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[sheredia]

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I was out last night and didn't get a chance to buy this PPV. (Only $30 CDN too).

Watched some online replays and man this looked really entertaining.
I'll most likely be buying the next one.


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it's just intriguing in the fact they can seriously injure their hands if they punch an elbow or something and it suddenly makes fight night champion ahead of it's time with the bare knuckle mode....bring this to ps4 NOW.

[Money99]

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it's just intriguing in the fact they can seriously injure their hands if they punch an elbow or something and it suddenly makes fight night champion ahead of it's time with the bare knuckle mode....bring this to ps4 NOW.

Very true.
The female winner showed her hands after the fight and they looked beat up.
Bobby Gunn has spoken about this in the past about how important it is to pick your shots to save your hands.

I just finished reading a book on the great John L, and despite being known as the last bare knuckle champion, he fought very few fights bare knuckle. He preferred gloves because of the damage his hands sustained.
In his famous fight with Kilrain, observers said his hands and wrists were balloons half way thru the fight.

(I was always under the assumption that this bout was a Donnybrook that went back and forth, but this book described this bout in great detail. It was a 76 round one sided beating.
Kilrain was knocked out unconscious several times, but due to the unique London rules, a fighters seconds were allowed to drag their man to the corner and revive them.
They had 30s to recover and an additional 8 seconds to toe the line.
Several times in this fight, John L refused to throw a punch at a clearly unprotected Kilrain who was swaying and barely conscious. So he'd push him over, which triggered a new round. Sullivan even announced to the crowd that he was not a murderer and had no interest in potentially killing someone with an unchallenged punch.
The author said that several eye witnesses agreed that Kilrain was in such bad shape, that it was agreed John L could have quite literally killed him at several points of the fight.
Kilrains seconds eventually agreed to the loss after conceding their man had been out on his feet for over an hour, with only whiskey and splashes of water keeping him going. Kilrain was described as being dilirious with drink, sun burns and having been knocked unconscious nearly a dozen times.)

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[sheredia]

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Very true.
The female winner showed her hands after the fight and they looked beat up.
Bobby Gunn has spoken about this in the past about how important it is to pick your shots to save your hands.

I just finished reading a book on the great John L, and despite being known as the last bare knuckle champion, he fought very few fights bare knuckle. He preferred gloves because of the damage his hands sustained.
In his famous fight with Kilrain, observers said his hands and wrists were balloons half way thru the fight.

(I was always under the assumption that this bout was a Donnybrook that went back and forth, but this book described this bout in great detail. It was a 76 round one sided beating.
Kilrain was knocked out unconscious several times, but due to the unique London rules, a fighters seconds were allowed to drag their man to the corner and revive them.
They had 30s to recover and an additional 8 seconds to toe the line.
Several times in this fight, John L refused to throw a punch at a clearly unprotected Kilrain who was swaying and barely conscious. So he'd push him over, which triggered a new round. Sullivan even announced to the crowd that he was not a murderer and had no interest in potentially killing someone with an unchallenged punch.
The author said that several eye witnesses agreed that Kilrain was in such bad shape, that it was agreed John L could have quite literally killed him at several points of the fight.
Kilrains seconds eventually agreed to the loss after conceding their man had been out on his feet for over an hour, with only whiskey and splashes of water keeping him going. Kilrain was described as being dilirious with drink, sun burns and having been knocked unconscious nearly a dozen times.)

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big hands and hard knuckles would bode well for someone in bare knuckle...

[JayBee74]

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As ESPN tries to sell it's $4.99 a month ESPN+ it will make Crawford-Horn only available on that subscription service. Much of it's telecasting on ESPN and ESPN 2 this weekend will be NCAA baseball Super Regionals. I have it because I initiated a 7-day trial so I could watch the Inoue fight (which I missed) from Japan and then forgot to cancel. The problem with the plus service is that there is no dedicated app for it so you're resigned to having to watch it on your computer. The Horn-Crawford fight will start around 6:30 PM Saturday with the prelims starting three hours before that.

