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Arum has been paying Bradley well his last couple of fights tho.
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Bradley wants to headline the rematch since he won the first match, I don't think Pac is onboard with that idea.
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Gamboa would get that work. He's not ready for Mikey.
Garcia by late KO against JC.
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Official, Canelo - Perro Angulo March 8th.
Antonio DeMarco has been training with Roach is fighting in Tijuana on Saturday
Antonio DeMarco has been training with Roach is fighting in Tijuana on Saturday
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Canelo/Perro should be a great battle.
Is this DeMarco's first fight since Broner obliterated him?
Is this DeMarco's first fight since Broner obliterated him?
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canelo and angulo gonna be on ppv ?
his brother is gonna be on the under card
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I know canelo planned on doing 3 ppv's this year but this one should just be a regular Showtime fight
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Agreed, he needs to win this one in impressive fashion before headlining a PPv.
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recently watched 30 for 30 "No Mas"
It made me appreciate Leonard/Duran more…truly legendary boxers man
It made me appreciate Leonard/Duran more…truly legendary boxers man
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While we're celebrating the great boxers and fights of 2013, shout out to Danny Jacobs on his comeback.
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did anyone catch the main event for FNF?
I feel like the champ (Mike Tysons fighter) was gonna lose eventually anyway but man that ref was way out of position.
I feel like the champ (Mike Tysons fighter) was gonna lose eventually anyway but man that ref was way out of position.
Round up for this past weekend.
A roundup of the past week's notable boxing results from around the world:
Saturday at Guadalajara, Mexico
Ganigan Lopez W12 Mario Rodriguez
Junior flyweights
Scores: 120-109, 119-109, 118-110
Records: Lopez (24-5, 15 KOs); Rodriguez (16-7-4, 11 KOs)
Rafael's remarks: In May 2012, Lopez, 32, of Mexico, got knocked out in the second round by strawweight contender Denver Cuello -- but he has rebounded by winning four fights in a row, including this lopsided victory against former strawweight world titleholder Rodriguez, 25, also of Mexico. Although Lopez won by a wide margin on all three scorecards -- including a shutout on one of them -- this was a fan-friendly fight in which many rounds were competitive, despite Lopez getting more credit from the judges.
Rodriguez won a strawweight title by major upset when he knocked out South Africa's Nkosinathi Joyi in the seventh round in September 2012. He is just 1-3 since, including losing the title in his first defense and dropping this fight to Lopez.
Ramon Alvarez TKO2 Gilberto Flores
Junior middleweights
Records: Alvarez (17-4-2, 10 KOs); Flores (23-14, 18 KOs)
Rafael's remarks: With his younger brother (and promoter), former junior middleweight titlist Canelo Alvarez, at ringside, Ramon Alvarez rolled to his third consecutive win by hammering Mexican countryman Flores in an utterly one-sided blowout. Alvarez, 27, fighting in his hometown, kept Flores, 26, at bay with hard jabs and body shots in the first round, during which Flores backed up for most of the round and mounted no offense to speak of.
It was more target practice for Alvarez in the second round. Alvarez was smashing Flores around the ring, and although he hadn't landed any particularly devastating punch or scored a knockdown, Flores was taking a lot of punishment and doing absolutely nothing in return. When Alvarez had Flores backed into a corner as the round was about to end, the referee had seen enough and stepped in to wave off the fight.
Flores, 26, who has been stopped by the likes of prospect Gilberto Ramirez Sanchez and Michael Medina, dropped to 2-2 in his last four bouts with both losses coming by knockout inside two rounds.
Friday at Minneapolis
Rances Barthelemy KO2 Argenis Mendez
Wins a junior lightweight title
Records: Barthelemy (20-0, 13 KOs); Mendez (21-3-1, 11 KOs)
Rafael's remarks: One card into the new "Friday Night Fights" season and in the first world-title fight of the new year, boxing already is courting controversy. It didn't take long, thanks to poorly positioned referee Pete Podgorski and Barthelemy -- appropriately nicknamed "Kid Blast" -- winning a 130-pound world title by blasting out Mendez with two punches thrown after the bell rang to end the second round.
