Please lock.

Who is there for him to fight? Quillin you have the Network beef. Korobov will be a worthy opponent if he beats Quillin, but that fight didnt materialize. Even though I'd like to see GGG move up to 168, he has no obligation to do so especially since he makes weight comfortably as it is.
 
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Definitely been a down year for boxing. So many fights that fell through, injured fighters , inactive fighters, squash matches, fights that can't get made, wack undercards, ppvs that shouldn't have been ppvs. Hopefully next year is way better.
 
RoOk said:
i wonder whats going on in the crowd lol
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Rapper Rich Homie Quan
Boxing Match Brawl
In the Crowd!




Rapper Rich Homie Quan got into a brawl at a boxing match Friday with a guy he claims was trying to steal his chain -- and the fight video is pretty intense.

Quan was at the Adrien Broner fight in Cincinnati when the guy allegedly tried to steal the bling with force ... the rapper started throwing punches to thwart the attack -- which he did.

The video doesn't show the attempted snatch ... just lots of chaos.

Police say no arrests were made.
 
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Recap:

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

Saturday at Cincinnati
Adrien Broner W12 Emmanuel Taylor
Junior welterweight
Scores: 116-111 (twice), 115-112
Records: Broner (29-1, 22 KOs); Taylor (18-3, 12 KOs)
Rafael's remarks: Broner, known as "The Problem," did not have many problems with Taylor after the midway point of an excellent fight. After six rounds of even, give-and-take action, Broner found another gear and was more accurate with his punches while Taylor, 23, of Edgewood Arsenal, Maryland, who gave it everything he had, began to slow down.

Broner, 25, was fighting in his hometown for the first time in 26 months and drew a fine crowd of 8,115. He gave them what they wanted short of a knockout. The former three-division titlist -- junior lightweight, lightweight and welterweight -- won his second fight in a row since Marcos Maidana handed Broner an upset decision loss to take the welterweight belt in December, a defeat that caused Broner to drop down in weight to junior welterweight, where he has yet to win a title but hopes to in the future.

Taylor made things a bit more interesting than most people probably thought he would. He was relentless early with his attack, but Broner weathered the storm and, overall, landed crisper, harder punches. Combined with his quicker hands, it meant a long night for Taylor, who lost to Chris Algieri earlier this year -- the fight before Algieri won a junior welterweight belt against Ruslan Provodnikov.

Taylor opened a cut over Broner's right eye in the 11th round, and as entertaining as the fight was, the 12th round was the best of them all. The combatants traded for most of the round as they stood toe-to-toe, both going for a knockout in a potential round-of-the-year candidate. Broner came close, however, as he landed a damaging left uppercut with 15 seconds to go, dropping Taylor to the canvas and salting away the win, if there had been any doubt at that point. Taylor got to his feet and made it to the final bell, after which he and Broner showed huge respect for each other, a big difference from the acrimonious buildup to the bout.

Taylor showed he can hang with a top-quality contender and should be back for another opportunity against a good opponent. Broner likely will move on to a much bigger fight, perhaps a title shot of some kind, or against the man he called out before the win and again afterward. He wants Argentine slugger Lucas Matthysse, who won by knockout in the co-feature. That would be a very interesting and dangerous fight. Bring it on!

Lucas Matthysse KO2 Roberto Ortiz
Junior welterweight
Records: Matthysse (36-3, 34 KOs); Ortiz (31-1-1, 24 KOs)
Rafael's remarks: Well, that was quick, wasn't it? After a quiet opening round, Matthysse, the 31-year-old slugger from Argentina who is known as "The Machine," hammered Ortiz, 28, of Mexico, with a nasty left hook to the body. Ortiz, who was fighting in the United States for the first time, was badly hurt. You could tell by the grimace on his face as he dropped to a knee and spit out his mouthpiece.

Referee Benjy Esteves Jr. began to count and then ruled a knockout at 2 minutes, 45 seconds, even though it appeared that Ortiz beat the count by a split second. Esteves is one of the best referees in boxing, but this was not his finest moment. Still, it goes down as a count-out win for Matthysse, who was fighting for the second time since his upset decision loss vs. 140-pound champion Danny Garcia last September on the Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Canelo Alvarez undercard. Matthysse's first comeback fight was an epic 11th-round knockout win against John Molina in April, but Matthysse showed no ill effects from that brutal fight. This rout of Ortiz was a welcome breather for Matthysse after some very tough recent fights.

