News *** Jake Paul vs. Anderson Silva Boxing Bout Set for October MEGA THREAD ***

[SSgt Dickweed]

He looked like he was sandbagging his own punches, purposely not landing with conviction.

He didn't plan on getting dropped at the last round but he did. Tryna cash out before he turns 50.

Is normal.

I thought the knockdown was real when I was watching it live. But maybe it was riggaroni time.

 

[Kovalev's "Man Bag"]

I thought the knockdown was real when I was watching it live. But maybe it was riggaroni time.

The knockdown was real. Anderson got clipped while he was squared up and throwing a punch of his own. Jake's shot came in when Anderson was most vulnerable. He was in a terrible position to take a shot and Jake's glancing right hand was enough to put him down. It doesn't take much to drop someone when their base is compromised to the point where they have no balance. It happens all the time when fighters get caught in exchanges.

 

[SSgt Dickweed]

The knockdown was real. Anderson got clipped while he was squared up and throwing a punch of his own. Jake's shot came in when Anderson was most vulnerable. He was in a terrible position to take a shot and Jake's glancing right hand was enough to put him down. It doesn't take much to drop someone when their base is compromised to the point where they have no balance. It happens all the time when fighters get caught in exchanges.

Yeah I totally get that the angle can make the punch look questionable.

But if it was rigged (I think it was), a knockdown would be very convenient to sell it.

And I don't know why most people here missed it but it looked to me that Anderson was not putting much into his punches. And in the last three rounds IIRC he wasn't even throwing much.

 

[Kovalev's "Man Bag"]

Yeah I totally get that the angle can make the punch look questionable.

But if it was rigged (I think it was), a knockdown would be very convenient to sell it.

And I don't know why most people here missed it but it looked to me that Anderson was not putting much into his punches. And in the last three rounds IIRC he wasn't even throwing much.

I don't see anything peculiar there. Jake sparred former world champions to prepare for this fight. Guys like Jean Pascal, Chad Dawson, and Steve Cunningham to name a few. He's been in with dozens of quality boxers over the last few years. Jake's been putting in work. Anderson wasn't sitting on his punches but that's common to see with MMA fighters. They're used to not fully committing to their punches because of the takedown threat in MMA (low kicks as well). It's been ingrained into them.

 

[SSgt Dickweed]

I don't see anything peculiar there. Jake sparred former world champions to prepare for this fight. Guys like Jean Pascal, Chad Dawson, and Steve Cunningham to name a few. He's been in with dozens of quality boxers over the last few years. Jake's been putting in work. Anderson wasn't sitting on his punches but that's common to see with MMA fighters. They're used to not fully committing to their punches because of the takedown threat in MMA (low kicks as well). It's been ingrained into them.

No, just no.

 

[Kovalev's "Man Bag"]

No, just no.

No? You guys need to accept reality. Jake legitimately beat him and I say this as a fan of Anderson. There was nothing unusual or odd that occurred during the fight. The only fuckery was with the scoring but that's boxing.

 

[Kovalev's "Man Bag"]

Morning dude @WklySportsMemes. Did you see anything fishy happen in this fight? Aside from the scoring, which I felt was too wide in Jake's favor, it seemed completely legitimate. I had it essentially even or Jake up slightly before he dropped Anderson in the last round. Thoughts?

@PHATV, I'm also interested in what your thoughts are and how you had this one scored? Just curious.

 

[WklySportsMemes]

Morning dude @WklySportsMemes. Did you see anything fishy happen in this fight? Aside from the scoring, which I felt was too wide in Jake's favor, it seemed completely legitimate. I had it essentially even or Jake up slightly before he dropped Anderson in the last round. Thoughts?

@PHATV, I'm also interested in what your thoughts are and how you had this one scored? Just curious.

