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JCC being held hostage by top rank. They won't do the GGG fight in July unless he extends his contract with top rank.
 
Lara and Alvarez will fight in July. That's not enough turnaround time for the winner to be ready for a September bout with Floyd.
 
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boxer15 said:
Do you use lace up twins?  I absolutely hate the velcro twins gloves, they're super wide to me and the support just feels bad.  A pair of the velcro ones gave out on me after about 6 weeks of two-a-days.  The lace-ups on the other hand were always felt awesome when I got to fight in them. 

For Thai branded gloves, Top King reigns supreme.  Windy lace up fight gloves are also awesome.
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I do use the Velcro for training with pads or the heavy bag. I use the laced up ones for fights or sparring and I love how I can feel my knuckles more on them, lol. But yeah, maybe I got smaller hands or something that's why I never had problems with them... I will try windy next though. Other dudes at my gym uses them.
 
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Wrap up of the fights this weekend.

A roundup of the past week's notable boxing results from around the world:

Saturday at Washington, D.C.
Bernard Hopkins W12 Beibut Shumenov
Unifies two light heavyweight titles
Scores: 116-111 (twice) Hopkins, 114-113 Shumenov
Records: Hopkins (55-6-2, 32 KOs); Shumenov (14-2, 9 KOs)
Rafael's remarks: Hopkins is simply an amazing athlete, doing things at an age -- 49 -- when most others are not only retired, but long retired. And it's not like Hopkins is limping along at the end of his career. On the contrary. He is facing and defeating quality opponents. Besides a no contest and a decision loss to Chad Dawson in their two fights, Hopkins has notched victories against Jean Pascal to win a title, Tavoris Cloud to win another belt, top-10 contender Karo Murat in a title defense and now Shumenov in terrific performance in a title unification fight.

Hopkins, the Philadelphia legend, continues to make history fight in and fight out. With this dominating victory against Shumenov, who was making his sixth title defense, Hopkins became the oldest fight to unify world titles. Hopkins has set various other age-related records also: oldest boxer to hold a world title (49), oldest to win a world title (doing it twice, at 46 and 48) and oldest to successfully defend a world title (49). In non-age-related records, Hopkins set the middleweight division record with 20 defenses and also became the first fighter to unify the all four major alphabet belts when he knocked out Oscar De La Hoya in 2004.

Hopkins totally befuddled Shumenov, 30, a 2004 Olympian from Kazakhstan who lives in Las Vegas. Although judge Gustavo Padilla of Panama ridiculously scored the fight for Shumenov -- a card as bad as the terrible scorecards turned in recently by now-ex judge C.J. Ross -- even Shumenov didn't think he won the fight. How could he? He was outclassed by the cagey Hopkins, who even found a dose of his dormant power by scoring a clean knockdown in the 11th round on a right hand to the head, which brought the heavily pro-Hopkins crowd of 6,823 to its feet at the DC Armory. The knockdown was Hopkins' first since he dropped Joe Calzaghe in the first round of a light heavyweight title fight in 2008.

Hopkins' jab was heavy and on point, rocking Shumenov with it several times. He also landed hard right hands over and over and Shumenov did nothing to adjust. Even after the knockdown with the fight obviously in the bag, Hopkins continued to press for the stoppage.

The CompuBox statistics do a good job of illustrating Hopkins' dominance. He landed 186 of 383 punches for a very high 49 percent connect rate while Shumenov landed just 124 of 608 blows (20 percent). On power shots, Hopkins landed 93 of 182 (51 percent) to Shumenov's 67 of 332 (20 percent).

Hopkins will turn 50 on Jan. 15 but hopes to unify the titles further later this year against lineal champion Adonis Stevenson, who must first win a May 24 assignment with Andrzej Fonfara. If Stevenson-Hopkins happens, that is a very big fight with major historical implications. And anyone who doubts that Hopkins can pull off another big victory obviously hasn't been paying attention to all the accomplishments Hopkins has had during a 26-year-career that is going to land him in the Hall of Fame someday -- if he ever retires.

