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PRESS RELEASE: BOB ARUM: I am really excited. You get stale doing the same thing over and over again. Going back to casinos to put on these big events, I think that going to this fabulous stadium like Cowboys Stadium bringing the fights to the people, I think that boxing once again establishes boxing as being one of the major sports in this country as it is so many other places in the world.
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| | CAN JOSHUA CLOTTEY WIN THE BIG ONE?
By Socrates Palmer Jr
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There is a sense of irony that Saturday’s Joshua Clottey and Manny Pacquaio fight will be contested at the home of the Dallas Cowboys. My contrast to the NFL is that Clottey is trying to avoid becoming the Buffalo Bills of boxing. The Bills of the 1990’s were the greatest team in history that never won the Super Bowl. They went 0-4 in the big game in consecutive years. Forever they have been maybe unjustly labeled as chokers or failures. Clottey despite being a former world title holder and universally recognized as one of the best boxers in the sport today, he has failed to win the “Big Fight.”
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| BOXINGTALK'S DAILY BREAD
By Stephen Edwards
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Hey what's up Breadman? What do you think about a super 6 like tournament at 140? I think that this is the most talented division in boxing today. The tournament could have two young undefeated champions in Alexander, and Bradley. Four former champions in Hatton, Marquis, Judah, and Diaz. I wouldn't mind if Campbell, Peterson, or Holt were involved. They could even make it an eight man or maybe 10 man tournament. It would be more entertaining than the Tourney going on at 168. (which I'm really enjoying so far) Come on Bread I know you guys at boxing talk got juice make this happen.
Faithfull reader Richie Rich
Bread’s Response: Richie Rich the power of the pen is something. I will do my part. A junior welter tourney would be great. Especially since the only real PPV attraction is Ricky Hatton and he is in limbo. I think we are getting a tournament of sorts just not in a concentrated format. Maidana v Cayo is coming up. Nate Campbell is about to fight Victor Ortiz. Alexander/Judah is about to get made. Bradley just beat Peterson. So who knows… After these upcoming fights play out lets see what pressure
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| | D-HOP RETURNS MARCH 25
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PRESS RELEASE: Former world title challenger Demetrius “THE GLADIATOR” Hopkins returns to the ring against former world champion Freddie “LIL HAGLER” Norwood in the ten round main event at FIGHT NIGHT 2 AT THE COMMERCE CASINO on Thursday, March 25th in Los Angeles.
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| JUAN MANUEL MARQUEZ RETURNS JULY 10
By G. Leon
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Moments ago Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer informed Boxingtalk.com that world lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez will defend his titles on the targeted date of July 10 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. Several opponents are under consideration, but none have been solidified. More to follow. Remember where you heard it first! 10:04 PM ET
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| BIG D COULD BE KEY TO PACQUIAO-CLOTTEY OUTCOME
By Al Bernstein
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Already in its short history, Cowboys Stadium has seen some contests decided by defense. When Manny Pacquiao gets into the ring to battle Joshua Clottey in front of almost 45,000 people in the new 8th wonder of the world, defense might be the deciding factor in this contest as well.
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| KEVIN CUNNINGHAM HAIKU ON ALEXANDER-JUDAH
By G. Leon
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Although he's not as poetically renowned as one Floyd Mayweather Sr, Kevin Cunningham, manager and trainer of undefeated WBC/IBF junior welterweight champion Devon Alexander "The Great" presented Boxingtalkers with his latest Haiku on Zab Judah
If Zab Comes Back Tha Lou
His Career Will Be Through
We're going to smoke his ass
like a St. Louis Summer Barbeque
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| CHAMBERS ON KLITSCHKO FIGHT: "I WILL WIN HANDILY!"
By G. Leon
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GL: We're ten days away from your big fight with Wladimir Klitschko in Germany. Can you give us some thoughts on how everything has gone in camp and tell us what we can expect to see from you on March 20? "Training camp has gone really, really well. I worked very hard in camp, I prepared the right way and did everything that was necessary to get ready for this huge challenge against Wladimir Klitschko."
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| EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: DANNY GARCIA
By G. Leon
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GL: Congrats on your recent win over Ashley Theopane. Can you give us some thoughts on your performance? "First of all, thank you. He's a good experienced fighter. I learned a lot that night, probably because of his style. You know styles make fights. I thank God for the victory and it's time to move on to the next step."
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| | LORENZO ALL SET FOR RETURN TO ESPN
By Socrates Palmer Jr
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Middleweight contender Giovanni “El Chico Malo” Lorenzo makes his return to the ring on Friday March 12th as part of a card emanating from Puerto Plata, in the Dominican Republic . It’s a homecoming for Lorenzo, who is a native of San Cristobal , D.R. but he does not expect a warm reception when he meets journeyman Wilmer Gonzalez 17-8 (11 KO’s) of Nicaragua . Lorenzo is currently ranked #3 by the IBF and is looking to bounce back into the title picture after this tune up bout. Lorenzo hopes to get a crack at the winner of Sebastian Sylvester and Roman Karmazin. Sylvester is scheduled to make his second title defense against the former junior middleweight champion Karmazin. The two are scheduled to meet within the next two months. On September 19, 2009 Lorenzo traveled to Germany to face Sylvester for the then vacant crown. Lorenzo was on the short end of a 12 round split decision loss to the hometown hero and saw his record dip to 27-2 (KO 19). Lorenzo and Gonzalez are scheduled to meet for 10 rounds or less, and the former world title challenger is looking to make it a short night.
