The "All Things Mayweather/Pacquiao" Express!!!!!!

That interview of Floyd calling out Tszyu and Oscar was after he'd slayed the legendary Henry Brussles. rofl. That was early 2005 when it was common knowledge Tszyu's body was falling apart on him. He'd suffered a pair of back-to-back severe career threatening injuries and had been reduced to a part-time fighter who could barely drag his ravaged body through one training camp per year, which is exactly how frequently he'd been fighting for the last four years of his career. When Floyd called him out he'd fought once in two whole years. Tsyzu was a shadow of his former self by then. Even Hatton wanted Tszyu by that point. rofl.

And in early 2005 Oscar was on a losing streak of three fights if you include the Sturm robbery and he was coming off a KO loss in his previous fight.

2004

Anyone who participates in sport from the elite professional athlete to the weekend hacker have usually managed to pick themselves up an injury ranging from a mild muscle strain to broken bones or even a serious reconstruction operation. So when a professional boxer suffers not one, but two back to back career ending injuries late in his career fans and media start to wonder if he is finished? They start to wonder if he still “has it”? This seems to be the situation that undisputed Junior Welterweight Champion Kostya Tszyu has currently found himself in. Is he finished? Has he had enough? Or is there unfinished business out there that only Kostya knows about?

Let’s have a quick look at the damage he has done to himself and his career. About six months ago Kostya was playing indoor soccer at Sydney Community Centre when he ruptured his Achilles tendon. For those of us who haven’t gone to the school to study the anatomy it is the big tendon that starts at the back of your foot and attaches all the important stuff to your calf muscle. This injury in itself is career threatening. It impedes your ability to walk, run, skip, shadow box, spar and eventually fight let alone just day to day normal life.

I found it really ironic recently when James Toney suffered the same injury that Kostya had just recovered from and they were both due to fight on the same telecast, Kostya from Russia, Toney from the U.S.

This ruptured shoulder tendons is of course the second injury Kostya has endured recently. While sparring in his Rockdale gym for his up coming and now cancelled rematch with Sharmba Mitchell Kostya ruptured the tendons of his left shoulder. He was taken into Sydney’s Royal north shore hospital and the procedure he required was performed by Prof.David Sonnabend who later stated “The operation was a complete success, it was a routine tear and don’t anticipate any future problems. The shoulder will heal 100% with full strength and movement.”

That’s all good for everyday life, but what about still having the ability to pump that sucker out there for twelve rounds. Now I don’t need to tell anyone how important the hand and arm that sets the table for you to sit down and eat are. The two immediate phrases that come to mind are “Absolutely Vital” or “Fundamentally Essential.” Your hand that you jab with has to be perfect as it sets all the other punches up and keeps your opponent off balance, not to mention getting rolled over into the hook. Along with combination punching, Kostya had his jab as one of his strengths as well as his hook.

Maybe now they will become a liability. Without the old power he had in there to haul his left hand all the way back to his face or on top of his ear he might become even more susceptible to the overhand right and a smart fighter who can bang a bit might expose this a la Vince Phillips circa May 31st, 1997. Also after his most recent performance against ‘Jesse’ James Leija where his jab was slower than usual, his combinations weren’t finding the range and the power shots weren’t banging home with the alarming accuracy of his last few fights either.

 

what in the hell does this even mean?

 

But to be fair, Leonard has gone down in history as a guy who had asterisks on his asterisks. And Robinson, as already pointed out, is known for ducking Charley Burley. (Fairly or not).

 

Oh yes a truly suburb boxing genius his advice in the corner in bouts is what legacies are made of, I mean who else can share such wisdom:


"Just keep doing what you doing!"

and

"This Mother****er ain't ****!"


A true asset to the sport

 

Listen u **** ****. I know what it means. I was just trying to troll this thread cuz who has Floyd as the G.O.A.T??? Anyways thanks for ****in that up.

 

He's atrocious. Floyd doesn't need him. In the Cotto fight, he was clueless. He did not give Floyd a single piece of valuable advice.In the Mosley fight he just said "keep boxing" yeah yeah wow, who can't give that shitty advice. I've never seen a single piece of advice worth a damn.

 

Manny Pacquiao wanted $10 million dollars a pound over the weight clause(at 147) put into the contract which was also completely unheard of or never done for a mega-fight and Floyd completely agreed to it, including the type of gloves Manny wanted to wear and the type sized ring he wanted, just like Floyd gave to Oscar back in '07 when they fought!

 

Floyd is a very very talented and gifted individual, but he's never honestly tested himself.
Floyd's big priorities are, his money, his health, his '0'.
Thats why i wouldn't have him inside the top 50.

 

Top 30

 

"Julio Cesar Chavez holds records for most successful defenses of world titles (27), most title fight victories (31), most title fights (37), and he is after Joe Louis with (23) for most title defenses won by knockout (21). Chávez also has the longest undefeated streak in boxing history, 13 years".

 

Behind Manny Pacquiao but still high.

 

Daily Mail reports and it was on ESPN.

Supposley people of Pacquiao, when they flew to Los Angles for the press tour of Pacquiao-Bradley, says they met up with some of the Money Team and Ironed out a deal for Sept 13! As long as both win there next fight (Pacquiao dont blow it!!)

This for the 100th time there talking about this fight and i've long been over it but who doesnt want to see it???

Source said that all the trash talking that everybody felt was "out of nowhere" when Mayweather started talking crap during Christmas was already the promotion tour. Mayweather knows how to sell a fight and I did feel like it was out of nowhere also.

Pacquiao will fight for Charity, Mayweather talking about him in South Africa, all hyping the fight thats supposley signed already (Pacquiao fighting for charity was crap and out of nowhere)

Anyhow thats the reports, we shall see but it sure feels like this is a pattern. fight somebody good (Khan-Maidana, Guerrero) then a super fight in Septemeber (Canelo, Pacquiao???) maybe thats what Showtime told him during the contract.

Now a long wait begins.....AGAIN!!! :bbb:bbb

 

i could of sworn i told all you guys floyd was promoting it when he went on the pick on paq xman rant

 

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interviewer: "Hey Manny, you think you and Mayweather can hug it out?"

Manny: "I'm here to be friends with everybody." Then gives annoyed look on his face.

Hah. this was awesome.

 

Brandish and Staminakills that's who.