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GUNNA GET IT said:
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And to think Arun was trying to set Gamboa up with Rios at 140 back in the day :smh:. Crawford was too good and Gamboa was too small for him man. He fought well despite the size advantage though.
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Yeah man, at least Gamboa was smart enough to know his limits.

They should go head and make Gamboa vs JuanMa. its still a good fight to me.

gamboa's stock didn't drop with that loss. In fact he looked about as good as he could vs a guy that size with that skill.

Sky's the limit for Crawford.
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Yea but that black balled him for a while.

His speed finally came up from 126, really nice to see. That was def FOY.

Mikey needs to get outta court before he can fight again :lol:
 
Gamboa was boxing beautifully the first few rounds.  Then he just became careless and wreckless.  Walking into Crawford just throwing punches without a care in the world.  His balance didn't seem all there either, before the initial knockdown even.  Big props to Crawford though, made changes through the fight and dug deep.  First over to Europe and beating Burns and now Gamboa.  He is def climbing the ranks.  I'd love to see him fight a guy like Diego Chaves @ 140, even Josesito Lopez.
 
Just watched the fight. Great fight.

Can't wait to see Crawford again. The size was definitely an advantage. Gamboa has nothing to be ashamed of.
 
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GUNNA GET IT said:
BlackCease said:
And to think Arun was trying to set Gamboa up with Rios at 140 back in the day :smh:. Crawford was too good and Gamboa was too small for him man. He fought well despite the size advantage though.
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Yeah man, at least Gamboa was smart enough to know his limits.

They should go head and make Gamboa vs JuanMa. its still a good fight to me.

gamboa's stock didn't drop with that loss. In fact he looked about as good as he could vs a guy that size with that skill.

Sky's the limit for Crawford.
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Yea but that black balled him for a while.

His speed finally came up from 126, really nice to see. That was def FOY.

Mikey needs to get outta court before he can fight again :lol:
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Who is Mikey signed too?
Lately Every time I see footage of Mayweather In his gym, Mikey is right there with him
 
Mikey Garcia's manager is Cameron Dunkin who pretty much works exclusively with Top Rank. Garcia is supposed to have some deal with Top Rank, the details are unknown. There's been rumors that Haymon is trying to get Mikey Garcia.
 
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I think they had a contract, they're still in litigation right now...think they've been there for a bit too :smh:

Double edged sword with these guys...robbing themselves and the fans of prime fight years/prime fights but at the same time, who wouldn't wanna sign with Al? Look at the last two opponents for Danny. He got seven figures for both fights. He can take a guy like Guerrero who has looked underwhelming most of his career and got him seven figures for fighting Kamegai. Who wouldn't wanna sign with him?
 
They really don't have much at 135 - 140 which is unfortunate for him. But who knows, maybe Oscar is serious about working with Arum. That'll open every door he could ask for. I wouldn't mind seeing him against Alvarado.
 
Eh, it's July 4th weekend. Last thing I'll be looking at is my TV :lol:

FNF is going to be on Wednesday this week. I'll update the title and OP in a few.
 
Weekend wrap up.

A roundup of the past week's notable boxing results from around the world:

Saturday at Omaha, Nebraska
Terence Crawford KO9 Yuriorkis Gamboa
Retains a lightweight title
Records: Crawford (24-0, 17 KOs); Gamboa (23-1, 16 KOs)
Rafael's remarks: This fight had everything you could possibly want as a fight fan -- competition, awesome atmosphere, high stakes, skilled fighters, both showing heart, hard punching, knockdowns, action and a definitive ending -- and that's why it's a strong fight of the year contender.

It also produced an American boxing star in Crawford, 26, who drew a raucous crowd of 10,943 for the first world title bout in his hometown of Omaha in 42 years -- since Joe Frazier defended the world heavyweight title against Omaha's Ron Stander (who was ringside on Saturday) by fifth-round knockout at the Civic Auditorium on May 25, 1972.

Crawford was making the first defense of the 135-pound world title he won in March when he went to Glasgow, Scotland and outclassed Ricky Burns to win a decision. His dream was to defend the title at home in Omaha, where he had never fought as a professional (and he had only fought in Nebraska as a pro once). He hadn't fought in Omaha since he was an amateur and lost in the 2008 National Golden Gloves finals. The homecoming was worth the wait as Crawford looked terrific after struggling with Gamboa's speed for the first four rounds. But after that? Crawford took over, although Gamboa never appeared totally out of it until the very end, even rallying to rock Crawford in the ninth round.