Shawn Porter KO4 Paulie Malignaggi
Retains a welterweight title
Records: Porter (24-0-1, 15 KOs); Malignaggi (33-6, 7 KOs)
Rafael's remarks: This might very well be the end for Malignaggi, who took tremendous punishment in a one-sided destruction at the hands of Porter, 26, of Akron, Ohio, who was making his first title defense and did it impressively.

Malignaggi, 33, of Brooklyn, N.Y., has had an excellent career and has long been an overachiever. He won world titles at junior welterweight and welterweight, faced many top opponents -- Miguel Cotto, Ricky Hatton, Amir Khan, Zab Judah, Juan Diaz (twice) and Adrien Broner -- and has gone on to become a top broadcaster for Showtime. He took the night off from his TV duties to face Porter, who won his title in impressive fashion by outpointing Devon Alexander on Dec. 7 on the undercard of Malignaggi's unanimous-decision win against Judah.

Fighting in a similar style to how he did against Alexander, Porter came out pressuring Malignaggi from the outset. He tried to impose himself immediately and was successful. He landed powerful jabs that moved Malignaggi back and also connected with clean power shots. Porter cut Malignaggi under the left eye in the first round and then battered him in the second round. He was hurting Malignaggi with everything and him reeling. It was somewhat surprising to see Malignaggi make it through the round without going down.

Porter continued to paste Malignaggi in the third round and finally got rid of him in the fourth round. He dropped him hard with a right hand and then pounded him to the canvas again with a series of bruising shots along the ropes, causing a limp Malignaggi to go down and referee Sam Williams to stop the fight without a count at 1 minute, 14 seconds. It was an extremely impressive and decisive win for Porter, who is beginning to blossom before our eyes.

After the fight, Malignaggi said he would think about retirement. He was sent to the hospital for tests and stayed the night as a precaution but was released on Sunday with a clean bill of health. Porter's next move is unclear, but he has put himself in the picture for a big fight.

Peter Quillin W12 Lukas Konecny
Retains a middleweight title
Scores: 120-108, 119-109 (twice)
Records: Quillin (31-0, 22 KOs); Konecny (50-5, 23 KOs)
Rafael's remarks: Quillin, 30, of New York, made his third title defense in a one-sided fight that produced little action, had fans booing and did nothing to enhance his reputation. In recent fights, Quillin had been a knockdown machine, scoring 12 knockdowns in his past four bouts but he did not come close to dropping Konecny, 35, of the Czech Republic, even though he totally outclassed him. Quillin was faster, seemed more powerful and was much busier, allowing him to cruise to the win. For the fight, he landed nearly as many punches as Konecny threw. According to CompuBox statistics, Quillin connected on 403 of 880 punches (46 percent) while the stationary Konecny landed 197 of 456 (43 percent).

Quillin used a strong jab to control the fight and even when there were sporadic exchanges, he got the better of them against Konecny, a 2000 Olympian, former European junior middleweight champion and former two-time world title challenger. Konecny nicked up the corner of Quillin's right eye but other than that caused very little issues for Quillin, who bloodied his nose in the eighth round.

The victory could pave the way for a summer showdown with fellow Brooklyn fighter Daniel Jacobs, who was ringside to call the action for Showtime. That's the fight Golden Boy Promotions chief executive Richard Schaefer wants to make. Quillin didn't sound like it much interested him after the fight, however, saying that Jacobs ought to fight Curtis Stevens, another Brooklyn middleweight contender, and that he would fight the winner.

Quillin was more interested in talking about unification fights with Sergio Martinez and Gennady Golovkin, but unless something changes radically with regard to HBO's position of putting Golden Boy fighters on, those bouts are not going to happen, unfortunately.

Saturday at Orlando, Fla.
Gamalier Rodriguez W10 Orlando Cruz
Featherweights
Scores: 97-92 (twice), 96-93
Records: Rodriguez (24-2-3, 16 KOs); Cruz (20-4-1, 10 KOs)
Rafael's remarks: Cruz, 32, of Puerto Rico, made international headlines in 2012 when he came out as the first openly gay active boxer. Last October, he got a shot at a vacant featherweight world title and was stopped in the seventh round by Orlando Salido. Making his return from that loss, Cruz was favored against Rodriguez, 27, also of Puerto Rico, but it was Rodriguez who pulled the mild upset with a clear points win. It was a methodical victory for Rodriguez, who beat Cruz to the punch throughout the fight, was more quicker and aggressive and landed a lot of solid right hands. It added up to a workmanlike decision for Rodriguez, who extended his winning streak to 16 fights in a row since suffering a six-round decision loss in 2009 followed by a first-round technical draw in 2010. Rodriguez also landed several low blows, which cost him a point when referee Frank Santore took one in the sixth round.

