Boxing Fight Thread

[Raps18-19 Champ]

Areola looked really fat and out of shape...he had back fat!!! He's a pro boxer and had back fat. These mismatches are a joke.

Areolla didn't deserve a shot but it's not Wilder's fault this time at least. Povetkin failed a test and they got Areolla as a replacement.

[rocketfuel]

I thought the very same thing. I seen this guy with a beer gut and man boobs going up against 6'7 Deontay Wilder and his 36-0 (35 KOs) record.

That and Chris Arreola was 2-2-1-1 in his last 6 fights. Who thought he stood a snowball's chance in hell in this fight?

Man boobs, lol. Yeah, it looked he just rolled out of his couch, trained for a few weeks to come face a 6'7" giant who should have pulverized him, if Wilder had more skill. Wilder broke his hand and biceps in the fight. Not very impressive.

[Raps18-19 Champ]

Arreolla always been out of shape. But he does come to fight. Basically the Rios of the HW division.

[Raps18-19 Champ]

Looks like the winner of Crawford-Postol has a good shot against Manny.

[TheDish87]

put 100 on Postol +450 to win. Does he stand a real chance?

[kevin13697]

put 100 on Postol +450 to win. Does he stand a real chance?

i wouldn't want to bet against Crawford, he's a legit great fighter.
although Postol is 5'11, with a 74 inch reach, opposed to Crawford being 5'8 with a 70 inch reach, his size could be overwhelming.

[Raps18-19 Champ]

He has a good chance but I think Crawford will win.

[Raps18-19 Champ]

Crawford beat him much wider than I thought it would be. Benavidez was fantastic on the undercard too.

[TheDish87]

im a Crawford fan and was playing with some house money so it was worth the shot with those odds. Hopefully a dominating performance like this will get Crawford the fight with Manny

[kevin13697]

I didn't think this fight deserved to be a PPV fight.

[Raps18-19 Champ]

It was put on PPV because HBO didn't have the money. Arum nor the fighters pushed for this to be on PPV.

[TheDish87]

i was surprised when i found it was PPV. I didnt know and was searching all of the channels so i could record it. What do you mean the HBO did it on PPV bcuz they didnt have the money?

[Raps18-19 Champ]

HBO didn't have the budget to put in on regular HBO. So the only way was to put it on PPV (so people would cover part of the cost).

[TheDish87]

got ya. thanks for the clarification

[Raps18-19 Champ]

Wow that was a great fight.

Frampton won for sure though.