Mendez, 27, who hails from the Dominican Republic and fights out of Yonkers, N.Y., won his title by knocking out Juan Carlos Salgado in the fourth round in March 2013 in a rematch of a decision loss for a vacant belt in 2011. In Mendez's first title defense, in August, he was saddled with a disputed draw against Arash Usmanee. Making his second title defense, Mendez faced mandatory challenger Barthelemy, 28, a former Cuban amateur standout and a defector now living in Miami. He is also the brother of former Cuban Olympic gold medalist Yan Barthelemy. Rances Barthelemy became the mandatory challenger by winning a pair of elimination bouts: a controversial decision against Usmanee last January followed by a second-round knockout of Fahsai Sakkreerin in June.
Mendez, a quick counterpuncher, came into the fight with new trainer John David Jackson in his corner. Jackson had previously trained Barthelemy, so he was well aware of what Mendez would be dealing with -- but it turned out not to make a difference. Midway through the first round, Barthelemy buckled Mendez's legs when he cracked him with a left hand. Barthelemy followed up with some authoritative body shots. Mendez appeared to be in serious trouble as Barthelemy continued to light him up with hard jabs and body shots in a huge stanza. In the round, Barthelemy landed 20 of 57 punches (35 percent) while Mendez connected on just three of 22 punches (14 percent).
When the second round began, Mendez seemed to have recovered, but with about 15 seconds left in the frame Barthelemy rocked him again and dropped him to his rear end with three consecutive left hooks. It was the first time Mendez had ever been knocked down in his pro career. He took his time and rose at Podgorski's count of eight.
Mendez ate a right and a left as soon as the fight resumed, and then the bell rang to end the round. But Barthelemy fired two more shots, another right and a devastating left hook that dropped Mendez flat on his back. Podgorski, who was nowhere to be seen near the fighters in the final seconds of the round (in order to make sure they stopped punching when the bell rang), counted out Mendez. The fighter tried to get to his feet, but he had no balance and kept tipping over as he tried to get all the way off the canvas. Barthelemy and his team celebrated a huge victory, but the Mendez camp, led by his promoter, former heavyweight champ Mike Tyson, likely will protest the result. The best they can hope for is for the match to be ruled a no-decision and perhaps to have the sanctioning organization order a rematch, but neither are likely. In Minnesota, the commission doesn't use replay either, so video of the clear foul was not reviewed.
Barthelemy didn't appear to hit Mendez after the bell on purpose, so it was an accidental foul -- but a foul nonetheless. Had the referee properly called it, the bout would have been a no-decision. It seemed likely that Barthelemy was going to knock Mendez out anyway, given the way he had been manhandling him, but nobody can say that for sure. It was a very tough break for Mendez and the biggest win of Barthelemy's career.
Caleb Truax D10 Ossie Duran
Middleweights
Scores: 95-95 (three times)
Records: Truax (23-1-2, 14 KOs); Duran (28-11-3, 11 KOs)
Rafael's remarks: Truax, 30, of Osseo, Minn., was the hometown favorite and the fighter on the rise. After Truax suffered his first loss -- by 10-round decision to former undisputed middleweight champ Jermain Taylor (whom he knocked down) in April 2012 -- he came into this fight having won five bouts in a row (four by knockout), including an eye-opening, upset sixth-round knockout of Donovan George in June. But whatever momentum Truax gained appears to have been a bit stunted by this draw, a fight that really could have gone either way. The fact is that Truax was the heavy favorite and just didn't do enough against Duran, 36, who is from Ghana but lives in Paterson, N.J., and who took the fight on three weeks' notice when Derek Ennis dropped out.
