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

RIP 
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Edwin 
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He hung himself with his clothes but didn't die right away.  Guards couldn't revive him.  Sucks, dude was one of my favorite fighters out there
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Middleweight
Sergio Martinez W12 Kelly Pavlik
Wins world middleweight title
Scores: 116-111, 115-112, 115-111​
[/td][/tr][tr][td]Records: Martinez, 45-2-2, 24 KOs; Pavlik, 36-2, 32 KOs
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Rafael's remark: Imagine this: about three years ago, no promoter wanted Sergio Martinez. Today, the supremely talented southpaw (who looks more like a model than a fighter) is the middleweight champion of the world. Crazy, but true. Martinez, who is from Argentina but lived in Spain before relocating recently to Oxnard, Calif., hooked up with adviser Sampson Lewkowicz, one of the best in the business when it comes to unearthing overseas talent. Lewkowicz could not find any takers until promoter Lou DiBella watched a tape of Martinez that Lewkowicz had given him. DiBella immediately saw the same kind of talent that Lewcowicz did, and signed him. It turned out to be one of the best signings in DiBella's 10-year promotional career.





DiBella got Martinez a shot on HBO in late 2008, when he destroyed Alex Bunema to win an interim junior middleweight belt (which later was elevated to a full title). Then Martinez, 35, had some hard luck. He dominated Kermit Cintron, even scoring a knockout that was absurdly voided moments later, and was robbed with a draw. Then, in December, he fought Paul Williams and lost a majority decision in terrific slugfest that could have gone either way. However, that loss, combined with the Williams camp declining to reinstate a previous deal it had with Pavlik, opened the door for Martinez to get the fight with Pavlik instead. And Martinez took full advantage. Although much smaller than Pavlik, he was faster and had a better game plan. He easily won the opening rounds with his technical ability while Pavlik, 28, tried to chase him around. Although Pavlik came on strong in the middle rounds and seemed to be inching ahead, especially after scoring a seventh-round knockdown, Martinez was fantastic down the stretch. He dominated Pavlik late, particularly after opening a terrible cut on Pavlik's right eye in the ninth round. Pavlik also had a lesser cut on his left eye that opened in the first round, but the one in the ninth had was very damaging. Pavlik was never the same after the cut, which his cut man, Sid Brumback, appeared ill-equipped to handle. Blood flowed freely and Martinez targeted the wound. He swept the final rounds and took the decision, much to the disappointment of the heavily pro-Pavlik crowd. Pavlik had filled Boardwalk Hall for some of his other fights, including when he knocked out Jermain Taylor in 2007 to win the title, but not this time. Instead, just 6,179 showed up. Many had jumped off Pavlik's bandwagon because of his recent injury issues, his loss to Bernard Hopkins in 2008 and a series of meaningless opponents, not to mention how the poor economy has so badly hurt his hometown of Youngstown, Ohio, where many of his fans simply don't have the extra cash needed for a weekend on the boardwalk.





Pavlik will be out for awhile because of the cuts, which required dozens of stitches. However, he has a rematch clause, which could obligate Martinez to an immediate rematch. That might not be a good idea for Pavlik, who struggles to make 160 pounds and might be better served at 168. Martinez, clearly one of the top 10 pound-for-pound fighters in the world at this point, now has to decide if he wants to keep the new middleweight belts he won or return to junior middleweight to defend that title. He has a couple of weeks to decide, but there will be lots of options for him.
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Welterweight
Mike Jones TKO5 Hector Munoz

