Juan Manuel Lopez &
Rafael Marquez
Press Conference
Photos: Chris
Farina - Top Rank
Undefeated World Boxing Organization (WBO) featherweight
champion JUAN MANUEL LOPEZ and two-division world champion
RAFAEL MARQUEZ, the pride of Puerto Rico and México,
respectively, hosted a News Conference Luncheon announcing their
highly anticipated world featherweight title fight on Tuesday in
the Gold Ballroom at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel Los Angeles.
The fighters were joined by their teams, including promoters Bob
Arum, Ivan Rivera, Gary Shaw and Fernando Beltran.Click Here For More
Fans want Pacquiao to take on Bradley
By DAVID A. AVILA,
The Press-Enterprise
A recent survey revealed boxing's reigning pound-for-pound
champion, Manny Pacquiao, should fight Timothy Bradley next.
Hardcore boxing fans, or at least the majority of those voting
on the survey, do not want Floyd Mayweather Jr., Antonio
Margarito or Miguel Cotto matched against the Filipino super
star. Instead most like what they see in a matchup between two
pint-sized destroyers, Bradley and Pacquiao.
Bradley is hedging his bets.
"I want to fight the best fighters in the world. Manny Pacquiao
or even Floyd Mayweather," said Bradley (26-0, 11 KOs) during a
press conference on Saturday following his unanimous decision
over welterweight slugger Luis Carlos Abregu. Click Here For More
Amir Khan says he'd fight Timothy Bradley
By Leighton Ginn, The Desert Sun
RANCHO MIRAGE — WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan of
Great Britain said he would relish the chance to fight Timothy
Bradley, as it was reported on the Daily Mirror, a British
tabloid.
“I'll fight Tim Bradley. It's the first time he's called me
out,” Khan was quoted in the story. “I'm going to Vegas and I'll
talk to Golden Boy (his promoters). I would love the fight. Good
style for me. I'm fighting Timothy Bradley next. I'm gonna tell
Golden Boy. Let's see if they want it for real. Talk is cheap.”
Gary Shaw, Bradley's promoters, have said they had a fight with
Khan set up for the first part of the year, but it fell apart
when Khan signed with Golden Boy.
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Bradley/Angulo Coverage
Greg Beacham,
Associated Press:
"Bradley Stays Unbeaten With Unanimous Decision Over Abregu"
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Greg Beacham, Associated Press:
"Angulo Stops Alcine in First Round"
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Leighton Ginn, The Desert Sun:
"Timothy Bradley Beats Carlos Abregu by Unanimous Decision"
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Robert Morales, Press-Telegram:
"Bradley Remain Perfect with Unanimous Decision"
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Drew Schmenner, The Desert Sun:
"Will Big Names Be Next for Bradley?"
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David Avila, TheSweetScience.com:
"Timothy Bradley Beats Carlos Abregu: Angulo Destroys Alcine:
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Promoted by Gary Shaw Productions and Thompson Boxing
Promotions, the soldout evet, featuring a 12-round WBC super
welterweight title elimination battle between No. 1 contender
and former WBO interim junior middleweight champion Alfredo
Angulo and former WBA super welterweight champion Joachim Alcine
and the 12-round welterweight rumble between undefeated WBO
junior welterweight champion Timothy Bradley and undefeated
Top-5 welterweight contender Luis Carlos Abregu, took place on
Saturday, July 17, in The Show at Agua Caliente Casino • Resort
• Spa in Rancho Mirage, Calif. HBO Boxing After Dark, televised
both fights live. The four fighters boasted a combined record of
104-2 (68 KOs).
Congratulations To
Bradley & Angulo
Photos: Naoki
Fukuda
Bradley Believable
Welter; Angulo Wreaks Havoc
By Roy & Marlene
Marquez - Pound4Pound.com
Fighting for the first time as a welterweight since 2006,
Timothy Bradley boxed and banged his way to a convincing twelve
round decision over Argentine Luis Carlos Abregu before a packed
house at the Agua Caliente Casino Resort in Rancho Mirage, CA.
“You got to be a risk taker if you want to go somewhere in life
and I’m a risk taker”, explained Bradley in stepping up to take
on this challenge.
In a clash of undefeated fighters, Abregu climbed between the
ropes the #5 rated welterweight in the world. Bradley entered
the ring the reigning, but not defending, WBO Jr. Welterweight
Champion and quickly sustained a cut in the first round
following an accidental clash of heads. Increasingly aggressive
in round two, Bradley raked Abregu with a straight right that
wobbled the Argentine’s legs. Click Here For More
Dawson 30 Day Weigh-In Quotes
Chad Dawson weighed
177 lbs. today.
CHAD DAWSON: I cannot wait until August 14 when I face Jean
Pascal in Montreal for the title I vacated in order to beat
Antonio Tarver ... twice. Now it's time to reclaim my original
crown and bring it home to the U.S.
GARY SHAW: Chad is ready to unify the WBC light heavyweight
title and become The Ring's lineal 175-pound world champion,
joining the elite company which includes Billy Conn, Archie
Moore and Bob Foster. My concern isn't that Chad wins the fight,
it's how much the airline will charge us for the additional
luggage for carrying the world championship belt back.
"Undefeated Hopefuls Are Fighting for Recognition"
By Bob Velin, USA TODAY
The biggest and most anticipated fight in boxing is Manny
Pacquiao vs. Floyd Mayweather. What could be the
highest-grossing fight of all time doesn't look like it will
happen this year, however, as Pacquiao's representative, Top
Rank, has given Mayweather until Friday to decide if he wants to
fight Pacquiao on Nov. 13. Mayweather has given no indication he
wants to fight again in 2010.
A couple of levels down but high on the best-of-the-rest board
is the super middleweight showdown of the Olympic Andres — 19-1
Dirrell vs. 22-0 Ward — good friends and 2004 medalist teammates
who are tentatively scheduled to meet Sept. 25 in the third
round of Showtime's Super Six World Classic.
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Timothy Bradley vs. Carlos Abregu & Alfredo Angulo
vs. Joachim Alcine Final Press Conference
Undefeated World Boxing Organization (WBO) junior welterweight
champion and Top-10 pound for pound fighter TIMOTHY "Desert
Storm" BRADLEY, his opponent, undefeated Top-Five-rated
welterweight contender CARLOS ABREGU, No. 1 junior middleweight
contender ALFREDO "Perro" ANGULO and his opponent, former World
Boxing Association (WBA) super welterweight champion JOACHIM
ALCINE, hosted their final news conference today at Agua
Caliente Casino • Resort • Spa in Rancho Mirage, Calif.
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Timothy Bradley,
Carlos Abregu
& Alfredo Angulo Media Workout
Photos: Dominic
Serna
Undefeated World Boxing Organization (WBO) junior welterweight
champion and Top-10 pound for pound fighter TIMOTHY "Desert
Storm" BRADLEY and No. 1 junior middleweight contender ALFREDO "Perro"
ANGULO hosted a Palm Springs Media Workout today at the Boys and
Girls Club of America Gym in Indio, Calif. Undefeated Top-Five
welterweight contender and Bradley opponent CARLOS ABREGU also
paid a visit to the gym, choosing to observe Bradley's training
rather than give him a look at his own training. The fighters
will be featured atop an all-action card, in separate 12-round
bouts. Angulo will be facing former World Boxing Association
(WBA) super welterweight champion JOACHIM ALCINE in a World
Boxing Council (WBC) super welterweight title elimination bout.
Promoted by Gary Shaw Productions and Thompson Boxing
Promotions, the Bradley-Abregu / Angulo-Alcine doubleheader will
take place This Saturday! July 17, at The Show at Agua Caliente
Casino • Resort • Spa in Rancho Mirage, Calif.. HBO Boxing After
Dark will televise both bouts live, beginning at 9:45 p.m. ET/PT
(delayed on the West Coast.) Click Here For More
Hudson Takes “Perro” for a Walk
By Steve Kim - maxboxing
In May of 2009, junior middleweight Alfredo Angulo suffered his
first professional loss against Kermit Cintron, who, despite
being better known as a puncher, boxed and moved his way to a
12-round unanimous decision by scores of 116-112 across the
board. Versus the lateral movement of Cintron, for much of the
night, Angulo’s attempts to corral his foe were as futile as a
dog chasing its own tail.
The book was out on Angulo: move, move and move some more on the
heavy-handed Mexican.
From this point forward, anyone who faces “Perro” would employ
this strategy, which could prove to be a bit of a problem in a
division that boasts the likes of Paul Williams, Miguel Cotto,
Sergio Martinez, Sergiy Dzinziruk, Yuri Foreman and Vanes
Martirosyan, among others. Simply put, fighters who are more
athletic than Angulo.
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Bradley believes he can
draw fans if he fights Pacquiao
By Robert Morales, Press Telegram
Not only is Timothy Bradley one of the better pound-for-pound
fighters in the game today, he's also one of the most respected.
It would be difficult to find one person in the industry with
anything negative to say about the overall character of the man.
But that doesn't mean Bradley won't take a stand when his worth
is challenged like it was recently when promoter Bob Arum said
Bradley would not be considered for a fight with Manny Pacquiao.
"Bradley is an excellent fighter, but nobody's ever heard of
him," said Arum, Pacquiao's promoter. "Very few people have
heard of him. It has nothing to do with his abilities. He's a
very able guy. But he hasn't been promoted so that he's like a
household name where he could be a viable pay-per-view
opponent."
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Bradley vs. Abregu Pre Fight Select Clips
Lance Pugmire, Los Angeles Times: "Boxers Timothy Bradley,
Alfredo Angulo Ready for July 17, Beyond"
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Leighton Ginn, The Desert Sun: "Bradley Gets a Taste of
Hollywood"
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Lem Satterfield, AOL Fan House: "Tim Bradley Calls Out Manny
Pacquiao, Floyd Mayweather"
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Lance Pugmire, Los Angeles Times: "HBO Seeks Bradley-Alexander
Showdown -- and Williams-Martinez Rematch"
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Tom Gerbasi, BoxingScene.com: "Timothy Bradley: From Hunter to
Hunted, And He Likes It" Click Here
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David Avila, TheSweetScience.com: "Bradley and Angulo in LA"
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Geoffrey Ciani, EastSideBoxing.com: "Timothy Bradley: My Goal Is
To Stay Undefeated"
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Lem Satterfield, AOL Fan House: "Tim Bradley's Super Six
Opponents"
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David Tyler, DogHouseBoxing.com: "12 Rounds with Timothy
Bradley: On Mayweather, Pacquiao, Holt, Ward, FIFA World Cup
Predictions and Much More!"
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Timothy Bradley & Alfredo Angulo Media Workout
Undefeated World Boxing Organization (WBO) junior welterweight
champion and Top-10 pound for pound fighter TIMOTHY "Desert
Storm" BRADLEY and No. 1 junior middleweight contender ALFREDO "Perro"
ANGULO hosted a Los Angeles Media Workout today at the Fortune
Gym in Hollywood, Calif. Both fighters will be featured atop an
all-action card, in separate 12-round bouts, Saturday, July 17,
at The Show at Agua Caliente Casino • Resort • Spa in Rancho
Mirage, Calif.. HBO Boxing After Dark will televise both bouts
live, beginning at 9:45 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast.)
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Tim Bradley Calls Out
Manny Pacquiao, Floyd Mayweather
By Lem Satterfield, AOL Fan House
WBO junior welterweight (140 pounds) king Tim Bradley has
transformed from a soft-talking prospect, to a trash-talking
fighter considered by many to be among boxing's premiere boxers,
pound-for-pound.
"I'm at the point where I know who I am, and that I'm not going
to let anybody just disrespect me. I'm going to talk. I know
that I'm capable in the ring. I know that I'm a good fighter. I
know that I'm an elite fighter," said Bradley, who is 25-0 with
11 knockouts.
"So when you hear me talking, I'm just being myself," said
Bradley. "I'm a man, you know? And if you say something bad
about me, I'll say something bad about you. I've set boundries.
I'm not going to let anyone run all over me."Click Here For More
Big Gary Shaw's boat floats:
Oscar De La Hoya will fight again
By Michael Marley
Like all businesses and industries, boxing is withering in
certain quarters.
But Big Gary Shaw, who nimbly walks the narrow path in selling
fights and fighters to both Showtime and HBO, is not
complaining.
Shaw wonders aloud why more people aren't buying established
promotional outfits and notes the increased amount of
co-promotional work promoters are doing with each other.
He can't understand how any promoter can think they will stay
afloat without precious TV funding. Click Here For More
Dawson vs Bute is The Plan;
Perez-Agbeko Part 2 Ordered
By Rick Reeno -
Boxingscene.com
Promoter Gary Shaw advised BoxingScene.com that he would like
match IBO light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson against Lucian
Bute, the IBF champion at 168-pounds, and giving Bute the
homefield advantage of the Bell Centre in Montreal is not a
problem.
Dawson has a big fight ahead on August 14 against WBC champion
Jean Pascal. Shaw is very confident with Dawson's ability to win
the fight. Considering that most of the big names at super
middleweight are secured by Showtime in the Super Six
tournament, Dawson could become a realistic possibility for Bute.
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Shaw: Abraham Stops Froch;
Dirrell-Ward Still a Mystery
By Rick Reeno -
Boxingscene.com
BoxingScene.com spoke to promoter Gary Shaw about the third
stage bouts in Showtime's Super Six tournament. The fight
between Arthur Abraham and Carl Froch has yet to be finalized,
but Shaw predicts a knockout win for Abraham when it actually
takes place.
"Abraham will knock Froch out. Mikkel Kessler don't hit like
Arthur Abraham," Shaw said.
The sides for Froch and Abraham have not finalized an agreement
on where their fight will take place. The same situation stands
true for Andre Dirrell vs. Andre Ward, set for the tentative
date of September 25. Showtime wants to place Kessler vs. Allan
Green on the same date to create a televised doubleheader. Click Here For More
HBO junior welterweight tournament on hold for now
By Bob Velin, USA
TODAY
Junior welterweight (140 pounds) is one of boxing's most
competitive weight divisions, featuring the likes of undefeated
champion Tim Bradley, up-and-coming superstars Devon Alexander
and Amir Khan, as well as Juan Urango and Marcos Maidana, not to
mention pound-for-pound king/congressman Manny Pacquiao, who has
moved up to 147 pounds for now.
