Boxing Thread 2K12

[JKidd]

January Fights
Jan 14th:
Robert Stieglitz (40-2, 23 KOs) vs. Henry Weber (15-0, 3 KOs) - for Stieglitz's WBO super middleweight title in Germany (boxingguru.eu has the stream) / Stieglitz dominates en route to what should have been a shutout UD on the score cards, but looks a lot closer thanks to some blind judges, either way a UD win.

Jan 20th:
Showtime: Rico Ramos (20-0, 11 KOs) vs. Guillermo Rigondeaux (8-0, 6 KOs) - for Ramos' WBA junior featherweight title Rigondeaux ends things with a body shot KO as Ramos takes the entire 10 count in round 6

Jan 21st:
NBC Fight Night in Philly:
Eddie Chambers (36-2, 18 KOs) vs. Sergei Liakhovich (25-4, 16 KOs) - 10 rounds, heavyweights Bout off due to Eddie Chambers injuring his back in sparring
Gabriel Rosado (18-5, 10 KOs) vs. Jesus Soto-Karass (24-6, 16 KOs) - 10 rounds, junior middleweights / Rosado does something most thought was impossible, in TKO'ing Soto-Karass in round #5

Jan 27th:
ESPN Friday Night Fights in Washington State
Ruslan Provodnikov (20-1, 13 KOs) vs. David Torres (21-2, 13 KOs) - 10 rounds, junior welterweights / Provo wins via 6th round destructive KO
Ji-Hoon Kim (22-7, 18 KOs) vs. Alisher Rahimov (23-0, 12 KOs) - 10 rounds, lightweights / Kim wins in a defenseless, bombs away 10 round UD

Jan 28th:
Miguel Vazquez (29-3, 13 KOs) vs. Ameth Diaz (30-10, 21 KOs) - for Vazquez's IBF lightweight title in Mexico / Vazquez with a dominant 12 round UD

February Fights:
Feb 3rd:
ESPN Friday Night Fights in Las Vegas
Edison Miranda (35-6, 30 KOs) vs. Isaac Chilemba (18-1, 9 KOs) - 10 rounds, light heavyweights / Chilemba hammers Miranda for a one sided UD win

Feb 4th:
HBO in San Antonio, TX
-Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (44-0, 31 KOs) vs. Marco Antonio Rubio (53-5, 46 KOs) - for Chavez's WBC middleweight title / Jr wins a dominant 12 round UD
-Nonito Donaire (27-1, 18 KOs) vs. Wilfredo Vazquez Jr. (21-1, 18 KOs) - for vacant WBO junior featherweight title / Donaire wins a lop sided split decision. How one judge seen the fight in Papito's favor is beyond me

Separate card in Germany:
Rematch: Yoan Pablo Hernandez (25-1, 13 KOs) vs. Steve Cunningham (24-3, 12 KOs) - for Hernandez's IBF cruiserweight title / YPH dominates USS over 12 rounds, putting him down a couple times in route to the UD win

Feb 10th:
ESPN FNF in Uncasville, Conn
Demetrius Andrade (15-0, 10 KOs) vs. Derek Ennis (23-3, 13 KOs) - 10 rounds, junior middleweights / Andrade wins via UD over 10 rounds
Ray Serrano (17-0, 8 KOs) vs. Kenny Abrill (11-4, 6 KOs) - 10 rounds, junior welterweights / Serrano wins via UD over 10 rounds

Feb 17th:
ESPN FNF in Arlington, TX
John Molina (23-1, 19 KOs) vs. Marvin Quintero (24-3, 20 KOS) - 10 rounds, lightweights Bout scrapped due to injury

Separate card:
Shobox: The New Generation in Santa Ynez, Calif.
Thomas Dulorme (13-0, 10 KOs) vs. Aris Ambriz (16-2, 2 KOs) - 10 rounds, welterweights / Dulorme puts Ambriz down twice en route to a 1st round TKO
Johnathan Gonzalez (14-0, 13 KOs) vs. Billy Lyell (24-10, 5 KOs) - 10 rounds, junior middleweight / Gonzalez earns a VERY tough 10 round UD

Feb 18th:
EPIX sports network
Vitali Klitschko (43-2, 40 KOs) vs. Dereck Chisora (15-2, 9 KOs) - for Klitschko's WBC heavyweight title in Munich, Germany / Vitali wins in a very tough 12 round UD

Separate card:
Showtime in Corpus Christi, TX
-Tavoris Cloud (23-0, 19 KOS) vs. Gabriel Campillo (21-3, 8 KOs) - for Cloud's IBF light heavyweight title / Cloud gets a 12 round SD win, in one of the gravest robberies on the planet
-Paul Williams (40-2, 27 KOs) vs. Nobuhiro Ishida (24-6, 9 KOs) - 12 rounds, junior middleweights / Williams cruises to a 12 round shutout UD
-Cristobal Arreola (34-2, 29 KOs) vs. Eric Molina (18-1, 14 KOs) - 12 rounds, heavyweights / Arreola gets staggered but then drops Molina for a 1st round KO

Feb 24th:
ESPN FNF in Dover, Delaware
Juan Carlos Burgos (28-1, 19 KOs) vs. Cristobal Cruz (39-12, 23 KOs) - 12 rounds, junior lightweights / Mini Burgos turns in a controversial UD over Cruz

Feb 25th:
HBO championship boxing in St. Louis
-Adrien Broner (22-0, 18 KOs) vs. Eloy Perez (23-0, 7 KOs) for Broner's WBO junior lightweight title / Broner KO's Perez in 4 very lop sided rounds
-Marcos Maidana (31-2, 28 KOs) vs. Devon Alexander (22-1, 13 KOs) - 10 rounds, welterweights / Alexander puts on a clinic and destroys Maidana over 10 one sided rounds

Separate card:
On EPIX sports in Germany
Alexander Povetkin (23-0, 16 KOs) vs. Marco Huck (34-1, 25 KOs) - 12 rounds, heavyweights / Povetkin wins a controversial 12 round MD

Separate card in Wales:
On boxingguru.eu
Nathan Cleverly (23-0, 11 KOs) vs. Tom Karpency (21-2, 14 KOs) - for Cleverly's WBO light heavyweight title Clev destroys Kaprency over 12 one sided rounds for a shutout UD

March Fights:
Mar 3rd:
Epix
Wladimir Klitschko (56-3, 49 KOs) vs. Jean-Marc Mormeck (36-4, 22 KOs) - for Klitschko's Ring/WBO/IBF/WBA heavyweight title / Wlad wins via KO in round 4 in a very pathetic showing by Mormeck

