The Army Boxing Thread

[sonrisa salvaje]

What did you think of Juan's comments after the fight regarding the ref's stoppage?

[Dave's Bitch]

The last couple of rounds were pretty special, in particular.......

I am thinking round 9 will be tough to beat for round of the year.Both guys throwing from bell to bell.Very good fight.I would love a rematch

[binnie]

What did you think of Juan's comments after the fight regarding the ref's stoppage?

Bullshit - it was his pride talking.

Juan was on jelly legs.....

[vandeleur]

watched some of the rounds on youtube, it doesnt disapoint .

[sonrisa salvaje]

Bullshit - it was his pride talking.

Juan was on jelly legs.....

Agreed. Kind of made me dislike Juan a bit. I hate it when fighters make excuses after a fight and don't give props to the guy for beating their ass. I hope Salido gets a lot of attention from the Mexican community. He's no Chavez or Barerra but the dude is double tough and has a heart of iron. I saw Jorge Arce there with him and his handlers; i wonder if they have the same trainers. Arce is like Salido in that he has turned his career around for the better as of late claiming a world title as well. He looks a lot tougher than he used to.

[binnie]

I see some big fights for Salido.

I think a boxer will always beat him, however.

[Dave's Bitch]

Sergio Martinez-Matthew Macklin could potentially produce fireworks.

Predictions?

[vandeleur]

Predictions

Martinez ... But am rubbish at picking rounds lol
We have a virtual bar we need a virtual bookies so we can have brownie point system see who gets the closest round ... Kind of fantasy football sort of thing , actually hang on a moment am rubbish at this lol

[binnie]

I doubt Martinez will KO Macklin. It will be a UD.

Macklin is a damn good fighter, and he'll be up for this. But Martinez is too fast and too unorthodox.

[Dave's Bitch]

Macklin will need to let his defence do the work for the first few rounds and spar a little if he wants any chance.He needs to go to the body and keep his punch out put high to give Martinez trouble.If he can take away the speed advantage by lateral movement and work the ring it may just give him the chance to pull off the upset

Martinez,Blistering hand speed and great reflexes and actually more Knock-out power than his record shows.I think he has the clear advantage going in to the fight and will get the win.Martinez on points

Has the potential to be a great fight

[vandeleur]

DB you should be a promoter... You've sold me the fight :-)

[binnie]

I second that!

Marquez's speed and god-like jab win him him this. His only flaw is that he is a little wild and easy to hit - I also suspect that he has a bit of a problem getting 'up' for these fights.

[Dave's Bitch]

Macklin will be VERY up for this one,Irish fighter getting a shot on St. Patrick's day with the backing of a rowdy Irish crowd.

[binnie]

True dat.

Matthew Macklin and Darren Barker (who was a tricky fight for Martinez) are two world class British fighters. It's a shame they can't get fights with the German (bums) champs.

[gbranton]

I wonder if this is a case of Salido peaking late in his career or if it is just that Salido, for whatever reason, has Juan Ma's number. Boxing history shows a lot of dominant guys that all had foes of arguably lesser ability that they just could not beat.

I finally saw some of this earlier today and it was a pretty good one. It's about styles. Lopez is MADE for Salido because he fights very upright and has a bad habit of backing stright up. Add that to Salido's unconventional, looping punches and it's bad for Lopez because he like to occupy the space that Salido naturally swings at. When Lopez fights a more conventional guy who comes straight at him he doesn't have the same problem.