“Sugar” Shane Mosley vs. Saul Canelo Alvarez: A bona fide confound

By Gerardo Granados: Former a few division champion Shane Mosley was a fabulous boxer, talented and skilled but Kronos has done his work. The present WBC light middleweight champion Saul Alvarez is a green lion, eager for popularity and brilliance but he is over ensured and spoon-sustained.

Beside casual boxing fans as a friend of mine who thinks Shane is still in his prime and believes that Mosley is a real threat to Canelo. Only Mosley fans must still believe that He deserves a chance to dispute a world title. A year ago, in his last fight he lost to Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao in the poorest performance of his long boxing career. My friend strongly believes inactivity wont hurt Mosley’s reflexes or timing (what?).
A neighbor of mine thinks Mosley is too experienced for Alvarez, but he also believes Shane is in his early thirties. He was astonished when he heard Shane is already 40 and has 19 years as a pro; He said it cannot be possible because he had never heard of him before. He was not aware Shane beat Oscar De la Hoya twice, uh! The main reason might be that he was only 11 years old when Sugar faced the Golden Boy.
Experience is an all out bungle; After 21 title battle, Shane has practically nothing gas alternate if not a vacant tank even now. Granted he has challenged preferred resistance and is method more encountered than Canelo, but he is moreover too old now. Mosley is an old lion who has not win convincingly in the final a few years.

Same stature and range but Alvarez may be larger. In the event that Pacman amazed Sugar, what can Alvarez do depending on if he is ready to interface him emphatically? In his final session at the 154 pounds farthest point, Shane draw in opposition to Sergio Mora in a battle that “The Latin Snake” ought to have won.
Promoters will advertise the battle as the greatest test for Alvarez at present, they will express that Shane is not fulfilled and will comment his tremendous encounter. Be that as it may the miserable truth is that they wont be lying, for the reason that Alvarez has not occupied in opposition to best restriction in his short boxing lifework and the past prime Mosley may be his greatest test yet. An additional contention to deal the battle might be that Jose Miguel Cotto wobbled a 19-year-old Alvarez, so Shane should have an exceptional risk to do the same.

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Sulaiman: Chavez Jr. needs to battle Sergio Martinez or the WBC will need to accompany the standards and strip him

By William Mackay: WBA president Jose Sulaiman laid down the law for WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., saying that he’s got to defend his title against former WBC middleweight champion Sergio Martinez next or else the World Boxing Council will have to follow the rules and presumably strip Chavez Jr. of his paper title.

Sulaiman told ropeadope.radio.com “The winner of the February 4th fight [between Chavez Jr. and Marco Antonio Rubio] must meet Martinez if Martinez wins on March 17th, so if the champion does not comply with that or Martinez doesn’t, then we [the WBC] has to follow the rules…you have to lose the title. I hope that this does not happen.”
Well, Chavez Jr’s promoter Bob Arum is likely going to put the WBC in the position where they’re going to have to decide whether to enforce their rules or ignore them and let Arum continue to match with other fighters and not Martinez. Arum has already said that he plans on matching Chavez Jr. up with either Andy Lee or Antonio Margarito next.

Arum isn’t yet comparing notes regarding matching Chavez Jr. in several battle, as he states he doesn’t have any plan of matching Chavez Jr. in opposition to Martinez a few battle from now. This doubtlessly puts Sulaiman in the position to where he’ll ought to compel the issue if Arum decides on to feel free to put Chavez Jr. in with Lee or Margarito for a title safeguard. It could be a scenario where Arum is doing his particular thing by matching Chavez Jr. in opposition to the chap that he needs to instead of putting Chavez Jr. in a risky battle in opposition to Martinez and probably enduring a knockout misfortune.

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Arum not stressed over advertising Pacquiao – Bradley battle

By John F. McKenna (McJack): Top Rank CEO Bob Arum requires that he is not the slightest spot stressed over offering the upcoming battle among Filipino symbol Manny Pacquiao and undefeated Timothy Bradley.

Planet Boxing Group (WBO) welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao (54-3-2, 38 KO’s) and WBO light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley (28-0-1 NC, 12 KO’s) will square off on June 9 at the MGM Terrific Enclosure in Las Vegas.

Bradley, however undefeated has never been known to be a gigantic draw, most incredibly doubt on account of his style of battling. “Abandon Storm” as he is known to his fans has a style of battling which combines visit unintentional head butts. Thus his rivals need to consistently be on watch for what is pointed to as Bradley's third weapon, his uncovered head.

Arum affirmed that 80% of the tickets for the battle have even now been taken leaving the remaining 20% to be sold when they ended up being good to go on Friday, February 24. The inquiry boxing insiders have is the manner by which well the battle pitches to Pay For each View (PPV) fans? Unfailingly an endless self assured person when it approaches advocating a battle, Arum makes a point not to think it can be a situation. Arum was cited in The Ring adage the taking after:

“What's not to love? Tim Bradley has an immaculate record; he's never tasted annihilation. He carries huge qualifications. Additionally, as I stated prior on the platform he's an actual credit to the game of boxing by the way he behaves all out done of the ring. I’m actually truly glad to have Tim Bradley as a feature of this elevation. He's encountered some of the most fit contenders in the universe today and he doesn’t want to think about the “0” on his record.”

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Bradley: It's time for a late challenge; I’m determined to defeat Pacquiao

By Chris Williams: Timothy Bradley (28-0, 12 KO’s) sees himself as the fresh recruits in the welterweight division advancing to tackle an advancing lion this is lost a couple of teeth through experience and countless ring wars in WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao (54-3-2, 38 KO’s) in their battle on June 9th at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Bradley is the late face, while Pacquiao is the old one who just beat 38-year-old Juan Manuel Marquez in his final battle final November. In checking out that battle, you couldn’t assist but see how Pacquiao has experienced and slipped as a warrior.

Bradley expressed to ESPN “It's time for a late face and I’m determined to win this battle. It's what I believe….I ‘m eager to stun the planet. I feel I could probably whip this chap.”

I think Bradley can do it simultaneously, in particular following seeing Pacquiao's final a couple battle in opposition to Marquez, Shane Mosley and Antonio Margarito. Pacquiao isn’t the same warrior no matter what his mentor Freddie Roach expresss. Pacquiao is now demonstrating defenselessness and you can’t declare he’ll beat Bradley with any level of conviction when Pacquiao's final appearance. Pacquiao has awfully countless blemishes still in his diversion following all these years of being with Roach. Pacquiao still squares up in front of his adversaries and is unbelievably simple to hit and he does it in educating simultaneously.