The 32-year-old Gamboa has elite-level skills, speed and power, but he was a bit too small at lightweight, where he was fighting for only the second time. A 2004 Cuban Olympic gold medalist and defector, who now lives in Miami, Gamboa was at his best as a unified featherweight titlist in 2010. But although Gamboa -- promoted by rap star Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson -- won interim titles at junior lightweight and lightweight, he hadn't looked good in his past couple of fights and was coming off a year layoff. Even with the layoff and looking much smaller than Crawford, he gave him fits in the early rounds. Gamboa was landing hard punches with both hands and got in some powerful right hands when Crawford switched to southpaw in the third round.

But Crawford is so poised and professional that he never really looked too rattled. He was calm, has a good chin and stuck to his plan. Crawford broke through in the fifth round, dropping Gamboa with a right-left combination and badly hurting him again at the end of the round with a right hand, sending the crowd into a frenzy.

In the eighth round, Crawford dropped Gamboa to a knee with a right hand and was pounding him, but Gamboa showed tremendous heart. Early in the ninth, he was taking a brutal beating but suddenly caught Crawford with shots that wobbled him and sent him staggering backward. It took Crawford a little time to get himself together and when he did, Gamboa was in big trouble. Crawford nailed him with a left hand to the chin, knocking him down hard. Again, Gamboa showed heart to continue, but Crawford detonated a right uppercut on his chin and when Gamboa went down for the fourth time referee Genaro Rodriguez (who did an excellent job) waved off the fight without a count at 2 minutes, 53 seconds.

After so many problems early on, Crawford's comeback was impressive, which showed in the overwhelming CompuBox punch statistics, which counted Crawford as landing 146 of 348 punches (42 percent) to Gamboa's 82 of 345 (24 percent).

Gamboa would probably be best served going back down in weight to junior lightweight or even featherweight if he can make 126 pounds. Whatever he does, he showed more passion in this fight than he had shown in a few years.

For Crawford, he appears on his way to stardom. He is a bona fide attraction at home, has an unbeaten record, a world title and endless possibilities. Top Rank promoter Bob Arum said they would return to Omaha for Crawford's next fight, which could be a lightweight title defense or a possible move up to junior welterweight. Whatever Crawford does, a showdown with welterweight titleholder and superstar Manny Pacquiao could loom in the not-too-distant future, according to Arum.

This was a great night for boxing and we must give thanks not only to Crawford and Gamboa but to junior lightweight titlist Mikey Garcia, who was supposed to be facing Gamboa on this night but elected to instead sue Top Rank over his promotional contract and pulled out of the negotiations. Crawford was in the bullpen, took advantage of the opportunity and hit it big. While Garcia sits in a snit, boxing moved on.

Matt Korobov W10 Jose Uzcategui
Middleweights
Scores: 97-91 (twice), 96-92
Records: Korobov (24-0, 14 KOs); Uzcategui (22-1, 18 KOs)
Rafael's remarks: Korobov, a 31-year-old southpaw, has been highly touted as a top prospect for the past several years because he was a 2008 Russian Olympian and a superstar amateur, one many expected to make the quick transition into the pros. But it has been a slow climb and one that, frankly, has been a bit disappointing. Six years into his pro career and at his age, you can't really call Korobov, who lives in St. Petersburg, Fla., a prospect any longer. But he is a solid fighter and he was getting his first major exposure in his HBO debut against the unknown Uzcategui, 23, a Venezuelan living in Mexico.

This was a very mediocre fight, although it did have a few moments of intrigue and excitement. Korobov, who is being positioned for a future shot against titleholder Peter Quillin, opened a cut over Uzcategui's left eye in the first round. In the fifth round, Uzcategui returned the favor, cutting Korobov over his right eye. However, while referee Mark Nelson ruled that the cut was the result of an accidental head clash, television replays showed that it came from a punch.

If there was any doubt that Korobov was in charge, he seemed to put the fight away with a huge seventh round in which he knocked down Uzcategui twice, both times on hard right hooks.

Korobov was steady in the win if unspectacular. Uzcategui, with a little more seasoning, could still develop into a solid pro.

Saturday at Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
Darleys Perez W12 Argenis Lopez
Wins a vacant interim lightweight title
Scores: 117-111 (twice), 116-112
Records: Perez (30-1, 19 KOs); Lopez (19-1, 7 KOs)
Rafael's remarks: Richar Abril holds a full title but for no reason other than another sanction fee, an interim belt was made available again after Yuriorkis Gamboa vacated in order to challenge Terence Crawford for another sanctioning organization title. So Perez, 30, of Colombia, traveled to Lopez's home turf for the fight, outworking him and landing heavier shots to take the unanimous decision in a fight in which both fighters were slipping during the second half of the bout due to a wet canvas.

