Boxing

[ajithfederer]

Enaku therinja orae boxer jake la motta-nga (Read like Naan kadasiya paatha english padam sholay-nga)

[kid-glove]

Ha ha. Actually, De Niro's Jake La Motta is the kind of slugger (maybe that's how real La Motta was like) that Smoking Joe would destroy with one left hook. Scorsese stylized the boxing scenes to his own interpretation, 'dancing'. Very impressionistic. But it also works as Scorsese codes the character's mindset. His suicidal, self-destructive tendencies. Someone mentioned NT being inspired by Cagney's grapefruit scene, the husband-wife physicality of De niro is absolutely informed & inspired! More than a boxer, we identify with the actor and the character, the one wrestling with his life in emotional terms affecting us more than the self-inflicted catharsis in the ring.

OTOH, when I saw 'The Boxer', one could only be immersed by DDL's thoroughness. From skipping to his style of boxing, he registers as a pro-. Here the boxing isn't used allegorically but rendered 'realistic'.

MDB/Fighter were quasi-realistic too.

[kid-glove]

Hardy as a freestyle martial arts fighter

[P_R]

Thambi, innum slow cycling, sync swimming, lemon spoon race dhaan baakki. Oru sport vuttu vekkaRadhillayA?

[kid-glove]

There's a thread for WWE, but not boxing. idhulla enna kalaikureenga

[P_R]

Onsapanatayathula WWF paarthavan dhaan, trump cards ellAm trade paNNavan dhaan
Britis Bulldog, Tatanga, Yokozuna, Kamala(!) and all.

Boxing pAkka vENdiyadhu dhaan.

[kid-glove]

Naanum thaan. Yeung age'la sila moves cousins oda practice'lam senju irukkOm'la

In time, upgraded from playacting (WWF) to Boxing.

[Death Note]

WBO welterweight king Manny Pacquiao claims there are only a few "little things" to sort out before he signs to fight Floyd Mayweather Jnr in Las Vegas on May 5 next year.

This week WBC champion Mayweather suggested everything was done on his side, and that he was just waiting for Pacquiao to agree to drug-testing demands.

The last round of negotiations broke down over this issue, with Mayweather wanting sampling to go on for longer than Pacquiao was willing to permit. The Filipino said that losing blood too close to fight night would affect his performance in the ring.

However, the Pacquiao camp have stressed in recent months that their man is ready to go along with the American's requirements - and now it seems the bout is very close to confirmation.

"We are ready," Pacquiao told abs-cbnnews.com. "If it pushes through, once he signs the contract then I'll sign the contract. Only the little things are being worked out and negotiations are almost done."

Following Pacquiao's controversial points win against Juan Manuel Marquez earlier this month, there was clamour for a rematch. Pacquiao's promoter Bob Arum, who has made no secret of his disdain for Mayweather, seemed keen on the idea.

However, trainer Freddie Roach and conditioning supremo Alex Ariza reportedly wanted Pacquiao to face Mayweather instead - and they appear to have got their wish.

http://www.espn.co.uk/boxing/sport/story/124063.html