Boostin' Kev Posted June 3, 2016 Share Posted June 3, 2016 I'll get the HD American broadcast in the morning. Will probably be on youtube as well although quality is often horrible. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meth Damon Posted June 3, 2016 Author Share Posted June 3, 2016 No one picking up Vargas-Salido is criminal that's got FOTY written all over it 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boostin' Kev Posted June 3, 2016 Share Posted June 3, 2016 Looking forward to that one myself. Always enjoy watching Salido. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J_Stewart Posted June 3, 2016 Share Posted June 3, 2016 Salido one of them guys who you watch and throughout the whole fight you think, "I'm glad I don't have to fight him" There's absolutely no doubt in my mind that Lomachenko (who I still thought won their fight) is going to develop better and have a better professional career for having been in with someone as 'canny' (for that, read dirty) as Salido so early in his career. Will likely have learned more in that one fight than the other five he's had combined. Salido really is great to watch, fights are rarely anything but enthralling. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshmallo Posted June 3, 2016 Share Posted June 3, 2016 (edited) Lomachenko would've won that fight with a competent referee. I don't blame Salido but that fight was a joke. Edited June 3, 2016 by Marshmallo -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diamond_for_life Posted June 3, 2016 Share Posted June 3, 2016 Although it was years ago I just saw the first Mares v Agbeko fight. Safe to say the ref didn't have the greatest of nights 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taurus Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 The greatest has gone . RiP ALI 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deeboy Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagfox Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayrmad Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 Glad it's all over, what a fantastic boxer he was in his day. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ya Bezzer! Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 One tough b*****d. A mean, nasty punk with a big mouth. The hardest chin and the biggest ego in boxing. And the greatest professional sportsman of all time. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayrmad Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 'I am so fast that last night I turned off the light switch and was in bed before the room was dark.' 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayrmad Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 'If you even dream of beating me, you better wake up and apologize.' 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DigOutYourSoul Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 The word 'Legend' gets thrown about so often it becomes almost meaningless. It makes it difficult in times like this to find a word to describe someone like Ali. Probably not an exaggeration to claim he's the greatest sportsman in history. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuckleMoo Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 Will be watching When We Were Kings tonight with a glass of wine I think. One of the best documentaries ever made for one of the greatest sportsmen who ever lived. So much more than just a boxer! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J_Stewart Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 The greatest sportsman that ever lived, and one of the most important people, incredible to think that we didn't even get to see him at his peak as well. The fact that his achievements outside the ring were even more impressive than his boxing is testament to just how influential a man he was. Genuinely helped shape humanity and history around him. There'll never be another like him. He shook up the world. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshmallo Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 If you're looking for something a bit different to watch, the 30 for 30 about Ali before the Holmes fight is both intriguing and depressing in equal measure. https://youtu.be/ONBGPQX69rg That was 36 years ago and he was in some state. Really sad what happened to him in later life but he's a true colossus both in terms of his sporting achievement and his impact on wider society. RIP -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Chlamydia Kid Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 (edited) I got into boxing mostly because of my favourite uncle. Ali was his hero so was always one of mine as a result. However, I also acknowledge he had Many faults but these were far too often ignored and overlooked due to a collective 'white guilt' and desire to distance themselves from past injustice. So you had a situation with Ali like you did with Mandela where any young or ill informed person would be repeatedly exposed to the message that these people were saints- they weren't- they were humans that did some bad things as all humans do, but their good far outweighed the bad. It is the distortion of history around Ali that irritates me. A great character and man of principle who wasn't afraid to stand up for what he believed in, retained his principles in the face of huge opposition and pressure and made massive sacrifices- it's a pity more couldn't be like him instead of sheep. his boxing ability was almost an irrelevance. Edited June 4, 2016 by The Chlamydia Kid 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 (edited) The New York Times obituary - clearly months in the writing - is long but essential reading. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/04/sports/muhammad-ali-dies.html?_r=0 Edited June 4, 2016 by Savage Henry 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meth Damon Posted June 4, 2016 Author Share Posted June 4, 2016 No words to describe the man, just RIP to the Greatest. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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