The Army Boxing Thread

[gbranton]

Camacho was brain dead BEFORE the shooting. A wife beater, still fucking around with coke and running the streets at age 50. It's sad but frankly not a shock.

[sadaist]

Sucks. Macho is/was a fuckup in real life but damn he was a character in the ring. I loved watching his antics back in the 80's. Boxing was tremendous back then. So many super personalities and quality match ups.

Rest in peace soon to you Macho...thanks for the fun.

[sonrisa salvaje]

Well said my friend.

[binnie]

R.I.P indeed.

Like so many fighters: a legend in the ring, but a 'troubled figure' (to put it lightly) outside of it. What a shitty way to go......

[binnie]

Ricky Hatton's return tonight: thoughts?

[vandeleur]

Think Hattie lol is just on a money grab . A malignaggi fight or a khan fight to help the coffers for old age .
Seemingly he has lost 4 stone this year , this yo yo weight thing can't be healthy .

[sadaist]

Ricky Hatton's return tonight: thoughts?

Corned beef sammiches and a pint of Guinness?

[sadaist]

RIP Macho


Seriously guys, who the fuck has the balls to be like this? Not even Prince Naseems ego is big enough to compare to Machos.

thanks Macho! man, when we were drinking to get ready to watch the fight & the dude comes out like this? HAHAHAHA! So great.

[vandeleur]

Hattie beat .... Not a good pick for an opponent

[binnie]

Hattie beat .... Not a good pick for an opponent

You'll have noticed I've been quiet about the Hatton comeback, largely because I thought it was a bad idea done for the wrong reasons (mental ones, it seems).

I always figured that Senechenko would be a difficult fighter - a former world champion (with a big height advantage) as a first fight after 3 years off is a hard nights work. Hatton looked like a shadow of his former self, and it was hard to watch. Upsetting, even......

This has nothing to do with money (he's loaded) - it's all to do with not knowing how to live without boxing.

[vandeleur]

Hopefully he well call it quits for good this time and we don't see this all again in another 3 years

[Satan]

Camacho was brain dead BEFORE the shooting. A wife beater, still fucking around with coke and running the streets at age 50. It's sad but frankly not a shock.

I suspect he must have had some literal long term brain damage from his boxing career. While getting shot in the head at any point is obviously nothing to be taken lightly, a bullet in the jaw probably shouldn't have killed him..... unless it aggravated other injuries that were already there, possibly a case of a "time bomb" just waiting to go off..

But then, I'm a Devil, not a doctor, so take my diagnosis with 666 grains of salt.

[sadaist]

a shadow of his former self, and it was hard to watch. Upsetting, even......

That's why I had to stop watching Evander fight

man, he was/is my favorite of all time. He put on some awesome clinics on opponents faces & took a beating no man should be able to withstand. Incredible. The Tyson fights were his pinnacle. But he lost it fast after that and it was very hard to watch. Although I still say he beat Lewis in the 1st fight. Hard to explain. Even when he was winning you still felt that cringe in your stomach that he would lose at any second. Not good.

[sonrisa salvaje]

Great fight tonight between Robert the Ghost Guerrero and Andre Berto. Guerrero won a unanimous decision in a fight of the year candidate.

[binnie]

Guerrero was very good indeed - kudos to Berto for his performance, too.

Bradley vs Guerrero now please.