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This Week in Fighters Getting Knocked Unconscious Through the Ropes… [VIDEOS]

Admit it — you like to see fighters get gruesomely hung out to dry once in a while. Our knockout of the day comes to us from a kickboxing show in Trieste, Italy, over the weekend, in which Tadas Jonkus knocks out Giuseppe Patane so thoroughly that Patane sloooowly tumbles out of the ring, head-first. The sight would almost be comical, if not for the fact that his landing surely added even more brain-damage to the concussion he already suffered from that blitz of punches. Arrivederci, my dude.

Meanwhile, halfway around the world in Albuquerque, boxing champion/MMA fighter Holly Holm suffered the first knockout loss of her career, eating it in the seventh round against Anne Sophie Mathis. The good news is, she didn’t fall on her head afterwards. The bad news is, she was basically K.O.’d through the ropes twice, due to a dangerously inept referee. Take a look…

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Skip to the 3:26 mark to see Holm get clearly knocked out as she’s caught up in the ropes. The ref is kind enough to untangle her arm and send her out for more punishment, which Mathis is game enough to dish out. An ugly and unexpected loss for Jon Jones’s inter-gender sparring partner.

Bob Arum Is Insane Thinking MMA Won’t Take Overtake Boxing

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UFC News: Manny Pacquiao’s Coach Sides with Dana White Against Bob Arum

Alex Ariza, strength and condition coach of WBO welterweight champ Manny Pacquiao, agrees with UFC President Dana White’s assertion that boxing promoter Bob Arum is a “greedy pig.”In a recent interview with Fight Hype, Ariza absolutely tore Arum apart….

Alex Ariza, strength and condition coach of WBO welterweight champ Manny Pacquiao, agrees with UFC President Dana White‘s assertion that boxing promoter Bob Arum is a “greedy pig.”

In a recent interview with Fight Hype, Ariza absolutely tore Arum apart. For starters, Ariza said Arum will be solely responsible for “Pac-Man” never having a super fight with Floyd Mayweather Jr.

“I think that’s the fight that everybody wants to see,” Ariza said, in regards to Pacquiao vs. Mayweather.

“Here’s the thing, Dana White is 100 percent absolutely correct. Bob Arum is a greedy pig. Now I see. That’s exactly why Dana White has been so successful and Bob Arum sees him as such a threat, because he puts the fights together that the people want to see. It’s about putting the best fights on,” Ariza added.

Ariza went on to praise White for his business savvy and matchmaking skills, while he slammed Arum for allowing personal bias to get in the way.

“Even though he had the biggest fight with Nick Diaz and they went back and forth at each other, Dana did the right thing by the sport and he still put him and B.J. Penn together and made them fight,” Ariza said.

“Arum hates Floyd Mayweather, can’t stand him, doesn’t want to see him make a dollar, can’t stand Golden Boy, doesn’t want to do business with them, but instead of doing what’s best for the sport, what’s best for the fans, and what’s best for the fighters because they’ll get the payday of a lifetime, no, it’s all about him.”

As angry as Ariza seemed up to this point, he really began to lose his cool after further thinking about boxing’s fantasy showdown that may never be.

“‘I don’t like him, so f**k him!’ I mean, right or wrong?,” Ariza said, talking about Arum’s attitude towards Mayweather.

“Unless you can tell me and convince me otherwise, because I’m thoroughly convinced and believe that Floyd really does want to have this fight. I think he really wants to have this fight. As far as he knows, he’s right. He’s right. Bob is the one interfering and f**king s**t up,” Ariza noted.

All this hate for Arum is a little puzzling, considering that Ariza was calling for a fourth bout between Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez just two days after the controversial Pac-Man victory.

So fight fans: did Ariza hit the nail on the head? Or is he oversimplifying the matter at hand?

