Boxing 2011

[Dodge]

And some of those beaten may qualify for the olympics if their conquerers reach the final (Ward, Roy Sheehan, Joyce)

[geysir]

Out of that bunch of conquerers, I was impressed with the Lithuanian who beat Roy Sheehan, but I haven't a clue how good Roy is.
Conlon atm looks superb talented boxer, a young buck but with an old head and boundless stamina.

[Real ale Madrid]

John Joe Nevin has Beaten Orzubek Shaymov of Uzbekistan 19-17 to win at least a bronze medal at the World championships.

However Darren O'Neill has lost 18-9 to Ryota Murata of Japan.

[geysir]

I see Nevin got through to the semis, I missed that one but I saw O'Neill getting pummeled to jelly in his content, not battered just well beaten.

[Dodge]

Yeah, looks a good boxer

Nevin was 3 down after the first, 2 fdown after the second, and won by 2 with a brilliant last round

First everirishman to win 2 World medals (only 5 others have medalled - all bronze)

[geysir]

Wales v Ireland - ready to roll right now

[Real ale Madrid]

Conlon lost a belter 25-24 - must have been some fight.

[geysir]

Rocky Conlon just losing out by a point. That was some contest, both boxed right to end, to a standstill in the last 3 seconds. The Welsh guy, Selby did all his boxing on the retreat while Conlon attacked him all around the ring.

[Dodge]

Nevin lost his semi on countback. Finished 12-12 after 3 rounds. i think he can feel a little aggrieved tbh

[geysir]

John Joe Nevin edged out on a count back after a 12-12

Is the scoring a bit different now in these amateur bouts? Here in this competition, each judge gives his score and the average score is taken from the 5 at the end of each round. It use to be something else? where points were scored when judges hit the button simultaneously and the score would show instantaneously on the screen. A mad affair to try and watch a contest with one eye on the score card.

And they have got rid

[osarusan]

It use to be something else? where points were scored when judges hit the button simultaneously and the score would show instantaneously on the screen.
Yeah, it used to be scored that way - three judges had to click the blue or red button within some fraction of a second of each other for the punch to score.

Now there are five judges, and the highest and lowest scores are dropped at the end of each round, then an average is calculated from the remaining three judges' scores. The BBC had some silly article suggesting that the change in the scoring system means the level of transparency has dropped, despite the fact that the new system is designed to weed out potentially biased judges and that instantaneous display of scoring is impossible with the new system.

[sligobhoy67]

Anyone notice the LoI jersey at the Tyson Fury fight?

Skip to 14.25


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQK8TQPRfKk&feature=feedu

[BonnieShels]

Third eye my friend.

[Spudulika]

Pajkic-Pikey and well, Pikey :-)

Awful boxing weekend, the joke that was the Pacman decision, saving Fury. Nonsensical all of it.

[Spudulika]

Big loss for Amir Khan this morning, thoroughly deserved as his cheating ways finally caught up with him. I hope he'll emerge a better fighter for it and stop this nasty crap like leading with the head and leaning on opponents necks. He's gotten away with it in the UK even as an amateur. Very good fight and the undercard was good, Timur Ibragimov looks washed up and (have to check) Roy Jones fought again and beat some punch bag for a title of sorts.

[bennocelt]

Cant stand that khan, delighted he lost and cant believe that he is a contender - jeez is there any quality any more in boxing

[Kingdom]

Anyone watch the Egan-Ward fight tonight? Ward battered Egan, 29-10,

[Deckydee]

Its on!

http://www.rte.ie/sport/boxing/2013/0711/461912-fury-will-put-his-heart-into-haye-fight/

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/boxing/tyson-fury-believes-can-beat-2045226

http://www.talksport.co.uk/sports-news/boxing/130711/exclusive-tyson-fury-insists-david-haye-fight-biggest-britain-20-years-201465

[Charlie Darwin]

You'd have to imagine Haye will win handy if he boxes clever.

[Mr A]

Is there anyone in pro boxing that doesn't come across as a despicable human being?

[peadar1987]

Is there anyone in pro boxing that doesn't come across as a despicable human being?

That's one thing I enjoy about it. If you think about it in the right way, it's two horrible people being punched, and it doesn't really matter who gets punched more!

[shakermaker1982]

Is there anyone in pro boxing that doesn't come across as a despicable human being?

Andre Ward, Marquez, Wlad, Vitali & Pacquiao.

Not all boxers are like Broner and Mayweather.

I don't mind Tyson Fury, he sells tickets and can be funny at times. David Haye on the other hand is a **** and I hope he gets sparked out in September.

[Spudulika]

Andy Lee! What a man! Fully deserved his win against a really good fighter. Great boxing night, Amir Khan did a good job, Tim Bradley was gifted a draw, and an Irish american lad continued to climb the rankings (Sean Monaghan).

[IrishRossi]

andy lee had some fight last nite, what a comeback to that russians punch that had hurt him
hes wants the next title defense in ireland if i heard him correctly after the match

[Spudulika]

Was a real fight, like his last one. His opponent was (on paper) better, but Andy went for it. Disgraceful lack of coverage from the Irish meeja, not a surprise, but shameful.

[Charlie Darwin]

I wouldn't say Korobov was better on paper. I'd have had Lee as slight favourite, whatever the bookies thought.

