Context for non-Brits: Rose West is one of the most disturbing serial killers in British history, torturing and killing ten victims, including her own daughter. If you hate Meghan Markle more than Rose West you’re probably **checks notes** a gargantuan racist. Paper is shite too.
flicking through The S*n while I was waiting in a caff and read this by clarkson. In what world is something so vicious and unhinged allowed to be printed? completely vindicates everything in
#HarryandMeghanNetflix
Don’t let Andrea Skinner’s resignation distract you from the fact that Scott Smith is somehow, despite his toxic leadership, still the CEO of Hockey Canada.
Regardless your thoughts on the decision, I think we can all agree that 🇲🇽 Canelo Alvarez vs 🇰🇿 Gennady Golovkin I was a thriller. Look at these guys finish out the fight! Glad they’ll be doing it one more time.
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A heartbreaking letter from the Western University Women’s Hockey Team was sent to university president Alan Shepard regarding the school’s handling of allegations of abuse. The team is boycotting all practices and games.
“Don’t ignore us. Don’t silence us.”
The letter:
Joe Louis jokes with Muhammad Ali.
Ali: Do you think you would have stood a chance with me?
Louis: Well...One time during my career I went on a bum of the month tour.
Ali: I would have been a bum compared to you?
Louis: Well, you'd be on the tour. 😂
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🇺🇸 Caleb Plant hasn’t faced anyone in the TBRB super middleweight top ten. Guys who have:
🇲🇽 Canelo
🇺🇸 Jacobs
🇬🇧 BJS
🇬🇧 Smith
🇬🇧 Ryder
Plant can keep trashing the UK guys if he wants, but they’re the ones testing themselves. 🤷🏻♂️
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Mayweather carried him. It’s that simple. McGregor would struggle to win a regional golden gloves tourney against teenagers. It was a spectacle, he had to carry him. End of story.
#boxing
@MikeCoppinger
Couldn't touch him? he won the first three rounds hands down Jacked him with that uppercut. Don't give me the "he was trying to tire him out."Even though Conor did eventually gas out.but you know Floyd didn't want to take that uppercut. That's what you mean by not touching him👍🏻
@ttyyugh11
@juliazukowski
@MercyhurstU
They’re from when it happened, lol. Post a retrospective piece for ya as well. Not sure how you’re evaluating sources over there 😂
@ttyyugh11
@juliazukowski
@MercyhurstU
“By the time his first semester at ASU ended, he had been dismissed from the Sun Devils team for violating undisclosed team rules.”
🇺🇸 Joe Frazier was truly great. No excuses after his loss to 🇺🇸 George Foreman. He remains one of my favourite athletes of all time. “I lost the title and it was fair and square.”
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I found out recently that I won't be renewed at Western University. I was there for six years. Obviously not my choice. I love being a professor. When the dust settles, I'll be teaching someone, somewhere. But to all the students who made these years so special, thank you 🙏🏻
We welcomed a baby girl into our little family last night. Mom and baby are happy and healthy. Baby Alice is coming for all of the belts in 2040! Rumble, wee girl, rumble! 🥰
Sugar Ray Robinson’s record of 174-19-6 is more impressive than the undefeated records of Marciano, Mayweather, or Moonsri. 🤷🏻♂️ More important things than being undefeated.
#boxing
It was 18 years ago, on May 18, 2002, that 🇺🇸 Micky Ward and 🇨🇦 Arturo Gatti started their epic trilogy. Ward took the first fight by majority decision. This might be the most famous body shot of my lifetime.
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All I want for Christmas, 2021
#boxing
match remix:
🇺🇸Spence vs 🇺🇸Crawford
🇺🇸Charlo vs 🇰🇿GGG
🇨🇦Mrdjenovich vs 🇵🇷Serrano
🇬🇧Joshua vs 🇬🇧Fury
🇺🇸McCaskill vs 🇳🇴Braekhus II
🇲🇽Canelo vs 🇷🇺Bivol
🇰🇷 Choi vs 🇺🇸 Mayer
🇺🇸Teofimo vs 🇺🇸Haney
🇯🇵Inoue vs 🇨🇺Rigondeaux
Fin.
The final round of 🇲🇽 Orlando Salido vs 🇲🇽 Francisco Vargas in 2016 was incredible. Neither guy was willing to give an each. Give and take! It wound up a draw.
