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| Hasim Rahman continued his comeback with a non-impressive win over Zuri Lawrence Thursday night. The fight was the Main Event of Top Rank Inc.’ s “Fight Night” and was broadcast live from the Sovereign Center in Reading, Pennsylvania on the Versus Network. Lawrence was a very late sub for this fight. He was coming off a win only days earlier and hadn’t been in the gym. He was the one that controlled most of the fight, scoring with his jab and was able to land several hard rights. Read the Full Story..... |
| Rock Nothing Special Article By: Bill Calogero - TheDailySports.com |
| Here is what Vargas had to say during a near-75-minute open media workout Thursday: FERNANDO VARGAS: “I don’t like anything about Mayorga. He has a face only a mother gorilla would love. I’m going to beat the (poop) out of him. He’s a stupid fighter. He doesn’t get it. “Mayorga says that I’m going to run. I’m not going to run. He’s a stupid (butt). I'm going to knock him out. He’s going to Read the Full Story..... |
| OPEN MEDIA WORKOUT QUOTES TWO-TIME WORLD CHAMP FERNANDO VARGAS Thursday, Nov. 15, 2007, Big John McCarthy’s Ultimate Training Academy, Valencia, Calif. |
| A fit, trim and confident Fernando Vargas was mostly all business during an open media workout Thursday at Valencia, Calif. |
| Photos By: Jorge Garcia/For Showtime |
| “SEASON’S BEATINGS” DECEMBER 5TH AT THE HARD ROCK POWELL-CAUTHEN TITLE ELIMINATOR TO HEADLINE HOLLYWOOD, FL, November 16 – When December rolls around and holiday well- wishes are in the air, a select few world- class fighters will hold off on spreading cheer. Instead, on Wednesday, December 5th, they will be handing out season’s beatings to their opponents as Seminole Warriors Boxing and Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing finish out another stellar year of boxing events at the Seminole Hard Rock Live Arena in Hollywood Florida with a star-studded card featuring an IBF junior middleweight title elimination bout between Sechew Powell and Terrance Cauthen, and separate bouts featuring the return of former WBO world champion Juan Urango to Florida, and rising heavyweight star Kevin Johnson. Read the Full Story..... |
| Joan Guzman dominated Humberto Soto for most of the fight to retain his WBO Jr. Lightweight Title Saturday from the Borgata Resort & Casino in Atlantic City. The show was promoted by Golden Boy Promotions and was broadcasted live on HBO’s Boxing After Dark Series. Joan Guzman used his excellent counter-punching skills and took advantage of his much faster hand speed to control ten out of twelve rounds (on my scorecard) of this fight to keep his undefeated record in tact. Read the Full Story..... |
| Guzman Dominates Soto Article By: Bill Calogero - TheDailySports.com |
| AN INTERVIEW WITH LEONARD ELLERBE Interview By: John Martinez - BoxingRealm.com (19Nov07) Moments ago, I spoke with WBC welterweight king Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s adviser and co-trainer Mr. Leonard Ellerbe. During the Q&A, he was quick to dispel any thoughts that Ricky Hatton will still be standing for the twelfth and final round. In addition to this prediction, he had a message that Team Mayweather hopes to get out regarding the upcoming Presidential elections. JM: How do you answer critics that say this fight isn’t worthy of being telecast on HBO PPV due to Mayweather’s decisive edge in height, reach, and all around skill set? LE: Well first of all, a fight isn’t won on paper. That is why the two combatants have to go into the ring and prove themselves. Floyd is and has been the best fighter in the world for a number of years and December 8 will be no different. Read the Full Interview..... |
| Chapman Cracks Top 10! 24-year-old heavyweight prospect JD "The Natural" Chapman (28-0, 25 KOs) has officially cracked the top 10. The 6' 6" Arkansas-based power puncher has moved up to #10 in the WBO's most recent ratings, in addition to his #13 WBA and #14 WBC rankings. Manager Scott Hirsch says he's happy the world sanctioning bodies have been paying attention to his slugger's steady improvement. "JD has looked better in every successive outing and I'm very happy the world bodies recognized that." Hirsch says Chapman will be in a "significant step-up fight" against a fellow contender, early next year. "We're looking at dates in Vegas or Dubai," he explains. "JD has been bowling over everyone we put in front of him and we feel he's ready for prime time as of today." In his most recent outing, Chapman destroyed trialhorse Marcus Rhode in 1:20, dropping him three times with his electric right hand. |