Bug doesn’t even attempt to adjust him, and this is pretty troubled. In the event that folks consider why Pacquiao has looked so disagreeable in his final several battle its resulting from the fact that he's got regretful basics and has been getting by on physical talent apart from everyone else all these years. Now that his speed and stamina are beginning to disintegrate, the aptitudes aren’t there for Pacquiao to make up the slack. In the event that Pacquaio squares up in opposition to Bradley, he's determined to get hit a parcel in this battle, considerably something greater than he did in opposition to the close 40 Marquez.

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Might as well Wladimir have slugged Chisora at what time he spit in his appearance?

By Scott Gilfoid: I totally contempt the way that IBF/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Kltischko accepted punishment silently when Brit heavyweight Dereck Chisora spit water in his countenance before Chisora's battle in opposition to Wladimir's blood mate WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko final Saturday night at the Olympiahalle in Munich, Germany.

Give me a chance to tell you, if Chisora had spit in my challenge I think they could have had of had to pull me off of him resulting from the fact that I could have covered Chisora with punches from head to toe. I could have raked him with punches. I’m not discussing one punches; I’m speaking about handfuls of punches until they pried me off of him with a crowbar. In any case why in the blazes didn’t Wladimir blaze on Chisora? Notwithstanding why did he lick his lips and grin following Chisora spit the water in his countenance?

The fellow worked toward getting disrespected but then he's determined to grin and lick his lips? I don’t see how Wladimir outpaced the competition in that connection for him to be grinning as though he did an exceptional turn. I would rather not state it but it looked prefer Wladimir moved toward getting punked and didn’t have the nerve to head off following Chisora to alter his wagon for disregard. I know Chisora wasn’t too euphoric with Wladimir for him pulling out of several battle owed to a damage, but he STILL was given a battle in opposition to his sibling Vitali. It's not love they played an amusement on Chisora unequivocally to screw him around. They didn’t need to give him any battle for the reason that as ranked as flat as he is at #14 by the WBC, the Klitschkos would be able to have overlooked him until some alternate learner heavyweight beat him soundly the same method that Tyson Fury did final year. Chisora appeared to have an impulse regarding privilege and amnesia, overlooking that he still being given a title shot that he scarcely merited given his a few misfortunes out of his final a few battle.

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Moses has the capacity stop Burns on March 10th

By Scott Gilfoid: WBO lightweight champion Ricky Smolders (33-2, 9 KO’s) could recognize his one title rule close following month on Walk 10th in opposition to #4 WBO ranked contender Paulus Moses (28-1, 19 KO’s) at the Braehead Coliseum in Glascow, Scotland. Moses, 33, can win this battle provided he turns out shooting capacity shots early and frequently.

Moses can’t keep back on account of its undoubtedly reasonable to express that they won’t conceivable give him a determination in Scotland unless he thumps Torches four or fives times in the battle. He's actually got a positively sturdy errand in attempting to win a determination over there, resulting from the fact that he's the visiting contender and I can’t see them always giving him the determination in a million years. I saw Smolders win a disputable ruling in opposition to Michael Katsidis in his final battle in the UK, and I had Katsidis winning that battle nine adjusts to a few in an equitably straightforward win. It was one of the most awful determinations I think ever viewed before in the game, but Katsidis might as well have recognized better options than to support battle Blazes in the UK instead of Australia or a nonpartisan venue.

In looking at some of Moses’ recent fights I was greatly impressed with what I saw from him. He’s got a superb left hook, a powerful jab a crushing right hand that he likes to throw. What I like about Moses is that he doesn’t show his power with every punches, but rather he tends to load up every so often with big left hooks and right hands that catch his opponents off guard not expecting his brutal power. I imagine Moses will do the same thing against Burns by lulling him to a feeling of safety by throwing light punches until he least suspects it and then lowering the boom on him with a big shots.

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Creek doesn’t increase much from demolishing Hatton

By Scott Gilfoid: Eight years as an expert and 26 battle added to his repertoire and undefeated welterweight contender Kell Creek (26-0, 18 KO’s) is a few seconds ago challenging Matthew Hatton (42-5-2, 16 KO’s) in yet an additional one of the 25-year-old Creeks' numerous stay occupied battle on Walk 17th at the Motorpoint Enclosure, Sheffield. Yorkshire, UK. Creek is one of those gentlemen unequivocally appears to carry on to challenge grain time and time again no matter what.

He was supposed to, following years of confronting average resistance, to be at last encountering a huge named rival for his following battle. As a substitute for huge named rival, we got Rivulet battling the 30-year-old Matthew Hatton in a pointless battle. Better believe it, I known Hatton is particularly a contender as he's ranked #9 by the WBA, but I don’t see him as all the more being ranked in the top 20. He's more of a B level warrior the extent that I’m concerned and Stream is determined to decimate him and beat him disagreeable following month. In any case what gets me is what on earth is Stream making plans to perform encountering Hatton alternate than getting a fantastic small payday?

Why doesn’t Creek carry on to challenge gentlemen that will help him enhance as opposed to punching sacks like Hatton? I don’t see any focus in this battle. Hatton has at present been effortlessly defeated by Craig Watson and Saul Alvarez, so there's no focus in Creek confronting him. Creek ought to be battling the gentlemen that beat Hatton rateher than Hatton himself. I’d rather see Rivulet battle chaps that would be able to give him a test such as Victor Ortiz, Jan Zaveck, Thomas Dulorme, Randall Bailey and Selcuk Aydin.

Those chaps might blatantly give Stream a major test and I would be able to see at any rate four of them thumping Stream out. I don’t see Stream in their class, but I speculate that would be no doubt why Stream is battling Hatton as opposed to those fellas. Probably in an additional seven years Stream will be available to battle Dmitriy Salita. I actually trust Stream never gets a title resulting from the fact that I’d contempt to see him battling feeble resistance as a champion such as the fellows he's been battling without a sash.

Since Rivulet beats Hatton severely on Walk 17th, he won’t get any credit being as how Hatton is so severely imperfect and has at present been defeated on five events.

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Macklin doesn’t match up well in resistance to Martinez

By Scott Gilfoid: If you were to select the ideal rival for WBC Diamond middleweight champion Sergio Martinez (48--2, 27 KO’s) to thump cool in his following battle, you may take a gander at Matthew Macklin (28-3, 19 KO’s), for the reason that this fellow is tailor made for Martinez in each part of his event.

