Mayweather v Pacquiao

Nice thread frank.... He's not known as "money" Mayweather for nothing . 2-5 "money" 5-2 not.

Struggling to get that excited by it.  5 years too late.

Money is 1/2 in many places now, am told he is 4/6 in places in States.

2-5 with slick.

Hard to see beyond him alright.

Boxing badly needs some new fresh stars.

Can't you just imagine "whispering" wonky in the red corner. With the wildman as his bucket man

IM not sure who will win so i will look for value ,Pac man 7.6 to win inside the distence and 24/1 the draw are the 2 bets i have, As ozy says a few years to late but as a boxing fan i wouldn,t miss it for the world,.. The tickets for the fight haven,t gone on sale yet but on the unoffical markets 10k plus will be the asking price.

30 year anniversary of one of all time great fights.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYt5Rz2XlAg

It's disgusting that two lowlifes like these are getting this kind of money....it's a sin really.....wouldn't cross the road to watch this horses pisss.....I'd rather watch Giant Haystacks and Wildman slugging it out...

Borneo is made for the WWE come to think of it.

A wonderful time for boxing Apple, i only looked at it the other day, I loved watching Marvin Hagler lives in Itlay now i think.

I thought Jennings was lucky to beat irish cubin Mike Perez last time ,You can back Jennings at 13.5 here if you want, The bet here is Kiltschko on pts, Your right about Jennings haveing a good chin.

Perez wouldn't be a bad measuring stick, has all the talent to win a title but I get the impression he is (or at least was) a lazy ****.

PEREZ lost on a split dec ,a harsh point was taken away in the last rd by the ref which cost him to lose the fight, perez can look lazy in some rds which is why he should be meeting Klitschko instead of Jennings, Hope Perez can get his chance ,Ireland with a world heavyweight champ,now that would be something.

Thought he was supposed to have another WBC eliminater coming up in May but I don't see anything on oddschecker. The 'lazy' comment refered to out of the ring, I know he was finding it hard to get fights after winning Prizefighter but then he stopped training and semi-retired. Is he still based in Cork?

Russian Alexander Povetkin will face Cuban Mike Perez on May 22 in Moscow for the chance to challenge Deontay Wilder, the World Boxing Council have confirmed.
The bout is set to add more weight to the WBC cruiserweight title rematch between Grigory Drozd and Krzysztof Wlodarczyk which was recently announced to take place at the Ice Palace.

Povetkin, a former WBA champion, has worked his way back up the rankings after surrendering his title to Wladimir Klitschko with stoppage victories against Manuel Charr and Carlos Takam, whilst Perez did likewise with victory over Darnell Wilson in California last February on the back of losing to Bryant Jennings.

Those defeats remain the solitary reverses on both fighters' records as the big hitters square-off for the chance to meet undefeated Wilder after the American claimed the coveted green belt from Bermane Stiverne in January.

Wilder went past four rounds for the first time in his career when picking up his first recognised belt and is now afforded a voluntary defense - which is still in the works.

Povetkin and Perez are currently one and two in the WBC ratings, just above WBO mandatory Tyson Fury and former title holder Stiverne. Fury is in line to face the winner of Klitschko v Jennings which takes place in the next few weeks.

HE spends a lot of his time in the U.S, training, “I’m Irish now, so hopefully I can win the Irish fans too,” said Perez, who has three daughters in Cork . “ … I guess I have a lot of fans in Ireland and a lot of fans in New York from Ireland waiting for my fights, he seems to be proud to wear the irish green and gold Winsamsoon.but im not sure if he is still based in Cork.

Will many of our foremites be staying up to watch the big fight[ starting at 4.am sunday morning ] I know many people think the amount of money both men are getting is immoral ; and no doubt their right, it seems that Pacman has come a long way since he ran away from home when he was 11 because he caught his father eating his pet dog because there was no food in the house,

I started an official fight thread Frank, park this one lad.

frank, hagler was in london last week to attend a fund raising party for michael watson...photo on link..

https://in.news.yahoo.com/lightbox/boxeo-slideshow/boxing-michael-watson-pos...

  all looking well.   for what its worth i was a ROBERTO DURAN fan. 

Thanks for that m8.  Durans last fight was when he was 50years old, i think he won the world title when he beat the great Scotish figher Ken Buchanan back in 1972, a remarkable man was Roberto

Fight is happening probably to late but looking forward to it. Mayweather would not take it as he taught manny was on the juice. Since that manny has no ko anyone. Boxing one of the worst sports for testing. I think its either may on points or if close a draw as mayweather has one more fight left.

Hope its a hagler hearns but no chance of that.

They are aged 38 and 36 , must be the best marketed fight ever .

No big boxing fan myself , but agree with Barry McGuigan that Leonard or Sugar Ray Robinson would beat either of them easily .

" I started an official fight thread frank,park this one lad "
So says the Loan Masked Man,he quite correctly is ignored.
Rocketfingers when is the penny going to drop.

One thing you are champion at is starting threads that get no replies.

like to see the god fearing PACQUIAO win tonight and beat the money mad mayweather, never seen any of them fight. my head tells me mayweather
will win.

I have watched both mens fights a lot over the last week and i find it hard to go against Mayweather, i also think Manny has regressed more then Mayweather in the last 2years or so. I believe some Rapper put a millon dollers on Mayweather ; i think he will be collecting, but i hope im wrong.

This is a much better thread imo ....More insights and opinions...

Id love Manny to win but think Mayweather is actually a good price at the current 1/2 ish.
He's a wan ker but a brilliant boxer & will do enough to win like he always does.

Did not see any of this , but it sounds like anyone who did got poor value .  Not surprised , both ageing fighters , neither apparently has scored a knockout for 5 years ( reportage) .

The boxing promoters and fans have again proved they will always fall for the 3 card trick . Fight of the century ?  Not even Fighters of the century so who dreams up the headlines ?

Guess Rory didn't miss much , his scrap with Casey was far better sport , and it's still on going .

Reading that Pac fought despite having torn a muscle in his shoulder in training .  For those of you who like racing and boxing , ask yourselves what would be your reaction if Willie Mullins ran one of his horses and it carrying a known injury sustained in training approaching the race .  He would be vilified .

Yet the boxing fans will not murmur a dicky bird . Falling for the 3 card trick which boxing often does . They always have , and always will get away with it .  Those punters among us will just be annoyed that the training mishap was kept secret , but somebody will have known , wont they ?

It may well have been Manny looking for a Doctor pre-fight for ''treatment'...i.e. the 'frog spawn re-spun souped up turbo plasma' that Mayweather always feared.

Amazing to think that the fight could have happened 5 years ago, if Pac Man had agreed to an itsy bitsy drug test pre-fight.  They could have had 3 fights by now.  Though after 2-0 Money, the public interest might have waned.

As someone watching boxing for many years i thought Mayweather,s performence was a masterclass especially when you consider he is 38years old, the fight fans who expected a great fight will Disappointed , but i got the impression that Mayweather could have stopped Manny if he had to ,  he is a fighter who doesn,t have to take many chances if he doesn,t have to, one of the great fighters in my view.

The "injury" is for the boys back home.

Well said Neill

I enjoyed the fight, anyway Frank, it was just one that I needed to see even though it was so late in the day.

Same here Neill.I dont know if you saw  Vasyl Lomachenko in one of the early fights, one to watch out for.

Loma is an unbelievable fighter. So fluid.