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Eubank was 3rd seed and 3rd beating favorite to win the title behind Groves now after the first round he is the betting favorite to win WBSS. That's how you make a statement
 

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De La Hoya: Cotto in Top 20 of all time!

In this video interview caught by FightHub, Golden Boy promoter Oscar De La Hoya talks about Cotto’s farewell fight and what it means for the sport and his legacy. Check out some excerpts of what he had to say below...

De La Hoya on what this final Cotto fight means:

“I see it as a celebration for boxing, for Miguel Cotto, for the Garden, for anybody involved with this event, is in for a treat. I think Miguel Cotto is one of the best fighters or warriors that boxing has had in recent years. He’s always faced the very best. Against Sadam Ali it’s gonna be a tough fight.

“A farewell fight where it’s obviously not going to be easy. Sadam Ali has tons of experience. Here at the Garden he’s fought in the Golden Gloves, he’s a national champion, he’s a decorated amateur fighter who was part of the 2008 Olympic team. So it’s not gonna be easy for him but we in boxing feel that we’re in for a special treat when we see Miguel Cotto fight against anyone, especially the likes of Sadam Ali.”

On Miguel Cotto’s legacy:

“You know, he’s gonna be considered one of the best. I mean he is the only four-division world champion from Puerto Rico, which tells you a lot because Puerto Rico has had many great world champions like Wilfredo Benitez, and the list goes on and on and on — like Felix Trinidad. So the fact that Miguel Cotto is the only four-division champion from Puerto Rico just - it tells you a lot.

“He’s obviously a sure ballot into the Hall of Fame. He’s a fighter who takes on all-comers, ‘til the very end. He has had a stellar career, he’s been on HBO 24 times, and so I believe Miguel Cotto - I can rank Miguel Cotto, sincerely, in the top 20 of all time.”

I’m certain this will draw some passionate debate, so have at it in the comments below. Is Cotto really anywhere near a top-20 all-timer?

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The left hook:whew:





Swift still has the best left hook in the sport; nikkas get on they roller blades when they feel that hook(Herrera, Peterson, Thurman)

Swift needs a new trainer to learn how to throw straight shots more effectively, he has too much power and too good of a counter puncher to be winging predictable shots you can see.....Learn to throw a soft and not heavy jab then learn to hook off the jab, and change some of those looping right lasers, to sharp straight right hand lasers.......Swift 140 pounds soaking wet and shouldn't really have moved up, but he cleared out that division, his stock took lose after Thurman, he just has to change things a full welter, go back to that combo guy, get rugged, stop fighting pretty, and get sharper on his punch selection....
 

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SRR beats Floyd

SRL beats Hitman again

SRR beats SRL and proves he's the GOAT "Sugar Ray"


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SRR theres little tape; as a lot of his fights look funny in the light

SRL had what it took to take Floyd in a disputed decision but neither fighter would dominate the other....SRL never really had to fight somebody faster than him, we see what Camacho did, so toss up

Hearns is too dumb to beat Floyd.....
 

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Bread prolly losing his shyt right now. :mjlol:

It's taking all my strength not to become a stan of these dudes. Holy shyt:dead:



J rock still barely been heard from since that KO. I know lubin prolly shed a few when he got back home. These are are the type of losses that just eat you up inside. On top of that you gotta deal with your opponent cracking jokes on you while you grieve:francis:

Those shirts ain't a Photoshop?:damn:

It is shopped brehs :russ:

And not only is it a loss that eats you up internally, they gotta deal with the social media jokes/memes/comments...

If you look at Lubins comments on his last posts
:damn: "he aint posted shyt yet, he'll be back when he's done with his nap"
 

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It is shopped brehs :russ:

And not only is it a loss that eats you up internally, they gotta deal with the social media jokes/memes/comments...

If you look at Lubins comments on his last posts
:damn: "he aint posted shyt yet, he'll be back when he's done with his nap"
If I was a boxing man; Jrock should face Lubin asap:manny:
 

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SRR theres little tape; as a lot of his fights look funny in the light


There's 10+ videos of SRR fights online....yall just don't watch them:hubie:


He is/was the GOAT. Footage doesn't lie and he's dominating HOFers in their prime:whew:


SRL had what it took to take Floyd in a disputed decision but neither fighter would dominate the other....SRL never really had to fight somebody faster than him, we see what Camacho did, so toss up


Camacho fought a washed up SRL...not prime. Prime SRL would've murked that boy.


SRL vs Floyd would be a great matchup and definitely a trilogy fight.



Hearns is too dumb to beat Floyd.....


Hearns too dumb? Nah. Hearns was a great boxer...outboxed SRL twice, had hammer fists, and had Emmanuel Steward in his corner. Floyd doesn't have the reach or power to stop Hearns from beating him imo:yeshrug:
 

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There's 10+ videos of SRR fights online....yall just don't watch them:hubie:


He is/was the GOAT. Footage doesn't lie and he's dominating HOFers in their prime:whew:

Camacho fought a washed up SRL...not prime. Prime SRL would've murked that boy.

SRL vs Floyd would be a great matchup and definitely a trilogy fight.


Not only that in general, when we talk athletes from different generations. If they were to come along in a more modern era they might have completely different styles.

They always said SRR was way ahead of his time the way he fought.

I just imagine if he fought in the modern era he would be 10X as good.

Era of 200 fights vs Era of 30-50 fights, yeah the caliber of opponent has to be factored but over 100 KOs too :damn: He got more KOs then some boxers have fights.
 

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Not only that in general, when we talk athletes from different generations. If they were to come along in a more modern era they might have completely different styles.

They always said SRR was way ahead of his time the way he fought.

I just imagine if he fought in the modern era he would be 10X as good.

Era of 200 fights vs Era of 30-50 fights, yeah the caliber of opponent has to be factored but over 100 KOs too :damn: He got more KOs then some boxers have fights.


SRR with a full training camp, nutrition of today, and not having to fight 12 times a year or more???:whew:



Man went 131-3-2 before he retired the 1st time and the fights he lost, only the LaMotta L was legit....and he beat prime HOF LaMotta 5 out of the 6 times he faced him also:wow:
 

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Not only that in general, when we talk athletes from different generations. If they were to come along in a more modern era they might have completely different styles.

They always said SRR was way ahead of his time the way he fought.

I just imagine if he fought in the modern era he would be 10X as good.


Era of 200 fights vs Era of 30-50 fights, yeah the caliber of opponent has to be factored but over 100 KOs too :damn: He got more KOs then some boxers have fights.
Athletes these days are just different specimens, SRR whould get his ears boxed off; nobody is standing in the middle of the ring in one spot like cavemans going back n forth....

Now the 80's other shyt was going on(roids) nikkas were fast, shredded, had power far far outside of their initial weight class; so I'll entertain theoretical matches with the current age there.....
 
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