I know some folks imagine that Martinez is slipping when his less than amazing of Darren Barker final October, but I see that as an instance of Barker battling a strictly survival turned battle through and through. The chap was in the process of playing it safe and attempting to not to get hit. That would be the just explanation Barker was fit to keep up that extended. In the event that a fellow isn’I know some folks imagine that Martinez is slipping when his less than amazing of Darren Barker final October, but I see that as an instance of Barker battling a strictly survival turned battle through and through. The chap was in the process of playing it safe and attempting to not to get hit. That would be the just explanation Barker was fit to keep up that extended. In the event that a fellow isn’t heading off to take any chance then they’ll off and on again final

love Barker did, but he was still moving toward getting dominated until the battle was ended.

Macklin's going into this battle off of a 12 adjust determination misfortune to WBA World middleweight champion Felix Sturm final June. That was a frustrating misfortune for Mackln in light of the fact that he battled hard, but didn’t have enough talent to get the win. He totally ought to have battled a tune-up or a few when that battle to attempt and get his certainty back, but alternately Macklin is going straight into a much tougher battle in opposition to Martinez and that would be in the process of wanting pain. Macklin doesn’t have the apparatuses anyway, but going into the battle with his certainty conceivable shaken from his misfortune to Sturm reasonable has Macklin quite approaching himself.t heading off to take any chance then they’ll off and on again final love Barker did, but he was still moving toward getting dominated until the battle was ended.

Macklin's going into this battle off of a 12 adjust determination misfortune to WBA World middleweight champion Felix Sturm final June. That was a frustrating misfortune for Mackln in light of the fact that he battled hard, but didn’t have enough talent to get the win. He totally ought to have battled a tune-up or a few when that battle to attempt and get his certainty back, but alternately Macklin is going straight into a much tougher battle in opposition to Martinez and that would be in the process of wanting pain. Macklin doesn’t have the apparatuses anyway, but going into the battle with his certainty conceivable shaken from his misfortune to Sturm reasonable has Macklin quite approaching himself.

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Cesar Rene Cuenca vs Juan Manuel Marquez on April 21st

By Eric Thomas: Former a couple division universe champion Juan Manuel Marquez (53-6-1, 39 KO’s) could be climbing in weight on April 21st to battle what develops into be small something greater than a stay bustling battle in opposition to unbeaten #1 World Boxing Organization ranked Argentinian Cesar Rene Cuenca (42-0, 1 KO’s) in Mexico City, Mexico. The southpaw Cuenca, 31, is a 10-year star with a fully cushioned record.

It's guileful to receive a colleague would be able to combat 10 years as a master and never once face a top tier contender in each and every one of those years, particularly with the padded record. Be that as it would it looks like Cuenca has been content until now going up against the chaps he's been challenging. As you could see from his one KO on his keep on, Cuenca doesn’t have much in the routine of limit striving for him.

I looked at a couple of Cuenca's fight on Youtube and what ricocheted out at me in looking at him is the method subside and ungainly he is. He's got absolutely direct hands and he combat in a sort of wild course at times that doesn’t typically demonstrate itself in bosses with as incalculable combat as he has put in his collection. I don’t know the WBO decided on to rank Cuenca at number #1, after none of the commissioning shapes have him ranked to any discernible degree in the top 15, and its effortless to see why. Cuenca doesn’t turn sincerely amazing in the direction of all, and I’d have some major trouble time spotting one colleague in the top 15 he could be wherever close to the four commissioning figures.

It's tricky to envisage what Marquez is searching for in tackling a chap with some unremarkable aptitudes and with a fantastically swelled record. Marquez looks to be attempting to solve two problems at once. On the one hand he feels the need to attempt and catch a fourth division globe title by going when the #1 WBO ranked contender Cuenca. Be that as it may in deciding on a southpaw, Marquez might be staying sharp for a trusted for fourth battle in opposition to WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao in 2012.

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Teen young lady from Afghanistan to box at Olympics

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP)—Besides going when a decoration in the boxing ring at the London Olympics, Sadaf Rahimi should be taking a few punches in the defend measure up to rights for Afghan ladies.

There are female Afghan accomplishment stories, yet most obviously ladies in Afghanistan remain peons, countless shrouded from head-to-toe in blue burqas, some ill-used or stowed away in their homes.

Rahimi, a dead set 17-year-old understudy, would like to end up being the unique face of Afghan ladies, adding on respect and pride for herself and alternate ladies in here war-torn nation and enhancing their representation worldwide.

She will get her chance this mid year in London, where ladies' boxing makes its Olympic make a big appearance.

"When we partake in the outside rivalries, there is force on us," Rahimi declared while teaching in an improvised exercise center in the Afghan capital. "Yet I will attempt to demonstrate that an Afghan youngster can drop in the ring and attain a position for Afghanistan."

In line with progressive standards for ladies in Afghanistan, Rahimi is anticipating to wear dark tights under her boxing rigging at the Olympics to blanket her knees. She educates for a considerable length of time a few days a week, punching ample packs and sparring with her colleagues and coaches.

They fling punches on blurred pink and green tangles blanket a cement stun of a room in an Afghan wears stadium where the hardline Taliban administration utilized to arrange accessible executions. The female boxers still don't have a legitimate boxing ring to sharpen their abilities.

When the Taliban embargoed ladies from taking an interest in brandishing occasions, the International Olympic Committee suspended Afghanistan from the recreations. Afghanistan missed the 2000 Olympics in Sydney as a consequence. The Taliban were toppled in 2001 and the suspension was lifted the taking after year. Afghanistan sent female sportspeople—for the first time in its history—to the 2004 Olympics in Athens.

Rahimi, who has the backing of her tribe in Kabul, is emulating in the strides of Robina Muqimyar, the female Afghan runner who contended in Athens. An additional lady, Mehboda Ahdyar, was planned to head over to the 2008 Beijing Games but would be unable to contend in light of wounds.

"I am well mindful that my adversaries in the London 2012 Olympics are more weighty and even twice tantamount to me, but I have ready myself to partake and win a decoration," stated Rahimi, who began boxing four years in the past and won a silver decoration around the same time as a confining rivalry Tajikistan.

Female enclosing is an odd don a blue grass like Afghanistan, where the vast majority of the ladies are still battling for their rights and get small regard in the male-commanded publicly accepted norms.

Newly in Baghlan territory in the north, 15-year-old Sahar Gul was bolted up, defeated with links and tortured by her spouse and in-laws following she cannot act as a whore. They deny any wrongdoing. She came to be the wounded and bloodied face of ladies' rights in Afghanistan following being protected in late December when a uncle called police.