Last June, Perez fought for the same vacant belt but lost a unanimous decision to Gamboa on the Adonis Stevenson-Chad Dawson undercard. Perez rebounded to win a near-shutout eight-round decision against journeyman Dunis Linan in December, setting himself up for another interim title bout against Lopez, 24, who had faced woeful opposition before stepping up in class against Perez. Perez co-promoter Gary Shaw said he will now try to make a fight between Perez and Abril.

Saturday at Epazoyucan, Mexico
Oswaldo Novoa TKO9 Alcides Martinez
Retains a strawweight title
Records: Novoa (14-4-1, 9 KOs); Martinez (12-3-8, 6 KOs)
Rafael's remarks: Novoa, 32, of Mexico, pulled an upset in February when he went to China and knocked out Xiong Zhao Zhong -- China's first boxing world titleholder -- in the fifth round to win a 105-pound belt. Returning home to Mexico to make his first defense, the relatively unknown Novoa, who suffered through a 1-4 stretch in 2011 and 2012, took care of Martinez, 22, of Nicaragua. He was battering him badly in the eighth round, landing a series of head shots with both hands with Martinez backed into the ropes. Martinez, in his first fight scheduled for more than eight rounds (and a joke of a title challenger) looked done and his corner knew it as it threw in the towel with the fighter (who, yes, has eight draws) still on the stool a few seconds after the bell rang to start the ninth round. Novoa has won seven fights in a row since that 1-4 stretch.

Friday at Glasgow, Scotland
Dejan Zlaticanin W12 Ricky Burns
Lightweights
Scores: 115-113 (twice) Zlaticanin, 115-113 Burns
Records: Zlaticanin (19-0, 13 KOs); Burns (36-4-1, 11 KOs)
Rafael's remarks: Burns, 31, has been a big draw and a top fighter in his home area of Glasgow for years, first as a junior lightweight titlist and then as a lightweight titleholder. But his career has been on the downward slide for the past few fights and seemingly hit rock bottom with this loss in a fight in which he was heavily favored. The slide began in a May 2013 title defense when he was trailing Jose Gonzalez and being outclassed when Gonzalez suddenly quit after the ninth round, claiming a hand injury. Then came a hometown draw against Raymundo Beltran in a horrible decision in a fight Beltran dominated. And then Burns was outclassed in a decision loss to Terence Crawford in March, costing him his title.

Burns' return was in a title eliminator for the right to become an eventual mandatory challenger for the belt held by Omar Figueroa (who has another mandatory first), but Burns isn't going to be in a world title fight any time soon after this loss, one that should have been a unanimous decision for Zlaticanin, 30, of Montenegro, rather than a split verdict.

Zlaticanin, perhaps inspired to victory by the birth of his daughter hours before the fight, was an obscure opponent whose only previous win of any note was a decision in April 2013 against Petr Petrov, who won the ESPN2 Boxcino lightweight tournament last month on "Friday Night Fights." But he looked good against Burns, getting off to a roaring start by dropping him hard in the first 15 seconds of the fight with a clean left hand and thoroughly dominating the round with a busy attack.

Zlaticanin, a southpaw, kept a busy pace throughout the fight and Burns could not keep up. The knockdown took its toll too as Burns was really not himself for most of the fight. Burns got back into the fight a bit in the second half, but really never did any damage and had little zip on the shots he did land. While he did win some rounds to make it competitive, it seemed bizarre that British judge John Keane had him winning, especially with the knockdown factored in. It was a tough fight for Burns, whose career is fading fast. He has some serious thinking to do about what he wants to do next.

Friday at St. Charles, Missouri
Ivan Redkach W10 Sergey Gulyakevich
Junior welterweights
Scores: 100-90, 99-91, 98-92
Records: Redkach (17-0, 13 KOs); Gulyakevich (41-3, 17 KOs)
Rafael's remarks: The Los Angeles-based Redkach, 28, who was a 2008 Olympic alternate for Ukraine, was a star amateur with more than 300 fights before turning pro in 2009. He was supposed to face former junior lightweight world titlist Vitali Tajbert, but Tajbert suffered an ankle injury and withdrew from the fight, leaving Gulyakevich, 33, the former European junior lightweight champion of Belarus (who owns a win against Tajbert), to accept the "Friday Night Fights" main event on two weeks' notice (although he had been training for another fight).

It wasn't much of a fight. In fact, it was downright ugly and boring as Redkach easily won against Gulyakevich, who was never in position to land an authoritative punch as he threw his punches from way on the outside as though his lone concern was not getting hit back. When Gulyakevich did move to the inside, he held. It was agony to watch, although Redkach, a southpaw, did try to press the action a lot more than Gulyakevich. When Redkach did land, he did so to the head and body. After the fight, Redkach said he hurt his right elbow in the third round, which limited his ability to throw it. He said he hurt his left hand later in the fight.