Mar 7th:
In Tasmania, Australia
-Daniel Geale (26-1, 15 KOs) vs. Osumanu Adama (20-2, 15 KOs) - for Geale's IBF middleweight title / Geale with a 12 round UD win
-Billy Dib (33-1, 20 KOs) vs. Eduardo Escobedo (32-3, 23 KOs) - for Dib's IBF featherweight / Dib forced Escobedo to retire on the stool and not answer the bell for round 7

Mar 10th:
Showtime in Puerto Rico
-Orlando Salido (37-11, 25 KOs) vs. Juan Manuel Lopez (31-1, 28 KOs) rematch for Salido's WBO featherweight title / Salido blasts away in a 10 round TKO win over JuanMa in a FOTY candidate
-Miguel Angel "Mikey" Garcia (27-0, 23 KOs) vs. Bernabe Concepcion (29-5, 15 KOs) - 10 rounds, featherweights Garcia forces the ref to stop the bout in round 7 for the TKO

Separate card in Scotland
Ricky Burns (33-2, 9 KOs) vs. Paulus Moses (28-1, 19 KOs) - for Burns' WBO interim lightweight title / Burns wins 12 round UD

Mar 17th:
HBO at MSG, New York
-Sergio Martinez (48-2, 27 KOs) vs. Matthew Macklin (28-3, 19 KOs) - for Martinez's Ring magazine middleweight title / Sergio roars back down the stretch, knocking Mack down twice in the 11th forcing the corner to not let him come out for the 12th, Martinez wins via 11th round TKO
-Edwin Rodriguez (20-0, 14 KOs) vs. Donovan George (22-1, 19 KOs) - 10 rounds, super middleweights / Rodriguez puts on a boxing clinic and strafes Donovan for 10 rounds earning a near shutout 10 round UD

Separate card in Mexico:
Antonio DeMarco (26-2, 19 KOs) vs. Miguel Roman (37-9, 28 KOs) - for DeMarco's WBC lightweight title / DeMarco pastes Roman in 5 rounds for the KO win

Mar 24th:
HBO in Houston, Texas
-Erik Morales (52-7, 36 KOs) vs. Danny Garcia (22-0, 14 KOs) - for Morales' WBC junior welterweight title / Morales loses the title on the scales, and Garcia wins it with a 12 round UD
-James Kirkland (30-1, 27 KOs) vs. Carlos Molina (19-4, 6 KOs) - 12 rounds, junior middleweights; winner has to face Vanes Martirosyan in a WBC FINAL-ELIM / Molina was in control of the fight up until a flash KD at the end of the 10th round sends Molina down, his corner enters the ring because the round is over - and the ref DQs him, giving Kirkland a win despite being down on all the scorecards

NBC sports in Brooklyn, New York
-Zab Judah (41-7, 28 KOs) vs. Vernon Paris (26-0, 15 KOs) - IBF junior welterweight eliminator / Judah scores a 9th round TKO win
-Sergei Liakhovich (25-4, 16 KOs) vs. Bryant Jennings (12-0, 5 KOs) - 10 rounds, heavyweights / Jennings TKO's Sergei in 7
-Tomasz Adamek (44-2, 28 KOs) vs. Nagy Aguilera (17-6, 12 KOs) - 10 rounds, heavyweights / Adamek UDs Nagy over 10 rounds

April fights:
Apr 4th:
In Japan
Koki Kameda (27-1, 17 KOs) vs. Noudly Manakane (24-10, 15 KOs) - for Kameda's WBA "regular" bantamweight title / Kameda beats Manakane over 12 rounds, earning a one sided UD win

Apr 6th:
In Japan
Shinsuke Yamanaka (15-0, 11 KOs) vs. Vic Darchinyan (37-4, 27 KOs) - for Yamanaka's WBC bantamweight title / Yamanaka puts on a clinic, hanging a one sided UD win on Vic
Takahiro Ao (22-2, 10 KOs) vs. Terdsak Jandaeng (46-3, 31 KOs) - for Ao's WBC junior lightweight title / Ao dominates Jandaeng over 12 rounds, picks up the UD

Apr 13th:
In Germany (boxingguru.eu)
Felix Sturm (36-2, 15 KOs) vs. Sebastian Zbik (30-1, 10 KOs) - for Sturm's WBA middleweight title / Sturm punishes and stops Zbik, forcing him not to come out for round 10... RTD/TKO win in 9 for Sturm

Apr 14th:
HBO split PPV in Vegas and Mexico City
-Brandon Rios (29-0, 22 KOs) vs. Richard Abril (17-2, 8 KOs) - for vacant WBA lightweight title / Rios robs Abril with a bull**** split nod in a fight he fails to make weight for, again.
-Juan Manuel Marquez (53-6, 39 KOs) vs. Sergey Fedchenko (30-1, 13 KOs) - for vacant WBO interim junior welterweight title / Marquez puts on a boxing exhibition and easily cruises to a dominant near shutout UD.

Apr 21st:
Showtime in El Paso, Texas
-Abner Mares (23-0, 13 KOs) vs. Eric Morel (46-2, 23 KOs) - for vacant WBC junior featherweight title / Mares dominates Morel with a shutout UD over 12 exciting rounds
-Anselmo Moreno (32-1, 11 KOs) vs. David De La Mora (24-1, 17 KOs) - for Moreno's WBA "super" bantamweight title / Moreno destroys De La Mora, knocking him down twice en route to a 9th round TKO as De La Mora tells the ref "no mas" coming off the stool

Apr 28th:
HBO world championship boxing from Atlantic City
-Bernard Hopkins (52-5, 32 KOs) vs. Chad Dawson (30-1, 17 KOs) II - for Hopkins' Ring/WBC light heavyweight title / Dawson easily outpoints Hopkins over 12 uneventful round for a MD win
-Undercard: Seth Mitchell (24-0, 18 KOs) vs. Chazz Witherspoon (30-2, 22 KOs) - 10 rounds, heavyweights / Mitchell gets rocked early and then comes back to pound Chazz to the point where the ref needs to stop the fight in the 3rd round

Separate card in Mexico (Telemundo)
Jhonny Gonzalez (51-7, 45 KOs) vs. Elio Rojas (23-1, 14 KOs) - for Gonzalez's WBC featherweight title / Jhonny easily outpoints Rojas for a UD win over 12 rounds

Another separate card in Mexico
Juan Carlos Salgado (24-1, 16 KOs) vs. Martin Honorio (32-6, 16 KOs) - for Salgado's IBF junior lightweight title / Salgado edges Honorio over 12 rounds earning the MD win

