rjw63 Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 The other boxer ran off like a pussy instead of trying to help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leemond2008 Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 That qawwali my first thought as well lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshVilla Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 Just read that Johnny Nelson is coming out of retirement to fight Ovill McKenzie Will have to watch that one so used to seeing Nelson as a pundit i'll be cheering him on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leemond2008 Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 Just read that Johnny Nelson is coming out of retirement to fight Ovill McKenzie Will have to watch that one so used to seeing Nelson as a pundit i'll be cheering him on What a joke, wasn't he coming out of retirement to fight someone a few months ago as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshVilla Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 I want to see Glen McCrory as well bring them all back haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 Naz too. I think he has gone up a few divisions and lost a bit of his speed, but this gif makes me smile so any excuse to post it: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveMac Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 Technically his footwork is supreme. On top of that he has the sort of 'off balance' power that very few have (Kovalev is another example of this although their styles are different) - by that I mean he often doesn't need to have his feet obviously set in order to throw power punches that hurt you (e.g. see the Geale knockout). I think he opitimises the phrase 'heavy hands', some of the punches that hurt his opponents appear to be taps, and his jab is pretty destructive. He's a genetic freak. Agree 100% with this, I thought Rubio might be able to drag it to at least 6 rounds as he started well, but GGG is just a beast. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leemond2008 Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 Naz too. I think he has gone up a few divisions and lost a bit of his speed, but this gif makes me smile so any excuse to post it: It's funny but I can't remember him doing that against Barrera Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted November 2, 2014 Author Share Posted November 2, 2014 Prince had the best entrances ever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leemond2008 Posted November 2, 2014 Share Posted November 2, 2014 Hated him, I've just took a look at his record and I don't know barely any of the names that he fought, now I was only a nipper at the time but I always used to watch prince nas in the hope he would get KTFO if his record and level of opponents as poor as it looks or was I just to young to remember that they were actually decent? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted November 2, 2014 Author Share Posted November 2, 2014 Hated him, I've just took a look at his record and I don't know barely any of the names that he fought, now I was only a nipper at the time but I always used to watch prince nas in the hope he would get KTFO if his record and level of opponents as poor as it looks or was I just to young to remember that they were actually decent? He was the best featherweight in the world for a few years and I believe held, at various points, all of the recognised titles at that weight, the names aren't 'there' because the division wasn't exactly blessed with names but he beat/stopped a lot of world class operators. Also, what a lot of revisionists who hate Naz fail to recognise is that he was heavily ducked by Morales, Barrera (who he did eventually fight and lose to) and Marquez (watch the post-fight interview in the Augie Sanchez fight where HBO admit as much). Personally, I think he's one of the best British boxers ever and should definitely be in the International Boxing Hall of Fame. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leemond2008 Posted November 2, 2014 Share Posted November 2, 2014 Oh I don't dispute that he was fantastic, I just couldn't stand him, I always thought it was strange the way that one defeat ended his career Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted November 2, 2014 Author Share Posted November 2, 2014 Oh I don't dispute that he was fantastic, I just couldn't stand him, I always thought it was strange the way that one defeat ended his career I think he lost a lot of his appetite after losing to Barrera. It was, despite some decent rounds for Naz, a very one sided defeat. According to Emmanuel Steward Naz didn't really take Barrera seriously and didn't train particularly hard for the fight since he believed he'd knock him out quite easily. Apparently Naz thought he was fighting the Barrera who lost and had been dropped and seriously hurt by Junior Jones, rather than the rejuvenated Barrera that he faced off against that night. His return fight a year later against a journeyman didn't really impress and I recall him getting boo'd out of the stadium that night. On top of that his hands were supposed to have been a complete mess by that point (which often happens to very big punchers) so he called it quits. He made an absolute fortune, he must be one of the richest boxers of the last 20 years, and by all accounts saved a fair amount of it so on reflection it was probably the right time to quit. It's an open question as to whether he could have hung with the likes of Morales, Marquez and the emerging Manny Pacquiao, he probably couldn't, but with his power always had a chance, that said, he was a fantastic fighter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leemond2008 Posted November 2, 2014 Share Posted November 2, 2014 (edited) Never heard that about his hands, I always just assumed his ego was that damaged that he couldn't hack it anymore Edited November 2, 2014 by leemond2008 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leemond2008 Posted November 2, 2014 Share Posted November 2, 2014 Dr P did you watch the Katsidis fight the other week? I didn't see it myself, I really hope he calls it a day now, I really liked him but the man doesn't know how to do anything other than war and it's obviously taken it's toll Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted November 2, 2014 Author Share Posted November 2, 2014 (edited) Dr P did you watch the Katsidis fight the other week? I didn't see it myself, I really hope he calls it a day now, I really liked him but the man doesn't know how to do anything other than war and it's obviously taken it's toll He's completely shot to shit and has been through far too many wars. He quite recently had some negative results from a brain scan (something he admitted himself) but has amazingly been allowed to fight on, you'd think the British boxing board of control would know better. Anyway the net result was that he was knocked out by a non-puncher with a shot that wasn't even very heavy. It's a shame but I don't think he's able to stop fighting. He's give us some great fights over the years, like his fights against Casamayor, Amonsot and Juan Diaz, but should be banned from lacing up the gloves ever again for his own sake. Edited November 2, 2014 by Dr_Pangloss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leemond2008 Posted November 2, 2014 Share Posted November 2, 2014 Yeah it was concerning when he came out of retirement, he should have jacked it in after the Burns fight, you could see then that he was finished, I'll always remember the fight against Mitchell, great knock out that was Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted November 2, 2014 Author Share Posted November 2, 2014 Yeah it was concerning when he came out of retirement, he should have jacked it in after the Burns fight, you could see then that he was finished, I'll always remember the fight against Mitchell, great knock out that was Agreed, love watching arrogant clearing in the woods getting sparked out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leemond2008 Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 B-Hop v Kovalev on Saturday at 2am Will Kovalev blow him out of there with his power or will B-Hop spoil him out of the fight which we all know he is a master atMe myself I think it's a massively dangerous fight for the alien and I was shocked when he took it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 Might not be news to a lot of you, but I just saw this today. GGG met Bute in the amateurs in 2003: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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