HBO wanted to take advantage of such talent and Ross Greenburg,
the network's sports boss, threw open the idea of putting the
cream of the 140-pound crop in a tournament to determine a
champion. Click Here For More
Promoter 'Nervous' About
Tim Bradley-Luis Carlos Abregu
By Lem Satterfield
- boxing fanhouse
Gary Shaw has a hand in promoting both WBO junior welterweight
(140 pounds) champion Tim Bradley (pictured above, at left), of
Palm Springs, Calif., and unheralded welterweight (147 pounds)
Luis Carlos Abregu of Salta Salta, Argentina, heading into their
July 17, HBO-televised, non-title over the limit bout that is
slated for the Agua Caliente Casino, in Rancho Mirage, Calif.
As such, Shaw said that he is "nervous" concerning the result.
But the promoter also claims that he has no regrets in
scheduling the fight, even though the relatively unknown Abregu
(29-0, 23 knockouts) has the potential to knock off Bradley
(25-0, 11 KOs), a man who is widely considered to be the world's
premiere 140-pounder. Click Here For More
Carlos Abregu Blasts Lady Maidana
Undefeated Top-Five
welterweight contender and the pride of Argentina CARLOS ABREGU
blasted his fellow countryman and World Boxing Association (WBA)
interim super lightweight champion Marcos Maidana for his
continuous litany of excuses for not fighting undefeated World
Boxing Organization (WBO) junior welterweight champion Timothy
Bradley.
Abregu is training at Gleason’s Gym in Brooklyn in preparation
for his 12-round welterweight rumble with Bradley, which will
take place Saturday, July 17, and will be televised live on HBO
Boxing After Dark from The Show at Agua Caliente Casino • Resort
• Spa in Rancho Mirage, Calif., beginning at 9:45 p.m. ET/PT
(delayed on the West Coast.) Click Here For More
Plenty of intrigue in boxing's 140-pound class
By Santo A. Perez -
Miami Herald
Strengthened by the presence of Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny
Pacquiao, few can argue that the welterweight division has
become the sport's top weight class.
In the past two years, with Mayweather or Pacquiao headlining,
the division has featured appealing and profitable bouts.
Established world champions such as Paul Williams, Shane Mosley,
Ricky Hatton and Miguel Cotto added to the attraction.
The division will continue to remain significant, especially if
Mayweather and Pacquiao agree to fight, but boxing could feature
a similarly intriguing talent pool in the 140-pound
junior-welterweight class. Click Here For More
Bradley joins welterweight mix
By Steve Carp - Las
Vegas Review Journal
Unbeaten Timothy Bradley is a junior welterweight star, but
welterweight is where the money is.
That’s part of the reason he’s going back to 147 pounds, perhaps
for good, to fight Luis Carlos Abregu on HBO on July 17 at
Rancho Mirage, Calif.
Bradley’s scheduled 140-pound fight against Marcos Maidana fell
through for shadowy reasons, giving Bradley (25-0, 11 knockouts)
an opportunity to wade back into the welterweight division. Click Here For More
Bradley vs. Abregu Media Central
Dan
Rafael, ESPN.com:
"Shaw's Jr. Welterweight Proposal Nixed"
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Leighton Ginn, The Desert Sun:
"Bradley Talks All Big Names on List"
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Dan Rafael, ESPN.com:
"Tournament at 140 Would Have Been Great"
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Lem Satterfield, AOL Fan House:
"Tim Bradley Calls Out Floyd Mayweather, Manny Pacquiao, Miguel
Cotto, Others"
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Robert Morales, BoxingScene.com:
"Khan; 140 Tourney; Pacquiao vs. Bradley" Click
Here For More
Michael Woods, TheSweetScience.com:
"I Think Sarah Palin Goes to MSNBC Before Abregu Beats Tim
Bradley"
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Doug Fischer, The Ring:
"Bradley Ready for Abregu, the Welterweights"
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Ryan Burton, BoxingScene.com:
"Alfredo Angulo Talks Joachim Alcine, Miguel Cotto, More" Click
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Lem Satterfield, AOL Fan House:
"A 140-Pound Tournament in Works?"
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Dawson vs Pascal Approved For Calzaghe's Ring Title
The Ring magazine is
pleased to announce that it will recognize the August 14, 2010,
bout between Chad Dawson and Jean Pascal in Montreal, Canada, as
being for the vacant Ring magazine light heavyweight
championship of the world.
The Ring 175-pound championship has been vacant since Joe
Calzaghe retired in February 2009.
Dawson is currently The Ring’s number-one rated light
heavyweight, while Pascal is rated number three. Click Here For More
Tim Bradley Calls Out Floyd Mayweather, Manny
Pacquiao, Miguel Cotto, Others
By Lem Satterfield
- boxing fanhouse
Unbeaten WBO junior welterweight (140 pounds) champion, Timothy
Bradley, wants "a big fight," whether it be against welterweight
(147 pounds) titlists, Manny Pacquiao, or, Andre Berto, of the
WBO and WBC, respectively, or WBA junior middleweight (154
pounds) king, Miguel Cotto.
Bradley would even like to face former three-time world
champion, Paul Williams, a nearly 6-foot-3 fighter who has
campaigned as a welterweight, junior middleweight and
middleweight (160 pounds).
"I'm coming down right now in weight. I went up to about 165
pounds, and now I'm tearing it down to 147 pounds. Right now,
I'm about 155. I've been training for about four weeks now. I'm
feeling great," said Bradley, who is sparring with middleweights
and above. Click Here For More
Timothy Bradley vs. Carlos Abregu
Teleconference Transcript
Timothy Bradley: First of all, I want to thank God for
this opportunity and thanks to my promoters, Gary Shaw and
Thompson Boxing, my manager, Cameron Duncan, HBO, for putting me
on for the first time, and Agua Caliente for hosting it. It’s
going to be a great, great, exciting fight.
Carlos Abregu: I appreciate greatly this opportunity to
fight against Bradley. I’m very comfortable as a visitor to
fight him. I have any problem fighting in Bradley’s territory.
I’m going to win this fight.
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A 140-Pound Tournament in Works?
By Lem Satterfield - boxing fanhouse
Wouldn't you like to see a junior welterweight (140 pounds)
tournament featuring IBF and WBC titlist Devon Alexander, WBO
king Tim Bradley (pictured at right), WBA belt holder Amir Khan
and WBA and WBO lightweight (135 pounds) champ Juan Manuel
Marquez?
If yes, then you're not alone, because so would Bradley's
promoter, Gary Shaw.
In fact, Shaw claims that he proposed such an event,
face-to-face, recently to officials at the New York's offices of
HBO, which has all four of the champions under contract.
According to his plan, Shaw said that the matchups would be
determined lottery style -- drawn by the fighters from a hat or
from a box.
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Alfredo Angulo
Interview
By Barb Pinella - Pound4Pound.com
I made the drive to Commerce, California to spend some time with
the holder of the Interim WBO Light Heavyweight Title, Alfredo
“Perro” Angulo. Twice I had seen him fight in person and really
enjoyed his no-nonsense and aggressive style. I decided I wanted
to know more about this man. I had several people ask me about
his nickname and where it came from, and felt that besides
serious questions, there was no time like the present to find
that out, as well as some other trivia.
“My nickname came from the Mexican Selections for the Olympic
Team” he explained. (Angulo participated in the 2004 Summer
Olympic Games for Mexico.) “This was because of the fact that I
was not scared of anybody – Russians, Europeans, I was, and am,
never scared. It is like in the dog fights; I go forward and
never go back.”
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Rafael Marquez TKO 3
Israel Vazquez;
& Yonnhy Perez MD 12 Abner Mares Photo Gallery
Rafael Marquez
Knocks Out Israel Vazquez
In Third Round To Even The Score; Yonnhy Perez Keeps
IBF Belt On Majority Draw With Abner Mares
Photos: Tom Casino
- SHOWTIME
One of the greatest rivalries in the history of boxing ended at
two victories apiece after Rafael Marquez (39-5, 35 KOs) of
Mexico City decisively stopped a bloodied Israel “El Magnifico”
Vazquez (44-5, 33 KOs) of Huntington Park, Calif., by way of
Mexico City, at 1:33 in the third round Saturday in the main
event on SHOWTIME®.
In a battle of unbeatens in a crowd-pleasing co-feature before
9,200 at STAPLES Center, Yonnhy Perez (20-0-1, 14 KOs) ) of
Santa Fe Springs, Calif., via Cartagena, Colombia, retained his
International Boxing Federation (IBF) bantamweight title with a
12-round majority draw with Abner Mares (20-0-1 13 KOs) of
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Bradley vs. Abregu,
Angulo vs. Alcine,
July 17 In Agua Caliente On HBO
Undefeated World Boxing Organization (WBO) junior welterweight
Champion TIMOTHY “Desert Storm” BRADLEY and undefeated top-rated
welterweight contender LUIS CARLOS “El Potro” Abregu will go
mano-a-mano in a sizzling summer 12-round welterweight rumble
Saturday, July 17, in The Show at Agua Caliente Casino • Resort
• Spa (32-250 Bob Hope Drive, Rancho Mirage, Calif. 92270.) The
co-main event will feature WBO interim junior middleweight
champion ALFREDO “Perro” ANGULO against former World Boxing
Association (WBA) super welterweight champion JOACHIM “Ti-Joa”
ALCINE. Boasting a combined record of 104-2 (68 KOs), Both
fights will be televised live on HBO’s Boxing After Dark,
beginning at 9:45 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast.)
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Rafael Marquez's
goal is to tie score with Israel Vazquez
By Keith Idec
Their three unforgettable battles took so much out of Israel
Vazquez and Rafael Marquez, you can’t help but wonder if either
fighter has enough left to produce a fourth fantastic fight
Saturday night in Los Angeles.
The brutal nature of their trilogy was the primary reason it
took so long to schedule Vazquez-Marquez IV. The fighters and
their handlers weren’t sure they could withstand another
grueling slugfest after their third fight more than two years
ago.
Since winning a split decision March 1, 2008, in Los Angeles,
Vazquez has undergone three surgeries to repair a detached
retina in his right eye. Vazquez (44-4, 32 KOs) has fought just
once since he beat Marquez (38-5, 34 KOs) in their 12-round
rubber match, and he had considerable difficulty before he
knocked out Colombian journeyman Angel Priolo (30-8, 20 KOs) in
the ninth round Oct. 10 in Los Angeles.
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Motivation abounds
as rivalry hits round four
By Kevin Iole - Yahoo
You could ask 100 boxing experts to name the most important
attribute a fighter needs to be successful.
You’d probably hear such diverse answers as punching power, fast
hands, quick feet, a good chin and plenty of courage.
All of them are good answers, but none of them is the answer.
By Mark Whicker - OC Register
The whole point of a boxing match is to prove something that
needn't be proven again.
You and me. Who's the best? At the end of 12 rounds or a
referee's count-out, there shouldn't be a question. If further
research is needed, check out the worst-looking face.
Not a soul who sat in MGM Grand Garden Arena three weeks ago has
any reason to demand that Shane Mosley try to fight Floyd
Mayweather Jr. again. All those questions were answered.
That is why Israel Vazquez's third rematch with Rafael Marquez,
in Staples Center on Saturday night, has boxing experts
straining for historical parallels.
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Boxing champion
Yonnhy Perez is not far removed from impoverished
roots
By Lance Pugmire - LA Times
Yonnhy Perez is a world boxing champion, but there are no plans
for HBO's "24/7" film crew to follow him. The wads of cash and
lavish luxury cars that fellow unbeaten Floyd Mayweather Jr. are
inconceivable.
That's boxing's other world.
When Perez, 31, trains in the U.S., he lives in the den of his
trainer's parents' home in Santa Fe Springs. He doesn't own a
car. He will make $50,000 for his first International Boxing
Federation bantamweight title defense Saturday against unbeaten
prospect Abner Mares at Staples Center, and he will send most of
the money home to his native Colombia so his wife, two young
boys, parents, grandmother and his original boxing trainer can
divvy it up.
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Vazquez-Marquez on
marquee,
but Perez-Mares bears watching
By Bob Velin - USA TODAY
For boxing aficionados, Saturday night's "Once and Four All"
card at Staples Center in Los Angeles should be like a Rocky
movie marathon — action packed.
The featured match, the fourth and presumably final meeting in
the ongoing ring war between Israel Vazquez and Rafael Marquez,
is expected to be much like the first three — worthy of fight of
the year.
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Darchinyan wins
world title in third
weight class against gutsy Barcelona
By Paul Upham - secondsout
Vic Darchinyan won a world title in his third weight class when he claimed
the vacant IBO bantamweight boxing world title with a twelve
round unanimous points win over Eric Barcelona on Thursday night
May 20 at the Parramatta Leagues Club in New South Wales,
Australia..
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"Once & Four All"
News
We've Got To Stop Meeting Like This -- Lede Item (Wall Street
Journal)
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Israel Vazquez,
Rafael Marquez
& Abner Mares Media Workout Quotes
Photos: Gene Blevins - hoganphotos/Golden Boy ISRAEL VAZQUEZ: “With the three fights we’ve already had,
I think Marquez and I have already solidified our legacy. But
they asked if we wanted to do it again, so of course, I said
sure. Why not? If the fans want this fight, so do I.
RAFAEL MARQUEZ: “I lost the last round in the last fight
basically because my (former) cornermen made a lot of mistakes.
Instead of telling me to go out and fight, my instructions were
to box and that cost me the fight.
ABNER MARES: “I am as good as I can be and can’t wait for
Saturday. As each day passes, the excitement inside me builds.
This is the first time I have been involved in a fight where
there is something going on almost every day, where there is
actually a fight week schedule with things for me to do.
