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| In New York City, Russian heavyweight Magomed Abdusalamov was taken out of a medically induced coma and his health has improved, his representative Nathan Lewkowicz informed. Lewkowicz said the boxer is breathing by himself, in addition to the fact that he opened his right eye and can move his right leg. Abdusalamov has been in a medically induced coma for most of the time since losing a brutal fight to Mike Perez. “He has been taken out of the coma and will be moved to a regular room”, stated Lewkowicz, part of Abdusalamov's promotional team. Lewkowicz added, “I spoke to the neurosurgeon and Magomed is awake, however not fully conscious yet”. Lewkowicz added that they will not know the full extent of Abdusalamov's recovery for about 18 months after the surgery, as the human brain has the ability to heal. source: wbc
| | |  | | | | BRONER-MAIDANA FINAL PRESS CONFERENCE QUOTES
| | Press Release: San Antonio, Texas will host the final major U.S. boxing event of the year when Adrien “The Problem” Broner faces Marcos “El Chino” Maidana this Saturday, Dec. 14th, live on Showtime from the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. “I put San Antonio with New York City, Las Vegas and Los Angeles as one of the top boxing cities in the country,” Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer said during Thursday’s final press conference for the show. Here’s what the fighters, trainers and promoters had to say during Thursday’s final press conference:
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| FINAL PRESS CONFERENCE QUOTES FROM ATLANTIC CITY
| Press Release: In Atlantic City, New Jersey on Saturday, Main Events will present a show headlined by heavyweight knockout artist Amir Mansour (19-0, 14 KOs) taking on super-sized Kelvin Price (14-1, 6 KOs) in a ten-round confrontation at Resorts International Hotel and Casino. The ten-round co-feature matches light-heavyweights Ryan "The Irish Outlaw" Coyne (21-1, 9 KOs) of Missouri and Lionell Thompson (14-2, 9 KOs) of Buffalo, NY. Here are the highlights of Thursday's final press conference:
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| | | | | | | SIMEON HARDY SIGNS WITH BANNER PROMOTIONS
| Press Release: Banner Promotions announced the signing of undefeated welterweight Simeon Hardy to an exclusive promotional contract. Hardy of Brooklyn, New York via Guyana, has a record of 10-0 with 7 KOs and he holds two wins over fellow Guyana native Howard Eastman. At 26 years old, Hardy has confidence that big things are ahead. “The fights with Eastman where a lifetime experience," said Hardy. “I took both of them on short notice and I was ready to go. I fight to win rounds and learned so much from fighting him. I been in the United States for one year. It means a lot to me to sign with Banner Promotions. I had two fights cancelled and I know that being with Banner that won’t happen. I know i will fit right in as they are pushing hungry fighters to be champions.” Hardy is managed by Ken Whipple of KO Management and is trained by Colin Morgan. “I have one son and he is my motivation. I love what I do and boxing is my everything,” finished Hardy.
| | | | | | | DERRIC ROSSY TO TUNE UP IN BROOKLYN THIS WEEKEND
| | Press Release: Saturday night at Pacplex in Brooklyn, NY, heavyweight Derric Rossy will take on Jonta Willis in the eight-round main event of a show to be promoted by Final Forum Boxing. The 33 year-old Rossy of Medford, New York has a record of 28-7 with 14 KOs. Rossy, a former Boston College football player, is coming off a ten-round decision defeat to Fres Oquendo. Willis of Tacoma, Washington has a record of 9-7-1 with 3 KOs. His last bout was an eight-round majority decision loss to Eric Fields (22-2) on November 9th. Also on the card is an eight-round heavyweight bout between Natu Vasinia (9-0) of Lakewood, CA and Jon Bolden (6-7) of New York, NY.
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| GOLDEN BOY PUTTING ON A SHOW IN PLAYA DEL CARMEN
| Press Release: Sergio "Yeyo" Thompson will attempt to end 2013 on a high note on Saturday, Dec. 14th when he squares off with countryman Cesar "El Dolar" Chavez in Playa del Carmen, Mexico. The Televisa/Fox Deportes fight card will also feature unbeaten junior welterweight Frankie "Pitbull" Gomez, who makes his Mexico debut against Ghana's Prince Doku Jr. Guadalajara's Adan "Speedy" Mares will also make an appearance in a six-round lightweight matchup versus Tlaxcala's Eugenio "Dinamita" Lopez. The Fox Deportes broadcast begins at 10:00 p.m. ET/7:00 p.m. PT and the Televisa broadcast begins at 10:30 p.m. CT.
