Noons calls out Mayweather Jr.

On Saturday night, after watching Joksan Hernandez blow out Ira Terry, my boxing night was over but as a Showtime subscriber my wife and I decided to watch the Strikeforce card airing that same night. Even though I’m a huge boxing fan, I have tremendous respect for anyone that makes a living by stepping into any type of ring to engage in professional combat. After watching the 2 hour long event what stood out for me was the performance and comments of KJ Noons.

KJ Noons is a 27 year old professional Boxing and MMA fighter fighting out of San Diego, California with records of 12-2 5 KO’s and 10-2 respectively. Noons displayed good boxing skills as he easily dispatched his Brazilian opponent via vicious knockout early in the 2nd round. I was impressed with his boxing ability in a cage but in taking a closer look at his boxing record he has a lot to be desired in a boxing ring. So far his boxing opponents record total up to 60-67 and he has a loss against a fighter with a record of 5-6 and not mention he has never fought past 6 rounds. Yup, I had the same look you did.

What did he say when he got a chance to talk with one of the commentators you ask? Well I guess the headline gave it away but Noons had the audacity to call out pound for pound boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. to a boxing fight.

In the words of Dave the Minion: “Whaaaat?!”

Noons is clearly trying to lure Mayweather into a fight by looking to cash-in on the Toney vs. Couture ‘fight’ happening this Saturday inside an octagon.

My thoughts: Noons is skilled athlete but I think he should concentrate on one sport to truly excel instead of calling out fighters of a much higher skill class. Like I said before I was impressed with Noons’ skills with such limited experience in boxing he would be put shame if he were to be granted his almost laughable request.

On the other hand, Noons would be considered an easy opponent for Mayweather and he has been known to take an easy fight or two. Plus, it would generate a lot hype which in turns equals Money which Mayweather likes, hence his nickname.

But no, Mayweather wouldn’t do that… would he?

Huck vs. Godfrey

I was able to get my hands on a copy of the Marco Huck vs. Matt Godfrey fight from this past weekend and as I started to watch it I asked myself:

“Who is this tall Caucasian with the Golden boots?” (As I rubbed my chin and squinted my eyes)

Well, not being too familiar with Huck, I saw a strong cruiserweight completely overwhelming a not so smooth Godfrey. Godfrey’s love-tapping jabs were of no use against the very determined and hungry 6’-1” Serbian. Huck at 25 has flaws, which he needs to fix, but he showed an exciting style and solid punching power; a combination that can open a lot of doors in the boxing world.

Adamek vs. Grant

I was able to watch the Adamek vs. Grant fight and I was impressed with Adamek’s speed and punch output…or was Michael Grant just too damn slow?

Adamek was easily outworking his towering robot-like opponent early on but when the 6th round came along the complexion of the fight completely changed. Grant was able to hurt Adamek badly with a power right hand at the end of the round which was very visible to everyone watching the fight.

Adamek need to survive.

But in typical Adamek style he opted to continue fighting as he stuck with his game plan of moving in and out and exchanging with the powerful heavyweight. Adamek was able to survive the last couple of rounds in route to a points win but not with the pro-Adamek crowd getting a very real scare.

Adamek has a solid chin but now that he’s starting to challenge the big boys he’s getting hit with more powerful shots. Even though he might be quicker and busier than most heavyweights he’s usually outweigh by more than a just couple of pounds (Grant outweighed him by a staggering 44lbs.). Everyone who follows boxing new from the get-go that Grant was an oversized opponent to serve as “test”, if you will, for his promotions future aspirations to challenge one of the Klitschko’s.

But after seen the later stages of the fight I think they need to keep him as far away as possible from the Statue-like brother’s.

How about a fight between Adamek and Huck down at cruiserweight?

Toney Thoughts

I hate to see James Toney in this position.

At 42 and with no prior experience in MMA there are not a lot good scenarios that can come out of that equation. Lights Out is a sure Hall-a-Famer and loves to speak his mind but this time I think his mouth has put him in an unfair position. The likely hood of this possibly being his last fight, in any ring, is a very real outcome as he’s going up against an MMA legend in Couture.

Shame on any one who makes an argument for this “fight” to be of any real substance in the landscape of that sport, it’s a show, period.

This is just another way for Dana White and the UFC to talk smack about boxing, plain and simple. Yes, boxing has its flaws and endless amounts of mis-matches but MMA is starting to show some just look at Jon Jones last fight and Shane Carwin’s latest accusations.

Listen, I’m a fan of combat sports and I do on occasion watch MMA events, as noted above, but when fighters are lured out of their own sport simply for someone to profit; that just seems unfair to me.

I see this fight going 1 of 2 ways.

First: Toney catches Couture in the first couple of minutes and knocks him out… Second: Couture takes him to the ground and submits him.

Unfortunately, due to the amount of curiosity that is involved in this fight the revenue numbers are going to be good, leaving the door open for similar matchups to be made in the future.

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