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| WILL ALVAREZ-ANGULO RANK AMONG THE GREAT ALL-MEXICAN RIVALRIES?
By Steve Farhood, courtesy of Showtime Boxing
| Tonight's all-Mexican Saul Alvarez vs. Alfredo Angulo rumble is among the most anticipated bouts of 2014. Given the styles of the fighters, it’s guaranteed to be an action fight. There have been several classic Mexico vs. Mexico battles over the years. Here’s my top eight:
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| | |  | | | | WEIGH-IN REPORT FROM LAS VEGAS
| Here are the weights for tomorrow night's pay-per-view participants:MAIN EVENT – 12 Rounds Canelo Alvarez: 155 pounds Alfredo Angulo: 154.5 pounds WBC 122-POUND TITLE – 12 Rounds Leo Santa Cruz: 122 Pounds Cristian Mijares: 122 Pounds LIGHTWEIGHTS – 10 Rounds Jorge Linares: 134.5 Pounds Nihito Arakawa: 134.5 Pounds LIGHTWEIGHTS – 10 Rounds Ricardo Alvarez: 135 Pounds Sergio Thompson: 135 Pounds
| | | | | | | SITUATION DESPERATE FOR MOLINA-CHARLO
Golden Boy pulls plug but adds fourth fight to PPV
| Press Release: As of Friday morning, Carlos Molina has officially become unavailable for his IBF junior middleweight title defense against Jermall Charlo. The fight was scheduled for tomorrow night [but Molina was arrested this week on charges that are several years old]. In light of these circumstances, the ten-round lightweight showdown between Ricardo “Dinamita” Alvarez and Sergio “Yeyo” Thompson has been elevated as the opening bout of the four-fight pay-per-view broadcasr at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.
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| | | | | | | HAYMON RESCUES TARVER FROM JAIL
| According to TMZ, boxing's most powerful manager/advisor, Al Haymon has rescued Antonio Tarver from a Florida jail by paying his bail and by repaying the $200,000 in unpaid gambling debts that was the cause of Tarver's arrest. Haymon has represented Tarver for many years, but this gesture puts Haymon in the early lead for 2014 manager of the year honors. Tarver is still an active fighter, but as a 45 year-old light heavyweight blown up to heavyweight, Haymon's $200,000 investment does not seem likely to generate much of a profit. More likely, Haymon was motivated by generosity and a genuine concern for Tarver's well-being, and Haymon is to be commended for that.--Scott Shaffer
| | | | | | | CARLOS MOLINA ARRESTED-- FIGHT IN JEOPARDY
| UPDATE: As of Thursday night, Molina was still in jail, putting Saturday's title defense in serious jeopardy. Molina's promoter, attorney Leon Margules, says the charhes stem from 2001, when the 18-year old Molina was charged for having sex with a 15 or 16 year old. He pled guilty for not time served, but apparently failed to register as a sex offender in 2007. Margules told The Los Angeles Times on Thursday night that he posted a $10,000 bond to have Molina released. “I don’t want to say the fight is on until I see the kid walk out of jail, but I believe he’ll fight,” Margules said. Why the authorities failed to act from 2007 and 2014 and then chose to intervene in this manner, rather than immediately after the fight, is, to Boxingtalk, a disturbing use of police power.
According to Yahoo! Sports, IBF 154-pound champion Carlos Molina was arrested in Las Vegas yesterday, just five days before he was scheduled to defend his title against Jermall Charlo. Molina-Charlo, scheduled for this Saturday's pay-per-view broadcast from the MGM Grand Arena still could happen according to promoter Richard Schaefer of Golden Boy. The cause of the arrest was not clearly identified but appears to stem from arrest warrants relating to sexual assault charges or a subsequent failure to regisater as a sex offender. What seems particularly unfair to Molina is that he is a reigning champion and public figure, so if there were outstanding warrants, authorities could have easily located Molina at any time, instead of waiting until the eve of a fight. --Scott Shaffer
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| HOPKINS-SHUMENOV SET FOR APRIL 19TH IN WASHINGTON D.C.