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Cotto will inch toward getting knocked out depending on if he begins moving down in opposition to Mayweather

By Dan Ambrose: WBA lesser middleweight champion Miguel Cotto will get by in the nonappearance of a doubt in safety to Floyd Mayweather Jr. see that he's going at or utilizing parallel upgrade in their May 5th battle at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. Where Cotto has had situations in the past is when he withdraws under discharge and gets hit with top cats as he backs into the ropes.

We saw this in his combat in repression to Manny Pacquiao and Antonio Margarito in the past. I thought Cotto has stop doing this, but in his rematch in resistance to Margarito irrevocable December, Cotto was still withdrawing counter directionally under control. Cotto ran straight with a fresh out of the box new turn in a line and it was so predictable what he was doing. In view of Margarito wasn’t so pounded from his surgically repaired right eye and so run of foot owed to deveoping, he would have set aside a few instants with Cotto and knocked him unconscious.

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Froch: My following battle can be in opposition to Bute in the UK

With Carl Froch somewhat surprisingly named the IBF's super middleweight needed challenger the past nighttime, Froch's promoter Eddie Hearn of Matchroom Boxing is making plans to convey titlist Lucian Bute to Nottingham for a Might 5 date, with a benefit session set for later for the present year in Canada.
As point by point the previous evening, Bute can turn this down until further notice, but he (InterBox) could need to pay a $20,000 expense to the IBF to waive the go to battle on behalf of the time being, and he'd be committed to battle Froch when a break session. That might wind up event, or Froch could need to actually run over to Canada to battle Bute if this is the battle they undeniably, 100% need following.
Bute has been targeting April 14 for his following battle, but there have been no reported genuine transactions for him with any individual with the exception of for Carl Froch.

I don’t attack Bute for being open to fighting Froch in Nottingham, but I might as well state a win over Froch undoubtedly won’t be sufficient to get a fight with Ward. It's resolved to doubtlessly take an option that is more stupendous than that I’m confounded. Froch has even now been uncovered by Andre Dirrell, Mikkel Kessler and Ward.

The actually thing Bute might as well be doing by engaging Froch is putting him out of his wretchedness. Froch's at present been softened up in the Dirrell, Kessler and Ward combat, and the unequivocally thing Bute can do is unequivocally finish off what's different side of the Brit.

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For Pacquiao battle, Bradley to get about $5 million

While we've even now spoken about Timothy Bradley's punctual investigation of Manny Pacquiao being a conquerable contender for him on June, wouldn't it be great if we could take up conversation about cash a tad bit. Spear Pugmire of the Los Angeles Times articles that Bradley will make unquestionably a vocation-best equipped payday, as a lot of people knew he could, getting the same $5 million insurance given to Shane Mosley and Juan Manuel Marquez final year in opposition to Pacquiao--or in any event near it.

Bradley declined to uncover terms of his understanding, which he declared might be marked as right on time as Friday, but battle promoter Sway Arum stated there was no explanation to remain skeptical about that Bradley will have around the same $5-million insurance that Pacquiao's freshest several rivals had.

Bradley (28-0, 12 KO) has made seven-figure paydays for battle in opposition to Devon Alexander (about $1.1 million) and Joel Casamayor ($1.025 million), but clearly this is an additional level. This is history. This is vast time coin.

I surmise its honest to declare that Bradley deciding on to leave Gary Shaw and Thompson Boxing final year manufactured be the right move. However he didn't battle Amir Khan for exceptional coin, he didn't create an entire part less to wipe out the remains of Casamayor a few months later, and now here he is adapting to confront Pacquiao on June 9 with around $5 million advancing his direction.

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Bernard Hopkins declares he’ll have a big party after Dawson battle on April 28th

By Dan Ambrose: 47-yer-old WBC light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins (52-5-2, 32 KO’s) declares he moves toward having a big after party accompanying his April 28th title safeguard in opposition to preceding a few-time Globe Boxing Gathering light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson (30-1, 17 KO’s) on April 28th at the Footpath Corridor in Atlantic Urban area, Late Pullover.

Hopkins declared this on his twitter: “We will have a big after party in AC [Atlantic City] 4-28…Training. LOL! I don’t require much. Chad Dawson is my [opponent]. Chad has no brains.”

It sounds prefer Hopkins is a small pompous for this battle, just as the win is even now as good as done. It's difficult to picture that Hopkins quite accepts he’ll effortlessly beat Dawson since Hopkins wasn’t looking exceptional in the several rounds of movement in opposition to Dawson final October in a battle that finished in the 2nd when Dawson fell over the back of Dawson after lost a punch then afterward was lifted up and dropped on the canvas.

Hopkins harmed his alternate bear in the fall and the battle was governed a 2nd adjust TKO win for Dawson. Hopkins then spoke to the Planet Boxing Committee and the California State Physical Requisition, both of which administered the battle was a no challenge. This permitted Hopkins to keep his WBC strap. Nonetheless, Dawson was ready to arrive a rematch after his promoter Gary Shaw engaged the WBC to have an instantaneous rematch and it was allowed.

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BOB ARUM NOT Joyful WITH VICTOR ORTIZ VS. FLOYD MAYWEATHER Battle CARD – BOXING NEWS

The author and head of Top Rank, Robert ‘Bob’ Arum has uncovered that he is not in favour of the Mexican-American expert boxer Victor Ortiz battling in opposition to Floyd Mayweather.

The 2008 ESPN Prospect of the Year is planned to assume Ring Magazine's number a few pound-for-pound boxer of the planet Floyd Mayweather in their 12-adjust session on September 9, 2011 at the Cowpokes Stadium in Arlington, Texas.

Arum thinks the 24-year-old Victor ‘Vicious' Ortiz is not particularly encountered or fit for of securing his WBC Welterweight Title in opposition to the encountered five-time planet champion Mayweather.

Golden Kid promotional group arranged with Top Rank to make the battle plausible. Mayweather is now coming back to the ring to contend Ortiz following something greater than a year. In his final battle, Mayweather won the unanimous indicates choice over Shane Mosley on Could 1, 2010 battling at the MGM Amazing Arrangement Coliseum in Las Vegas, Nevada.

In the midst of his exchange with Satterfield, Arum unveiled, “Victor Ortiz is not almost prepared for Floyd Mayweather. But also for Golden Kid to put Ortiz, who actually won a title, in with Mayweather as of right now in his job is something that, frame a boxing angle, makes no sense. Ortiz actually won a title from Andre Berto and you figure that they could get him some more encounter and have him compose some title defences. And then the measure that Victor Ortiz is getting paid is nothing stupendous. It's no place close what Manny Pacquiao pays his adversaries.”

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Amir Khan vs. Lamont Peterson rematch stated for May 19th

Taking after a few months of legal wrangling and speculation, has been attested that Amir Khan will spot the chance to recuperate his IBF and WBA lesser welterweight titles from America's Lamont Peterson.