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| | | | | | | DAILY BREAD WEDNESDAY EDITION: 12-11-13
By Stephen "Breadman" Edwards
| To prepare for next week's fights (Adrian Broner vs. Marcos Maidana), I watched the replay of Broner vs. Paul Malinaggi. I saw three things 1. Broner never works off his jab--he either walks in and throws power shots or counters with a left hook, 2. Broner was getting hit very cleanly 3. [Even though he lost a close decision to Broner], Paulie fought a great fight and looks better today than he did 5 years ago. So here are my questions: What are the key questions for Broner on Saturday i.e Can he take big shots from a hard hitting welterweight, will he use his jab and feet to stop from getting hit cleanly, can Maidana take his body shots? Are my eyes deceiving me about Paulie, it seems like he is outjabbing, outthinking and outworking his opponents (Zab Judah and Broner)? Were you impressed with Erislandy Lara? Styles make fights, do you see James Kirkland or Lara beating Saul "Canelo" Alvarez?-- Billy Bomaye
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| | | | | | | REFEREE STEVE SMOGER'S THOUGHTS ON KIRKLAND-TAPIA
By Doveed Linder
"It was give by James, take by Glen"
| In this interview, referee Steve Smoger talks about the fight last Saturday in Atantic City, New Jersey between James Kirkland (32-1, 28 KOs) and Glen Tapia (20-1, 12 KOs), a fight that Kirkland won via a brutal sixth-round technical kockout. Smoger also reflects back on his most memorable experiences of 2013.
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| SCORE THAT ROUND FOR DON KING: BERMANE STIVERNE'S PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION BID FAILS
By Scott Shaffer
Ruling puts promoter back in heavyweight picture
| Heavyweight Bermane Stiverne's request for a preliminary injunction was denied today by Judge J. Paul Oetken in United States District Court in New York City. Stiverne was seeking to block promoter Don King's involvement in negotiations for Stiverne's WBC mandatory challenge to Vitali Klitschko, which is not yet a definite fight. The court victory, while not a final triumph for King, means that he remains Stiverne's promoter of record at least for the time being and that King will be a part of the WBC heavyweight title negotiations. The King-Stiverne dispute will now move to a WBC mediation session, scheduled to take place on December 17th. Although Klitschko-Stiverne was being discussed for February 2014, political turmoil in Klitschko's native Ukraine Republic could become a priority for the WBC heavyweight champion, who is an active member of the opposition party and recently helped calm a near riot in Kiev.
| | | | | | | TOP FEMALE LIGHTWEIGHTS TO MEET IN BELGIUM
| Press Release: In a quest for revenge, lightweight Lucia Morelli (18-3, 8 KOs) of Italy will be taking on perhaps the toughest challenger possible in Belgian Delfine Persoon (27-1, 12 KOs) on December 13th in Aalst, Belgium. Two of the very best in the division, Morelli and Persoon first fought in February 2012, with Persoon winning an all-action fight by fifth round technical knockout. Now a WBF titleholder, Morelli felt the stoppage was premature and is now eager to set the record straight with a victory in the rematch. Morelli will be travelling to her opponent’s backyard to fight, just like she did for their original encounter, and just like she did this past January, beating then-undefeated Rola El Halabi in Germany. While Morelli (34) has only been in the ring once since losing to Persoon, the 28-year-old Belgian has kept very busy and added ten more victories against good opposition. Having won the European championship and two versions of the world title since turning pro in 2009, Persoon most recently underlined her quality when she stopped reigning welterweight titlist Eva Halasi in three rounds of a non-title fight last month.