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[tr][td]Records: ones, 21-0, 17 KOs; Munoz, 18-3-1, 11 KOs
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Rafael's remark: Jones is one of the more interesting prospects to watch. The 26-year-old from Philadelphia sure looks like he has the potential to become a top welterweight. It seems like all he needs is experience against better fighters and an opportunity. It will come eventually as long as he keeps winning. He had no problems against completely outgunned Munoz, 31, from Albuquerque, N.M. Munoz, who is promoted by former junior bantamweight titlist Danny Romero, was game and showed a great chin, but that's about it. Jones hurt him in the first round and abused him throughout the bout. Jones landed a lot of flush shots that sent blood flying from Munoz's mouth. He was sopping up terrible punishment in the fifth round when Jones tagged him with a hard right hand that staggered him. At that point, there was no point in the fight continuing and referee Benji Esteves intervened at the perfect moment. Now that Jones' promoter, Russell Peltz, is working with Top Rank on Jones' career, it's just a matter of time until he gets a significant opportunity. There has been talk of Jones facing fellow prospect Antwone Smith on June 5 on HBO on the Yuri Foreman-Miguel Cotto undercard at Yankee Stadium. However, it looks as though Top Rank is instead going to go with Vanes Martirosyan against Joe Greene in a junior middleweight bout, which HBO has also approved. Hopefully, Top Rank and HBO can find a spot on another card for Jones-Smith, because that is an excellent fight between two solid prospects.
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Middleweight
Matvey Korobov W8 Josh Snyder
Scores: 79-73, 78-74 (twice)​
[tr][td]Records: Korobov, 11-0, 8 KOs; Snyder, 8-5-1, 3 KOs
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Rafael's remark: Russia's Korobov, 27, who now lives in Florida, was one of the most sought-after amateurs after the 2008 Olympics. He wound up signing with Top Rank and manager Cameron Dunkin. They loved his potential, and maybe he will eventually become a top fighter. But it doesn't seem as if he is progressing at this point. Yes, he clearly outpointed Snyder, a 30-year-old journeyman from Berlin, Md., but Korobov did not look good doing it. He got hit way too much, looked lazy with his punches and a bit unsteady on his feet. He needs to pick it up big-time if he wants to go to the next level.
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Junior middleweight
Glen Tapia W4 James Winchester
Scores: 40-35 (three times)
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[tr][td]Records: Tapia, 6-0, 4 KOs; Winchester, 10-4, 3 KOs
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Rafael's remark: Tapia, 20, of Passaic, N.J., is a good-looking prospect. He's built like a truck and has a crowd-pleasing style. He deserves a little credit for rolling past Winchester with ease, because Tapia was ill with a fever the day before the fight and elected to go through with it anyway. Taking that into account, it was an excellent performance. Winchester, 31, of Greensboro, N.C., lost his second in a row, having previously dropped a six-round decision to prospect Matvey Korobov in November.
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Junior middleweight
Ronald Hearns KO1 Delray Raines

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[tr][td]Records: Hearns, 24-1, 19 KOs; Raines, 17-8-1, 12 KOs
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Rafael's remark: It's only too bad that Hearns didn't start boxing until his early 20s. Who knows what might have been? He's 31, suffered his only loss to via knockout to club fighter Harry Joe Yorgey last year and isn't fighting top opponents. However, since the loss, Hearns has racked up four wins in a row, including this smashing knockout that should have reminded anyone who saw it of his old man, the legendary Thomas Hearns. Ronald can whack like his father, he's built like his dad and seems to have his chin, too (which is not a good thing). But he also carries similar lethal power in his right hand, which he used to annihilate Raines. Hearns knocked Rains down twice in the round, including the fight finisher, a right hand that landed so hard and so flush you could hear it at ringside. Raines, 24, of Arkansas, dropped to 0-2-1 in his past three bouts.
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Junior welterweight
Vincent Arroyo KO8 Jeremy Bryan
Scores: 40-35 (three times)
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Rafael's remark: Bryan won't soon forget this loss. He had dominated Arroyo in an excellent action fight. He was pitching a shutout on two scorecards and leading 6-1 on the third card as they entered the eighth (and final) round. Instead of closing the show or staying away and out of trouble, Bryan, 24, of Paterson, N.J., got caught and staggered by the hard-charging Arroyo, 22, of Amherst, N.Y. Arroyo, a very aggressive fighter, went after him and kept swinging. Eventually Bryan, a former two-time National Golden Gloves winner and notable prospect, buckled near the ropes. With Arroyo continuing to fire, Bryan squatted with his backside on the ropes. Maybe it could have been called a knockdown, but it wasn't and Arroyo fired two more big shots, knocking Bryan down and out for a big comeback in the upset win. This bout would have made an excellent "ShoBox" co-feature, rather than being relegated to an untelevised undercard.
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Heavyweight
Dominic Guinn TKO7 Terrell Nelson