| UNIFICATION! KLITSCHKO vs. IBRAGIMOV TO PUT HEAVYWEIGHT BELTS ON THE LINE ON FEB. 23 NEW YORK , NY , November 20 – For several years, fight fans have longed for the day when the heavyweight championship of the world would be unified and one man would reign atop the sport’s glamour division. On Saturday, February 23rd, at ‘The Mecca of Boxing’, New York City ’s Madison Square Garden , that day will be one step closer when IBF & IBO Heavyweight Champion Wladimir Klitschko and WBO Heavyweight Champion Sultan Ibragimov meet to unify their titles in a bout destined to bring clarity to the heavyweights once again. Read the Full Story..... |
| Boxing's Bad Boys, Fernando Vargas and Ricardo Mayorga, continued their vulgar, trash-talking assaults on each other during Monday's final press conference at STAPLES Center. Unlike their first press conference, there were no punches exchanged, but only because they were separated by a sheet of plexi-glass borrowed from the Los Angeles Kings hockey team. Read the Full Story..... |
| FINAL PRESS CONFERENCE QUOTES FERNANDO VARGAS AND RICARDO MAYORGA |
| Photos: Jorge Garcia/ For Showtime PPV |
| Highly rated Cruiserweight Matt Godfrey takes on the biggest challenge of his young career when he squares off against Jeremy Williams on November 24th in Hartford, Connecticut. Godfrey comes in having scored two big wins in a row, besting Derrick Brown in his last fight and knocking out Felix Cora Jr. on ESPN prior to that. We spoke with world class trainer and former title contender "Ice Man" John Scully who has recently taken over as Godfrey's full-time trainer. Scully takes us through what Godfrey needs to do to be successful against Williams, his future at Cruiserweight, and whether or not Matt Godfrey has what it takes to become a world champion. Here is what the "Ice Man" had to say: Read the Full Interview..... |
| Undefeated Cruiserweight Matt "Too Smooth" Godfrey takes on Jeremy "Half Man Half Amazing" Williams Interview with Godfrey's Trainer "Ice Man" John Scully |
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| Kermit Cintron (28-1, 26 KOs), of Reading , Penn. , will make the second defense of his International Boxing Federation welterweight championship against Jesse Feliciano (15-5-3, 9 KOs), of Los Angeles, in one of the top fights this Friday at STAPLES Center on SHOWTIME PPV. Two time world champion Fernando Vargas (26-4, 22 KOs) and three-time world champion Ricardo Mayorga (27-6- 1, 22 KOs) fight in what promises to be a street brawl in the main event of a highly anticipated pay-per-view telecast that begins at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT and is being distributed by SHOWTIME? PPV. Also on the stellar card, former IBF 154- pound champion Roman “Made in Hell” Karmazin (35-2-1, 22 KOs), of St. Petersburg, Russia, now fighting out of Los Angeles, will take on former two- time World Boxing Association super welterweight champion Alejandro “Terra” Read the Full Story..... |
| KERMIT CINTRON AND JESSE FELICIANO MEDIA ROUNDTABLE QUOTES Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2007, Sheraton Downtown, Los Angeles , Calif. |
| Mayorga Out Performs Vargas Article By: Bill Calogero - TheDailySports.com |
| “The Brawl” as it was billed, was yet another good fight for this very resurgent year in Professional Boxing. Both fighters showed a real dislike for each other for the very long promotional period. One of the reasons for the delay was that the fight was at a “catch-weight” of 166lbs. Ricardo Mayorga had to gain over twenty pounds. Fernando Vargas had to lose almost one hundred. Read the Full Story..... |
| SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING will present an extraordinary tripleheader as its season finale when IBO light heavyweight champion Antonio “Magic Man’’ Tarver defends against Danny Santiago, Vernon Forrest risks his WBA 154-pound crown against former IBF welterweight kingpin Michele Piccirillo and Nonito Donaire, fresh off his knockout victory over previously undefeated Vic Darchinyan in the Upset of the year, makes the initial defense of his IBF flyweight belt against mandatory challenger Luis Maldonado. Promoted by Gary Shaw Productions, LLC, the three scheduled 12-round fights will be televised live from Foxwoods Resort Casino, beginning at 9 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the west coast.) Tickets, priced at $250, $150, $125, $100 and $75, are on sale and can be purchased at www.foxwoods.com or by calling (800) 200-2882. QUESTION: Antonio, what are your thoughts on fighting on SHOWTIME December 1st? TARVER: I'm very excited to be back on SHOWTIME, the leader in boxing. And I'm thrilled to death that they're in the Antonio Tarver business. Read the Full Story..... |
| CONFERENCE CALL QUOTES ANTONIO TARVER, VERNON FORREST, DANNY SANTIAGO , MICHELE PICCIRILLO |
| HOLIDAY HAVOC IN THE BRONX DECEMBER 6 ***Andrey Tsurkan defends NABF TITLE vs. Yuri Foreman in"NYC Turf War" with Sergio Martinez vs. Ossie DuranIn the Co-Feature on VERSUS Televised Card At the Utopia Paradise Theater*** In the main event, it will be a 10 round Junior Middleweight battle of talented Eastern Europeans, as NABF CHAMPION and Ukraine born Andrey Tsurkan (25-2, 16 KO's) defends his title against undefeated Yuri Foreman (23-0, 8 KO's), born in Belarus in a 10 round Junior Middleweight bout. Star Boxing promoted Tsurkan, who now lives in the Bronx, will be defending his title in his second straight fight at the Paradise as he viciously knocked out Sammy Sparkman in the ninth round of a ten round bout in the Bronx on April 11, 2007. Foreman, who lives in Brooklyn, last fought on the undercard of Cotto/Judah at Madison Square Garden on June 9, 2007 where he won the biggest fight of his career; a 10 round decision over Anthony Thompson (23-2, 16 KO's). Read the Full Story..... |
| Malignaggi punches back at critics |
| NEW YORK (November 26, 2007) – International Boxing Federation light welterweight champion Paulie “The Magic Man” Malignaggi, rated No. 2 by The Ring, believes stylish boxing skills like his are far less appreciated in today’ s knockout-crazed world of boxing than it's ever been. “Pure boxers today aren’t as highly valued as they should be,” the outspoken Brooklyn pugilist said from his Vero Beach (FL) training camp. “Even all-time great boxers like Willie Pep and Pernall Whitaker, if they were boxing today, wouldn’t be as appreciated. Floyd Mayweather is the best in the world, maybe ever, but critics complain because he’s so good that, he wins so easily and isn’t in wars. Now-a- days everybody wants to see punching, not boxing skills, and that’s a shame. Read the Full Story..... |
| On December 1st, live from Foxwoods Resort and Casino, three champions put their titles on the line in the season finale of Showtime Championship Boxing. Two respected veterans of the fight game, Antonio Tarver and Vernon Forrest, scored impressive victories over tough yet ill-equipped opponents in Danny Santiago and Michele Piccirillo. Nonito Donaire overwhelmed Luis Maldanado in his first title defense since upsetting Vic Darchinyan. All three men entered the ring with something to prove. For Tarver and Forrest an inspiring win would keep them on track for bigger, more meaningful fights that would lead to big paydays, and help cement their status as two elite fighters of this generation. A successful defense for Donaire versus a tough challenger legitimized his win over Darchinyan and proved that “The Filipino Flash” wasn’t “The Filipino Flash” in the pan. Three Champions entered, prevailed, and proved their points with authority. Read the Full Ringside Report..... |
| Tarver, Forrest and Donaire destroy their opposition: All three Champions defend their titles winning by TKO |
| Ringside Report By: Phil Santos - Overhandright.com Photos By: Barry Arpin - Overhandright.com |
| Bobby Gunning for Tomasz Adamek! |
| First-ever Nigerian-born Heavyweight Champion bestowed with multiple awards, embraced by entire nation. WBC Interim Heavyweight Champion Samuel "The Nigerian Nightmare" Peter has been embraced by the people in his homeland of Nigeria as a national hero, and everywhere he has visited, crowds have gathered, parades have been held and honors bestowed. Read the Full Story..... |
| Samuel Peter a National Hero! |