[Spudulika]

Charlie, I'd have been more impressed by the Russian's punch power and ability to take a dig than Andy's, plus he was fresher. But I agree it was closer than the predictions. I watched on Russian TV and they were backing their boy, but said it would be a late round stoppage. They kept quoting the loss against Chavez Jr, which they also broadcast at the time. I would have discounted that as the allegations made by Andy stacked up and the energy levels of Chavez were unreal. He's 6 in the world and a winnable defence against Martinez would be great, or...if Murray beats Golovkin!!!

[Real ale Madrid]

Very strange the lack of coverage of this. If was it Bernard bleeding Dunne it would have been wall to wall.

Spud - you might know this but has an Irishman ever won a world title in Vegas before ? I think I heard before the fight that the last 11 irish world title bids were defeated on US soil- this was 12th time lucky.

Think Billy Joe Saunders is the No. 1 contender for the WBO - hope Lee milks it for every penny he can get! - the 3 arena or maybe even Thomond or Gaelic Pk in the summer.

[Spudulika]

I think it is more to do with broadcast and the chance of winning, but overall I think being based in the UK/US goes against him, plus his background and Limerick. Sad thing is he will be lauded when he's gone.

I know that in my life I don't remember an Irish fighter winning a world title fight in Laz Vegas, going back to Barry McGuigan, last I remember was Wayne McCullough a few years back. Amazing statistic!

[osarusan]

I know that in my life I don't remember an Irish fighter winning a world title fight in Laz Vegas, going back to Barry McGuigan, last I remember was Wayne McCullough a few years back. Amazing statistic!

Neither McGuigan nor McCullough ever won a title fight there. They both lost fights there.

That's incredible actually - how far back do we have to go to find one?

[DannyInvincible]

Neither McGuigan nor McCullough ever won a title fight there. They both lost fights there.

That's incredible actually - how far back do we have to go to find one?

Jim McLarnin in 1934 (https://twitter.com/KCsixtyseven/status/544051592946008065)?

[osarusan]

Jim McLarnin in 1934 (https://twitter.com/KCsixtyseven/status/544051592946008065)?

Jaysus.

In which case an Irish fighter has never won a world title fight in Vegas (and perhaps only a handful ever in the USA).

[Crosby87]

Not boxing but Conor Mcgregor is headlining a UFC event this sat night....
http://mmajunkie.com/2015/01/ufc-ceo-on-conor-mcgregor-its-almost-like-the-irish-muhammad-ali-in-a-way

[DannyInvincible]

Why don't you start a UFC/MMA thread, Crosby?

[bennocelt]

Yeah, none of that UFC nonsense here please:cool:

[Crosby87]

So Mayweather and Manny finally get down on May 2. Will be the highest grossing fight ever with HBO and Showtime sharing the PPV.
Busy sports day with the Kentucky Derby also May 2.

[Real ale Madrid]

Carl Frampton won again Saturday night - some big big fights coming up for him over the next year or two - genuinely exciting prospect that he may unify the super-bantamweight division.

[Spudulika]

Only saw this now, Virgil Hill fought again this past weekend, and won. Shocking!

[Crosby87]

Limerick man Irish Andy Lee defending his belt this Saturday night in Brooklyn....NBC continues trying to help make boxing a sport again as they put it on national tv.
Al Michaels, Marv Albert, Bob Costas and Sugar Ray Leonard all on hand providing analysis for the Peacock network and their combined ages are about 700.

[Real ale Madrid]

Is it on the main NBC network ? I thought it was just on NBCSN ?

[Spudulika]

Would love to see Andy win. He is a proper Irish fighter!!

Just heard, maybe incorrectly, Cork's Mike Perez is due to fight Povetkin in May for a version of the World Title. I know the Cork-Cuban was fairly hyped up, but he seems to have a chance. Povetkin is an average fighter who bottled it against Kiltschko, but have big money in his corner.

[Crosby87]

Is it on the main NBC network ? I thought it was just on NBCSN ?

Thought it was nbc. I could be wrong. Starts at 830. Not sure how many fights in front. This guy he is fighting wants the title back....gave it up to take care of his uncle.....lee not favored.

[Crosby87]

OK LADS I was right this is on national TV.

Not going to be an easy fight. Lets see?

[Charlie Darwin]

Not a ranking fight anymore as Kid Chocolate didn't make weight: http://www.irishtimes.com/sport/other-sports/kid-chocolate-fails-to-make-the-weight-for-andy-lee-fight-1.2172086

[Crosby87]

Asinine.

[Crosby87]

Just got home.
Andy got lucky, the fix in etc...
He got knocked down in the first round....stuck it out....

[Spudulika]

Looked very like Andy was a bit off the boil with al the messing around. I had it a draw.

On Friday there was an even weirder fight here in Russia with the lucky loser Lebedev getting a gifted decision. Knocked down as well but oddly the knockdown was retroactively discounted. Opponent, French-Congolese, seemed to hold back in the last 4 rounds. Lebedev is heavily backed but very basic.

[bennocelt]

Had it as a draw as well, some turn around all the same considering the first 6 rounds

[SkStu]

Just got home.
Andy got lucky, the fix in etc...
He got knocked down in the first round....stuck it out....

Got lucky? He battled brilliantly!

[Real ale Madrid]

Andy was a bit unlucky I thought - the second knock down was as a result of Quillin standing on Andy's foot, a mistake the referee acknowledged - which in hindsight, cost Andy the fight.