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| HARTFORD (November 1, 2007) – Unbeaten cruiserweight Matt “Too Smooth” Godfrey defends his NABF title against former WBO heavyweight title challenger Jeremy “Half-Man, Half- Amazing” Williams, headlining “Pinnacle FiteNite: The Heat’s On In Hartford,” on November 24 at the Connecticut Convention Center in Hartford. Providence native Godfrey (16-0, 9 KOs), rated No. 2 by the World Boxing Council, takes on Williams (42-5-1, 35 KOs), fighting out of Long Beach (CA), in the 12-round main event. Godfrey also is rated No. 4 by the International Boxing Federation and No. 6 by the World Boxing Association. Read the Full Story..... |
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| San Juan, Puerto Rico (November 2) – It’ s the fistic version of a daily double, and a distinction no other boxer has ever achieved, but yesterday at the World Boxing Organization (WBO) convention in Puerto Rico, Oscar de la Hoya was honored twice by the sanctioning body, both as “Fighter of The Decade” and “Promoter of The Year”. “It’s a great honor for me to accept these awards from the WBO, and I’m truly humbled by all of this,” said De La Hoya. “To be recognized for what I’ve done – in and out of the ring – has always been something I hoped would happen, and I thank the WBO for making that dream a reality.” Read the Full Story..... |
| DE LA HOYA RECEIVES WORLD BOXING ORGANIZATION “FIGHTER OF THE DECADE” AND “PROMOTER OF THE YEAR” AWARDS; FIGHTER HONORED AT ANNUAL WBO CONVENTION IN SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO |
| TACOMA , Wash. (Nov. 3, 2007) – Going into Friday’s 100th telecast of ShoBox: The New Generation, there had been 22 boxers who’d appeared during the popular series’ distinguished six-year history that went on to capture world titles. That’s better than one every five shows. Two more victories and “Fast’’ Eddie Chambers could become the 23rd. The unbeaten Chambers (30-0, 16 KOs), of Philadelphia , registered a 12- round split decision over Calvin “The Boxing Banker’’ Brock (31-2, 23 KOs), of Charlotte , N.C. , in Friday’s ShoBox main event. The victory earned Chambers the right to fight 2004 Olympic Games gold medalist Alexander Povetkin in the finals of the International Boxing Federation (IBF) heavyweight elimination tournament. Read the Full Story..... |
| UNDEFEATED CHAMBERS SCORES SPLIT DECISION OVER BROCK, LOPEZ OUTPOINTS HARRIS ON MILESTONE “SHOBOX’’ TELECAST Friday, Nov. 2, at 11 p.m. ET/PT on SHOWTIME Emerald Queen Casino, Tacoma Washington |
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| HOLLYWOOD, FL - November 3, 2007 – If opponents of Edison Miranda thought that they had enough problems to deal with before, after ‘Pantera’s surgical destruction of veteran contender Henry Porras on October 30th, they now know that they’re dealing with a bigger, stronger, faster, and more dangerous fighter than ever before. That’s a frightening thought for Miranda's new peers at 168 pounds. “It feels great to be back, and I’m happy with my performance against Porras,” said Miranda, now 29-2 with 25 KOs. “I wanted to show some of the new things I’ve been working on in the gym in Puerto Rico in my time off, and everything went according to plan.” Read the Full Story..... |
| RONNIE SHIELDS WEIGHS IN ON THE AFTERMATH OF JUAREZ/MARQUEZ, DIAZ/PACQUAIO, AND TRAINING JERMAIN TAYLOR Interview By: John Martinez / Boxing Realm (05Nov07) This past Saturday, contender Rocky Juarez lost his bid to wrestle the WBC super featherweight title from reigning champion, Juan Manual Marquez. Leading up to this fight, many pundits and fans alike gave Juarez very little chance if any to accomplish his mission to be the next champion. People said that he was either too slow, not polished enough, or strong enough to go twelve rounds with the Mexican national. I wonder if by losing the way Juarez did, going twelve rounds and not touching the canvass and never giving up, has he earned himself some respect in the eyes of the critics. I asked Ronnie Shields, Rock’s trainer, to assess his charge’s outing and what he thinks is next for the Houston fighter. JM: Ronnie, in your own words, please give us your thoughts on Rock’s outing against Marquez. RS: After the first round, Ray Ontiveros told the doctor that it would be hard to stop the cut, but the doctor said just to put the medicine and see what happens. And then after the second round I told the doctor that this thing was bad, but the doctor said, “well, it didn’t open up anymore than it was so it’s OK” so I went ahead and gave Rock instructions to keep fighting. Read the Full Interview..... |