Gulyakevich saw a 15-fight winning streak come to an end. Redkach, who has a big reputation, hopefully will show more of why he earned it next time out.

Friday at Las Vegas
Errol Spence Jr. W10 Ronald Cruz
Welterweights
Scores: 100-90 (three times)
Records: Spence (13-0, 10 KOs); Cruz (20-4, 15 KOs)
Rafael's remarks: Spence, 24, of Dallas, was a 2012 U.S. Olympian and is regarded by many as the best pro prospect off the squad. He has speed, skills, power and tremendous conditioning. He looks like a future champion and did nothing to dissuade that notion with this one-sided trouncing of his most significant opponent so far in Cruz, 27, of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Not to say that Cruz is anything special, but he has good experience. He was coming off a competitive decision loss to former titleholder Kermit Cintron on March 15 and also had lost to solid professionals Ray Narh and Antoine Smith. Spence routed him with ease in going past the eighth round for the first time in his second scheduled 10-round fight.

Spence looked just as strong at the end of the fight as he did at the beginning, if not stronger as he threw 114 punches in the final round, the most he threw in any round of the fight. Overall, he connected on 335 of 865 punches (39 percent), according to CompuBox statistics while Cruz managed to land just 71 of 401 (18 percent). Spence connected to the head and body, cut Cruz over the right eye in the second round and there was not a single round that was even debatable as to who the winner should be. Cruz did show a great chin, because it looked like Spence was not too far from a stoppage in the later rounds. This was an excellent performance from one elite prospect ready to step up another notch of his competition level.

Dominic Wade W10 Nick Brinson
Middleweights
Scores: 97-93, 96-94
Records: Wade (16-0, 11 KOs); Brinson (16-2-2, 6 KOs)
Rafael's remarks: Wade, 24, of Washington, D.C., has tremendous power and is a good prospect who was stepping up to his most formidable professional opponent in Brinson, 26, of New York, who a year ago upset Jorge Melendez via unanimous decision. Brinson also owns an amateur victory against Wade in the 2009 National Gloves tournament.

Wade passed the test as he went past the sixth round for the first time. Although he wasn' as dynamic as he has been in some of his brutal knockout victories, it was good to see Wade get a bit of a test. Brinson got off to a very slow start as Wade easily won the first three rounds, but Brinson did get a bit better as the fight went on and won some of the middle rounds. But mostly it was Wade who controlled the pace. He was quicker, landed some nice combinations and his punches appeared to be crisper. It should be on to bigger and better things for Wade, who was fighting in his first scheduled 10-round bout.

Marcus Browne KO1 Donta Woods
Light heavyweights
Records: Browne (11-0, 8 KOs); Woods (8-3, 7 KOs)
Rafael's remarks: Browne, 23, of Staten Island, New York, was a 2012 U.S. Olympian and is a fine prospect. He was originally supposed to face experienced former title challenger Yusaf Mack, but Mack was ruled out of the bout a couple of days beforehand because he failed a pre-fight blood test. That left Golden Boy Promotions to press Woods, 28, of Atlanta, into service on short notice. The result was Woods suffering his third loss in a row as Browne, a southpaw, took him out in 91 seconds. Woods floored him for the count with a straight left hand, the first punch of note he threw in the fight. Browne is expected back in an action on Aug. 9 on the undercard of the show at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.

Also on the card, California heavyweight Gerald Washington (13-0, 10 KOs), 32, knocked out Tallahassee, Florida, journeyman Travis Walker (39-12-1, 31 KOs) at 31 seconds of the second round of a mismatch. Walker lost his fifth fight in a row and sixth of seven.
 
Water Runs Dry said:
All Access Ep. 1 is up:

De La Hoya stole some screen time from both fighters hehe...
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I thought about this immediately. Like why is dude re apologizing. Like I literally forgot about the rehab and the pictures I saw of him dressed as a ****** with that hooker, until he brought it up on All Access. Silly move For him, because now I remember again, freak
 
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It was in the Weekend Wrap up spoiler. That would be insane!!!!
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Yeah that's just Bob talking, everytime someone wins their fight he says they might get Pacquiao next. I figured you have some insider information. :nerd: realistically I don't see it happening so soon.
 
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Crawford nor Algeiri are getting Pacquiao its just Bob Arum talking again like that stadium he said he would build in Vegas :lol:
 
Mayweather is not fighting in September, there isn't enough time to do the touring and promoting. He's probably waiting for more possible opponents and for the Golden Boy-Schafer split to settle.
 
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