Andre Ward Vs Allan Green

Andre Ward Vs Allan Green

The Super six tournament continues on it's journey to find a winner with this excellent match up between Andre Ward and Allan Green, which takes place this weekend. This is Allan Green's first fight of the tournament, seeing him take the place of Jermain Taylor, who pulled out of the tournament after losing to Arthur Abraham by knockout.

Allan Green has a chance to win against anyone in this tournament, mainly because he has good power and decent boxing skills. It's unfortunate for Green that he has Andre Ward as his first opponent. Ward is on fire after beating Kessler to claim the WBA title. Kessler was the favorite to win the tournament before he got beat by Ward, and in the fashion that Ward beat him, I think it's safe to say that many people were shocked. Loads of people are saying that Ward has got this tournament in the bag, but I don't think it's that clean cut yet.

There are some great fighters that have lost in this tournament, fighters that were previously unbeaten. These fighters, Abraham, Froch, Kessler will give it there absolute all. Just look at how Kessler came back after losing to Ward in his comeback fight with Froch. They are all proud champions, they have tasted defeat and im sure they won't want to again. The super six tournament is still anyones, it's wide open.

Before Allan Green took the place of Jermain Taylor he was talking alot about why wasn't he chosen from the start to be in this tournament. He was saying he could beat every guy in the tournament. Well, now he is in the tournament he has the chance to show us all what he said was not just talk. Make no mistake, Allan Green is the underdog in this fight. Green is also in need of a knockout in order to gain a much needed 3 points in this tournament. He is starting late so he needs these 3 points and I beleive he will go looking to knock Ward out from the first bell.

Andre Ward is so skilled, so sharp, and so focused that I beleive he will beat Green, but he will get hurt in the process, his punch resistance will be tested. The question is, can Ward take Allan Green's heavy punching power that has seen Green get the win by KO over many of his previous opponents? We will find out on Saturday night.

This will be a great fight, do not miss it.

Prediction: Andre Ward by decision.

Floyd Mayweather Retires Again

Floyd Mayweather Retires Again

If you haven't already heard..Floyd Mayweather has done an interview claiming that he is taking time out of boxing, possibly a year or two. Just as Manny Pacquiao agrees to take the blood tests so the pair can meet in September or November 2010 Floyd suddenly retires..Does Floyd really want to fight Pacquiao, or has he just been playing games?

I beleive that Floyd, who has been involved in wrestling, and is very friendly with some of the top wrestling companys, is trying to bring the wrestling "fakeness and silly drama" into boxing. This might work in wrestling, but boxing is different, and it's making him look like he's ducking Pacquiao.

This is all just advertising, entertainment, creating more and more interest in the fight. More interest means more money is generated. I personally don't think he's scared of Paquiao at all. He's just trying to be smart, but it's gone on for so long that it's wearing a bit thin now. People are getting bored with his excuses.

Floyd Mayweather changes his mind so often that I'm not going to write too much about the fight, because tomorrow the fight will be back on again!

Is he ducking Pacquiao?

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Cotto Destroys Foreman

Cotto Stops Foreman - 9th Round KO

I was so happy to see Cotto come back in style on Saturday night. Everyone was watching, waiting to see if he still had any fight left inside him. Well, the answer is yes, he does. The partnering with legendary trainer Emanuel Steward seems to have worked well. Cotto seemed very focused through out the whole fight, picked his punches very well, and didn't seem gassed out hardly at all.

The punch that ended the fight was a perfectly placed body punch, which had the Cotto of old written all over it. I know it's too ealry to say for sure but Cotto did look like he was back to his old self. He was very impressive and I see no reason why he can't go on to dominate once again. He has really only ever lost to the Pound for pound best Manny Pacquiao, and the Margarito fight has all that hand wrap issue attached to it, so that could be classed as a no contest in terms of, did Cotto really lose that fight fairly?

Foreman fought with a lot of heart and did have some good moments, but seemed to be out of his depth against the power and cunning skills of Cotto.

Anyway, a great win for Cotto, which now moves him straight back into the mix with the top contenders..I predict some great match ups to come for Cotto..

Training Wearing A Weighted Vest

Training Wearing A Weighted Vest

Weighted vests are used by many people to add more resistance to their training. From amateur to professional sports people, and also regular people who are into keeping fit and want to make their usual training methods more intense.

Fitness and stamina will be greatly improved from training wearing a weighted vest. Your body will get used to the carrying the extra weight around, becoming much more efficient when not wearing the vest. You will feel very light, literally like a weight has been taken of your shoulders! After a while of exercising in the vest, training without it will feel so much easier then usual.

