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[surv2syn]

Martinez-Cotto at 159 CW.



IMO, I dont know why Cotto is pushing this. Its one pound and Sergio is a small MW who can still make 154. Why taint it? Serge aint coming in too heavy and if he did, it would be a disadvantage to him. He needs to use his foot speed and mobility against Cotto. Hell, Serge prob would be coming in at 158 anyway.

 

[Big Boss]

i believe that athletic commissions only check for glove weight. theres different things fighters can do to gloves. in the 4 oz era fighters used to fight with gloves that had horse hairs for padding and before the fight they would work the horse hair away from the knuckle area so there was zero padding when the fight started. in some tyson fights you can see him pressing his gloves together to work the foam padding away from the center of the knuckle area as much as he could before the fight. some fighters pull the padding backward and skin it down to the wrist with extra tape over the glove you still see this every now and then in a lot of fights when a fighter has his tape all the way up the hand. athletic commissions dont check or try to stop any of this. hopkins revealed an old trick that old time fighters would dip their wrapped hands into ice water to harden the wraps and turn it into a hard cast. theres lots of things like this that fighters do that go by athletic commissions how many fights did margarito fight before he was caught finally. is margarito the only fighter in the sport who cheats or is margarito the only fighter in the sport who happened to get caught? which one sounds more likely to you? remember the athletic commission people are not boxing people theyre a government department.

ggg is the man with the highest ko rate in boxing and the man with the smallest gloves in all of boxing. where theres smoke theres fire look at his fights his gloves are almost the same size as his real hand. it could be many things his team is doing to gloves trying to flatten them out or hitting walls to work the padding before fights that would still pass a athletic commission inspection but every fight he has look at his gloves for yourself and ask yourself if they pass your eye test.

We need naazim richardson

 

[InvictusAeternusEternus]

 

[Newzz]

 

[SuikodenII]

http://www.boxingscene.com/oscar-gonzalez-33-passes-away-following-ko-loss--74288

By Jake Donovan


Featherweight boxer Oscar Gonzalez passed away Sunday in Mexico, less than 24 hours following a 10th round knockout loss to Jesus Galicia in their Televisa-televised main event Saturday evening in Mexico City.

Gonzalez was rushed to the hospital immediately following his loss to Galicia, in what was a billed as a WBC silver featherweight title fight. The fighter has since been declared brain dead, with his family to arrive from Tepic on Sunday afternoon before the fighter is officially pronounced dead.

Gonzalez was 33 years young at the time of his passing. The featherweight held a ring record of 23-3 (14KO) and was in the midst of a three-fight win streak prior to Saturday evening. The run included an upset points win over former 122 lb. titlist Rico Ramos last April.

 

[Newzz]

http://www.boxingscene.com/oscar-gonzalez-33-passes-away-following-ko-loss--74288

Too many deaths in boxing


People are gonna have to start boxing with head gear on or something

 

[mson]

They're replaying the Collazo vsOrtiz card on FS1.

 

[Yuzo]

@1:19

"it felt like a little bat hitting me on the top of my head"

 

[patscorpio]

http://www.boxingscene.com/oscar-gonzalez-33-passes-away-following-ko-loss--74288

too many boxing fatalities and near fatalities lately ..boxing is a dangerous sport

 

[patscorpio]

rosado is a a tough guy but he was literally helpless that night...i thought GGG was coming close to killing him in the ring

 

[Amare's Right Hook]

http://www.boxingscene.com/oscar-gonzalez-33-passes-away-following-ko-loss--74288

Death has been ringside this year

 

[mr. smoke weed]

http://www.boxingscene.com/oscar-gonzalez-33-passes-away-following-ko-loss--74288

Jesus RIP to that man's family. This is a brutal sport we love brehs

 

[mr. smoke weed]

rosado is a a tough guy but he was literally helpless that night...i thought GGG was coming close to killing him in the ring

I'm a big fan of Rosado (should have stayed at 154) and that was rough to watch. fukked up his scar tissue above his eye for good.

 

[surv2syn]

http://www.boxingscene.com/oscar-gonzalez-33-passes-away-following-ko-loss--74288

goddammit! I came in here to post for everyone to pray for the young warrior and then see this post. I dont know what to say. I think the commissions are doing a good job. is the sport becoming more dangerous?

RIP to Oscar Gonzalez.

 

[SuikodenII]

http://www.boxingscene.com/oscar-gonzalezs-wife-provides-update-on-brain-injury--74292

By Miguel Rivera

Earlier today, several reputable outlets in Mexico reported that Oscar Gonzalez was declared brain dead in the aftermath of Saturday's brutal fight with Jesus Galicia in Polanco.

In the tenth round, Gonzalez, 23-years-old, passed out and he was quickly transported to Hospital Español in Mexico City.

Gonzalez was immediately taken to the intensive care unit and it was discovered that he suffered a severe brain injury.

The boxer's wife, Magaly Avalos, arrived this afternoon from Tepic and she spoke directly to the neurosurgeon responsible for the health of her husband.

While her husband is in bad shape, Avalos disputes that he was declared brain dead. She was told that "part" of the boxer's brain is still functioning.

A medical decision regarding Gonzalez's future should become more clear on Monday.

"[The neurosurgeon told me that] part of his brain is working. He still has all of his vitals and his heart is working well, but we must wait at least 24 hours to find out how we're going to proceed medically," Avalos said.

He's up at 9....................they're gonna let it continue