Originally Posted by Scott Frost
Originally Posted by GUNNA GET IT
Bernard aint had an exciting fight since he beat Trinidad
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Originally Posted by Scott Frost
Originally Posted by GUNNA GET IT
Bernard aint had an exciting fight since he beat Trinidad
Originally Posted by Bigmike23
anyone think manny wont be ready by march 13?
i think Team mayweather Knows what they doing with saying ok to the march 13 date
Oh okay, I hadn't heard him using Quintana in the past.� I was impressed with Williams defense against Wright since he pretty muchcouldn't find him after the first round.� Martinez presents a different type of offense, though, where he's the one moving around and looking to getand in and out.Originally Posted by GUNNA GET IT
Jags, Paul trains with Quintana alot
used him for Winky Wright and Verno Phillips fight always thanks him in his shout outs after the match
and mannn I wouldnt be caught dead workin with Victor Conte
PACQUIAO SIGNS OFF; MAYWEATHER FIGHT IS ON
By Ronnie Nathanielsz
PhilBoxing.com
Fri, 04 Dec 2009
The smile across his face and the twinkle in his eye gave Top Rank promoter Bob Arum away no matter how much he tried to be non-committal about a March 13 multi-million dollar fight for the ages between reigning pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao and the man who previously sat on the throne, Floyd Mayweather Jr.
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In a lengthy conversation with www.insidesports.ph, Standard Today and Viva Sports along with Dyan Castillejo ABS-CBN shortly after his arrival early Thursday morning, Arum said the Mayweather camp through Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer had agreed to the terms of the fight but wanted it to take place on March 13. Arum told us then he had to get Pacquiao to sign-off on the date otherwise it would be bust and the fight may never happen.
Arum met with Pacquiao at the New World hotel in Makati City Friday in the presence of only one other person - Pacquiao adviser Michael Konz. Arum said "I had a meeting this morning and we went over all the points and now I have to go back to the United States and sit with the Mayweather people and finalize some very minor aspects and then we'll have an announcement sometime next week.
Arum admitted "I am very excited and it was a good meeting and Michael (Koncz) was very constructive in the meeting, Manny was very alert and showed a tremendous knowledge of what he was doing and his problems of running for office and the March 13 date solves those to some extent."
Arum took the opportunity to emphasize that the Mayweather battle is "such an important fight for the Philippines that I just hope that Manny will be focused. I think that his congressional opponent (Roy Chiongbian) would do everyone a service including the great country of the Philippines by withdrawing from the race and take Manny's mind off politics so he can concentrate on the fight." However, Arum said "that's just my opinion. I'm not a Filipino and I can't tell people politically what they should or should not do."
We understand that the official announcement would be made on Tuesday, December 8 to coincide with Arum's 78th birthday.
He told us that on Thursday, December 10 both he, Schaefer and HBO Sports Ross Greenberg would meet with Jerry Jones, the owner of the Dallas Cowboys football team and the spanking, new state -of-the art $1.5 billion stadium to discuss their bid to stage the Pacquiao-Mayweather fight in Texas although the MGM Grand Garden Arena is also in strong contention to host the blockbuster showdown that has generated incredible interest around the world.
Arum said Pacquiao would train for two months possibly in Baguio City where he initially trained for the "Fire Power" showdown with WBO welterweight champion Miguel Cotto before continuing his preparation at Freddie Roach's Wild Card gym. He said Roach had no problem having the first part of Pacquiao's buildup in Baguio.
Arum said there were tremendous possibilities for the pay-per-view market for the fight with some estimates going wild at 5 million. However, he said Greenberg believes the Pacquiao-Mayweather war could do around 3 million homes to become the biggest in history, surpassing the 2.5 million homes in the Mayweather- Oscar De La Hoya fight.
The astute promoter revealed that this time around England which didn't carry the Pacquiao-Cotto fight on pay-per-view because of the David Haye - Nikolay Valuev heavyweight title fight has indicated they want Pacquiao-Mayweather as does the rest of Europe and Australia.
There was no mention of a revenue split but every conceivable indication is that it will wind up as an acceptable 50-50 split right down the middle and the eventual gross take of each fighter is likely to reach at least $20 million which in peso terms would mean almost a cool P1 billion when Pacquiao adds up his income from TV, pay-per-view and other ancillary rights in the Philippines.
Arum also disclosed that there would be no tax implications if Pacquiao trained in Los Angeles while the tax cut in Texas was the same as that of Las Vegas.