Whats up my friend. Nothing fishy to me. I thought Jake clearly won and that the knockdown sealed the deal and eliminated any doubt on the cards. Prior to knockout it could have honestly gone either way. I have no idea what people were watching who said Anderson was up wide.
Anderson pulled all his ussually stunts that have cost him fights or fan favor before. Was inactive for some rounds. Played games with somebody with power. Fought like a killer but only in short spurts and pockets. I think people think that him "styling" on people and showboating scores points. While its fun and awesome to watch it shouldn't and doesn't score him any points. I also thought he missed huge and wide on most of his big shots. Speed and reflexes just not elite like he was trademarked for. Jake was the younger fighter who did enough rounds and put in enough work to have better timing and reflexes for actual defense than Silva did for landing anything significant.

 

[PHATV]

Morning dude @WklySportsMemes. Did you see anything fishy happen in this fight? Aside from the scoring, which I felt was too wide in Jake's favor, it seemed completely legitimate. I had it essentially even or Jake up slightly before he dropped Anderson in the last round. Thoughts?

@PHATV, I'm also interested in what your thoughts are and how you had this one scored? Just curious.

I was out that night for a party for a friend's wife and missed it. Got in late and cued up the Loma fight but missed this one entirely.

 

[djacobox372]

JCC Jr was never a legitimate contender or even top 5 middleweight. He clobbered 45 bums and won extreme robberies every time he fought anyone decent.

HBO politics got him a title shot when Sergio Martinez was forced to drop a belt.

Jr literally was one of or the worst champion in middleweight history. He was a 180 LBS guy fighting 160 LBSers and never even taking a round off of decent opposition.

This is of course way before he quit training/got on drugs.

Just to clear up any non boxing fans in here that maybe we're not around for the facade that was jcc Jr.

Nobody is saying JCC Jr was a "great boxer." But he had competed at a high level in boxing with mixed success. Saying he was a "champ" requires a lot of qualifiers, but at the very least he was a contender... he wasn't some journeyman bum--most of the criticism of him has to do with his lack of living up to his name/potential. Take the name away and you have a guy who competed in the top 20 of his division for a decade or so--that's something to be proud of.

More importantly he was 11 years younger than Anderson, and showed up in reasonable shape. A late 40's MMA fighter has zero business hanging with any mid 30's boxer with JCC's level of experience.

 

[Herwald]

Guys, I can't lie, the result of this fight has left me very dejected. Artem Lobov was the only MMA dude to represent the sport well against a boxer, the rest are just a torrent of embarrassment and I'm running thin on "at least the old timer got some money out of it" cope. Dana needs to play this Jake Paul guy and trick him into fighting a capable savage or watch MMA slowly sink into the waters of being a fad. Cause this is horrendous PR.

 

[KAZSoliloquy]

JCC Jr was never a legitimate contender or even top 5 middleweight. He clobbered 45 bums and won extreme robberies every time he fought anyone decent.

HBO politics got him a title shot when Sergio Martinez was forced to drop a belt.

Jr literally was one of or the worst champion in middleweight history. He was a 180 LBS guy fighting 160 LBSers and never even taking a round off of decent opposition.

This is of course way before he quit training/got on drugs.

Just to clear up any non boxing fans in here that maybe we're not around for the facade that was jcc Jr.

he was certainly an underachiever who disappointed at nearly every turn but he did stop andy lee pretty nastily. that’s a very good win.

 

[KAZSoliloquy]

I thought the knockdown was real when I was watching it live. But maybe it was riggaroni time.

what looks rigged about that? the punch doesn’t look particularly hard but it clearly clips the front of the face. plus anderson was squared up, adding to the impact.

 

[MotorCityCobra]

Nobody is saying JCC Jr was a "great boxer." But he had competed at a high level in boxing with mixed success. Saying he was a "champ" requires a lot of qualifiers, but at the very least he was a contender... he wasn't some journeyman bum--most of the criticism of him has to do with his lack of living up to his name/potential. Take the name away and you have a guy who competed in the top 20 of his division for a decade or so--that's something to be proud of.

