Boxing discussion thread

[TheAdmiral]

Khan 149, Peterson 155 tonight

 

[Bloodshot Scott]

Khan 149, Peterson 155 tonight

That's a big difference but I still gotta go with Kahn.

 

[TheAdmiral]

David Haye sighting!

 

[TheAdmiral]

Damn, Khan is on FF

 

[TheAdmiral]

wow...

 

[Bloodshot Scott]

The fight wasn't that good. I suppose there will be a rematch clause in Kahn's deal.
Ref was bad. :2 cents:

 

[TheAdmiral]

I don't know, Khan was planning to move to welterweight

 

[TheAdmiral]

Watched today, scored for Khan 113-112

 

[TheAdmiral]

The fight wasn't that good. I suppose there will be a rematch clause in Kahn's deal.
Ref was bad. :2 cents:

No rematch

http://www.boxingscene.com/khan-peterson-no-rematch-clause-no-fight-options--47179

 

[Bloodshot Scott]

Looks like it might be on afterall.

http://espn.go.com/boxing/story/_/i...ng-hard-manny-pacquiao-floyd-mayweather-fight

 

[TheAdmiral]

Havent been here in awhile....

 

[Krazy4Kobe]

His last fight was scheduled for 45 rounds!!!!

 

[TheAdmiral]

Mayweather to talk at licensing hearing February 1

Welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. plans to fight at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on May 5, but whether he makes a deal to fight Manny Pacquiao or anyone else, first he needs to be licensed by the Nevada State Athletic Commission.

Before he will be issued a license for the year, Mayweather has been ordered to appear before the commission for a hearing at its Feb. 1 meeting in Las Vegas.

Before deciding whether it will license Mayweather, the commission wants him to answer questions about the criminal case in which he recently made a plea deal.

Arreola returns February 18

Heavyweight contender Cristobal Arreola will meet Eric Molina on Feb. 18 at the American Bank Center in Corpus Christi, Texas, in one of the featured bouts on the Paul Williams-Nobuhiro Ishida undercard.

"We've come to an agreement with (Molina promoter) Don King to have Molina challenge Cris," Dan Goossen, Arreola's promoter said Thursday. "Cris is a world class heavyweight and we'll find out where Molina is. We expect a good fight, a good challenge and we certainly believe Cris will come out on top. And between Molina, his camp and Don, they believe they will pull the upset."

Williams (40-2, 27 KOs) meets Japan's Ishida (24-6-2, 9 KOs) in the junior middleweight main event, which headlines a Showtime card with light heavyweight titlist Tavoris Cloud (23-0, 19 KOs) defending against former titleholder Gabriel Campillo (21-3-1, 8 KOs) in the co-feature.

Goossen said Arreola-Molina will be televised, but it has not been determined if it will be part of Showtime's broadcast or its telecast of undercard bouts from earlier in the evening on the Showtime Extreme platform.

Hopkins, Dawson agree to April 28 rematch

Light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins and former titlist Chad Dawson, who fought to a controversial second-round no-decision last fall, will meet again April 28 at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, both camps told ESPN.com on Wednesday.

Golden Boy's Richard Schaefer, Hopkins' promoter, and Gary Shaw, who promotes Dawson, came to terms as they faced a Friday afternoon deadline for a WBC-ordered purse bid in the mandatory fight.

"I have a chance to settle the bull---- from the first fight and straighten that all out," Hopkins said. "A real athlete don't want to win something on a disqualification or a no-decision or get something handed to them without doing the work. I'm ready to go.

 

[TheAdmiral]

Andre Berto injures arm, Ortiz rematch in jeopardy

Andre Berto suffered an arm injury on Monday training for his Feb. 11 rematch with fellow former welterweight titlist Victor Ortiz, putting the fight in jeopardy, two sources involved in the fight told ESPN.com.

"He had to go the hospital to get it checked out and he is hurt. I know the fight is in jeopardy of not happening on that date. It didn't sound good," one source said.

On whether the fight would be postponed, another source said, "When one of the guys in the fight is in the hospital for an arm injury two weeks before the fight, that is bad news."

 

[TheAdmiral]

Berto's ruptured left biceps postpones rematch with Ortiz

Andre Berto has sufered a ruptured left biceps in training that will require arthroscopic surgery and the postponement of his highly-anticpated rematch against Victor Ortiz, according to three sources familiar with the injury.

Rolando Arellano, the managerial advisor to Ortiz, informed RingTV.com that he was told that the fight is off.

"We got a call from our promoter [Golden Boy Promotions matchmaker,] Eric Gomez that it's conclusive," said Arellano of the scheduled Feb. 11 bout. "Eric said that he was on his way to call [Golden Boy Promotions President] Oscar De La Hoya."

 

[TheAdmiral]

Hall of Fame trainer Angelo Dundee dies

TAMPA, Fla. -- Angelo Dundee, the trainer who helped groom Muhammad Ali and Sugar Ray Leonard into world champions and became one of boxing's most recognizable figures, died Wednesday. He was 90.

 

[TheAdmiral]

Exclusive Q&A: Leonard says he, Hearns would KO Mayweather, Pacquiao

RingTV.com caught up to five-division titleholder Sugar Ray Leonard, who, when pressed, unveiled his thoughts concerning six-time, five-division titlewinner Floyd Mayweatther Jr. and eight-division belt-winner Manny Pacquiao during a candid interview.

Leonard expressed his opinion on Pacquiao's disputed majority decision over 38-year-old RING lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez in November, this, after having previously battled through a draw and a split-decision win over Marquez.

Leonard also shared his feelings about what defines a true champion, the failures of Mayweather and Pacquiao to come to terms for a mega-bout opposite one another, as well as how they would do against fighters such himself and seven-time titlewinner, Thomas Hearns.

 

[Bloodshot Scott]

Mayweather to talk at licensing hearing February 1



Arreola returns February 18



Hopkins, Dawson agree to April 28 rematch

I thought "The Punisher" was retired. That's a good card though with Aereola on the under card.

 

[TheAdmiral]

I thought "The Punisher" was retired. That's a good card though with Aereola on the under card.

I thought you didnt like Arreola?

HBO doubleheader on right now featuring, Nonito Donaire and Julio Cesar Chavez Jr

 

[Sam Fisher]

My favorites:

Rocky Marciano
Floyd Patterson
Gerry Cooney
Ray Boom Boom Mancini
Leon Spinks
Joe Frazier
George Forman
Bobby Chez