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| PACQUIAO-CLOTTEY: NOTHING IMPRESSIVE ABOUT AN AVERAGE PERFORMANCE
By Greg Rowe
Pac Man's 1200+ punch output doesn't please everyone
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Billed as "The Event" Manny Pacquiao-Joshua Clottey was uneventful and the undercard was dreadful. The blame for this does not solely rest on the shoulders of Joshua Clottey for not wanting to open up. Isn’t that what we expected from him? Isn’t that the fight Manny and Freddie Roach expected him to fight? Those who believed Clottey would not win this fight, felt this way because he does not come off his defense in time to use his offense effectively. And that's exactly what happened.
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| | KLITSCHKO: 244, CHAMBERS: 209
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Press Release: IBF/WBO/IBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko weighed in at 244 pounds (111 kg) for Saturday’s title defense against mandatory challenger Eddie Chambers on Saturday night at the 51,000-seat Espirit Arena in Düsseldorf, Germany. Chambers scaled in at 209 pounds (95kg).
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| | BOXING RETURNS ON WASHINGTON DC ON APRIL 2ND
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PRESS RELEASE: On April 2nd, Cassandra White, "the First Lady of DC boxing" and her Babie Girl Promotions, will present “Fighting the Irish”, a show at the Washington DC Convention Center. The show features Henry “Sugar Poo” Buchanan, Golden Boy Promotions' fighter Seth “Mayhem” Mitchell, Alexander “The Great” Johnson, the pro debut of Thomas Williams Jr, and Tony “Mo' Betta” Jetta.
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| | EDDIE CHAMBERS QUOTABLE
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American heavyweight “Fast Eddie” Chambers – rated #1 in the WBO – took time after his training in Dusseldorf, Germany for an interview two days before his scheduled World Championship bout against WBO/IBF Heavyweight Champion Wladimir Klitschko. Said Chambers, “It's coming down to the wire and I am steadfast on my mission to beat Wladimir Klitschko and bring those titles back home to the United States. It's go time and I'm as ready as I will ever be."
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| BOXINGTALK'S DAILY BREAD
By Stephen Edwards
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Actually, I don't feel you because your working with faulty logic. First you say it's a shame that he lost ALL his money & then your turn around and say because of him losing all of his money you cannot understand why he would throw a monkey wrench on a chance to make 80 mil... Does that even sound right to you... If he was broke, the fight would have happened last week instead of that bullshit ass Arum productions fight. If there is one thing Money Mayweather loves, it's his MONEY.... So does a broke guy walk away from 80mil... Apply sound logic to this question and you might just come to the same conclusion I have. Some would argue that Mayweather is scared, but even if that is true, which I think is crap but I will play along, if Floyd is scared- then the next logical question has to be, is a BROKE Floyd sooo scared that he will miss out on the opportunity to make $80 Million.... All Floyd would have to do is ask for an immediate rematch clause be inserted into the contract and if he loses the first bout, he gets another crack at Pacman and also ends up with his bank account looking like a fat girl at a buffet. I say if Floyd was sooo broke he would be that more hungry to get that money and wouldn't care what the hell manny was on. Do you really believe that Floyd cares more about his undefeated record than he does about his money? Do you feel me?
Bread’s Response: How is my logic faulty? I do think it is a shame Floyd is having financial troubles a year or so after one of the most lucrative years any fighter has ever had(2007). I find no joy in someone else’s misery. Floyd worked his whole life to be in that position and it sucks for him to have reported financial trouble, especially this soon. As far as him throwing a monkey wrench in the negotiations yes I think he did. Let’s look close at Floyd’s statements. Everytime he gets on TV he makes the same statement.”I never seen a guy who refuses a $25million blood test.” Now why is it unreasonable or faulty logic to say, Why is Floyd throwing a monkey wrench in a negotiation when he is having bad financial troubles. He is the one who interjects money in most of his statements. I’m just playing the devil’s advocate. As far as which one he cares about more money or his record, I will say he wants to keep his record intact while making the most money he can. Feel me? Please tell me you do? I love you guys.
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| | MONDAY MARKS START OF MAYWEATHER-MOSLEY DRUG TESTING
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Press Release: Floyd Mayweather and Shane Mosley will begin the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) anti-doping program on Monday, March 22nd as they continue to prepare for their pay-per-view super fight on Saturday, May 1st at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. It is the first time in history that athletes from any U.S. professional sport have reached out and demanded World Anti-Doing Code compliant drug testing.
