09 Boxing Thread:: 12/12 Diaz.vs.Malignaggi HBO/Bradley.vs.Peterson Showtime

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Well, Lou Gosset has some boxing experience

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I remember that movie used to be on WPIX/11 in NY all the time...an old Lou Gosset Junior fights a town's 10 best boxers back to back
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Chad would look better if he fought at 168 like he should. He moved up to 175 because at the time thats where the money was and opportunities to fight. 168 wasall Europe and dudes who wouldn't come over for a fight so he said uff it and moved up. If he can successfully get back down to 168 now he'll be scaryas hell.
 
Yea? I'd have to disagree there. I'm one of those who thought Glen actually won the first fight. I think it'd be a bit of a slugfest just like thefirst fight.
 
Anyone know when the Mayweather/Marquez tickets go on sale?

It's ganna be impossible to get any but any help would be appreciated.
 
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[h1]Darchinyan wants to box 'super' Pacquiao[/h1]
May 3, 2009 · Filed Under Newsfeeds
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Vic Darchinyan wants to meet the world's best pound-for-pound fighter Manny Pacquiao at an intermediate weight and believes he's suited to the Filipino superstar's style.

Pacquiao underlined his status as the planet's finest pugilist on Sunday by demolishing Kostya Tszyu's conqueror Ricky Hatton in two rounds at Las Vegas.

The power-hitting 30-year-old southpaw added a light welterweight world title to the championship belts he had previously collected at flyweight, super bantamweight, super featherweight and lightweight.

Like Darchinyan, Pacquiao started his rampage through the divisions as a flyweight and the Australian is also eyeing world belts in several divisions.

Sydney-sider Darchinyan will shortly challenge for a bantamweight world title having previously earned a couple of flyweight belts before unifying the super flyweight division.

The 33-year-old Armenian-born fighter will join Jeff Fenech as the only Australia-based boxer to win world titles in three divisions if he overcomes Ghana's IBF bantamweight champion Joseph Agbeko in Florida on July 11.

Darchinyan reiterated his desire for a dream match-up with Pacquiao, though the Filipino is currently fighting five divisions up and ten kilos heavier than the Australian.

While he was more immediately focused on winning world titles in the next two or three divisions up, Darchinyan suggested Pacquiao could drop two or three classes for a fight featuring two of the most exciting boxers in the world.

"It is one of my dreams to fight him, I don't want to say I am going to go and knock him out," Darchinyan said of Pacquiao.

"I want to fight him and prove I'm very strong, but before I'm going to fight him I have many people I want to fight first.

"I can go up (in weight) and he can come down. I don't think I can make it up to junior welterweight, I will go up to super featherweight and I could challenge him at that weight and he could come down," Darchinyan said.

Both are renowned for their explosive power, with Darchinyan tallying 26 KOs in his 32 wins while Pacquiao has achieved 37 of his 49 victories inside the distance.

Each is a southpaw and Darchinyan was adamant he had the style to be competitive against a man fast rising up the list of boxing's all-time greats.

"I see his style is very suitable for me, I would love to fight him, you cannot believe how much I want to fight him," Darchinyan said.

He started his sparring preparations for the Agbeko fight on Monday and will head to the United States early next month.

"He (Agbeko) is not bad, everyone is saying he is a good puncher," Darchinyan said.

"I am going to show people I am stronger than him and faster than him.

"I am going to prove to everyone my punches can be faster and harder as a bantamweight."

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[h1]http://www.boxingcore.com/2009/05/10/amir-khan-faces-quiz-on-sex-assault/[/h1]
[h1]AMIR KHAN FACES QUIZ ON 'SEX ASSAULT'[/h1]
May 10, 2009 · Posted in Boxing News · 1 Comment

Club girl complains to cops over boxer

Tom Carlin

Boxer Amir Khan is set to be quizzed by police after a nightclub waitress claimed she was indecently assaulted.

Former Commonwealth champ Khan, 22, and three pals are also likely to be quizzed over allegations that the girl's home was trashed and that property was stolen. Khan, who fights next month for the WBA world light welterweight title, is alleged to have met the 20-year-old brunette while on a night out with pals in Funky Buddha club in London's West End on April 21.

The girl claims that after drinking and dancing with her, Khan went back to her shared student house in north London where he was joined by pals.

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The girl made a complaint last week at Holborn police station in central London. A bag of white powder which she claims she found in her house is being analysed for possible drugs.

