Hmmm..... That brought back some distant memories ^^^ I remember being given a good hiding in the police cells back in the 80's. Swiftly followed with an assault on a police officer charge! When I got home in the morning my mate had the presence of mind to take photo's of my facial injuries. I also seem to remember the desk sergeant writing a report of my injuries before I was discharged. Long story short- Police dropped all charges against me. Despite being advised to go after them for assault, I left it there. I was being a bit of a twat during the altercation and deserved a slap quite frankly
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This is how it used to be done - probably with not much more than 6 oz gloves either. Btw Sugar Ray's final record was 173-19-6
Ain't that the case... you can see why they called them a fight (& not a boxing match). And why La Mota broke his nose & hands six times, had a few fractured ribs and fifty stitches over his eyes. Tough or stupid?? One of his quotes may answer that "Subconsciously - I didn't know it then, I realize it today when I know a little bit more about the mind and the brain - I fought like I didn't deserve to live."
Did anyone see the Canelo v. Ryder scrap at the weekend? I have a DAZN subscription and due to the time difference I intended to watch it the next day, but as usual my phone swamped me with spoilers, so I just watched the highlights. Ryder put on a really gutsy performance, fighting for most of the 12 rounds with a broken nose, but was clearly outclassed, although having said that Canelo didn't look his best.
I just watched the highlights. And yes, Ryder got his nose splattered. That must hurt like hell and be very off putting for the remainder of the fight. He definitely put a shift in and gave a good account of himself. Fell short unfortunately. I thought Canelo was steady away. Never really in bother. They say he’s fading a bit now. Maybe, we’ll see soon enough. He’s been some fighter…
Yeah. As anyone who has broken their nose knows, not only have you got blood pouring out of your nostrils, which impedes your breathing, but it’s also cascading down the back of your throat too. I can’t imagine what fighting 9 rounds against anyone in that condition, never mind someone like Canelo, who never stops coming forward, must be like. Well, growing up as a ginger in Mexico, you’d have to be
Agree on both counts. Spoilers are pain in the backside and Cenelo whilst good seemed to be lacking his usual sparkle.
I don't think the result or the fight itself was a great surprise to anyone. Two seasoned, tough & honest boxers doing their stuff with one always going to be better than the other. And that is to be expected on Canelo's return to Mexico on what feels like the start of a farewell tour. I can't comment on what Canelo's boxing is like now but he is starting to look the part of a grizzled old pro. He's been at the game a long time, the best part of 20 years, as has Ryder so it was good to see the latter given his chance and a large pay day. Perhaps with similar bouts in the future.
He’s only 32, so he should be in his prime, at that point where a fighter has peak strength, speed and stamina combined with a lot of experience, rather than on the slide. He had said he would retire if Ryder beat him, but the result never really looked in doubt. Perhaps he’s just reached the point where he’s run out of challenges and doesn’t have the same fire in his belly anymore?
True, 32 isn't a great age but he's had 63 fights in that time, at 5 different weights, with a good few of the later ones going the distance. He faced Golovkin three times and all went 12 rounds... just those are gonna take a lot out of any man. I wonder if he's been a bit of a party boy burning the candle at both ends? A la Duran.
Yeah. Me and the boy were saying pretty much the same thing yesterday as all the gaining and losing weight takes its toll (just ask Ricky Hatton). Canelo’s also been dogged by rumours that he’s a juicer, which, if true, could be another factor.
"Jack Johnson made the fifth defence of his heavyweight crown when beat former champ James J. Jeffries in 15 rounds #OnThisDay in Reno, Nevada, 1910. Jeffries, aged 35, had come out of retirement in an attempt to dethrone Johnson in a clash billed by promoter Tex Rickard as 'Fight of the Century.' This was the first time an arena was constructed for one single fight. Attendance was 15,760. “Jeff is too old and cannot get into condition to fight anybody,” Johnson told reporters before the fight. “He’s all in, and nobody knows it better than himself. He can never get into his former good trim.” It was true. Jeffries was in no physical condition to fight Johnson, or any other professional, for that matter. He had ballooned to almost 300 pounds. Although he lost the weight in training and looked the part, his hand-eye coordination and reflexes had lost their sharpness. Jeffries tried to disguise these weaknesses by changing the schedule of sparring sessions to evade reporters. Instead of sparring with young boxers, Jeffries worked with old buddies. He soaked his hands and face in brine to toughen up the skin and refused showers because he thought they “robbed oil food from the skin.” The end came when Jeffries, bruised and bloody, went down for the first time in his career. He was able to beat the count, but Johnson sent him through the ropes with a right hand to the jaw. He was helped back into the ring. Jeffries then staggered across the canvas where he was put down for the last time. “Going to the arena, when the waiting was all over, I remember being with people and taking a long ride in a good deal of dust,” Jeffries said. “I remember seeing the big plank bowl and the crowd around it. There was a lot of yelling. I suppose there was a mob waiting to watch me go in, but I didn’t know what all the yelling was about. I was in a fog.” Moments before the fight, his corner men watched him weep in the dressing room. When Jeffries entered the ring, he refused to shake Johnson’s hand in a defiant gesture. Johnson beat him soundly. As he was being led back to his corner at the end of the fight, Jeffries said: “I couldn’t come back, boys. I couldn’t come back.”