| Press Release: On Saturday, April 19th, in Washington, D.C., IBF light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins (54-6-2) will face his WBA counterpart, Beibut Shumenov (14-1) in an attempt, at 49-years-old, to become the oldest fighter in boxing history to unify world titles. [Editor's note: Adonis Stevenson, who holds the WBC title, is generally coonsidered the true world champion in this weight class]. The DC Armory will host the return of Hopkins, a future Hall of Famer to the nation's capital, with Showtime Championship Boxing broadcasting the bout. In the co-feature, WBO middleweight titlist Peter "Kid Chocolate" Quillin (30-0) defends his title for the third time when he meets Lukas Konecny (50-4) of the Czech republic. Tickets go on sale today at 10 a.m. ET at www.ticketmaster.com
| | | | | | | BONUS BREAD: (3-7-14)
By Stephen "Breadman" Edwards
| Bread, I did not understand your claim that Ruslan Provodnikov deserves the opportunity to fight Floyd Mayweather more than Marcos Maidana does. Providnikov put up a valiant effort against Tim Bradley but LOST. he then dropped back to 140 and beat the weakest titleholder there. I would love to see the fight, but to me he is in the same boat as Amir Khan, no significant wins at 147...whoever wants Floyd next should go after Shawn Porter so they can use the IBF title as a bargaining chip to offer Floyd the chance to go undisputed.
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| SAUERLAND ADDS UNDEFEATED SUPER MIDDLES TO HUCK UNDERCARD
| Press Release: Berlin's Tyron Zeuge will get to fight in his hometown on March 29th, when he appears in a bout supporting the WBO cruiserweight championship battle between Marco Huck and Mirko Larghetti. The venue will be the Velodrom, and Zuege's opponent will be Gheorghe Sabau of Romania. Both Zeuge and Sabau are 21 years old and both are undefeated super middleweights.
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| | | | | | | ITALY'S LUCA MESSI COMING TO NJ TO FACE YOUNG MIDDLEWEIGHT
| Press Release: On Friday, April 4th at the Parsippany P.A.L. in New Jersey, middleweight Antoine "Action" Douglas (12-0 with 7 KOs) faces Luca Messi of Bergamo, Italy. Messi (37-9-1 with 13 KOs) has competed for and held many titles throughout Europe in past years. After taking over two years off, the 39 year-old Messi returned with a win over low level opposition in February. Douglas of Burke, Virginia, is coming off an eight-round unanimous decision over previously undefeated Marquis Davis on January 17th in Memphis, Tennessee.
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| | | | | | | DAILY BREAD THURSDAY EDITION: (3-6-14)
By Stephen "Breadman" Edwards
| I wrote about Vasyl Lomachenko a week ago or so, but it didn't make the mailbag. Anyway, HBO made it extremely obvious that they were banking on this kid just as much as Top Rank, to come in and either destroy or dominate Orlando Salido and instantly become the next big thing. The frustration of the HBO announcers (except for Roy Jones) when that didn;t happen [Salido won by split decision] was ridiculously obvious. I like Lomachenko and I wish him success in his career, but you get what you ask for and you get it cause you ask for it. First of all, the pros are not the amateurs. There is a reason guys don't fight for titles with only one or seven pro fights and Lomachenko learned that tonight.
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| MUNDINE TO FACE CLOTTEY ON APRIL 2ND
| Press Release: Former welterweight title holder Joshua "Grand Master" Clottey will head to Newcastle, Australia on April 2nd to clash with former super middleweight title holder Anthony "The Man" Mundine (pictured) in a twelve-round junior middleweight clash, it was confirmed today by Clottey's promoter, Joe DeGuardia of Star Boxing.
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| | | | | | | NO SURPRISE THERE: MAYWEATHER-MAIDANA LANDS IN LAS VEGAS
| Press Release: MGM Grand Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nev. has won the right to host the Saturday, May 3rd welterweight unification fight between pound-for-pound leader and WBC champion Floyd "Money" Mayweather and WBA champion Marcos "El Chino" Maidana. [The Barclay Arena in Brooklyn, New York was also mentioned as a candidate for the fight]. Mayweather has fought and won some of his most memorable battles at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, including wins over Oscar De La Hoya, Ricky Hatton, Miguel Cotto and most recently Saul "Canelo" Alvarez last September. This will be the ninth consecutive time that Mayweather fights at MGM Grand and twelfth appearance overall.
| | | | | | | NOW WITH HAYMON, COLLAZO CALLS OUT KHAN
| Press Release: Welterweight contender Luis Collazo is coming off of a Jan. 30th knockout win over Victor Ortiz in Brooklyn, New York and has recently signed with top advisor Al Haymon. Now Collazo has his eyes set on some of the biggest fights in the sport and has not been shy about his desire to get in the ring with the best. One such name is former world champion Amir Khan. "I definitely proved that I should be considered part of the top tier of the welterweight division when I beat Victor Ortiz," said Collazo. "Another name that has been a part of that conversation for a long time is Amir Khan and I know that a fight against him would be huge for both of us and huge for the fans. Khan wants a shot at Floyd Mayweather and so do I. It could be a sort of welterweight playoff that would get the boxing world talking. And mark my words, I will knock Khan out like I did against Ortiz.". [Haymon also represents Adrien Broner, who would also like to fight Khan].