What now for Hopkins? Maybe Dawson
Wednesday, December 2, 2009 | Print Entry
PHILADELPHIA -- Chad Dawson, the young light heavyweight star, has been calling out Bernard Hopkins for ages, but Hopkins didn't have a lot of interest in fighting him. And who could blame Hopkins, with a potential big-money rematch against Roy Jones Jr. on the table for early 2010?
However, that was until Jones got knocked out by Danny Green in the first round Wednesday in Australia, hopefully bringing Jones' great career to a close once and for all.
Hopkins will attend to his business Wednesday night against Enrique Ornelas, but there won't be a fight with Jones now.
So, assuming Hopkins defeats the rugged journeyman, whom then shall he fight? He'd like to fight heavyweight titlist David Haye eventually, but that bout is a long way off, if not merely a pipe dream. Haye is saddled with a mandatory defense against John Ruiz in the spring and then probably a rematch with Nikolai Valuev. A fight with Hopkins is probably not feasible until at least late 2010.
So if Hopkins wants to fight on, and not sit and wait -- and he turns 45 in January, so time is running out -- maybe he'll fight Dawson, who is the opponent HBO would like to match him with. Maybe Hopkins will renew talks to fight cruiserweight champ Tomasz Adamek, who is now dabbling at heavyweight and expected to face former U.S. Olympian Jason Estrada on Feb. 6.
Kathy Duva of Main Events, Adamek's promoter, reminded me Wednesday that for a fight with Hopkins, Adamek would certainly fight at cruiserweight and defend his championship.
If you ask Dawson (29-0, 17 KOs) and his promoter, Gary Shaw, they don't believe Hopkins will face Dawson.
"He's on the run, like the one-armed man in 'The Fugitive.' Eventually the law catches up with him," Dawson said. "Well, I'm the sheriff of the light heavyweight division and I'm putting a stop to Hopkins' con. First he said he'd fight the winner of my [2008] fight with Glen Johnson. I won and Hopkins hid. Second, he said he'd fight the winner of my [Nov. 7] rematch with Johnson. I won and this time Hopkins chose to fight some guy named Enrique Ornelas, who has lost to almost every decent middleweight he's ever fought. And on top of that, the fight isn't worthy of being broadcast on HBO, Showtime or even ESPN2. Desperate people do desperate things. Hopkins knows that if he fights me, he's looking at a loss.
"Bernard, it's time for you to pack it in and get out of my division. If you're not willing to fight the best light heavyweight, move along and quit wasting everyone's time. Your deep well of excuses, along with your credibility, has dried up. You weighed 175 pounds for [Wednesday's] fight, Roy Jones was knocked out in 122 seconds today and HBO has a March date available. No more excuses. Get on board with HBO's original plan for us to fight each other, or as you told ESPN.com, go run 'a marathon to super-greatness' away from me."
Shaw told me that HBO is holding an April date for Dawson's next fight, but, like his fighter, he doubts Hopkins will fight him.
"I don't think Hopkins will ever fight Chad," he said. "I don't think he has any intention. I don't believe he wants to fight him. I think he realizes how big and how fast Chad is and [that] a safer fight is Adamek, who is much slower."
Dawson, by the way, handed Adamek his only loss in a light heavyweight title bout in 2007, and it wasn't even very competitive.
So what then for Dawson?
Shaw said one possibility is the winner of the light heavyweight title rematch between Canadians Jean Pascal and Adrian Diaconu, who meet Dec. 11. (Shameless plug: It's available live on ESPN360.com.)
"What about Green? He weighed 179 and starched Roy Jones," Shaw said. "He might come down to 175 or Chad goes up to 179, and we could go Down Under and it would be a huge fight."
not nearly as active as paul , doesnt even double up on the jabOriginally Posted by Jagshemash
Oh okay, I hadn't heard him using Quintana in the past.� I was impressed with Williams defense against Wright since he pretty much couldn't find him after the first round.� Martinez presents a different type of offense, though, where he's the one moving around and looking to get and in and out.Originally Posted by GUNNA GET IT
Jags, Paul trains with Quintana alot
used him for Winky Wright and Verno Phillips fight always thanks him in his shout outs after the match
and mannn I wouldnt be caught dead workin with Victor Conte
Saw this on youtube.� It's Martinez vs a poor mans Paul Williams.� Obviously Williams is a different class of fighter but it's still interesting to see.
http://www.youtube.com/v/lmaljUxppZM?f=videos&app=youtube_gdatahttp://www.youtube.com/v/lmaljUxppZM?f=videos&app=youtube_gdata