Your Favourite Moments in Boxing 2016

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  1. Gannicus

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    Mixed bag for me.

    The Good
    - Salido vs Vargas was one of the best fights I've seen in a long, long time
    - Pros got their asses handed to them in Olympics
    - Ward vs Kovalev was incredible
    - Lomachenko's KO of Martinez and toying of Walters also was a highlight
    - Corrales' unbelievable Game Theorist approach in taking out Uchiyama was the performance of the year for me
    - Breakthrough year for Oleksandr Usyk
    - Mayweather not fighting and Conor stealing his limelight
    - Buatsi's performance against Rasulov
    - Yeleussinov and Rabii won Gold and Bronze medals, Robeisy is a 2x Olympic champ
    - A host of decent Olympians turning pro

    The Bad:
    - Muhammad Ali died
    - Olympics 2016 judging was a complete FARCE
    - MAJOR LACK of big fights - UFC has taken up more of my interest. Team Khabib.
    - Ward vs Kovalev was THE ONLY super fight in all of boxing
    - Boxing Politics continues to sully the sport
    - Thurman vs Porter is meant to be a regular matchup but we're made to overly salivate over it
    - GGG fought Brook, Canelo fought Khan
     
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  3. Russell

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    What the **** does this mean.
     
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  5. Gannicus

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    In simple terms, it's executing a strategy where you consider the opponents moves and make one in response to what you anticipate theirs to be. Corrales must have studied tape of Uchiyama because there's no other way he could've otherwise done that perfect.
     
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  6. DoubleJab666

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    Game theory (Noncooperative) deals largely with how intelligent individuals interact with one another in an effort to achieve their own goals. Most game theory is cooperative however and, therefore, irrelevant to the combat sporting environment.

    I think someone was overreaching in trying to apply this to boxing unless it was a long-winded way of saying 'he used a game plan'....
     
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  7. Manfred

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    lol Is that a check? or a checkmate? Just playing.
     
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    Resigned... lol
     
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    The 'Prisoner's Dilemma' is much more applicable to sport. It's a theory which 'proves' deception is always the right course of action...

    Game(theory), set and match...
     
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  10. Gannicus

    Gannicus 2014 Poster of the Year Full Member

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    It still applies here somewhat. Prisoners dilemma to be more precise.
     
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  11. DoubleJab666

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    Lol... look up

    The Prisoner's Dilemma shows that to deceive is always the correct strategy. How are you applying this to the fight out of interest?
     
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  12. Gannicus

    Gannicus 2014 Poster of the Year Full Member

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    ..and that's what Corrales did.
     
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  13. Gannicus

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  14. Russell

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    Can you go into more depth on what he did exactly? I never caught the fight.
     
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  15. Manfred

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    For me, 1. I enjoyed the coming out party of Valdez. 2. Thurman and Porter, could be the scrap of the year.3. Lomachenko putting Martinez and Walters on notice that their services are no longer needed in boxing.4 Frampton letting the world know that he will not be taken lightly.5. Wilder dropping Szpilka like a sack of rocks.6 Salido and Vargas experimenting with the highest levels of pain, candidate for fight of the year. 7. That breathtaking uppercut from Jamall that disconnected JRock's electrical system.8. Abner Mares stepping back in the mix like a grown ass man. 9. Ward taking the Krush out of Krusher and putting that priceless look on Kovalev's face. 10. Jarrett Hurd shaking the 154 tree.

    Dislikes.1. Although I knew it was gonna happen, Hopkins and his 28 years of experience getting knocked into the cheap seats.
    2. The way GGG broke Brook.3. Canelo's shameless dismantling of Kitty Khan. 4. Walter's cowardly display.
     
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