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H2O Man

(73,524 posts)
Sun Nov 15, 2015, 11:39 AM Nov 2015

Holly Holm KOs Ronda Rousey

http://www.tmz.com/2015/11/14/ronda-rousey-hospitalized-after-brutal-knock-out/

Former female boxing champion Holly Holm put a brutal beating on Ronda Rousey, knocking her out in the second round of their fight. Rousey was hospitalized after the bout.

I'm strictly into boxing. However,last month The Ring magazine had put Rousey on its cover, with an article predicting that she would dominate women's boxing.
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Holly Holm KOs Ronda Rousey (Original Post) H2O Man Nov 2015 OP
Good. bigwillq Nov 2015 #1
I guess you'd say the same about Ali? trumad Nov 2015 #2
Yup. (Nt) bigwillq Nov 2015 #3
Given the racist garbage Ali hurled at Frazier mythology Nov 2015 #8
Some of the things H2O Man Nov 2015 #14
Holy $#*! Floyd must be laughing his a$$ off! KamaAina Nov 2015 #4
Right! H2O Man Nov 2015 #5
Did not see that coming. bluedigger Nov 2015 #6
I was getting tired of hearing about her joeybee12 Nov 2015 #7
No one gives a shit what ignore boy is tired of. trumad Nov 2015 #9
Well, I'm Tired of It Too ProfessorGAC Nov 2015 #10
Well I care what you think Professor... trumad Nov 2015 #11
Thank You Sir ProfessorGAC Nov 2015 #13
I totally agree Lulu Belle Nov 2015 #12
In terms of H2O Man Nov 2015 #15

H2O Man

(73,524 posts)
14. Some of the things
Tue Nov 17, 2015, 10:16 AM
Nov 2015

that Ali said about Joe were wrong, and in terrible taste. Some of the things that Joe would later say about Ali were wrong, and in terrible taste.

Joe's son, Marvis, told me a story that I love, although it is sad. Many years after their last fight, Joe and Marvis were in the same building as Ali. They could see Ali, sitting alone, in a hallway. A group of people, who were using Ali to raise funds, were off to the side, talking among themselves, ignoring The Champ.

Marvis noticed his father had started crying. "What's the matter, Pops?," he asked. And a very emotional Joe told him how it pained him to see Ali like that, and how he resented those who still sought to exploit him. He spoke of how much Ali had meant to so many people.

This was the point where Joe forgave Ali for the vicious things he said.

bluedigger

(17,086 posts)
6. Did not see that coming.
Sun Nov 15, 2015, 03:28 PM
Nov 2015

I guess she finally found her level of competition. Maybe we will have an "Ali-Frazier" rivalry develop.

 

joeybee12

(56,177 posts)
7. I was getting tired of hearing about her
Sun Nov 15, 2015, 05:27 PM
Nov 2015

All this about her being the greatest female athlete of all time. .that talk will end now.

ProfessorGAC

(64,951 posts)
10. Well, I'm Tired of It Too
Mon Nov 16, 2015, 09:11 AM
Nov 2015

She has had 12 freaking fights, and is now 11 - 1. That's not even a record we talk about with boxers, except maybe for the sure fire guys like Leonard when he went pro. But, we were talking about him when he was an amateur.

Maybe Tyson who by the time he fought 12 fights had blasted other large men into oblivion, but he still wasn't making big noise until way past 12 wins.

The nonsense about her beating Mayweather will all cease now.

H2O Man

(73,524 posts)
15. In terms of
Tue Nov 17, 2015, 10:28 AM
Nov 2015

"combat sports," I think that Ann J. Wolfe ranks as the best ever. I thought that, even before she and I became friends. Ann held titles in four different weight classes -- all at the same time.

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