The Army Boxing Thread

[sonrisa salvaje]

Fights this weekend:

Saturday, June 23 - Los Angeles, Ca (Showtime)
Victor Ortiz - Josesito Lopez (substitue for Andre Berto)
Humberto Soto - Lucas Matthysse

Saturday, June 23 - Hollywood, FL
Cornelius Bundrage - Cory Spinks

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.......wake me up with the results.

[jhale667]

Fights this weekend:

Saturday, June 23 - Los Angeles, Ca (Showtime)
Victor Ortiz - Josesito Lopez (substitue for Andre Berto)
Humberto Soto - Lucas Matthysse

Saturday, June 23 - Hollywood, FL
Cornelius Bundrage - Cory Spinks

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.......wake me up with the results.

$5 says Ortiz gets frustrated and head-butts his opponent in the first 5 rounds...

[TFM_Dale]

Jim Lampley mentioned it when they showed Chavez warming up in his dressing room.


Anyone else hear them not-so-subtly suggest the judges of the Pacquiao Bradley fight punished Pac for making them wait 'til he finished watching the game and getting a massage before coming to the ring? Apparently he was over 30 minutes late showing up?

If anything they should punish him for being Arum's little bitch for all these years.

[TFM_Dale]

$5 says Ortiz gets frustrated and head-butts his opponent in the first 5 rounds...

I wouldn't be surprised by it, what a waste of decent talent, if he could ever get his head straight, of course that can be said for many athletes.

[jhale667]

If anything they should punish him for being Arum's little bitch for all these years.

I think Floyd Mayweather should be the administrator of that beating...

[TFM_Dale]

I gave it a big bad sticky, hopefully they don't run me out of here for doing it lol

[TFM_Dale]

I think Floyd Mayweather should be the administrator of that beating...

We can only hope that it happens, if for nothing else just to shut up all the PaqFraud fans, of course then their will be another fighter Floyd is "afraid" of, it never actually ends lol

[jhale667]

We can only hope that it happens, if for nothing else just to shut up all the PaqFraud fans, of course then their will be another fighter Floyd is "afraid" of, it never actually ends lol

True, but after watching him coast through the Bradley fight (yeah, he got robbed, but did he REALLY think taking the first 2 minutes of each round off was a good idea?), the more I'm convinced Floyd will school the F out of him. Yes, he's improved over the years, but compared to Floyd he's still a seriously one-dimensional fighter. All he does his come forward doing the Energizer bunny bit - and Floyd won't be there to hit. And if Floyd presses the offense, well...Manny can't fight backing up.

[binnie]

I'll be watching closely to see how Ortiz does on Saturday.

Think about it: a couple of years from now Floyd and Pacman will be retired. Who will be the man at 147 then? Ortiz is a safe bet - I see big fights with Bradley and Khan (when he moves up) in the future.

[jhale667]

I'll be watching closely to see how Ortiz does on Saturday.

Think about it: a couple of years from now Floyd and Pacman will be retired. Who will be the man at 147 then? Ortiz is a safe bet - I see big fights with Bradley and Khan (when he moves up) in the future.

I think Khan would hand him his ass if he could keep from getting caught with something big (Khan's chin isn't all that, as we've seen)...Bradley's determination might be too much for him...this is still the guy that quit in the middle of a fight when the going got really tough, recall....

[binnie]

Yeah, but I think he's proven himself since in that war with Berto.

Personally, I think Ortiz beats Khan - people underestimate Ortiz's speed of foot. He's also be stronger than Khan.

Still, I'm looking forward to all of these fights over the next couple of years.....

[jhale667]

Yeah, but I think he's proven himself since in that war with Berto.

Personally, I think Ortiz beats Khan - people underestimate Ortiz's speed of foot. He's also be stronger than Khan.

Still, I'm looking forward to all of these fights over the next couple of years.....

Agree he's improved since then, but his idiotic move in the Mayweather fight shows he's still got a ways to go overall... and I too look forward to watching them when/if they happen...

[vandeleur]

I fancy khan over ortiz.... i know am biased but in khan i see a fighter improving and i think once he gets his head around defending i think he is gonna be around for a while ...
If he can avoid mayweather ... like the plague and wait for him to retire i see him doing good things ... not really ruling the roost but i see him giving good account of him self .. if he keeps improving.

[binnie]

I don't think Khan will improve his skill levels beyond what we see now. He's been a pr for 8 years - if he still has that amateurish defence it isn't going to change.

That being said, he'll always be up there with the best because of his freakish speed.

[vandeleur]

I was thinking more his defence and ring craft , his ability to slip punches ... He looks great attacking I just think he needs to tighten the defence ....
Saying that after watching the Peterson fight recently and how paq fought .. I did notice both did this only fighting for a 3rd of the round .... I wonder if it's some strange tactic roach has them doing ... Any thoughts ?