By the way, Ortiz did not protest much after Esteves stopped the fight, instead complaining during a postfight interview. He'd like a rematch, but Matthysse has much bigger fish to fry. He wants a rematch with Garcia (unlikely) but may instead wind up with a very winnable fight against main event victor Adrien Broner, who called him out and whom Matthysse said would be his top alternative if he can't get Garcia again. Adviser Al Haymon represents Garcia, Matthysse and Broner, so he will have the most say in what goes down next for all three.

Andre Berto W10 Steve Upsher
Welterweight
Scores: 99-91 (three times)
Records: Berto (29-3, 22 KOs); Upsher (24-4-1, 6 KOs)
Rafael's remarks: This fight was a welcome relief for Berto, the two-time welterweight titlist from Winter Haven, Florida, who won for the first time since knocking out Jan Zaveck in September 2011 to claim a second title. Berto had lost his last two fights -- a decision to Robert Guerrero in a slugfest and a 12th-round knockout to Jesus Soto Karass 14 months ago. In the latter fight, he tore a tendon in his right shoulder. The shoulder required surgery and led to a long layoff, his second long break since 2011 because he also had a suspension stemming from a positive steroid test.

Berto's return resulted in an entertaining fight -- typical for him -- and a much-needed victory against Upsher, 29, of Philadelphia, who is not in the same league as Berto in terms of talent. You just wondered if Berto's shoulder would hold, and it appeared to be just fine as he authored a one-sided whupping of Upsher, who dropped his third fight in a row. It was a nice way for Berto to celebrate the day before his 31st birthday.

Berto was dominant against an ineffective Upsher. The CompuBox statistics are a fine representation of what happened as Berto connected on 232 of 453 punches (51 percent) and Upsher landed just 112 of 476 (23 percent).

Berto's punches took their toll early as Upsher had swelling around his right eye by the third round. Berto was landing stiff jabs and solid right hands and also was responsible on defense more than usual, likely in part to the constant preaching from trainer Virgil Hunter, who Berto sought out to help him shore things up. All in all, this was a nice win for Berto, who needed it badly against an opponent he handled the way he was supposed to.

Also on the card, bantamweight and three-time U.S. Olympian Rau'shee Warren (12-0, 3 KOs), 27, fought in his hometown for the first time as a pro and rolled past soft touch Jose Luis Araiza, 35, of Mexico (31-9-1, 22 KOs). The much faster Warren dropped Araiza in the ninth round and was unchallenged in winning 100-89 on all three scorecards.

Middleweight Terrell Gausha (12-0, 6 KOs), 26, of Cleveland, another 2012 U.S. Olympian, was also on the card. He cruised to a six-round decision victory against Juan Carlos Rojas (6-8-1, 4 KOs), 27, of Mexico, winning 60-54, 59-55 and 59-55.

Saturday at Belfast, Northern Ireland
Carl Frampton W12 Kiko Martinez
Wins a junior featherweight title
Scores: 119-108 (twice), 118-111
Records: Frampton (19-0, 13 KOs); Martinez (31-5, 23 KOs)
Rafael's remarks: In February 2013, Frampton, fighting at home in Belfast, challenged Martinez for his European 122-pound title and knocked him out with a clean right hand in the ninth round of an exciting fight. But while Frampton had to continue to wait for his shot at a world title, it was Martinez who got one two fights later and upset Jhonatan "Momo" Romero to take his belt 13 months ago in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

Martinez, 28, of Spain, made two defenses, knocking out former titleholders Jeffrey Mathebula and Hozumi Hasegawa before agreeing to return to Belfast to make his third defense against Frampton. The career-high $700,000 payday had a lot to do with it.

It was the biggest fight in Northern Ireland in years and organizers erected a temporary, 16,000-seat stadium in the Titanic Quarter of the city. The sold-out crowd cheered Frampton, 27, wildly as he turned in a stellar performance to win the title in lopsided fashion in a highly entertaining but one-sided fight.

Frampton was extremely accurate with his punches, displayed a stiff jab, and was much busier than Martinez, who was relentless and applied pressure throughout the fight but was not nearly effective enough. In the fifth round, Frampton opened a cut over Martinez's right eye and increased his lead later in the round when he nailed Martinez with a clean overhand right to send him to the canvas for the only knockdown of the fight.

