down to 140 and garcia did not have to drain himself and that was a huge advantage. I think if garcia had to make weight that fight is a draw or possibly a haney SD. But either way Haneys camp messed that up big time. I think a rematch at 147 would be very interesting but they have to both make weight otherwise its just not the same.

 

[brianj74]

So much for a legit Garcia win over Haney.

Link

 

[massraider]

So much for a legit Garcia win over Haney.

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Oh, boxing, you incorrigible scamp.
Never change.

:goesbacktoignoringboxing:

 

[Keith R]

Canelo-Munguia tonight. One preliminary fight left. I think Munguia has a chance

 

[Keith R]

Very cool to see mariachis playing the Star-Spangled Banner

 

[Wingnut]

All Canelo, it wasn't even close.

 

[Keith R]

All Canelo, it wasn't even close.

It was pretty fun through 4 rounds. Munguia wasn't the same after the knockdown

 

[Ilov80s]

All Canelo, it wasn't even close.

No surprise, he’s an all time great.

 

[brianj74]

Fury/Usyk this weekend (finally).

With Fury looking in good shape, this is his fight to lose. Fury won't get knockout but Usyk could possibly out box him but Fury has a Riddick Bowe-like quality where he is a better boxer than you would think for a such a big man.

While I like that the Saudi's have the money to put on these good cards, I'm still unsure how I feel about a 6 pm-ish ET ring walk for the main event.

Fury by UD.

 

[ZADO]

Fury/Usyk this weekend (finally).

With Fury looking in good shape, this is his fight to lose. Fury won't get knockout but Usyk could possibly out box him but Fury has a Riddick Bowe-like quality where he is a better boxer than you would think for a such a big man.

While I like that the Saudi's have the money to put on these good cards, I'm still unsure how I feel about a 6 pm-ish ET ring walk for the main event.

Fury by UD.

Its a Saturday suppertime event , im fine with it, id rather that time than the usual 11 pm to Midnight main event fight times thats the norm.

Fury by decision

 

[Keith R]

Fury/Usyk this weekend (finally).

With Fury looking in good shape, this is his fight to lose. Fury won't get knockout but Usyk could possibly out box him but Fury has a Riddick Bowe-like quality where he is a better boxer than you would think for a such a big man.

While I like that the Saudi's have the money to put on these good cards, I'm still unsure how I feel about a 6 pm-ish ET ring walk for the main event.

Fury by UD.

I'll take it, actually prefer it to a near-midnight ET start.

Fury physically looks better than he has in a long time. Yet, I can't overlook Uzyk's spartan-like training for his whole career and his brilliant boxing mind. Of course, Fury's no slouch in that department and has the objectively more impressive height, weight and reach advantage.

Very hard to pick. In a pinch, I'll go against the grain and go Usyk by majority decision.