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Garcia vs Mathysse

gest12645 — Sun, 19 May 2013 06:01:29 GMT

Who wins ? How ? Why?

Does Lucas Matthysse have ANY weaknesses?

TitoFan — Sun, 19 May 2013 02:47:35 GMT

How do you gameplan for this guy? He's got sick power in both hands. He's fearless. He's got a solid chin. He's got underrated boxing skills. He just took out Lamont Petersen like he was just taking out the trash on a Saturday night. And not dissing Petersen, either. Lamont is a solid professional who's been in there with the best. But that was downright scary.

So how do you gameplan for this guy?

Travelling To Mexico

superheavyrhun — Sun, 19 May 2013 01:12:22 GMT

Hey guys,

I know we've got guys from across the world here on the forum, and some particular advocates of Mexico and Mexican boxing like @Violent Demise and @killersheep on here.

I'm taking my pale white ass over to Mexico in a few weeks time to a friend's wedding, and am spending four days in Mexico City before heading over to the beach at Zihuatanejo on the west coast to catch some sun before I head back to enjoy the British summer.

Any travel tips or advice for me?

Lebedev's eye

Beanflicker — Sun, 19 May 2013 00:55:02 GMT

Has there EVER in the history of boxing been an eye as fucked up as Lebedev's in that Guillermo Jones fight? Damn, son

Great article on floyd...(sorry)

imp — Sat, 18 May 2013 22:38:41 GMT

So much truth but the critics never want to know about it..

By Robert Elmore: There seems to be a lot of uneducated people on these blogs and websites about Floyd Mayweather Jr. Judging by the comments, most of the fans are new comers to boxing or they are just band wagoners looking to hate on Floyd because he is running boxing right now. There seems to be this myth that Floyd ducked certain fighters.

Let me say this. He can’t fight everybody, although his critics want him to fight everybody. I will provide you with facts and where you (the reader) can go and retrieve the info for yourselves. Before I get started I want to point out this fact. No matter how many sources I provide, the hate still won’t stop. The first myth is that he ducked Antonio Margarito and Miguel Cotto while all three were on Top Rank. Here’s where I got my facts from. Go to Google and type in “Mayweather turns down 8 million to fight Margarito”. It was written by Dan Rafael in 2006.

A match indeed was set to take place on pay per view on August 12th 2006. Bob Arum CEO of Top Rank said that Mayweather had no problem fighting Margarito for the 8 million. This is where the problem came in. Floyd wanted a guaranteed purse of 10 million to fight Miguel Cotto and Ricky Hatton. Wait! Miguel Cotto? The same Miguel Cotto that had just beaten Carlos Maussa and was also ringside for the Floyd-Arturo Gatti fight and undefeated? Yes that Cotto.

Let’s continue. Arum was only willing to guarantee Floyd 7 million for those fights. That would be going backwards wouldn’t it? He was going to fight for 8 million then 7 against Cotto in a fight that would probably would have produced a good pay per view buys and brought good cash domestically? In addition to Floyd’s 10 million dollar request, he wanted 20 million to fight Oscar De La Hoya. Arum was not interested in doing the fight and here’s the response he gave.

“That’s not in the cards,” Arum said. “He wants $20 million for the De La Hoya fight? It’s not there. Sometimes, my man, you gotta know when to hold ‘em and when to fold ‘em. We’ll talk about things down the road.” Arum also said this about the De La Hoya fight. “I don’t want to, because if I did that fight, I would be working for such a small percentage, it’s not worth it,” he said. Oscar’s last fight on Top Rank was in 2004 against Bernard Hopkins and there was nasty feud between Arum and Oscar brewing that started back in February of 2000 when Oscar was trying to get out of his contract with Top Rank. (Google search Oscar De La Hoya; you’ll find this info under the section titled “De La Hoya vs Mosley 1).

But why wasn’t Arum willing to give Floyd the cash he was asking to fight Cotto, Hatton or De La Hoya? De La Hoya and Hatton I could understand, but Margarito and Cotto? This is what led Floyd to buy out his contract for 750,000 and take control of his own career.