Truax started rather slowly and did heat up to close strong over the final three rounds. By the time the fight was over, he had been the busier fighter, although not the more accurate one. According to CompuBox statistics, Truax, who had a bloody nose, connected on 106 of 678 blows (16 percent) and Duran, who was coming off the first knockout loss of his career -- to prospect Matt Korbov in June -- landed 121 of 447 punches (27 percent). Duran, the vastly more experienced fighter, having faced opponents such as James Kirkland, Fernando Guerrero, Brandon Gonzalez and Korobov, did good work with his jab while Truax connected with more power shots. Truax landed some nice right hands, finding a way to penetrate Duran's usually very sound defense. All in all, the draw call seemed right on target.
Erickson Lubin KO1 Luis Santiago
Welterweights
Records: Lubin (2-0, 2 KO); Santiago (4-1, 1 KO)
Rafael's remarks: Lubin, 18, of Orlando, Fla., was at the heart of USA Boxing's anger toward former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson. USA Boxing accused Tyson, via his Iron Mike Productions, of luring Lubin away from the amateur ranks, where Lubin was considered a top candidate to make the 2016 U.S. Olympic boxing team. Maybe USA Boxing doesn't quite get it, that the fighter and his handlers are free to a choice about whether to remain amateur or turn pro. In any event, Tyson signed Lubin, who turned pro on Nov. 26 and scored a first-round knockout in his debut. Returning for his second pro bout, Lubin was matched against Santiago, 23, of Puerto Rico, who hadn't fought since 2011 and whose unbeaten record was extremely deceptive, considering the combined record of his four opponents heading into this fight was 6-96-3.
Sure enough, and just as expected, Lubin, a southpaw, annihilated Santiago. He stunned Santiago with a right hand and dropped him to all fours with a solid left to the body before referee Scott Erickson counted him out at 1 minute, 1 second. This was nothing but a showcase fight as Lubin and Tyson got what they wanted: a highlight-reel knockout on national television. Lubin's two pro fights have lasted a total of 96 seconds.
Saturday at Guadalajara, Mexico
Ganigan Lopez W12 Mario Rodriguez
Junior flyweights
Scores: 120-109, 119-109, 118-110
Records: Lopez (24-5, 15 KOs); Rodriguez (16-7-4, 11 KOs)
Rafael's remarks: In May 2012, Lopez, 32, of Mexico, got knocked out in the second round by strawweight contender Denver Cuello -- but he has rebounded by winning four fights in a row, including this lopsided victory against former strawweight world titleholder Rodriguez, 25, also of Mexico. Although Lopez won by a wide margin on all three scorecards -- including a shutout on one of them -- this was a fan-friendly fight in which many rounds were competitive, despite Lopez getting more credit from the judges.
Rodriguez won a strawweight title by major upset when he knocked out South Africa's Nkosinathi Joyi in the seventh round in September 2012. He is just 1-3 since, including losing the title in his first defense and dropping this fight to Lopez.
Ramon Alvarez TKO2 Gilberto Flores
Junior middleweights
Records: Alvarez (17-4-2, 10 KOs); Flores (23-14, 18 KOs)
Rafael's remarks: With his younger brother (and promoter), former junior middleweight titlist Canelo Alvarez, at ringside, Ramon Alvarez rolled to his third consecutive win by hammering Mexican countryman Flores in an utterly one-sided blowout. Alvarez, 27, fighting in his hometown, kept Flores, 26, at bay with hard jabs and body shots in the first round, during which Flores backed up for most of the round and mounted no offense to speak of.
It was more target practice for Alvarez in the second round. Alvarez was smashing Flores around the ring, and although he hadn't landed any particularly devastating punch or scored a knockdown, Flores was taking a lot of punishment and doing absolutely nothing in return. When Alvarez had Flores backed into a corner as the round was about to end, the referee had seen enough and stepped in to wave off the fight.
Flores, 26, who has been stopped by the likes of prospect Gilberto Ramirez Sanchez and Michael Medina, dropped to 2-2 in his last four bouts with both losses coming by knockout inside two rounds.
