LondonRingRules Posted May 19, 2020 Share Posted May 19, 2020 --- 84 hrs a week must make you wealthy beyond measure if not a bit haggard. Watched Leon vs Carlos de Leon who was dwarfed and outmuscled by Leon looking like I'd never seen him before as a Hercules. Alas, Carlos hung tough to knock poor Leon out. Then I watched John Carlo making his debut knock out the obviously dissipated Leon in the 1st rd. Leon still hanging tough after some serious health concerns, so God Bless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonRingRules Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 --- Big Buster Mathis vs Joe Frazier at MSG for the stripped Ali belt. Both undefeated with Mathis on a 10 fight KO streak he did his best to extend. Moves like young Clay to pick harder shots in between tying up Joe whose dwarfed but smoking as usual. Half the shots are sonic sickness in a broadcast much superior to today's pablum. Dunphy let's the fight tell the story with minimal context. Very subtle LHook finishes Mathis in the 11th, his first career KD. This the Buster being trained for an Ali challenge in 68 that was defunct after his 67 strippage. great fight! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cableaddict Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 --- Big Buster Mathis vs Joe Frazier at MSG for the stripped Ali belt. great fight! I never saw this one. I'm actually surprised (impressed) that Mathis lasted 11 rounds with Frazier. Gonna' watch this fight tonight. - Thx ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonRingRules Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 --- Settled in to score the Witherspoon vs Holmes controversy and NYET!!! Pulled the plug as boxing clearly not serious in staging a legit fight. Lar 42-0, 30 KOs vs baby Spoon 15-0, 11 KOs with both in black trimmed white shorts, same shoes, skin tone, hair, and height guarantees controversy. NYET!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cableaddict Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 So I watched Mathis-frazier. as planned. Indeed a great fight for maybe 6 rounds, until the big man started slowing down. Man, Mathis really looked good in those days. Maybe not elite, but he moved incredibly well for his size. In any other era, he might have done very well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
repsac Posted May 24, 2020 Author Share Posted May 24, 2020 I watched Eric Lucas vs Glen Catley II. What a way to win a world title (ok it was a vacant title, but still), after losing your previous 2 chances against Tiozzo and Roy Jones. And it dramatically knock out Catley, after losing to him by stoppage in their first fight. good stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
repsac Posted May 25, 2020 Author Share Posted May 25, 2020 So whats the backstory on what was going on with Eamonn Loughran when he go blasted out of there in the 1st round against Jose Luis Lopez to lose his WBO title? Then he retires. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonRingRules Posted May 30, 2020 Share Posted May 30, 2020 --- Ali/Liston II. Short but not so sweet when Sonny went down from a nothing right hand. Up, but jj Walcott too busy Rasslin' Ali who never respected the nuetral corner in his KDs. Automatic DQ in most jurisdictions, but this Podunk, Maine! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonRingRules Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 --- The Fight of the Century 49 years ago, Ali vs Frazier. Too busy building up my GPA in school and no access to closed circuit, so being a big Ali fan, like all I refused to believe the results. Shocked to my core when I finally did, and that was an alltime beating that Frazier doesn't recieve enough credit for. He exposed how weak Ali title comp had been. An absolute barnburner where we have to give credit to Ali for not caving while being forced into such a firefight such as the world had never seen before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbo Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 So whats the backstory on what was going on with Eamonn Loughran when he go blasted out of there in the 1st round against Jose Luis Lopez to lose his WBO title? Then he retires. There's no real back story. I think he'd fallen out of love with boxing before the fight and definitely had afterwards. He was wise with his money unlike so many and has been comfortable in retirement. To be honest he was never on Lopez's level as was shown when he got exposed by Tony Ekubia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
repsac Posted June 1, 2020 Author Share Posted June 1, 2020 There's no real back story. I think he'd fallen out of love with boxing before the fight and definitely had afterwards. He was wise with his money unlike so many and has been comfortable in retirement. To be honest he was never on Lopez's level as was shown when he got exposed by Tony Ekubia. Thanks. I appreciate the response. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamasadlittleboy Posted July 22, 2020 Share Posted July 22, 2020 I've been busy: [TABLE] [TR] [TD]Vasily Jirov Vs James Toney[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Osamu Sato Vs Willie Jorrin[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Katsuya Onizuka Vs Arnando Castro[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Yoddamrong Sithyodthong Vs Osamu Sato[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Takashi Miura Vs Francisco Vargas[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Lakva Sim Vs Jong Kwon Baek[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Yutaka Niida vs Roman Gonzalez[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Hae Won Kim vs Hyun Joong Kim[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Yong Soo Choi vs Takanori Hatakeyama I[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Koichi Aso Vs Valentine Hosokawa II[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Terdsak Kokietgym Vs Orlando Salido[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Ji Hoon Kim vs Mark Sales[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Jung Koo Chang Vs Hideyuki Ohashi II[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Joichiro Tatsuyoshi vs Yasuei Yakushiji[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Yodsanan Sor Nanthachai Vs Lakva Sim[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Koichi Aso Vs Tomohiko Sakai[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Yong Soo Choi vs