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Pacquiao Defeats Marquez, Boxing Defeats Itself (Again)

Juan Manuel Márquez punches the face of boxing, figuratively and literally. Props: Fox News Latino

With all of the hype surrounding last night’s UFC on Fox, a quick finish in Velasquez vs. Dos Santos was far from ideal. As we’ve mentioned, it left fans, many of whom first time viewers, with an anticlimactic feeling. Immediately following the UFC’s debut on Fox was the main event of that other combat sport’s event from last night: A welterweight title fight between Juan Manuel Marquez and Manny Pacquiao.

Even though Manny Pacquiao is arguably the best boxer alive, many people felt that the 10-1 underdog Juan Manuel Marquez won their first two meetings. An exciting fight between Marquez and Pacquiao could have given boxing some much needed publicity after Dos Santos quickly knocked out Velasquez, and possibly have kept casual fans from jumping over to mixed martial arts. Frankly, the only truly damning result for the sport would be for the fight to end in a controversial decision that gets the crowd thinking that the fight was fixed.

If you’ve followed boxing at all over the past few decades, you already know where this is going.

Juan Manuel Márquez punches the face of boxing, figuratively and literally. Props: Fox News Latino

If you’ve followed boxing at all over the past few decades, you already know where this is going.

Marquez lived up to his reputation as a dangerous counter-puncher, causing Manny Pacquiao to look lost throughout the fight. When the fight was over, Pacquiao returned to his corner with his head down, as if he were ashamed of his performance. However, two of the three judges saw the fight in favor of Manny Pacquiao, while the third judge saw the fight as a draw. The fans in attendance booed the decision as they showered the ring with cans and bottles.

Perhaps Marquez summed it up best with this quote: “It’s hard when you’re fighting your rival and the three judges, too”. Yes, biased judging is only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to problems with professional boxing. But once again, the sport had a golden opportunity with last night’s anticlimactic finish for the UFC’s debut on Fox, and failed to capitalize. After watching the fans react to last night’s decision, it was pretty clear that even the most diehard boxing fans are getting fed up with the current state of their sport.

It begs the question: How many more times can they be teased with Mayweather vs. Pacquiao before they embrace their inner homosexual skinhead?

Video Tribute: Joe Frazier, 1944-2011

(Frazier poses with his arch-rival Muhammad Ali and that reptilian motherfucker Don King. Props: Sports Illustrated)

Boxing legend Joe Frazier — whose aggressive style and notorious left hook earned him an Olympic gold medal in 1964 and an undisputed heavyweight title reign from 1970-1972 — died yesterday evening after a brief battle with liver cancer.

“The world has lost a great champion,” said Muhammad Ali, who fought Frazier three times in the ’70s, including their “Fight of the Century” first meeting (which Frazier won by unanimous decision) and their “Thrilla in Manila” rubber match (which Ali won by corner stoppage). “I will always remember Joe with respect and admiration. My sympathy goes out to his family and loved ones,” Ali added.

From 1965-1981, Smokin’ Joe racked up a professional record of 32-4-1, with 27 wins by knockout; his only losses came against Ali and George Foreman. In recent years, Frazier spent his time running a boxing gym in Philadelphia, and trained his children Marvis and Jackie, who also competed professionally in boxing.

After the jump: Ten of the best Joe Frazier videos on the Internet.

(Frazier poses with his arch-rival Muhammad Ali and that reptilian motherfucker Don King. Props: Sports Illustrated)

After the jump: Ten of the best Joe Frazier videos on the Internet.

(Frazier vs. Vadim Yemelyanov, 1964 Olympics, heavyweight boxing semi-finals.)

(Frazier defeats Jimmy Ellis by corner stoppage to become the undisputed heavyweight champion, 2/16/70)

(Frazier’s first WBC/WBA title defense against Bob Foster, 11/18/70. Knockout comes at the 1:23 mark.)

(The Fight of the Century, 3/8/71. Frazier defends his title for the second time and becomes the first person to defeat Muhammad Ali.)

(Frazier loses his title in a two-round ass kicking against George Foreman, 1/22/73)

On the next page: Ali gets his revenge, Frazier’s best knockouts, and Bill Cosby.