2010 Official Boxing Thread: Soto/Antillon, 2010 Fight of the Year.

[proshares]

Still some solid fights the first couple weeks of next month. Bika/Green, Valero/DeMarco.

 

[stringer bell 32]

Is Bika/Green on Showtime?

 

[proshares]

Yup, but it's a Friday night I believe. Valero is the fighting Saturday night. That's gonna be a great fight.

 

[dako akong otin]

While I feel bad for Berto for the disaster in his homeland and losing family members.... i gotta say, Mosley's got the worst luck with all theseopponents calling off fights

 

[sir rob a lot]

My boy was telling me that maybe HBO paid off Berto to take some time off...

I

'd him...but it did make me think. If a PBF/Sugar Shanebout comes up, it would make sense.

I'm really looking foward to Green/Bika. I expect Green to win because he's more of a polished fighter. But Bika's style gives everyone aproblem. BTW, whatever happend to Jaidon "The Don" Codrington? The dude Bika beat in the Contender final? That was one of the best fights I everwatched....

 

[dako akong otin]

^^ i won't be surprised if that GB did that to counter the Pac/Clottey PPV. Mosley/Mayweather would get more viewers IMO

 

[gunna get it]

Originally Posted by Sir Rob A Lot

My boy was telling me that maybe HBO paid off Berto to take some time off...

I

'd him...but it did make me think. If a PBF/Sugar Shane bout comes up, it would make sense.

I'm really looking foward to Green/Bika. I expect Green to win because he's more of a polished fighter. But Bika's style gives everyone a problem. BTW, whatever happend to Jaidon "The Don" Codrington? The dude Bika beat in the Contender final? That was one of the best fights I ever watched....

it would be GBP who would buy him out cus it would be their gain.
HBO gonna make their cheese regardless

 

[lesgodsonc0]

BTW, whatever happend to Jaidon "The Don" Codrington? The dude Bika beat in the Contender final? That was one of the best fights I ever watched....

I read awhile back that DiBella was trying to get him to retire. Supposedly, he's never been the same since that fight, which is ashame...dude is talented. You gotta give Lou DiBella his respect...the man actually cares bout his fighters.

As far as Berto goes....as said before I think GBP or HBO paid him to take time off. The demand for Mosley/Mayweather is prob as high as it's ever beennow...should it go down, it'd do more buys than Pac-Man/Cotto, and certainly more than Pac-Man/Clottey...which works in Mayweather/GBP's favor.Can't forget to mention...this fight would be GREAT for Boxing.

So...I wonder what they'll do with the Mosley/Berto billboardright next to my job.

 

[tcerda]

Originally Posted by UCLAMIKE

Originally Posted by CaponeCartels

War Mosley!

o ok so this is Mfresh

PBF VS Mosley is the PBF VS judah all over again, he will take a few rounds to figure out his speed and then start to pick him apart.

No

 

[tcerda]

And Im callin it.... Floyd IS NOT gonna fight Mosley. Gonna find some BS excuse.Mark my words

 

[edword]

Originally Posted by TCERDA

And Im callin it.... Floyd IS NOT gonna fight Mosley. Gonna find some BS excuse.Mark my words

floyd duking a 39 year old taht got outboxed by cotto and who's only wins in what..... 3 years is vs the hispanic gatti (at 154) and maybe the slowestfigher ive ever seen at 147......el oh el
mosley is 5'10 and is a ex weight lifter(and steroid user

) no way he beats floyd at 147...............i dont understand how u guys can hate someonelike margarito who wears plaster once but praise someone that takes performance enhancing drugs..............look at fernando vargas's face and tell methis sits right with u

 

[dako akong otin]

well if we disregard the steroids and illegal wraps, or even their personalites and swag and just look at fighters because of their fighting style... itsMosley's style that i admire. Full leverage on his hooks, throws alot of haymakers, got speed... defense is suspect though. Also helps that he's beenfighting slow plodding guys during his past few fights.

When Margarito fought Cotto, i was for Tonio... and won some money from the fight... of course i didn't know about the wraps then

 

[marionthebarberian]

am i the only one that thinks this fight is not gonna be as tough for PBF as people think?

I see him using some of the same strategy he used when he fought Ricky Hatton.

 

[edword]

Originally Posted by marionthebarberian

am i the only one that thinks this fight is not gonna be as tough for PBF as people think?

I see him using some of the same strategy he used when he fought Ricky Hatton.

all floyd has to do is avoid mosley's left hook and counter, easy fight

 

[yungmatt]

Originally Posted by marionthebarberian

am i the only one that thinks this fight is not gonna be as tough for PBF as people think?

You definitely arent... If it happens I see it being a snoozefest to be honest with you

 

[scott frost]

Wonder if Mayweather will demand the same olympic style blood testing for Mosley, considering his affilitations with Balco............

 

[gunna get it]

Shannon, I was gonna say the same thing

I know I would.

 

[proshares]

I doubt he would.

 

[yungmatt]

Originally Posted by GUNNA GET IT

I know I would.