If your considering wearing a weighted vest and doing any form of training, from running, to press ups, pull ups, sit ups, or any other physically demanding exercises, the vest will make the exercises become twice as hard to carry out. Training in a weighted vest adds more pressure on certain parts of the body, and not just on your heart, muscles, and lungs either, but also on your bones, and nerves. It's common for people that have not been doing any form of exercise or training for a while to suddenly become eager to start back up, and they think, "i'll buy a weighted vest and start training", only to become injured pretty quickly because their body as a whole needed a few months to get back into the swing of just doing some normal training without any added weight. This way the body can slowly become used to being worked again. Wearing a weighted vest when you have not been training for a while is asking for trouble. Muscles, nerves, and bones need time to adapt, they are not used to the extra weight and need to be broken back in to a training routine gradually.

This is why training wearing a weighted vest should be done so with caution. If you are just getting back into training and are eager to wear your weighted vest, it is best to put the vest on and just go for a walk a few times. Then maybe do a few squats, a few press ups, get your body slowly used to the extra weight. If you don't let your body gradually get used to the extra weight you have a higher chance of injury. The most common injurys that occur from training too hard when you have not been training regularly are muscles and nerves seizing, or getting pulled, mainly in the neck, as well as the upper and lower back. Your neck and back are much more vunerable to just "go", seeing you become totally out of action, to the stage where you will have trouble doing normal, everyday tasks for at least a week, in many cases much longer. Anyone that's had this happen to them knows how painful it can be. These are not the only injurys that can suddenly pop up from wearing a weighted vest when your body isn't used to the strain.
 
Bad knees are another very common problem that people report from using a weighted vest to go running in, causing aching, and damaged knees from the extra weight. This is why you should train without the vest, get your fitness to a high level, then try out the weighted vest. Even if your fit and exercise regularly you should still take it easy when wearing a weighted vest the first few times. Of course, you can get injured like this from not wearing a weighted vest, but by wearing one, you maximize the risk.

Only wear a weighted vest for training when you have been exercising regularly, for at least 6-8 weeks without the vest. This way your muscles, tendons, bones and nerves are much more capable of handling the extra weight from wearing the vest without injury. Your body will adapt and become stronger the more you work it. Keeping active is vital, but overwork your body when it has been used to doing no training for a while and you will pay the price with an injury.

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David Haye Vs Audley Harrison

David Haye Vs Audley Harrison

The question on everyones lips has been...Will David Haye rise to the challenge and fight Wladimir Klitschko after Wlad called him out. Well, the answer looks very likely to be NO! Instead Haye and his camp are in talks with much lesser fighters including, Shannon Briggs, Hasim Rahman, and none other then Audley Harrison.

I cannot beleive what is happening here. David Haye has been running his mouth over the past 18 months for a fight with either of the Klitschko's. He gets what he wants twice, and backs out twice. Then Wladimir calls him out. This is the perfect chance for Haye to step up and take this fight. But he ops for a fight with one of the B class fighters..My only conclusion is that David Haye must have some fear of the Klitschko's. Either that, or it comes down to greed. If Haye was as eager to fight the Klitschko's as his mouth suggests, then he wouldn't care if the purse split was 65% - 35% in the Klitschko's favor, as long as the fight was made.

The fight that Haye looks most likely to take is against Audley Harrison. Why would you fight Fraudley Harrison, over unifying most of the heavyweight belts in one fight? I think Haye will lose a huge amount of credibility over this, and rightly so..Yet again, David Haye has had a fight with Wladimir handed to him on a plate, and turned it down. Most boxers would grab the opportunity with both hands. The time is now.

David Haye has stated that he's only staying in boxing for a few more fights, just long enough to unify the heavyweight division. Well, Haye you better get a move on mate and stop wasting valuable time fighting lesser fighters. By fighting these lesser fighters, Haye is also putting his suspect chin on the line. The fighters that the Haye camp are considering are certainly not on the Klitschko level, but they do pack some heavy punching power. Imagine how devastated Haye would be if he got caught with a huge punch and got KO'd. Belt gone. His chances of fighting the Klitschko's and unifying the division would be in tatters. And with the amount of time he wants to stay in boxing for, it might not be long enough to climb back to the top of the ladder for a shot at the Klitschko's.

For all Haye's messing about, I hope he fights Audley Harrison and ends up getting knocked out, which is not impossible. I don't hate Haye, but do hate the way he has behaved throughout the whole Klitschko senarios. He really has made himself look silly. If your going to chase a fighter for a fight, at least take it when the fighter accepts the challenge. David Haye has done the opposite with both brothers, nearly 3 times now if he doesn't fight Wladimir in his next fight.

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