Apr 29th:
Vyacheslav Senchenko (32-0, 21 KOs) vs. Paulie Malignaggi (30-4, 6 KOs) - for Senchenko's WBA welterweight title / Paulie scores a 9th round stoppage thanks to nasty swelling and a bad cut inflicted by clean sharp punches

May Fights:
May 1st:
Dmitry Pirog (19-0, 15 KOs) vs. Nobuhiro Ishida (24-7, 9 KOs) - for Pirog's WBO middleweight title in Russia. / Pirog decisions Ishida over 12 rounds

May 4th:
Fox Sports in Vegas
-Daniel Ponce De Leon (42-4, 35 KOs) vs. Eduardo Lazcano (24-2, 11 KOs) - 12 rounds, junior lightweights / Ponce notches an easy 12 round UD
-Ishe Smith (22-5, 10 KOS) vs. Ayi Bruce (21-6, 13 KOs) - 10 rounds, junior middleweights / Ishe scores a 4th round TKO

May 5th:
ESPN special Saturday Night Fights from Uncasville, Conn
Demetrius Andrade (16-0, 11 KOs) vs. Rudy Cisneros (12-3, 11 KOs) - 10 rounds, middleweights / Andrade destroys Cisneros in 1

HBO PPV from MGM in Vegas:
-Miguel Cotto (37-2, 30 KOs) vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr. (42-0, 26 KOs) - for Cotto's WBA junior middleweight title / Mayweather and Cotto engage in a dog fight for 12 rounds, Mayweather winning a UD
-Saul "Canelo" Alvarez (36-0, 29 KOs) vs. Shane Mosley (46-7, 39 KOs) - for Alvarez's WBC junior middleweight title / Canelo beats up on Shane for 12 rounds, notching a 12 round UD win

In Singapore
Chris John (46-0, 22 KOs) vs. Shoji Kimura (24-4, 9 KOs) - for John's WBA featherweight title / John wins via UD

In Germany, fights available via boxing guru
-Marco Huck (34-2, 25 KOs) vs. Ola Afolabi (19-2, 9 KOs) - rematch, for Huck's WBO cruiserweight title / Huck and Afolabi fight to a draw
-Robert Stieglitz (41-2, 23 KOs) vs. Nader Hamdan (43-9, 18 KOs) - for Stieglitz's WBO super middleweight title / Stieg wins via UD over 12

May 11th:
Showtime in Vegas
Yudel Jhonson (12-0, 8 KOs) vs. Freddy Hernandez (30-2, 20 KOs) Freddy drops out due to injury Willie Nelson (17-1, 11 KOs) - 10 rounds, junior middleweights / Willie pulls the upset after getting up from one hellacious knock down in the 4th, winning via UD

May 12th:
At Pasig City, Philippines (Integrated Sports PPV)
-Brian Viloria (30-3, 17 KOs) vs. Omar Nino (31-4, 13 KOs) III - for Viloria's WBO flyweight title / Viloria notches a his first win in 3 attempts against Omar with a perfect 9th round TKO win as Nino's corner throws in the towel saving him

In Ukraine
-Gennady Golovkin (22-0, 19 KOs) vs. Makoto Fuchigami (19-6, 10 KOs) - for Golovkin's WBA middle weight title / Golovkin makes very short, easy work of Fuchigami, knocking him out cold in the 3rd to retain his title
-Zaurbek Baysangurov (26-1, 20 KOs) vs. Michel Soro (18-0, 11 KOs) - for Baysangurov's WBO junior middleweight title / Baysangurov easily outpoints Soro for a UD win

May 18th:
ESPN FNF in Albany NY
Karim Mayfield (15-0, 9 KOs) vs. Raymond Serrano (18-0, 8 KOs) - 10 rounds, junior welterweights / Mayfield scores the KO win in round 4

May 19th:
-Lamont Peterson (30-1, 15 KOs) vs. Amir Khan (26-2, 18 KOS) - rematch for Peterson's IBF/WBA junior welterweight title
-Adrien Broner (23-0, 19 KOs) vs. Gary Sykes (20-2, 5 KOs) - for Broner's WBO junior lightweight title
Whole card is scrapped after Peterson tests positive, then admits to using steroids

May 25th:
ESPN FNF in Charenton, La
-Ji-Hoon Kim (23-7, 18 KOs) vs. Alisher Rahimov (23-0, 12 KOs) - 10 rounds, lightweights / Kim notches a decision over 10 fast paced, offensive rounds
-Efrain Esquivias (16-0, 9 KOs) vs. Roberto Castaneda (19-1, 14 KOs) -10 rounds, junior featherweights

May 26th:
Epix from Nottingham, England
Lucian Bute (30-0, 24 KOs) vs. Carl Froch (28-2, 20 KOs) - for Bute's IBF super middleweight title / Froch destroys Bute in 5 rounds, knocking the champ out essentially in the 4th, only to have the bell save Bute, who comes out for 5 and gets obliterated.

June Fights:
June 1st:
NBC fight night
Gabriel Rosado (19-5, 11 KOs) vs. Sechew Powell (26-4, 15 KOs) - 12 rounds, junior middleweights / Rosado stops Powell in the 8th round

June 2nd:
Showtime quadruple header in Carson, CA
-Antonio Tarver (29-6, 20 KOs) vs. Lateef Kayode (18-0, 14 KOs) - for Tarver's IBO cruiserweight title / Tarver retains his title via Draw
-Austin Trout (24-0, 14 KOs) vs. Delvin Rodriguez (26-5, 14 KOs) - for Trout's WBA junior middleweight title / Trout retains his title via UD over 12 uneventful rounds
-Leo Santa Cruz (19-0, 11 KOs) vs. Vusi Malinga (20-3, 12 KOs) - for the vacant IBF bantamweight title / Santa Cruz puts on a body punching clinic and throws 1300+ punches in the fight to earn a dominant 12 round UD
-Winky Wright (51-5, 25 KOs) vs. Peter Quillin (26-0, 20 KOs) - 10 rounds, middleweights / Kid Chocolate scores a knock down enroute to a 10 round UD win

Separate card in Las Vegas, FOX deportes:
Beibut Shumenov (12-1, 8 KOs) vs. Enrique Ornelas (33-7, 21 KOs) - for Shumenov's WBA light heavyweight title Shumenov shuts out Ornelas over 12 rounds

June 8th:
ESPN FNF in Vegas
-Kelly Pavlik (38-2, 33 KOs) vs. Scott Sigmon (22-3, 12 KOs) - 10 rounds, super middleweights / Pavlik destroys Sigmon over 7 easy, one sided rounds for the TKO win
-Jesse Magdaleno (9-0, 6 KOs) vs. Carlos Valcarcel (12-4, 5 KOs) - 8 rounds, junior featherweights / Mags comes out flying, dropping Valcarcel in round 1, then flurrying him on the ropes to force a TKO stoppage in the first round