More competitive fights that night on ShowTime:

[polyduster]

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As ESPN tries to sell it's $4.99 a month ESPN+ it will make Crawford-Horn only available on that subscription service. Much of it's telecasting on ESPN and ESPN 2 this weekend will be NCAA baseball Super Regionals. I have it because I initiated a 7-day trial so I could watch the Inoue fight (which I missed) from Japan and then forgot to cancel. The problem with the plus service is that there is no dedicated app for it so you're resigned to having to watch it on your computer. The Horn-Crawford fight will start around 6:30 PM Saturday with the prelims starting three hours before that.

More competitive fights that night on ShowTime:

You are correct there isn't a dedicated app.

To watch the ESPN+ content, you can just use the normal ESPN app. There is a separate tab for ESPN+.

Unless I'm not understanding the issue you are having....

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[gmac0322]

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Espn is reporting that negotiations for GGG vs Saul have collapsed over the 50 -50 split that GGG demands. Oscar is now trying to get Jacob's vs Saul in September.

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[JayBee74]

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You are correct there isn't a dedicated app.

To watch the ESPN+ content, you can just use the normal ESPN app. There is a separate tab for ESPN+.

Unless I'm not understanding the issue you are having....

Unfortunately not for the Xbox One. I had checked the ESPN app when I signed up some days ago and ESPN+ wasn't there. ESPN just told me Fire TV and Apple have it available. The only Fire we have is in my girlfriend's daughter's room. I suppose I could get another one.

[gmac0322]

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Unfortunately not for the Xbox One. I had checked the ESPN app when I signed up some days ago and ESPN+ wasn't there. ESPN just told me Fire TV and Apple have it available. The only Fire we have is in my girlfriend's daughter's room. I suppose I could get another one.

So I do have a roku. I am just tired of having to subscribe to more streaming stuff. I already have Netflix, hulu, amazon prime, wwe network. Hopefully they release the fight on regular espn after it airs

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[JayBee74]

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So I do have a roku. I am just tired of having to subscribe to more streaming stuff. I already have Netflix, hulu, amazon prime, wwe network. Hopefully they release the fight on regular espn after it airs

I have all that minus WWE network but PLUS CBS All Access and of course for the time being ESPN+.

[gmac0322]

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I have all that minus WWE network but PLUS CBS All Access and of course for the time being ESPN+.

Yeah it is crazy. It is basically like paying for cable twice

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[pietasterp]

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Espn is reporting that negotiations for GGG vs Saul have collapsed over the 50 -50 split that GGG demands. Oscar is now trying to get Jacob's vs Saul in September.

I think the bloom is off that rose anyway.

They'll fight again (because people like money), but it won't be a particularly relevant fight whenever it happens again. Such is boxing.

[JayBee74]

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I think the bloom is off that rose anyway.

They'll fight again (because people like money), but it won't be a particularly relevant fight whenever it happens again. Such is boxing.

Yeah, I just read where Oscar went up from 35% to 40%.

[Money99]

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Espn is reporting that negotiations for GGG vs Saul have collapsed over the 50 -50 split that GGG demands. Oscar is now trying to get Jacob's vs Saul in September.

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I like Jacobs in that fight.
And while GGG may not deserve a 50/50 split (I believe he is), he should be getting at least 45%.
This just proves Yellow doesnt want the rematch.
He could easily force DLHs hand.



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[JayBee74]

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I like Jacobs in that fight.
And while GGG may not deserve a 50/50 split (I believe he is), he should be getting at least 45%.
This just proves Yellow doesnt want the rematch.
He could easily force DLHs hand.

Yellow might have some money problems considering he lost an $8.5 million to a former promoter. Having said that I'm not sure he has paid a penny of it. All-Star Boxing failed in its attempt to garnish his Chavez Jr. fight wages.

[gmac0322]

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I like Jacobs in that fight.
And while GGG may not deserve a 50/50 split (I believe he is), he should be getting at least 45%.
This just proves Yellow doesnt want the rematch.
He could easily force DLHs hand.



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I like Jacob's too

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