Any boxing fans here?

[bigpoppapuff]

boxing,baseball,and UFC are my favorites.....by far....

for your information,castillo vs corrales has been canceled...castillo came in almost 5 lbs over...

[toasty]

boxing,baseball,and UFC are my favorites.....by far....

for your information,castillo vs corrales has been canceled...castillo came in almost 5 lbs over...

Well, I guess there's always....actually I don't think anything good is on tonight at all. Ok...sorry for the thread jack, but since the fight is off, I don't think it'll be a problem. What's everyone's predictions on the next UFC?

I say Arvlovski beats Sylvia round 1 KO.
Ortiz beats Shamrock by ref stoppage 2nd round.

[bigpoppapuff]

i agree with both of your picks for UFC61........arlovski and ortiz both win...

[dpenix76]

boxing,baseball,and UFC are my favorites.....by far....

for your information,castillo vs corrales has been canceled...castillo came in almost 5 lbs over...

Well,thats about as unprofessional as it gets
Didnt Ortiz already beat Shamrock once?

[SuperChuck]

I enjoy boxing, but I don't really follow it with any regularity...

Anyone know some good resources/tips for learning more about it?

[bigpoppapuff]

maxboxing.com.......for boxing
ufc.com...........for ultimate fighting/mma

[toasty]

Well,thats about as unprofessional as it gets
Didnt Ortiz already beat Shamrock once?

Yeah...they fought once before. Tito really tore up Shamrock. Shammy looked like he was hit by a train. They are coaches on the reality show "The Ultimate Fighter." It's a really good show. Season 1 was the best so far, Season 2 was horrible, and this one is pretty good. Every Thursday night at 10 or 11...I can't remember. It's on Spike TV.

www.sherdog.com for mma.
www.fightnews.com for boxing.

[cb25]

i have a friend who runs an MMA type website -- www.fighterspride.com -- great info, great group of guys.

that being said...i was a big boxing fan growing up. always loved Iron Mike and always hoped he'd pull his head out of his ass and straighten up. too bad he went completely insane and ruined his career.

haven't gotten into boxing much anymore these days -- used to watch roy jones jr, and some of the others -- plus, our family was good friends with Virgil Hill when i was growing up. just haven't watched enough to have a favorite anymore.

[bigpoppapuff]

the multiple title bullshit aside...there are a lot of very good fighters these days...to mention some...marco antonio barrera,diego corrales,floyd mayweather jr ( i hate him...but he's terrific),miguel cotto,ricky hatton,rocky juarez,manny pacquio,zab judah,bernard hopkins is still around,antonio tarver,jermaine taylor,oscar de la hoya,wladimer klitschko,and a few more who don't come to mind right now.......showtime has fights on the first saturday of each month and some fridays....hbo has many,espn2 has boxing on friday nights...there is good stuff out there...

[dpenix76]

The lighter weight classes are much better than the heavyweights,IMHO

[toasty]

the multiple title bullshit aside...there are a lot of very good fighters these days...to mention some...marco antonio barrera,diego corrales,floyd mayweather jr ( i hate him...but he's terrific),miguel cotto,ricky hatton,rocky juarez,manny pacquio,zab judah,bernard hopkins is still around,antonio tarver,jermaine taylor,oscar de la hoya,wladimer klitschko,and a few more who don't come to mind right now.......showtime has fights on the first saturday of each month and some fridays....hbo has many,espn2 has boxing on friday nights...there is good stuff out there...

Well put. In no way do I question how good the fighters are, because there are many awesome fighters. The Klitschko brothers have been my favorite heavy weights for several years now. I think Emmanuel Stewart has done teriffic work with Wladamir, teaching him more finesse than just the punching machine. I don't know if anyone has seen the fight he had against John Ruiz, but how about that new beast Valuev? I have never seen Ruiz fight like that. He usually he provides the most boring fights of any fighter. The fight he had with Valuev was great though.

[bigpoppapuff]

toasty...,we'll agree to disagree about the klitschko's...they're awful.imo....tall,they fight straight up...if someone would get up and under they'd beat the snot out of either brother...problem is the heavyweight division basically sucks....and nobody wants to fight shannon briggs...he'd beat the snot out of wladimer.....vitaly is finally retired...the 7'3" russian is nothing but a bum...i wanna see him fight someone good before i'll think otherwise......there's another russian,whose name i can't remember who is very good....

the flyweight fight last night that took over as the feature on showtime was a fun fight to watch...