Since nobody posts in the boxing thread, thought I'd just make this thread for anyone interested to discuss.
Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee, his hands can't hit what his eyes can't see.
He might be great, but he'll fall in 8.
The man who views the world at 50 the same as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life.
Don't count the days. Make the days count.
Impossible is nothing.
I wish people would love everybody else the way they love me. It would be a better world.
His fights against Sonny Liston, Joe Frazier, and George Foreman are legendary. He also fought Antonio Inoki and even had a comic book fight against Superman!It's hard to be humble when you're as great as I am.
:BanderasCanelo was a 20-year-old rising star and Golovkin a name whispered in the darkest corners of #boxinghead freakdom when veteran boxing writer Doug Fischer got the call from Golovkin’s trainer, Abel Sanchez, inviting him to watch a sparring session. Fischer had heard about “Abel’s Russian guy,” who had supposedly manhandled Alfredo Angulo and Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. in the gym. The invite came in May 2011. “Doug, do you want to come up and watch Golovkin spar?” he recalled Sanchez asking.
“Who’s he going to be sparring with?”
Sanchez answered, “You’ll love this: Canelo Alvarez.”
Alvarez was preparing for a June 18 bout with Ryan Rhodes, Golovkin for a June 17 fight against Kassim Ouma, and the plan called for them to spar six four-minute rounds. So for 24 minutes, Fischer and a handful of other lucky spectators got a free look at a fight that could be worth eight figures to both boxers a half-decade later.
“Toward the end of the second round, Golovkin nailed Alvarez with a short hook and it took his legs out from under him,” Fischer recalled. “He did the Bojangles for just a second there. Alvarez backed off. He got on his bicycle, he just worked a nice straight jab to try to keep Golovkin off him, the bell rang, and he didn’t go back to his corner. He kind of did some squat things and then he put one of his legs on the top rope and did a ballet stretch, and he looked pissed. He looked pissed that he got caught. Maybe he was pissed that there was a witness.”
Alvarez recovered admirably, Fischer said, and for four more rounds they waged a battle whose legend grows with each passing year.
Deontay Wilder has entered negotiations to fight mandatory challenger Alexander Povetkin, the WBC has confirmed.
WBC world heavyweight champion Wilder (36-0-KO35) defended his belt against Artur Szpilka in New York on Saturday night via ninth-round stoppage.
Next up for the 30-year-old American looks to be Russia's Povetkin (30-1-KO22), who was last in action in November when he stopped Mariusz Wach in the final round to cement his mandatory status.
http://ringtv.craveonline.com/news/411135-deontay-wilder-and-alexander-povetkin-are-in-talks-for-may-fight-in-nyDeontay Wilder and mandatory challenger Alexander Povetkin are in talks for a May 21st title fight at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, promoter Lou DiBella told RingTV.com on Thursday.
DiBella said he spoke with Russian promoter Andrey Ryabinski about the framework of a deal for the WBC heavyweight title fight and is waiting to hear back.
The WBA, after congratulating Carl Frampton on beating Scott Quigg this past weekend, has issued Frampton a deadline to face Guillermo Rigondeaux by June 27th. After all, what better way to say congratulations than by saying "Now fight the man that nobody wants to face!"
Rigodeaux was stripped of his world title by the WBA last November citing his inactivity, but the sanctioning body had the graciousness of naming him "champion in recess" understanding his difficulty in securing fights while also noting his accomplishments.