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| | UFC SUPER FIGHT ANNOUNCED FOR MAY 29TH: RAMPAGE VS. RASHAD
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Press Release: Two former UFC light heavyweight champions will get a chance to let their fists do the talking in May. After multiple back-and-forth verbal exchanges on the 10th season of The Ultimate Fighter reality show, ex-UFC 205-pound champions Quinton “Rampage” Jackson and “Suga” Rashad Evans are set to headline UFC 114 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Saturday, May 29th. “It’s no secret that Rampage Jackson and Rashad Evans don’t like each other, and this rivalry has gotten more and more intense in the last few months,” said UFC President Dana White. A former All-American college wrestler turned successful mixed martial artist, “Suga” Rashad Evans (fighting out of Albuquerque, N.M., 19-1-1) put himself back on the championship track with an impressive decision victory over knockout artist Thiago Silva at UFC 108. With a 9-1-1 record in the UFC, Evans has fought and beaten Chuck Liddell and Forrest Griffin. Now the 30-year-old former Michigan State wrestler and Niagara Falls, New York native will get his chance to exchange blows with Jackson.
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| | KID CHOCOLATE TO FACE TBA IN APRIL
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Press Release: Unbeaten middleweight Peter “Kid Chocolate” Quillin will headline a show April 15th at the Roseland Ballroom in New York City. Quillin (21-0, 15 KOs) faces an opponent soon to be announced in the ten-round main event. Last month, “Kid Chocolate” returned after an 18-month layoff to decision veteran Fernando Zuniga.
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| | HOLYFIELD-BOTHA TO BE SHOWN ON PAY-PER-VIEW
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Press Release: Living legend and former undisputed cruiserweight and heavyweight world champion Evander “The Real Deal” Holyfield will face Frans “The White Buffalo” Botha in a twelve-round main event April 10th, headlining “The Legend Returns” pay-per-view event, at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas. Tickets are available to purchase at www.UNLVtickets.com or by calling 702.739.3267. The show is also being broadcast in the United States and Canada by Integrated Sports Media for live viewing at 9 PM/ET – 6 PM/PT on both cable and satellite pay-per-view via iN Demand, DIRECTV, Viewer’s Choice and Bell TV.
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| TEAM ALEXANDER TO BRADLEY AND HBO: FORGET THE TUNE-UPS, LET'S GET IT ON NOW!
By G. Leon
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GL: What's the latest as it relates to the Great Homecoming slated to take place on HBO sometime this July? "We're not sure in terms of an opponent yet. But the fight that Devon wants, the fight that Team Alexander is the same fights the boxing fans want. We're here to please the boxing fans and the fight that we want is Tim Bradley."
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| EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: PAUL MALIGNAGGI
By G. Leon
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GL: What can we expect to see from Paul Malignaggi on May 15? "I'm expecting a great fight. I'm expecting a good promotion. Based on the fight almost selling out already, it should probably be based in the big arena at Madison Square Garden. It's still exciting for me, because I haven't fought in the Theater since my amatuer days and it'll be a little bit nostalgic fighting there, especially walking out of there with a world title, that's going to be pretty cool."
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| | JOSE SULAIMAN HANDS WBC JUNIOR LIGHTWEIGHT TITLE TO VITALY TAJBERT
More "comic strips" from the WBC
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Press Release: The WBC has officially appointing Vitaly Tajbert, from Germany, as the WBC 130-pound champion today. Tajbert won the WBC interim title by defeating Humberto Gutierrez, from Mexico, last November 11th. Then-champion Humberto Soto was ordered to meet the interim champion Tajbert but he requested permission to remain as champion until he climbed into the ring to fight for the WBC lightweight championship, which he won by beating David Diaz this past Saturday night at the Cowboys Stadium in Dallas, Texas. For reasonst still unclear, the WBC stripped the lightweight title away from Edwin Valero since he defended it last month. WBC president Jose Sulaiman said in his press statement, "Humberto Soto is now the WBC lightweight champion and in strict adherence to the WBC Rules and Regulations, Vitaly Tajbert becomes the undisputed superfeatherweight champion of the world and we wish him the best of luck in his career."
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| GLUTTON FOR PUNISHMENT: MORALES WANTS FOURTH PACQUIAO FIGHT
Ex 122-pound champion now campaigning at 147
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PRESS RELEASE: Erik “El Terrible” Morales, the last opponent to defeat Manny Pacquiao, returns from a 2 1/2-year layoff March 27 to headline “The Champion Returns” pay-per-view event, live from Monterrey, Mexico. Morales (48-6, 34 KOs) may have his sights set on a fourth fight against Pacquaio in the not too distant future, but the iconic Mexican warrior must first get past Jose “Jicaras” Alfaro (23-5, 20 KOs), Mar. 27 in the twelve-round main event. [Editor's note: Alfaro is a very safe opponent, as he is coming off a stoppage loss vs. Antonio DeMarco at lightweight.]