Friday at Minneapolis
Rances Barthelemy KO2 Argenis Mendez
Wins a junior lightweight title
Records: Barthelemy (20-0, 13 KOs); Mendez (21-3-1, 11 KOs)
Rafael's remarks: One card into the new "Friday Night Fights" season and in the first world-title fight of the new year, boxing already is courting controversy. It didn't take long, thanks to poorly positioned referee Pete Podgorski and Barthelemy -- appropriately nicknamed "Kid Blast" -- winning a 130-pound world title by blasting out Mendez with two punches thrown after the bell rang to end the second round.
Mendez, 27, who hails from the Dominican Republic and fights out of Yonkers, N.Y., won his title by knocking out Juan Carlos Salgado in the fourth round in March 2013 in a rematch of a decision loss for a vacant belt in 2011. In Mendez's first title defense, in August, he was saddled with a disputed draw against Arash Usmanee. Making his second title defense, Mendez faced mandatory challenger Barthelemy, 28, a former Cuban amateur standout and a defector now living in Miami. He is also the brother of former Cuban Olympic gold medalist Yan Barthelemy. Rances Barthelemy became the mandatory challenger by winning a pair of elimination bouts: a controversial decision against Usmanee last January followed by a second-round knockout of Fahsai Sakkreerin in June.
Mendez, a quick counterpuncher, came into the fight with new trainer John David Jackson in his corner. Jackson had previously trained Barthelemy, so he was well aware of what Mendez would be dealing with -- but it turned out not to make a difference. Midway through the first round, Barthelemy buckled Mendez's legs when he cracked him with a left hand. Barthelemy followed up with some authoritative body shots. Mendez appeared to be in serious trouble as Barthelemy continued to light him up with hard jabs and body shots in a huge stanza. In the round, Barthelemy landed 20 of 57 punches (35 percent) while Mendez connected on just three of 22 punches (14 percent).
When the second round began, Mendez seemed to have recovered, but with about 15 seconds left in the frame Barthelemy rocked him again and dropped him to his rear end with three consecutive left hooks. It was the first time Mendez had ever been knocked down in his pro career. He took his time and rose at Podgorski's count of eight.
Mendez ate a right and a left as soon as the fight resumed, and then the bell rang to end the round. But Barthelemy fired two more shots, another right and a devastating left hook that dropped Mendez flat on his back. Podgorski, who was nowhere to be seen near the fighters in the final seconds of the round (in order to make sure they stopped punching when the bell rang), counted out Mendez. The fighter tried to get to his feet, but he had no balance and kept tipping over as he tried to get all the way off the canvas. Barthelemy and his team celebrated a huge victory, but the Mendez camp, led by his promoter, former heavyweight champ Mike Tyson, likely will protest the result. The best they can hope for is for the match to be ruled a no-decision and perhaps to have the sanctioning organization order a rematch, but neither are likely. In Minnesota, the commission doesn't use replay either, so video of the clear foul was not reviewed.
Barthelemy didn't appear to hit Mendez after the bell on purpose, so it was an accidental foul -- but a foul nonetheless. Had the referee properly called it, the bout would have been a no-decision. It seemed likely that Barthelemy was going to knock Mendez out anyway, given the way he had been manhandling him, but nobody can say that for sure. It was a very tough break for Mendez and the biggest win of Barthelemy's career.
Caleb Truax D10 Ossie Duran
Middleweights
Scores: 95-95 (three times)
Records: Truax (23-1-2, 14 KOs); Duran (28-11-3, 11 KOs)
Rafael's remarks: Truax, 30, of Osseo, Minn., was the hometown favorite and the fighter on the rise. After Truax suffered his first loss -- by 10-round decision to former undisputed middleweight champ Jermain Taylor (whom he knocked down) in April 2012 -- he came into this fight having won five bouts in a row (four by knockout), including an eye-opening, upset sixth-round knockout of Donovan George in June. But whatever momentum Truax gained appears to have been a bit stunted by this draw, a fight that really could have gone either way. The fact is that Truax was the heavy favorite and just didn't do enough against Duran, 36, who is from Ghana but lives in Paterson, N.J., and who took the fight on three weeks' notice when Derek Ennis dropped out.