 

[sir rob a lot]

I thought I head Mayweather was going to ask for Olympic-style testing for the rest of his fights?

 

[caponecartels]

Well Mosley has agreed to any future demands.

http://www.boxingscene.com/?m=show&id=24784
http://www.boxingscene.com/?m=show&id=24784http://

 

[gunna get it]

and there lies the difference between a fighter who knos he's clean fighter and a fighter who knows he's not ...

 

[proshares]

And let's keep that little tidbit to ourselves in here. Lord knows we don't need another Pac/steroid thread.

 

[uclamike]

So Shane going to bend over and take 35% like he was for pacman?

 

[proshares]

[h2]Mosley, Mayweather sides open to bout[/h2]
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By Dan Rafael
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Floyd Mayweather is ready to negotiate a fight with welterweight champion Shane Mosley in the wake of Mosley's fight with Andre Berto being canceled, Mayweather adviser Leonard Ellerbe told ESPN.com on Monday night.

Mosley was due to face Berto in a welterweight title unification match on Jan. 30 at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. However, Berto, a Haitian-American who had at least eight members of his family killed in the recent earthquake that devastated the Caribbean nation, withdrew from the fight earlier Monday because he was "mentally and physically exhausted" from dealing with the catastrophe and needed to be with his family.

"I know everyone is rushing to make this fight with Mosley, but I want people to know that Floyd feels awful for Berto and his family for what they and their country are going through," Ellerbe said. "That is first and foremost. But if, in fact, Shane Mosley is available, that's the fight that Floyd would love to make. It's no secret that Floyd has been trying to make a fight with Shane for the last 10 years.

"Our condolences go out to Berto and his family because that is the human side of this. Everyone is talking about us making a fight with Mosley, but Floyd wants people to know that his prayers -- all of ours -- are with Berto. But he also wants people to know that he is ready to fight Mosley. That's the fight he wants more than anything. And Floyd has instructed me and Al [Haymon, Mayweather's other adviser] to make the biggest fight possible. We will be talking with [Golden Boy CEO] Richard [Schaefer]. Floyd against Shane is the biggest fight in boxing right now that can be made."

Mayweather had been tentatively scheduled to fight Manny Pacquiao on March 13 before that bout fell apart when the sides would not compromise on the drug testing protocol for the bout. Mayweather insisted on rigorous blood testing, which he would also be subject to, but Pacquiao rejected it.

Instead, Pacquiao took a fight with former welterweight titlist Joshua Clottey, and they will meet on March 13 on pay-per-view at Cowboys Stadium. There is a news conference to formally announce the bout at the stadium on Tuesday followed by another news conference on Wednesday in New York.

Schaefer, who works with Mayweather, had said that Mayweather would fight a different opponent on March 13 in a competing pay-per-view from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

However, with Mosley becoming available, attention immediately turned to Mosley-Mayweather, which, aside from Pacquiao-Mayweather or Pacquiao-Mosley, looms as the biggest fight in boxing.

According to Schaefer, he has the MGM Grand Garden Arena on hold for May 1 and May 8. Ellerbe said that time frame is fine with Mayweather for a fight with Mosley.

"Most definitely," Ellerbe said. "Shane is a great fighter and if a deal could be made, Shane would be the toughest fight out there. That fight is tougher than the other fight [Pacquiao-Mayweather]. It's a mega fight if it can be made."

If the bout is finalized, it remains to be seen if Mayweather would insist on the same rigorous drug testing he wanted Pacquiao to undergo. Pacquiao denies he has ever used performance-enhancing drugs even though Mayweather has alluded to him using and Mayweather's father, Floyd Mayweather Sr., has said outright that he believed Pacquiao used PEDs, despite having no evidence. The accusation led Pacquiao to file a defamation suit against the Mayweathers and others, including Schaefer and Golden Boy president Oscar De La Hoya.

Mosley, however, has admitted to using PEDs and was connected to the BALCO scandal. Although he publicly denied using PEDs for years, Mosley admitted during grand jury testimony, which was later released, that he used designer steroids "the clear" and "the cream" and injected himself with EPO, a blood oxygen enhancer, during the leadup to his 2003 rematch with Oscar De La Hoya.

Mayweather (40-0, 25 KOs), a five-division champion, and Mosley (46-5, 39 KOs), a three-division champion, have seemingly been on a collision course for years dating to the late 1990s, when Mosley was lightweight champion and Mayweather was junior lightweight champion.

More recently, Mosley repeatedly called Mayweather out before he got involved negotiating the fight with Pacquiao. In fact, Mosley crashed Mayweather's post-fight interview in the ring following his September victory against Juan Manuel Marquez and publicly called him out to his face.

Schaefer said he would try to make the fight.

"That is a super fight, and now my next order of business -- to see if we can put [Mosley-Mayweather] together," he said. "That is what I am going to be doing in the coming hours. The sooner the better if we can get this potential fight done. With Shane now being available and Floyd being available, that's a fight all fight fans and sports fans would embrace. This would be a huge showdown. Shane has wanted that fight for a while. That's what I am going to try to do."

Dan Rafael is the boxing writer for ESPN.com.