Boxing Off-Topic

[steelcityjames]

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hopefully Ward stays more active moving forward. any word on who and/or when he'll be fighting again?

[allBthere]

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I'm still seeing some updates on the muay thai game that's been in development for a long time - it's only a couple guys working on it, but it's looking good in spots... here are a few videos they put up in the past few months...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmKNgxjulHQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9X_6asULtHg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGlSq9rBbL4

facebook has a video not on youtube as well showing they have 'shark' shorts presumably as a sponsor

https://www.facebook.com/MuayThaiGame?pnref=lhc

To me the player models look as good as the UFC undisputed games which is a good thing. Some of the motion looks a bit jerky, maybe in part because it's 30fps? Overall though I don't get why they don't just do a kickstarter campaign, the game could be out and done by now, but at this rate it will be another 4+ years!

[JayBee74]

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Overall though I don't get why they don't just do a kickstarter campaign, the game could be out and done by now, but at this rate it will be another 4+ years!

Too bad, it looks good.

[SPRINGS03]

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I think Adrien is trying to sell his rap career. Is he any good?

Hell no, he's garbage. Like most athletes who try to rap.

Listen if you want, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuXwIwQWKOg

[KG]

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Even so, in the current environment and in the wake of (multiple) recent events, this strikes me as at the very least a bit tone-deaf. But whatever...I'm not outraged or anything. Frankly, it seems right in character for Broner.

Museums like that often have little booths trying to sell pics of you inside with some props. The criticism of Broner for that is nitpicking.

[JayBee74]

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Museums like that often have little booths trying to sell pics of you inside with some props. The criticism of Broner for that is nitpicking.

Disagree KG. I'm not outraged either, because I'm taking into account Broner's ignorance, but it just wasn't a smart move. He took it down so that should be the end of that.

Meanwhile Adrien still has his "victory chains" totaling $120K.

[KG]

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Disagree KG. I'm not outraged either, because I'm taking into account Broner's ignorance, but it just wasn't a smart move. He took it down so that should be the end of that.

Meanwhile Adrien still has his "victory chains" totaling $120K.

Yeah you know what, considering his past arrests/accusations it wasn't the smartest thing to do.

I mainly had his DUI in my head but I forgot all about the other assaults, etc...

[JayBee74]

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Yeah you know what, considering his past arrests/accusations it wasn't the smartest thing to do.

I mainly had his DUI in my head but I forgot all about the other assaults, etc...

Oh, you're talking about his assault on good taste.

[JayBee74]

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Keith Thurman versus Luis Collazo Saturday night and what looks to be a decent undercard bout between Tony Harrison (21-0, 18 KOs) and Willie Nelson (23-2-1, 13 KOs).

Last year Collazo was held, hurt and frustrated by Amir Khan, but he's a pretty tough guy. Only been Koed once, and that was 13 years ago.

ESPN

[Review]

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I expect Thurman to win and hurt him quite a few times during the fight. He might even stop him. Looks like Wlad vs Fury is a go. Rooting for Fury but think Wlad takes it because of his jab and straight right hand. Should be an entertaining build up


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[pietasterp]

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I think Thurman will KO him. One-time is a KO machine.

I hate Tyson Fury, but I wouldn't mind if he won just to shake up the heavyweight division a bit. It's so mind-numbingly boring up at 200+....

[Review]

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We finally get Leo Santa Cruz vs Abner Mares. Great fight on paper and a good way to end the the summer.


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[SPRINGS03]

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^I'm glad it's happening, but i really wish someone in that division would step up and fight rigondeaux, leo clearly doesn't want anything to do with him

[JayBee74]

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Thurman was hurt bad by that body shot in the 5th making for an interesting fight until Collazo quit because of the eye. Keith absorbed it and used his athleticism to get through the round, but you wonder if a better opponent could have really caused Thurman problems. Still, it's only the second time Collazo was stopped.

Harrison-Nelson was lackluster until the surprising finish in the 9th. I forget what fight I saw Nelson in. I was reminded of him when they mentioned he had switched trainers, dumping Pavlik's first trainer Jack Loew.

[pietasterp]

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Yeah, serious chinks in the Thurman armor in that fight. 30 more seconds or a fighter more in his prime, and he probably goes down there (if not out). I give Thurman credit for gutting it out in that round after what looked to be a pretty withering liver shot that would have KO'd half the fighters in the division, but that was just sloppy to leave himself wide open like that.

Weird ending to the fight, though. I know it wouldn't have mattered whether the doctor stopped the fight or the fighter quit on his stool, but still - if the fighter says he can't see, I feel like the doctor should stop the fight. That's sort of his job, after all - protecting the safety of the fighters.

Also, Teddy Atlas was way too harsh on Collazo in my opinion - I know everyone is disappointed to see the fight end that way, but if the guy can't see, it's just dangerous to be out there. You can't second-guess these guys, especially since it's not like Collazo has been known to be a quitter or anything. I thought we were (rightfully) moving away from this "macho" fight-until-you're-dead mentality in boxing, but I guess there are still some old-school guys hanging on. I know I'm part of the problem honestly, since I love it when slug-fests and wars turn into a guy gutting it out after being out on his feet (i.e. Bradley-Provodnikov), but I'd never criticize a guy for stopping a fight if he felt he was in danger.

I actually really like Atlas - he's one of my favorite boxing commentators. I just think he was wrong last night to essentially question Collazo's heart.