Truax started rather slowly and did heat up to close strong over the final three rounds. By the time the fight was over, he had been the busier fighter, although not the more accurate one. According to CompuBox statistics, Truax, who had a bloody nose, connected on 106 of 678 blows (16 percent) and Duran, who was coming off the first knockout loss of his career -- to prospect Matt Korbov in June -- landed 121 of 447 punches (27 percent). Duran, the vastly more experienced fighter, having faced opponents such as James Kirkland, Fernando Guerrero, Brandon Gonzalez and Korobov, did good work with his jab while Truax connected with more power shots. Truax landed some nice right hands, finding a way to penetrate Duran's usually very sound defense. All in all, the draw call seemed right on target.
Erickson Lubin KO1 Luis Santiago
Welterweights
Records: Lubin (2-0, 2 KO); Santiago (4-1, 1 KO)
Rafael's remarks: Lubin, 18, of Orlando, Fla., was at the heart of USA Boxing's anger toward former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson. USA Boxing accused Tyson, via his Iron Mike Productions, of luring Lubin away from the amateur ranks, where Lubin was considered a top candidate to make the 2016 U.S. Olympic boxing team. Maybe USA Boxing doesn't quite get it, that the fighter and his handlers are free to a choice about whether to remain amateur or turn pro. In any event, Tyson signed Lubin, who turned pro on Nov. 26 and scored a first-round knockout in his debut. Returning for his second pro bout, Lubin was matched against Santiago, 23, of Puerto Rico, who hadn't fought since 2011 and whose unbeaten record was extremely deceptive, considering the combined record of his four opponents heading into this fight was 6-96-3.
Sure enough, and just as expected, Lubin, a southpaw, annihilated Santiago. He stunned Santiago with a right hand and dropped him to all fours with a solid left to the body before referee Scott Erickson counted him out at 1 minute, 1 second. This was nothing but a showcase fight as Lubin and Tyson got what they wanted: a highlight-reel knockout on national television. Lubin's two pro fights have lasted a total of 96 seconds.
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quick question not attempting to bash in anyway
why do we copy and post the espn page in here when we can just hyperlink to it?
Im new to this thread and maybe i missed y
why do we copy and post the espn page in here when we can just hyperlink to it?
Im new to this thread and maybe i missed y
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Easier to read on mobile for me.
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Well Mares withdraws due to injury.
arum says he wants Mikey Garcia vs Pacman in 2014 or 2015
arum says he wants Mikey Garcia vs Pacman in 2014 or 2015
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His lawyer isn't lying. I think Pacquiao is too loyal and naive to believe Arum and Koncz are businessmen first
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Pacquiao ****** himself over he should've took 40 million when he had the chance.
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While I can't stand Manny the boxer
He seems like a good dude with a big heart who never had **** nd once he got it all he wanted to look out for EVERYBODY.
Much like Tyson and much like Tyson he'll end up with no where near what he should have money wise sad ****.
You think by now guys would've seen that you gotta double & triple check everything, sad you really can't even trust the people around you when you're in that position.
He seems like a good dude with a big heart who never had **** nd once he got it all he wanted to look out for EVERYBODY.
Much like Tyson and much like Tyson he'll end up with no where near what he should have money wise sad ****.
You think by now guys would've seen that you gotta double & triple check everything, sad you really can't even trust the people around you when you're in that position.
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since the first time I seen koncz, I knew he was a rat. he just has that look.
Why? He wasn't getting a fair split when that number came out. If you're a dude making millions, you're the second biggest PPV star, you're still in your prime and you just won your 8th world title are you going to take a flat rate of a PPV instead of working out a percentage?
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