# The Boxing Thread

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boxing-thread/673281>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [November 6, 2013, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boxing-thread/673281 "2013-11-06T22:36:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2013, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boxing-thread/673281/41 "2013-11-30T22:11:26Z")

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> [@davidw](#):
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> You left out the fight I’m most looking forward to, Andre Ward vs. Edwin Rodriguez. Ward is usually ranked as the best P4P fighter behind Mayweather, and he’s been out of the ring way too long. Looking forward to seeing him fight again.

I like Ward a lot. He’s a left hander who fights righty, which makes that jab hit like a power punch. For someone who had a long layoff and a shoulder problem he wiped the floor with Rodriguez.

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**Author:** ![Grey\_area](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Grey\_area](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grey_area)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2013, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boxing-thread/673281/42 "2013-12-15T04:02:42Z")

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If you guys have showtime turn it on RIGHT NOW

Maidana vs Broner fucking electric now

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**Author:** ![Grey\_area](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Grey\_area](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grey_area)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2013, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boxing-thread/673281/43 "2013-12-15T04:50:05Z")

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RIP Broner’s career. The one result that nobody would have guessed - Maidana by UD.

Broner was fighting dirty (holding arms, shoving, pushing his glove into Maidana’s face during clinches, the hook after the bell after round 11) and I think most people had Maidana winning by a not wide but clear margin but worried that Broner’s potential marketability might give him a decision no matter what happened.  
But dang, Maidana with the UD The judge was shit, not breaking clinches fast enough, never deducting from Broner but Maidana pulled through nevertheless. Helluva fight.

For the undercards, Thurman showed that is the real deal and someone to keep an eye on. Shumenov was pretty impressive too.

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**Author:** ![davidw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c4cdca/32.png) [@davidw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidw)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2013, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boxing-thread/673281/44 "2013-12-15T21:56:30Z")

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> [@Grey\_area](#):
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> RIP Broner’s career. The one result that nobody would have guessed - Maidana by UD.

Yeah, that “being so insufferable that people will pay money to see you beat” strategy only works if you’re talented enough to not get beat, like Mayweather.

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