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[tr][td]Records: Guinn, 33-6-1, 22 KOs; Nelson, 8-10, 5 KOs
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Rafael's remark: Guinn, 34, is still plugging away, not that most folks have noticed. Back in 2003, Guinn was considered a rising heavyweight contender with a bright future after beating Michael Grant and Duncan Dokiwari on HBO. But then came an upset loss to Monte Barrett and, two fights later, a loss to Sergei Liakhovich followed by a draw with Friday Ahunanya and then a loss to James Toney. Guinn had gone quickly from potential heavyweight champ to stepping-stone opponent. He's still at it, but my, how the mighty have fallen. Instead of being in a featured fight on a big card, Guinn, an Arkansas native living in Houston, was opening the show against a journeyman opponent with maybe few hundred people in the stands. In a miserably slow-paced fight, Guinn won his fifth in a row by dominating the woeful Nelson, whose idea of offense was sticking his tongue out at his opponent. At the end of the seventh round, he quit on his stool and saved everyone from three more wasted minutes.
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Saturday at Montreal​
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Super middleweight
Lucian Bute TKO3 Edison Miranda
Retains a super middleweight title​
[/td][/tr][tr][td]Records: Bute, 26-0, 21 KOs; Miranda, 33-5, 29 KOs
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Rafael's remark: Bute just keeps cruising along. He's been on a great run the past four years, in which he's gone from can't-miss prospect to titleholder and Montreal darling. Making his fifth defense, the Romanian transplant thrilled the crowd in his adopted hometown at the packed Bell Centre with a terrific knockout of Miranda, who fought well (although he was losing) for the first two rounds before eating a gigantic uppercut that floored him face-first out of nowhere. Although Miranda, 29, beat the count, the Colombian power hitter was wobbly, and referee Ernie Sharif properly stopped the fight. Miranda has become the ultimate stepping-stone for the big names in his division. Although he owns a win against contender Allan Green, Miranda's losses have been to the best at middleweight and super middleweight: Bute, Arthur Abraham (twice, albeit the first one was highly controversial), Andre Ward and Kelly Pavlik. Where does Miranda go from here? It is unlikely he'll get another big opportunity any time soon. But the 30-year-old Bute is a different story. He's already a major star in Montreal, and considering how terrific he's looked in his past two fights, both of which were on HBO (including the November knockout of Librado Andrade in their rematch), Bute is increasing his profile outside Canada. He's also learning English, which will help. His handlers will have to be creative, though, to get him big fights, because the cream of the super middleweight crop other than Bute is tied up in Showtime's Super Six World Boxing Classic, which Bute was not invited to join. He may go to Romania for a defense later in the year to stay busy. He will also have a mandatory due against the winner of the May 28 eliminator between Jesse Brinkley and Sakio Bika (whom Bute has already beaten). Whomever he fights, we want to see him.