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| FROCH-KESSLER DATE STAYS PUT ON APRIL 24TH
Super Six World Boxing Classic Update
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PRESS RELEASE: As reported, WBA super middleweight champion Andre Ward says he has suffered an injury and is unable to fight Allan Green on April 24th. The scheduled Group Stage 2 tournament matchup between WBC champion Carl Froch and Mikkel Kessler will take place as planned on Saturday, April 24th, from Herning Denmark, airing on Showtime at 9 p.m. ET/PT as a one-fight card (same-day delay).
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| BOXINGTALK'S DAILY BREAD
By Stephen Edwards
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Hey Breadman, Just want to share this thought: I believe Pacquiao's reluctance on blood testing close to the fight is purely cultural. You see, a lot of people from countries in SouthEast Asia like the Philippines have a mindset that taking blood from the body weakens them regardless of the amount. This is an old folk tale passed down from older generations and is very prevalent especially in the rural areas where Pacquiao came from. You could attribute it to superstition. Many people from Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand, and the Philippines have this stigma about blood drawing. Pacquiao grew up with this beliefs and that drawing the blood close to the fight will weaken him mentally and physically. And for this reason alone, we should all respect that. But the big problem is, he cannot relay this message clearly and explain himself to the boxing fans because of language barrier. He should always use an interpreter so he can relay all his message effectively. As for Pretty Boy Floyd - Just shut your mouth, get in the ring and FIGHT!
Bread’s Response: I definitely believe Manny has trouble articulating his feelings and he suffers from that in this situation.
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| | EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: SHAWN PORTER
By Stephen Edwards
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BOXINGTALK: First off, what did you think of your last performance? "We thought the fight was very necessary for my career. There was a lot to be learned from that fight. As far as the performance I could have done a lot better. We are working in the gym to correct things now."
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| | STONE'S SLANT: THE MAILBAG EDITION
By Alex Stone
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The media writes so negatively against Floyd Mayweather and so positive against Manny Pacquiao, it's frustrating. Manny beat a drained Oscar De La Hoya and a drained Miguel Cotto. Why is it that no one mentions that? Floyd went up to Oscar's weight. He has fought none of his opponents with stipulations or advantages. [Editor's note: not true, Floyd came in overweight vs. Juan Manuel Marquez, and paid a penalty instead of sweating off the weight thanks to a clause in his contract] Manny's claim to fame is an already knocked out Hatton, a hand picked David Diaz, a drained Cotto, etc. Floyd beat the top dude in every division at their weight. How do you own a 147 belt without fighting the beltholder at that weight? Bob should be shot for letting Miguel Cotto fight for the vacant WBO title. Stone's Response: I agree with you here, partially. For the most part, Mayweather has gone after and beaten the top guys, until he got to 140 and 147. More so in 140, as he only had a brief stint there. If Mayweather beats Mosley and Pacquiao this year, I don't think there is much arguing that he is one of the best ever. The Pac-Man has always had my respect, and I think people lose sight of that. Just because I support Mayweather doesn't mean I'm not a Pacquiao fan either. It's not like were talking about the Yankees and the Red Sox here.
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| | KENNY PORTER SPEAKS TO BOXINGTALK
By Stephen Edwards
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BOXINGTALK: First what did you think of Shawn Porter's performance in his last fight? "Shawn's last fight was a big learning experience for him. There is no one that can be more critical of Shawn than me. I wanted Shawn to do things a certain way that fight. We were out LA training with Freddie Roach. Shawn was going up against one of Freddie's top left handers. A 6'2" middleweight named Craig McCuen who is 18-0. I thought we had it down to a science what we wanted to do. But there was a combination of things that happened. Shawn fighting in his hometown, Shawn still being very young, Shawn having to fight in front of a lot of family and close friends, it took him off the game plan. After things got going a little bit he started doing some things we worked on. Some positives I pull from the fight is he went 10 good rounds. He was cut and he overcame that. So I think he learned more from that one fight than he did from all his previous fights put together."
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| | DKP PULLS PLUG ON ESPN CHAMPIONSHIP DOUBLEHEADER
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Press Release: An IBF championship doubleheader scheduled for March 26th in Las Vegas featuring Steve Cunningham vs. Matt Godfrey and Cory Spinks vs. Cornelius Bundrage has been postponed, according to promoter Don King Productions. Editor's note: the reason for the cancellation of the date is a dispute between promoter Don King Productions and broadcaster ESPN2.