June 9th:
HBO PPV at MGM
-Manny Pacquiao (54-3, 38 KOs) vs. Timothy Bradley Jr. (28-0, 12 KOs) - for Pacquiao's WBO welterweight title / Bradley upsets Pacquiao with the most bull****, fixed scoring split decision I've ever seen
-Mike Jones (26-0, 19 KOs) vs. Randall Bailey (42-7, 36 KOs) - for vacant IBF welterweight title / After 10 boring, no action rounds, Bailey drops Jones with a right hand, then in round 11 notches a KO of the year candidate with a devastating right uppercut
-Guillermo Rigondeaux (9-0, 7 KOs) vs. Teon Kennedy (17-1, 7 KOs) - for Rigondeaux's WBA junior featherweight title / Rigo makes quick, easy work of Kennedy, dropping him 5 times before the stoppage in round 5
-Jorge Arce (60-6, 46 KOs) vs. Jesus Rojas (18-1, 13 KOs) - 10 rounds, junior featherweights / Bout is called off after 2 rounds due to fouls from Rojas on Arces

June 16th:
HBO championship boxing from El Paso, TX
Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (45-0, 31 KOs) vs. Andy Lee (28-1, 20 KOs) - for Chavez's WBC middleweight title / Julio scores his most impressive win as a pro, forcing a ref stoppage in the 7th round in a scintillating fight where both guys traded bombs.

NBC fight night from New Jersey:
-Tomasz Adamek (45-2, 28 KOs) vs. Eddie Chambers (36-2, 18 KOs) - 10 rounds, heavyweights / Adamek scores a UD win over Chambers
-Bryant Jennings (13-0, 6 KOs) vs. Steve Collins (25-1, 18 KOs) - 10 rounds, heavyweights / Jennings notches a shut out on Collins

Separate card in England:
Scott Quigg (24-0, 17 KOs) vs. Rendall Munroe (24-2, 10 KOs) - for vacant WBA interim junior featherweight title / Fight called after 3rd round due to a nasty cut from a headbutt

June 23rd:
Showtime at Staples Center
-Victor Ortiz (29-3, 22 KOs) vs. Josesito Lopez (29-4, 17 KOs) - 12 rounds, welterweights / Lopez shocks everyone and ruins Ortiz's planned payday with Canelo by breaking his jaw and forcing Ortiz to quit on the stool at the end of round 9
-Lucas Matthysse (30-2, 28 KOs) vs. Humberto Soto (58-7, 34 KOs) - 12 rounds, junior welterweights / Lucas starts slow, then destroys Soto to the body before going up stairs and dropping Soto for the first time of his career and forcing the corner not to let Soto fight on for round 6, forcing an RTD 5 win
-Cristobal Arreola (35-2, 30 KOs) vs. TBA, 10 or 12 rounds, heavyweights Arreola drops off the card with an injury

June 30th:
Showtime at Indio, CA
-Cornelius "K9" Bundrage (31-4, 18 KOs) vs. Cory Spinks (39-6, 11 KOs) - rematch, for Bundrage's IBF junior middleweight title / K9 stomps out Sphinks in 7 rounds via TKO
-Gary Russell Jr. (19-0, 11 KOs) vs. Christopher Perez (23-2, 14 KOs) 10 rounds, featherweights / Russell demolishes Perez in 3 rounds with a TKO win
-Erislandy Lara (16-1, 11 KOs) vs. Freddy Hernandez (30-2, 20 KOs) - 10 rounds, junior middleweights / Lara dominates Freddy over 10 solid rounds, earning him the UD win

[JKidd]

July Fights:
July 7th:
HBO championship boxing in Cali
-Nonito Donaire (28-1, 18 KOs) vs. Jeffrey Mathebula (26-3, 14 KOs) - WBO/IBF junior featherweight unification / Donaire drops Mathebula in the 4th, and breaks his jaw in the 11th, earning him a wide 12 round UD win to unify titles
-Kelly Pavlik (39-2, 34 KOs) vs. Will Rosinsky (16-1, 9 KOs) - 10 rounds, super middleweights / Pavlik UD10 over Rosinksy

Separate card in Switzerland, via EPIX:
Wladimir Klitschko (57-3, 50 KOs) vs. Tony Thompson (36-2, 24 KOs) II - for Klitschko's Ring/IBF/WBO/WBA heavyweight title / Wlad scores a TKO in round 5, dropping Tony, who never showed up to fight

Separate card in England:
Kell Brook (27-0, 18 KOs) vs. Carson Jones (34-8, 24 KOs) - IBF Welterweight title eliminator / Brook earns a MD over 12, action packed, war filled rounds

July 14th:
HBO card in Las Vegas:
Amir Khan (26-2, 18 KOs) vs. Danny Garcia (23-0, 14 KOs) - WBA/WBC junior welterweight title unification bout / Danny Garcia pulls a massive upset, KO'ing Khan in 4 amazing, action packed rounds

Separate card in England via EPIX:
Dereck Chisora (15-3, 9 KOs) vs. David Haye (25-2, 23 KOs) - 12 rounds, heavyweights / Haye KO's Chisora in 5 brilliant rounds of boxing

July 16th:
In Japan, boxingguru.eu has the stream
Takashi Uchiyama (18-0, 15 KOs) vs. Michael Farenas (34-3, 26 KOs) - for Uchiyama's WBA junior lightweight title / Bout called after 3 rounds due to a cut

July 21st:
HBO boxing in Cincy:
-Adrien Broner (23-0, 19 KOs) vs. Vicente Escobedo (26-3, 15 KOs) - for Broner's WBO junior lightweight title
Broner loses the title on the scales, misses another weigh in, then pays Escobedo to stay in the fight, before TKO'ing him in 5 easy rounds.

July 28th:
Showtime boxing in San Jose CA:
Robert Guerrero (29-1, 18 KOs) vs. Selcuk Aydin (23-0, 17 KOs) - for vacant WBC interim welterweight title (title vacated by Floyd) Guerrero scores a UD12 win over Aydin, easily outboxing him

August Fights:
Aug 11th:
Showtime Boxing
-Tavoris Cloud (24-0, 19 KOs) vs. Jean Pascal (26-2, 16 KOs) - for Cloud's IBF light heavyweight title Fight postponed as Pascal suffers a hand injury
-Adonis Stevenson (18-1, 15 KOs) vs. Donovan George (22-2, 19 KOs) - 12 rounds, IBF super middleweight eliminator
Stevenson vs. George moved to ESPN FNF on 8/17
Entire card and George/Stevenson bout scrapped due to injury.

