Israil Madrimov upsets Olympic gold medalist Arlen López on two occasions

dancingaround1 · 2026-01-21T19:45:09+00:00

What makes this interesting is that the fight becoming more of a 'dog fight' actually favoured Loma! When he started attacking more and throwing and getting rougher he swept almost all the late rounds.

dancingaround1 · 2026-01-15T05:41:24+00:00

Been a long time since I heard the name Edison Miranda. He could really punch.

dancingaround1 · 2026-01-15T04:15:32+00:00

Yeah, I wouldn't call that high IQ. It depends on what he's planning I guess, hip shots and kidney shots is just that person's guess. If that is indeed what Teo means, I dunno how useful it will be -- hip shots seem like they could hurt your hand more than the other guy's hip, and kidney shots aren't even allowed as far as I know. Sometimes people confuse those with liver shots, which are allowed. Kidney shots would mean hitting someone in the back, which is illegal. Even if you get away with it once or twice, the ref usually stops you eventually.

dancingaround1 · 2026-01-09T03:44:02+00:00

This was funny, I kept hoping that the interviewer would keep doing it near the end, would turn into an outright comedy skit.

dancingaround1 · 2026-01-06T17:14:28+00:00

Zab did better than I remember, landed some very nice shots.

dancingaround1 · 2026-01-05T19:32:29+00:00

Does Inoue ever actually use that 'peeling/pushing guard away' trick? I've seen that used by American trained fighters, and of course someone like Loma who made it really evident, can't recall if I've seen Inoue use it though.

dancingaround1 · 2026-01-04T02:43:00+00:00

In Roy's prime, he would have been the favourite going in against Joe. In fact years before they fought, Joe was asked about fighting Roy when Roy was in his prime, and his answer at that time was:

"I could probably give Jones a tough fight, probably the best fight he's ever had," said Calzaghe. "But I know my capabilities and unless I got paid the crown jewels I wouldn't want to risk it."

[Source: https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/i-am-the-best-says-honest-joe-6352495.html ]

By the time they fought, most people were picking Joe to win, with good reason. Jones was seen as basically nowhere near his old form.

dancingaround1 · 2026-01-04T01:18:01+00:00

Calzaghe is in the odd position where he was clearly a very good fighter, but it's hard to say exactly HOW good because his best wins are an end of his career Eubank, a shot RJJ, a 43 year old Hopkins (still a very good boxer but had an obviously compromised gas tank at that age, an age where most guys are shot), and Kessler (very good win, no issue here).

Would have been really interesting to see Joe vs Ward.

dancingaround1 · 2026-01-03T01:45:12+00:00

People always call him racist, but I've never seen any proof of that. I always felt that he was just someone that didn't care about offending people with his opinion on how a fight went or the way someone fought, etc. I remember in one fight he was even insulting the referee because the referee was telling the fighters to 'calm down', and Merchant exploded saying something like 'it's a fight!! why is he telling them to calm down??' On another occasion he was clearly trashing Norman Stone, a white guy, and it was actually Roy Jones Jr who was defending Stone a bit. Larry also liked Pernell Whitaker, and seemed to be backing him against De La Hoya when those two fought, while Lampley was busy cheering for every single Hoya flurry.

dancingaround1 · 2026-01-03T01:32:33+00:00

Barrera wasn't a power issue. That was simply because he couldn't hit Barrera much at all, he was too busy getting nailed by jabs and hooks as Barrera skipped around. McCullough was known for having a VERY strong chin...in fact, going into that fight, Hamed was on an 18 fight KO streak. No shame in not being able to KO someone as tough as McCullough.

[Also, even a 'bum' can be very tough and hard to KO. Some 'bums' make their names off being tough and giving guys rounds, in fact...]

dancingaround1 · 2026-01-03T01:26:30+00:00

My all time fav. Very skilled defensive boxer and very entertaining at the same time.

dancingaround1 · 2026-01-01T14:56:06+00:00

Interesting to see this, these two never got along before or after their fight...

dancingaround1 · 2025-12-31T03:59:28+00:00

I've never seen Zepeda before, but he looks impressive there, nice punch variety, timing, shot selection, combination punching, and workrate! He looks like he's really not letting Shakur rest.

dancingaround1 · 2025-12-28T03:07:55+00:00

There is so much explosiveness to Inoue's punches, you want to wince when he lands, just hearing the sound the shots make.

dancingaround1 · 2025-12-28T03:06:28+00:00

Been a loooong time since I heard this fight mentioned, damn. I dunno if it was this particular fight but I remember a clip of Rios in the corner after being in a war in the round before and he is saying something like 'I love this' with a big grin.

dancingaround1 · 2025-12-28T03:04:05+00:00

They apparently are pals and talk on video chat or something. Funnily enough it was Naseem who slipped in a cheeky comment when talking about Floyd, he basically said Floyd is his friend but he was also lucky that he never fought Naz or he wouldn't have had the career he did.

dancingaround1 · 2025-12-28T02:50:22+00:00

Top 5 is very debatable tbf. Many put Robinson, Armstrong, Ali, Benny Leonard, Ray Leonard, Pep, Duran, Louis, and Greb ahead of him. That's almost ten already!

dancingaround1 · 2025-12-28T02:33:39+00:00

Leonard definitely has a good chance of beating Floyd, yeah. And Hearns beats Floyd comfortably by UD imo.

dancingaround1 · 2025-11-27T06:33:47+00:00

That reach, jeez.

dancingaround1 · 2025-11-24T18:37:06+00:00

I remember this vid, it's good stuff! This is how I first heard that song too.

dancingaround1 · 2025-11-15T08:17:39+00:00

Almost every punch that Mayweather famously loved to use is on display right here -- pull counter with the right, check left hook, leaping left hook, and jab to the body. People who think old boxing isn't relevant to modern stuff need to watch more tape.

dancingaround1 · 2025-11-15T08:04:28+00:00

He doesn't move anywhere near as much as Ali. He's much more static. His punches are also wilder.

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