More importantly he was 11 years younger than Anderson, and showed up in reasonable shape. A late 40's MMA fighter has zero business hanging with any mid 30's boxer with JCC's level of experience.

I would say contender may be overdoing it.

Does size not matter? Without being able to come in 20 LBS heavier he was laughably bad. Anderson had success at 205 and is a solid 185 on TRT. Chavez looked ordinary at best the times he actually fought light heavyweights, and never looked anything other than absolute garbage above 160.

His two fights in 2019, 2020 with Jacobs and Cazares he looked extremely bad and again out of shape at 170. Most of media and his ex team implored him not to fight and also criticized him for showing up and not even trying to win at all.

Look through my post history, I thought it was bizarre that Anderson was an underdog BEFORE they fought.

And Anderson beat him what 5 rounds to 3? 6 to 2??

Saying he is a high level boxer in unfair, I don't doubt Logan paul could beat Chavez Jr as well especially if they fought today.

 

[Kovalev's "Man Bag"]

Whats up my friend. Nothing fishy to me. I thought Jake clearly won and that the knockdown sealed the deal and eliminated any doubt on the cards. Prior to knockout it could have honestly gone either way. I have no idea what people were watching who said Anderson was up wide.
Anderson pulled all his ussually stunts that have cost him fights or fan favor before. Was inactive for some rounds. Played games with somebody with power. Fought like a killer but only in short spurts and pockets. I think people think that him "styling" on people and showboating scores points. While its fun and awesome to watch it shouldn't and doesn't score him any points. I also thought he missed huge and wide on most of his big shots. Speed and reflexes just not elite like he was trademarked for. Jake was the younger fighter who did enough rounds and put in enough work to have better timing and reflexes for actual defense than Silva did for landing anything significant.

Cool. Just wanted to check. I didn't see anything weird either so I don't get all of the "rigged" talk. That's a good analysis. Yeah the fight could've gone either way with the knockdown sealing the deal. BoxingScene had it the same way (ignoring the official cards which were too wide for Jake). It was an entertaining scrap!

 

[John12]

 

[chillyoo]

No? You guys need to accept reality. Jake legitimately beat him and I say this as a fan of Anderson. There was nothing unusual or odd that occurred during the fight. The only fuckery was with the scoring but that's boxing.

He was slipping punches and not returning fire on JP who overextends on most if not all of his power shots. Just easy money to counter when your opponent misses and is stuck in position like he’s doing lunges

 

[Kovalev's "Man Bag"]

He was slipping punches and not returning fire on JP who overextends on most if not all of his power shots. Just easy money to counter when your opponent misses and is stuck in position like he’s doing lunges

And you think this proves that it was rigged? LOL. We see it all the time in boxing (Why didn't Canelo counterpunch?!). Fighters refusing to counter as often as they should be and in some cases not at all. There are other plausible explanations that don't involve conspiracy theories. Maybe Anderson was worried that his counters would be countered?

 

[SpamuraiSensei]

Jake starched Woodley and now won a clear decision over Anderson. Just accept that a young athletic guy who's been training boxing seriously for 3 years is a better pure boxer than former MMA champs.

Even boxing GOAT Mayweather couldn't do anything to one of the Paul brothers.

Fighting is a young man's sport.

Jake's gonna knock out Nate Diaz next who looked like shit in his last fight.

 

[Cariñito]

Guys, I can't lie, the result of this fight has left me very dejected. Artem Lobov was the only MMA dude to represent the sport well against a boxer, the rest are just a torrent of embarrassment and I'm running thin on "at least the old timer got some money out of it" cope. Dana needs to play this Jake Paul guy and trick him into fighting a capable savage or watch MMA slowly sink into the waters of being a fad. Cause this is horrendous PR.

Artem didnt represent it well. He landed about two punches and a headbutt the entire fight. Paulie won that fight 4-1.