Cotto out for the year; Chavez/Martirosyan card being discussed; Alvarez to be back in action
by Bad Left Hook on Sep 21, 2010 4:55 PM EDT
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Written and posted by Brickhaus, re-posted due to earlier technical problems.
According to Dan Rafael's Twitter, Miguel Cotto will not be fighting on December 4 this year and instead will be sitting the rest of the year out. This shouldn't come as a huge surprise, as Cotto recently underwent shoulder surgery. In addition, Top Rank was reportedly having trouble finding him an opponent, as Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. was balking at facing Cotto while needing to spend part of his training camp in the Philippines due to Freddie Roach training Senator Pacquiao.
Instead, Top Rank will be putting on an independently produced Pay Per View on that date. Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. and Vanes Martirosyan will be featured as co-headliners on the card, which will take place in Anaheim. While no opponents have officially been named, Pawel Wolak has been mentioned several times as a potential opponent for Chavez. It is unknown whether that fight would be at 154 or 160, as Chavez has had trouble making the junior middleweight limit lately and now holds one of those silly "silver" titles at middleweight. In addition, Chavez is officially the mandatory to face Sergio Martinez, although you're likely to see an armada of flying pigs before that one happens.
It looks like Top Rank may have competition on that date as well. Also according to Rafael, Golden Boy has resigned Saul "Canelo" Alvarez after his impressive knockout of Carlos Baldomir this past weekend. The deal will last for the shorter of three years or ten fights, and calls for Alvarez's next fight to take place on December 4, likely in Cancun, Mexico. According to Boxing Scene, Golden Boy is once again looking at Matthew Hatton as an opponent. While no television is set up yet, that fight would make a perfect Boxing After Dark.
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Early reports say that he has been in the country illegally after having been caught and deported previously. Shaw has his top immigration lawyers working on it but it looks bad…and given the political climate, expectations are that no one will stick their neck or go to bat for him. as Arum said, he picked a bad time in history to be here illegally.
Now HBO has apparently has abandoned him, meaning it will no longer televise his fights, either here or in Mexico.
And here’s a guy who turned down three quarters of a million dollars….knowing he was illegally here. This dog ain’t gonna hunt no more
The only person who's reported it is Michael Marley
Who, to put it politely, has been known to stretch the truth from time to time. If I see it coming from a more reliable source, we’ll put it up here.
Frankly, the story doesn’t add up to me though. They’re saying Angulo illegally entered the country to watch the Mosley-Mora fight. They’re not claiming Angulo was WORKING, which would require a special visa. If he was just coming to the fight, he could just cross at the border on a 30-day tourist stamp like any other Mexican with a passport.
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That Michael Marley guy should not be writing for any kind of outlet… they have some pretty bad writers there in BoxingScene, but this guy has to be one of the worst. I can always tell when I’m reading a Marley piece without even looking up at the author line. I just know. He’s that bad. It’s not only a matter of stretching the truth… he writes his opinion as if it were fact (I know columnists can voice their opinion, but this goes beyond that) and he’s obnoxious.
Officially boycotting Pacquiao vs. Margarito.
Also
Rafael tweeted:
JCC Jr.s opponent would be Wolak or Alfonso Gomez
But much better: they’re looking at putting Brandon Rios vs. Urbano Antillon on the undercard.
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And they're also "looking at" Donaire vs. Sidorenko for the card, but I'll believe it when I see it
That one doesn’t pass the smell test for me.
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Canelo will smash Hatton to all parts
Might be hard to make the fight at the moment with Hatton’s promoter’s problems at the moment….
correction: it’s house representative pacquiao :)
Bus Ride Fail
Always use seatbelts. Please
We Apologize, Hong-kong.
Good catch
Should have said “Congressman”
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Was popping in to post this.
If I was a hungry man with a gun in my hand and some promises to keep...
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