Aug 25th:
Card in Germany
-Robert Stieglitz (42-2, 23 KOs) vs. Arthur Abraham (34-3, 27 KOs) - for Stieglitz's WBO super middleweight title / King Arthur comes through with a very fun to watch UD win over 12 rounds, snagging the title from Stieg.

September Fights
Sep 1st:
HBO in New York
-Gennady Golovkin (23-0, 20 KOs) vs. Grzegorz Proksa (28-1, 20 KOs) - for Golovkin's WBA "regular" middleweight title / GGG lands in the US with a huge splash, hammering out the game Proksa in 5 action packed rounds
-Sergiy Dzinziruk (37-1, 24 KOs) vs. Jonathan Gonzalez (15-0, 13 KOs) - junior middleweights / Gonzalez misses weight by 8lbs for his HBO debut, then lays an egg. He allows the older, far more one dimensional Dzinziruk to stay in the fight and they fight to a 12 round draw

Separate card in Germany:
-Felix Sturm (37-2-2, 16 KOs) vs. Daniel Geale (27-1, 15 KOs) - WBA/IBF middleweight unification / Geale does it again! He goes to Germany and unseats a German champ in there back yard. He gets the split nod over 12 solid rounds

Sep 8th:
HBO split event from Oakland CA and Moscow Russia:
-Andre Ward (25-0, 13 KOs) vs. Chad Dawson (31-1, 17 KOs) - for Ward's WBC/WBA super middleweight title / Andre Ward puts on a ****ing clinic, destroying then taking Chad Dawson's heart and soul with a 3 knockdown performance that leaves Dawson saying "No mas" in the 10th round
-Antonio DeMarco (27-2-1, 20 KOs) vs. John Molina (24-1, 19 KOs) - for DeMarco's WBC lightweight title / DeMarco hammers out Molina in under a minute
-Vitali Klitschko (44-2, 40 KOs) vs. Manuel Charr (21-0, 11 KOs) - for Klitschko's WBC heavyweight title / Vitali hammers out Charr via cut stoppage in the 4th

Showtime card from Las Vegas:
-Randall Bailey (43-7, 37 KOs) vs. Devon Alexander (23-1, 13 KOs) - for Bailey's IBF welterweight title
-Ajose Olusegun (30-0, 14 KOs) vs. Lucas Matthysse (31-2, 29 KOs) - for vacant WBC interim junior welterweight title / Lucas breaks down Ajose over 10 rounds, and finally stops the game Nigerian in the 10th

Separate card on Wealth TV PPV in New Jersey:
-Tomasz Adamek (46-2, 28 KOs) vs. Travis Walker (39-7-1, 31 KOs) - 12 rounds, heavyweights / Adamek gets knocked down, survives then rallies to stop Walker in 5
-Steve Cunningham (24-4, 12 KOs) vs. Jason Gavern (21-10-4, 10 KOs) - 10 rounds, heavyweights / Cunningham goes the distance getting a UD in his HW debut
-Bryant Jennings (14-0, 6 KOs) vs. Chris Koval (25-9, 18 KOs) - 8 rounds, heavyweights / Jennings destroys Koval in 2 easy rounds

Sep 15th:
HBO PPV at Thomas and Mack in Vegas
-Sergio Martinez (49-2-2, 28 KOs) vs. Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (46-0-1, 32 KOs) - for Martinez's Ring magazine and Chavez's WBC middleweight title / Sergio beats the piss out of Julio for 11 rounds, gets knocked down in the 12th, and survives to win a near shut out UD
-Rocky Martinez (25-1, 16 KOs) vs. Miguel Beltran (27-1, 17 KOs) - for vacant WBO junior lightweight title / Rocky earns a grueling SD over 12 rounds as these two go to war and engage in a 12 round FOTY

Showtime card at MGM:
-Saul "Canelo" Alvarez (40-0-1, 29 KOs) vs. Josesito Lopez (30-4, 18 KOs) - for Alvarez's WBC junior middleweight title / Canelo busts up Lopez through 5 and stops him
-Jhonny Gonzalez (52-7, 45 KOs) vs. Daniel Ponce De Leon (43-4, 35 KOs) - for Gonzalez's WBC featherweight title / Gonzalez and Ponce engage in a snoozer, then ahead butt in the 8th forces an end... with Ponce getting the UD win
-Marcos Maidana (31-3, 28 KOs) vs. Jesus Soto Karass (26-7-3, 17 KOs) - 12 rounds, welterweights / Chion and Soto-Karass go to war, with Chino earning a TKO in round 8 of the war
-Leo Santa Cruz (20-0, 11 KOs) vs. Eric Morel (46-3, 23 KOs) - for Santa Cruz's IBF bantamweight title / Remember the name, Leo Santa Cruz. He busted up, and completely destroyed Eric Morel forcing the veteran to quit on the stool and not come out for round 6

Separate card in Germany
-Yoan Pablo Hernandez (26-1, 13 KOs) vs. Troy Ross (25-2, 16 KOs) - for Hernandez's IBF cruiserweight title / Ross and YPH engage in a thrilled. Ross blasts and almost stops Hernandez in the middle rounds, scoring a knockdown, then Hernandez boxes, and later engages in another rumble later in the fight. In the end, earns a tough UD win over Ross that I scored the opposite way for Ross

Sep 22nd:
In Glasgow Scotland, available via boxingguru.eu
-Ricky Burns (34-2, 9 KOs) vs. Kevin Mitchell (33-1, 24 KOs) - for Burns' WBO lightweight title / Rickster ushers an utter beating on Mitchell, scoring knockdowns left and right before stopping in the 4th

Separate card in Poland:
-Krzysztof Wlodarczyk (46-2-1, 33 KOs) vs. Francisco Palacios (21-1, 13 KOs) - rematch for Wlodarczyk's WBC cruiserweight title / Wlod scores the UD win to set the record straight on these two.