Takanori Hatakeyama II[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Ryota Murata Vs Ievgen Khytrov[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Takanori Hatakeyama vs Rick Yoshimura[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Hiroyuki Sakamoto Vs Gilberto Serrano[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Yodsanan Sor Nanthachai Vs Vicente Mosquera[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Chris John vs Osamu Sato[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Takanori Hatakeyama Vs Lakva Sim[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Naoya Inoue Vs Ryoichi Taguchi[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Yong Soo Choi Vs Lakva Sim[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Akira Yaegashi Vs Pornsawan Porpramook[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Takanori Hatakeyama vs Hiroyuki Sakamoto[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbo Posted July 22, 2020 Share Posted July 22, 2020 Spell check nightmare! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
repsac Posted July 22, 2020 Author Share Posted July 22, 2020 Nice list of fights. I watched Lusito Epinosa vs Alejandro Gonzalez I. It didn't last long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cableaddict Posted July 23, 2020 Share Posted July 23, 2020 Was recently rewatching Abel Ramos' come from behind last round stoppage over Perrella. Interesting to hear that Abel was sick, coughing for 2 weeks prior to the fight. I wonder if maybe he was sick with COVID-19. It was hilarious hearing Brian Kenny, Lennox and Goosen fawning over Perrella in the last round, and BOOM shit ends just like that lol. Good one. I watched that tonight. I love it when a little guy goes up against a tall guy. I always say, when a short & tall fighter meet, except for arm length & the ability for a tall fighter to just pull his head back for safety, the shorter fighter has all the other advantages. For instance, it's hard for the tall guy to see punches coming on the inside. DAT UPPERCUT ! whew. - Thx. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cableaddict Posted July 24, 2020 Share Posted July 24, 2020 (edited) I just re-watched all three Antonio Tarver - RJJ fights. The second two are sorta' hard to watch, if you were a fan of the once super-human Jones, but that first fight, despite him being on the decline, was really exciting. Tarver was so explosive when he attacked, and Roy had to really dig deep. I dunno what the crowd was booing about at the end, the winner was pretty clear, IMO. Edited July 25, 2020 by Cableaddict Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonRingRules Posted July 24, 2020 Share Posted July 24, 2020 --- Hairy'sSon Scott vs Paul Peers, 0-2, 2 1st rd KO losses. Peers a Charlie Z quick, lanky darter actually looked good in the beginning vs a balding Hairy in reasonable shape til a belt line body shot folded him in appropriate grimaces. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
repsac Posted July 29, 2020 Author Share Posted July 29, 2020 I just re-watched all three Antonio Tarver - RJJ fights. The second two are sorta' hard to watch, if you were a fan of the once super-human Jones, but that first fight, despite him being on the decline, was really exciting. Tarver was so explosive when he attacked, and Roy had to really dig deep. I dunno what the crowd was booing about at the end, the winner was pretty clear, IMO. I suggest you check out Tarver on the Al Bernstein podcast unplugged. Great interview. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
repsac Posted August 9, 2020 Author Share Posted August 9, 2020 Watched Kirk Johnson vs Al Cole II. This fight took place on the Ike Ibeabuchi vs Chris Byrd undercard. Very fun fight, super under the radar. Not sure i ever watched it before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_budweiser Posted August 10, 2020 Share Posted August 10, 2020 I watched a few football games and its put me right off watching any sport without fans, until they return. I'm finding it a very painful watch. You don't realise how much the fans matter until they're not there. Anyone else finding it difficult to watch without an atmosphere? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WSMFC64 Posted August 10, 2020 Share Posted August 10, 2020 Hi Bud, the football has been awful to watch and enjoy (Fake sound even worse) Boxing, Cricket, Horse Racing and F1 i have not really noticed much difference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
repsac Posted August 10, 2020 Author Share Posted August 10, 2020 Hmm, to tell you the truth i hadn't noticed it much. It's strange in basketball and baseball. I wish Top Rank would stop the hearmecheer thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cableaddict Posted August 12, 2020 Share Posted August 12, 2020 (edited) RE having no fans: All sports should do the following: Set up hundreds of rooms throughout the country, where (in each one) small groups of people, recently tested for covid (or those who had it and recovered) get together to watch the event on a big screen TV, but wearing headphones. (No broadcast sound in the room.) Put some mics in each room, and record broadcast all of the groups' reactions, combined. It would be easy to digitally enhanced that final audio track to sound like it was in a large stadium. Ta da. Edited August 13, 2020 by Cableaddict Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbo Posted August 13, 2020 Share Posted August 13, 2020 I just re-watched all three Antonio Tarver - RJJ fights. The second two are sorta' hard to watch, if you were a fan of the once super-human Jones, but that first fight, despite him being on the decline, was really exciting. Tarver was so explosive when he attacked, and Roy had to really dig deep. I dunno what the crowd was booing about at the end, the winner was pretty clear, IMO. I agree, it was a competitive fight but Jones won clearly. Maybe the crowd were just used to seeing him utterly dominate the opposition and were disappointed that they didn't get that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonRingRules Posted August 13, 2020 Share Posted August 13, 2020 --- Watched a half dozen David Benavidez fights in advance of his Roamer Angulo fight this Sat. Kid is hardly a speciman by looks, but very heavy handed and patient boxer. Seems to be in for the long haul. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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