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I remember the days when I used to be the only one with that style, now it seems everyone has it.
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http://www.skysports.com/skysports/article/0,,12-1264538,00.html
CORRALES DIES IN VEGAS ACCIDENT
Former two-weight world champion Diego Corrales has died in a motorcycle accident.
The 29-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene following the accident in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Monday night.
A spokesman for the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department confirmed that there had been a fatal motorcycle accident in the Southwest part of the city at approximately 7.20pm local time, but he would not identify the person killed.
"All we know is that he was riding on his bike, and they say he was going 100 mph and hit the back of a car," Jin Mosley, the wife of welterweight star Shane Mosley and a close friend of Michelle Corrales, Diego's wife. told ESPN.com.
"She's a mess," she said of Corrales' wife. "She was crying and I couldn't even understand her at first. She was crying, 'Diego is dead.' He just bought the bike not even a week ago."
His manager James Prince confirmed the news and his promoter Gary Shaw paid immediate tribute to the former world super-feather and lightweight champion.
"I am proud to have promoted one of the true warriors of the game," he said.
"My heart goes out to his wife and kids. Boxing has lost one of the most exciting fighters in the ring."
Corrales has a chequered past outside of the ring having served a jail sentence for spousal abuse, but will be remembered as one of the modern era's bravest fighters.
He was involved in what many consider to be one of the greatest fights of all time, when he climbed off the canvas in the 10th round to stop Jose Luis Castillo on May 7 2005.
He was known to live life as he boxed, but always maintained his job was to entertain fight fans, not least in October 2005, when he agreed to go ahead with the rematch with Castillo, even though the Mexican had failed to make the weight.
Corrales, nicknamed Chico, became IBF super-featherweight champion in October 1999 with a seventh-round stoppage of Roberto Garcia and cemented his reputation with successive wins over Derrick Gainer, Justin Juuko and Angel Manfredy.
He was rarely in a dull fight throughout his 11-year pro career and was put down five times by Floyd Mayweather in 2001 before his corner had to throw in the towel.
Corrales: beat Castillo
He was then involved in memorable back-to-back fights with Joel Casamayor, the second handing him the WBO super-featherweight title, he added the lightweight version with a 10th-round stoppage of the hard-hitting Acelino Freitas.
But he will be best remembered for the Castillo fight, when he was floored twice but got up to produce a sensational stoppage win.
The rematch was fought at catchweight when the Mexican failed to make the weight and Chico was KO'd in the fourth, and after failing to make weight himself for the rubber and taking a year out of the ring, he was then out-pointed by Casamayor.
Standing at 5ft 10in he was unusually tall and a move up to light-welterweight - and a possible fight with Ricky Hatton - always looked likely.
But Corrales surprised boxing by jumping up two divisions to meet the dangerous Joshua Clottey at welterweight and lost a unanimous decision.
He lost five out of his 45 professional bouts, his 40 wins producing 33 knockouts and he was involved in nine world title fights.
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Just thought it would be a good idea to have a thread where people can pay their respects. He was a true warrior and gave people their money's worth everytime he entered the ring. He will always be remembered for that classic fight against Castillo. R.I.P Diego.
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Check out this combo:
http://www.onlineboxing.net/applet/index.jsp?fight_id=553308
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Damn!, Unstops combo in the second video (55 seconds) is probably the best I have ever seen on this game.
Nice vids By the way.
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Lol, I looked at the thread name and creator and I knew straight away you would slip in that you beat me.
The fight was probably the laggiest fight I've ever fought in, I could barely move, the longer rounds and stamina was also an issue, hence why I haven't fought since then. That fight was meaningless.
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I'm surprised no one has mentioned this, the guy had 124 fights yesterday
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lmao Larry. He is awesome at this game no doubt about it.
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Well you know I have major connection problems during peak hours, so the only time we can fight without major lag is 7am-8am british time.
Let's face it, I will lose my titles and when I do I will probably retire. The connection issue stops me playing the game the way it should be played and over the last 6 months the problem has got alot worse.
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Fatny definately should be considered, he is the best fighter I have fought/seen period.
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Larry Holmes wrote:
Dark Destroyer wrote:Nice to see someone thinking of others rather than themselves for once.
Bah dont know who ur refering to with that comment, tired of your sneaky negativity. Most champs are OK I dont see the need for ur bull remarks. I think that he has defended way more than enough and that "he should think of himself right now". Just because you CAN take all 4 titles doesnt mean you dont HAVE to.
Bloody hell!, keep your hair on, I honestly wasn't referring to anyone here, just people you deal with in day to day life. Tired of sneaky negativity?, how sad, gettng wound up over someone you don;t even know. Get your facts straight before you accuse. How can I sneakly talk about people thinking of themselves on a boxng java game, get real son.
"Just because you CAN take all 4 titles doesnt mean you dont HAVE to". Damn don't you read?, it's his choice, if he wants to fight for mine he can, so what the fu@@ are you going on about you grumpy old sod.
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He has turned down a chance to fight for my titles, his reason being that he wants other people to have chances to win some titles which I think is a good idea. He could so easly hold all 4 and own everyone, but instead he chooses to give other people a shot at being the man. Nice to see someone thinking of others rather than themselves for once.
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Unstoppable wrote:
HTF wrote:
Ray Johnson wrote:Would the winner & superchamp be on the HOF?
no but its a good resume builder. I'd probably watch the fights live if it was a set date. Might even come back in the future.
Would be nice to see a unfication match
well i think if fatny unifies he should be in...nigel if you unify, just be dominant after that for a while and u will be in...btw nigel is #3 on the all-time wins list
I think I'm #1 with regards to knockout ratio. I used the percentage calculator and found out that 95% of my wins have come by way of knockout.
As for the unification fight, I'm all for it, but if I don't see Fatny I will defend aganst other people if they ask.
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I have asked him a couple of times, but he wasn't interested and fought Fatny instead. I don't think he cares about titles.
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Bruce Lee is probably the biggest ducker I have ever seen on OB. I said that to him today, but everytime I come online he goes into singleplayer, only re-emerging when a noob comes online.
Just look at the man's record, 300 fights and not one guy is even in the top 30, this all applies to that Doug Martsch too.
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