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Saturday at Magdeburg, Germany ​
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Super middleweight
Robert Stieglitz W12 Eduard Gutknecht
Retains a super middleweight title
Scores: 119-108, 117-111, 117-110​
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Rafael's remark: Last August, Stieglitz stopped Karoly Balzsay in the 11th round to claim a title in one of boxing's hottest divisions. Making his second defense, Stieglitz, 28, a Russian-born German, faced Germany's Gutknecht, 28, who upset Balzsay (making his return from the loss to Stieglitz) via split decision in December. That win opened some eyes and got Gutknecht the opportunity to challenge Stieglitz. Gutknecht was game to the end, but Stieglitz did more than enough to earn the decision in the hard-fought bout that featured several hard-hitting exchanges. Stieglitz, however, appeared stronger, although Gutknecht sure was game. Stieglitz won his seventh fight in a row since an eight-round TKO loss to Librado Andrade in a March 2008 title eliminator. Stieglitz probably will milk his belt as long as possible in Germany in a division in which two of the titleholders, Andre Ward and Carl Froch, and four top contenders are tied up in the Super Six World Boxing Classic while the other titleholder, Lucian Bute, is fighting in Montreal on HBO. It would be great if Stieglitz and Bute could unify their belts while the Super Six sorts itself out, but don't hold your breath.
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Middleweight
Sebastian Zbik W12 Domenico Spada
Retains an interim middleweight title
Scores: 117-110, 116-111 (twice)
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Rafael's remark: When Germany's Zbik, 28, and Italy's Spada, 29, met for the first time nine months ago, Zbik claimed a vacant interim belt on a razor-close unanimous decision; all three judges had it 115-114. This time it wasn't as close, as Zbik controlled the action all the way. Spada was aggressive, but very productive with his wild shots. In the fourth round, an accidental head-butt opened two cuts on Zbik, one on his nose and the other over his left eye. The WBC has a ludicrous rule that says in the event of an accidental foul that causes a cut, the uncut fighter loses a point. Zbik was cut from the head-butt but Spada wasn't, so Spada lost a point. Fortunately, it didn't impact the outcome, but that rule is horrible. You know what else is horrible? That this fraudulent interim title even exists. Kelly Pavlik was the WBC's middleweight champion for the past few years and, for no reason other than to extort another sanction fee, the WBC made the interim belt available when Zbik and Spada, two unaccomplished fighters, met for the first time. Isn't it just perfect that on the same night Sergio Martinez dethroned Pavlik in an excellent fight, Zbik and Spada battled for the pointless interim belt?
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Friday at Memphis​
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Heavyweight
Tony Thompson TKO4 Owen Beck
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[/td][/tr][tr][td]Records: Thompson, 34-2, 22 KOs; Beck, 29-5, 20 KOs
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Rafael's remark: Thompson, a 38-year-old southpaw from Silver Spring, Md., got a deserved mandatory shot at champion Wladimir Klitschko in July 2008 but was knocked out in the 11th round in Germany. Beck, 33, a native of Jamaica living in Nashville, once got a thoroughly undeserved title shot and was blown out by then-titleholder Nikolai Valuev in the third round in 2006, also in Germany. Now the former title challengers were hooking up in the "Friday Night Fights" main event. Thompson, however, remains one of the top heavyweights in the world, while Beck never was. It showed in the fight, as Beck was completely dismantled by Thompson. He beat Beck down until his corner threw in the towel with 10 seconds left in the fourth round. Thompson took it to Beck throughout the fight. In the third round, Beck's legs looked unsteady whenever he would get hit. Same thing in the fourth round, when Thompson was landing blows and his corner threw in the towel, which hit Thompson as he was punching Beck. The towel was about the most solid thing Thompson was hit with all night. Beck lost his second bout in a row, while Thompson -- who was coming off a strong performance in a ninth-round knockout of Chazz Witherspoon in December on the Paul Williams-Sergio Martinez undercard -- won his third in a row since the loss to Klitschko. Thompson would love another crack at Klitschko, but he'll have to stand in line with all the other heavyweights out there.