Sep 29th:
HBO tripleheader in Mashantucket
-Edwin Rodriguez (21-0, 14 KOs) vs. Jason Escalera (13-0-1, 12 KOs) - 10 rounds, super middleweights / La Bamba beats the **** out of Escalara and stops in the 8th
-Zsolt Erdei (33-0, 18 KOs) vs. Isaac Chilemba (19-1-1, 9 KOs) - 10 rounds, light heavyweights Fight cancelled after Erdei pulls due to cracked ribs suffered in training
-Luis Orlando Del Valle (16-0, 11 KOs) vs. Vic Darchinyan (37-5-1, 27 KOs) - 10 rounds, junior featherweights / Vic saves his career with a rousing, inspired 10 round decision

Separate card on EPIX in Germany
-Alexander Povetkin (24-0, 16 KOs) vs. Hasim Rahman (50-7-2, 41 KOs) - 12 rounds, heavyweights / Povetkin stops an overweight, out of gas, over the hill, completely spent Rahman in 2
-Kubrat Pulev (16-0, 8 KOs) vs. Alexander Ustinov (27-0, 21 KOs) - 12 rounds, IBF heavyweight eliminator/for Pulev's European heavyweight title / Pulev boxes Ustinov's ears off and stops him in the 11th

October Fights
Oct 6th:
In Kiev, Ukraine
Zaurbek Baysangurov (27-1, 20 KOs) vs. Lukas Konecny (48-3, 23 KOs) - Baysangurov's WBO junior middleweight title / Baysangurov wins via UD

Oct 12th:
Wealth PPV in Montreal
Adonis Stevenson (18-1, 15 KOs) vs. Donovan George (23-2-1, 20 KOs) - 12 rounds, IBF super middleweight eliminator / Stevenson destroys George with 5 KDs and then stops him in the 12th

Oct 13th:
HBO card in Carson, Cali
-Nonito Donaire (29-1, 18 KOs) vs. Toshiaki Nishioka (39-4-3, 24 KOs) - for Donaire's WBO/IBF junior featherweight title and vacant RING Magazine title / Donaire puts on a clinic stopping Nishi in the 9th
-Mike Alvarado (33-0, 23 KOs) vs. Brandon Rios (30-0, 22 KOs) - 10 rounds, junior welterweights / Rios and Alvarado go to war before Rios TKOs Mike in the 7th

Oct 20th:
Showtime card for the Barclays Premier in Brooklyn
-Danny Garcia (24-0, 15 KOs) vs. Erik Morales (52-8, 36 KOs) II - for Garcia's WBC/WBA junior welterweight title / Garcia KOs Morales into retirement with a 4th round left hook
-Paulie Malignaggi (31-4, 7 KOs) vs. Pablo Cesar Cano (25-1-1, 19 KOs) - for Malignaggi's WBA welterweight title / Paulie gets the split nod over Cano
-Randall Bailey (43-7, 37 KOs) vs. Devon Alexander (23-1, 13 KOs) for Bailey's IBF welterweight title / Devon beats the one trick pony via UD
-Hassan -N'Dam N'Jikam (27-0, 17 KOs) vs. Peter Quillin (27-0, 20 KO) - for N'Jikam's WBO middleweight title / Quillin knocks N'Dam down 6 times en route to a UD win

Oct 27th:
HBO BAD card in New York
-Thomas Dulorme (16-0, 12 KOs) vs. Luis Carlos Abregu (33-1, 27 KOs) - 12 rounds, welterweights / Abregu pulls off the upset, putting Dulorme down and out in 7
-Miguel Vazquez (31-3, 13 KOs) vs. Marvin Quintero (25-3, 21 KOs) - for the vacant IBF lightweight title / Vazquez gets the SD win
-Mauricio Herrera (18-2, 7 KOs) vs. Karim Mayfield (16-0-1, 10 KOs) - 10 rounds, junior welterweights / Mayfield picks up a hard fought UD

Separate card in Japan
-Takahiro Ao (23-2, 10 KOs) vs. Gamaliel Diaz (36-9, 17 KOs) - for Ao's WBC junior lightweight title Diaz goes to Japan and gets a close UD win to become champ

November Fights:
Nov 3:
In Germany: Marco Huck (34-2, 25 KOs) vs. Firat Arslan (32-5-2, 21 KOs) - for Huck's WBO cruiserweight title / Huck retains via controversial SD

Separate card in Montreal: Lucian Bute (30-1, 24 KOs) vs. Denis Grachev (12-0-1, 8 KOs) - 12 rounds, light heavyweights / Bute retains via close UD

Separate card in Japan: Shinsuke Yamanaka (16-0, 11 KOs) vs. Tomas Rojas (39-13, 26 KOs) - for Yamanaka's WBC bantamweight title / Yama scores a highlight reel KO to end Rojas

Nov 10:
HBO Card in Vegas: Vanes Martirosyan (32-0, 20 KOs) vs. Erislandy Lara (17-1-1, 11 KOs) - WBC junior middleweight eliminator / Vanes and Lara fight to a boring draw
-Mikey Garcia (29-0, 25 KOs) vs. Jonathan Barros (34-3, 18 KOs) - 10 rounds, junior lightweights / Garcia does something no one else has done, stop Barros in round 8

Showtime card in LA: Abner Mares (24-0, 13 KOs) vs. Anselmo Moreno (33-1, 12 KOs) - for Mares' WBC junior featherweight title / Mares retains via UD
-Leo Santa Cruz (21-0, 12 KOs) vs. Victor Zaleta (20-2, 10 KOs) - for Santa Cruz's IBF bantamweight title / Santa Cruz goes over 1000 punches and ends Zaleta in the 9th
-Nathan Cleverly (24-0, 11 KOs) vs. Shawn Hawk (22-2, 17 KOs) - for Cleverly's WBO light heavyweight title / Clev stops Hawk
--Alfredo Angulo (20-2, 17 KOs) vs. Raul Casarez (19-2, 9 KOs) - junior middleweights / Angulo notches the highlight reel return KO on Casarez

Separate card in Germany: Wladimir Klitschko (58-3, 50 KOs) vs. Mariusz Wach (27-0, 15 KOs) - for Klitschko's IBF/WBO/WBA heavyweight title / Wlad comes out in destroy mode, landing career high punches, but Wach stood up to it and survived... losing a shutout UD

Nov 17:
HBO card in AC: Antonio DeMarco (28-2-1, 21 KOs) vs. Adrien Broner (24-0, 20 KOs) - for DeMarco's WBC lightweight title / Broner puts a tremendous beating on DeMarco and stops him in 8 one sided rounds
-Seth Mitchell (25-0, 19 KOs) vs. Johnathon Banks (28-1, 18 KOs) - heavyweights / Banks derails Seth Mitchell with a 2nd round stoppage

Separate card in England: Carl Froch (29-2, 21 KOs) vs. Yusaf Mack (31-4-2, 17 KOs) - for Froch's IBF super middleweight title / Froch steam rolls Mack, stopping him in 3