Floyd would take on Carlos Baldomir for the lineal welter weight title and 8 million and 1 dollar. This was Floyd’s career best purse. So Arum told Floyd that the money wasn’t there for the De La Hoya fight? Here are some facts and where you can find this info. Floyd’s base purse was 10 million (http://www.fighthype.com/pages/content11628.html)

The fight broke all pay per view records in buys, gate, and domestic revenue. Oscar took home 52 million big ones while Floyd nabbed 25 million (Wiki Oscar De La Hoya vs Floyd Mayweather). So not only did Floyd get his 20 mill he was asking for he got 5 million more. The ten million he asked for to fight Cotto, he got that in and a whole lot more. Mayweather’s base purse for the fight was a record breaking 32 million smackers. The fight was the second highest grossing non heavyweight fight in pay per view history with 1.5 million buys. Floyd banked more than 40 million for that fight. Now I’m going to show something and provide facts. That same 7 million Arum tried to give Floyd for his fight against Cotto, he gave to Manny Pacquiao in his 2009 fight with Cotto. Manny’s base purse was 7.4 million. He also made the same amount against De La Hoya (http://www.fighthype.com/pages/content11628.html). These were given by the Nevada State Athletic Commission who must publicly display fighter’s purses.

Here are some more facts that probably won’t be researched either. Floyd called out a slew of fighters on his way to the top. He called Prince Nassem Hamed after the Diego Corrales fight. “Larry Merchant told Floyd, “Prince Nassem aint gonna fight you. After seeing this it aint gonna happen”. Floyd also said he hope he can fight the winner of the Casamayor-Freitas fight. He said after his victory over Jesus Chavez that he was looking forward to moving to 135 and fight Paul Spadafora, Jose Luis Castillo, and hopefully moving to 140 and fighting Kostya Tszyu. He also called out Juan Lazcano and Stevie Johnston. After his fight with Henry Bruseles at 140, Floyd once again called out Kostya Tszyu, he also added Shane Mosley and Oscar De La Hoya to the list. Here is the info on Floyd calling out these fighters (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhIB8be86w4).

Now neither Lazcano, Cassamayor, Freutes, Tszyu, or Johnston responded to Floyd’s challenge. Now I have given much info to support my fact. However, as I have said before, most critics will not….will not…will not look this stuff up because the truth will hurt a lot of feelings;especially the facts about Floyd asking to fight Cotto. I’ve done my part. Do yours. Research. If anyone finds any hard facts about your claims, give them to me and I’ll research them.

It Would be the greatest entrance ever it would change boxing

heavyweightcp — Sat, 18 May 2013 20:47:45 GMT

What if in a major title fight a fighter drives a car to ring with his team in the back trainer in the front seat.

Playing this

would blow my mind

Prizefighter / Purdy v Alexander Saturday fight night thread.

Vendettos — Sat, 18 May 2013 20:10:14 GMT

Purdy 8oz over the limit. The fight will commence but not for the title.

8oz is not a lot, I'm sure I've shit bigger but Barry Hearns and Dick Schaefer said he shouldn't lose anymore weight so as not to be too weak.

Looking forward to it.

Polish card - Zimnoch-McCall

TigerFan — Sat, 18 May 2013 19:30:52 GMT

Anybody watching?

There's a couple of fights left before Zimnoch-McCall. Oliver's son Elijah 11-2-1 (10) fights Marcin Rekowski 8-0 (7).

The Ultimate Balls Kicking Championship

thgreatsd — Sat, 18 May 2013 16:28:02 GMT

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1995 to 2005- Light to Super Welterweight: Who's the best?

ykdadamaja — Sat, 18 May 2013 16:14:51 GMT

Who would you consider the best pfp of that era:

During that era we had, and in no particular order:
1.Oscar De La Hoya
2. Felix Trinidad
3. Shane Mosley
4. Fernando Vargas
5. Vernon Forrest
6. Kostya Tsyzu
7. Ricardo Mayorga
8. Pernell Whitaker
9. Julio Cesar Chavez

How would you rank them, during that era? Bearing in mind at that time JCC was on the downside of his career, as well as Whitaker- even though they all had belts up to 96/97.

I give, surprisingly, Ricardo Mayorga the most props for fighting every prime contender on this list. He lost to Mosley twice and lost to De La Hoya and Trinidad once (both in the later part after the time frame), but beat Forrest and Vargas easily at their peak too.

