The Army Boxing Thread

[binnie]

Dude is a freak.

He's also very good at picking his fights these days (fair dues). I think he'll win.

Then I hope that he retires.

[binnie]

Arthur Abraham beat Steiglitz via SD in their rubbermatch last night.

He's now the WBO champ at 168. I smell a fight with Kessler on the horizon.........

[sonrisa salvaje]

Arthur Abraham beat Steiglitz via SD in their rubbermatch last night.

He's now the WBO champ at 168. I smell a fight with Kessler on the horizon.........

Will have to look that one up and watch it. It went untelevised here in the U.S. We had the Chavez Jr./ Vera rematch which was an enjoyable action fight. Also Orlando Solido was victorious. The best news i have heard is that the Froch/Groves rematch will be televised here on either Showtime or HBO. I am disappointed that the Martinez/Cotto fight is going to be PPV.

[binnie]

Are you surprised that Martinez/Cotto is PPV? Two of the biggest fighters in the sport were always going to generate that....

[sonrisa salvaje]

Are you surprised that Martinez/Cotto is PPV? Two of the biggest fighters in the sport were always going to generate that....

Kind of surprised. I can't think of a PPV that Martinez has headlined. Cotto has only headlined when against PacMan and Mayweather in losing efforts. I hate to say this but despite it being exciting to us Binnie, i'm not sure who is going to pay to see this fight. I wouldn't think just the die hard Martinez and Cotto fans would generate enough sales to warrant a PPV. I'm not sure i'm going to pay for it...are you?

[binnie]

Cotto is a big PPV draw. He brings in a huge Puerto Rico audience.

(I won't pay for it - I always get hooked up other ways )

[sonrisa salvaje]

Now that i think of it i'll bet the Margarito rematch was a pay per view. Shane Mosley probably was too. Hopefully, it does well. I probably won't pay 50 bucks for it.
Predictions?

[binnie]

I'll hang back on the predicition for now. It's tough: Martinez is not the man he was, and arguably he's not faced a fighter as good as Cotto for a long, long time; and Cotto has never fought at 160 so we don't know how he'll look.

[binnie]

Canalelo-Angulo this weekend.

This could be a good one, some people are even picking Angulo for an upset........

[sonrisa salvaje]

Canalelo-Angulo this weekend.

This could be a good one, some people are even picking Angulo for an upset........

Not out of the realm of possibility but i am going to pick Canelo with a KO by round 4. While Canelo has never been hit with the power that Angulo has, i believe Angulo to have been concussed too many times at this point to last long.

[binnie]

So, there's talk of Khan-Broner being on the undercard of Floyd-Maidanna.

That's an intriguing fight, much as I don't care much for either guy. I really don't know how that fight would play out.

[sonrisa salvaje]

So, there's talk of Khan-Broner being on the undercard of Floyd-Maidanna.

That's an intriguing fight, much as I don't care much for either guy. I really don't know how that fight would play out.

That is a head scratcher.

[binnie]

Canello stopped Angulo in the 10th.

The stoppage was just plain odd. Angulo had taken a lot of punishment, but he wasn't overly hurt and was still punching. Kinda sucks we lost potentially three rounds of great boxing. Round 8 was a really warriors 3 minutes.

Canello is back. The kid looked impressive on Saturday. Great movement, good defence, came to fight and has an impressive aresnal of combinations.

[vandeleur]

I've seen the punch stats for the fight , scary numbers in canello's favour .

There is a lot to be said in Floyd being a sly old fox and taking him on early before he really matures and before his own powers began to wane .

[binnie]

Nah, Floyd took the most dangerous fight offered to him at that time. People need to give him some credit for that.

I'll be intrgued to see who Canello fights next. He's pencilled in for late July.