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u aint saw the preview i posted ?
He may be Cuban but he still got that Danny Garcia struggle Spanish. The only thing he knows how to say " no trabajes mucho" lol
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He may be Cuban but he still got that Danny Garcia struggle Spanish. The only thing he knows how to say " no trabajes mucho" lol
The axe murderer
For I am death and I ride on a pale horse
On This Day: Roy Jones dominates James Toney in super-middleweight masterclass
Roy Jones looks sensational while Oscar De La Hoya shows his potential on the undercard, writes Matt Christie
1. WITH hindsight, James Toney’s plans to invade the heavyweight division, voiced in the lead-up to his super-middleweight showdown with Roy Jones Jnr, were not the most promising. “Get me Michael Moorer, I’ll beat him too,” he cried. Jones, meanwhile, declared he would drop back down to 160lbs – where he was champ – once he had dealt with Toney at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on November 18, 1994.
2. TONEY, the IBF champion, arrived in Sin City a week before the showdown. Prior to that he had been preparing at Mickey Rourke’s Outlaw Gym in Hollywood – reportedly weighing 207lbs when he began training – while Jones honed his body inside the Great Gorge Spa Resort in New Jersey. From there Jones said: “I’m fine. I’m gonna win the fight. I go about my own business and concentrate on being the best I can be.”
3. “LIGHTS OUT” was typically confident, angry, amusing and disrespectful beforehand. “Jones is sayin’ I got dog in me and I ain’t playin’. It’s not personal, it’s business. His showboating don’t bother me either – let him try it! My confidence is always high. I’m training like a madman. I’m goin’ to knock the boy out! I never ducked nobody. I’ve fought in three weight divisions and on November 18 Jones will be in with a real fighter.”
4. BOTH Jones and Toney turned down pre-arranged purses beforehand, $2 million and $2.5 million respectively, and instead chose to take a share of the pay-per-view money. TVKO were selling the show at $29.95 and Toney was to make 45 per cent, compared to Jones’ 35. It was later reported the event sold around 300,000 buys, equating to just shy of $9 million. If all figures are correct, the fighters were right to snub the original offers.
5. TONEY, being champion, entered the ring last and walked straight over to Jones and glowered at him. The menace and 6-5 favourite started the quicker, but within two minutes of the opening bell, it was Jones who had taken control with his speed of hand that seemed to surprise Toney.
6. JONES got stronger. In the third and, after preening and larking, he got serious when with a right cross. Toney was caught off-balance and went down. Embarrassed but not hurt, Toney jumped to his feet and seethed as referee Richard Steele tolled to obligatory eight count.
7. TONEY showed flashes of his brilliance, but it was mostly one-sided and Jones, after avoiding any unnecessary danger in the 12th and final round, was awarded the unanimous decision via lopsided scores of 119-108, 118-109, and 117-111.
8. “I WAS never hurt at all,” claimed Toney. “He pushed me for the knockdown. I was never hurt. I’ll be back. I want a shot at the light-heavyweight title as soon as possible.”
9. TWO days after the loss, Toney was questioned by police over an allegation that he had threatened to kill his manager, Jackie Kallen. Detroit police launched an investigation after Toney’s mother told them that her son had left the house with a gun while voicing his intention to shoot Kallen. He was soon released and no formal complaint was filed.
10. STARRING on the undercard was Oscar De La Hoya who defended his WBO lightweight title when he flattened Carl Griffith in the third round with a delightful left hand. “I caught him with my ‘45’,” said Oscar afterwards, “it’s my best shot. I’m glad the ref stopped the fight because he could have gotten seriously hurt. I was surprised he got up.”
Loved this fight
ChocolateGiddyUp
Superstar
Good only a 5 month turnaround for Swift N if they Smart his next fight after that will be in June for PR Parade N for the WBC
Khan fight was never goin happen without the belt on the line...why would Al Haymon put in the #1 N #2 in the WBC against each other without the belt
Axum Ezana
Driving in the fast lane
one of the many great fights of holyfield ..... alex stewart reminds me of anthony joshua a bit too.
Willy Waffle
Willy Da Waffleman
damn i speak better spanish this quillin
you know, this whole battle for brooklyn shyt is corny to me imo. quillin a cool dude and all but real brooklyn heads will tell you, quillin really aint from brooklyn. danny is born and bred. i remember he been holding it down for bk since he won the silver gloves back in 02. I don't know what paulie and zab did attendance wise from their fight at the barclays but it wouldn't surprise me if this did below what they did.
Axum Ezana
Driving in the fast lane
damn i speak better spanish this quillin
you know, this whole battle for brooklyn shyt is corny to me imo. quillin a cool dude and all but real brooklyn heads will tell you, quillin really aint from brooklyn. danny is born and bred. i remember he been holding it down for bk since he won the silver gloves back in 02. I don't know what paulie and zab did attendance wise from their fight at the barclays but it wouldn't surprise me if this did below what they did.
yeah i heard he(peter) from michigan or something.
Cacs on reddit are livid. They think Cotton is actually gonna fight this bum GGG.
Theyre mad he dropped the title and aint pay the side step money
Miguel Cotto's response to WBC $1.1 million fee & being stripped of title • /r/Boxing
Theyre mad he dropped the title and aint pay the side step money
Miguel Cotto's response to WBC $1.1 million fee & being stripped of title • /r/Boxing
First OR second fight?
Alex stewart was an underachiever in a way...dude never really put it together consistently ..the one time he really did put it together against Foreman he got jobbed
Axum Ezana
Driving in the fast lane
this month on nov 5....great story about foreman coming back after 10 years and a look on how atlas has always been crazy ass shyt
moorer maybe should have not left kronk/steward.... nikka look like dmx every once in awhile too me
moorer was exciting though and was a great lhw/ maybe top 10 atg lhw.
moorer maybe should have not left kronk/steward.... nikka look like dmx every once in awhile too me
moorer was exciting though and was a great lhw/ maybe top 10 atg lhw.
Axum Ezana
Driving in the fast lane
what? alex just naturally reminds me of anthony....the way he stands....bounce.....punch. his build is similar to but josh is about 3 inches taller. bruno reminds me of anthony a bit too.
another great fight with him n moorer. also 8:48 crew talks about landscape of young hw boxing back then ...bowe, lewis....crazy as shyt.
this month on nov 5....great story about foreman coming back after 10 years and a look on how atlas has always been crazy ass shyt
moorer maybe should have not left kronk/steward.... nikka look like dmx every once in awhile too me
moorer was exciting though and was a great lhw/ maybe top 10 atg lhw.
I don't even have him in my Top 5 of the last 50 years at light heavyweight
what? alex just naturally reminds me of anthony....the way he stands....bounce.....punch. his build is similar to but josh is about 3 inches taller. bruno reminds me of anthony a bit too.
another great fight with him n moorer. also 8:48 crew talks about landscape of young hw boxing back then ...bowe, lewis....crazy as shyt.
they had 2 fights...but i see you posted the first fight
from me