F--- boxing

There is no competition for Mayweather. Reminds me of the days when Larry Holmes ruled the heavyweight division.

 

Except Pacquiao ... until his last two fights.

 

Manny Pacquiao's style was never right to challenge Floyd Mayweather. Pacquiao at his best is hyper-aggressive, throwing relentless flurries of punches after wearing down an opponent. But Mayweather never wears and never gets hit. Pacquiao struggled with Marquez. Mayweather is a bigger, faster, better version of Marquez.

A match between Mayweather and Timothy Bradley could be interesting, though it also could be a very boring match to watch. Alas, it won't happen because Mayweather has no reason to take on a challenger when he can make so much bank while keeping his record clean and not working with Top Rank.

 

I still would like to see a Pac Man - Money bout. I think it would be interesting.

 

So, Don King has a world champion again.

Denis Lebedev fought Guillermo Jones tonight in Russia. The fight was for Lebedev's WBA World cruiserweight title. It was an incredible fight. There is no other way to describe. It was mesmerizing. A fight for the goddamn ages. At the end of the fight Lebedev's eye was one of the worst I have ever seen. It was swollen up so much it looked like he'd been in a car crash, and, damn, does Jones have some chin. Jones won by TKO in the eleventh.

Also on the card Alexander Povetkin, who is the WBA (Regular) World heavyweight champion, beat Andrzej Wawrzyk in three rounds. Povetkin had a look in the first round. Then he turned it on and it became clear that Wawrzyk was out of his depth.

So, it looks like Povetkin versus Wladimir Kiltschko is a go for later in the year. Poevktin's people won the purse bids. I believe they've even put down the $2.3 million USD deposit. Wlad's going to be getting 17.5 million USD for the fight. Povektin's getting $6 million USD (or thereabouts.) It should be a good fight. I'll favour Wlad but Povetkin is very, very good.

I'll steal a couple of tweets from the British boxing journalist Steve Bunce about Lebedev/Jones. I'll preface this by saying that Steve Bunce is not a young man and he has seen a lot of fights.

https://twitter.com/bigdaddybunce/status/335483672587272192

https://twitter.com/bigdaddybunce/status/335485534426251265

 

Anyone else watch the Mosely-Cano fight on Fox (Golden Boy Productions) Saturday night? First thing, the announcers were the worst I have ever heard. Second, the abundance of strange people in the ring between fights was distracting. Third, Mosely couldn't take out a guy that had no business being in the ring with him.

I loved Shane Mosely during his heyday. He was exciting and fearless. Now, watching him box strictly for a payday, is kind of sad.

 

Mayweather vs. Canelo Alvarez on Sept. 14.

Still not all that familiar with Alvarez, but apparently, he's legit. Something like 40+ fights (undefeated with 30 KOs), and he's like 22. Media giving Mayweather a lot of credit for fighting this guy.

 

Alvarez is quite overrated...a Mexican boxer that is getting a lot of publicity from a Mexican public starving for a fighter to rally around. His last fight was a decision over Austin Trout...a fighter whose signature win was a decision over an ancient Miguel Cotto. Alvarez couldn't take out a 40-year old Shane Mosely. Matt Hatton, an ancient Kermit Cintron, etc...he hasn't fought anyone and the Trout fight was actually pretty close.

Mayweather is going to rock this guy.

 

It will be another boring decision. Mayweather will win.
My guess is Mayweather's last fight in the six-fight deal with Showtime will be Adrian Broner.

 

Trout's win over an ancient Cotto came seven months after Mayweather's win over Cotto. Guess he aged a lot in that time, but both were unanimous decisions. Mosley is old and not what he was, but no one has ever knocked him out, including Mayweather. Alvarez is tough. Mayweather should definitely outbox him but Alvarez will battle.

 

Tonight (well, today if we are going by American time) Wladimir Klitschko takes on Alexander Povetkin in Moscow.

I'm really looking forward to the fight. The presidents of Russia and the Ukraine are expected ringside. America ain't the world and the idea that heavyweight boxing is dead is laughable. I'll steal a quote from an article entitled Wladimir Klitschko v Alexander Povetkin: How Russia won the heavyweight war that Steve Bunce published yesterday.

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/others/boxing--wladimir-klitschko-v-alexander-povetkin-how-russia-won-the-heavyweight-war-8857473.html

 

Watched a little of the Klitschko fight tonight (a lot of tying up) and watching the Cotto fight now, but it got me thinking. While I'm not the biggest boxing fan, though I sure do appreciate a good fight, what has been the biggest fight in the past 10 years?

It's kind of sad that the Klitschko fight, which I believe was for a heavyweight championship, was the second undercard to Cotto. This sport has lost so much zip on its fastball, and it's quite disappointing, because boxing is a tremendous sport when done right.