Felix Verdejo KO1 Ivan Zavala
Lightweights
Records: Verdejo (12-0, 9 KOs); Zavala (6-6-1, 2 KOs)
Rafael's remarks: Verdejo, 20, of Puerto Rico, looks like a star in the making. The 2012 Olympian already has a big fan base in Puerto Rico, oozes charisma and has an exciting, fan-friendly style. He is still in the developmental stage of his career, but has looked great as he gains experience, even if he is not fighting top opponents. In his fourth fight of 2014 already, Verdejo smoked Zavala, 19, of Mexico, who never saw what was coming. Verdejo landed a hard overhand right to the jaw that dropped Zavala along the ropes and referee James Warring counted him out at 1 minute, 14 seconds. It was an impressive one-punch knockout for Verdejo, who will be back in action on June 7 on the Sergio Martinez-Miguel Cotto undercard at Madison Square Garden in New York on the weekend of the annual Puerto Rican Day parade. Expect Verdejo to follow in Cotto's footsteps and eventually headline cards on that big weekend for Puerto Rican fighters.

Also on the card, 2004 Russian Olympian Matt Korobov (23-0, 14 KOs), 31, who is based in St. Petersburg, Fla., stopped Emill Gonzalez (11-8-1, 8 KOs), 25, of Puerto Rico, when he quit at the end of the sixth round of their scheduled eight-rounder.

Saturday at Manchester, England
Scott Quigg TKO2 Tshifhiwa Munyai
Retains a junior featherweight title
Records: Quigg (28-0-2 21 KOs); Munyai (24-3-1, 12 KOs)
Rafael's remarks: Quigg, 25, of England, was supposed to defend his title for the third time against interim titlist Nehomar Cermeno of Venezuela but a problem with his visa knocked him out of the fight. That left Quigg to face Munyai, 28, of South Africa, who took the fight on about a week's notice.

Quigg promised that whomever he was going to face that fans would see the best of him and he was right as he smashed Munyai in impressive fashion. Even though Munyai took the fight on short notice he was not pushover. He had gone 5-1 in England against some of the better British fighters his division had to offer, but Quigg was at another level. Quigg dropped him near the end of the first round with a clean left hook to the jaw and then hung on to survive the final 20 seconds of the round as Quigg went hard for the knockout. In the second round, Quigg floored him with a short overhand right. Once again, Quigg went gunning for the knockout and this time got it. He was hammering Munyai during the follow-up attack when referee Howard John Foster intervened and stop the fight at 1 minute, 56 seconds just as Munyai began to fall to the canvas along the ropes. Quigg said he had wanted to make a statement and a statement he indeed made.

Promoter Eddie Hearn said he is talking to Golden Boy Promotions about a possible title unification fight between Quigg and Leo Santa Cruz.

On the undercard, British lightweights Anthony Crolla (28-4-1, 11 KOs), 27, and John Murray (33-3, 20 KOs), 29, pals outside the ring, put on a spirited battle that ended when Murray dropped and then stopped Crolla at 2 minutes, 20 seconds of the 10th round.

Also, British super middleweight prospect Callum Smith (10-0, 8 KOs), 23, returned from hand surgery to stop Francois Bastient, 32, of France at 1 minute, 10 seconds of the third round. Bastient's corner threw in the towel after he had been knocked down but beat the count.

