New Year's Resolutions

by Waldo Rastel on Dec 25, 2009 12:31 AM EST

So I had a fun idea a couple days ago and finally had the time to write it up. A lot of fighters should have some goals for the new year, both for their own careers and for the likelihood of us, the fans. I'll start it off with a couple and I think we could continue it in the comments.

Cris Arreola:

For the new year I promise to hire a legit athletic training so that I get into shape. At some point in the year I promise to come in at under 240 and showoff my skills mixed with a newfound athleticism. I will actually give the Klitschkos a run for their money and I will also fight either Haye or Adamek.

Jermain Taylor:

For the new year I promise to quit the Super Six tournament. I just don't have the conditioning needed to compete on this high of a level. It took some time, but I finally realized that getting a severe concussion was a really bad thing and maybe that if I compete on this level, I seem to always get KO'd in the 12th round. I'll step aside and let someone like Bute showcase his skills and I'll take on second tier competition.

Andre Ward:

I will continue to rule because I am from Oakland. I will try to make the battle of the Dre's interesting and not a punch and run affair.

Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather:

We will agree to a deal and we will fight. We promise to not make it boring and legitimately exciting.

Amir Khan:

I will attempt to prove myself by actually taking on someone who has a shot of knocking me out. I will not try to hype events with boxers who are not even in the top 50 in my division. I will showcase that I have movement and I'm not just a product of the hype-machine.

Obviously this is just a start and I fully expect this to go on for a while. Well go on a write something insightful, funny, ridiculous, etc!

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Kelly Pavlik

I resolve to make a serious effort to look like I am still an important boxer. I realize that this almost certainly involves fighting Paul Williams (since I don’t want to move up to 168) and will do what is necessary to make this fight happen.

by journeyintosound on Dec 25, 2009 1:06 AM EST reply actions

Paul Williams

I resolve to give Martinez a rematch because it would make me lots of money, be a great fight, and is only fair seeing as how close our first bout was.

"Honey i forgot to duck" - Jack Dempsey

by Drunken cutman on Dec 25, 2009 4:55 AM EST reply actions

David Haye

I resolve to get in the ring with Arreola, Adamek, Tua or a klitschko in order to create some exciting or interesting Heavyweight action.

"Honey i forgot to duck" - Jack Dempsey

by Drunken cutman on Dec 25, 2009 12:54 PM EST reply actions

Bob Arum

I resolve to try to make fights people actually want to see on my smaller pay per view cards. I resolve that, if Mayweather-Pacquiao happens, I will try to stack the undercard with competitive fights, and not just showcase bouts for my second-tier fighters. I resolve to feed Chavez Jr. to one of my real prospects, like Vanes Martirosyan, so that the viewing public doesn’t need to be subjected to him again.

Bad Left Hook - The SB Nation boxing blog
"Baseball is played on the field, not on a calculator."

by Brickhaus on Dec 25, 2009 1:21 PM EST reply actions

Allan Green

I resolve to actually make a fight with someone with a high skill level. I resolve not to run with my tail between my legs again if Lucian Bute decides to negotiate with me. I resolve to stop staring at my feet. If I lose, I resolve to stop making excuses.

Bad Left Hook - The SB Nation boxing blog
"Baseball is played on the field, not on a calculator."

by Brickhaus on Dec 25, 2009 1:24 PM EST reply actions

Evander Holyfield

I resolve to retire

by FCF on Dec 25, 2009 2:47 PM EST reply actions

hahaha, so true

by shnizz on Dec 26, 2009 6:00 AM EST up reply actions

Harold Lederman

I resolve to choose my words more carefully and to grow and mature as boxing commentator in the year 2010. In this manner I will not offend any of the staff of Bad Left Hook Lounge. I extend a hand of friendship to your fine boxing blog.

by JasonTryp on Dec 25, 2009 4:55 PM EST reply actions

Zab Judah

I resolve to be actually relevant in the coming new year. I will take on 2-3 competetive ‘stepping stone’ bouts the first few months of the year and then will look to take on 2 big names in the second half of the year. Timothy Bradley, Kendall Holt, the Mosley-Berto winner, Pacquiao, bring ’em on!

by JasonTryp on Dec 25, 2009 5:01 PM EST reply actions

HBO

I resolve to buy fights that people want to see and not overpay for crap like Dawson/Tarver 2. I will not buy showtime rematches unless they are of the epic variety. I will make a tournament like the supersix and remind everyone that I am go to place for boxing.