Martinez showed huge heart as got back into the fight a little with good rounds in the eighth and ninth, opening a small cut over Frampton's right eye. But Frampton, known as "The Jackal," was not going to be denied. While Martinez knew he needed the knockout punch to win -- and was going for it -- Frampton boxed beautifully. Even though he had to know he was way ahead, Frampton never tried to play it safe. He fought just as hard down the stretch as he had opening his lead early on. He had Martinez in big trouble in the 11th and 12th rounds, landing a series of combinations that had Martinez backing up for the first time in the fight. When it was over, Frampton, promoter and Hall of Fame former featherweight champion Barry McGuigan, and the whole team celebrated a well-deserved victory.

With a title in hand, a big fan base and an exciting, television-friendly style, Frampton has all kinds of options. He said he wants to fight secondary titleholder Scott Quigg of England, although another possibility (and exciting option) could be titlist Leo Santa Cruz (if he makes it through his fight on Saturday) or mandatory challenger Chris Avalos.

Saturday at Mexico City
Juan Francisco Estrada TKO11 Giovani Segura
Retains unified flyweight title
Records: Estrada (27-2, 20 KOs); Segura (32-4-1, 28 KOs)
Rafael's remarks: Since losing a decision in a brutal slugfest with then-junior flyweight titlist Roman Gonzalez in November 2012, Estrada, 24, of Mexico, has been dominant. He won a pair of belts from Brian Viloria in a fantastic fight in April 2013 and has made three defenses, including this impressive stoppage of his countryman Segura, the power-hitting 32-year-old former junior flyweight champion who has faced several top-notch opponents over the years and is usually involved in exciting fights.

Segura was fighting for a flyweight title for the second time, having been stopped in the eighth round by Viloria in 2011. Once again, Segura left everything he had in the ring, but the younger, quicker, more precise Estrada was too much. While Estrada landed a lot of sharp combinations, Segura, a southpaw who marched forward for the entire fight, was looking for one bomb at a time.

Estrada's punches were landing and taking their toll as the right side of Segura's face became lumpy and swollen as the crowd-pleasing fight went on. Estrada was able to land punches from all angles, from the inside and out, as he wore Segura down. Finally, in the 11th round, Estrada landed a powerful right-left combination that bounced Segura off the ropes and sent him reeling. Estrada followed up, catching Segura with a six-punch combination that had him on the ropes looking for cover when referee Raul Caiz Jr. stepped in to stop it at 1 minute, 33 seconds, just as Segura's corner threw in the towel.

At his age and after so many tough fights, Segura appears to be on the downside of his career, while Estrada has been on a tremendous run. Perhaps with Gonzalez winning the lineal flyweight title the night before Estrada's win, it could set up what would be a much-anticipated rematch between the world's best flyweights.

Saturday at Laredo, Texas
Juan Diaz W10 Carlos Cardenas
Lightweight
Scores: 99-91, 98-92, 97-93
Records: Diaz (40-4, 19 KOs); Cardenas (20-9-1, 13 KOs)
Rafael's remarks: Diaz, of Houston, who turns 31 on Sept. 17, is a former unified lightweight titlist known for his all-action style, even if he is not a big puncher. After losing three of four fights, "The Baby Bull" retired in 2010. But the college graduate and owner of a trucking company got the itch to fight again and returned in 2013. He has won five fights in a row during his comeback, although he has not faced any top contenders. Diaz and promoter Top Rank hope to get him into a significant fight, but until that happens, Diaz is keeping busy, as he did against Cardenas, 30, of Venezuela, who has lost four of his last five bouts.

As always with Diaz, it was an entertaining fight, but Diaz was dominant. He pressured Cardenas -- no surprise -- and let his hands go in nonstop fashion. Diaz piled up points and Cardenas, though never in serious trouble, tried to keep pace but couldn't.

Also on the card, Russian light heavyweight Egor Mekhontsev (5-0, 5 KOs), 29, a 2012 Olympic gold medalist, hammered Samuel Miller (28-9, 25 KOs), 34, of Colombia, in a third-round knockout victory. Mekhontsev scored knockdowns in the second and third rounds before getting the stoppage at 2 minutes, 11 seconds. Mekhontsev is trained by Freddie Roach, who went directly from the Manny Pacquiao-Chris Algieri media tour to join his fighter in Laredo.

