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

nobody cares about prescott fighting today? pretty ironic that khan has a big fight this weekend.
That's why I said in my last post Yuku is %%@!*+% with me. I could have sworn I posted that comment under the Notebook post
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BoxingScene.com has learned that a proposed fight between welterweight champions Shane Mosley and Andre Berto is in jeopardy of not happening at all. Various sources advised me that Golden Boy Promotions made an offer of $750,000 for Berto to face Mosley in the fall. Based on that number, Berto would earn less for Mosley than he did for Juan Urango and Luis Collazo.

Two sources advised me that over $3 million dollars is in the mix from HBO alone. Obviously Mosley wants the bulk of the take.

BoxingScene contacted Berto's promoter Lou DiBella. He refused to discuss specific numbers in the Mosley-Berto negotiations but he did say several options were being discussed for Berto.

Luis Collazo is one of those options for Berto. The problem with a Collazo rematch is the money. I've heard HBO offered less for the rematch than was previously paid for the initial fight. Both fighters would earn less for the rematch. Box that in with Collazo's demand of $900K to promoter Don King - and the fight becomes a difficult one to make. Both sides are still trying.

Selcuk Aydin, Universum's undefeated amateur standout from Turkey, is another fighter trying to get to Berto. There is a significant amount of money being offered [well above the offer to fight Mosley] for Berto to fight Aydin in Turkey. I'm not sure about Berto's eagerness to travel to Turkey for a title defense with the possibility of American television not being involved. There are rumors that the Turkish government could get involved to financially persuade Berto to fight Aydin in a soccer stadium. Depending on the amount of financial persuasion, anything is possible


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Los Angeles, CA -WBA Welterweight Super Champion "Sugar" Shane Mosley announced today that he is ready to go after Manny Pacquiao's IBO Junior Welterweight Championship belt and for the first time in his illustrious career , is prepared to fight at 140 pounds.

In a statement, Mosley said:

"There is unfinished business to take care of. I have never fought at t junior welterweight, but I'm ready to fight at 140 now. I am coming after Pacquiao's belt.

This is the fight the fans want and I'm prepared to give it to them. It's up to Bob Arum and Manny Pacquiao to stop running from me and step up to the challenge. Let's meet in the ring at 140.

I want to reclaim the title of best pound-for-pound fighter in the world. First Pacquiao, then Mayweather-I'm ready to put all of the naysayers to rest. "

Mosley last faced Antonio Margartio in January 2009 and delivered a ninth-round knockout. He is the current WBA Welterweight Super Champion and has held titles as a lightweight, welterweight and junior middleweight. Pacquiao is coming off a second-round knock-out victory over Ricky Hatton in May.



Mosley is a $*%#%!* CLOWN
 
Mosley lookin real desperate
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He need to just take that fight with Berto. But damn only offering him $750,000
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That's a disgrace offer just like Hopkins to Adamek. If I'm Berto I say %%+@ Mosley, go to Turkey, get more money and whip some unknowns %+# then comeback here and see if Mosley (who probably still won't have a fight) wants to offer you a fair share now.
 
i have no respect for what mosley is doing

from saying he would drop to 143-145 at 1st
now all the way to 140
and then the i would take 65/35 spilt
 
Originally Posted by UCLAMIKE


i have no respect for what mosley is doing

Why not? Dude wants to be the best, by beating the best. And he's willing to cut the weight and take less money. That pretty commendable if you ask me,especially in this day and adge of pro fighters.
 
Originally Posted by UCLAMIKE

explain to me why JMM and PBF and there camps are keeping hush on the weight of the fight?

I think it's an indication that the fight is probably at 145-147. I believe the problem they were having with ticket sales previously is that most peoplethought it's was a mismatch. If they tell the public now that it's taken place at a higher weight then it will reinforce this so they want to get asmany tickets sold before announcing the weight and leave hopes that it might be a lower weight. Just my guess...
 
I like Mosley but he shouldn't even be thinking of going down in weight when at first he said 143 and now he is willing to go down to 140 that is stupid ofhim in even saying he would do such a thing.

Tonight on FNF ESPN2: (Good names on the card)

Breidis Prescott 137 vs. Miguel Vazquez 136
Guillermo Rigondeaux 123 vs. Roberto Guillen 122
Erislandy Lara 155 vs. Darnell Boone 153
 
damn these Cubans work hard.....I didn't know lara and Rigondeaux were fighting.

Being broke on a Friday night FTL. Hopefully this card will make tonight semi-entertaining.
 
Homeboy was in painnnn.

Rigondeaux got some baggy *%# shorts
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Gunna, Rigondeaux hit dude with a vicious body shot in the 1st rd. Had dude squirming and rolling on the floor.
 
Wow Prescott was eating jabs all night. Looks like he was only looking for the one big KO punch. Good job Vasquez!!
 
im watching the 3 fights of gatti VS ward replays and just WOW

this $%!# getting me hyped in the house
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just saw the Rigondeaux replay. I gotta say, that takes alot of balls to throw that counter body shot simultaneously as his opponent threw that right hand tothe head because it left his head exposed.
 
I missed the first fight on replay gotta watch it tomorrow.

Missed FNF too, watch it tomorrow. Good to hear that Rigondeaux handled business with Roach away with Glass Jaw Khan.
 
damn, sounds like I missed a good FNF, and the replay of Ward-Gatti Trilogy
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Not that I'm that interested, but is Kotelnik-Khan being televised in the US?
 
I missed a good FNF but its replaying Wednesday

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That ref in the first fight of the Ward - Gatti Triology was something else

"This fight ain't over"

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