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| THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK: KING COUNTERSUES STIVERNE AND CO-MANAGER
By Scott Shaffer
| Don King Prodctions (DKP) has filed a countersuit against heavyweight Bermane Stiverne and Camille Estephan, who co-manages Stiverne. Filed in a New York federal court this afternoon, DKP alleges that Stiverne breached his 2011 Promotional Agreement with DKP when he and Estephan negotiated a boxing match that would match Stiverne with Vitali Klitschko, the current WBC heavyweight champion without DKP’s consent. Since Estephan signed off on the 2011 Promotional Agreement in his capacity as Stiverne’s manager, DKP wants to hold him responsible for tortiously interfering with that agreement. Despite Estephan's knowledge of the exclusive promotional agreement, DKP says Estephan has been trying to arrange a Klitschko-Stiverne bout in or around February 2014. “DKP did not consent to this negotiation nor has it consented to Stiverne’s participation in this bout,” read DKP's counterclaim. A hearing was scheduled for today.
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| ON THE SCENE WITH BEN DEAN
Golden Boy Does Broner A Disservice
| There are times in a boxer’s development that he needs his promoters to make the right match-ups for him. Recently, we witnessed Manny Pacquaio vs. Brandon Rios, a fight that when announced could have been labeled as a “showcase” fight. It was a style mismatch, where the opponent, Rios, was selected strictly for the purpose of exploiting his style. Rios was likely to be favorable for easy pickings to make Pacquiao, the star fighter, look as effective as possible. When Pacquaio vs. Rios was announced and designated by some as a showcase fight, I went on the record to state that a showcase fight was needed and acceptable for a fighter like Pacquiao, who was coming off of a devastating knockout loss to Juan Manuel Marquez. On the other hand, Adrian Broner is coming off no such disaster.
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| GLEN JOHNSON IN ACTION NEXT WEEKEND
| Press Release: In eight days (Dec. 18th), Bobby “The Celtic Warrior” Gunn will take yet another difficult assignment when he faces boxing great Glen “The Road Warrior” Johnson (pictured) in a twelve-round cruiserweight bout at the Sands Casino in Bethlehem, PA. Johnson, age 44, was the world light heavyweight champion in 2004-2005, but has had little success in this decade.
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| | | | | | | BRAEHMER-OLIVEIRA GOING DOWN IN GERMANY THIS WEEKEND
| Press Release: Here are statements from today's press conference in Berlin ahead of Saturday's showdown in Neubrandenburg, Germany between Juergen Braehmer (41-2, 31 KOs) and Marcus Oliveira (25-0-1, 20 KOs). Oliveira is promoted by Don King, who made the trip over to Germany. The fight will decide the vacant WBA regular light heavyweight title, although the WBA already recognizes Beibut Shumenov and Adonis Stevenson has general recognition as the world champion at 175 pounds.
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| | | | | | | 50 CENT'S NEW YORK SHOW SET FOR DEC. 20TH
| Press Release: Basking in the success of his latest signee, James Kirkland's destruction of Glen Tapia on Saturday, promoter 50 Cent has shifted his focus to December 20th's Queens, New Yoek show. "The prospects on this card are well prepared and highly motivated," 50 Cent said. "We saw a lot of action this weekend in Atlantic City and will continue the excitement at our next installment of Big Apple Boxing." Unbeaten junior lightweights Joel Diaz, Jr. (13-0, 11 KOs) and Wanzell Ellison (9-0-1, 5 KOs) headline in a ten-round bout. A ten or twelve-round junior welterweight match between 23-year-old Amir "Young Master" Imam (11-0, 10 KOs), of Albany (NJ), and Mexican veteran Sergio "Sirenito" Perez (28-15, 9 KOs) has been added to the card as the co-feature.
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| MORE LATE RESULTS FROM THIS WEEKEND
Compiled By Scott Shaffer
| Francisco Santana W10 Joachim Alcine ... At the Chumash Casino in Santa Ynez, California over the weekend, local favorite Francisco Santana scored a ten-round unanimous decision over Joachim Alcine (33-7-1). From the opening round, Santana threw hard punches to the head and body that kept Alcine on the retreat. Scorecards read 99-90 twice and 100-89, all in favor for Santana (18-3-1). Alcine, a former WBA junior middleweight titlist, has now lost five in a row.