Friday at Verona, N.Y.
Willie Monroe Jr. W8 Vitalii Kopylenko
Boxcino middleweight tournament semifinals
Scores: 79-73 (twice), 78-74
Records: Monroe (17-1, 6 KOs); Kopylenko (23-1, 13 KOs)
Rafael's remarks: Monroe, a 27-year-old southpaw from Rochester, N.Y., advanced to the Boxcino semifinals with a six-round decision win against Donatas Bondorovas on Feb. 28 and is now into the finals of the eight-man tournament with an eight-round decision win over Kopylenko. He will face Brandon Adams on May 23, also at Verona's Turning Stone Resort & Casino on the same card as the lightweight tournament final between Petr Petrov (34-4-2, 15 KOs) and Fernando Carcamo (17-5, 13 KOs).

Monroe started quickly and proved to be a quicker, slicker, better boxer than the more rugged Kopylenko, 30, of Ukraine, in what was a rather easy decision win. Monroe worked the body well on the inside and landed some nice straight left hands from the outside to shut down Kopylenko, who had looked so good in a second-round knockout of Cerresso Fort in the quarterfinals. Kopylenko's best round came in the fifth when he knocked out Monroe's mouthpiece with a solid right hand, but Monroe took it well and cruised to the decision.

Brandon Adams W8 Raymond Gatica
Boxcino middleweight tournament semifinals
Scores: 78-74 (twice) Adams, 77-75 Gatica
Records: Adams (14-0, 9 KOs); Gatica (14-3, 9 KOs)
Rafael's remarks: Adams, 24, of Los Angeles, powered his way into the semifinals with a fourth-round knockout of Daniel Edouard while Gatica, 29, a southpaw from Austin, Texas, advanced with a fourth-round knockout of previously undefeated Sena Agbeko. The power wasn't there for either of them in the semis as the competitive fight went the distance with Adams getting the nod in a split decision he deserved. Adams connected with solid rights to the head and body shots and was also the heavier hitter in a somewhat slow-paced fight that had sporadic action, including in the fourth round when Adams seemed to hurt Gatica with a right hand late in the round. Gatica kept plugging away trying to get something going, but his punches didn't have much steam on them. The final is scheduled for 10 rounds and this was the first time Adams had ever gone past four rounds.

Friday at Monroeville, Pa.
Rod Salka W10 Allexei Collado
Lightweights
Scores: 96-94, 96-3 (twice)
Records: Salka (19-3, 3 KOs); Collado (18-1, 16 KOs)
Rafael's remarks: In December, Salka, 31, of Bunola, Pa., lost a majority decision to Ricardo Alvarez (Canelo's older brother) in a fight many thought Salka deserved. The underdog again against Collado, Salka this time got the decision he clearly deserved in front of a home crowd on a Showtime "ShoBox" card that marked former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson's return to his longtime television home -- this time as a promoter.

Salka, who is trained by former lightweight titleholder Paul Spadafora, put on a clinic against Collado, 26, a Cuba native living in Miami. Salka worked the body and kept Collado off balance with his movement. In the third round, Salka hammered Collado with a series of debilitating body punches and then came upstairs with a left hook that dropped him to his knees. Collado looked thoroughly confused during the fight while Salka boxed circles around him for a good victory.

Salka hopes the win might earn him a future title shot. He said he plans to attend Saturday's fight between lightweight titlist Omar Figueroa and Jerry Belmontes, hoping for an opportunity to face the winner.

Felix Diaz W8 Emmanuel Lartey
Welterweights
Scores: 77-75 (twice) Diaz, 77-75 Lartey
Records: Diaz (15-0, 8 KOs); Lartey (15-2-1, 7 KOs)
Rafael's remarks: Diaz, 30, won a 2008 Olympic gold medal for the Dominican Republic but has not been very active as a pro, although he now is training with Robert Garcia and perhaps might move more quickly. He has feasted on lesser opposition and has not been very exciting to watch, although he is a good technician. Although the fight with Lartey, who was fighting on his 33rd birthday, was judged a split decision, it sure seemed like Diaz was deserving in getting the nod. Lartey, a fellow southpaw from Ghana who lives in the Bronx, N.Y., had his moments, however. Diaz, fighting for the first time in seven months, got off to an aggressive start but the action petered out as the fight went on. Lartey did hurt Diaz with a right-left combination in the third round, but Diaz responded by landing hard shots of his own. All in all, it was a forgettable fight.

