The Army Boxing Thread

[binnie]

It's an interesting match up , Guerrero is gonna try and rough it up . Seen some pundits even predict Guerrero could nick it , which was a surprise .
Think it's mayweather on points but its gonna be a tough tough old fight .
Could be a cracker

I'm with you on this. I think it might be closer than many people think.

The fact is we don't know what Floyd is going to look like after another year off and 36 years old. In recent fights he hasn't been moving as much as he used to, and that allowed Cotto to stay on him all night (not that the fight was close). Guerrero is tough, tough, tough and he'll keep coming. I expect it to look a lot like Floyd-Cotto.

Don't see a KO either way

[binnie]

Floyd smokes him before or in the 8th round. With Paq-fraud off the roids and not even an interesting fight for Floyd anymore I am hoping to see him beat Saul Alvarez's ass next and then he might as well retire.

He's not going to retire yet - he's just signed the biggest deal in sports history Showtime for a 6-fights. Guerrero is the first. The others rumoured include: Amir Khan, Devon Alexander, Maidana (sp) and Alvarez. I expect Oscar De La Hoya will push for the Alvarez fight - it's the only one on the list that is risky for Floyd at this stage of the game.

[TFM_Dale]

The difference I see is the Cotto fight was at 154 (I'm pretty sure) and Floyd will be at his more natural to him 147 for this one. As with any fight one punch can end it, I just don't consider Guerrero to be in Floyd's league, even at the age of 36. We will know soon enough though

[TFM_Dale]

He's not going to retire yet - he's just signed the biggest deal in sports history Showtime for a 6-fights. Guerrero is the first. The others rumoured include: Amir Khan, Devon Alexander, Maidana (sp) and Alvarez. I expect Oscar De La Hoya will push for the Alvarez fight - it's the only one on the list that is risky for Floyd at this stage of the game.

I know, just saying their isn't much left for him to do in my opinion. I would hate to see him end up like Roy Jones. That fucker was bad assed and just held on to long.

[binnie]

Sergio Martinez takes on Martin Murray this Saturday too.

Always good to what Martinez, and Murray is a good fight who will come to win. Might be closer than people think....

[vandeleur]

roy jones is still talking about fighting collins

[TFM_Dale]

roy jones is still taking about fighting collins

God I hope not, dude needs to retire and enjoy himself before something majorly bad happens.

[vandeleur]

Yeah he is a link from last week .

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/boxing/22110555

Jones was a giant , and he is trying to fuck his reputation by not retiring.
Its testament to how good he was that he hasnt .

[jhale667]

I really wish Jones would retire. Sucks to see him performing so poorly of late, and I too worry at the rate his skills are declining he's going to get hurt badly. Still think Floyd takes Guerrero. But then I had Trout over Alvarez...

[binnie]

I really wish Jones would retire. Sucks to see him performing so poorly of late, and I too worry at the rate his skills are declining he's going to get hurt badly. Still think Floyd takes Guerrero. But then I had Trout over Alvarez...

I had Trout over Alvarez, too (and I still think that both of us were right).

It all comes down to how far (if at all) Floyd has deteriorated. That's Guerrero's only hope.

As for Roy Jones - he should have retired years ago. Fighting Collins is both stupid (given their age) and pointless (given that Collins hasn't laced 'em up for 15 years).

[vandeleur]

They re ran the Kessler froch war tonight on sky sports with froch discussing .But during it Andre ward was tweeting froch giving him stick so they had a bit or banter

@Carl_Froch: @andreward @skysportsboxing You make me laugh Ward! What's happened to your career!? So boring kid, you could put a glass eye to sleep.

Is an example

[jhale667]

I had Trout over Alvarez, too (and I still think that both of us were right).

It all comes down to how far (if at all) Floyd has deteriorated. That's Guerrero's only hope.

As for Roy Jones - he should have retired years ago. Fighting Collins is both stupid (given their age) and pointless (given that Collins hasn't laced 'em up for 15 years).

Supposedly this is the longest Floyd has trained for a fight in quite some time. Could be in part due to the layoff, but if Guerrero is the "tune-up" fight, he must still feel pretty confident... agree deterioration is Guerrero's only hope. It ain't like he can out-box him by any stretch of the imagination, so he'll have to turn it into a brawl. Betting Floyd will be way more willing to stand and trade like he has been lately (more like stand, clock the other dude and make him miss), but he's too smart to play the other dude's game.

[binnie]

It is good news that Floyd has been training for a long time. Shows he's not taking anyone lightly....

[jhale667]

Totally agree, and while I think Floyd wil win a UD if not stop Guerrero, he can't for a second take him lightly. Oh, and I screwed up - Martinez fights THIS weekend, Floyd fights next...

Don't know much at all about the guy Sergio M's fighting...?

[binnie]

Totally agree, and while I think Floyd wil win a UD if not stop Guerrero, he can't for a second take him lightly. Oh, and I screwed up - Martinez fights THIS weekend, Floyd fights next...

Don't know much at all about the guy Sergio M's fighting...?

I know you screwed up (thus my mentioning Martinez) but I didn't want to be a douche and point it out.

Murray is a very, very good fight who's been teetering around at world level for quite some time now. Good skill set, decent power, and tough. If Sergio takes him lightly, he could be in for a tough night. I expect Martinez to win, of course, but Murray is the sort of fighter who is a nightmare if you're not 100%