| James Kirkland improves to 21-0 (18 KOs) with a first round KO over Allen Conyers in their scheduled ten-round Jr. Middleweight contest. It was the main event of ShowTime’s ShoBox series, which they broadcast live from the Chumash Casino Resort in Santa Ynez, California. Gary Shaw Productions promoted Friday night’s show. Both fighters attacked each other from the beginning of the first round wildly. After thirty seconds had past, Allen Conyers landed a crushing right to the head of Kirkland sending him to the canvas. He was up and ready to go by the count of eight. As soon as referee Ray Corona allowed the two combatants to continue, the war raged on. Conyers tried to finish Kirkland off by throwing wild punches from every angle, but James immediately turned the fight in his favor by landing solid right of his own sending Alien Conyers down. He was up and ready to continue, but still seemed to be in trouble. His legs were definitely not 100%. Read the Full Story..... |
| Two KO’s In Less Than Two Minutes |
| Article By: Bill Calogero - TheDailySports.com |
| Malignaggi plays “The Name Game” |
| The outspoken Brooklyn boxer, rated No. 2 by The Ring, commented on some of the top welterweights and light welterweights in the world: Floyd Mayweather: “The best pound-for- pound in boxing today, maybe ever. He dominates and is definitely the smartest boxer.” Ricky Hatton: “Workmanlike but a little overrated. He’s not great but is a good fighter who is tough and a worker. He’s overrated in that some believe he’s the best.” Miguel Cotto: “One of the best pound-for- pound fighters in the world today -- very powerful, strong, hungry and determined.” Read the Full Story..... |
| HOLLYWOOD, FL, December 6 – Former world junior welterweight champion Juan Urango is a changed man. That was never more evident than on Wednesday night, when he dispatched of 62 fight veteran Marty Robbins in five rounds to up his record to 19-1-1 with 15 KOs. “I’m taking this sport much more seriously than ever and I plan on ending every one of my fights from here on out with a knockout,” said Urango. “I want my world title back in 2008 and whoever I have to beat to get back there, I will.” The win over Robbins was Urango’s second since a hard fought decision loss to Ricky Hatton in January. After some soul searching, Urango has left that fight in the past and only looks forward to a bright future. “What’s done is done and I can’t worry about what happened in January with Hatton,” said Urango. “I learned from my defeat and I have changed the way I approach the game. The champions at the top of this division need to watch out, because I’m coming for them.” |
| URANGO’S ROAD BACK CONTINUES WITH WIN OVER ROBBINS: FORMER WORLD CHAMPION LOOKING FORWARD TO BIG THINGS IN 2008 |
| Former IBA champion and world ranked Cruiserweight Bobby Gunn 18-3 {15 KO’ s} is hoping for a fight with former WBC Light Heavyweight and current IBO Cruiserweight champion Tomasz Adamek. Gunn was recently mentioned for a fight with Antonio Tarver, but was passed by for Danny Santiago. “I watched the fight of the Antonio Tarver and Elvir Muriqi again recently. Elvir showed me that he is a true warrior, and I believe Tarver didn’t like the pressure he applied. This is honestly why Tarver won’t fight Glen Johnson a third time. Tarver didn’t want to fight me because he would be pressured to death!” Read the Full Story..... |
| Felix “Tito” Trinidad and Roy Jones Jr. will face each other at New York’s famed Madison Square Garden on Saturday, Jan. 19, 2008, and will be produced and distributed live by HBO Pay-Per-View. |
| Roy Jones Jr. “Tito says it won’t last two rounds. I’m going to be nice and give him two more rounds and beat him in four. Felix Trinidad “Jones and I were suppose to fight during the peaks of our careers. I believed back then that I could beat him and the same holds true today. |
| Jones is an eight-time world champion, winning belts in the middleweight, super middleweight, light heavyweight and heavyweight divisions. Trinidad is a five-time world champion that has won titles in the welterweight, junior middleweight and middleweight classes. |
| Marquez, Marquez and Taylor: The Likelihood of Victory Part II Kelly Pavlik vs. Jermain Taylor By: Phil Santos - Overhandright.com |
The fight was billed as “The Perfect Match Up”
but nobody could have predicted the battle that
ensued. During the fight both combatants hit the
canvas, absorbed punishing power shots, and
put on a performance that landed the event on
most observers short list for “Fight of the Year”.