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Once And 4 "Ball"
Photo: Marlene
Marquez - Pound4Pound.com
Rafael Marquez & Abner Mares took time out
from their final week preparations to be on hand at Dodger
Stadium to throw out the ceremonial first pitch before the
Dodgers took the field to defeat the Houston Astro's. The
fielders gloves will come off and the boxing gloves will go on
this Saturday at the Staples Center as Mares will take on IBF
Bantamweight Champion Yohnny Perez and two time Champ Marquez
will look to even the score with three time Champ Israel
Vasquez. The historic doubleheader is co-promoted by Golden Boy
Promotions, Gary Shaw Productions, Espinoza Boxing Promotions
and Zanfer Promotions and sponsored by Cerveza Tecate. Tickets,
priced at $250, $125, $75, $50 and $25 are available online at
ticketmaster.com, via Ticketmaster charge-by-phone lines at
(800)745-3000. Tickets are also available at the STAPLES Center
Box Office.
Vazquez, Marquez set
to do battle for fourth time
By Bernard Fernandez - Philadelphia Daily News
ON SATURDAY night, Israel Vazquez and Rafael Marquez erase a
piece of boxing history and will write another.
These two valiant Mexican fighters will hurl themselves at each
other for the fourth time, no doubt thrilling on-site fans at
the Staples Center in Los Angeles and a Showtime audience with
their ability to dispense and absorb ridiculous amounts of
punishment. Vazquez holds the upper hand for the moment, having
won two of three.
In extending a personal rivalry that is becoming the stuff of
legend, Vazquez-Marquez will cease to exist as one of the great
ring trilogies, a distinction the series shared with, among
others, Muhammad Ali-Joe Frazier, Tony Zale-Rocky Graziano,
Arturo Gatti-Micky Ward and Riddick Bowe-Evander Holyfield. But
it joins an even more exclusive club, that reserved for fighters
who have squared off four times or more with memorable results.
That would include Beau Jack-Bob Montgomery, Jack-Ike Williams,
Sandy Saddler-Willie Pep, Jersey Joe Walcott-Ezzard Charles and,
most recently, Azumah Nelson-Jesse James Leija, who fought four
times from 1993 to '96.
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Dzinziruk Defends
WBO 154-Pound Crown
With 10th Round TKO Over Dawson
Photos: Tom Casino
- SHOWTIME
World Boxing Organization (WBO) Junior
Middleweight Champ Sergiy Dzinziruk made the fifth defense of
his title look easy with a dominating 10th round TKO of
previously once-beaten challenger Daniel Dawson in the main
event of ShoBox: The New Generation Friday night on SHOWTIME
from the Chumash Resort Casino in Santa Ynez, Calif.
Unbeaten prospect Vernon Paris narrowly defeated the tough Juan
Santiago in Friday’s co-feature with an eight-round split
decision victory, scored 77-74 Santiago, 76-75 Paris, twice.
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Flint boxer Andre
Dirrell will be in-studio
guest host on ESPN's Friday Night Fights
By Patrick Hayes - The Flint Journal
Flint boxer Andre Dirrell will put aside the Twitter wars and
take over hosting duties on ESPN's Friday Night Fights May 14.
Dirrell will be a guest studio analyst. The show airs at 10 p.m.
on ESPN2 and the fight will be a welterweight bout between Julio
Diaz and Herman Nogoudjo.
Viewers can also submit questions for Dirrell, some of which
will be answered on the air during the broadcast.
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Six Questions With
Sergiy Dzinziruk
America, meet European
superstar Sergiy Dzinziruk, who will make his United States
professional debut and the fifth defense of his World Boxing
Organization (WBO) Junior Middleweight title against once-beaten
challenger Daniel Dawson on Friday, May 14, on ShoBox: The New
Generation at 11 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast) live on
SHOWTIME®.
The 34-year-old Dzinziruk (35-0, 23 KOs) is arguably the world’s
top junior middleweight, but is largely unknown in the U.S. The
southpaw was inactive in 2009 due to a contract dispute with his
European former promoter.
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“Once & Four All”
Teleconference
Yonnhy Perez vs. Abner Mares
By Barbara Pinnella - Pound4Pound.com
Yesterday, Tuesday May 11th, was the media conference call for
the big fight night at Staples Center on May 22 titled, “Once &
Four All”. Four fighters were featured, Yonnhy Perez and Abner
Mares, and the two that are involved in the main event, Israel
Vasquez and Rafael Marquez. Here are the highlights of that
call.
Promoter for Perez, Gary Shaw, started off by saying that “This
is what boxing is all about. A strong card all the way through,
not just one fight.” He pointed out however that neither fighter
would have chosen this fight, since they are good friends. They
have faced each other three times when they were amateurs.
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IBF Bantamweight
World Champion
Yonnhy Perez’s Open Media Workout
Photos: William
Trillo - Pound4Pound.com
Undefeated IBF Bantamweight World Champion
YONNHY PEREZ (20-0, 14 KO’s) held a media workout earlier today
at the Santa Fe Springs Community Activity Center. After the
training session the press had an opportunity to speak with the
world champion about the preparation for his upcoming title
defense against top-rated contender Abner Mares (20-0,13 KO’s).
Promoted by Golden Boy Promotions, Gary Shaw Productions,
Espinoza Boxing Promotions and Zanfer Promotions, the
Perez-Mares world title tilt will be the co-main event to
Vazquez-Marquez IV: Once and Four All, which will take place
Saturday, May 22, at STAPLES Center, Los Angeles, Calif.Click Here For More
Boxing can copy
MMA's formula
By
Ed Graney - Las Vegas Review Journal
Gary Shaw is certain of it. He thinks boxing still has it over
mixed martial arts in one specific way. He has no doubt that
when a megafight occurs, when a Manny Pacquiao steps into a ring
and faces a Ricky Hatton, when so many movie stars show up that
Denzel Washington is relegated to the 15th row, when the lights
are blinding and the buzz deafening, the advantage still falls
to boxing.
"On its best day, MMA can't match the glamour of a huge boxing
event," Shaw said.
What about all the other days?
"They're kicking our ass."
Shaw knows both sides. He is president of Gary Shaw Productions
and began his career in boxing as inspector for the New Jersey
Athletic Control Commission. He was once chief operating officer
for Main Events.Click Here For More
Sergiy Dzinziruk To
Defend WBO Junior Middleweight Title Against Daniel
Dawson On ShoBox, May 14
European superstar
Sergiy Dzinziruk will make his United States. professional debut
and the fifth defense of his World Boxing Organization (WBO)
Junior Middleweight title against once-beaten challenger Daniel
Dawson on Friday, May 14, on ShoBox: The New Generation at 11
p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast) live on SHOWTIME®.
The 34-year-old Dzinziruk is arguably the world’s top junior
middleweight, but is largely unknown in the U.S. The southpaw,
who is currently training in Los Angeles for his first world
title defense in more than 17 months, was inactive in ’09 due to
a contract dispute with his European former promoter. Click Here For More
Daniel Dawson
Replaces Sherzod Husanov Against Sergiy Dzinziruk In
WBO Fight On Friday, May 14
WBO jr. middleweight
champion Sergiy Dzinziruk has a new opponent for his sixth world
title defense - Daniel Dawson will replace originally scheduled
Sherzod Husanov of Russia.
The fight, scheduled for 12 rounds, will headline a sensational
event on Friday, May 14, 2010, at the Chumash Casino Resort
(3400 E. Highway 246, Santa Ynez, California), co-promoted by
Gary Shaw Productions and Art Pelullo/Banner Promotions.
Due to a delay at the local consulate in Ekaterinburg, Russia,
Husanov will not receive his passport in time for the fight. Click Here For More
Angulo's Promoter:
"We Want Margarito or Cotto Next"
By Ryan Burton -
boxingscene
Promoter Gary Shaw was deeply touched that his fighter, junior
middleweight Alfredo Angulo, had "In Loving Memory of Papi Shaw"
sewn into his trunks for Saturday's fight with Joel Julio.
Shaw's father passed away a few weeks ago. Shaw also revealed
that Angulo left his training camp to attend the elder Shaw's
funeral and to be by his promoter's side.
"No fighter has ever done that. Angulo is a special fighter but
is an even more special person outside of the ring," Shaw said.
The promoter and fighter share a close father-son bond that is
unlike most promoter-fighter relationships. Click Here For More
"Angulo Keeps WBO
Interim Title"
By Associated Press
- espn
Alfredo "Perro" Angulo stopped Joel Julio with a right cross
midway through the 11th round to retain the WBO interim
154-pound title Saturday night.
Angulo (18-1, 15 KOs) dramatically ended a highly competitive
fight with one perfect blow to Julio's chin, sending his
Colombian opponent tumbling to the canvas. Although Julio (35-4)
shakily got back up and wanted to keep fighting, referee Raul
Caiz stopped the bout at 1:39 of the 11th.
"Joel never hurt me," Angulo said. "I know he has power, but it
is really hard to hit Perro." Click Here For More
"Angulo Knocks Out
Julio on HBO's Boxing After Dark"
By John Lumpkin -
secondsout
WBO junior middleweight interim world title holder Alfredo
Angulo overcame a gritty first half challenge from hard hitting
Colombian Joel Julio on Saturday night to pound out an eleventh
round stoppage victory at Citizens Business Bank Arena in
Ontario, California, USA. Click Here For More
Angulo vs. Julio Pre
Fight Reports
Kevin Iole, Yahoo!
Sports:
"Angulo-Julio Winner Will Emerge a Contender"
Click Here For More
Michael Woods, TheSweetScience.com:
"Angulo Feels a Tiny Bit Dissed That Arreola is The Man"
Click Here For More
Lem Satterfield, AOL Fan House:
"Angulo After Third Straight KO Against Julio"
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Alfredo Angulo
No-Shows Presser
Over Event Treatment
By Rick Reeno -
boxingscene.com
A few eyebrows were raised when junior middleweight contender
Alfredo Angulo no-showed Monday's final press conference to
promote this weekend's HBO televised doubleheader at the
Citizens Business Bank Arena in Ontario, California. Angulo is
apparently upset over the treatment he's received during the
promotion. He feels the entire promotion was completely focused
on the main event collision between heavyweights Tomasz Adamek
and Chris Arreola, and absolutely no attention was given to his
co-feature with Joel Julio.
BoxingScene.com reached out to Angulo's promoter, Gary Shaw, to
get a better read on what's going on.
"He doesn't feel like he's part of this promotion. HBO promised
that Angulo would be a very important part of this promotion,
and he's not and and he knows it. They had an initial press
conference and he wasn't invited and they had two conference
calls and he wasn't invited to participate. He was told that if
he gave up his own "Boxing After Dark" to team up with Arreola,
it would be like a co-promotion, but instead it's nothing," Shaw
told BoxingScene.com. Click Here For More
Alfredo Angulo Ready
To Win His Perromutual
World Boxing Organization (WBO) interim junior middleweight
champion ALFREDO "El Perro" (the dog) ANGULO will make his first
title defense, against one-time world title challenger Joel
Julio, This Saturday! April 24 at the Citizens Business Bank
Arena in Ontario, Calif. It will be televised live on HBO Boxing
After Dark, beginning at 11:15 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West
Coast.)
Angulo (17-1,14 KOs), a native of Mexacali. Mexico, who trains
in Coachella, Calif., will be making his 2010 debut, defending
the WBO interim title he won last November when he knocked out
undefeated top-rated contender Harry Joe Yorgey in the third
round. Julio (35-3, 31 KOs), a native of Monteria, Colombia,
fights out of Miami, Fla.Click Here For More
Shaw: Darchinyan Has
Signed For Donaire Rematch
By Ryan Songalia -
boxingscene.com
Gary Shaw, promoter of WBC/WBA super-flyweight champion Vic
Darchinyan, says he has a signed contract from Darchinyan to
fight a rematch with Nonito Donaire Jr on August 21 at the Home
Depot Center in Carson, CA. Shaw says he is waiting to hear from
Donaire's promoter Top Rank "to see if we have a deal."
Darchinyan, 34-2-1 (27 KO), was defeated in five rounds by
Donaire in July of 2007 in a performance Ring Magazine called
both the "Knockout of the Year" and "Upset of the Year."
Darchinyan has stead-fastly demanded a rematch through the media
but one obstacle has always prevented the fight from happening. Click Here For More
Andre Dirrell will
face friend, former
Olympic teammate in next bout
By Bruce Gunther _
Flint Journal
An old friend paid Flint’s Andre Dirrell a visit prior to his
fight Saturday night with Arthur Abraham in Detroit’s Joe Louis
Arena.
That friend, fellow boxer Andre Ward, was a teammate (and gold
medal winner) on the 2004 U.S. Olympic team which competed in
Athens.
“He was getting me ready, helping me get my mind right,” said
Dirrell. “He told me to just fight my fight, do what I do best,
and don’t worry about what (Abraham) tries to do to get me off
of my game.” Click Here For More
Flint fighter Andre
Dirrell disappointed
that opponent's foul detracted from win
By Bruce Gunther _
Flint Journal
Two days after his biggest win as a pro, Flint fighter Andre
Dirrell was, among other things, physically sore.
Understandably.
Dirrell went to war with Germany’s Arthur Abraham Saturday night
in Detroit and won virtually every battle, but ended up
unconscious — the victim of an illegal punch that ended the
fight and gave him a bizarre victory. Click Here For More
TSS Tells You Who
The Real Actor Is
By Ron Borges
Like a lot of people who find themselves trapped there in
unwanted circumstances, Arthur Abraham was looking for a way out
of Detroit Saturday night. He found one when Andre Dirrell
suddenly went from standing 6-foot-2 to 3-foot-2 without Abraham
seeming to notice.
At least that’s his story and he’s sticking to it.
Referee Laurence Cole managed to get one thing right Saturday
night, which put him ahead of his usual performance in a big
matches, when he officially disqualified the previously
undefeated Abraham for cold-cocking Dirrell while he was sitting
defenseless on his knees after slipping to the canvas in the
11th round of their Super Six Super Middleweight tournament
fight at Joe Louis Arena. Truth be told, Abraham disqualified
himself by doing exactly what he wanted to do – which was find
an excuse to take back to Germany with him for the first defeat
of his career. Click Here For More
The Real Deal In
Detroit:
Of Cole's Conduct, And Sour Krauts
By George Kimball
DETROIT --- Has anybody else noticed how often the bravest guys
in the aftermath of these skirmishes turn out to be the
non-combatants?