The Bolton contender arrangements to successfully secure his WBA and IBF sashs in resistance to Washington's Peterson before leaving the 10-stone ranks in the not-too-difficult to reach destiny to ascension to the 10st 7lbs welterweight division where the appeal and abundance of a possible match-up with Floyd Mayweather Jr expect

Khan and Peterson will battle it out in fair venue on May 19th at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. Allowed that the venue is resolved to be fair, the combat itself might depend completely on if Khan can getaway with fouling.

Golden Boy head official Richard Schaefer revealed he had even now searched for certifications over the security at ringside this time

He told Sky Sport News: "We have a deal, we are all arranged. This is dead set to be a unfathomable, and I mean a genuinely fabulous fight.
Khan, who has allowed a 50/50 part on worldwide incomes following contracts were traded, spoke to Sky actually when the bargain was gotten to

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Pacquiao vs Bradley: Potential Undercard Fighters

Around the time when I begin, give me a chance to actually put out this disclaimer. The greater part of this item is immaculate theory dependent upon a promotional group and conceivable matchups for the battle on June 9th. To slender down potential undercard rivals, I first considered who are the huge stars for Top Rank and if they will be equipped to battle on June 9th.

Because Vanes Martirosyan has been quite rankled at our coverage of him, we should begin with a great conceivable go to battle on behalf of him. A great stride up defend Vanes could be him in opposition to Delvin Rodriguez. Delvin has substantiated his eagerness to battle in his war with Pavel Wolak and he is not too bad warrior. In the event that Vanes has critically enhanced over the past couple of years with Freddie Roach, then he ought to take this battle confidently in an energizing design. This battle could in addition be a measuring stay for Martirosyan. Fizzle to get a triumph and it can be an extended street back to the top. Win and larger name battle like Margarito are determined to be in his fate.

For some more battle I'm determined to concede to Scott's judgment. One of his picks is Mike Alvarado who was on the Pacquiao vs Marquez undercard. His TKO triumph over Breidis Prescott was the best equipped battle on the undercard and ostensibly the best equipped battle generally speaking. He substantiated himself to be an enjoyment contender and I wouldn't fret giving him a different look.
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Scott's alternate pick was Mike Jones vs Randall Bailey. This battle is up for a satchel offered but I question there will be much mandate from the systems for this battle. HBO has at present denied a Bailey-Berto battle so I could remain skeptical about that a Jones-Bailey battle could get any sort of investment. Along these lines, a PPV undercard could be the ideal put to put this battle. Bailey is an energizing but excessively restricted contender. He has recreation modifying capacity in his right hand, but that would be about it. Punch usefully while staying away from the right hand, and you will have a triumph over Randall Bailey. Notwithstanding, depending on if you foul up, it should be event over.

Different potential outcomes incorporate a comeback go to battle on behalf of Kelly Pavlik and perhaps a defend Antonio Margarito provided that he is not set up to be undertaking Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. It appears prefer Juan Manuel Marquez should not be primed for a battle and will be targeting Lamont Peterson in July.

Seeing that this is a brainstorming piece, are they any feasible matchups that you gentlemen can consider?

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Julio Cesar Chavez Jr Targeting June 16 For Next Fight

Following dispatching Marco Antonio Rubio with an additional uninspiring appearance, Julio Cesar Chavez Junior is looking forward to his following battle on June 16th. This could be the weekend when the Pacquiao-Bradley PPV, and probably the replay will atmosphere after this battle.

Although he had issues making the middleweight farthest point, it appears that his alternatives are still centered on current middleweights and light middleweights. Lesser spoke with Salvador Rodriguez & Ernesto Castellanos of notifight.com and Boxing Scene concerning his weight issues and potential rivals.

"These things happen [with the weight]. You study from your mix ups and this should not happen again. I feel exceptionally robust in this division and I feel a distinct desire to live like there's no tomorrow. I'm determined to rest, dissect the battle and audit our slip ups. I enjoyed the method that I was ready to evade the straight right from Rubio, which is the most drastically risky thing he has, but I am able to still get preferred and we will reveal to you the ring and not actually wax eloquent regarding it," Chavez expressed.

"There is talk of a battle with Andy Lee, talk of encountering [Antonio] Margarito, talk of confronting [Sergio] Martinez, who every warm body would like to see me battle in light of the fact that they regard him the greatest in the planet. Genuinely, I try not to timid at a distance from any individual. Since they pay me enough, I'll battle him. In the event that I could have battled [Martinez] like I did in opposition to Rubio, he could have won the battle, but I will plan much preferred for that battle. I know how to whip him."

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In terms of possibility, I could rank Margo in the first place, Lee second, and Martinez final. Sergio is not third but final. It is obligatory that Junior regardless recognizes Sergio, but its absolutely impossible that Top Rank puts their trade dairy animals in for spendable dough with a creature such as Sergio. They might match the aforementioned several as one when Martinez is route over the mound, but not when Sergio is close to the top of his diversion.

The Andy Lee battle is an OK scrap for the explanations that Scott specified in his item, but Lee is a southpaw with control. Lee could be a more engaging target this time for the reason that his final battle in opposition to Brian Vera was betwixt the middleweight and super middleweight. Anyways, the Margarito battle is a sham matchup being as how it could be an enormous middleweight in opposition to a huge welterweight. Likewise, Tony has that entire eye issue that is not going endlessly. Which battle could you fellas favor? Tony or Andy?

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Cesar Chavez Jr Addresses Drug Test Controversy

When every WBC authorized session, there ought to be required drug testing that occurs. This regulation is delineated in the most cutting edge version of the WBC runs, explicitly area 4.36. Evidently the Texas requisition "disregarded" to direct the pill test when the battle. Plainly this is not a great thing, particularly regarding the factors. Julio Cesar Chavez Jr was reputed to be having pain making the weight, yet he went in at a part pound under the 160 lb farthest point. In addition Julio Cesar Chavez Jr has formerly tested positive for a diuretic, a medication that will empty your water weight (It makes you pee) and veil potential PED utilize. Being suspicious of a stacked deck even soon after the battle, Marco Antonio Rubio has indexed a grievance.

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Now it appears that Junior has reacted to the potential assertions via a meeting with Salvador Rodriguez of Mexico for The Record and Boxing Scene.

"I think what they are attempting to do is dishonor my triumph. Whenever they need, I'll take the exams. I'm spotless, and love myself [Rubio] was not tested-and it wasn't his flaw or my flaw, but the shortcoming of the requisition in any case," Chavez declared from his local Culiacan.