#boxing
#OTD
in 2009 the world lost the great 🇺🇸 Vernon Forrest. A two-division champion and 2002 Ring Magazine FOTY, Forrest was the first man to ever defeat 🇺🇸 Shane Mosley, doing so in back-to-back fights. RIP champion. 🥊
#boxing
Thirty-six years ago tomorrow, on June 15, 1984, 🇺🇸 Tommy Hearns won his fire fight with 🇵🇦 Roberto Duran, flattening “Manos de Piedra” by TKO2.
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Reminder: Lomachenko will defeat Lopez. It won’t be particularly close. It’s not a knock on Lopez. Lomachenko is just incredible. I wish the young fella all the success in the world. Would be pleasantly surprised if he proves me wrong.
#boxing
#LomaLopez
It’s been one year since the passing of 🇺🇸 Pernell Whitaker. An Olympic gold medalist, four-division professional world champ, and one of the slickest and most skilled fighters most of us will ever see. A pugilistic artist. Love the smile Oscar gives him here. RIP 🥊
#boxing
#OTD
in 1986 🇺🇸 Mike Tyson stopped 🇺🇸 Lorenzo Boyd by KO2 with a combo now often known as “The Tyson.” Right to the ribs, followed immediately with a right uppercut through the guard.
#boxing
Here is my “boxers I won’t complain about Canelo facing” in order of preference:
1. Plant
2. Beterbiev
3. Charlo
4. Bivol
5. GGG
6. Benavidez
7. Smith Jr.
8. Andrade
That’s really it, but I’ll throw in:
9. Berlanga
10. Gongora
11. Bazinyan
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#CaneloSaunders
It was
#OTD
in 2017 that 🇺🇸
@Claressashields
won her first world title as a pro, pummeling 🇩🇪 Nikki Adler to take a TKO5 for the WBC and IBF super middleweight championships. She’s since conquered two more divisions in her ten fights as a pro.
#boxing
I lost about ten followers by sharing some posts condemning the murder of George Floyd, so here’s my stance on the situation. It’s simple. African Americans should not have to fear for their lives when dealing with law enforcement. If you disagree, unfollow me. Murder is murder.
Nine years ago, on May 21, 2011, 🇺🇸 Bernard Hopkins defeated 🇨🇦 Jean Pascal by unanimous decision to pass George Foreman as the oldest (46) world champion in history. Not that it impacted the result, but Knockdown or no?
#boxing
Mannnnn...Twenty-four years since 🇦🇺 Kostya Tszyu unleashed this body attack on 🇺🇸 Corey Johnson to retain the IBF super lightweight title. Hurts to watch.
#boxing
@KostyaTszyu
#OTD
in 1982, an epic finish between two giant’s of prize-fighting history. With less than a round remaining, 🇲🇽 Salvador Sanchez stops 🇬🇭 Azumah Nelson by TKO15 at MSG. The Associated Press had it 133-132 for Sanchez going into the final round. Just incredible.
#boxing
I like 🇺🇸 Bud Crawford a ton. I think he could defeat everyone else at welterweight if those matches were made. He’s a great boxer. I just think 🇲🇽 Canelo Alvarez has faced better opposition and turns in better overall performances. Canelo is absolutely my P4P
#1
.
#boxing
Saw someone calling 🇺🇸 Larry Holmes overrated today. That’s dumb. He’s grossly underrated. Here he is toying with then undefeated 🇺🇸 Marvis Frazier in 1983. He won in under a round. I love watching Holmes operate.
#boxing
Trouble with
#PacquiaoMcgregor
is it gets in the way of many far more important bouts. Boxers are waiting in line to face Pacquiao for the title. If this bout gets finalized, strip Pacquiao and let minor champs 🇺🇸Jamal James and 🇨🇺Yordenis Ugas fight for his crown ASAP.
#boxing
Lomachenko never lost the WBC belt. He was elevated to “Franchise Champion.” Then Haney was elevated from interim to the normal WBC title.
How can anyone argue that Haney is the WBC’s top champ? Even the WBC has explained that he isn’t.
#LomaLopez
will be for undisputed.
Scholars Against Abuse in Canadian Sport, consisting of 91 scholars, from 30 Canadian and 17 international universities, call on
@JustinTrudeau
to initiate an intendent judicial inquiry into the abuse of Canadian athletes. Our open letter:
After getting robbed in their first meeting, 🇺🇸 Pernell Whitaker put on a clinic against 🇲🇽 Jose Luis Ramirez
#OTD
in 1989, taking a wide unanimous decision and the WBC lightweight title. Here’s Whitaker doing his thing in round twelve. Slick as they come!