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| ROMAN MORALES READY FOR GRUELING FIGHT VS. KHABIR SULEYMANOV
By Benny Henderson, Jr.
| This weekend, ESPN2's Friday Night Fights comes to Pala, California, where super bantamweight Roman Morales of San Ardo, California takes on Khabir Suleymanov, a Los Angeles-based Russian. Morales turned pro in 2011 and is 17-0 since then. Suleymanov is 16-3 with three staright wins. He has never been stopped.Here is what Morales had to say about his upcoming fight:
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| JEAN PASCAL COMMITS TO BOX FAN EXPO
| Press Release: Former world light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal will join the talented list of boxing superstars at the inaugural Box Fan Expo this September at the Las Vegas Convention Center. One of the biggest draws in North America, Pascal defeated Chad Dawson and reigned as the world light heavyweight champion between 2009-2011. "I love being in contact with my fans," said Pascal. "It will be a great moment to be at the Box Fan Expo among the greatest and realest fans of boxing."
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| HUCK SAVES SAUERLAND SHOW WITH QUICKIE TITLE DEFENSE
| Press Release: Little-known Italian cruiserweight Mirko Larghetti (20-0 with 12 KOs) will challenge Marco Huck (pictured) for "The Captain's" WBO championship on March 29th. The Velodrom in Berlin, Germany will play host to Huck's 13th defense of the title he acquired back in August of 2009. If successful, he will equal Johnny Nelson's record for most title defenses in the cruiserweight division. It should have been IBF cruiserweight title holder Yoan Pablo Hernandez defending vs. Pawel Kolodziej on March 29th but Hernandez is still suffering from gastritis after picking up a viral infection in mid-February and is not able to prepare for this date.
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| | | | | | | MICHAEL KATSIDIS UNDERCARD DETAILS
| Press Release: With ten days remaining until Michael Katsidis' comeback in Toowomba, Australia, promoter Brendon Smith's local boxers have declared themselves fit and ready for March 14th. Smith said “The venue is three-quarters sold; this is going to be a night to remember in the Garden City. Congratulations to all the fighters for getting themselves into tip top shape.” The show is headlined by the return of Michael Katsidis (28-6) vs. Indonesia's Eddy Comaro (27-17-5). The card will also see adopted Toowoomba boy Jack “The Assassin” Asis (29-18-5) take on Indonesia’s Arief Bladder (20-12-1) in a junior lightweight bout.
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| | | | | | | ALVAREZ, ANGULO ARRIVE IN LAS VEGAS
| Press Release: With fans and media standing in lines that stretched from the sidewalk outside the main doors to the make-shift ring inside the lobby of MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Saul "Canelo" Alvarez, his opponent this Saturday, Alfredo “El Perro” Angulo, plus five of the six other fighters who’ll compete on this Saturday's pay-per-view show’ made their official entry into the hotel Tuesday afternoon. Here is what the fighters said upon their arrivals on Tuesday.
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| CHILEMBA, CINTRON HIGHLIGHT PENNSYLVANIA UNDERCARD
| Press Release: The Tomasz Adamek-Vyacheslav Glazkov heavyweight battle set for March 15th at the Sands Casino Resorts Bethlehem, PA will have some competition for the most exciting fight of the event. A six-bout undercard has been announced highlighted by Isaac "Golden Boy" Chilemba (21-2-2, 9 KOs), of South Africa against Denis Grachev (13-2-1, 8 KOs), a Russian living in San Diego, CA. The light heavyweight ten rounder will air on the NBC Sports Network broadcast beginning at 9 pm ET/6 pm PT. Another ten-round match features welterweights Ronald Cruz (20-2, 15 KOs), of Bethlehem, PA, against Kermit Cintron (34-5-2, 28 KOs), of Reading, PA.
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| QUIGG TO FACE CERMENO WITH AWE NETWORK TELEVISING IN USA
| | Press Release: On Saturday afternoon, April 19th, Scott Quigg will defend the WBA regular 122-pound title [Guillermo Rigondeaux is both the WBA super champion and the true world champion] when he takes on Nehomar Cermeno in a twelve-round bout that will be televised live on Awe network beginning at 3pm eastern / 12 noon pacific. The fight will originate from the Manchester Arena in Manchester, England.
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