Floyd Mayweather vs Saul "Canelo" Alvarez

[longballs]

Got a lovely HD sopcast stream going on, better than listening to Bunce.

[moof]

Any updates lads? Garcia Matthyse been on yet?

[moof]

Never mind, got it. Glad I didn't miss it.

[Kevin D]

FUCK!

[longballs]

Was mad how they cleaned up that eye.  A lot of low blows but overall I was really impressed with Garcia tonight and he deserved the win.  P.s. his Dad is a right bell.

[moof]

Didn't disappoint, that. Come on Canelo.

[The Flâneur]

Got a lovely HD sopcast stream going on, better than listening to Bunce.

channel?

[Saintslfc13]

Got a lovely HD sopcast stream going on, better than listening to Bunce.

 

Could I get a pm? streams are jumpy

[JohnnyH]

Just came up from the pool to watch the fight. Will head back down after for a beer and lunch. Some bonuses being in a weird time zone.

[Kevin D]

One guy is a good fighter, the other is extraordinary.

[longballs]

Snoozefest that Mayweather.

[Saintslfc13]

One guy is a good fighter, the other is extraordinary.

 

Have to agree with you there, not a fan of Mayweather for many reasons but he dominated today. Didn't want him to win but when they announced someone had it as a draw I couldn't believe it. What the fuck was that about?

[Kevin D]

CJ Ross is a fool and he owes me £45 quid, the twat.

[Saintslfc13]

Apparently he's a she.

[Hades]

Snoozefest that Mayweather.

 

True this, he's like the catenaccio of boxing. Freakishly great but can't wait for him to be overthrown.

[Welsh]

That female judge needs shooting, what a corrupt bitch.

[Lee909]

Just watched both main fights

Garcia made Matthysse look shit,big power puncher who if he cant put his man away is fucked.I still dont think Garcia is that good but he is a tough bastard.

 

Mayweather fight is what i expected to happen.

[loadsoftrophies]

Right I'll be honest here and say I had the Mayweather fight close. As superb as Floyd was I thought Alvarez just outworked him in a good few rounds. Even though Alvarez didn't land pretty much anything clean he just kept touching Floyd on the arms and the side of his body and for me Floyd just didn't do enough in some rounds.

When Floyd did do his thing he was superb and it was clear who was the genius in there but he didn't dominate the fight for 12 like people are making out, I thought the boxnation commentators were awful last night. Floyd had a lot of respect for Canelo for those 12 rounds.

116-112 was about right for me. There's no one out there to trouble Floyd now, Canelo was his biggest obstacle.

 

That was a real hardluck story for Matthyse, he was starting to take control until the eye and the knockdown was a bit controversial. Showed a lot of guts but came up short. Garcia was impressive as a boxer last, he looks like he's improving and he's got a solid chin on him.

[Guest LFD]

Can't believe one of the judges thought that Mayweather vs Alverez was a draw. 

[loadsoftrophies]

Can't believe one of the judges thought that Mayweather vs Alverez was a draw. [/size]

Like me I think she gave every close round to Canelo, I had a reason in the back of my mind as I backed the draw....actually there's your answer as she's dodgy as fuck as a judge.

[Saintslfc13]

Right I'll be honest here and say I had the Mayweather fight close. As superb as Floyd was I thought Alvarez just outworked him in a good few rounds. Even though Alvarez didn't land pretty much anything clean he just kept touching Floyd on the arms and the side of his body and for me Floyd just didn't do enough in some rounds.

When Floyd did do his thing he was superb and it was clear who was the genius in there but he didn't dominate the fight for 12 like people are making out, I thought the boxnation commentators were awful last night. Floyd had a lot of respect for Canelo for those 12 rounds.

116-112 was about right for me. There's no one out there to trouble Floyd now, Canelo was his biggest obstacle.

 

That was a real hardluck story for Matthyse, he was starting to take control until the eye and the knockdown was a bit controversial. Showed a lot of guts but came up short. Garcia was impressive as a boxer last, he looks like he's improving and he's got a solid chin on him.

 

What was controversial about it? I didn't watch any of the undercard but the reactions to that fight have left me wishing I had.

 

Also I do agree with you about the main event, I didn't see the fight as an outright blowout like some did but the draw was still criminal. Unless boxing is really that different of viewing from a TV to ringside, and considering there's only two people to watch, 3 if the referee seems dodgy, I doubt that very much. Obviously things like hand speed, footwork are more impressive in person but neither of those things were going in Canelo's favor in this case and even a viewer that's just semi-educated on the sport could pick those things up on a television anyway.

 

I don't know about the reaction over there but it's been par for the course for recent Mayweather fights here. People that like him claim he's the greatest thing since the wheel and people that don't think he doesn't fight just runs around. I get the latter opinion, but it's rather annoying having someone make the point that "If he stood still for just a little Canelo would have knocked him out" when clearly that's the whole reason Floyd doesn't stand still. Overall, I think my main reason why Canelo should have waited to challenge Mayweather was spot on. While the tools were there, from a technical standpoint he even made Floyd bite on the feint enough times to capitalize but he didn't pull the trigger in those crucial seconds, the know how wasn't. Lack of execution and/or recognition that likely wouldn't have been a factor had Canelo been more experienced.

 

For some Mayweather will have been the clear best for a while, for me I feel like it's a case of what might have been had he fought Pacquiao when both were at their peak.

[dennis tooth]

Could have told you thirty fights ago floyd wont be beaten

[loadsoftrophies]

What was controversial about it? I didn't watch any of the undercard but the reactions to that fight have left me wishing I had. .

He was punched at the back of the head so he was pushed into the ropes where he got tangled up. Garcia caught him with a few shots and one sent him off balance, the ref really should of stepped in for either the first punch or the fact he was tangled up.

[General Dryness]

Can't believe Canelo is only 23, yet he had his first pro fight in 2005. 15 years old. Fucking hell. Amazing, unless that kind of thing is commonplace in Mexico, as to which I have no idea.

[Lee909]

Turning pro that early is pretty common in Mexico and South East Asia.

The fighters generally dont have the money to stay amateur and try for the olympics.