#boxing
I sparred with Fred Kassi (don’t think I landed a single punch 😂)…
Who drew with Chris Arreola…
Who lost to Andy Ruiz…
Who knocked out Anthony Joshua…
Who lost Oleksandr Usyk…
So I’m probably rated like
#9
in the world by someone, right?
#boxing
🇺🇸Errol Spence drops 🇬🇧 Kell Brook in the tenth round of their May 27, 2017, clash in Sheffield, England. He got he KO the following round, with Brook struggling with a badly swollen eye.
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Eight years since 🇵🇭 Manny Pacquiao was robbed against 🇺🇸 Tim Bradley. To quote the late Harold Lederman: “That decision was a crime.” Pacquaio hit Bradley from angles incomprehensible to smart people with protractors. PROTRACTORS!
#boxing
BOOP!
#OTD
in 2009, WBO welterweight champ 🇵🇷 Miguel Cotto dropped 🇬🇭 Joshua Clottey with a jab in round one. Cotto won the fight by split decision, but Compubox had Clottey throwing and landing more shots. Clottey’s connect percentage was also 11% better than Cotto’s.
#boxing
Solidarity with
@ISASaxonists
as still more academics illustrate their superficial commitment to anti-racism. They’re happy to roll it out when seeking jobs and promotions, but when it’s time to actually put in work, or even just take a moment to show support, where are they?
Spence is the best welterweight in the world. I prefer Crawford, but I think the evidence speaks for itself after tonight. That was a HOF calibre performance from the Texan.
#boxing
#SpenceUgas
Terrible news coming out of Mexico. A football riot has resulted in over a dozen deaths.
“As we write this article, there are already 17 reported dead as a result of a bitter rivalry between ultras from both teams.”
Breaking: Riddick Bowe will not be
#boxing
on October 2. Promoter claims they were misled by his management, but his health concerns are part of the public record 🤷🏻♂️ The backlash from fight fans prevented this from happening and all of ya should be proud. 🥊
All the Best to former Heavyweight champ
@riddickbowe
due to the backlash and being mislead from Bowes Management team,about Bowes Health, Celebrity Boxing is moving forward and having Bowe part of the event but not as a Celebrity Boxer,Lamar Odom will take on another Celeb Oct 2
It was three years ago, on May 20, 2017, that 🇺🇸 Terrence Crawford forced the corner of 🇩🇴 Felix Diaz to save their man after round 10. Crawford was picking Diaz apart, with little coming back.
#boxing
The NASSH Sport History and Social Justice Award arrived today. To win this with
@_shireenahmed_
makes it extra special. It represents the work of a group of scholars and activists who came together around common goals to fight for sustainable change. Rumble, friends, rumble✊🏻
Here is the video of my testimony, on behalf of Scholars Against Abuse in Canadian Sport, at the Heritage Committee yesterday in Ottawa. We need a national inquiry, now. CW: sexual abuse. 1/3
In his prime, 🇺🇸 Pinklon Thomas had one of the best jabs in heavyweight
#boxing
. It was
#OTD
in 1984 that he used that jab to wear down and defeat 🇺🇸 Tim Witherspoon for the WBC crown.
Halloween 🎃 is looking like an incredible day for
#boxing
:
🇯🇵 Inoue vs 🇦🇺 Maloney
🇵🇱 Brodnicka vs 🇺🇸 Mayer
🇷🇺 Gassiev vs 🇺🇸 Johnson
🇺🇦 Usyk vs 🇬🇧 Chisora
🇬🇧 Selby vs 🇦🇺 Kambosos
In 1982, Tommy Hearns defeated Wilfred Benitez, but wow did he have to work for it. Watch Benitez’s defense here. It was so difficult to land clean on the man 😲
#boxing
🇺🇸 Bernard Hopkins puts on a clinic against 🇺🇸 Kelly Pavlik back in 2008. Love this clip of Hopkins opening up and finishing with a little razzle dazzle. Hopkins took the UD, handing Pavlik his first loss.
#boxing
Mexican legends 🇲🇽 Marco Antonio Barrera and 🇲🇽 Erik Morales brought the fans to their feet and kept them there for twelve beautiful rounds in 2000. I think Larry Merchant summed it up best in round nine: “this is the primal beauty of true prize fighting.” What a fight!
#boxing
It was fifteen years ago that 🇺🇸Winky Wright turned in an utterly dominant performance against 🇵🇷 Tito Trinidad, using his punishing and consistent jab to win their WBC middleweight title eliminator by UD in 2005.
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