"There was nothing unprecedented [about my victory]. I won immaculately. I would like to quite discuss it any more. The requisition did not lead the pill examinations on both of us and not simply one of us. I did not run at a distance from anything and I battled well."

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Saul Alvarez comes to be youngest super-welterweight boxing champion of untouched

UNBEATEN Mexican wonder Saul Alvarez ended up being the youngest universe champion in super welterweight history today by destroying Britain's Matthew Hatton for the vacant World Boxing Council crown.

The 20-year-old freckled redhead, whose nickname "Canelo'' is Spanish for cinnamon, upgraded to 36-0 with one drawn by taking the 154-pound title by unanimous determination.

Every last one of the a couple judges scored the session 119-108 for Alvarez.

Hatton, the European welterweight champion, fell to 41-5 with several drawn and saw his nine-battle win streak snapped, but he gamely denied Alvarez a 27th profession knockout, what could have been just the second such misfortune for Hatton.

Filipino superstar Manny Pacquiao cleared the crown beyond his May 7 session with American Shane Mosley, inciting the Mexico-based WBC to give the crown to the winner among Alvarez and Hatton even through the British warrior had never battled in so impressive a division and there was a get-weight for the session.

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Saul Alvarez vs. Shane Mosley conceivable for Mayweather-Cotto undercard on May 5th

By Dan Ambrose: Golden Boy Promotions are looking to join WBC lesser middleweight champion Saul Alvarez (39-0-1, 29 KO’s) to the Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Miguel Cotto undercard on May 5th at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Previous several division universe champion Shane Mosley (46-7-1, 39 KO’s) is a conceivability to face the junior 21-year-old Alvarez for his fourth title barrier consistent with Dan Rafael. The battle card barely requires any possible enormous stars with Mayweather challenging Cotto, as those several are #1 and #3 in pay for each view bargains.

Then again, by putting Alvarez-Mosley in the card it will help push considerably more PPVs while at the same building the visibility for Alvarez with the intention that he is able to ended up additional of a name for when and if Mayweather would like to encounter him in the fate.

Mayweather had the decision of battling him this time out but he picked the preferred known Cotto for the battle. Notwithstanding, having the Mexican Alvarez on the card will help pull in Mexican fans parting about the Cinco de Mayo Mexican siesta on May 5th.

A ton of those same fans could feasible be fascinated by acquiring the Mayweather-Cotto battle on PPV. It's a shrewd move undoubtedly to have Alvarez battle on the card. Notwithstanding, Golden Boy requires a well-known adversary for Alvarez to battle, since it won’t mean the same amount if a rival is chosen that easy boxing fans won’t distinguish.

That would be where Mosley goes in. He's extensively known by easy confining fans the United States and Canada, so it won’t be a tremendous frustration if Alvarez i

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Rafael: None of the fighters in title sessions on Chavez-Rubio fight card was drug tested when their fight

By Dan Ambrose: Well, it looks similar to the Texas Athletic Commission comprehensively blew it by flopping to book a lab to test the contenders in title sessions final Saturday night's Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. vs. Marco Antonio Rubio battle card.

Consistent with Dan Rafael of ESPN, none of the contenders on that card was tranquilize tested when their battle.

Rafael expressed “None of the contenders in the title sessions on the card were sedate tested. Texas tries not to need medication testing. Texas commonly tests anyway in major battle and did not on this one on the grounds that they derailed by not booking a lab.”

The way that Texas doesn’t need testing is pretty pitiful but is confident would be able further bolstering be a good fortune provided that you had a contender that was squalid and he needed to escape with it. Would you be able to envisage what a warrior would be able to escape with assuming that he didn’t need to stress over being tested?

We’re talking steroids, development hormone and diuretics to empty all that water weight so that a tarnished warrior would be able to create a weight class that he ordinarily wouldn’t have the ability to battle in. This is unfavorable. I’m positive a lot of people on final Saturday's battle card was without a doubt clean but its troubled they didn’t have any testing to verify that.

I can’t accept Rubio's folks didn’t investigate this early to verify there could be testing for this battle. They ought to have asked.

What's up with Texas, however? By what method would you be able to have a state that doesn’t need pill testing for warriors? What's up with that? I know Texas has some true blue plusses for inhabitants, for example no state i

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Donaire choices Vazquez in a unimpressive display

By Chris Williams: Nonito Donaire (28-1, 18 KO’s) successfully climbed in weight this evening to demolish Wilfredo Vazquez Jr. (21-2-1, 18 KO’s) by a 12 adjust part choice to guarantee the vacant World Boxing Organization (WBO) super bantamweight title at the Alamodome in San Antonio Texas. The last judges' scores were 117-110, 117-110 for Donaire, and 115-112 for Vazquez Jr.

Donaire scored a blaze knockdown from an other side catch in the 9th, but alternate than that, he never mischief Vazquez Jr. notwithstanding totally battled when the first four adjusts. Once Vazquez Jr. got his offense in rigging, Donaire started to consume hits and right hands. Donaire appeared to respond in an abnormal, as he began playing and ducking down level, as though he was a quite underprivileged form of Roy Jones Jr. It actually made Donaire look unprofessional. Donaire consumed a unit if pokes to the encounter lasting throughout the night and both of his eyes were red and swollen from this. On the outside, Donaire had a great deal of situations with Vazquez's pokes and right hands. I’ve never perceived Donaire labor so gravely ever. Donaire for the most part battled in spurts, swinging as though he were searching for an one-punch knockout. That sort of thing might have worked for him at flyweight, super flyweight and in opposition to modest bantamweights like Fernando Montiel, but in opposition to a veritable super bantamweight in Vazquez Jr., it wasn’t working for Donaire. He actually doesn’t have major capacity at super bantamweight like he did in the lighter weights.

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Astutely gave Karpency defence in Cardiff

WBO light-heavyweight champion Nathan Cleverly will take the following stride making a course for Bernard Hopkins when he protects his title in opposition to American Tommy Karpency following month.

The session will occur at Cardiff's Motorpoint Arena on Saturday, February 25, and Cleverly will trust it is the antecedent to a unification standoff with WBC lord Hopkins later in the year. Hopkins expressed on Tuesday that he could want to face "the WBO fella [Cleverly]".

Southpaw Karpency, 25, has won 21 of his 24 sessions, with one of his several massacres advancing in opposition to Karo Murat, who Cleverly has at present demolished in his job. Karpency's most up to date a few battle were in opposition to rivals with a consolidated 23 misfortunes, and unequivocally 13 wins in the middle of them.