Or, put another way, do you suppose Anthony Dirrell knows -- or
cares -- how close he came to turning the result of Saturday
night’s fight at Joe Louis Arena into a double-disqualification?
Andre Dirrell was still twitching on on the canvas in the blue
corner when, amid a total breakdown of security, several members
of the American boxer’s posse came bounding through the ropes
and across the ring. On one hand, it might be understandable
that Anthony would be so alarmed that he wanted to immediately
ascertain his brother’s condition, even though in doing so he
was issuing an open invitation to Laurence Cole to invoke a
second disqualification. Click Here For More
Dirrell released
from hospital
after being KO'd by illegal punch
By Chris Mannix,
SI.com
Super middleweight Andre Dirrell has been released from the
hospital after being knocked out by a savage illegal punch from
Arthur Abraham last Saturday, Dirrell's promoter Gary Shaw told
SI.com. Dirrell, who was awarded a disqualification victory, was
hit after slipping to the canvas in the 11th round of his Super
Six Tournament fight with Abraham. Dirrell, 26, spent three
hours in the hospital before being released.
"He was a little woozy," said Shaw. "He looked like someone with
a stomach virus. He didn't walk out of there with a spry gate.
But he didn't have a brain bleed and we think he is going to be
O.K. Click Here For More
DQ In
Detroit-Dirrell Wins
After Illegal Blow By Abraham
By George Kimball
DETROIT --- Handily leading in their fight, Andre Dirrell handed
Arthur Abraham his first defeat when referee Laurence Cole
disqualified the German for an intentional foul at 1:13 of the
11th round last night at the Joe Louis Arena. The win in the
opening act of Stage Two of Showtime’s World Boxing Classic came
after Dirrell, off balance, slipped and fell with his knees
tucked beneath him on the canvas, only to have Abraham knock him
ass over teakettle with a right hand. Click Here For More
Andre Dirrell Wins
By 11th Round DQ
Over Previously Unbeaten Arthur Abraham
Andre Dirrell turned
the Super Six World Boxing Classic upside down and handed
previously undefeated Arthur Abraham his first loss on an
11th-round disqualification Saturday in a fight at the Joe Louis
Arena during a Free Preview Weekend on SHOWTIME® that ended in
bedlam with family, friends, officials and team members of both
camps in the ring.
Referee Laurence Cole stopped a Group Stage 2 bout in which
Dirrell (19-1, 13 KOs), of Flint, Mich., had performed
magnificently at 1:13 of the 11th after Abraham (31-1, 25 KOs)
connected with a sweeping right hand while Dirrell, who had
slipped in Abraham’s corner, was down on one knee. Click Here For More
Dirrell vs. Abraham
Final Press Conference
Photos: Tom Casino
- SHOWTIME
This Saturday, March 27, live on SHOWTIME® (10:30 p.m. ET/PT,
delayed on the West Coast), “King” Arthur Abraham and Andre “The
Matrix” Dirrell begin what will be an excellent series of Group
Stage 2 bouts in the Super Six World Boxing Classic on SHOWTIME.
The undefeated Abraham (31-0, 25 KOs), of Armenia, and the
once-beaten Dirrell (18-1, 13 KOs), of Flint, Mich., will clash
at the Joe Louis Arena. Abraham will enter the scheduled
12-rounder atop the tournament standings with three points.
Dirrell needs a victory to get on the board.Click Here For More
Dirrell’s next bout
has big implications
By Kevin Iole -
Yahoo
There isn’t much pressure on Andre Dirrell when he fights Arthur
Abraham in each man’s second “Super Six” 168-pound tournament
bout on Saturday at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit.
All that is on the line for Dirrell is his hope of winning the
elite six-man tournament and his reputation as one of boxing’s
elite young fighters.
Dirrell blew a winnable opening-round fight on Oct. 17 against
Carl Froch in Nottingham, England, and now must face one of the
pre-tournament favorites in what is essentially a do-or-die
match. Click Here For More
Flint boxer Andre
Dirrell ready for time in spotlight
By Vincent Goodwill
/ The Detroit News
Detroit --It's a brisk day in Detroit, but it's nearly 40
degrees hotter inside the Kronk Gym, where Flint native Andre
Dirrell prepares for the biggest fight of his career.
Dirrell (18-1, 13 KO's) will take on Arthur Abraham (31-0, 25
KO's) Saturday at Joe Louis Arena in the second stage of
Showtime's "Super Six World Boxing Classic." Dirrell's last
fight was a 12-round, split decision loss to Carl Froch in
October. It's safe to say Dirrell is desperate for a victory,
and Kronk is the place that turns desperation into
championships. Click Here For More
Flint's Andre
Dirrell ready for Arthur Abraham
By Mike Brudenell
Armenian-born King Arthur Abraham is considered sporting royalty
in his adopted Germany.
Abraham, 31, who meets Flint's Andre Dirrell in Showtime's Super
Six super middleweight fight Saturday night at Joe Louis Arena,
is big news in a country dominated by soccer, tennis and motor
sports.
On Wednesday, he was escorted into the Kronk Gym in Detroit by
his trainers and a dozen boxing writers and TV reporters from
Germany. Click Here For More
Dirrell & Abraham
Take In Red Wings Game
Photo: Photo Wende
During the first intermission of the Detroit Red Wings 4-2 win
over St. Louis on Wednesday night, boxers Andre Dirrell and
Arthur Abraham were introduced to promote their Super Six World
Boxing Classic matchup on Saturday at Joe Louis Arena. The
hometown favorite Dirrell from Flint, Mich., got the louder
ovation.
The pair, decked out in Red Wings jerseys, posed for photos like
this one – with Red Wings in-game announcer Christy Lee – for
fans before the game.
The undefeated Armenian Abraham (31-0, 25 KOs) will take on
Dirrell (18-1, 13 KOs) this Saturday live on SHOWTIME at 10:30
p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the west coast).
Andre Dirrell vs.
Arthur Abraham Workout Quotes
Photos: Tom Casino
- SHOWTIME
ANDRE DIRRELL: “Nothing can get in the way of my dedication and
achieving my dream. You have to have a different game plan for
each fighter you face, and we have a strong game plan for me to
execute with Abraham. I have faced power punchers before, none
as explosive as Abraham, but I have fought power punchers in my
career and handled them well.” Click Here For More
Flint boxer Andre
Dirrell is ready
for primetime on Showtime
By Mike Brudenell
Andre (The Matrix) Dirrell grew up in Flint, where he learned to
box and became an amateur champion and professional prospect
under the watch of family and friends.
He still loves the city, but he won’t return there until
business is taken care of in Detroit, when he meets unbeaten
(King) Arthur Abraham (31-0, 25 KOs) of Germany in a Showtime
Super Six World Boxing Classic super middleweight bout at Joe
Louis Arena on Saturday night. Click Here For More
German boxer Abraham
gets to
know Detroit prior to fight
By Mike Brudenell
King Arthur Abraham, who fights Andre Dirrell of Flint at Joe
Louis Arena on Saturday night, hasn't taken long to find his
feet since arriving from Germany over the weekend.
Abraham, an Armenian-German who lives in Berlin, has done
roadwork on Belle Isle, visited the Joe Louis statue at Cobo
Hall and found himself a maize-and-blue Michigan T-shirt.. Click Here For More
Shaw Gets Back to
the Grind
By Steve Kim -
Maxboxing.com
In what was his first public function since the death of his
father, Gary Shaw was in Los Angeles this past Thursday
afternoon, to officially announce the latest installment of the
epic rivalry that is Israel Vazquez-Rafael Marquez. This press
conference was held outdoors just outside the Staples Center,
where this fight will take place on May 22nd.
A couple of weeks ago, he had just touched down in Rancho
Mirage, California, to promote Vic Darchinyan’s fight against
Rodrigo Guerrero, at the Agua Caliente Casino, when he was
notified that his father, Eddie, age 92, had passed away. Shaw
quickly made his way back east to make all the funeral
arrangements.
Shaw admits the transition back to the boxing business has not
been easy. Click Here For More
First loss, injury
don't deter Dirrell
By Steve Carp - Las
Vegas Review Journal
For the first time in his six-year professional boxing career,
Andre Dirrell will be fighting after a loss when he meets Arthur
Abraham on Saturday in Detroit.
Dirrell was undefeated before losing a 12-round split decision
to Carl Froch on Oct. 17 in the first round of Showtime's Super
Six super middleweight tournament. Now, Dirrell (18-1, 13
knockouts) has to face arguably the toughest fighter in the
event.
Abraham (31-0, 25 KOs) leads the Super Six competition after
knocking out Jermain Taylor on Oct. 17, sending Taylor into
retirement. Click Here For More
Vazquez, Marquez
move four-ward
By Robert Morales, boxing columnist
Israel Vazquez and Rafael Marquez have two things in common -
incredible courage, and the refusal to stay away from one
another.
They have beaten each other up for 25 rounds in one of boxing's
great trilogies, and they have signed up for more.
Vazquez and Marquez will tangle again May 22 in the
featherweight main event at Staples Center. They were on hand at
the venue Thursday for a news conference promoting their almost
unheard of fourth fight, and the comments thrown around by the
concerned parties evoked images of another savage slugfest.
Click Here For More
Vazquez vs. Marquez
IV Press Conference Video
Last week in Los
Angeles just outside The Staples Center, Israel Vazquez and
Rafael Marquez announced they will be going at it one more time
as they will square off on May 22nd in Los Angeles. Pound4Pound
was on hand for the press conference and we got it all down for
you to see.
Vazquez vs. Marquez
IV: "Once And Four All"
Plus Yonnhy Perez vs. Abner Mares In
Co-Feature, Sat., May 22, From STAPLES Center In Los
Angeles, Live On SHOWTIME
Photos: Bret "The
Threat" Newton - Pound4Pound.com
Following three epic battles, three-time World Champion Israel
Vazquez and two-division World Champion Rafael Marquez will face
off in the fourth installment of what is perhaps the greatest
boxing trilogy of all-time on Saturday, May 22, at STAPLES
Center in Los Angeles, live on SHOWTIME at 9 p.m. ET/PT (delayed
on the west coast). In the co-feature, Yonnhy Perez will defend
his International Boxing Federation (IBF) Bantamweight World
Title against unbeaten top contender Abner Mares.
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Vazquez, Marquez
announce 4th fight
By Dan Rafael -
ESPN.com
After three epic battles, Israel Vazquez and Rafael Marquez are
already linked for eternity in boxing history. But they haven't
had enough of each other, nor have the fans, so they're doing it
one more time.
Their fourth fight, appropriately titled "Once and Four All" and
scheduled for May 22 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, was
formally announced Thursday with expectations high for another
memorable slugfest.
"Without a doubt, this is going to be a war just like the
previous fights were," Vazquez said. "I'm really motivated to
come back for this battle with Marquez and I know this fourth
fight is going to be very significant to my career. I hope all
the fans are as excited as I am for this fight and as excited as
they were for the previous three, as the fourth will be no
different than the others." Click Here For More
Andre Dirrell poised
for breakout
in World Boxing Classic
By Case Keefer -
Las Vegas Sun
Super middleweight Andre Dirrell paused to catch his breath for
a split second during his Monday workout.
Leon Lawson, Jr., Dirrell's assistant trainer, didn't allow the
break to last much longer.
"If you aren't ready, you better get ready," Lawson yelled.
By Roy & Marlene
Marquez - Pound4Pound.com
WBC &WBA super flyweight champion Vic Darchinyan doled out a
twelve round beating to Mexican challenger Rodrigo Guerrero in a
thoroughly captivating one-sided fight. The scorecards read
118-110, 117-111 & 120-108 but didn’t begin to tell the drama
that unfolded in the ring. The fight took place at The Show at
Agua Caliente Casino Resort & Spa in Rancho Mirage, CA and was
shown on SHOBOX: The New Generation.
“I am not happy to lose but I feel really good”, said Guerrero
through an interpreter following the fight. “I think people now
know who I am and that I didn’t come here to lose or just to lie
down.” Guerrero may have lost the fight but he certainly won the
crowd and the respect of the champion. “He took all my punches
and kept fighting back”, explained Darchinyan. “If I didn’t
train hard or if I took this guy lightly this is a much harder
fight and maybe I lose.” Click Here For More
Darchinyan Wins
Slugfest Over Guerrero
To Retain WBC/WBA Super Flyweight Titles;
Unbeaten Zappavigna Captures IBO Crown
Photos: Tom Casino
- SHOWTIME
In an exciting, wildly entertaining one-sided slugfest, Vic “The
Raging Bull’’ Darchinyan (34-2-1, 27 KOs) of Australia retained
his World Boxing Council/World Boxing Association (WBC/WBA)
super flyweight crowns with a hard-fought, 12-round unanimous
decision over Mexico’s Rodrigo “Gato’’ Guerrero (13-2-1, 9 KOs)
in the main event on a special edition of ShoBox: The New
Generation Saturday on SHOWTIME®.
Undefeated Lenny “Lenny Zappa’’ Zappavigna (23-0, 15 KOs) of
Australia captured the International Boxing Organization (IBO)
lightweight belt with a controversial 12-round decision over
Fernando “La Fiera” Angulo (22-7, 14 KOs) of Venezuela by the
scores of 116-111 twice and 114-113 in an excellent, non-stop
action, bloody co-feature at The Show at Agua Caliente Casino
Resort Spa. Click Here For More
Vic Darchinyan eager
to put on
a show against Rodrigo Guerrero
By Lance Pugmire -
LA Times
Vic Darchinyan has an immediate task at hand with Saturday
night's world super-flyweight title defense against Mexico's
Rodrigo Guerrero at Agua Caliente Casino Resort Spa in Rancho
Mirage.
Darchinyan (33-2-1, 27 knockouts) is already thinking about the
fight he most wants: a rematch against Nonito Donaire.
"He had luck the first time, and he knows it," Darchinyan said
of Donaire. "He doesn't want to fight me. I've heard Showtime
has offered him three times the money he'd get from anyone else,
and that he won't take it. That says he doesn't want the fight."