Nov 24:
HBO card in Ontario, CA: Robert Guerrero (30-1, 18 KOs) vs. Andre Berto (28-1, 22 KOs) - for Guerrero's WBC interim welterweight title / Guerrero and Berto go to war for 12 grueling rounds with a UD win for Guerrero
-Carlos Quintana (29-3, 23 KOs) vs. Keith Thurman (18-0, 17 KOs) - 10 rounds, junior middleweights / Thurman derails Quintana's comeback bid, knocking him out in 4 easy rounds. Quintana announces his retirement shortly after

Separate card in England:
-Scott Quigg (24-0, 17 KOs) vs. Rendell Munroe (24-2-1, 10 KOs) II - for vacant WBA interim junior featherweight title / Quigg uses body punching for 6 rounds to destroy Munroe
-Martin Murray (24-0, 10 KOs) vs. Jorge Navarro (12-0, 10 KOs) for vacant WBA interim middleweight title / Murray outclasses Navarro, stopping him in 6 one sided rounds
-Ricky Hatton (45-2, 32 KOs) vs. Vyacheslav Senchenko (32-1, 21 KOs) - welterweights / Senchenko ends Hatton's come back bid with a 9th round KO from a wicked body shot

December Fights:
Dec 1st: Showtime card
Austin Trout (25-0, 14 KOs) vs. Miguel Cotto (37-3, 30 KOs) - for Trout's WBA "regular" junior middleweight title / Trout knocks off Cotto in MSG via UD

Dec 4th: in Japan
Koki Kameda (28-1, 17 KOs) vs. Hugo Ruiz (31-1, 28 KOs) - for Kameda's WBA "regular" bantamweight title / Kameda pulls off a robbery in getting a split nod over Ruiz

Dec 8th: HBO PPV in Vegas
-Manny Pacquiao (54-4-2, 38 KOs) vs. Juan Manuel Marquez (54-6-1, 39 KOs) IV - 12 rounds, welterweights / Marquez notches a KO of the year in putting Manny out cold in the 6th
-Yuriorkis Gamboa (21-0, 16 KOs) vs. Michael Farenas (34-3-4, 26 KOs) - for vacant WBA interim junior lightweight title / Gamboa and Farenas have a hell of a fight with both men tasting the canvas. Gamboa gets the nod via UD
-Miguel Vazquez (32-3, 13 KOs) vs. Mercito Gesta (26-0-1, 14 KOs) - for Vazquez's IBF lightweight title / An absolute bore of a fight sees Vazquez retain via shutout UD
-Javier Fortuna (20-0, 15 KOs) vs. Patrick Hyland (27-0, 12 KOs) - for vacant WBA interim featherweight title / Another boring fight with Fortuna notching a UD

Separate card in Denmark:
Brian Magee (36-4-1, 25 KOs) vs. Mikkel Kessler (45-2, 34 KOs) - for Magee's WBA "regular" super middleweight title Kessler scores the KO3 via body shots

Separate card in Jamaica:
Nicholas Walters (21-0, 17 KOs) vs. Daulis Prescott (26-1, 19 KOs) - for vacant WBA "regular" featherweight title / Walters wins via KO

Dec 15th:
HBO card in San Antonio
-Nonito Donaire (30-1, 19 KOs) vs. Jorge Arce (61-6-2, 46 KOs) - for Donaire's WBO junior featherweight title / Donaire KO3 over Arce
-Guillermo Rigondeaux (11-0, 8 KOs) vs. Poonsawat Kratingdaenggym (48-2, 33 KOs) - for Rigondeaux's WBA junior featherweight title Fight off. Poon tested positive for HIV

Showtime card in LA:
-Amir Khan (26-3, 18 KOs) vs. Carlos Molina (17-0, 7 KOs) - junior welterweights / Khan RTD10 over Molina
-Deontay Wilder (25-0, 25 KOs) vs. Kelvin Price (13-0, 6 KOs) - 10 rounds, heavyweights / Wilder KO3 over Price
-Leo Santa Cruz (22-0, 13 KOs) vs. Alberto Guevara (16-0, 6 KOs) - for Santa Cruz's IBF bantam weight title / Santa Cruz UD12
-Alfredo Angulo (21-2, 18 KOs) vs. Jorge Silva (19-2, 15 KOs) - 10 rounds, light middies / Angulo UD10 over Silva
-Shawn Porter (20-0, 14 KOs) vs. Julio Diaz (40-7, 29 KOs) - 10 rounds, welterweights / Fight declared a draw after 10 rounds

Separate card in Germany:
Arthur Abraham (35-3, 27 KOs) vs. Mehdi Bouadla (26-4, 11 KOs) - for Abraham's WBO super middleweight title / Abraham TKO8 over Bouadla

Dec 17th: in Russia
Denis Lebedev (24-1, 18 KOs) vs. Santander Silgado (23-0, 18 KOs) - for Lebedev's WBA cruiserweight title / Lebedev scores a KO of the year candidate

Dec 31st: in Japan
Takashi Uchiyama (18-0, 15 KOs) vs. Bryan Vasquez (29-0, 15 KOs) - for Uchiyama's WBA junior lightweight title / Uchiyama hammers out Vaszuez in 8 to force a TKO win

[Blues 34]

Thanks for doing these threads on boxing bro. As for as the PAC-MAN I hope he fights Marquez again. He needs to get a clear win and I think he can

[Daaaa B's]

Originally Posted by jkidd

Updated thus far.

Got word Manny Pacquiao's next 4 opponents are down to:
Miguel Cotto II
Juan Manuel Marquez IV
Timothy Bradley
Lamont Peterson

I'd love a 4th fight with JMM, Cotto would be a fun one again, while Bradley or Peterson don't seem to be on his level, and aren't appealing to me.

If Cotto/Pac II happens, there's no way Cotto agrees to fight at 145 again so do you think they fight at 147 or will Manny go up to 150 like he did for Margo?

That's the fight I want to see the most out of these options but I really want a 4th fight with JMM too.

[JKidd]

If Cotto gets the nod, I definitely see the fight at 150, or 151. Cotto isn't like most other fighters Manny gets, in that Cotto has a lot of "pull" himself when it comes to making demands or setting limits in fight negotiations. I see it being 150 or 151 based on their history. I wonder then, what happens to either's title if they lose? Does Manny get stripped of his alphabet 147 lb title? Or does Cotto release his 154? I'm sure those will be negotiating points, but it's something worth noting.

On the topic of alphabet titles, Sergio Martinez has had enough of the WBC and their bull****. The worlds best 160lb fighter has called it a day and released the WBC "diamond" belt and will exclusively defend the 160lb RING magazine title... which is really the only title that truly means something in these days of regular champs, diamond champs, super champs, aluminum champs and whatever other metals they use. I love it from Sergio. No more bending and bitching with the WBC to get HIS title back, it's now time to start defending the one belt that doesn't require him to pay astronomical sanctioning fees to be toyed with. This is a HUGE step in the right direction for getting rid of these alphabet organizations. Unfortunately, fighters want titles, and so do promoters... which means it's probably not that big of a deal in the grand scheme of things, but only because I doubt anyone else follows suit in Sergio's foot steps.