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Lightweight
Hank Lundy W8 Tyres Hendrix

Scores: 100-88, 99-88, 98-90
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Rafael's remark: Philadelphia's Lundy, 26, rolled to the lopsided decision against Atlanta southpaw Hendrix, 29, Lundy scored three knockdowns in all, two in the first round and one in the sixth, but it was the first first-round knockdown that produced the most interesting moment of the fight. Lundy landed a left hand seconds into the opening round that dropped Hendrix. But Hendrix had also landed a simultaneous right hand that dropped Lundy in a scene reminiscent of the end of "Rocky II." It should have been ruled a rare double knockdown, but referee Randy Phillips blew it, only calling a knockdown against Hendrix. Regardless, it's a highlight we should see for years to come, because double knockdowns are that rare.
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Junior welterweight
Lanard Lane W6 John Brown

Scores: 60-54 (three times)
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Rafael's remark: Houston's Lane, 27, is a prospect moving in the right direction. He had no problems with long-faded former contender John Brown, who lost every round of the fight. Brown, 41, is nothing more than a punching bag at this point. Although he challenged for world titles four times (losing to Shane Mosley in a lightweight title bout and to Diego "Chico" Corrales and Steve Forbes twice in junior lightweight title bouts), Brown has won only one fight since 2001, dropping to 1-10-2 in his last 13 fights. How pathetic that he continues to fight. Equally pathetic is that he is licensed.
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Friday at Salisbury, Md.​
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Middleweight
Fernando Guerrero TKO2 Michael Walker
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Rafael's remark: Guerrero, a native of the Dominican Republic, really packs 'em in in his adopted hometown, which turned out in force for his main event on Showtime's "ShoBox." What the crowd got was a ruthless destruction of Chicago's Walker, 31, who dropped his third consecutive fight and fourth of five. Guerrero, a 23-year-old southpaw and a 2008 U.S. amateur national champion, was extremely aggressive as he stalked Walker from the opening bell. He was pounding Walker as the opening round came to a close and never let up. In the second round, Guerrero, one of the most exciting prospects in boxing, continued his assault. Eventually, Guerrero forced Walker into the ropes, where he simply covered up. Guerrero unleashed almost 100 -- yes, 100! -- unanswered blows. Not all of the punches landed, but dozens did without a response from Walker. All the while, referee Malik Waleed, in an embarrassing and potentially dangerous display, did nothing and was not even close to the action. What the hell was he waiting for? Walker, tough as he is, did not go down, but his head was rocking back and forth like a bobblehead doll as Guerrero pelted him with both hands, including a series of uppercuts that landed flush (not to mention a strong body attack). It was a shameful display from the referee, and the fight only ended when the ringside doctor entered the ring, forcing the fight to be called at 1:48. Good performance from Guerrero. A brave, but futile, performance from Walker. A horrific performance from Waleed.




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Middleweight
Shawn Porter TKO1 Raul Pinzon
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Rafael's remark: Porter -- a 2007 National Golden Gloves champion and 2008 U.S. Olympic alternate who gained attention by giving Manny Pacquiao outstanding sparring for his recent fights -- plans to slowly drop to welterweight, because he's a bit undersized at junior middleweight. However, those plans were on hold because Colombia's Pinzon, 30, who had agreed to a 152-pound fight, was overweight. They changed the contract to 154 pounds and ultimately the fight went on with Pinzon weighing 161 only after a weigh-in the morning of the bout. Porter, 22, of Cleveland, was coming off his toughest fight as a professional, an uneven performance on ESPN2's "Friday Night Fights" in a 10-round decision win against Russell Jordan in February. He put it in the rearview mirror by blowing out Pinzon, who has now been down eight times in his past seven fights. Porter came out fast and peppered Pinzon with shots. Pinzon was basically in retreat and didn't look like he wanted to fight, and then it was suddenly over as Porter cracked him with a strong right hand. Pinzon went down face-first and was counted out by referee Gary Camponeschi at 2:39 in what was only the beginning of a completely uncompetitive "ShoBox" doubleheader.
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Dan Rafael is the boxing writer for ESPN.com.
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It's probably really old but I had on Real Sports during lunch and they did an investigation of the Gatti murder. Listening to what that one police officer had to say really got me mad. A whole lot of incompetence there more than I realized before.
 
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@@@# a RIP to Valero.