Click Here For More
Promoter Gary Shaw's
Father,
'A Great Fan and Best Friend,' Dies
By Lem Satterfield
- Boxing Fan House
The father of Promoter, Gary Shaw, died on Thursday evening,
Shaw told FanHouse late Friday morning.
"My died three hours ago," wrote Gary Shaw (pictured at right),
in an e-mail to FanHouse at about 1 a.m. on Friday, concerning
Edward Shaw, 92. "You can write that boxing lost a great fan,
and I lost my father and best friend at the same moment. I thank
you for your friendship." Click Here For More
Vic Darchinyan vs.
Rodrigo Guerrero,
& Vinny Zappavigna Final Press Conference Quotes
Photos: Tom Casino
- SHOWTIME
Popular, hard-hitting Vic “The Raging Bull’’ Darchinyan (33-2-1,
27 KOs) will defend his World Boxing Council/World Boxing
Association (WBC/WBA) super flyweight crowns against streaking
Rodrigo “Gato’’ Guerrero (13-1-1, 9 KOs) in the main event on a
special edition of ShoBox: The New Generation on SHOWTIME® this
Saturday, March 6 (9 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast) at
The Show at Agua Caliente Casino Resort Spa here.
Click Here For More
The Show has faith
in boxing fans
By Leighton Ginn -
The Deser Sun
The Show will find out what life as a boxing venue without a
local star is like this Saturday.
So far, the indication is The Show will continue to be
successful, according to Phil Cooper, Agua Caliente Casino
Resort's executive director of marketing.
“We have had discussions I like to call them ‘Life after Tim.'
We truly had those discussions,” said Cooper about the first
fight card not featuring local star Tim Bradley of Cathedral
City. Click Here For More
Darchinyan wants
second shot at
Donaire but ready to move on
By Michael
Rosenthal - ringtv.com
If you want to get Vic Darchinyan riled, just mention Nonito
Donaire.
No, it’s not that he was knocked out by Donaire in 2007, the
Armenian-born brawler’s first of two losses. Darchinyan seems to
have accepted that. What angers him is that he believes Donaire
doesn’t want a rematch -- in part because Donaire scheduled a
fight in May -- and that his conqueror is perceived by some as
one of the best fighters in the world.
As his promoter, Gary Shaw, put it: “He has only one fight
between his ears: Donaire.” Click Here For More
Raging Bull, Honorio
& Bolo On Back-To-Back Cards
By David A. Avila -
thesweetscience.com
Vic “Raging Bull” Darchinyan, the mighty mouse of the smaller
weight division, spearheads one of three fight cards taking
place in the Southern California area this week.
Beginning Thursday in Los Angeles and then followed by fight
cards in Temecula on Friday and Rancho Mirage on Saturday when
Darchinyan defends his WBA and WBC junior bantamweight titles at
Agua Caliente Casino, it’s three fight cards in a row.
Click Here For More
By Mike Brudenell -
freep.com
Big-time boxing will return to Joe Louis Arena on March 27 with
Flint’s Andre (The Matrix) Dirrell fighting the main event as
part of Showtime’s Super Six super middleweight tournament.
Dirrell (18-1, 13 KOs) will be matched against King Arthur
Abraham (31-0, 25 KOs) of Germany. The fight is scheduled to
been shown at 10:30 p.m. Dirrell won the bronze medal for the
U.S. at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
New Jersey promoter Gary Shaw confirmed Joe Louis as the venue
for the Showtime telecast earlier today, working in conjunction
with local promoter Carlos Llinas and Olympia Entertainment.
Click Here For More
Australian boxing
champion
Vic Darchinyan's grim threat to opponent
By Peter Mitchell - dailytelegraph.com.au
AUSSIE champion Vic Darchinyan says he will "sandblast'' rising
Mexican star Rodrigo "Gato'' Guerrero into early retirement with
another devastating knockout performance.
Darchinyan will defend his WBC and WBA super flyweight belts
against Guerrero at the Agua Caliente Casino Resort Spa in
Rancho Mirage, California, on March 6.
In another big fight for Australian boxing fans, undefeated
Sydney 22-year-old Lenny Zappavigna will take on Venezuela's
Fernando Angulo on the undercard for the IBO lightweight title. Click Here For More
Tim Bradley has the
power
to really test Britain's Amir Khan
The Spot Blog
Paulie Malignaggi does not have the punch to keep the world
light-welterweight champion at bay.
Rumours that Amir Khan wants to fight Tim Bradley this year are
hitting the wires, and I hope they're true.
He insists the second defence of his WBA light-welterweight
title against Paulie Malignaggi in New York on 15 May "is a
great fight" for his American debut whereas it is a pretty good
fight to prepare for someone like Bradley. Click Here For More
Shaw Reacts To Arum
Comments:
"Liar Liar Pants On Fire"
By William Trillo -
Pound4Pound.com
Okay, promoter Gary Shaw didn't actually run with the "pants on
fire", but make no bones about it, he did make it perfectly
clear that in his opinion Top Rank promoter Bob Arum was being
far less than truthful when he commented in a report today that
quoted Arum about contract negotiations for a Super Welterweight
battle between Timothy Bradley vs. Edwin Valero. Arum's claim is
Shaw never gave him a concrete number on how much Valero would
get paid. Said Arum, "We couldn't wait forever. I asked Gary how
much Valero would get and I never heard back on a number, so we
thought they was playing around. My kid can't sit around and
wait. He wants to go out there and fight and he wants to know
how much he's getting paid."
Shaw contacted Pound4Pound shortly after the article was posted
to give us his thoughts on Arum's statement that he directed in
the Top Rank promoter:
Arum is a Liar. He lied before, He lied yesterday, and he is
lying today. Click Here For More
Lamont Peterson Will
Kick
Edwin Valero's Ass, Says Shaw
By Rick Reeno -
boxingscene.com
Promoter Gary Shaw was very upset after reading
BoxingScene.com's recent posting on a possible fight between
Edwin Valero and Lamont Peterson. Two weeks back, Valero pulled
out a dominating TKO win over Antonio DeMarco. Following that
win, Valero announced his plan to move to the junior
welterweight division.
Valero's promoter, Top Rank CEO Bob Arum, reached out to Shaw
for a possible meeting with WBO champion Timothy Bradley. Shaw
spoke to Bradley's team and received their blessing to make the
fight. He then spoke with Showtime and received their blessing
to make the fight. After he lined everything up, Shaw says the
negotiations went completely cold.
"I just read something that really bothers me. They [Top Rank]
came up to me and said they wanted Valero. I agreed, I got
Showtime to agree. Everyone wanted to go to Mexico and then Top
Rank's phones went dead," Shaw told BoxingScene.com. Click Here For More
Tim Bradley’s Search
Continues For a June Opponent
By Jake Donovan - boxingscene.com
Sometimes it’s good to be the king. Other times, it’s simply
lonely at the top.
The latter is proven to be the harsh reality in the world of 140
lb. king Timothy Bradley, who a week ago appeared set to line up
his next foe, one whose handlers specifically asked for him by
name.
Current lightweight Edwin Valero was thought to be next in line,
if you were to believe the actions of his handlers mere moments
after his dominant ninth round stoppage of Antonio DeMarco
earlier this month on Showtime.
Immediately after the bout, Shaw was approached by Fernando
Beltran, the show’s co-promoter who arrived with Valero in tow,
expressing their interest in a fight with Bradley. Click Here For More
Will Edwin
Valero-Tim Bradley Happen? Let's Hope So
By Lem Satterfield - boxing fanhouse
Not much time had passed since promoter, Gary Shaw, had watched
one of his premiere fighters, Antonio DeMarco, of Mexico, fail
to come out for the 10th round of Saturday night's bid to
dethrone WBC lightweight (135) champion, Edwin Valero, of
Venezuela, when an official from Valero's promoter, Top Rank,
approached Shaw with the prospect of pitting Valero against
another of his star boxers.
That fighter is 26-year-old WBO junior welterweight (140 pounds)
titlist, Timothy Bradley (25-0, 11 KOs), of Palm Springs,
Calif., a slick boxer who is coming off of December's one-sided,
12-round unanimous decision victory over previously unbeaten
Lamont Peterson (27-1, 13 KOs) during which Bradley arguably
lost only one round. Click Here For More
Tim Bradley, Ring
Magazine's April Cover Boy
By Lem Satterfield - boxing fanhouse
They can run, but they can't hide.
Well, at any rate, there will be few boxing fans who will be
able to avoid WBO junior welterweight (140 pounds) champion,
Timothy Bradley (25-0, 11 knockouts) as he graces the April 2010
cover of The Ring Magzazine.
"It's a 12-page layout on Tim," said Joe Santoliquito, Managing
Editor, Ring Magazine, who authored the piece. "Tim is talking
about everything from his upbringing, to the sanctioning bodies,
to where he feels his future is headed." Click Here For More
Will Valero Weather
“The Desert Storm”?
By Steve Kim - maxboxing.com
As you peruse the upcoming boxing schedule, you’ll see a host of
fights being made in the junior welterweight division. Fights
involving the likes of Amir Khan, Devon Alexander, Marcos
Maidana, Victor Ortiz, Nate Campbell, Juan Urango and Victor
Cayo loom. But there’s one notable omission. That’s Tim Bradley,
who not only holds the WBO version of the title, but is the
consensus choice as the game’s best 140-pounder.
It seems that everyone is running into “The Desert
Storm”-shelter. Bradley, who hails from Palm Springs,
California, is willing, ready and able to face any junior
welterweight on the planet.. The problem is that the feelings
don’t seem to be mutual. Click Here For More
Shaw Sounds Off On
Schaefer Over Angulo vs. Lara
By Rick Reeno - boxingscene.com
Shortly after posting Richard Schaefer's comments regarding
Alfredo Angulo's refusal to fight Erislandy Lara,
BoxingScene.com received an angry call from Angulo's promoter
Gary Shaw. Speaking with BoxingScene on Tuesday, Schaefer, the
CEO for Golden Boy Promotions, said he tried his best to match
Lara with Angulo, but the Mexican slugger had no interest in the
fight.
Shaw took offense to Schaefer's comments. He doesn't deny
Angulo's lack of interest in the fight. According to Shaw, Lara
is not at the level, in terms of exposure and name value, to
interest Angulo. Shaw took aim at Schaefer over the failed
negotiations to match WBO junior welterweight champion Timothy
Bradley against some of the top 140-pounders under the Golden
Boy banner. Click Here For More
Team Timothy
Bradley: "Valero, We'll Fight Anybody"
By Rick Reeno - boxingscene.com
BoxingScene.com spoke with Cameron Dunkin, the manager for
unbeaten WBO junior welterweight champion Timothy Bradley, to
get the latest on a possible fight with WBC lightweight champ
Edwin Valero, who plans to move up to 140-pounds. Valero's
promoter Bob Arum of Top Rank told BoxingScene on Sunday that
Bradley is a target opponent for them at 140.
Dunkin and Bradley's promoter, Gary Shaw, have discussed the
potential Bradley-Valero fight. Bradley is willing to fight any
boxer as long as it makes sense. At the moment there has been no
offer on the table from Valero's side. If the fight comes
together, Showtime will televise. Valero suffered a nasty gash
on the right side of his head during last Saturday's win over
Antonio DeMarco. There is no information at the moment on how
long that injury will take to fully heal or when Valero can
return to the gym. Valero is also having a problem obtaining a
visa to enter the country. Click Here For More
DeMarco Doesn't
Offer Excuses
Former interim WBC lightweight champion Antonio DeMarco (23-2-1,
17KO) offered no excuses once he touched down in his hometown of
Tijuana, MX, Sunday afternoon, for his loss against the now
full-fledged WBC king Edwin Valero (27-0, 27KO) last Saturday
night in Monterrey, MX.
"I don't have an exact response to what happened because I don't
know. I can't explain why my body didn't respond," DeMarco said.
"I do admit that in front of me I had a great champion, there is
nothing to discuss." Click Here For More
Valero Remains
Perfect, Retains WBC Lightweight Title With
One-Sided 9th-Round TKO Over DeMarco;
Carlos Abregu Remains Undefeated With
Unanimous Decision Over Richard Gutierrez
Photos: Tom Casino
- SHOWTIME
In a sterling performance, Edwin Valero of
Venezuela improved to 27-0 with 27 knockouts and retained the
World Boxing Council (WBC) lightweight title with a dominant
ninth-round TKO over WBC interim titleholder Antonio DeMarco
(23-2-1, 17 KOs) of Tijuana, Mex., Saturday in the main event on
SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING on SHOWTIME®.
World-ranked welterweight Carlos Abregu of Salta, Argentina,
upped his record to 29-0 (23 KOs) with a clear-cut, 10-round
unanimous decision over Miami-based Colombian Richard Gutierrez
(24-4, 14 KOs) in the co-feature at Arena Monterrey. Click Here For More
Hernandez Chops Down
Corley With 5th Round KO; Unbeaten Contreras Stops
Castaneda In First
Photos: M.L.
Preissel
- SHOWTIME
With one sudden, dramatic right hand,
once-beaten Freddy “El Riel’’ Hernandez (28-1, 19 KOs) of
Lynwood, Calif. broke open an entertaining, dead-even fight to
brutally knock out former world champion DeMarcus “Chop Chop’’
Corley (36-13-1, 21 KOs) of Washington, D.C., at 1:48 of the
fifth round Friday in the main event on ShoBox: The New
Generation on SHOWTIME®.
In the co-feature at Chumash Casino Resort in Santa Ynez,
Calif., power-punching, undefeated Dominican Francisco Contreras
(13-0, 12 KOs), of Livingston, N.J., registered a 1:38,
first-round knockout over Juan Castaneda, Jr. (16-3, 12 KOs), of
La Paz, Mexico, in a scheduled eight-
Dzinziruk signs with Pelullo, Shaw
By Dan Rafael -
ESPN.com
Junior middleweight titleholder Sergei Dzinziruk, whose split
with German promoter Universum after a protracted legal battle
over his contract became official on Wednesday, signed a
co-promotional agreement with American promoters Artie Pelullo
and Gary Shaw.