Last item, ESPN Friday Night Fights returns tonight! ****ing aye is that awesome! The main event:
Dyah Davis (20-2, 9 KOs) vs. Alfonso Lopez (22-1, 17 KOs) - 10 rounds, super middleweights
Prospect watch fight: Steve Martinez (11-0, 9 KOs) vs. Denis Douglin (13-1, 8 KOs) - 8 rounds, junior middleweights
Veteran on the rebuild path: Dannie Williams (20-1, 16 KOs) vs. Fernando Trejo (33-17, 19 KOs) -8 rounds, lightweights

[Shoryuken]

Amir Khan alleges "interference" in his fight against Lamont Peterson last month, with an unknown person getting into the ear of the fight supervisor, and the judges:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/boxing/16435696.stm

Khan got beat up, he needs to let this go now.

[ruffryder]

Cotto/Pac IU don't wanna see that AGAIN...

If Manny is not scared, I want Floyd/Manny right out of jail.

[Flyers2001]

Originally Posted by ruffryder

Cotto/Pac IU don't wanna see that AGAIN...

If Manny is not scared, I want Floyd/Manny right out of jail.

Floyd is not going to jail until after his fight in May. Arum is ducking. He is not ready to cash Manny out.

Jmm 4 will be the same as the first 3, but will be tougher to make because Jmm does not want to fight PAC in Vegas. He doesn't feel he can get a fair dec.

Peterson has a very good shot at the fight if he wants to sign with Top Rank because h is a hot name.

I think Bradley is the toughest competition abd signed with Top Rank for this fight.


Mayweather's two opponents are either Canelo or Guerarro. Both Mexican for the May 5th date.

[JKidd]

Huge, very well done article by Dan Rafael at ESPN on Bob Arum being THE lone issue with the Pac/Mayweather fight not being made. He simply doesn't want to make the fight, and that is good enough for Bob Arum to not make it.

This it he telling spot that I couldn't have agreed more with:

If Pacquiao did fight Mayweather and lose, he could certainly go on. But at this stage of his career, a loss might send Pacquiao deeper into politics in the Philippines, where he is already a congressman, and that would mean no more Pacquiao fights -- or at least only sporadic fights -- for Arum to make millions on.

A lot more

I think that's what it boils down to with Bob Arum not wanting to cash out Manny, as mentioned above.

As far as Mayweather and his opponents:
vs. Canelo... Saul is way too raw to be in the ring with Mayweather, and Floyd will tear him apart. Every time I watch Canelo I see him try and incorporate more and more boxing skills into his fights, which is great. But, if you're confused on whether to go to a half shell defense or put up the ear muffs - that's hesitation and hesitation in the ring is a death wish. I don't know if Floyd will stop him, but, I can see him busting the **** out Canelo on his way to a UD. It is the first major step though in getting Canelo to the PPV ranks and being a premier PPV draw, so I can see this.

vs. Guerrero... I'm a Robert Guerrero fan. His back story and his skills are awesome. But, he gets hit a lot, cuts easily, and will be moving up in weight again to fight Floyd which will likely negate more of his speed. I don't see it being a good night for Robert. Floyd's lead right will tear him up, and when Guerrero tries to throw that lead left hook he really likes, Floyd will be under neath it already back up and popping him with a counter hook or counter right.

[Flyers2001]

Manny came out today and said he wants Mayweather next and he will press Arum to make the fight happen. He said testing will not be an issue and even said he is willing to take a little less of a cut.

Arum is going to counter about the fight not being able to be promoted properly witht he time and so on. ITs BS. Mayweather wants the fight, Manny wants the fight. Let's get it on.

The fight does not need a lot of promoting. The fight has been promoted for almost 3 years. It does not even need a big arena. The money is with the PPV. They can jack the price of the tickets at the gate for huge amounts of money. Closed circuit and PPV domestically and internationally is where the money is.

[JKidd]

The funny thing is that Arum has come out and said that he isn't looking to have Manny fight in May because of the nasty gash he suffered against JMM, that is requiring plastic surgery and he'll need 6+ months to let it heal. Furthermore, he wasn't considering Mayweather AT ALL and just the 4 guys laid out earlier.

Now, we have Manny publicly saying **** that garbage I want to fight in May against Floyd.

So... now we are back to the same stumbling block as always, Bob Arum getting what Bob Arum wants.

Naturally, Arum should have consulted Manny before running his mouth to national media that he will not consider or even entertain the thought BECAUSE Manny needs and wants until after May to recover. Now, he looks like an even bigger piece of **** lying cock sucker.

This fight will likely not happen until Bob Arum is dead, that's the only hope I'm seeing out of all of this.

[Flyers2001]

I read several articles where they quoted Arum saying Manny may fight in May when afloyd was suppose to go to jail. Now that he is not all these excuses come back out. Arum is scum.

[JKidd]

Megafight appears to be set (per Boxingscene):

Lucian Bute vs. Carl Froch in Montreal on April 14th, with a rematch (if desired by the loser) on August 4th.

Andre Ward isn't interested or ready for Bute yet, so Super Six runner up, Carl Froch, steps right in.

Besides his past brash reputation, it's hard not to like Carl Froch. The guy fights the best in the division, wherever it takes him, and is humble in defeat.

[Flyers2001]

Originally Posted by jkidd

Megafight appears to be set (per Boxingscene):

Lucian Bute vs. Carl Froch in Montreal on April 14th, with a rematch (if desired by the loser) on August 4th.

Andre Ward isn't interested or ready for Bute yet, so Super Six runner up, Carl Froch, steps right in.

Besides his past brash reputation, it's hard not to like Carl Froch. The guy fights the best in the division, wherever it takes him, and is humble in defeat.

Andre Ward is more than ready for Bute, but not interested right now is more likely. Ward just came off a grueling schedule of fights, while Bute fought 5-10 type fighters. That fight will happen.

The risk is that Bute is going to take of Froch which is no walk in the park. Its a risky fight and I applaud Bute for it.

Ward is recognized as the legit 168 lb champion and top 5 p4p right now.

[Flyers2001]

Mayweather continues his assault on Manny. Twitter....

"Manny Pacquiao I am calling you out. Let's fight on May 5th and give the world what they want to see. My jail sentence was pushed backed because the date was locked in. Step up punk," Mayweather wrote.