"Boxing is dirty," said Casamayor. " The day I’m not ready to be a dirty fighter is the day I don’t fight anymore because it will mean that I have no heart for it anymore."

by Zocalo on Dec 25, 2009 5:13 PM EST reply actions

Joshua Clottey

I resolve to stop demanding money I don’t really deserve and beat up some people in order to raise my profile.

"Honey i forgot to duck" - Jack Dempsey

by Drunken cutman on Dec 25, 2009 6:34 PM EST reply actions

James Kirkland

I resolve to earn credits for good behaviour, check into that halfway house and be ready to fight by late 2010.

"Anytime you go thirty rounds with a guy, try to kill each other, and have the utmost respect for each other, no one understands that, but guys who have been to war understand it." - Micky Ward on Arturo Gatti.

by Goatsnake on Dec 25, 2009 7:40 PM EST reply actions

Tua

I resolve to get my shit together and target Haye’s chin.

by Goatsnake on Dec 25, 2009 7:41 PM EST reply actions

Andre Berto

I resolve to become the premier fighter at 147 in 2010. I will not duck and doge, I will fight and win. First Mosley, then Floyd/Manny.

Twitter: @FlyByKnite

by FlyByKnight on Dec 25, 2009 8:12 PM EST reply actions

Devon Alexander

I vow to cut my ties with Don King, so that I can actually fight in the coming year. I will try to become one of the top prospects at 140. I need to get a better promoter because my skills are far superior to Amir Khan and I am barely known in my own country and even region….

by Waldo Rastel on Dec 25, 2009 8:48 PM EST reply actions

true and good.

"Yes Gina, I am a Wise Cracker"

by lcollins1 on Dec 27, 2009 7:38 PM EST up reply actions

MR.BILL

I swear to cut out all the typical daily red-tape and bullspit chatter of on-going political conflicts that entail nonsensical avenues’ of worthless friends who aren’t worth a f@#k, and to get back to work / business and become a tight-wadd until I get my financies back in order……. Oh, of course go on a strict diet and ease up my drinking and late night binging so I can actually drop the 50 friggin’ pounds of excessive baggage my doctor has been screaming about….. Christ, I have good clothes tucked in my closet that I cannot fit into cuz I’ve become a slob in recent years….. This spit is coming to an end…… Peace………

MR.BILL

Bill Petersen
MR.BILL
Raleigh, N.C.

by MRBILL40 on Dec 26, 2009 1:42 AM EST reply actions

I laughed

Bad Left Hook - The SB Nation boxing blog
"Baseball is played on the field, not on a calculator."

by Brickhaus on Dec 26, 2009 2:07 AM EST up reply actions

Edwin Valero

I resolve to take on Ali Funeka or another top five lightweight and dominate them with my outstanding power.

"Honey i forgot to duck" - Jack Dempsey

by Drunken cutman on Dec 28, 2009 4:36 PM EST reply actions

Ocar De La Hoya

I resolve to keep my mouth shut for a whole year.

"Honey i forgot to duck" - Jack Dempsey

by Drunken cutman on Dec 28, 2009 4:36 PM EST reply actions

Amen

http://www.badlefthook.com/2009/12/26/1220112/oscar-de-la-hoya-contradictions-or#

"I'm not God - but I am something similar", Roberto Duran

by FCF on Dec 29, 2009 5:18 PM EST up reply actions

Richard Schaefer & Bob Arum

We promise not to f__k this up….well at least not too much…let us get back to you.

by Waldo Rastel on Dec 28, 2009 6:25 PM EST reply actions

Yuri Foreman

I promise to continue to shock everyone not named tichbou.

by tichbou on Dec 29, 2009 3:09 PM EST reply actions

Chris John

I promise to keep risking my undefeated record and show that I’m not an overrated fighter. I also promise to give Yuri Gamboa a boxing lesson in foty contender.

by tichbou on Dec 29, 2009 3:12 PM EST reply actions

Paulie Malignaggi

*I promise to find proof of Manny’s doping before I shoot my mouth off again.
*I promise to cultivate a hairstyle that even the dumbest knuckle-dragging New York wannabe street hood doesn’t point and laugh at.
*I promise that if I hurt an opponent with a punch, I won’t look like I’ve just seen my mother naked.
*I promise in future post fight interviews I won’t try to say 12,178 high pitched, whiny words in a 15 second span.
*I promise to stop calling out the guys who previously beat the crap out of me.
*I promise to fight the winner of the big Max Kellerman/Larry Merchant fight.

Wear something sexy to my funeral.

by Pops Daniels on Dec 29, 2009 4:35 PM EST reply actions