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Carl Froch fight was awsome, two warriors never giving an inch and this is what boxing is all about and why it is THE ultimate sport...Congrats to Froch :)

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Fight of the Year !!!
Could well be, they didn`t stop from the first bell till the last great stuff !!!.


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It was a tremendous fight, but I don`t know about best of the year. There were epic all time classics such as Margarito vs Cotto, Vasquez vs Rafael Marquez III and Casamayor vs Juan Manuel Marquez. The clash between Vasquez and Marquez would get my vote.

On to the Froch-Pasquale fight: it was a thriller with both landing bombs throughout and it would be great to see Froch in with Kessler - if he can live with the Dane`s power and stamina I`ll have to revise my opinion of him being a worthy challenger to Calzaghe. Digressing further, I hope that the Welshman stays retired and doesn`t bother with Dawson, Johnson or Froch in a farewell fight. I saw what happened to De La Hoya when he took on an opponent that most people thought he`d comfortably beat...

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this is what boxing is all about and why it is THE ultimate sport...
...totally agree. There`s something about boxing - probably harking back to the old gladiatoral days - that gets me really excited/hyped-up compared to other sports... Some people still say it is too barbaric, but it can actually be quite beautiful at times. And there`s nothing like watching a big fight from the US live at 4 in the morning! 8)

And how about Pacquiao`s performance at the weekend? That was just incredible...

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Pacquiao was incredible: his movement, punch output, quickness and game plan was stunning. I kept waiting for Oscar to land that big punch to turn the fight around but, after round 4, it was clear that it wasn`t going to happen and he took a sustained beating from a lightweight. Hatton will give Pac-Man a sterner test, but I pick the Filipino to win.

I agree but I always thought Pac man would be too much for any over the hill fighter tbh, now Pac man V Hitman......that really gets the juices flowing...and Mayweather V Pacman likewise :)

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I agree but I always thought Pac man would be too much for any over the hill fighter tbh
Going in, I don`t think Oscar was considered over the hill though: he was the odds-on favourite and still in many people`s/website`s Top 10 pound-for-pound fighters. Also, I have The Ring Magazine and they polled 20 trainers/boxers/journalists about the fight - 18 of them picked Oscar to win... only 2 picked Manny.

So when you take all that into account, his victory (and total domination) looks even more impressive! I`m not sure whether Oscar is that over-the-hill, or if it was more to do with the weight issue (similar to Roy Jones` up and down weight problems) - they said he had only gained 2 pounds after his weigh-in(?)... I think he must have miscalculated things as he just looked dead at the weight.

I agree about Pacquiao Vs Hatton - that would be an awesome match-up. I wouldn`t be surprised either to see Mayweather come out of "retirement" to take pac-man on either...

This item was edited on Tuesday, 9th December 2008, 14:32