He is not catalogued in the top 15 of the light-heavyweight rankings on the WBO site, which were final overhauled in December. Cunningly can be making the third defence of the title he asserted in May 2011 when Jurgen Braehmer was constrained to abandon.

"This is my first battle in Cardiff for an extended time and I'm looking forward to putting on an exceptional indicate for my fans in opposition to Karpency," expressed Cleverly. "I've prepared over Christmas and I'm fit as a fiddle at present and we're still over seven weeks at a distance from the battle so I'll be spot on come battle night.

"Karpency looks similar to a strong contender and he took Murat the separation and Murat gave me a hard battle."

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Astutely-Karpency: When will Nathan at long last guard in opposition to his obligatory challenger?

By Scott Gilfoid: WBO light heavyweight champion Nathan Cleverly (23-0, 11 KO’s) could be building his third protection of his title on February 25th in opposition to #10 World Boxing Organization ranked contender Tommy Karpency (21-2-1, 14 KO’s), who was just in the past couple of weeks pushed to the No.10 spot by the WBO.Before that, Karpency wasn’t even ranked in the top 15 by the WBO and I couldn’t comprehend how in the universe Cleverly was can't help being permitted to battle a fella this is not even ranked in the top 15 by the WBO. While its delightful that the WBO has now authoritatively ranked Karpency at #10 well when the battle was even now affirmed, I don’t grasp is why isn’t Cleverly encountering his required challenger?

What's up with that? In his final battle, Cleverly battled and beat #13 ranked Tony Bellew by a dubious 12 adjust larger part choice final October. Now Cleverly is challenging #10 Karpency, who was a few seconds ago pushed to the #10 spot over seemingly much preferable contenders for example Isaac Chilemba, Dustin Dirks, Kariz Kariuki and Vyacheslav Uzelkov.

At the same time why isn’t Cleverly battling his required challenger? At what point is determined to do that? To what extent can Cleverly go without battling his obligatory challenger and WHY is the WBO not making him battle his required? In this case, Cleverly's #1 ranked WBO challenger is the Russian Dmitry Sukhotsky (18-1, 13 KO’s).

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Vitali will make effortless work of Chisora on 2/18

By Scott Gilfoid: WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (43-2, 40 KO’s) can be guarding his title in opposition to the UK's finest heavyweight Dereck Chisora (15-2, 9 KO’s) on February 18th in Munich, Germany.

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Vazquez Vs Marquez IV: Is it accurate to say that it is positively fundamental?

Israel Vazquez looked particularly underprivileged in his final trip, stopping Angel Priolo in nine adjusts. Priolo was supposed to be a soft battle to move once more into the fold, it produced be anything but as Israel scrambled seriously with a warrior who was once bombarded out in a couple adjusts by Jorge Arce a few weight classes beneath and who had lost six in succession going in. Vazquez did at last stop Priolo in the ninth adjust but it was far from straight advance, Vazquez's past had apparently made up for lost time with him.

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Vazquez living the American dream

Enjoy numerous Mexican warriors before him, Israel Vazquez knew that depending on if he was determined to make it as a boxer, he'd need to move to the United States. Ten years later, the super bantamweight champion is existing the American dream.

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Historical Comperison Review. (Chavez jr vs Rubio Clash)

WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.is the to a small extent busier fighter.A easy yield has harmed Macro Antonio Rubio in the past in vast fights.72% Chavez Jr flung punches were capacity shots.Chavez Jr adversaries arrived 44% of their capacity shots.

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Miguel Cotto is more of a challenge for Mayweather than Manny Pacquaio

By Dallan o’ Donnell: As the Mayweather-Pacquaio fiasco carried on into an additional year of over and over again, turning charge on each one in turn, one contender went regarding his business noiselessly knowing that if the mega battle given way with a fresh spin he could be the contender who procured the profits being number one on both Pacquaio and Floyd Mayweathers hit post.

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Manny Pacquiao did not have things all his particular course in opposition to Juan Manuel Marquez previous this month and strolled off when a dubious triumph

Every last trace of the fighting – incorporating the question over the Olympic standard gore-testing mandated by Mayweather and to which Pacquiao has concurred unreservedly – is imaginable to be overlooked as the proposed commonly suspicious opponents regard the fortunes in the offing

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Mayweather tweets are a disgrace

By John F. McKenna (McJack): It has been made in an every expanding degree clear over late months that when World Boxing Council (WBC) welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. (42-6, 26 KO’s) takes to his Twitter record it is finished with show in brain.

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Mayweather tweets are a disgrace

By John F. McKenna (McJack): It has been made in an every expanding degree clear over late months that when World Boxing Council (WBC) welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. (42-6, 26 KO’s) takes to his Twitter record it is finished with show in brain.

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Khan won’t keep going extended at 147 unless he's matched deliberately.

By William Mackay: Former IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan is expounding on the subject of climbing in weight well-nigh instantly assuming that he doesn’t get a rematch with Lamont Peterson, who took Khan's IBF and WBA light welterweight straps with an end 12 adjust determination over him keep going month on December 10th.

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By Allen Fox: Former IBF light welterweight champion Paulie Malignaggi (30-4, 6 KO’s) is reportedly having questions about if he ought to mark the contract to challenge unbeaten WBA World welterweight champion Vyacheslav Senchenko (32-0, 21 KO’s) in Ukraine, as per RingTV.

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Bernd Boente: Haye puts excessive financial demands

Manager Bernd Boente Klitschko brothers told reporters Ringpolska.pl At today's press conference in Going (Austria), which fight WBC champion in the heavyweight Vitali Klitschko with ex-champion of Great Britain
David Hayein the near future will not happen.

According to Bent, Hay puts excessive financial demands, "David Haye wants to receive a fixed fee of a giant, to guarantee the payment of which we can not because they do not know how to sell the fight, also affiliated with the financial risk of carrying the fight would be just us. Currently, it looks that this fight will never happen. We are very far from reaching an agreement. "

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Mayweather-Cotto: Comments boxers

May 5 time world champion in the junior middleweight champion, WBA 31-year-old Puerto Rican Miguel Cottowill be the fifth man, who went into the ring with the two best fighters of our time. In November 2009 he was defeated by technical knockout in the 12th round ofManny Pacquiao. Now it is waiting for at least a significant battle against the Americans having no lesionsFloyd Mayweather Jr.Who at the time of the battle will be for 35 years.