Rustam Nugaev KO1 Mario Hermosillo... In the Chumash co-feature, Russian born lightweight Rustam Nugaev (26-6-1) destroyed late sub Mario Hermosillo (12-13-3) with a first-round knockout. A body blow ended the contest at the 2:02 mark. "I'm ready to fight for a world title," stated Nugaev. "Next year I'm going to work hard and put myself in position to fight for a championship." source for both results: gary shaw productions
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| DKP PREPARES FOR COURT BATTLE VS. STIVERNE
By Scott Shaffer
WBC to mediate dispute next week
| Tomorrow, a federal court in New York City will consider heavyweight Bermane Stiverne's request that promoter Don King Productions be temporarily restrained from interfering in negotiations between Stiverne and Vialti Klitschko, the WBC heavyweight champion. Stiverne is the WBC's mandatory contender, meaning he has the right to challenge Klitschko next, but the dispute between Stiverne and DKP is threatening that fight because Klitschko is unsure who to negotiate with. Stiverne is concerned the WBC will allow Klitschko to bypass Stiverne and fight another contender. Today, DKP filed legal papers setting forth its opposition to Stiverne's claims in advance of tomorrow's hearing. Here are some excerpts summarizing DKP's legal position:
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| OPPONENT CHANGE FOR KUBRAT PULEV
| Press Release: Kubrat Pulev (18-0, 9 KOs), the IBF's mandatory heavyweight contender, was scheduled to have stepped into the ring against Sherman Williams this weekend. However, Williams suffered an injury to his right hand in his final preparations and is therefore unable to fight Pulev on December 14th. Instead it will be Joey Abell (29-6, 28 KOs, 2 NC) facing Pulev (pictured) in Neubrandenburg, Germany this Saturday. At 6 foot 4 Abell will represent a physically bigger challenge to Pulev than the 5 foot 11 Williams. "It doesn't matter who I have to beat," stated a self-confident Pulev. "My goal is clear: a fight against Wladimir Klitschko to take all his belts from him!"
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| LATE RESULTS FROM THIS WEEKEND
| Lateef Kayode TKO2 Travis Fulton... Lateef "Power" Kayode (19-0, 15 KOs) won his heavyweight debut on Friday, Dec. 6t Fighting for the first time in 18 months, the former cruiserweight stopped Travis Fulton (21-34, 20 KOs) in the second round at the Chumash Casino in Santa Ynez, California. [Fulton was stopped in the first round by Gerald Washington just a few weeks ago]. Kayode put Fulton down in the first and finished him at 1:33 of the second. Kayode's new promoter Greg Cohen says Kayode will have a few more fights at the new weight and then start looking for some high-profile showdowns. source: greg cohen press release
Bruno Escalante W8 Michael Ruiz... On Saturday in Redwood City, California, Bruno Escalante (11-1-1, 5 KOs) defeated Michael Ruiz Jr. (9-4-1, 3 KOs) in an eight-round bout in the 115-pound division. Escalante won by majority decision as the official scorecards read 95-95, 98-92 and 97-93, Bruno Escalante. source: don chargin press release
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| GOLDEN BOY LIVE TO AIR FINAL 2013 SHOW THIS FRIDAY
| Press Release: The final Golden Boy Live! event of 2013 on Fox Sports 1 and Fox Deportes takes place this Friday, Dec. 13th at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio, Calif. Already featuring Josesito Lopez against Mike Arnaoutis in the main event and Francisco Vargas facing Jerry Belmontes as the co-feature, the card wil lalso feature three more televised bouts, with unbeaten junior middleweight Jermall Charlo taking on Joseph De Los Santos, 2012 U.S. Olympian Joseph "JoJo" Diaz Jr. meeting Mexico's Carlos Rodriguez in a junior featherweight battle and Diaz' Olympic teammate Errol Spence Jr. putting his perfect pro record on the line against Noe Bolanos in junior middleweight action. All three bouts are scheduled for eight rounds.
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| | | | | | | CECILIA BRAEKHUS' NEXT DEFENSE: MYRIAM LAMARE
| Press Release: WBA/WBC/WBO female welterweight champion Cecilia Braekhus (23-0, 7 KOs) will defend her titles against former titlist Myriam Lamare (22-3, 10 KOs) in Frederikshavn, Denmark on January 18th. Lamare, who lives in Marseille, is a former European and world amateur champion and also held the WBA & IBF Female lght welterweight belts.
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