Mandatory Eight Count: The Disgusting and the Duh
by Scott Christ on May 27, 2010 11:38 PM EDT
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Arum: Cotto vs Pacquiao, Foreman vs Margarito Possible (BoxingScene.com)
BoxingScene.com again quotes Bob Arum floating the terrible idea for Manny Pacquiao to fight Miguel Cotto again, should Cotto win another belt at 154 pounds. Arum also says Antonio Margarito is in the running to fight the Cotto-Foreman winner, despite the fact that Cotto has said bluntly he'll never fight Margarito again because he doesn't feel Margarito deserves the payday. I've grown incredibly disillusioned with Arum so blatantly insulting the boxing audience worldwide.
Schaefer: Amir Khan's Options are Casamayor, Katsidis (BoxingScene.com)
Richard Schaefer is looking to possibly split the July 31 PPV with an Amir Khan fight in England. Khan could fight either Michael Katsidis or Joel Casamayor. Casamayor, last anyone knew, was set to fight Joan Guzman on the Marquez-Diaz card that night. Katsidis has seemed eager to take the fight, feeling he'll knock Khan out.
Klitschko favorite against Sosnowski (USA Today)
From the "no s**t" files.
Librado Andrade to take on Eric Lucas (Montreal Gazette)
Eric Lucas' camp thinks Librado Andrade makes too many mistakes. Lucas, admirably, says flatly, "I didn't come back to fight bums."
Notre Dame grad Mike Lee ready to punch for pay (ESPN)
Top Rank's Mike Lee is someone I'm quite excited to see in the ring. Lee makes his pro debut on Saturday in Chicago.
Presser for Chavez-Duddy + Marco Antonio Barrera (Fightnews.com)
Looks like Marco Antonio Barrera is quietly out of his deal with Don King, and has moved to Top Rank. Barrera will take on veteran Adailton de Jesus on the June 26 in a lightweight bout. It'll be Barrera's first fight since his despicable loss to Amir Khan last year.
Victor Conte on Boxing, USADA, Steroids, Blood-Doping, EPO (FanHouse)
Lem Satterfield of FanHouse interviews former BALCO head Victor Conte, who insists now that he's firmly anti-doping. Hey, anything that can get him a buck or two.
Kimbo Slice mulling over offers; MMA and boxing on table (MMA Junkie)
Kimbo Slice, cut from UFC, is considering his future options in combat sports. His manager says there's offers for MMA and boxing out there.
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As an MMA fan
I must say. Probably anyone in the top 20 of the heavyweight or cruiserweight boxing divisions would make Kimbo Slice look silly
by Patrick John McGreevy on May 28, 2010 1:04 AM EDT reply actions
It won’t take anyone in the top 20 to do that. Slice is a novice in boxing, and that doesn’t change simply because he can punch hard.
Bad Left Hook
"To the town of Agua Fria rode a stranger one fine day..."
by Scott Christ on May 28, 2010 6:37 AM EDT up reply actions
Is this the guy with the beard? I can’t think of a single quality boxer at or above 175 lbs who wouldn’t beat the bejesus out of him in a boxing ring. And it certainly not just the top 20 heavies. I’d pick guys like Tony Grano and Chazz Witherspoon to beat him easily. Zuri Lawrence would beat him.
From what I can tell, he isn’t even very good at MMA. I’m not sure why he thinks boxing would be easier.
"My God, kids today think that the laces are for tying up the gloves."
-- Fritzie Zivic
He doesn’t punch all that hard.
Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabis, ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam.
This.
He failed to knock James Thompson down in 12 minutes, and that’s a guy who’s been stopped in the first round 8 times in his career.
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I’m trying to say something nice about him other than “He has a very strong dedication to bears” and “His Hulk Hogan hairdo is sort of nifty.”
Bad Left Hook
"To the town of Agua Fria rode a stranger one fine day..."
by Scott Christ on May 28, 2010 9:41 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah he’s an alright dude, but I’m not in the business of critiquing dudes, I’m here to critique fighters and he sucks.
Bad Left Hook
"To the town of Agua Fria rode a stranger one fine day..."
more like top 50.
slice is not good. at all.
"Newspapermen ask dumb questions. They look up at the sun and ask if it is shining."
-Sonny Liston
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by sonofapsycho on May 28, 2010 10:37 AM EDT up reply actions
Top 75
Good, so it can’t go any deeper – Arturo Gatti after being told he was cut to the bone
by The Midnight Rambler on May 28, 2010 10:42 AM EDT up reply actions
Featherweights!
"My God, kids today think that the laces are for tying up the gloves."
-- Fritzie Zivic
Mike Lee
Is he the football star that had like a 10 sec KO with the whole team in attendance?
Every fighter has a game plan until he get's punched in the mouth.
-Mike
Wouldn’t mind seeing Katsidis take on Khan, but I honestly think they keep floating names of big punchers to make it seem like they are willing to fight one, when in fact they are going to avoid them for as long as possible.
by The Boxer Rebellion on May 28, 2010 9:40 AM EDT reply actions
Prescott II?
Khan has to face a puncher eventually. Prescott II might not be a bad idea. Prescott has been awful since Khan and he gets to avenge his loss. He takes out Prescott easily this time round imo.
Hard to sell it as remotely legitimate though
Seeing as Prescott had done nothing but look like ass since then. I highly doubt HBO would want anything to do with it, and HBO is currently very important to Khan.
"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 30, 2010 3:13 PM EDT up reply actions
I Wan’t To See Pacquiao vs Mayweather not Cotto Pacquiao 2. As Far as Arum want’s Margarito to fight Foreman or Pacquiao that’s him Trying to Keep All the Money. Will he get a Licence in the U. S.? Who Knows.