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| | TRAVIS KAUFFMAN TO FACE CHRIS KOVAL
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Press Release: Heavyweight Travis Kauffman will return to his hometown of Reading, PA in his first title fight against Chris Koval of Youngstown, OH on May 22nd at the Sovereign Center. The bout is scheduled for ten rounds. Kauffman-Koval will headline King's Promotions' night of boxing action featuring seven pro fights and five amateur bouts. Kauffman (19-1 with 15 KOs), is coming off a technical showcase against Mike Miller just two weeks ago in Allentown, PA and is eager to show his hometown fans he is better than ever since his only pro loss to Tony Grano last September. The 24-year-old Kauffman understands that if he is to move on to bigger and better things he must get past the heavy hands of Chris Koval, (24-6 with 18 KOs).
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| BOXINGTALK'S DAILY MAILBAG
By G. Leon
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I know the Andre Ward-Allan Green fight was just postoned, but I've been meaning to ask - as Green's advisor, does it concern you any about Ward being a client of the "reformed" Victor Conte [former steroid dealer to pro athletes]? And as an advisor, would you advise any of your clients to become clients of Conte? Thanks, J.
Leon's Response: Does it concern me? Hell yeah. I'm shocked that the press hasn't really followed up on Ring Magazine's piece. I don't know anybody who spends $4k on vitamins. Do you?
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| HOLYFIELD SPEAKS ON TYSON, VALUEV AND THE HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE
By Mauricio Karelisky Deho
Quotes Courtesy of UOL.com.br
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About a third fight with Mike Tyson: “If Tyson can get his weight down, I would fight him. My goal is to be the champion, but a fight like these brings lot of people to boxing and gets lot of attention... I didn't’ know about it (the rumors about Tyson return), but there’s always a lot of talk. There’s nothing about it, inless he can get his weight down... It was good for him (Tyson) to go to the Oprah show. I hope now he can take the right decisions and move on.”
About striving to regain a heavyweight championship: “I still haven’t talked with anyone of the current heavyweight champions, but I wouldn’t turned down the chance to fight any of them... George Foreman’s Record is still a motivation for me. I feel great in the ring, looks like I’m 21 years old, but smarter. You have to keep focus, takes lots of vitamins. If you don’t take care of yourself, there’s nothing you can do”
About his controversial 2008 loss to Nikolai Valuev"
“I still think about this fight, for sure. I beat him, but didn’t win. So, it’s been a hard situation”
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| ROY JONES JR TALKING IT UP
By G.Leon
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In addition to his recent bashing of Bernard Hopkins on Boxingtalk.com his Royness is sounding off big time as he answers questions from fans our friends at 8countnews.com Boxingtalkers can scroll through our archive for a plethora of exclusive interviews with fellow legend Bernard Hopkins.
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| BERTO LAUNCHES ONLINE STORE
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PRESS RELEASE: WBC welterweight champion Andre Berto (Winter Haven, Fla.) (25-0, 19 KOs) launched his official online store on Tuesday via his website, www.andreberto.com. Made for the boxing enthusiast, Andre Berto apparel is available exclusively through Berto’s signature website. The collection prices range from $22 to $26 and includes women’s logo tees, men’s logo t-shirts in red and black, Uppercut t-shirts and logo hats. “I worked hard to create items for both men and women that showcase the Andre Berto brand, and I know that my fans will love them,” Berto said. “My fans have always been the driving force behind my success, and I can’t wait to see them in the stands in their official Andre Berto gear.”
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| BOXINGTALK'S DAILY BREAD
By Stephen Edwards
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Wow! Breadman, I just read your mail bag post from the March 15, 2010 (below) and we finally agree on something. You stated, “The more I watch Manny the more I think Floyd’s chance is to catch Manny coming in… I am much more confident that Manny will beat him than Shane because of the work rate, foot work, and straight punches.” What caught my attention is that I had a chat conversation with my buddy (Pac Man fan) and he said practically the same thing. I told him that I like Manny’s chances more and more after watching this fight. If Floyd wins, it would be via KO within the first four rounds by walking Manny into a hook he doesn’t see (the punch that hurts the most) otherwise it’s going to be a long night for Floyd. The only other scenario that I can see play out in Floyd’s favor is that his speed eventually renders Manny hesitant to dart in (much like Roy Jones against his opponents in his prime) but something tells me that Manny is coming in anyway. That’s the way he fights. I’m starting to respect Manny’s boxing ability. DC Stretch
Bread’s Response:Appreciate him my man, he is truly special. And you better believe that Manny will keep coming. That is in his make up. He will come until he can’t come no more. Manny comes from a part of the Philippines so poor that they reportedly had no toilet paper. Therefore they wiped themselves with their hands. LMAO Do you think he gives a shit about Mayweather! That was a good one.
