Montiel-Donaire, Solis-Viloria done for March 14
by Scott Christ on Dec 26, 2008 4:45 PM EST
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Thank you, Showtime, for saving my 27th birthday, at least from the boxing side of things. While HBO runs a rematch between Chad Dawson and Antonio Tarver, Showtime will counter with one of their "special edition ShoBox" cards (meaning they don't send the HD cameras), main evented by WBO junior bantamweight titlist Fernando Montiel main eventing against IBF/IBO flyweight titleholder Nonito Donaire.
Cameron Dunkin confirmed the fight is done, according to Dan Rafael in his ESPN chat. The featured undercard bout will pit IBF junior flyweight titlist Ulises "Archie" Solis against former titleholder (WBC) Brian Viloria.
It's a heck of a nice doubleheader, really, and a perfect alternative to the Dawson-Tarver rematch, which is only happening because Tarver has a contractual clause rematch, and because HBO wants to showcase Dawson to a wide audience. HBO taking that fight in order to get Dawson is totally understandable, but for fight fans the matchup is a bore.
Donaire has also split professionally with his father and now-former trainer, Nonito Donaire, Sr., and has chosen current WBO bantamweight titleholder Gerry Penalosa to train him for the fight. It seems an odd choice for what will likely be Donaire's toughest test, but he didn't want to go with Freddie Roach for fear of disrespecting his father, or at least that's the theory. Penalosa himself is training for a fight with Eric Morel.
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Didn’t SHOBox featured their HD cams for the Dawson-Tarver event? I think that was the first and only time they used it. If it wasn’t that then it was for another fight because I remember when I said to myself about damn time SHO tuned in to HD cams.
That Tarver-Dawson rematch is purely ridicule. But after all the contractual clause rematch does make sense with Tarver since he is the sole person that perfected the art of boxing. Yes, he trully said this in an interview with SHOBox.
Watching Manny Pacquiao fight live--great...
Watching Manny Pacquiao shadow boxing on the roof of an abandoned building--priceless
Dawson-Tarver
That was Showtime Championship Boxing, which has HD. Shobox is what usually runs on Fridays with the prospects — they schedule “special Shobox” events on Saturdays and don’t broadcast in HD. The difference is … I don’t know.
"I decided to become a basketball fan this year and it’s not working out so well because the Wizards SUUUCK. So then I shifted to hockey. That’s pretty fun except there are a lot of flashing lights and horns and shit at the game."
by Scott Christ on Dec 26, 2008 6:41 PM EST up reply actions
I’m hoping the winner of Montiel-Donaire meets Darchinyan for all four ABC belts. There’ll be extra incentive for Vic to take the fight if Donaire towels Montiel up as well.
by Angry Fight Fan on Dec 26, 2008 8:06 PM EST reply actions
I have never really been a Vic Darchinyan fan, but I actually think if Gary Shaw really signed him to face Wladimir Klitschko (which he made a joke about), he’d take it. Vic’s fighting Arce because he wants to knock him out and shut him up, plus it’s good money. Vic will fight Montiel or Donaire or Godzilla. They told him not to fight Mijares and he insisted — Vic’s a lot of things, but he’s got real guts.
"I decided to become a basketball fan this year and it’s not working out so well because the Wizards SUUUCK. So then I shifted to hockey. That’s pretty fun except there are a lot of flashing lights and horns and shit at the game."
by Scott Christ on Dec 26, 2008 8:29 PM EST up reply actions
By the extra incentive, I didn’t mean that he didn’t want to fight Montiel or anything. It’s just that Vic has said he’s looking to move up in weight (I think Hasegawa was a target at one stage) and I’m not sure Montiel is as high up on his hit list as say Donaire is. I think there’s still a few good fights for Vic at 115 before he moves up again; Donaire/Montiel, Z Gorres and Arce who he’s fighting next.
by Angry Fight Fan on Dec 27, 2008 1:48 AM EST reply actions
I doubt he'll fight Gorres again
No money in it, really, especially now that he’s waxed Mijares.
"I decided to become a basketball fan this year and it’s not working out so well because the Wizards SUUUCK. So then I shifted to hockey. That’s pretty fun except there are a lot of flashing lights and horns and shit at the game."
by Scott Christ on Dec 27, 2008 5:08 AM EST up reply actions
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