Manny Goes Down..

[Kiwon]

Sad to see as a big Manny fan but textbook one punch knockout.

[Little Whiskey]

wow. he walked right into that punch and the lights went out. was that his wife/Girlfriend running around. It looked like he died! I think she thought the same thing.

[Kiwon]

wow. he walked right into that punch and the lights went out. was that his wife/Girlfriend running around. It looked like he died! I think she thought the same thing.

A very concerned wife.

[Zool]

Looks like he got rocked about 1:40 and never recovered. Wobbly feet and all. Then he had both hands down and stepped right into that punch. Any word if he's OK?

[Kiwon]

Looks like he got rocked about 1:40 and never recovered. Wobbly feet and all. Then he had both hands down and stepped right into that punch. Any word if he's OK?

He's fine. He did a post-fight interview in the ring.

But Zool....what fight were you watching? Manny was fine for 2 minutes and 59 seconds and then.....boom...he's coming in and got hit with a punch he said he didn't see.

Manny did hit the deck in the 3rd but then dropped Marquez in the 5th. It was going to be another close fight. This was the fourth time these guys have squared off. These guys are warriors and come to fight.

It's just too bad Manny and Mayweather couldn't have fought a couple of years ago. Now that "Super Fight" ain't super any longer.

[Zool]

I just re-watched the clip. At 1:32 he takes a combo that puts him back on his heels. 1:29 you can see he felt it. After that, he's lunging, off balance, and his feet are too far apart. He shuffles his feet weird a few separate times after that.

[mraynrand]

he should get a penalty for hitting a defenseless boxer

[Freak Out]

Manny was done before the fight. He has other concerns his life now that rank much higher than the squared circle....and when that happens you need to hang it up....or you get your clock cleaned.

Mayweather NEVER had any intention of fighting Manny...never. He might now though He had to much to lose...he was already considered the best pound for pound fighter in the world and was super rich.....he had to much to lose for glory.

[SkinBasket]

If he died, it might have made boxing a little bit exciting again.

[MadtownPacker]

If he died, it might have made boxing a little bit exciting again.

Yeah, just doesn't compare to the fatalities in UFC.

[SkinBasket]

Yeah, just doesn't compare to the fatalities in UFC.

Has nothing to do with UFC. "Professional" boxing died years before the UFC became popular, and while the former certainly helped the latter, they are not correlative. Boxing cards have become more of a social extravaganza than a sporting event over the last couple decades, in part because there was less true competition than your typical WWE match, and in part because the boxers themselves have even less charisma than wrastlin's most annoying archetypes.

So, yeah, if you get excited paying $60.00 for a few hours of bland men each with anywhere from 1 to sixty-four "championship" belts playing out predictable scripts (after 10 minute ring entrances) delivered by "judges" that not even actually winning the bout can overcome, then I guess boxing is awesome. And exciting. So exciting.

[wootah]

Enjoy it while it lasts, guys...