Jermain Taylor had gone from being considered
the next great Middleweight, after defeating
Bernard Hopkins twice and fighting Winky Wright
to a Draw, to being the target of fan and media
but nobody could have predicted the battle that
ensued. During the fight both combatants hit the
canvas, absorbed punishing power shots, and
put on a performance that landed the event on
most observers short list for “Fight of the Year”.
Jermain Taylor had gone from being considered
the next great Middleweight, after defeating
Bernard Hopkins twice and fighting Winky Wright
to a Draw, to being the target of fan and media
| criticism over a span of less than two years. The fact that Taylor was matched up against blown up Jr. Middleweights with less than average power badly hurt his reputation. What further damaged his credibility was his inability to score a knockout against the likes of Kassim Ouma and Cory Spinks. When Taylor was finally set to brawl a full blown, power punching Middleweight in Kelly Pavlik, the two couldn’t have been on more diverse paths. Pavlik had become a media darling, after crushing Jose Luis Zertuche and handling the highly regarded Edison Miranda, his status ballooned from rising prospect to potential World Champion. Taylor, on the other hand, was seen as a paper champion who avoided the divisions’ best fighters. The bell sounded and Taylor pounced with every stinging shot he nailed Pavlik with laced with venom and proof of his worth as a champion. “The Ghost” seemed stunned, after all, he was always the predator backing foes into corners and hammering his point home. Taylor continued his assault into the 2nd round when he stunned Pavlik leaving the challenger shaken and on the canvas. Pavlik hung on, shook off the cobwebs, and proceeded to walk down Taylor, slowly wearing the champ down until a final thumping along the ropes ended his night. So what exactly makes Jermain Taylor think that he will be the better man this time around? He has parted ways with long time trainer Emanuel Steward and agreed to a rematch at a catch weight of 166. Two moves that could be viewed as advantages for Pavlik. On the plus side Taylor does possess good power, as demonstrated in their first meeting, but his defense is still raw, at best, which will make things very difficult if he finds himself pinned along the ropes again. Leaving Steward could be a distraction but it could also end up positively effecting Taylor who hasn’t exactly been gelling with his former trainer. A fresh prospective along with Taylor focused on regaining his status among the best pound for pound fighters in the world could be just the extra motivation he needs to take it to Pavlik. Taylor has always won despite his defensive short comings however, against Pavlik he faces an opponent with an equally impressive offensive arsenal. Can Taylor out box Pavlik……I don’t think he can. Can Taylor out slug Pavlik……maybe, but given the results last time out it wouldn’t be advised. Considering the loss of Steward, the higher fighting weight coupled with the always unknown; how a fighter bounces back from being brutally knocked out, all signs point to Pavlik. I have to take Kelly Pavlik in another epic scrap that almost guarantees someone lying flat on the canvas. Taylor must move more effectively and avoid Pavlik, and his heavy right hand, at all costs, if he stands any chance of winning whatsoever. Pavlik should seal the deal by late stoppage. I just can’t envision anyway that this one goes the distance. Jermain Taylor has one chance and that is to slip punches, which he has shown he has trouble doing, and catching Pavlik with something solid. The champ has had his chin checked before. That small ray of hope is all there is for Taylor, while his limited technical skills may be the missing link to what could have been a long reigning championship run. Likelihood of Victory: Jermain Taylor possesses a punchers chance against Pavlik, while I can’t see these guys topping their first meeting they should put on a good show with Pavlik landing on top comfortably. |