Coward left his children Parentless...
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thought the samething when i saw pro change the title of the thread

$*@# the #%+%#$ #$$#@++ bum
 
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It's probably really old but I had on Real Sports during lunch and they did an investigation of the Gatti murder. Listening to what that one police officer had to say really got me mad. A whole lot of incompetence there more than I realized before.
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Not old, they just aired it last week. They investigated the Arguello, Gatti, and Forrest deaths.
 
According to some of my top contacts in the UK, one of the bigger rumors floating around involves a possible Joe Calzaghe (46-0, 32KOs) ring return. Calzaghe retired in early 2009, and since then he's been battered in the press over his wild post-retirement lifestyle, which includes recreational use of cocaine.

Based on the word going around, BoxingScene.com was advised that soccer agent Barry Silkman has been trying to shop a Calzaghe comeback to the major UK television networks. Calzaghe, who fought nearly his entire career in the UK, made a strange decision to have the final two fights of his career on American soil. There was a minor backlash from his fans who were unable to attend his final fight in 2008, against Roy Jones Jr. in New York's Madison Square Garden.

The retired Robin Reid was mentioned by one source as a possible comeback opponent. Reid retired in 2007 after Carl Froch stopped him in five rounds. Reid toyed with the idea of a ring return in 2008 and 2009, but he never actually came out of retirement. For a rematch with Calzaghe, I'm sure he would come out of retirement in a flash.

I'm not sure if Silkman is on his own here, or Calzaghe is somehow involved. The Welsh fighter had vowed to never return, but he left the door open by stating in several interviews that a sizable financial opportunity would make him reconsider his decision to never fight again. After he retired, he planned to focus on his promotional company. Unfortunately his promotional company has been a bust
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Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer has confirmed that Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Shane Mosley, scheduled for May 1 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, is technically a non-title fight. The WBA's welterweight title will only be at stake for Mosley, because Mayweather has refused to pay the necessary sanctioning fee.

"This is not a WBA championship fight, but on a separate side, we are currently discussing with the WBA, for Shane, that Shane would be defending his belt. For the purpose of this call, it's bascially a non-WBA fight. The two best fighters fighting each other, that's what's at stake here," Schaefer said.

If Mosley wins, the victory would count as an official title defense. But if Mayweather wins the fight, the title will either become vacant or the sanctioning body may decide to keep Mosley as the champion. When Schaefer was asked if Mayweather had the ability to win the title on May 1, assuming he beats Mosley, Schaefer replied "no."
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By Mark Vester

On Wednesday in El Vigian, Venezuela, hundreds of fans, friends and relatives attended the funeral of Edwin Valero, who killed himself on Monday in a jail cell. Valero was arrested on Sunday for the murder of his wife Jennifer Carolina. Fans, friends and relatives were very upset, with many of them in tears. Valero's body was taken to a local gym where he once trained and later buried at a nearby cemetery. His wife was buried at the same cemetery on Tuesday. Valero, high on drugs and alcohol, had stabbed his wife to death in their hotel room in Valencia. He was arrested by local police after he approaching hotel employees and confessed to the crime, though he later denied the confession to police. Valero used his pants to hang himself.

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During Wednesday's service, Priest Esteban Gudino said he hoped Valero "receives the mercy of our Lord. It's a tragedy for all of use when the life of a youngster ends like this. Hopefully, this will serve others to emulate his positive side, and they'll distance themselves from drugs and alcohol."

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Valero's fans shouted "Champion! Champion!" from a caravan of motorcycles and cars that followed the Hurst carrying his coffin.

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The children of Valero and his wife, ages 9 and 5, have been taken in by the boxer's sister. A local court will decide whether they will live with her or stay with Jennifer's mother.

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Valero's last fight took place in Mexico in February, where he stopped mandatory challenger and interim-champion Antonio DeMarco. Valero had a perfect record of 27 wins, no defeats, and all 27 wins came by way of knockout.

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Anybody know if the Weigh-in for the Mosley/Mayweather fight is FREE!! Im tryin to make it since I couldnt copp tix to the fight. Sadly Im gonna be in town without attending the fight. FML
 
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