Lucian Bute vs. Carl Froch RBR

Chris Mannix interviews Carl Froch:

"First off I want to give credit to Lucian Bute, because he hits hard. But obviously not hard enough, eh? Because he caught me good, but you see I'm tough. I can hold a shot.
:deal

Who I really want to give credit to is my fans, they gave me the the surge to do this.

From the time I could see it in his eyes, see it in his legs - I'm an animal. I want to hurt him.

I got hit with shots I shouldn't have gotten hit with tonight, but if I hadn't you TV guys wouldn't have had as much to comment on so you should thank me for taking those shots."

CARL A ****ING G!!!!!!!!! :happy

 

No, it wasn't. Not even close. :nono

Don't talk **** without knowing wtf you're talking about.

1575 replies. The crash accounted for maybe 200-300 lost replies, being generous (to give you some perspective, that is A LOT for an hour in the aftermath of even a big event). So it would have been 1,700-1,800 without the servers crashing at the end.

The #1, Mayweather vs. Cotto @ 2,293 replies, was still several hundred out of reach even if ESB hadn't crashed at all.

Besides, the very early start to this thread cancels out the crash. In reality if you take away the 28 or so pages (420 posts @ 15/pg) of random chatter from the morning/afternoon before the card started, this is more like a 1,300 reply thread than a 1,700 thread.

 

NEW STANDINGS:

The top ten

1. Mayweather vs. Cotto (2293 replies)
2. Marquez vs. Fedchenko (1752 replies)
3. Cotto vs. Margarito II (1718 replies)
4. Bute vs. Froch (1578 replies)

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5. Ward vs. Froch (1444 replies)
6. Hopkins vs. Dawson II (1384 replies)
7. Salido vs. Lopez II (1320 replies)
8. Huck vs. Afolabi II (1294 replies)
9. Pacquiao vs. Marquez III (1292 replies)
10. Hopkins vs. Dawson I (1268 replies)

The rest of the 1k club

11. Marquez vs. Diaz II (1265 replies)
12. Povetkin vs. Huck (1201 replies)
13. Chavez Jr. vs. Rubio (1175 replies)
14. Martinez vs. Macklin (1152 replies)
15. Garcia vs. Morales (1126 replies)
16. Donaire vs. Narvaez (1049 replies)
17. Helenius vs. Chisora (1042 replies)
18. Maidana vs. Morales (1002 replies)

The rest of the top twenty

19. Diaz vs. Malignaggi (986 replies) **
20. Alexander vs. Kotelnik (947 replies) **

(** = started by someone other than yours truly. eze made Diaz-Malignaggi, and RightCross made Alexander-Kotelnik).

Bumped from the top twenty this weekend:

21. Alexander vs. Matthysse (928 replies) :hi:

 

Further clarification:

Even during Big Events, each round constitutes about 3 pages/45 posts.

So take away the 5th round KO and let it go to a 12 round decision, that's another 7 x 45 = 315 posts. Then maybe 100 or so during the reading & reaction to the scorecards. (a good deal more than average) Then another 100 for people's Final Thoughts. (again, a good deal more than average)

So 515 +1575..


At a stretch, this was barely cracking the 2k mark.

Not coming close to touching Ring Kings at 2,293. :deal