Posts Tagged ‘boxing’

Manny Pacguiao vs Tomothy Bradley

10 June 2012

LAS VEGAS — Timothy Bradley promised to shock, though the biggest shock in his fight with Manny Pacquiao came from the judges’ scorecards.

“I didn’t think he was as good as everyone says he was. I didn’t feel his power,” Timothy Bradley said after beating Manny Pacquiao.
In a fight Pacquiao seemed to have in hand, two judges decided otherwise, giving Bradley a split decision Saturday night and ending the Filipino fighter’s remarkable seven-year unbeaten run.

Promoter Bob Arum fumed, the crowd at the MGM Grand arena booed, and Pacquiao seemed stunned when the decision was announced. Arum said there would be a November rematch, though he blasted the way the decision went down.

“I’ve never been as ashamed of the sport of boxing as I am tonight,” said Arum, who handles both fighters.

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Happy 70th Champ

17 January 2012

Olympic gold medalist, Heavyweight Champion, Philoantropist, Cultural icon and… The first rapper before his time… Happy 70th Champ.

J’ai piqué le texte dessous à mon pote Jobo:

En plus d’être le plus grand boxeur de l’histoire, Mohammed Ali aura été une bête médiatique dotée d’une verve incomparable. A l’occasion de son 70e anniversaire, nous avons retenu 10 déclarations marquantes de “The Greatest”. Dix parmi des centaines…

1. “I done wrestled with an alligator, I done tussled with a whale, handcuffed lightning, thrown thunder in jail, only last week I murdered a rock, injured a stone, hospitalized a brick. I’m so mean I make medicine sick.”

“J’ai lutté avec un alligator, je me suis battu avec une baleine, j’ai passé les menottes à un éclair et emprisonné la foudre. La semaine dernière encore, j’ai tué une rocher, blessé une pierre, fait hospitaliser une brique. Je suis si méchant que je rends la médecine malade.”

2. “‘I’ll beat him so bad, he’ll need a shoehorn to put his hat on.”

Avant d’affronter Floyd Patterson

“Je vais le taper tellement fort qu’il aura besoin d’un chausse-pied pour mettre son chapeau”

3. “I’m so fast that last night I turned off the light switch in my hotel room and was in bed before the room was dark.”

“Je suis si rapide que la nuit derrière, j’ai éteint la lumière dans ma chambre d’hôtel. J’étais dans mon lit avant que la pièce soit plongée dans l’obscurité.”

4. “‘If you dream of beating me, you’d better wake up and apologise.”

“Si vous rêvez de me battre, vous feriez bien de vous réveiller et de vous excuser.”

5. “Frazier is so ugly that when he cries, the tears turn around and go down the back of his head.”

“Frazier est tellement moche que lorsqu’il pleure, ses larmes font le tour et passent derrière sa tête quand elles coulent.”

6. “Floats like a butterfly, sting like a bee, his hands can’t hit what his eyes can’t see.”

Avant d’affronter George Foreman à Kinshasa en 1974

“Flotte comme un papillon, pique comme une abeille, ses mains ne peuvent frapper ce que ses yeux ne peuvent pas voir.”

7 . “I got nothing against no Viet Cong. No Vietnamese ever called me a ‘nigger’. “
Pour justifier son refus d’intégrer l’armée US et de prendre part à la guerre du Vietnam

“Je n’ai rien contre le Viet Cong. Aucun Vietnamien ne m’a jamais appelé ‘négro’.”

8. “Silence is golden when you can’t think of a good answer.”

“Le silence est d’or quand vous n’avez pas de bonne réponse à donner.”

9. “It’s hard to be humble, when you’re as great as I am.”

“Il est difficile d’être humble lorsque vous êtes aussi grand que je le suis.”

10. “I’m the best. I just haven’t played yet.”

A propos de ses talents de golfeur

“Je suis le meilleur. Je n’ai juste pas encore essayé.”

RIP Smokin’ Joe

9 November 2011

the 1971 Frazier-Ali fight is still considered today as THE GREATEST SPORTS EVENT EVER and yes smokin’ Joe broke Ali’s jaw with that one punch

The #OrtizKnockOutPlaylist

18 September 2011

via Twitter of course, ladies and gentlemen, here is the #OrtizKnockOutPlaylist:

Wu Tang Clan – Protect Ya Neck
Pat Benatar – Hit Me With Your Best Shot
Keyshia Cole – I should’ve cheated
One Republic – Apologize
2Pac – Keep Your Head Up
Michael Jackson – Can You Feel It
Jay-Z – Lost Ones
Alicia Keys – Wake Up
The Fugees – Ready Or Not
Busta Rhymes – Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Can See
LL Cool J – Mama Said Knock You Out
Rihanna – Man Down
Lil Wayne Juelz Santana – I can’t Feel My Face
Drake – Over
Boys II Men – End Of The Road

Let’s Get Dirty

18 September 2011

Headbutt 0 – Suckerpunch 1

Boxing Rule #1: protect yourself at all times, it’s boxing in Las Vegas not a GreenPeace picnic. Ortiz did go in on Money with an intentional headbutt. That being said, here is an interesting youtube comment I read below the video…

Here’s what I found on boxrec.com about Boxing Rules and Regulations:
“When the referee breaks you from a clinch, you have to take a full step back; you cannot immediately hit your opponent–that’s called “HITTING THE BREAK” and is ILLEGAL. ” review the slowmo and its easy decided that what Mayweather did was a clear foul!- SerpentBull55

espn recap


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