It is believed that officers from Operation Sapphire which investigates sex allegations will approach Khan, of Bolton, Lancs, and his friends this week.

Police said: "The Sapphire Unit is investigating a number of allegations, the most serious being of a sexual nature."

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I dont think Miranda will get "Pavilk'd". 'Dre is a totally different fighter, but he will outclass Miranda for a one-sided, convincing UD.

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I dont think Miranda will get "Pavilk'd". 'Dre is a totally different fighter, but he will outclass Miranda for a one-sided, convincing UD.

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I know, I just said that to mess with him.

And Vic better stop looking ahead and focus on King Kong before he gets laid on his back again.
 
And Vic better stop looking ahead and focus on King Kong before he gets laid on his back again
He'd just claim he wasn't hurt...SMH.

Goin to see my man Edison Mirandas KO Andre Ward next weekend
Ward hasn't been in with such a big puncher, so it's a tough call on how his chin will hold up if he gets hit flush...but I see howoutboxing Edison on his way to a UD.
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He'd just claim he wasn't hurt...SMH.
I don't know how much you guys have seen of Agbeko but trust that when he hits Vic ol' boy will be feeling it. It's the first fightI'm betting on in a long time that's how confident I am that Agbeko will win.

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I'm standin by this, Miranda by KO Early
I don't know why but I have a feeling you're right and Edison will come in there mad as hell and beat the brakes off of Ward. Too big astep up too early for him IMO. But then again I have not been a big follower/supporter of Ward, I'll watch some more of his stuff during the week.

[h2]Dawson tames Tarver for second time[/h2]
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AP Photo/Isaac BrekkenChad Dawson's second win in a row over Antonio Tarver has the boxing world on notice.

A roundup of the past week's notable boxing results from around the world:
Light heavyweight
Chad Dawson W12 Antonio Tarver
Retains a light heavyweight title
Scores: 117-111 (twice), 116-112​
Records: Dawson, 28-0, 17 KOs; Tarver, 27-6, 19 KOs

Rafael's remark: Nickelodeon is supposed to be for reruns, not HBO's "World Championship Boxing," but that's what we got when the network, often with a budget shortfall, wasted a $3.2 million license fee for a rematch it simply did not need to do and one nobody wanted to see. What a shame it poured all that money down a drain when it could have used it far more wisely. Sure, Dawson technically owed Tarver a rematch because of the contract he signed in order to get the first fight with Tarver in the fall, when Dawson outpointed him with ease on Showtime. But that didn't mean HBO had to buy the second fight. Alas, it did and we got a fight that provided no fireworks and went virtually exactly as everyone predicted it would go. Dawson, 26, easily retained the belt he took from Tarver in October in what was almost a carbon copy of their first fight, minus Tarver going down in the 12th round.

Tarver did make it slightly more competitive this time around, but not much. The first fight scores were 118-109, 117-110, 117-110, almost the same as this time. Once again, Dawson faded late in the fight, but once again he had already built a big lead because he was far more accurate with his punches and worked the body extremely well. Tarver, meanwhile, got off a lot of shots for a 40-year-old but could barely land anything. According to CompuBox statistics, Dawson landed 209 of 677 punches for a 31 percent connect rate, while Tarver was just 121-of-749 for a pathetic 16 percent. Among those 121 blows landed for Tarver, a southpaw like Dawson, were far too few damaging left hands, the money punch he could never land with authority. He did land a solid left uppercut in the fifth round, but Dawson took it well. He also stunned Dawson with a left in the seventh, but there wasn't much else behind it. Dawson was simply more consistent and backed Tarver up a ton, which sure didn't help Tarver with the judges.

Dawson's victory ended Tarver's impressive run in rematches. He had been 3-0 in sequels, having previously beaten Roy Jones Jr., Glen Johnson and Eric Harding the second time around after losing the first encounter. No such luck with Dawson, whose speed, defense and punching power were too much for him. Tarver had a good career, including a massive, career-defining second-round knockout of Jones, but this loss means he is probably finished as a main event fighter on the HBO or Showtime level.

