Mandatory Eight Count: About Jose Luis Castillo's Retirement...
by Scott Christ on May 20, 2010 11:39 PM EDT
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Alfonso Gomez Interested in Saul Alvarez, Not Castillo (BoxingScene.com)
Ryan Burton of BoxingScene.com reports that Jose Luis Castillo wants a rematch with Alfonso Gomez. You may recall that Castillo announced his retirement immediately following his dismal showing against Gomez on the March 13 Pacquiao-Clottey undercard. He simply couldn't do anything against Gomez. Gomez said the fight was mentioned to him, but that he "didn't think it was serious," and he was "surprised [Castillo] would even ask for a rematch." Gomez mentioned Saul Alvarez, David Estrada, Zab Judah and Marcos Maidana as guys he'd like to fight.
McCullough out of Prizefighter (Sky Sports)
In what you may well see as a blessing in disguise, a hand injury has forced Wayne McCullough to pull out of the May 29 edition of the Prizefighter tournament. He'll be replaced by Willie Casey.
Boxing champion Yonnhy Perez is not far removed from impoverished roots (Los Angeles Times)
Yonnhy Perez still lives in Colombia. He does not own a car. He makes $50,000 this Saturday to fight Abner Mares, which is sickening when you consider how good of a fight that is and how much is paid for far lesser fights. Gary Shaw even tried to get him to move somewhere else, but like Scarface's great "On My Block," Perez wasn't having it.
Manny Steward: Yuri Foreman No 'Easy Fight' for Miguel Cotto (FanHouse)
Manny Steward, now training Miguel Cotto, says that while his upcoming fight with Yuri Foreman won't be easy, Cotto's power won't be a problem. And Joe Santiago is still on Cotto's team, if anyone was wondering.
The Devil's Advocate (SecondsOut.com)
J.M. Fusco wonders why sportswriters who have been so steadfast against steroids in other sports are willing to support Manny Pacquiao's case in the Mayweather negotiations.
Announcer Joe Martinez Explains Leaving WEC for Boxing (MMA Fighting)
WEC ring announcer Joe Martinez has left the promotion to sign a deal with Golden Boy Promotions. He'll be working their "Solo Boxeo" shows.
Hatton: I would rather promote Khan than fight him (ABS-CBN News)
Ricky Hatton says he has no desire right now to fight again, and says he's really enjoying promoting. He's not ready to announce a retirement, though. He's definitely not thinking of fighting Amir Khan, saying he'd rather promote him. And there's the mark of a guy who might actually make it as a promoter. Hatton's got his head on straight. (Knock on wood.)
Kratingdaenggym Heads To Golden Boy, Targets Luevano (BoxingScene.com)
Poonsawat Kratingdaenggym continued his impressive run on Thursday, stopping Shoji Kimura in four rounds. Now, a deal has been reached with Golden Boy Promotions to bring him to the States. Kratingdaenggym wants Steven Luevano at 126 pounds. Poonsawat has quickly become one of my favorite fighters to watch, and I really look forward to seeing him in America.
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Woah… that Yonnhy Perez story was moving.
"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."
It does go to show there’s more to life than money. Shaw is practically the epitome of a loudmouth money-grubbing promoter, and yet it sounds like even he was genuinely moved.
But he should be making more money, if only so that he’ll have savings for his retirement. No world champion boxer should be making less than me.
I’ll be the first to admit that I don’t know a ton about the average purse for a fight of this caliber, but $50,000 seems abusively low. He’s a very entertaining fighter to watch, so here’s hoping he gets the win this weekend and can put some more money in his pocket going forward.
by The Boxer Rebellion on May 21, 2010 12:43 PM EDT up reply actions
good move ricky !
Great fighter but sticking to this promoting thing is a smart move. Wish him the best . And as for trying to sign Khan to his promotion,it aint going to happen. Golden Boy is a Huge promotion right now and I’m sure Khan wants to big bucks and the fame fast. (Who wouldn’t)
by LJchamp on May 21, 2010 12:29 AM EDT via mobile reply actions
I think Hatton might be considering promoting him in the UK, so working with Golden Boy. And given Ricky’s solid relationship with Golden Boy (and his own quickly-building connections in the UK), there’s an outside shot that could work. Not that Golden Boy would NEED Hatton’s help to promote Khan in the UK, but Hatton vouching for Khan sure as hell couldn’t hurt.
Bad Left Hook
"To the town of Agua Fria rode a stranger one fine day..."
by Scott Christ on May 21, 2010 4:49 AM EDT up reply actions
I think
Hatton’s support of Khan would actually be a much needed boost to his popularity here.
"All the time he's boxing, he's thinking. All the time he was thinking, I was hitting him." - Jack Dempsey
by Drunken cutman on May 21, 2010 9:36 AM EDT up reply actions
No one has a problem with Joe Santiago, as long as he’s just feeding Cotto vitamins and yelling, “Four more reps!”
A measure of respect to HBO, again, for keeping that fight off PPV. In the bad old days of…two or three years ago, that would be a Calzaghe-RJJ type psuedo-event. Better to play it as a launching point or re-launching point, in an interesting environment.
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