Floyd Mayweather: "Miguel Cotto - a world-class boxer, continues to prove that he is one of the best in boxing. Compete with him in his weight - for me it is a serious challenge, but it is to call this type of bloom and I get more motivation to train even harder. I have no doubt that my collection of titles again filled up, and the board Cotto comes to an end May 5. "

Miguel Cotto: "I'm here to fight with the biggest names in boxing. I never let anyone avoided. I took all the calls to give her fans what they like - an excellent and exciting fights. May 5, I convincingly beat Floyd Mayweather. "

Source BoxingScene.com

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John Jones: Fertitta and White do not want my transition into the heavy weight

Young Champion of the UFC light heavyweight title John Jones (15-1) in an interview on The MMA Hour gave his assessment of the duel Rashad Evans (17-1) and Phil Davis (9-1), expressed criticism of both fighters, and spoke about the plans for 2012 and the conflict with Rashad Evans.

On the transition to heavy weight by the end of the year:
"I spoke with Dana White and Lorenzo Fertitta on the possibility of a fight in the heavyweight division for the sake of the fans at the end of 2012. I believe that after the victory over Henderson and Evans will be a pause in the selection of an opponent, it will be the end of the year. I asked them to arrange for me to fight in the heavyweight division, with a fighter of the top ten. But Dana and Lorenzo did not believe that such plans for me to fit best at the moment. They want me to continue to fight at light heavyweight. "

The progress of Rashad Evans in a battle with Phil Davis:
"Skills control the opponent on the ground became more confident. Passages guard pretty decent. At the same time, I do not understand what happened with Phil Davis, he did not fight like a lion. I believe that among the men is lions, wolves and sheep. He was more like a sheep, not particularly aggressive behaved. I think he was a little intimidated by Rashad. Added to all the pressure that the fight is broadcast on Channel FOX. His duel watched a few million people, it seems that he was unable to cope with pressure. When I commented on the broadcast studio, I said that in this battle, we see Phil Davis place in the division. Will he or will remain high-performance fighter middle peasants. "

About the fight with Rashad Evans:
"The most significant differences between us will be my adolescence, my ambitions, my energy and creativity. Rashad is fighting something about eight years already. For many years he has worked with coaches who are now preparing for my fight with him. I do not mind it made ​​with the new team. It lowers all. Even his body, seems to have become looser. My plan is to reach its peak in battle and show all the best that I can. "

On the choice of corner:
"Greg Jackson and Rashad have been through a lot, and I would never have asked him to be my second in a fight with Rashad ... I can not imagine that Greg was a corner of my opponent, and so I will not ask him to be my angle in a fight with Evans. "

The conflict with Rashad Evans:
"I would like to see in our relationship appeared again respected, because, deep down I like it, I was pleased to communicate with him. It is bad that rivalries have walked on our friendship. I hope that after this fight the respect back. Not necessarily friendship, but always respect. "

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Andre Ward was named boxer of the year

American Association of Journalists (BWAA), writing about boxing, called the WBC champion and WBA middleweight champion, winner of the Super Six tournament and Olympic champion Andre WardBoxer in 2011. Following a vote, a 27-year-old American with a wide margin ahead of such applicants, asNonito Donaire, Wladimir Klitschko, Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao. His trainer Virgil Hunter was named "Coach of the Year." Boy, he became the first fight between a PolePaul Wolak and American Delvin Rodriguez( report Ian Montgomery and the fight itself:Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3.)

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The company Sauerland Event won the right to organize a fight Dimitrenko-Pulev

German promotion company Sauerland Event, representing the interests of the Bulgarian boxer Kubrat PulevYesterday in Rome (Italy) was the sole bidder for the organization of the fight for the European title (EBU) Heavyweight Champion between bullet and former holder of this title Alexander Dimitrenko. Representatives of the promotion company Universum, which promotes Dmitrenko for sale did not come, and now Sauerland Event have 60 days to organize the fight.

It is worth noting that between Alexander Dimitrenko and its promoters are currently being debated about the obligations under the contract, and representatives of the Universum have announced that instead of a duel against Dimitrenko Pulev may withdraw rossyisky heavyweight Denis Boytsov.

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Coach Peterson about fights with Marquez and Aamir Khan

Barry Hunter, manager and trainer of WBA champion and IBF junior welterweight title Lamont Peterson, Confirmed in an interview with Boxingscene.com that they were offered a fight against Juan Manuel Marquez and a rematch with Amir KhanBut while the negotiations are at an early stage. "Bob Arum called on Gabriel Garcia Marquez - said Hunter. - And I saw in the press that Marquez and his promoter Beltran agree with him. This certainly is interesting, but nothing is yet signed any documents for the next contender Lamont, and for the first time I spoke with Richard Schaefer just last week. "

According to Hunter, Peterson is more inclined to a rematch with Khan, but the decision will be made after careful consideration of both proposals. "Nothing is decided yet, but I know that Lamont leaning towards a rematch with Khan - said Hunter. - For the most part on private, personal reasons. But in this case can not be guided by personal motives, it's business. Intriguing in a fight with Marquez Marquez is the personality, which no doubt will go down in boxing hall of fame. But the fight with Amir was simply magnificent. And I agree with Mr. Lamont, I also want to see it again. Lamont really wants to fight with Khan. We're just waiting and always on connection. We are ready to enter the ring. "

Hunter, nevertheless admitted that he followed after the fight with Khan hype and numerous protests from the British on the verdict brought some of their tracks, and were unexpected and unpleasant for them. "As a boxing fan I'm worried about it, in my opinion, it rejects and kills spectators sport - said Hunter. - Bad judicial decisions happen, and I myself was a witness to them, and I also saw a close battle in which victory could be given and the other boxer. I thought it was a very competitive fight, I thought it was a close fight. But in any case, I would not bring the case to this. "

"I was always taught Lamont and Anthony [Peterson's brother Lamont] one thing - if I think they lost the battle, I would have forced them to take your trophy or medal, to enter the ring in front of everyone and give them to your opponent - said Hunter, which largely replaced Peterson's father. - Because I did not want them to grow with the feeling that the world is something they should. I think that what you have, you have to earn it. So they grew up. I was so educated and learned life in the slums. "

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Floyd Mayweather has announced his next opponent today

According to Ringtv.com, world champion in the WBC welterweight champion 34-year-old American Floyd Mayweather Jr.announce his rival, with whom he will meet May 5 at today's hearing, the Nevada Athletic Commission regarding the issuance of a new Mayweather boxing license. Boxing licenses are issued each year, and it expires on December 31.
Due to the fact that Mayweather was sentenced to three months in prison, Athletic Commission called him at a separate meeting. The most likely contender is the champion of the world junior middleweight champion by the WBC 21-year-old MexicanSaul Alvarez. In addition, the list of potential opponents was listed world champion in the same weight 31-year-old Puerto RicanMiguel Cotto.

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