Dawson was trying to look impressive, hoping to lure Bernard Hopkins into a fight or perhaps to lure Joe Calzaghe out of retirement. Given his solid, but not spectacular performance, neither of those fights seems likely unless HBO wants to dramatically overpay for a Hopkins fight. Since HBO is on the hook for Dawson's next bout, the only legitimate fight in a poor division is a rematch with Johnson. Dawson eked out a life-and-death decision against him last year in a fight-of-the-year candidate, and Johnson absolutely deserves a rematch. Dawson and promoter Gary Shaw have said they are not interested, but they might not have much of a choice. The rest of the titleholders in the 175-pound division (Zsolt Erdei, Adrian Diaconu and Hugo Hernan Garay) mean nothing in America and bring little to the table financially, so where else is Dawson going to go, especially since none of the super middleweight titleholders are ready to move up yet?
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Cruiserweight
Marco Huck TKO5 Vitaliy Rusal
Retains European cruiserweight title​
Records: Huck, 25-1, 20 KOs; Rusal, 23-1, 16 KOs

Rafael's remark: Germany's Huck, 25, retained the European title in impressive fashion as he handed Ukraine's Rusal, 28, his first defeat in violent fashion. Huck was originally supposed to make his third defense against former world titleholder Firat Arslan, but an injury knocked him out of the bout a few weeks ago. Rusal stepped in but could not handle Huck's pressure or power. Huck displayed a powerful right hand that Rusal could barely escape. He rocked Rusal in the second round, creamed him with a brutal right uppercut in the fourth and finished him in the fifth. He was raining punches on Rusal in the final 35 seconds of the fifth round when he knocked his mouthpiece out and forced referee Guido Cavalleri to give him an eight-count. When the bout resumed, Huck smashed him with a four-punch combination and Cavalleri properly intervened and called off the fight. Huck's only defeat was a 12th-round TKO to Steve Cunningham in a December 2007 world title challenge. Since then he's won six in a row, all by knockout, against solid competition, and he deserves another opportunity for a belt.
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Junior middleweight
Yory Boy Campas D8 Hector Camacho Sr.
Scores: 77-75 Campas, 78-74 Camacho, 76-76​
Records: Campas, 92-14-1, 74 KOs; Camacho Sr., 79-5-3, 38 KOs

Rafael's remark: If Manny Pacquiao versus Ricky Hatton is a fight that is the best of boxing, Camacho against Campas is the very worst. Only in boxing could they shovel the remnants of the 46-year-old Camacho into the ring against the shell of the 37-year-old Campas, schedule the fight for only eight rounds and stick it on pay-per-view as a main event. Eight rounds between fossils? Let's just say this is why illegal streams were invented, for the morbidly curious.

How bad of a match on paper was this ill-advised match between former champions? New Jersey regulators pulled the plug on the fight a few days before the first bell because, after watching Camacho spar, athletic board commissioner Aaron Davis refused to license Camacho due to his poor performance. He hadn't fought in 10 months and had only one fight since 2005. So at the last minute, the entire farce was moved from Atlantic City to a hotel in Orlando, Fla., apparently now home to Mickey Mouse and horrendous boxing. Talk about the circus picking up the tent and moving to a new city. In any case, Puerto Rico's Camacho and Mexico's Campas finally did make it to the ring (minus walkers), although anyone who actually paid the $29.95 asking price for the PPV needs to have their head examined. They traded rounds back and forth, with Camacho, to no surprise, spending a great deal of time holding. Campas had a great line after the fight when he tried to explain his frustration with Camacho's holding: "No one has hugged me as much as him, not even my wife." The biggest moment of the fight came in the seventh round, when Camacho hurt Campas with a left hand to the head. When it was over, it was ruled a split draw. If you're out there insisting on a rematch, you're a bad person.
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Junior welterweight
DeMarcus "Chop Chop" Corley TKO8 Sidney Siqueira
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Light heavyweight
Beibut Shumenov TKO4 Byron Mitchell
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Records: Shumenov, 8-0, 6 KOs; Mitchell, 27-5-1, 20 KOs

Rafael's remark: Shumenov, 25, is a fascinating prospect. The 2004 Olympian for Kazakhstan, now based in Las Vegas, promotes himself and has moved incredibly fast in a pro career that began in November 2007. In just his fourth fight, he fought a scheduled 12-rounder. He has faced the sort of competition most fighters wouldn't even think about until they had at least 15 or 20 fights. He's already beaten such quality opponents as Donnell Wiggins (a second-round knockout), former champion Montell Griffin (a 12-round shutout decision) and former title challenger Epifanio Mendoza (a lopsided, 10-round decision win). Fighting once again in his hometown, Shumenov blew out former two-time super middleweight titlist Mitchell, 35, a terrific puncher who took the bout on short notice when former super middleweight titleholder Alejandro Berrio dropped out because of visa issues in his native Colombia. Shumenov dropped Mitchell in the fourth round and his corner threw in the towel after the round, giving Shumenov yet another solid victory before he's reached even 10 pro fights. At the rate Shumenov is moving, don't be shocked to see him in a title bout before the end of the year.
Middleweight
Roman Karmazin TKO4 Luis Augusto Dos Santos
Scores: 79-73, 78-74 (twice)​
Records: Karmazin, 39-3-1, 25 KOs; Augusto Dos Santos, 24-16, 20 KOs