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| ALLAN GREEN: ANDRE WARD WILL NEVER FIGHT ME
By B. Artest Photo Courtesy of Howard Schatz
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BA: Earlier today Boxingtalk broke the news about Andre Ward's knee injury and the bout getting postponed. What are your thoughts on this whole situation? "It's messed up. I really don't understand the whole situation. I told my advisor that something like this was going to happen over two weeks ago. Either him pulling out or having an injury, but all I know is if he were fighting Jermain Taylor or Sakio Bika, I'm sure he'd be good to go right now. I'm a fighter. I fight through bumps, bruises and injuries and we go through that. I fought Tarvis Simms with a bad right shoulder. If you're knee keeps getting hurt it could be something chronic and you're probably not going to be ready in six weeks. If your knee is swollen, just take a cortisone shot, stop bitching and get your ass in the ring."
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| BOXINGTALK'S DAILY BREAD
By Stephen Edwards
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whats up Bread! its B from philly thanks for throwing me in the mail bag and addressing my fight prediction speaking of which it went exactly as I thought except for the fact clottey was simply unwilling to open up, but breadman as I was watching the fight I kept thinking if clottey managed to mark up manny pretty good without throwing that manny punches what would happen when he fights either mayweather or mosley 2 guys who wont be so front foot heavy as cotto,clottey or hatton? will manny be able to throw that manny punches against 2 guys that will be using a jab and be looking to counter him? I mean manny looked good but what can we take from that fight when we try to think what a pac man vs money or pac man vs sugar match up would like? and by the way why didnt we get a better undercard? I mean dosent Arum have some young fighters he could have thrown on there? Jose Luis Lopez was horrible and soto vs diaz was boaring when is bob arum going to be held accountable? I mean HBO was saying he was thinking about trying to get a pacquaio vs margarito fight set up? some one tell Bob he better get it togeather!
Bread’s Response: Arum needs to do something about his undercards. Soto/Diaz seemed to be exciting on paper but it failed. I have an idea ,thesePPV shows should stop starting at 9pm with the Main event not starting until around 1130 est. One fight should come before it. A championship caliber Boxing After Dark contest then the main event. If anything happens that is worth seeing on the undercard they can show us highlights. Arum is being very innovative holding these big fights at other venues besides the Vegas casinos. He just needs to put on better shows.
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| WARD "INJURES" KNEE, BOUT WITH GREEN POSTPONED 6 WEEKS
By B. Artest
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Undefeated WBA super middleweight champion Andre "Son Of God" Ward allegedly hurt his knee recently, forcing a six week postponement of his April 24 Super Six stage 2 bout with world class super middleweight Allan "Sweetness" Green. Regardless of what doctor's notes are sure to follow, Team Green questions the legitimacy of this alleged injury and is of the opinion that several of the rumors regading the in-house issues between Ward co-promoters Dan Goossen and Antonio Leonard, and manager James Prince must obviously have some truth to them. There was no mention of any knee injury as of Saturday evening, the last time Team's Green and Ward were finalizing the details surrounding their April 24 on Showtime. Remember where you heard it first! 1:27 PM ET
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| EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: BOB ARUM
By G. Leon
Bobfather doesn't budge: Only way Pac-Mayweather happens is without additional testing
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GL: Can you give us some thoughts on the Pacquiao's performance and the undercard? "Well The Event was the greatest presented boxing event in history. From the electronics in the arena, the thunder and lightning, the screen, the emphasis of the fighters. I don't know how it came across on television, but in the arena it was amazing and everybody was blown away. They had never seen this before in the sport of boxing and I think that's important because it elevates boxing to a new level having 51,000 people and everyone of them with a good view of the action because most of the people don't watch the event in the ring, the watch it on the screen because the screen is better than watching it in the ring. You have to be there to realize how unbelievable that screen is. It's a television picture better than on any television you've ever seen."
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| | EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: KARIM MAYFIELD
By Doveed Linder
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DL: From what I understand, you’re an undefeated welterweight (11-0-1, 7 KOs ) who has been beating guys in their own backyard. How are things going with your career? "Everything’s good so far. My (managerial) contract with Jackie Kallen just ended, so everything’s looking good."
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| | BOXINGTALK PROSPECT WATCH: JULIAN WILLIAMS
By Stephen Edwards
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Boxingtalk: I'm sitting with here with Philadelphia's 19 year-old Julian Williams. How are you doing today Julian? Julian Williams: "I'm doing good. Getting ready for my debut on the Hopkins-Jones undercard [April 3rd], so I'm excited but nervous at the same time."
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