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**Official Boxing Thread** - Joshua vs Ngannou (Fri Mar 8 - 10:20AM ET DAZN)

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We'll see if they ever fight.
Hatton looked out of it from the start..I would hardly even call that a fight.
Vashin wrote: Lol how can you claim cotto is best p4p after witnessing the demolishing of hatton and to a lesser extent the unretirement of floyd.

Cotto should stop ducking and fight paul williams
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Big Show to escort Floyd.
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assuming that cotto gets past clottey (in a couple weeks), maybe a rematch with sugar shane would be good. after mosley kicked margaritos ass, another win over mosley would put him on top of the welterweight division.

i think paul williams would beat cotto though.
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ricoboxing wrote: assuming that cotto gets past clottey (in a couple weeks), maybe a rematch with sugar shane would be good. after mosley kicked margaritos ass, another win over mosley would put him on top of the welterweight division.

i think paul williams would beat cotto though.
paul williams is a match-up nightmare. The guy is so freakishly long and doesn't stop punching.

Look what he did to Winky Wright and Winky is a defensive specialist.

I like Cotto too. He is one of my favorite boxers. That one loss to Margacheato shouldn't count. Cotto vs. Mosley would be great but Clottey is a tough boxer as well.
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That was a really good fight. Clottey could've won it but he coasted in the last 2 rounds.

The judge who scored 116-111 cotto must have a borinquen beeatch!

I thought Clottey beat him, but that first round knockdown and losing the last round really cost him.


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Amir Khan vs. Andreas Kotelnik this weekend folks for Kotelnik's WBA junior welterweight belt!!

I liked what I saw in Khan's last fight against Barrera. Better defense but Barrera suffered a nasty cut as a result of a headbutt. Should have been a no decision but instead they dragged it out to 5 rounds to give it to Khan.

Any predictions?

Also Breidis Prescott vs. Miguel Vasquez in Las Vegas (shown on ESPN2) on tonight.

Prescott was the guy that knocked out Khan in the first round in something crazy....like less than a minute! He needs to fight Khan again in a rematch!
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Looks like Cotto vs Pacquiao is a done deal for Nov.14. The fight will be fought at 145lbs.

As for an early prediction, I dont know. Cotto is still a beast but everytime I think Pacquiao is over his head, he comes out with a win. Pacman by UD.
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magnum wrote: Looks like Cotto vs Pacquiao is a done deal for Nov.14. The fight will be fought at 145lbs.

As for an early prediction, I dont know. Cotto is still a beast but everytime I think Pacquiao is over his head, he comes out with a win. Pacman by UD.
nice....Cotto is one of my fave boxers. We should organize a RFD get-together to watch this at some bar! I am not sure who will win.....Pacman will be a blizzard but Cotto can weather it I think....tight decision I think.

Khan won easily....didn't get a chance to watch it but looks like he still has his speed moving up. Now lets see if he has any zip on his punches.

Prescott lost ! He was so wild in his punches later on in the game....
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cotto's got this. why you ask?

pacman last three opponents have been david diiaz, de la hoya, and hatton, at 135, 147, and 140, respectively

diaz was simply a beltholder at lightweight, and the weakest of them all. definately not the best at lightweight. guys like casamayor,juan diaz, marquez, or the killer edwin valero, are all significantly better than david diaz

de la hoya hasnt fought at welter since like early 2000's, and look like a zombie in there all weight drain. he was definately NOT the best welter in there. guys like mosley, margarito, cotto (which is happening), clottey, even collazo or berto are massive welters and id give them all a decent shot in beating the pacman

hatton was a true junior welter, but he was made to order pacman. My hat goes off to pacman for this fight, he beat the best at 140


cotto is the best welter right now, and theyre fighting at 145. cotto fought at 140 and made the jump to 147. hes a big welter but short, so he can definately make the weight no problem.

hit timing is unreal, he was time mosley all night long wit that straight right, so im sure he'll be able to time pacquiao no problem.

Also pacman hasnt been hit by a REAL welter, so we'll see how he holds up to cottos left body hook, which is the best in the sport.

I say cotto tko pacman in 9!!!
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cotto is too easy to hit. Clottey gave away that fight in the last 2 rounds. I think pacman can stop cotto, as he has shown a lot of defensive vulnerabilities. I think pacmans speed, and unorthodox style will give Cotto trouble all night long. Late round stoppage by pacman!

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ji2o0k wrote: Magic man vs. the Baby Bull on Saturday...

Paulie is a slick, technical boxer and Juan is a pressure, keep on going forward fighter.

Should be an interesting fight but I think Diaz will ultimately catch the Magic Man and make him disappear!
Magic Man aka featherfists was done after the beating Cotto gave him. He couldn't deal with Hatton's pressure, so I think he'll have a hard time dealing with Diaz.

Theres a reason that Main Events matched Diaz with Paulie, to get his confidence back after 2 losses (in 3 fights).
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wicked fight night tomorrow.....anyone going to a bar to watch it?

Predictions? This is going to be a tough match....for Money since he has been off for 21 months and facing a counter-puncher....

For JMM, moving up 2 weight classes and being the smaller man....

should be fun!!!
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not a good fight.. catchweight of 144 ignored and now floyd is 4lbs bigger than marquez. come fight night, who knows how much more the difference is gonna show. everything is stacked against marquez. with the extra weight, floyd better be the aggressor and go for the KO. if not... another big blow for boxing
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I really wanna watch this fight, anyone know places in Toronto that are showing it? My thoughts are that Mayweather is going to be too big and strong for Marquez, the weight difference absolutely ridiculous. Mayweather came in 146, but we can imagine hes going to be bigger come fight night. In contrast, Marquez came in at 142, so hes not gonna be any bigger when he steps into the ring. There maybe a 7-8 pound difference at least which is huge considering Marquez usually fights at 135.

Pisses me off because I think Marquez is pound for pound at least as good a fighter as Floyd.
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AirplaneKing wrote: I really wanna watch this fight, anyone know places in Toronto that are showing it?
call up your nearest Boston Pizza, they might be showing it.

St.Louis Bar and Grill might show it also. I do know in the past that they were showing UFC PPV fights.
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they are all showing UFC
the only bars in ON showing the fight!!

MAYWEATHER VS. MARQUEZ BOXING PPV (9 PM ET / 6 PM PT)

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