Because of the dispute with Universum, Dzinziruk (36-0, 22 KOs),
a native of Ukraine living in Germany, has not fought since
outpointing Joel "Love Child" Julio in November 2008 in Germany. Click Here For More
Antonio DeMarco Ready For
Edwin Valero, And Anyone Else
By Jake Donovan -
boxingscene.com
There’s something to be said about a fighter who wasn’t always
destined for greatness yet still remain at a pace similar to
those who were groomed for success from the moment they turned
pro.
Antonio DeMarco wasn’t born with a silver spoon in his mouth,
nor did he enjoy the benefit of a sugar daddy paying for his
fights and cherry picking his opposition on the way to the top.
Instead, he went about his business the old-fashioned way – he
earned it. C lick Here For More
Timothy Bradley’s Promoter: “Amir Khan is a Fraud!”
By Rick Reeno -
boxingscene.com
Earlier today, BoxingScene.com was contacted by promoter Gary
Shaw, who had a lot to say after reading our story on the
“Twitter” battle between junior welterweights Amir Khan and
Paulie Malignaggi .
Khan is claiming that Malignaggi is avoiding a potential fight
between the two of them, and Malignaggi is making the same
claims about Khan. Shaw weighed in with a few comments of his
own. He says Malignaggi is telling the truth, not Khan.
A few weeks ago, Shaw was negotiating with Khan’s former
promoter Frank Warren to match the British champion against
unbeaten WBO title holder Timothy Bradley. The two promoters
were close to a deal, but it quickly went down the toilet when
Khan signed a contract with Golden Boy Promotions. Shaw was
turned down when he reached out to Golden Boy to make a
Khan-Bradley fight. Click Here For More
Antonio DeMarco, the Tijuana Tough Guy
By Steve Kim - maxboxing.com
When it comes to Antonio DeMarco, who challenges for the WBC
lightweight title this Saturday night in Monterrey, Mexico
(Showtime 9 PM, ET/PT), looks can be deceiving. His rather frail
body looks as though a stiff breeze could knock him over. He’s
got the arms the size of Olive Oyl, yet he packs a pretty stiff
punch. DeMarco’s also a nice guy. And you know where Leo
Durocher thought those guys ended up.
But you shouldn’t judge this book by its cover.
"He’s a very, very calm individual with a lot of
self-confidence," says his promoter Gary Shaw, "and I guess,
when you look at Tony DeMarco and his physique and everything
else, you worry about him. You want to go run and get him a meal
ticket. So he’s got a real deceiving personality for a fighter
and, physically, he’s very deceiving for a fighter." Click Here For More
Photos: Tom Casino
- SHOWTIME
Undefeated prospect Chris Avalos registered a
spectacular fourth round TKO over previously once-beaten Jose
Nieves at 2:20 in the main event of Friday’s ShoBox: The New
Generation from the Tingley Coliseum in Albuquerque, N.M.
Hometown favorite and unbeaten junior lightweight Archie Ray
Marquez scored a unanimous decision victory (79-72, 80-71,
77-74) over the tough Derrick Campos in front of an energized
crowd in Friday’s co-feature. Click Here For More
ShoBox lands in Albuquerque
By
Chris Cozzone - fightnewsextra.com
Hoping to remain undefeated, two hopefuls face stern tests when
Showtime hits Albuquerque, N.M. on Jan. 29 with the year’s first
telecast of ShoBox.
In the main event, bantamweight Chris Avalos (14-0, 11 KOs), of
Lancaster, Calif., will fight his first 10-rounder, against
Puerto Rico’s Jose Nieves (17-1, 8 KOs). Click Here For More
Here's Yonnhy!
Perez could make title defense at Staples Center
By Robert Morales -
dailybulletin.com
Yonnhy Perez, of Santa Fe Springs via
Colombia, has made a name for himself over the past eight
months.
He stopped Silence Mabuza in the 12th round of a fight he was
losing in Mabuza's native South Africa last May in a
bantamweight title elimination fight. Perez then took the title
from Joseph Agbeko via unanimous decision Oct. 31 at Treasure
Island in Las Vegas.
Now it appears Perez will make his first defense against Abner
Mares on May 22 at Staples Center on the undercard of Israel
Vazquez-Rafael Marquez IV. Click Here For More
Is Tim Bradley Among Boxing's Most Feared Fighters?
By Lem Satterfield
- boxing.fanhouse.com
Tim Bradley's career-best performance appears to have scared
away potential opponents.
The WBO light welterweight (140 pounds) king is coming off of
last month's lop-sided, 12-round unanimous decision over
25-year-old Lamont Peterson, who probably lost every round and
was floored for the first time in his career despite entering
with a record of 27-0, with 13 knockouts.
Nicknamed "The Desert Storm," Bradley's effort earned him honors
as FanHouse's Most Dominant Performance Of The Year for 2009. Click Here For More
DeMarco is Not Afraid To Make it a War With Valero
By Ryan Burton -
boxingscene.com
Interm WBC lightweight champion Antonio DeMarco speaks to
BoxingScene.com about his upcoming championship bout with WBC
champion Edwin Valero. The Los Mochis, Mexico native, now based
in Tijuana talks about the keys to fight and why he isn't overly
concerned with Valero's famous power. DeMarco sees holes in
Valero's defense that he plans on exploiting and he also clears
the air on why this fight is personal to him.
BoxingScene.com: How is training camp going?
Antonio DeMarco: Everything is going good thanks to God. I feel
at this point I am 60% of where I need to be and we still have a
month to go till the fight and I will be at 100% come fight
night. My weight is good. I will be right at 135 when I weigh
in. Click Here For More
Bradley ready to fight what's ailing your vehicle
mydesert.com
George Foreman has his grills, and now Timothy Bradley has his
auto shop.
The local boxer and his future brother-in-law, Christian Manzo,
bought a garage in Desert Hot Springs and have started their own
auto repair and tire business.
B&M Tire and Auto opened in November, Manzo said.
Family members, including cousins with mechanic experience, had
been talking about the prospect of going into business lately.
“We saw an opening where one of my cousins used to work and we
decided to go into it and give something a try,” Manzo said of
his first attempt at running a business. Click Here For More
SecondsOut Worst Decision of the Year:
Ali Funeka D12 Joan Guzman
By Andrew Wake -
secondsout.com
With dubious scoring rearing its ugly head in championship
fights on what seemed like a monthly basis, 2009 was not a good
year for boxing’s decision makers.
A shortlist of the most questionable verdicts from this year
naturally included Sergio Martinez only earning a draw with
Kermit Cintron despite outlanding the Puerto Rican throughout
and flooring him for more than 10 seconds in the seventh, Juan
Diaz’s questionable unanimous decision over Paulie Malignaggi in
August and Carl Froch’s narrowly retaining his WBC
super-middleweight title against Andre Dirrell in October’s
first stage of the Super Six series. Click Here For More
Edwin Valero Defends WBC Title
Against Antonio DeMarco
By Lem Satterfield
- boxing.fanhouse.com
Venezuelan-born, WBC lightweight champion, Edwin Valero, will
defend his crown against WBC interim titlist, Antonio DeMarco,
in a Showtime-televised, 135-pound clash of talented southpaws
on Feb. 6 in Monterrey, Mexico.
The 28-year-old Valero rose to 26-0 with his 26th knockout last
Saturday when he stopped 34-year-old Hector Velazquez, who
failed to come out for the seventh round of their bout before
Valero's hometown fans at the Polideportivo José María Vargas,
in La Guaira, Venezuela. Click Here For More
Timothy Bradley available for fight
By Leighton Ginn -
mydesert.com
If the Manny Pacquiao-Floyd Mayweather fight really is called
off, WBO light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley wants to
remind both fighters that he's ready and willing.
“Everyone knows it's the big names I want. It's not a secret,”
said Bradley, the Cathedral City resident. “All they have to do
is dial my number. I'm not asking for a whole lot.”
Bradley had been in contact with Pacquiao's camp. Trainer
Freddie Roach approached Bradley about being a sparring partner
for Pacquiao in preparation for the fight.
Timothy Bradley Gets Standby Call For Manny Pacquiao
By David A. Avila - thesweetscience.com
WBO junior welterweight titleholder Timothy “Desert Storm”
Bradley has received the standby call to fight Manny Pacquiao on
Thursday should Floyd “Money” Mayweather pull out of the mega
fight with the Filipino super star due to demands for Olympic
style drug testing.
It could be the best Christmas gift imaginable for the Palm
Springs fighter.
“HBO thinks a fight with Timothy Bradley is a good action
fight,” said Cameron Dunkin, who manages Bradley and numerous
other top prizefighters. “They don’t think Malignaggi would be a
crowd pleasing fight.”Click Here For More
Bradley is Desert Stormin'
the Jr. Welterweight Division
By Steve Kim - maxboxing.com
As noted trainer Freddie Roach looks ahead to Manny Pacquiao’s
March 13th showdown versus Floyd Mayweather, he has already made
it clear who he’d like to utilize as sparring partners for this
upcoming training camp. One is Amir Khan, who has already
accepted the assignment. Which is not much of a surprise given
that Khan is part of Roach’s stable at the Wild Card Boxing Club
and has sparred with ’the Pac Man’ in the past. The other is
reigning WBO jr. welterweight king, Tim Bradley.
This here will be a much harder sell. ’the Desert Storm’ like
Khan, is a fighter who makes lucrative paydays and has a major
championship on his resume. But unlike the WBA jr. welterweight
title holder, he has no ties to Roach or his gym.Click Here For More
Danny Green Will Look To Destroy Bernard Hopkins
By Mark Vester -
boxingscene.com
IBO cruiserweight champion Danny Green (28-3, 25 KOs) is
planning to destroy Bernard Hopkins (50-5-1, 32 KOs) if the two
fighters ever lock horns. Green loves to end his fights by
knockout. He knows Hopkins will try to slow down the pace and
make it a boxing match. Green tells the Philadelphia Daily News
that he wants find out the hard way on which strategy will play
out.
"I come to destroy my opponents," Green said. "Over 90 percent
of my fights have ended in knockouts. My style is no secret.
Bernard is a defensive genius. He's going to try to shut my
offense down and hold out for a decision. I don't think he can
do it, but there's only one way to find out, isn't there?" Click Here For More
Danny Green Machine Interview
By William Trillo -
Pound4Pound.com
By now everyone in boxing is well aware of what Light
Heavyweight Danny Green did to Roy Jones Jr. in Australia a
couple of weeks ago. Coming off that first round blow out of
Jones, Green made a trip Stateside to come watch the Gary Shaw
promoted fights in California. Before Green left for his home
down under promoter Gary Shaw made it possible for us to chat
with Green to find out what his plans are after that huge
victory.
Pound4Pound.com: Danny it's great to talk with you. How the heck
are you?
Green: I am doing fantastic mate. I came over here to watch Vic
Darchinyan fight and now I am in Las Vegas relaxing before I
head back home tomorrow. Click Here For More
Bradley vs. Peterson Reports
Lance Pugmire, Los
Angeles Times: "Bradley Retains WBO Junior Welterweight Title"
Click Here For More
Greg Beacham, Associated Press: "Bradley Pounds Peterson to Keep
140-Pound Title"
Click Here For More
Robert Morales, Press-Telegram: "Bradley Makes Fans Happy with
Title Defense" Click Here For
More
David Avila, Press-Enterprise: "Bradley Near Perfect in Win Over
Peterson"
Click Here For More
Francisco Salazar, FightNews.com: "Bradley, Darchinyan Triumph" Click
Here For More
Gabriel Montoya, MaxBoxing.com: "Bradley Out Works Peterson to
Score a One-Sided But Exciting Unanimous Decision"
Click Here For More
Doug Fischer, The Ring: "Brad Best Peterson, Proves He's the Top
Junior Welterweight"
Click Here For More
Lem Satterfield, AOL Fan House: "Leonardo Zappavigna:'Lenny
Zappa' in Boxing Gloves"
Click Here For More
Ernest Gabion, BoxingScene.com: "Salvador Sanchez, III, Lenny
Zappa, Kayode Win Bouts" Click Here
For More
Report & Photos By
Roy & Marlene Marquez - Pound4Pound.com
Timothy Bradley stuck and moved his way past Lamont Peterson to
retain the WBO 140 lb. championship at a sold out Agua Caliente
Casino, Resort & Spa in Rancho Mirage, CA. Non-stop movement was
not Bradley’s original game plan, but became plan B at the
insistence of his corner. “The game plan was to take it to him,
but he decided to take it to me”, explained Bradley of the
change in tactics midway through the contest.
Bradley, of nearby Palm Springs, CA, found a home for his right
hand early in the second. Bradley (25-0) landed the punch
repeatedly in a round he won decisively. An overhand right
dropped Peterson early in the third, setting the stage for a
tremendous round of boxing. “I planned to win the first four
rounds big”, said Peterson. “But when I went down in the third
it was time to fight.” For the remainder of the round the
combatants fought toe-to-toe exchanging vicious body blows.
Peterson (27-1) continued the body assault in the fourth to win
the round. “He made me fight”, said Bradley. “He made me do
things in there I normally don’t do.” Click Here For More
Bradley Impressively
Retains WBO Title
With Unanimous Decision Over Peterson;
Darchinyan Flattens Rojas In Second
Photos: Tom Casino
- SHOWTIME
In a fierce battle of wills between two determined, unbeaten
fighters, Timothy “Desert Storm’’ Bradley (25-0, 11 KOs)
retained his World Boxing Organization (WBO) junior welterweight
title with an impressive, one-sided 12-round decision over
Lamont Peterson (27-1, 13 KOs) in the main event of a world
championship doubleheader Saturday on SHOWTIME®.
In the co-feature on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING, World Boxing
Council (WBC)/World Boxing Association (WBA) 115-pound champion
Vic Darchinyan (33-2-1, 27 KOs), of Sydney, Australia, by way of
Armenia, regained his winning ways with a devastating
second-round knockout over challenger Thomas Rojas (31-12-1, 22
KOs) of Mexico.