Friday at Tokyo
Roman Gonzalez TKO9 Akira Yaegashi
Wins a flyweight title
Records: Gonzalez (40-0, 34 KOs); Yaegashi (20-4, 10 KOs)
Rafael's remarks: For years, Gonzalez, known as "Chocolatito," has been one of the best little guys in the business. A protégé of late Hall of Famer Alexis Arguello, Nicaragua's Gonzalez, 27, added yet another reason for people to think so by scoring a pair of knockdowns and stopping Yaegashi to win a flyweight world title. And Gonzalez didn't win any old alphabet belt. Gonzalez also claimed the lineal championship, a title that can be traced without a break back to the likes of Manny Pacquiao in the late 1990s and Hall of Famer Miguel Canto in the 1970s.

Gonzalez, a tremendous puncher, has already held world titles at strawweight and junior flyweight, leaving behind the junior flyweight belt and moving up to flyweight in 2013.

What was expected to be a competitive fight was not. Yaegashi, 31, of Japan, also a former strawweight titlist, was making his fourth defense and was in trouble early. Gonzalez knocked Yaegashi down with a left hook to the jaw with 30 seconds remaining in the third round. Gonzalez battered and bruised Yaegashi during the one-sided fight and dropped him again in the ninth round. A five-punch combination sent Yaegashi to his rear end, and as he leaned against one of the corner posts, referee Michael Griffin halted the contest at 2 minutes, 24 seconds. Gonzalez, realizing the magnitude of his accomplishment, appeared to be in tears as he raised his hands in triumph. Before the knockout, Gonzalez was ahead 80-71, 79-72 and 79-72 on the scorecards.

The victory could set up a rematch between Gonzalez and unified flyweight titleholder Juan Francisco Estrada, whom Gonzalez outpointed in a fierce battle for his junior flyweight belt in 2012 in their final fight in the division.

Naoya Inoue TKO11 Samartlek Kokietgym
Retains a junior flyweight title
Records: Inoue (7-0, 6 KOs); Kokietgym (17-5, 5 KOs)
Rafael's remarks: The 21-year-old Inoue, of Japan, was a stud amateur and claimed a world title in just his sixth professional bout when he knocked out the well-respected Adrian Hernandez in April.

Making his first defense, Inoue took on Kokietgym, 29, of Thailand, and dominated in easy fashion. Inoue battered Kokietgym, and scored knockdowns in the fourth (right-left combination to the head) and sixth (left hook to the body) rounds before stopping him with a combination in the 11th round; referee Gelasio Perez Huerta intervened at 1 minute, 8 seconds. At the time of the stoppage, Inoue was ahead 100-88 on two scorecards and 100-87 on the third. There's a good chance Inoue will vacate his 108-pound title soon and move up to a heavier division.

Ryota Murata W10 Adrian Luna
Middleweight
Scores: 100-90, 99-91, 98-92
Records: Murata (5-0, 4 KOs); Luna (17-3-1, 11 KOs)
Rafael's remarks: Murata, 28, was a 2012 Olympic gold medalist for Japan and has looked good since turning professional 13 months ago. He had no issues with Luna, 24, the Mexican national champion, in a hard-fought fight, pitching a near shutout.
 
Proshares said:
I'll start up the side thread for this week's fight today to keep all that stupidity outta here.
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Thanks Pro. I'm not really excited about the fight anyway and anything we can do to keep the thread about boxing would be great.
 
Garcia is all over the place with his game plan, he really thinks he can hold up throwing 100 punches a round ?
 
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Margarito used to throw 130 punches per round if he fought someone defensive. I think Maidana can do it, he just needs to be more controlled. His pressure was very out of control and he gassed in the later rounds. Throwing 80 overhand rights/looping shots that completely miss is going to get anyone tired. More jabs and more body work, less wild stuff would help. Plus what Garcia is saying isn't necessarily the game plan. 100 punches per round could just be something he's saying to get Maidana's stamina up during camp + get in Floyd's head.
 
doublemesh96 said:
No way maydonna is gonna throw 100 punches per round
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Is that an insult to Maidana or Mayweather?

Edit: just to clarify I ask because Maidana gives no dambs, while both Floyd and Garcia are acting like birds.
 
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