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| 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. Read the Full Story..... |
| Miguel Cotto and Shane Mosley Face Off leading up to their showdown at Madison Square Garden |
| (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 |
| (From left to right) – World WBA Welterweight Champion Miguel Cotto and Three-Division World Champion Sugar Shane Mosley face off 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 |
| Chairman of Top Rank Bob Arum and Ten-Time World Champion and President of Golden Boy Promotions Oscar de la Hoya share a laugh during round table discussions with the media on Thursday, November 8, 2007 in New York during fight week for “Fast & Furious!” Cotto vs. Mosley for the WBA World Welterweight Championship to be held on Saturday, November 10, 2007 at Madison Square Garden. |
| Oscar De La Hoya and Bob Arum setting their differences aside has resulted in some great fights |
| Photo By: Teddy Blackburn/ Golden Boy Promotions |
| Three-Division World Champion Sugar Shane Mosley smiles with confidence as he addresses the media 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. |
| Sugar Shane Mosley seeks yet another career defining victory and a World Championship |
| Photo By: Teddy Blackburn/ Golden Boy Promotions |
| Three-Division World Champion Sugar Shane Mosley flexes his muscles while on the scale today, November 9, 2007, during the official weigh-in for his November 10, 2007 WBA World Welterweight Championship bout at Madison Square Garden against Champion Miguel Cotto. |
| Shane Mosley may be the perfect foil for Miguel Cotto: |
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| Current Ring Magazine & WBC Interim World Lightweight Champion Joel Casamayor poses for the media today, November 9, 2007, during the official weigh-in for his Novemeber 10, 2007 Championship bout against Jose Armando Santa Cruz on the undercard for Cotto vs. Mosley at Madison Square Garden. |
| Joel Casamayor makes his return to the ring against Jose Santa Cruz on the Mosley vs. Cotto undercard |
| Photo By: Teddy Blackburn/ Golden Boy Promotions |
| Current WBA World Welterweight Champion Miguel Cotto and Three-Division World Champion Sugar Shane Mosley face off today during the official weigh-in for their November 10, 2007, November 9, 2007, WBA World Welterweight Championship bout at Madison Square Garden. |
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| Antonio Margarito crushes Golden Johnson in a first round knockout |
| Antonio Margarito returned to the ring with a vengence, disposing of Golden Johnson in round 1. Margarito was eager to prove his loss to Paul Williams was more fluke than proof he was no longer a member of the elite Welters. Margarito floored Johnson three times in the first and threw vicious combos usually punctuated by uppercuts. Proceeding the fight Margarito called out Mosley, Cotto, Mayweather, Hatton, and Kermit Cintron when pressed by Max Kellerman for another one of Margarito's choice opponents. |
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| Joel Casamayor retains his title in controversial split decision victory over Jose Santa Cruz |
| By: Phil Santos - Overhandright.com |
| In a decision that seems almost impossible to justify Joel Casamayor scores a win in his return to the ring after a sizable layoff. The announcement of the decision drew boos from the fans in attendance. Santa Cruz controlled the fight and backed the champ up all night. Casamayor was unimpressive but retained his title none the less. If tonights performance by Casamayor tells us anything it's that this Casamayor simply could not contend with Juan Diaz and his relentless pressure. Casamayor has been a great fighter for many years, so his supporters will say it was ring rust, but Jose Santa Cruz will tell you it was bullshit. |
| Mosley and Cotto live up to the hype: Miguel Cotto scores the biggest win of his career by Unanimous Decision |
| By: Phil Santos - Overhandright.com |
| In a super display of heart, skills, and reckless brawling Miguel Cotto emerges victorious by outlasting a tough, talented future hall of famer in Shane Mosley. They traded crushing blows and each absorbed the punishment only to return the favor. Mosley hinted at retirement following the fight, while Cotto looked toward future possibilities such as the winner of Hatton-Mayweather. My scorecard read 116-114 in favor of Miguel Cotto. |
| David Haye KO's Jean-Marc Mormeck To Win WBC, WBA Titles |
| David Haye has skyrocketed to the top of the cruiserweight division by knocking out Jean-Marc Mormeck in seven rounds tonight on a Don King Promotion at Palais des Sport Marcel Cerdan in Paris, France to forcefully annex the WBC and WBA world titles. Read the Full Story..... |
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| Former champion Reggie Johnson battles former champion Glen Johnson in the "Fight Night for Climate Change" Pay-per-View extravaganza on November 17, from the Burton Coliseum in Lake Charles, Louisiana Read the Full Story..... |
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| Who wants it more: Another big fight for Mosley, A career defining fight for Cotto |
| Cotto Outpoints Mosley Article By: Bill Calogero - TheDailySports.com |
| 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 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. Read the Full Story..... |
| 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 |
| 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. Rahman has one skill, and one skill only. He can throw a right hand. That’s it. He has no jab, no left, no foot work and in my opinion is nothing more than a re- tread fighter that has no business taking up a contender position in any of the major sanctioning bodies. Zuri had been controlling the fight until he found himself staying against the ropes. This was the ONLY thing he should not have done because Hasim was able to land the one punch he knows how to throw, his right hand. During the sixth round, Hasim was able to land several hard punches, again driving Lawrence against the ropes. While trying to avoid getting hit, Zuri got tangled in the ropes and Hasim was able to land a solid shot that sent Zuri out of the ring onto the cement floor. By rule, he had twenty-seconds to get back in the ring to continue, which he did, but was not the same as he was up to that point to close the round. Zuri was able to come on again, dictating the fight, and in my opinion was winning on my scorecard, despite the knockdown during the 6th, until a barrage of shots caused referee Gary Rosato to stop the bout with 40 seconds left in the fight to give Rahman the TKO win. I think this fight should have been permitted to go to the scorecards. Hasim Rahman improves to 44-6-2 (35 KOs) and unfortunately is being mentioned to get a title shot soon, which in my opinion is simply terrible. Zuri Lawrence drops to 23-13-4 (0 KOs). The question I have for Zuri is why? Why did you take this fight when you were clearly on the road back to getting a title shot yourself? I am not sure whose decision it was to take this fight, but I sure hope it was Zuri’s and not any one or all of his team. If someone around Zuri Lawrence told him to take this fight, I would be the first to say they clearly are not looking out for HIS best interest. Up until the stoppage, Zuri looked like the fighter that was working his way back into contention, not Rahman. On the under card, in today’s most exciting division, the Welterweights, Jesus Soto-Karass won a unanimous 10-round decision over Juan Buendia. Soto- Karass used his accurate punches to dominate the fight. Buendia threw many punches of his own, and to his credit most of them seemed to be powerful, however he was too wild to score effectively. During the second round a devastating left hook dropped Buendia. It was a delayed knockdown, which seemed to take a while before its effects left Buendia. He was able to come on strong during the fourth, but Soto-Karass’ superior overall boxing skill was too much for him to overcome. Two of the three judges scored the fight 98-91, while the third had it 97-92, all in favor of Jesus Soto-Karass. Soto-Karass improves to 18-3-3 (14 KOs) and should be considered an up and comer in this rich Welterweight Division. Juan Buendia loses for only the second time of his career, dropping to 14-2-1 (8 KOs) and will surely be back. |
| Rock Nothing Special Article By: Bill Calogero - TheDailySports.com |