| Mormeck vs. Haye Showdown This Saturday In Paris |
| WBC number one challenger David Haye has left true carnage in his wake on the climb to the top of the cruiserweight heap but the London slugger must now bring his vaunted power punching to bear upon the true world champion of the division, WBC and WBA Champion Jean-Marc Mormeck as the two clash this Saturday, November 10 on a Don King Productions promotion at Palais des Sport Marcel Cerdan, Levallois-Perret, Paris, France. Mormeck, 33-3 (21), has savagely defended his position with wins over a superb list of challengers including Virgil Hill, Wayne Braithwaite, Dale Brown and Alexander Gurov while avenging the only loss on his record in the last ten years by defeating O'Neill Bell in a rematch this past March. But Haye, 19-1 (18), has the firepower as evidenced by a first round destruction in April over 231 pound Polish heavyweight Tomasz Bonin, who came into the fight with Haye at 37-1 and having gone nine rounds with former Olympic Gold Medallist Audley Harrison. Read the Full Story..... |
| HOLLYWOOD, FL, November 5 – Following his impressive fifth round stoppage of veteran Henry Porras on October 30th, super middleweight contender Edison Miranda silenced any critics who questioned whether he would still be the same fighter at 168 pounds that he was at 160. One person he didn’t silence was fellow contender Jean Pascal, who made a spectacle out of himself in calling out Miranda from ringside and in the ring after the bout. “He’s got a lot of mouth,” said Miranda, now 29-2 with 25 KOs. “I’d like to see if he’s got the heart to match…but I doubt it.” The unbeaten Pascal, who is ranked second in the world by the WBO and fourth by the WBC, would be an intriguing match for ‘Pantera’, who would love to physically take the Haitian-born Canadian’s rankings from him in the ring. “Pascal was doing a lot of laughing on Tuesday. He will be crying, not laughing the next time I see him in a ring.” Pantera returned to Puerto Rico on Wednesday to watch WBO's Tournament of Champions at the Coliseo de Puerto Rico. To his surprise Jean Pascal was also in the audience. “I hear someone talking loud and there is Jean running his mouth. I was surprised to see this clown actually followed me back to Puerto Rico.” The talking quickly turned ugly and both fighters tore off their shirts and got into each other’s face. Pantera had to be taken away by his people as the entire 5,000 people in the crowd chanted ‘PANTERA’. “He is crazy to want to fight me. If this fight ever happen I will wipe that grin off his face with one right hand. Go back to Canada Jean and make the fight worth while.” |
| LAUGH NOW, CRY LATER: ‘PANTERA’ WANTS PASCAL TO PUT HIS MONEY WHERE HIS MOUTH IS |
| (From left to right) – Chairman of Top Rank Bob Arum, World WBA Welterweight Champion Miguel Cotto, Current Light Heavyweight Champion and President of Golden Boy Promotions East Bernard Hopkins, Three-Division World Champion Sugar Shane Mosley and Ten-Time World Champion and President of Golden Boy Promotions Oscar de la Hoya pose for pictures on Wednesday, November 7, 2007 at New York’s B.B. King’s during the final press conference for “Fast & Furious!” Cotto vs. Mosley for the WBA World Welterweight Championship to be held on Saturday, November 10, 2007 at Madison Square Garden. |
| Photo By: Teddy Blackburn/ Golden Boy Promotions |
| Mosley and Cotto showoff their Money Makers along with Promoters Oscar De La Hoya and Bob Arum |
| Matt Godfrey defends NABF title against Jeremy Williams on “Pinnacle FiteNite: The Heat’s On In Hartford” Nov. 24 at the Connecticut Convention Center |
| MORE DANGEROUS THAN EVER PANTERA RETURNS WITH TKO WIN OVER PORRAS |
| In yet another exceptionally entertaining fight, Miguel Cotto retains his WBA Welterweight Title with a unanimous 12- round decision over “Sugar” Shane Mosley on Saturday night in front of a jacked-up crowd from Madison Square Garden in New York City. The show was co-promoted by Top Rank, Inc. and Golden Boy Promotions and was broadcast live on HBO PPV. In what has seemed to be the case for 2007, Professional Boxing continued its resurgence with another fight that indeed lived up to the expectations of all boxing |
