I love boxing and watch nearly every fight I couldn’t find a thread on here about it so I thought I would start one
My fav boxers that still box now are joe callazaghe david haye and ricky hatton

I quite like boxing too. I really enjoyed the Callazaghe V Hopkins fight. Us English went mad when the split decision went his way.

Whens Money Mayweather going to be taught a lesson?

I dont' watch boxing for entertainment as i do other sports. I actually get into it and check out the strategys and tactics of the fighters, maybe get advice from what they're doing. I think individual fighting sports are not entertaining anyways.. but as i said, I actually take it as a chore to watch boxing if you know what I mean.

The best boxer i've watched was Arturro Gatti. He retired young not to long ago. former Welter-weight champ, @ his prime he was not the fastest man, but while letting out alot of power at the same time. although his problem was that he needed mometum on his side to win a fight, if you look @ the beating he got by mayweather, he never had a good start to that fight.. not to mention he underestimated mayweather and wasnt in perfect shape. that was the summer of 2005 i think.

I love to catch a match on HBO when I have the chance.

One of my favorites to watch is Manny paceao.

Looking forward to the oscar delahoia match coming up..

I dont watch boxing a lot, but when there's a good boxer fighting like Mayweather, Tyson(i know he doesn't box anymore) Hopkins, Jones Jr I try to watch it because it's very entertaining. I love watching the old Boxing classics when Tyson was just dominating the sport and knocking out people in the first round.

there was no name compeition in tyson's era

im really into it aswell and no alot about fights my fella has ever fight prob from the 60s to present on video lol
hes a proper boxing geek if u like !! and does it himself 2
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Oscar de la Hoya. Steve Forbes will be a great fight its on sky this sun morning about 3 am ish

On paper, this is a mismatch. Oscar is bigger, he's stronger, he's fought much better fighters than Forbes has, and he's Oscar de la Hoya. Steve Forbes is an ex-titlist, a great guy, and a damn good boxer. But he's no welterweight.
Steve Forbes is no kid. He's a 31-year old man who has won a super featherweight title, competed very well on "The Contender" against guys who were much, much bigger than him, and has proven many times over that even with disadvantages, the man can take shots and hang in there. He's also a good boxer -- there's nothing about him that is fundamentally bad, even considering his lack of punching power.
The last time we saw the Golden Boy in the ring, he should have scored what would have been a fine upset of Floyd Mayweather, Jr., in Las Vegas, in the richest fight in the history of the sport. I will say that again -- Oscar should have won that fight. !!!!!
He worked well off the jab, had enough natural speed to at least not get embarrassed the way so many Floyd opponents have, and was hitting Mayweather hard. He was working the body. He was cutting Floyd off.
Then, whatever happened happened. The jab left the building. Floyd started being Floyd, but it was because Oscar, either through poor preparation, age, or budding overconfidence in what he was accomplishing, let Floyd do what he does. The weight was too much for Mayweather to be an effective puncher as far as power goes. Oscar was bigger, stronger, and so on
Steve Forbes isn't Floyd Mayweather. Oscar is hoping that Forbes can be a close enough approximation that he'll be able to use this fight as that stepping stone.
Oscar says he'll never let that happen again. That he's learned his lesson. Has he? Or is this "practice" fight going to turn into a nightmare for him? Forbes doesn't have to knock Oscar out to win rounds, and I don't think Oscar has the left hook anymore that's going to knock Forbes out.


Steve Forbes is trying to alter the landscape of boxing as we know it. Like it or not, Mayweather-Oscar II is the biggest fight on the horizon. Not the best, not the most intriguing for diehard fans or those that value action over name value, but absolutely the biggest. As great as we all expect Cotto-Margarito will be, it will not do half the pay-per-view buys that the rematch between Money Mayweather and the Golden Boy will.
If it happens, that is. Should Steve Forbes upset Oscar de la Hoya, that fight won't come off. Mayweather couldn't possibly justify it. And given that I don't think Floyd would want to spend the rest of 2008 not pocketing a few more million bones (don't believe a word of what Floyd says, he's not going to retire any time soon), that'd leave the Pretty Boy with some interesting career choices.
Would he fight Forbes and justify it as giving "2 Pound" a shot he's earned by beating Oscar? Would he try to rush a mega millions rematch with Ricky Hatton at Wembley Stadium? Would he actually fight Miguel Cotto, should Cotto get past Margarito? Would he fight Shane Mosley, should Mosley get past Zab Judah?
Should Steve Forbes beat Oscar de la Hoya, a lot of domino effect sort of stuff starts happening. Floyd's schedule opens up. Cotto and Mosley start looking more attractive if both win their next fight. Forbes himself is suddenly a superstar, no matter how short-lived that might ultimately be. And Oscar de la Hoya's grand plan of three fights before the end of 2008 to say farewell to the sport gets a giant wrench thrown into the gears.
Steve Forbes is getting a good payday, and good for him. He's getting the biggest fight of his career, and good for him. But more than that, he's getting a chance to throw the boxing world into a state of disarray.
I've said it before, I think Forbes has maybe a five, ten percent chance of beating Oscar. But there have been a lot of those guys that have stunned the world in this sport. Every man has a bad night. Many inferior fighters have a great night and shake it all up. James J. Braddock, Buster Douglas, Carlos Baldomir, Corrie Sanders, Hasim Rahman, you can go back as far as Jim Corbett in 1892. Even think about fights like Hamed-Barrera or Tszyu-Hatton -- those were not supposed to happen.
And Steve Forbes is not supposed to beat Oscar de la Hoya. I don't think he will. Anyone that really thinks so and would put money on it is living pretty damn dangerously. But never say never. Count me as one that will tune in mostly for what could happen.

I keeps up my thumbs for Amin Asikainen from Finnish.
Also liking very much of Germany Sebastien Sylvester.
Asikainen and Sylvester has matched a couple times.
Both has take a win(on last time Sylvester KO's ASikainen Ouch).