Rafael's remark: Russia's Karmazin, 36, who is based in Los Angeles, won his third in a row since an upset 10th-round knockout loss to Alex Bunema in January 2008. The former junior middleweight titleholder knocked Brazil's Dos Santos down in the fourth round before his corner threw in the towel to end the fight. It was the first time Karmazin fought in Kazakhstan, where he once was stationed when he was in the military and later lived. His son still lives there. Nice homecoming. After having long layoffs while being promoted by Don King, Karmazin has been active since gaining his freedom, fighting for the third time since December as he makes his way toward another title opportunity.
Records: Corley, 34-11, 20 KOs; Siqueira, 12-4-1, 7 KOs

Rafael's remark: Corley, 34, a faded former junior welterweight titleholder from Washington, D.C., improved to 3-1 in his past four bouts after a miserable 0-6 stretch, as he got the stoppage victory in the final round. Corley scored a knockdown in the final few seconds of the scheduled eight-rounder and then finished Brazil's Siqueira, 31, during the follow-up attack, getting the TKO with only two seconds to go. Siqueira lost for the second consecutive fight.
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Craig McEwan W10 Brian Vera
scores: 97-93 (three times)​
Records: McEwan, 15-0, 9 KOs; Vera, 16-3, 10 KOs

Rafael's remark: McEwan, 27, took a decent step up in competition and passed his test in a solid and entertaining performance in the ESPN2 "Friday Night Fights" main event. McEwan, who relocated from his native Scotland to Los Angeles to train with Freddie Roach (who also co-manages him), outboxed and outslugged Vera, 27, for the clear decision. Vera, a former participant on "The Contender" reality series, was fighting in his home state, but it did him no good. McEwan, a southpaw with a height advantage, punched in combination, moved just enough to keep Vera off balance and displayed faster hands. Since upsetting Andy Lee, another southpaw prospect, on "Friday Night Fights" in March 2008, Vera has now lost two in a row, including an eighth-round knockout by James Kirkland in November. All in all, a good fight for McEwan, who needed this kind of fight.
Lightweight
Adrien Broner W8 Fernando Quintero
Scores: 78-74, 77-75, 76-76​
Records: Broner, 9-0, 6 KOs; Quintero, 7-1-1, 0 KOs

Rafael's remark: Golden Boy Promotions and manager Shelly Finkel have high hopes for the 19-year-old Broner, a Cincinnati native with a strong amateur background. Although he has shown some explosiveness and lots of potential in the early part of his pro career, he was lucky to escape with the majority decision against Quintero, 25. Broner didn't impress against the best opponent of his career so far. He had trouble with Quintero's movement and right hand and still fights in an amateurish style. The good news, however, is that he's still so young and has a crowd-pleasing style. But certainly there are things he can improve on in the gym.
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I think Ward's been dropped before. He could be staring at the Warriors lone championship banner if he ain't careful.

Its a big step up in competition for Dre, I think he wins on points.

Too bad I'm gonna miss the fight tho.
At least I get to see Michelle Obama give the grad. speech @ my lil bro's college
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I have not been a big follower/supporter of Ward, I'll watch some more of his stuff during the week.
To be honest, you wont be that impressed. But being from Cali, I am biased, so I'm rooting for 'Dre.

I agree this is a HUGE jump in class for 'Dre. Miranda can and will try to floor him. I just rewatched his Miranda fight with Allan Green.
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They should have put Dre in with Bika or maybe even Green. But if he can win this bout, he should be in the discussion in the division.
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Allan Green was looking ahead in that fight IMO his head wasn't even in the fight at all. Rematch ever happens I think he wins easily. I don't know Ihave a lot more faith in Green than Ward but like I said, I need to watch the kid more to get a better gauge on him.

BTW Rob, Cotto wins I'm sending you a check or doing a wire transfer don't have a paypal account anymore
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