| Cotto Outpoints Mosley Article By: Bill Calogero - TheDailySports.com |
| fans. Both fighters said they were prepared, well trained and brought their A- games. They both said that they were ready to fight. The best part is they both did just that. The first round was a total feel-out round by both fighters. Mosley made somewhat of a statement within the first few seconds, landing several hard shots to Cotto’s body, as if to send the message that he too can work the body just as decisively as Cotto himself is well known for. Both fighters made it clear they were ready to go and both looked sharp. On my scorecard, I gave this round to Miguel Cotto. The pace was stepped up in the second round. Both fighters landed solid punches. Mosely was connecting with a hard right and Cotto was able to counter punch effectively. It also appeared that Cotto’s hand speed was a lot faster than Mosley thought. As the round came to a close, both fighters were toe-to-toe unleashing flurries of punches at each other. Although this round was close, I gave the edge to Sugar Shane Mosley because I felt that he landed the harder, more effective punches, but only by a small margin. Mosley continued to land the harder punches during the third round. Cotto was doing very well using his jab, landing almost at will, but was not as effective with his power punches during this round. Another solid right froze Cotto in his tracks for a second, but as the true warrior he is, he continued on to unleash his own barrage of punches to the head of Mosley. Again, both fighters found themselves toe-to-toe exchanging solid shots at the close of the round. Again, on my scorecard I gave the edge to Mosley. The fourth round was action-packed. Both fighters landed solid punches both to the head and body of each other. During this round, Cotto seemed to land more punches and also was returning every punch Mosley landed with one or two of his own. Shane begins to look a little tired and Cotto seemed like he just got going. I gave this round to Cotto. The fifth round was yet another action-packed round which featured both fighters landing hard solid punches on each other. They both were using their jab, followed by solid right hands and both fighters were landing substantial body shots. Again the round was very close, but I gave the round to Miguel Cotto. When thirty-seconds of the sixth round had elapsed, it seemed to me that Miguel Cotto was beginning to take over this fight. Mosley began bouncing more on his feet and concentrated on keeping his distance, rather than go toe to toe. He was still landing shots, but was content in hitting from afar. Cotto continued his counter punching assault, which scored enough on my card to win the round. Again, Mosley kept his distance during the seventh round and again Cotto took advantage by scoring punches as Mosley tried to box from his longer arms length. Again, it worked for Cotto, as I gave him the round on my scorecard. The eighth round saw Sugar Shane Mosley become the aggressor and he began to chase Cotto around the ring. Mosley was able to land several hard punches, his most effective being his right, which was finding a home on Cotto’ s head. On my card, Mosley came on to win this round. When Mosley came out for the ninth round, he seemed rejuvenated. He was up on his toes, dancing around doubling and tripling up his jab and then following them with very solid rights, easily outscoring Miguel Cotto on my scorecard. Mosley also was landing hard lefts, which kept Cotto away. Mosley stunned Cotto with a solid right to start the tenth round. Shane was able to continuously land his power right and both fighters again were toe to toe in the center of the ring exchanging powerful shots for the final minute of the round. Again, this was a close round, but based on the power punches, I gave the edge to Mosley on my card. The final two rounds were carbon copies of each other. Sugar Shane Mosley pressed the fight. He was clearly the aggressor and was able to land hard right hooks to Cotto’s body and overhand rights to his head, all following a pinpoint jab. Cotto was landing solid shots too and went into short bursts of punches in flurries, but in my opinion, it was Sugar Shane Mosley who landed the harder punches and he was also the one pushing the fight. I gave both the 11th and 12th rounds to Sugar Shane Mosley. Two