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Boxing's momentum stung by wave of suspect scoring
By Dave Skretta, AP
Sports Writer
NEW YORK — Paul Malignaggi said all along that he'd never beat
Juan Diaz in Texas if the fight went to the scorecards. It did,
and he was right.
The Brooklyn-based light welterweight lost that bout in August,
a back-and-forth brawl that left a huge crowd in Houston on its
feet. But few believe it was as lopsided as the 118-110
scorecard turned in by Gale Van Hoy, with some accusing the
judge of blatantly favoring the hometown fighter.
"Some people thought there was maybe more to it than just a bad
decision. Only Gale Van Hoy will ever know that," said
Malignaggi, who landed a rematch against Diaz this Saturday in
Chicago.. Click Here For More
Bradley vs. Peterson Pre-Fight Media Coverage
Lance Pugmire, Los
Angeles Times: "Lamont Peterson Tries to Go From the Streets to
a Title"
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Greg Beacham, Associated Press: "Unbeatens Bradley, Peterson
Meet in Desert"
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Robert Morales, Press-Telegram: "Hunger Motivates Bradley,
Peterson" Click Here For
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Leighton Ginn, The Desert Sun: "No-Contest Against Campbell
Still Riles Bradley"
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Steve Kim, MaxBoxing.com: "For Lamont Peterson, Any Style Can
Win This Fight"
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Lem Satterfield, AOL Fan House: "Unbeaten Peterson on
Homelessness, Sparring with Mayweather"
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Dave McKenna, Washington City Paper: "Local Fighter Goes for a
Belt"
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Doug Fischer, The Ring: "Bradley's Ready for Peterson, and
Bigger Things in 2010"
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Lem Satterfield, AOL Fan House: "Darchinyan to 'Shoot Down'
Challenger Rojas"
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By Dan Rafael -
espn.com
Dates have been set for the second batch of bouts in the Super
Six World Boxing Classic, promoter Gary Shaw told ESPN.com on
Friday.
Shaw is one of the five promoters with fighters involved in
Showtime's revolutionary modified round-robin tournament
featuring six elite super middleweights.
Andre Dirrell (18-1, 13 KOs), who is promoted by Shaw, will face
tournament leader Arthur Abraham (31-0, 25 KOs) of Germany in
the pre-determined opener of Group Stage 2 on March 6 at the
Agua Caliente Casino Resort Spa in Rancho Mirage, Calif. Click Here For More
Showtime to show Vazquez-Marquez IV
By Dan Rafael -
espn.com
Israel Vazquez and Rafael Marquez have already waged an epic
trilogy consisting of 25 rounds of furious, non-stop action.
Now, the Mexican warriors will clash for the fourth -- and final
-- time, the promoters for both fighters told ESPN.com on
Friday.
The deal for the much-discussed fight was completed following a
final conference call between Marquez promoter Gary Shaw, Golden
Boy's Richard Schaefer, who promotes Vazquez, and Showtime
executive Ken Hershman, Shaw said.
The scheduled 12-round featherweight fight will take place May
22 on Showtime from the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Click Here For More
The Shaw-riff Seeks Justice for Funeka
By Steve Kim -
maxboxing.com
It’s not clear who had a worse Thanksgiving weekend, Ali Funeka,
who got the shaft from the judges in his fight for the vacant
IBF lightweight title against Joan Guzman, or Tiger Woods who
might have gotten the shaft of a sand wedge from his irate wife.
"Well, I would say Tiger because Ali didn’t get hit with
anything," said Gary Shaw, who promotes the lanky South African.
And he has a point, hey, it’s not like Funeka was ever laid out,
needing medical attention.
But on a serious note, the scorecards rendered by judges Alan
Davis and Benoit Russell, who both had the fight a dead even
draw at 114-114( while Joseph Pasquale had Funeka winning big at
116-112) is the runaway choice as the worst decision of 2009.
There is nary a soul who believes that Funeka did not win this
fight handily. Click Here For More
What now for Hopkins? Maybe Dawson
By Dan Rafael -
espn.com
Chad Dawson, the young light heavyweight star, has been calling
out Bernard Hopkins for ages, but Hopkins didn't have a lot of
interest in fighting him. And who could blame Hopkins, with a
potential big-money rematch against Roy Jones Jr. on the table
for early 2010?
However, that was until Jones got knocked out by Danny Green in
the first round Wednesday in Australia, hopefully bringing
Jones' great career to a close once and for all.
Hopkins will attend to his business Wednesday night against
Enrique Ornelas, but there won't be a fight with Jones now. Click Here For More
Chad Dawson Calls Out Bernard Hopkins
By Lem Satterfield
Outside of the ropes, it takes a lot to get Chad Dawson riled
up.
"Chad Dawson is one of the best fighters in the world, and he
shows it every time that he goes into the ring," said Dawson's
promoter, Gary Shaw. "It's just not Chad's style to talk smack
or to call people out."
But that changed on Wednesday morning, after Dawson discovered
that Roy Jones was stopped in the first round, likely scuttling
a proposed, megabout with Bernard Hopkins -- a man Dawson has
long targeted as an opponent. Click Here For More
Funeka robbery can't be swept under the rug
By Dan Rafael -
espn.com
Bad decisions don't happen just in the United States and
Germany. You can add Canada to the list.
Lightweight Ali Funeka dominated Joan Guzman so severely that
the reading of the scorecards at the end of 12 mostly one-sided
rounds appeared to be a mere formality on Saturday night at
Colisée Pepsi in Quebec City.
Gary Shaw, who co-promotes Funeka with Cedric Kushner, was
inside the ring after the final bell with a huge smile on his
face, congratulating his man on what appeared clear as day --
that Funeka would win a unanimous decision and a vacant
lightweight belt in his second shot at a 135-pound title. Click Here For More
Gary Shaw speaks about the controversial
Funeka-Guzman decision
By
Geoffrey Ciani - eastsideboxing.com
At the conclusion of Saturday night’s fight between Ali Funeka
and Joan Guzman, the verdict seemed pretty clear—Ali Funeka won
the fight. This was not an especially difficult fight to score.
Funeka won, and he should have been awarded the vacant IBF
lightweight title. To the astonishment of those in attendance
and those watching around the world, the fight was inexplicably
ruled a draw. I had a chance to speak with promoter Gary Shaw
after the fight, and here is what he had to say:
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Funeka beats up Guzman....but only gets a draw
El Paso Times
In the wake of Manny Pacquiao's demolition of Miguel Cotto - and
some very real signs that boxing is emerging from a decades-long
stupor - things have been looking pretty positive for the sweet
science lately.
Leave it to a bad decision to remind us how boxing sank so low
in the first place.
Despite outpunching and outslugging Joan Guzman in a battle for
the vacant IBF lightweight title, Ali Funeka came away with only
a draw to show for it Saturday in Quebec City, Canada. It was
easily the most impressive performance of Funeka's career, as
the South African put a hurtin' on the smaller Guzman early,
ripping the native Dominican with every punch in the manual:
jabs, right hands, left hooks and uppercuts.
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Gary Shaw and The Canadian Heist
Jerry Glick - secondsout.com
HBO had a great show on Saturday night that was marred by yet
another bad decision. This time it was a draw between unbeaten
former two division champion Joan Guzman and Ali Funeka at the
Pepsi Coliseum in Québec City, Québec, Canada. While a draw may
sound fair enough it clearly was not as Funeka, looking like a
cross between Tommy Hearns and Paul Williams appeared to control
the ring almost completely after the first two or three rounds.
After a few rounds Guzman’s face was a mask of blood that came
from his nose and a cut. Once the long and lean Funeka got
untracked it was almost all his fight to dominate.
I spoke to Funeka’s promoter Gary Shaw the next day and he was
ready to fight everyone in sight who he believed screwed his
charge.
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Darchinyan Targets Rojas, Donaire and Perez
By Paul Upham - secondsout.com WBC/WBA super flyweight boxing world champion Vic Darchinyan
flew out of Australia on Friday headed for training camp in Las
Vegas. The “Raging Bull” faces WBC No.1 Tomas Rojas on December
12 at the Agua Caliente Casino in Rancho Mirage, California,
televised in the USA on Showtime.
The 33 year-old, Armenian born Australian citizen, was
originally planning to travel to the USA after the Danny
Green-Roy Jones Jr fight in Sydney on December 2, but has now
changed his mind.
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Rafael Marquez Responds To Espinoza, Vazquez Bout
Boxingscene.com
When will Israel Vazquez-Rafael Marquez IV take place?
“I’m a fighter, not a negotiator,” says two-time world champion
Rafael Marquez, “I read all this talk about money and promoters
and networks, but none of that concerns me. I am ready to fight,
and my promoter Gary Shaw is ready to begin negotiations with
Israel’s people.”
Gary Shaw Promotions and Sycuan Ringside Promotions were the
primary promoters for the first three installments of the
greatest ring trilogy since the legendary Arturo Gatti-Micky
Ward battles several years ago.
“Gary has been my promoter for a long time, and he has full
authority from me to make an offer to the Vazquez people,” says
Marquez, whose brother Juan Manuel recently fought Floyd
Mayweather in a blockbuster attraction.
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By Dan Rafael - ESPN.com
HARTFORD, Conn. -- Whatever lingering questions anyone had about
the veracity of light heavyweight Chad Dawson's decision win
against Glen Johnson after their rousing slugfest in April 2008,
they've been answered.
Dawson had won their initial meeting via unanimous decision,
116-112 on each of the three judges' scorecards to retain a
light heavyweight world title. But Dawson faded late and there
were questions left behind, especially from the Johnson camp,
which claimed it was a robbery. Click Here For More
Angulo mauls Yorgey in one-sided affair
By Dan Rafael - ESPN.com
HARTFORD, Conn. -- Alfredo "Perro" Angulo simply destroyed Harry
Joe Yorgey with a crushing third-round knockout on Saturday
night at the XL Center.
The fight was the co-feature on the card headlined by the light
heavyweight rematch between Chad Dawson and Glen Johnson and
Angulo turned in an explosive performance to claim an interim
junior middleweight title. Click Here For More
Dawson Makes Johnson Look His Age
With Near Shutout Unanimous Decision
Pound4Pound.com
Chad Dawson (now 29-0-0-1, 17 KO's) won a
much easier fight with Glen Johnson than their first encounter,
with a unanimous decision. Although two judges had it much too
close (one round from being a draw), the reality was Johnson won
about 2 rounds at most.
From the opening round, Dawson used his height, reach, and
movement to land and move. That's how the majority of the fight
went. Johnson's pressure wasn't the same as any of his previous
fights, but one is to question whether his age has finally
caught up with him, or was it Dawson's technique that caused the
confusion.Click Here For More
Angulo Obliterates Yorgey In 3,
Candidate For KO Of The Year
Pound4Pound.com
Alfredo Angulo (now 17-1, 14 KO's) scored a
more than impressive knockout over the previously undefeated,
but untested, Harry Joe Yorgey in just 3 rounds. Angulo came out
strong once the bell rang as Yorgey's plan was to move and box.
Angulo pressured Yorgey to fight off the ropes, but Yorgey
seemed to back himself there and into the corner often.
In round 2, a huge right hand stopped Yorgey in his tracks and
momentarily knocked him unconscious while standing. Yorgey
regained his senses before falling to the canvas, but was
finally dropped moments later with another big right hand. Up on
shaky legs, Yorgey was staggered around the ring as Angulo began
beating him to a pulp. Yorgey miraculously made it out of the
round, staggering to his corner.Click Here For More
With few appealing fights left,
Dawson must prove his worth
Chris Mannix -
sportsillustrated.cnn.com
Chad Dawson has a problem. A 175-pound problem, to be exact.
At 28-0, Dawson is arguably the most dominant force in the light
heavyweight division. He holds a lopsided win over Tomasz
Adamek, the current cruiserweight champion who recently
demolished heavyweight Andrew Golota. He owns a win over Glen
Johnson and two pulverizing victories over Antonio Tarver, the
last of which ended Tarver's career. He has power (17 knockouts)
and he has skill. He also has no one left to fight. Click Here For More
Bradley camp looks back on bout
The Desert Sun
RANCHO MIRAGE — The press conference to announce Cathedral City
boxer Timothy Bradley's Dec. 12 title defense against Lamont
Peterson last week was filled with mutual respect between two
fighters who have been friends since their teenage years.
Of course, the first press conference for Bradley's fight
against Nate Campbell went the same way.
“Yeah, then the devil got inside that guy (Campbell),” Timothy
Bradley Sr. said. Click Here For More
Chad Dawson Meets With UConn Men's
Basketball Team & Coach Jim Calhoun
Photos: Stephen
Slade - University of Connecticut
One day before the start of their 2009-2010 basketball campaign,
Coach Jim Calhoun and the Connecticut men’s basketball team met
with local resident Chad Dawson on Tuesday at the XL Center,
site of the undefeated Dawson’s rematch with Glen Johnson for
the WBC interim light heavyweight world title on Saturday night.
Calhoun and Dawson spent some time talking boxing and basketball
before the Huskies hit the practice floor. UConn plays American
International College in an exhibition Wednesday at the XL
Center and Dawson said he’d be there. AIC is Calhoun’s alma
mater. Click Here For More
Perez dethrones Agbeko in scorcher
By Dan Rafael -
espn.com
Have you caught your breath yet from watching this all-out
slugfest? Perez and Agbeko aren't the most well-known fighters
around, but they're really good and exceptionally entertaining,
something Showtime is aware of since it was featuring Agbeko for
the third time in his past four bouts. This was a terrific
action fight from start to finish and should be among the
honorable mentions when it comes time to assess the best fights
of the year. It sure was a sensational way for casino magnate
Phil Ruffin to introduce boxing at the Treasure Island Hotel &
Casino after making a deal with promoter Don King to host the
show. Hopefully, it's only the first of many cards to come for
the casino. Click Here For More
By Steve Carp - las
vegas review journal
Chad Dawson is a man who appears to have options.
The two-time world light heavyweight champion is thinking he
might have a future as a heavyweight. He also is considering a
move down to super middleweight.