Likely Pacquiao vs Top Rank fighter [TBA]
Mayweather-Pacquiao isn’t going to happen.
by higgledy-piggledy on May 29, 2010 12:30 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
I’d probably get the Diaz-Marquez PPV if Katsidis was on the undercard…Casamayor, eh probably not then. Katsidis better not bank on KO’ing Khan though. He very well could, but he’d have to catch him first.
"Mug an old lady, and if you have the right connections the WBO will rank you seventh." -Steve Farhood
i read a story that gamboa vs. caballero is off as well. caballero priced himself out of the fight according to top rank..
right…..
"Newspapermen ask dumb questions. They look up at the sun and ask if it is shining."
-Sonny Liston
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DiBella said it’s the other way around. Not that I’d advocate trusting one boxing promoter over another, but…
Bad Left Hook
"To the town of Agua Fria rode a stranger one fine day..."
by Scott Christ on May 28, 2010 9:42 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah i heard the same thing. It was Gamboa who asked for the moon. But who really knows
If a man ain't found something worth dying for. He ain't fit to live.
by Violent Demise on May 28, 2010 9:49 PM EDT up reply actions
I tend to believe Shaw over Arum… here’s what Dan Rafael had to say: http://espn.go.com/sports/boxing/blog//name/rafaeldan/id/5225630/a-wba-super-duper-champion
"Klitschko favorite against Sosnowski (USA Today)"
Is this what Boxing has come to?
Good, so it can’t go any deeper – Arturo Gatti after being told he was cut to the bone
by The Midnight Rambler on May 28, 2010 10:41 AM EDT reply actions
"From the no s**t files"
I laughed out loud at this. Got some glares from fellow office workers.
As for Kimbo, he needs to go back to fighting out of shape people in the streets. It’s the only thing that will make him feel better about himself.
"If winning isn't everything, then why do they keep score?"
-Vince Lombardi
Manny vs. Cotto
Even Manny could fall far out of favor—
My favor at least. Fight Floyd, take a bigger chance, or remain in politics only.
Both the Mayweather & Pacquiao camps are “out of favor”. Both camps are full of BS & have little credibility. They both change their stories too often. This fight won’t happen. I only see Pacquiao fighting another Top Rank figter in November.
I honestly don’t see the point in another Cotto-Pacquiao bout after the one-sided beating Cotto received, but hey, this is the fight-business and crazier bouts have been made in the past, so nothing new.
by higgledy-piggledy on May 29, 2010 12:45 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Cottoboxing needs to dump him too.
"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 30, 2010 3:14 PM EDT up reply actions
the guy is just trash. period. everything people associate with boxing promoters. i can’t imagine being Cotto and knowing that guy still reps the guy that tried to end your f’ing career, and potentially your life by cheating.
disgusting. and he knocks MMA. riiiiiiiight.
Gatti. Dekkers. Pele. Aoki. Kang. Vanderlei. Basillio. Harry Greb.
by theworldsoldestsport on May 28, 2010 12:20 PM EDT reply actions
and much as i’ve loved casamayor….he just does not have it anymore.
Gatti. Dekkers. Pele. Aoki. Kang. Vanderlei. Basillio. Harry Greb.
by theworldsoldestsport on May 28, 2010 12:21 PM EDT reply actions
Casa can still put up a challenge, but yeah he is obviously on the slide and has been for a couple of years now. I don’t think he needs to retire tomorrow or anything, but he should be saving some cash up at least.
"My God, kids today think that the laces are for tying up the gloves."
-- Fritzie Zivic
He was awful against that can in November on the Judah card. I know a lot of people didn’t see that one, but Casamayor looked like Crapamayor.
Bad Left Hook
"To the town of Agua Fria rode a stranger one fine day..."
by Scott Christ on May 28, 2010 9:44 PM EDT up reply actions
He looked rusty more than anything. Casamayor biggest problem has always been inactivity. He took almost a year off after Corrales 3 and looked horrible in his gift win over Santa Cruz. He did the smart thing and signed to fight Katsidis only a couple of months later and looked outstanding,
If a man ain't found something worth dying for. He ain't fit to live.
by Violent Demise on May 28, 2010 9:54 PM EDT up reply actions
“Rust” shouldn’t have had Jason Davis being that competitive. Davis stinks. Actually it wasn’t competitive so much as Casamyor looked horrible. I like Casa, but I think he’s about done, especially if he’s going to fight at 140.
Bad Left Hook
"To the town of Agua Fria rode a stranger one fine day..."
Any FNF thread tonight?
"It's fourth and fifteen and you're looking at a full-court press." - Lt. Frank Drebin, Police Squad
was wondering the same thing
"If we fight, I’ll need more speed because Mayweather is fast."
--Manny Pacquiao
by lildrummerboy on May 28, 2010 9:13 PM EDT up reply actions
Is ESPN just randomly hiring people from Deportes to play the reporting role
During these broadcasts?
"It's fourth and fifteen and you're looking at a full-court press." - Lt. Frank Drebin, Police Squad
missed that
Been flipping back and forth with the Rangers game.
"If we fight, I’ll need more speed because Mayweather is fast."
--Manny Pacquiao
by lildrummerboy on May 28, 2010 9:18 PM EDT up reply actions
thead's up
"If we fight, I’ll need more speed because Mayweather is fast."
--Manny Pacquiao
by lildrummerboy on May 28, 2010 9:42 PM EDT up reply actions
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