It's really hard to rate them... seriously.

Does anybody believe this will be the case with Khan?

Tam Seddon — Sat, 18 May 2013 15:34:01 GMT

Khan: I�ll Be Stronger, My Chin More Durable at 147 - Boxing News

Will he be better at 147 or will he get steamrolled easier?

Team Fight to Walk Charity Gala a Huge Success

kopublicity — Sat, 18 May 2013 13:23:16 GMT

New York, NY (May 18, 2013) – Thursday evening at BB King Blues Club in Times Square, Team Fight to Walk hosted their first ever charity Gala “FIGHTING FOR THE CURE” to raise money for spinal cord injury research and a pending trial to help cure Chronic Spinal Cord Injuries.

The packed house for this elegant black tie event was treated to special comedy acts from Artie Lange and Damon Rozier as well as a performance by rapper Professir X. Guests, including Peter “Kid Chocolate” Quillin, Steve “USS” Cunningham, Danny “Miracle Man” Jacobs, Luis Collazo, Junior Jones, Marcus Browne, and Kim G from the Real Housewives of New Jersey, partook in live and silent auctions throughout the evening. Jacobs, a well known boxer who fights for Golden Boy Promotions, also served as a guest speaker and put forth a speech from deep inside his heart, bringing members of the audience to tears.

Emceed to perfection by renowned PA announcer David Diamante, the voice of The Brooklyn Nets at The Barclays Center, the evening’s theme was the Five Fighters, each of whom are affected by Chronic Spinal Cord Injuries or have major involvement with “FIGHTING FOR THE CURE”. The Five Fighters, Captain Boyd Melson, Dr. Wise Young, Major Max Brewer, Eric LeGrand and Christan Zaccagnino, spoke at length about the crucial importance of raising awareness and funds through events like the gala to help bring the procedures needed to America.

While the Five Fighters closed the evening by taking the stage together as a team, they each took turns sharing their hearts by speaking to the audience. It was at this time that Melson opened up his speech by taking a medal donated to him by Jill Diamond, President of The WBC Cares Program, and placing it around Eric LeGrand's neck. The medal was a miniature version of the center piece of the WBC World Championship belt and Melson placed it around Eric LeGrand's neck as a gift from one friend to another thanking him for joining him in this fight.

Melson closed his opportunity to speak by reaching to the audience and asking them to carry his words and loving intentions with them when they leave the night's events returning to their own lives. He charged them with the favor of picking one day of the week in their busy lives to remember his words, and use that day to try to contribute in any form to Team Fight to Walk's mission- raising the necessary funds to conduct this much anticipated Clinical Trial this Fall here in New York and New Jersey.

Overall, after covering the expenses to carry out the Gala, the event raised close to $40,000, with additional checks from the evening still coming in. Every penny raised will be used to cover the costs of surgery in the Clinical Trial along with the minimum six weeks of physical therapy immediately after the surgery. With the trial hoping to include 40 patients at $100,000 per patient, a total of $4,000,000 is needed to begin the next critical phase of “FIGHTING FOR THE CURE,” which is the extremely promising Clinical Trial.

For more information or to donate, please visit Justadollarplease.org

Purdy misses the weight

oakleyno1 — Sat, 18 May 2013 10:23:42 GMT

second time in a row - 147.8 lbs -

this probably won't give him any advantage I would not have thought - shame he didnt come in a couple of pounds over!

Wrong.!

Dia bando — Sat, 18 May 2013 09:41:37 GMT

I was watching the card from Moscow, thinking this is going to be a load of crap, HOW WRONG
I WAS,! Lebadev V Jones was one of the BEST FIGHTS I'VE SEEN IN YEARS, my word toe to toe
thunderous punches landed by both,Jones for a old man had a chin of iron.!
Lebedev was hitting him spot on that chin,Jones was like a rock he could not be moved, Lebadev
had a horrific injury,Jones could not miss him, WHAT A Fight edge of the seat stuff it was a pity
there had to be a loser.
Before someone pipes up I no, Lebadev should have been pulled out with that injury, and hope
there is not serous damage to Lebedevs eye.
Great fight wonderful stuff. ;)

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