For the moment, Dawson will remain at 175 pounds, where he is
scheduled to face Glen Johnson on Saturday in a rematch of their
2008 fight that Dawson won by unanimous decision. Click Here For More
Can DeMarco disprove the doubters?
By Kevin Iole - Yahoo.com
Antonio DeMarco was just a guy promoter Gary Shaw used to fill
out his cards. DeMarco was not under a promotional contract with
Shaw’s company, nor was he a guy Shaw considered much of a
prospect.
After every fight card he appeared on for Shaw, however, he
would take the time afterward to handwrite Shaw a note of
thanks.
Shaw was taken by DeMarco as much for his affable nature,
humility and personal story as much as he was with his
potential. Click Here For More
The Shaw “Spank”
Redemption
By William Trillo -
Pound4Pound.com
It was redemption time for promoter Gary Shaw as IBF
bantamweight Champ Joseph Agbeko (27-1,22 KO’s) was
unceremoniously dethroned by # 1 challenger Yonnhy Perez
(19-0,14 KO’s) in a 12 round battle at the Las Vegas Treasure
Island resort . Judges scored the fight 117-110, 117-110,
116-111, all in favor of the new Champ Perez. This had to taste
extra sweet for Shaw who saw his fighter Vic Darchinyan lose
earlier in the year to the same Agbeko. Click Here For More
Unbeaten Yonnhy
Perez Wins IBF Bantamweight Title With Exciting 12
Round Decision Over Agbeko; DeMarco
Captures WBC Interim Lightweight Belt
Photos: Tom Casino
- SHOWTIME
In a “Halloween Thrilla” main event that lived up to its
billing, undefeated Yonnhy Perez registered an upset 12-round
unanimous decision over defending champion Joseph King Kong
Agbeko to capture the International Boxing Federation (IBF)
bantamweight title Saturday on SHOWTIME®.
In the first half of a SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING
doubleheader, Antonio DeMarco won the World Boxing Council (WBC)
interim lightweight crown with a one-sided 10th-round TKO over
former World Boxing Association (WBA) 135-pound titlist Jose
Alfaro. Click Here For More
Dawson to honor to slain UConn football player
By Dave Skretta -
Yahoo.com
Undefeated light heavyweight Chad Dawson will honor slain
Connecticut football player Jasper Howard when he fights Glen
Johnson next week in Hartford, Conn.
Dawson was born in South Carolina but resides in New Haven,
about an hour’s drive from the UConn campus in Storrs. Dawson
plans to wear Howard’s No. 6 on his trunks and has contacted the
school about wearing the player’s jersey into the XL Center on
Nov. 7. Click Here For More
Yohnny Perez takes IBF bantamweight title
Yahoo.com
Yohnny Perez floored Joseph Agbeko in the 10th round and won a
unanimous decision Saturday night to take the International
Boxing Federation bantamweight title in the first boxing match
at Treasure Island Hotel & Casino.
Perez, a Colombian who lives in California, had winning scores
of 117-110 on two judges' scorecards and 116-111 on the other to
take Agbeko's championship in the Ghana fighter's third defense.
Perez (20-0, 14 KOs) took control of the back-and-forth match
with a knockdown following an accidental head butt of Agbeko
(27-2, 22 KOs) toward the end of the 10th round. Agbeko turned
to referee Robert Byrd to complain about the contact and Perez
connected with a left hook for the knockout. Click Here For More
Angulo enjoys life in Wayne
Herald News
WAYNE — When Alfredo Angulo called Gary Shaw early the morning
of Oct. 12, the promoter from Wayne figured something was wrong.
Shaw assumed Angulo, the junior middleweight contender his
Totowa-based company represents, was in Los Angeles, three hours
behind. But the Mexican-born Angulo was at Kennedy Airport,
waiting for his bags, at least three days ahead of schedule.
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Chad Dawson Can Cash in by Beating Glen Johnson
By Lem Satterfield - boxing.fanhouse.com
Chad Dawson is nothing if not a winner; he just hasn't cashed in
for a defining, lucrative fight.
"We've not gotten the chance to really expose Chad like I would
like to expose Chad," said Gary Shaw, Dawson's promoter. "But
that time will come."
Among the 27-year-old southpaw light heavyweight's most
impressive victories was in February 2007, when he routed
Polish-born Tomas Adamek of Jersey City by 10, eight and six
points respectively over the three judges' cards. Dawson earned
the WBC's 175-pound title against Adamek, who lost for the first
time in 32 bouts. Click Here For More
Yonnhy Perez:
One Win Away from Becoming a Breakout Star
By Mario Ortega Jr.
- 15rounds.com
One of the great things about boxing is that you never know from
where the next great fighter will emerge. In many of today’s
mainstream sports, “the next big thing” has been hyped since
they laced up their cleats or athletic shoes for their high
school. In boxing, a poor kid that barely owned a pair of shoes
as a fifteen-year-old can become star with a ton of hard work
and a few breaks. On Saturday night, Yonnhy Perez, who was
joining the army in his native Colombia at an age when most
teens are planning for their senior year, has a chance to make
it big should he get past respected IBF Bantamweight Champion
Joseph Agbeko in a bout televised nationwide by Showtime. Click Here For More
Gary Shaw:
"Yonnhy Perez Will Beat Agbeko Easily"
By Percy Crawford -
fighthype.com
"Yhonny Perez will beat Agbeko easily. I believe Darchinyan had
an easy fight and made it difficult for himself. I have respect
for Agbeko as a fighter, but he's one-dimensional and Vic should
have beaten him easily. He did not and now Yhonny Perez, his
stablemate, will have to take care of business. Demarco will
fight for the WBC interim world title on that same night against
Alfaro and I believe so much in Antonio Demarco...I think Chad
is going to light it up in front of his hometown fans. I believe
he beat Glen Johnson in Florida in front of his hometown crowd.
I believe he will do it more convincingly this time, so I'm
really looking forward to it. I also have Ali Funeka in November
fighting against Juan Guzman in Canada for the IBF title and
I''m excited about that. Then we come back and we've got Ola
Afolabi fighting in Germany against Marco Huck and I believe Ola
Afolabi will knock him out and that will be another great
victory for the WBO title. And then obviously we've got Tim
Bradley and Darchinyan fighting on the same card, so we have a
lot going on," stated promoter Gary Shaw as he gave an update on
all of his fighters and their major fights coming up in the near
future. Check out what he had to say about Chad Dawson, Yhonny
Perez, Alfredo Angulo, Vic Darchinyan, Timothy Bradley, Ali
Funeka, Ola Afolabi and much more." Click Here For More
Friend becomes foe for Bradley
The Desert Sun
For several reasons, Cathedral City boxer Timothy Bradley said
his bout against Lamont Peterson is a fight he did not want to
take.
Bradley has made it public for a long time that he's aiming to
fight a Manny Pacquiao or Floyd Mayweather for the
mega-millions.
Peterson, although the WBO interim champion and top contender,
isn't one of those big-name fighters — yet.
Bradley will defend his WBO title against Peterson on Dec. 12 at
The Show in the Agua Caliente Casino, Resort and Spa. The fight
will be telecast on Showtime. Tickets for the fight went on sale
this week. Click Here For More
Darchinyan is Back and Ready for Rojas
By Paul Upham -
secondsout.com
After his shock loss on July 11, WBC/WBA super flyweight world
champion Vic Darchinyan is not wasting any time in attempting to
get his career back on track. The two-division world champion
defends his titles on December 12 on Showtime against Tomas
Rojas at the Agua Caliente Casino in Rancho Mirage, California,
USA.
Darchinyan’s move up to bantamweight resulted in only his second
professional defeat when IBF world champion Joseph Agbeko handed
him a points decision beating.
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Perez Tries to Slay 'King Kong'
By Steve Kim -
MaxBoxing.com
It figures to be an entertaining night at the Treasure Island
Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas when IBF bantamweight champion,
Joseph ’King Kong’ Agbeko defends his title against mandatory
challenger, Yohnny Perez. Just a hunch, but this fight may
provide more treats than tricks on Halloween night as the
featured bout on Showtime’s Championship Boxing( 9 pm, ET/PT).
Agbeko has proven to be an elite bantamweight and he just
recently took down the red-hot Vic Darchinyan over the summer.
Perez, had to go on the road and defeat the respected Silence
Mabuza to earn this shot at the title. Adding some spice to the
proceedings is that Agbeko has predicted a stoppage of Perez and
he crashed his media day in Santa Fe Springs, where the two
engaged in some good ol’ fashioned jawing.( Hey, when you’re two
relatively unknown bantamweights, you gotta do something to drum
up interest.) Click Here For More
Gary Shaw: Abraham-Dirrell Staying In The USA
By G. Leon
GL: Obviously, things didn't go the way you were expecting in
Andre Dirrell's WBC super middleweight title challenge against
Carl Froch. Can you give us some thoughts on his performance,
and also on the results? "I thought Dirrell did well for his
first time on the big stage. He showed he could fight 12 rounds,
and he showed he could really fight during the championship
rounds. I felt we won the fight by a round. I don't think the
point deduction was warranted, but it was a dirty fight on
Froch's part, with a lot of hitting behind the head,
continuously, even throwing him down in the 5th round. Judges
need to score, in my book, not on style, but on effective blows.
If you watch the fight, Dirrell landed more blows than Froch
did." Click Here For More
Freddy Hernandez
Outpoints Damian Frias
Photos: Tom Casino
Once-beaten welterweight Freddy “El Riel’’ Hernandez withstood a
strong final round by Damian “Devo’’ Frias to win a unanimous
10-round decision Friday in the main event on ShoBox: The New
Generation on SHOWTIME®.
In the telecast’s opening bout at Laredo Entertainment Center,
undefeated Victor “Vitino’’ Fonseca rallied to register a
ninth-round TKO over Al “The Quiet Storm’’ Seeger in a
fast-paced, hard-fought battle of world-ranked super
bantamweights. After Seeger hit the canvas from the bout’s lone
knockdown, the referee halted matters at 1:41. Click Here For More
Angulo: "El Perro" Wants To
Prove That He Still Has Bite
By Thomas Gerbasi -
boxingscene.com
There’s nothing like a big fight night in Las Vegas. It’s the
perfect place for fans to see and meet their heroes, and also a
big deal for the fighters, as they have a chance to be seen and
to greet their public.
Promoter Gary Shaw knows this, so he made it a point to bring
one of his hot prospects, 2004 Mexican Olympian Alfredo ‘Perro’
Angulo, to the MGM Grand a little over a year ago, to test the
waters of public perception.
Shaw was shocked by the reception Angulo received as they left
the arena, but there was something different about the whole
thing. Click Here For More
Joseph Agbeko &
Yonnhy Perez Workout Quotes
Photos: Ray Flores
Dominating International Boxing Federation (IBF) bantamweight
champion Joseph King Kong Agbeko and No. 1-Ranked mandatory
challenger Yonnhy “El Colombiano” Perez participated in a
frightful media workout at Perez’s gym in Santa Fe Springs,
Calif., just nine days before their crucial world title fight on
Halloween, Saturday, Oct. 31, LIVE on SHOWTIME (9 p.m. ET/PT) in
the first boxing match at Treasure Island Hotel & Casino in Las
Vegas. Click Here For More
Dawson's Do-Over
By Nat Gottlieb - HBO.com
While he may be undefeated in 28 career fights, Chad Dawson's
record is not without blemish. In 2004, he beat Aundalen Sloan
decisively in a six-rounder only to see the fight declared a
no-contest after a drug test revealed marijuana in Dawson's
system. After steamrolling through his next 11 opponents —
including then-unbeaten champion Tomasz Adamek — last year
Dawson ran into a roadblock named Glen Johnson, a rugged
39-year-old who gave him everything he could handle and more.
The three scorecards all said Dawson won, 116-112, but others
judged that the 27-year-old light heavyweight had lost. Click Here For More
Alfredo Angulo Media
Workout
In Preparation For Harry Joe Yorgey On Nov. 7
Photos: Will Hart
Once-beaten Alfredo Angulo participated in a media workout on
Monday at Gleason’s Gym in Brooklyn, N.Y., answering questions
from New York-area media.
Angulo (16-1, 13 KOs, of Mexicali, Mexico), world-rated No. 4 by
the WBO and No. 5 by the WBC and WBA, takes on the tough,
unbeaten Harry Joe Yorgey (22-0-1, 10 KOs, of Bridgeport, Pa.),
world rated No. 4 WBC, No. 5 WBO, in a 12-round fight for the
vacant WBO Inter-Continental junior middleweight title. The
spectacular co-feature will be broadcast live on HBO World
Championship Boxing Nov. 7, beginning at 9:30 p.m. ET / 6:30
p.m. PT, from the XL Center in Hartford, Conn. and will precede
the Chad Dawson-Glen Johnson rematch for the WBC interim and IBO
light heavyweight title. Click Here For More
Andre Dirrell aims to be Gary Shaw’s next big thing
By Ron Lewis - timesonline.co.uk
Gary Shaw has been around enough champions to know that it does
not do your credibility much good to make outlandish
predictions.
In 2005, the American promoter arrived in Britain accompanying
Jeff Lacy, the unbeaten IBF super-middleweight champion and a
man being touted as the new Mike Tyson. So confident was Shaw of
victory for his man that he said he would bet his house on it.
But the man in the other corner was Joe Calzaghe.
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Diego Corrales
"Former two-division champ Diego Corrales was one of the fiercest fighters of his era. "
CORRALES LIVES ON (fightkings.com 5.07.08) The world of boxing was thrown into mourning following the announcement that the legendary Diego "Chico" Coralles had expired on May 7th 2007 AD in Las Vegas Nevada. Corrales died from the multiple injuries he sustained after the motor cycle he was riding crashed into the rear of a car ahead of him. He was pronounced dead at the scene, never rising up as he would have in the ring from any brutal knockdown. (full story)
"He always cared about the fans and gave them their money's worth," Shaw said. "He was a true warrior. He was what boxing stood for, and what boxing is all about."
Corrales, 29, will be remembered as one of the fiercest fighters of his era, a never-say-die warrior who thrilled legions of fans with several action-packed fights. (sports.espn.com 5.07.07)
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