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Bobby Layne said:

And FWIW, I initially was a fan of Al's plan to bring boxing back to free broadcast TV.  I would like to see a time where the PPV model is dead, and big fights return to free broadcast TV.  It would be for the good of the sport. 

But that doesn't seem like it's going to happen though under Al.  The PBC seems to be modeling itself after the UFC. 

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illphillip said:

My only issue with the PBC is those awful *** entrances.

Beyond that, I don't see it as being much different from fights we'd get anywhere else.

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MR HIGHNESS said:

Thurman's my boy, can't believe if he don't look good, gets rocked but still beat a man, he gets criticized. But when other fighters don't look good, get rocked, but still beat a man, they get earned, "He fought with a lot of heart" and gets respected.

Boxing fans these days.

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Lightweight Champion said:

Huh? When Peterson boxed the breaks off DSG everyone criticized Swift for his performance. Same thing with Khan against Algieri. Thurman isn't the only fighter scrutinized for lackluster performances.

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MR HIGHNESS said:

Thurman's my boy, can't believe if he don't look good, gets rocked but still beat a man, he gets criticized.

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As for an opponent, Arum said that while it ultimately will be Pacquiao's decision, he has a five-man list of potential opponents. He said he will talk to their teams and then present the particulars of the deals to Pacquiao, who has won world titles in a record eight weight classes, later this year.

The list includes leading candidate Amir Khan, a former unified junior welterweight titlist and top welterweight contender, welterweight titleholder Kell Brook, junior welterweight titlist Terence Crawford, junior welterweight contender Lucas Matthysse and Juan Manuel Marquez, the Mexican great Pacquiao has waged four outstanding fights against, going 2-1-1 but finishing the fourth fight on his face as the result of a gargantuan sixth-round knockout in December 2012.

England's Khan (31-3, 19 KOs), passed over multiple times by Mayweather, who continually mentioned him as a leading candidate only to fight somebody else, knows Pacquiao well. They sparred together when Khan was trained by Hall of Fame trainer Freddie Roach, Pacquiao's longtime cornerman.

Arum said he hopes to make a deal with Khan.

"If Manny fights Khan, Khan will probably bring 3,000 or 4,000 people over from the U.K. for the fight," Arum said.

Despite the fact that Khan's adviser is Al Haymon, Arum's bitter rival -- whom he is suing for $100 million in an antitrust suit related to his creation of Premier Boxing Champions -- Arum said he can make a deal with Khan and that he has been talking to the fighter's father and uncle, who are closely involved in his career.

"We won't deal with Haymon. We deal directly with family about fighting Manny Pacquiao," said Arum, who was able to work with Haymon to make the Mayweather-Pacquiao fight, although it was extremely difficult and before the lawsuit was filed.

Crawford (26-0, 18 KOs), the 2014 fighter of the year, from Omaha, Nebraska, would have to defeat Dierry Jean in a junior welterweight title defense Oct. 24. Matthysse (37-3, 34 KOs), a knockout artist from Argentina, would have to defeat Viktor Postol to win a vacant junior welterweight world title Oct. 3. Brook (35-0, 24 KOs), of England, would have to take care of business in a title defense against Diego Chaves on Oct. 24.

And then there is Marquez (56-7-1, 40 KOs), the 42-year-old Mexican legend, who has not fought since winning a unanimous decision against Mike Alvarado in May 2014. Marquez has been sidelined by a knee injury and contemplated retirement.

He has said that he was satisfied having knocked out Pacquiao in the only decisive outcome of their four-fight series and was not particularly interested in a fifth fight with his greatest rival. However, Arum said he will at least talk to Marquez promoter Fernando Beltran of Zanfer Promotions to gauge his interest in continuing the series in a fight that would be worth more money than any other Marquez could make.

"We want to know for sure the status of Juan Manuel Marquez before we make any decisions," Arum said. "Fernando is meeting with him to see what he wants to do. His knee appears to be 100 percent. Fernando told me he sparred a few rounds recently to test it out. Marquez would be the most lucrative fight, and Manny would be happy to fight him again."

Said Koncz: "Amir Khan I think is the best choice for the fans, and Brook is the second choice."

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Freeze said:

so today in 2011 this happened






4 yrs later...thoughts?


**** ortiz, i counted minimum 3 headbutts. He had that **** coming blood

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