Sammy Vasquez Jr. TKO1 Juan Rodriguez Jr.
Welterweights
Records: Vasquez (14-0, 10 KOs); Rodriguez (11-1, 5 KOs)
Rafael's remarks: Vasquez, 28, of Monessen, Pa., was the huge crowd favorite when he faced fellow southpaw Rodriguez, 27, of Union City, N.J., and looked great. Vasquez scored three knockdowns in getting rid of Rodriguez, who was fighting for the first time in a year, in 2 minutes, 49 seconds. Vasquez, who served two tours of duty in the Iraq War, scored the first knockdown 30 seconds into the fight when he landed a clean left hand to drop Rodriguez to his rear end. A left hand to the body dropped Rodriguez again less than a minute later and Vasquez floored him for the third time with a barrage of punches. Rodriguez spit out his mouthpiece and referee Gary Rosato called off the fight.

Friday at San Antonio
Alan Sanchez TKO6 Jorge Silva
Welterweights
Records: Sanchez (13-3-1, 7 KOs); Silva (20-6-2, 16 KOs)
Rafael's remarks: In September, Sanchez, 23, of Fairfield, Calif., lost a 10-round decision to former welterweight titlist Luis Collazo. Making his return after some time off following that defeat, Sanchez took apart Silva, 22, of Mexico, who lost his third fight in a row and fourth in his last five. In the first loss during that stretch, Silva had taken powerful Alfredo Angulo the 10-round distance in December 2012.

The early rounds were competitive, but then Sanchez took over. The knockout was impressive as he landed a tremendous right hand that dropped Silva face first. He beat the count, but was extremely wobbly and referee Rafael Ramos stopped it at 42 seconds.

Errol Spence Jr. TKO1 Raymond Charles
Welterweights
Records: Spence (12-0, 10 KOs); Charles (12-3-2, 5 KOs)
Rafael's remarks: Spence, a 24-year-old southpaw from Dallas, was a 2012 U.S. Olympian and perhaps the most talented member of Team USA. He is a stellar prospect in the pros and made quick work of Charles, 34, of San Antonio, who lost his third fight in a row. Spence was moving forward when he connected with a straight left hand to Charles' midsection, dropping him. Charles struggled to his feet and Spence continued to pepper him with shots, mixing up his head and body attack. He eventually backed him into the ropes and drove him to the mat with a flurry of punches, causing referee Mark Calo-Oy to wave it over at 2 minutes, 52 seconds. It was another impressive performance for Spence, who showed poise and patience before getting the knockout.
 
mr jordan04 said:
JCC being held hostage by top rank. They won't do the GGG fight in July unless he extends his contract with top rank.
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There's still almost a year on the contract, they'll work something out. Arum isn't even in the country so I doubt they're really pressuring him as of right now to sign anything. The fight is going to happen IMO.
 
Proshares said:
There's still almost a year on the contract, they'll work something out. Arum isn't even in the country so I doubt they're really pressuring him as of right now to sign anything. The fight is going to happen IMO.
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I wouldn't put it past Bob.
 
NikeTalker23 said:
freakydestroyer said:
Khan can't fight in September, so I wonder who Mayweather will fight then.
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Canelo coming off a Lara win will look appealing to him. This time no catch weight.
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No one is gonna buy that the second time around though. Even without the catch weight, which Canelo and his managers gave Ellerbe and company that weight. As much as I've grown to respect Alvarez, we saw what happened the first time. It's really not going to be anything new and he didn't do anything in that fight to earn a rematch.
 
Canelo can fight Floyd at 185 lbs and it wouldn't matter one bit because he can't hit him.

Does Kenny Porter train any other fighters?
 
aepps20 said:
Proshares said:
There's still almost a year on the contract, they'll work something out. Arum isn't even in the country so I doubt they're really pressuring him as of right now to sign anything. The fight is going to happen IMO.
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I wouldn't put it past Bob.
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Yea, same here :lol:

Jay, I think he trains mostly kids for the Olympics. I read somewhere he has maybe two or three other pro's.

He trained that kid on Made on MTV back in the day, if that counts :lol:
 
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