of the three judges at ringside scored the fight 115-113 while the third had it 116-113, all in favor of Miguel Cotto. Cotto retained his WBA Welterweight Title and keeps his undefeated record, improving to 31-0 (25 KOs) and wants the winner of the upcoming Mayweather vs. Hatton mega fight in December. Sugar Shane Mosley; gracious as always after the fight, drops to 44-5 (37 KOs) and did not seem to worry about whom, when or even if he will fight again, except to also mention interest in the winner of the Mayweather vs. Hatton bout. I think the judges at ringside got this fight wrong. On my scorecard, I had the fight 115-113 in favor of Shane Mosley. Based on the more meaningful punches and ring generalship, I believe Mosely won this fight. Even the punch stats lean towards my score rather then those of the official judges scoring the fight. Both fighters landed the same amount of punches during the fight and Mosley landed 53% to Cotto’s 39% of power shots. It was a great fight and it certainly was close, which in the long run, makes the sport of Boxing so great. It could have gone either way, but in the books, Miguel Cotto came out with the W. In one of the most outrageous, and sickening decisions I think I have ever witnessed in over twenty-five years in the business, Joel Casamayor retained his WBC and Ring Magazine Lightweight Titles with a highly controversial split- decision victory over Jose Santa-Cruz in their 12-round lightweight contest. Cruz battered Casamayor for most of the twelve rounds, landing solid shots throughout including a punch to Joel’s elbow that sent him to the canvas in the very first round. This fight was not even close! One Judge at ringside scored the fight 114-113 in favor of Cruz, while the other two had it 114-113 in favor of Casamayor. I am not sure what fight they were watching and I am shocked that the NYSAC could allow this to happen. To say this was a joke is a complete understatement. TheDailySports.com scored the fight 118-109 in favor of Jose Santa-Cruz. This is an example of when bad is bad in boxing. I hate to say it, but one of two things happened. Either the competence of the judges assigned to this fight was at an all time low or they were following directions. A unification bout with Juan Diaz is the logical fight, but it should be with Jose Santa-Cruz, not Joel Casamayor. This was a sad outcome and yet another black eye on the NYSAC. It was awful. The NYSAC was doing so well……. Also on the under card, Antonio Margarito got himself right back into the mix with his devastating first round KO win over Golden Johnson in their scheduled 12-round welterweight contest. As the first round began, Margarito landed two solid uppercuts followed by a solid shot to Johnson’s jaw that sent Golden to the canvas. Johnson managed to get up by the count of ten, but was still in trouble. Antonio landed another solid uppercut than sent Johnson to a knee and an eight-count. When referee Wayne Kelly allowed the fight to continue, Antonio Margarito came in for the kill, landing a devastating hook to the body of Johnson, followed by yet another uppercut, sending Johnson into the ropes and down again. As he rose to his feet, Wayne Kelly waived the fight off. The official time was 2:38 of the first round, giving Antonio Margarito the TKO win. He improves to 35-5 (25 KOs) while Golden Johnson drops to 25-8-3 (18 KOs). Victor Ortiz made quick work of the usually rugged Carlos Maussa in their scheduled 10-round welterweight contest. At 1:47 of the very first round, Ortiz landed a short, powerful left that sent Maussa down and out. Victor Ortiz improves to 20-1-1 (15 KOs), while Carlos Maussa drops to 19-5 (17 KOs). Professional Boxing had another weekend of great fights for this resurgent 2007. Better than that, the fights that have been billed as great actually have lived up to it, which is good for the sport. We needed a year like we are having, and honestly, I can’t remember when we have had such a consistent year in boxing in a very long time. We needed it and all we can hope for is for it to continue throughout 2008. Boxing is back, and it’s better than ever. Tune into “Talkin Boxing With Billy C” this week on TPSRADIO.net on Wednesday to hear full discussions on all of these fights and for everyone in the Rochester, NY area, be sure to tune into WHTK 1280 AM at 6:00am on Saturday mornings to listen to “Talkin Boxing With Billy C” |