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| JUDAH EAGER TO TAKE MORE FROM SHOW ME STATE'S FINEST
By G. Leon
Alexander-Judah coming soon?
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Former two division champion Zab "Super" Judah is ready, willing and able to improve to 2-0 with 2 stoppage victories over "the best that St. Louis has to offer." Judah, who stopped then undisputed welterweight champion Cory Spinks in nine rounds in front of a capacity crowd exceeding 22,000 St. Louisans in February 2005 is ready to put on a repeat performance. "I'm ready to do it again," said Judah, "Devon might have two belts, but everybody in tha Lou knows I'm their boss of boxing. Devon looked good against Urango, but I'm not Urango and I don't see him going more than 5 rounds with me. I'm going to make it a real early night in tha Lou. I'm going to make it do what it do and take his belts just like snatched Cory's. I already told Timothy Bradley to stay away from my meat. After I feed on Devon, then Tiny Tim is allowed to mention my name if wants to take his first L fighting for two new belts."
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| | EL CUERVO EAGER TO CHALLENGE PORTER
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PRESS RELEASE: Jose “EL CUERVO” Gonzalez has accepted the fight against undefeated prospect Shawn “SHOWTIME” Porter, but it appears the highly regarded Cleveland based junior middleweight is having second thoughts.
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| BOXINGTALK'S DAILY BREAD
By Stephen Edwards
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I read this morning that Vitali Klitscho will be fighting a Polish fighter named Sonsonki (or something like that). Do you think this is only happening because the powers that be are building a fight between Vitali and Adamek? Adamek has his hands full against Arreola, but I see his boxing skills giving him the edge. Your thoughts?
Bread’s Response: I just put a similar but not exact plan of attack in my last mailbag for building a Bradley/Alexander fight. I say yes good move. Boxing is an ethnic and regional sport and it should be marketed that way. I think you will see more of that in the near future. Adamek has a large following from the Polish community. If Vitali beats a Polish fighter with a good record then the Polish will want Adamek to get revenge. Brilliant! I love it. Every fight has an angle, good promoters and managers just have to find it. This has been done before. Remember Roger Mayweather started beating a lot of Mexican fighters. He secured a rematch with Chavez on that angle. They are attempting to market a Alexander/Judah fight from the same angle since Judah kod Spinks in the LOU.Adamek /Arreola is going to be a tough fight. I cant give my winner now I have to watch Adamek/ Estrada again.
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| | MAYFIELD A FREE AGENT
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PRESS RELEASE: Boxing's undefeated welterweight sensation, Karim "Hard Hitta" Mayfield (11-0-1, 7 KO's), is now a free agent after his managerial contract with Jackie Kallen has concluded. Mayfield, a rising star from San Francisco, is looking to explore his options with other managers. "I want to thank Jackie Kallen for her guidance and insight while she was managing my career these past three years," said Mayfield. "I've honored my obligations as a fighter and now I feel its time to look at other opportunities. Everyone knows I've been tested against several undefeated fighters in their own backyards and came out victorious. I'm a hard worker who's hungry to get to the top. I'm excited about my next fight scheduled for March 19, 2010 in Reno NV, under the "Let's Get It On" promotional banner. If given the chance, I feel I have the talent to become a world champion."
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| | EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: PRENICE BREWER
By Doveed Linder
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DL: You’re an undefeated junior welterweight (14-0-1, 6 KOs) from Cleveland , Ohio , you’re on a hot streak… Tell us a little bit about yourself. "I been boxing since I was about 12 years old. And so it’s been about 10 years now and it’s been a long 10 years of hard work and it’s finally paying off. "
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| | EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: DANNY MCDERMOTT
By Doveed Linder
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DL: You’re well known in your hometown Jersey City , NJ . Tell the rest of the boxing world about yourself. "I started boxing when I was 12 years old. I fought in New Jersey and New York City . I was on the national team in 2004. I turned pro in 2005. I trained under Mickey Skoronski, who was 2nd assistant trainer of Arturo Gatti. I also trained under Buddy McGirt. I started my professional career in 2005 and built my record up to 8-1-1."
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| | KLITSCHKO TO FACE EUROPEAN CHAMP
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PRESS RELEASE: Current European heavyweight champion, Albert "The Dragon" Sosnowski (45-2-1, 27KO) will have the opportunity to fulfill a life- long dream of becoming heavyweight champion of the world, when he takes on WBC heavyweight king, Vitali Klitschko (39-2, 37KO) on May 29th at Veltins Arena, in Gelsenkirchen, Germany
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| | ASSOCIATE OF FLOYD MAYWEATHER JR ARRESTED
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According to the Las Vegas Review Journal a known associate of Floyd Mayweather Jr has been arrested for an August shooting at a skating rink in Las Vegas, Nevada. The alleged shooter was extradited to Vegas from Chicago, but managed to post bail before police could interview him.
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| | LATIMORE READY FOR REPEAT VICTORY OVER POWELL
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PRESS RELEASE: Junior middleweight contender Deandre “BULL” Latimore is in full force of his training camp in St. Louis, Missouri as he prepares for an ESPN2 televised rematch with New York City’s Sechew Powell on Friday March 19th at The Durant Choctaw Event Center at the Choctaw Casino Resort in Durant, Oklahoma.
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| BOXINGTALK'S DAILY BREAD
By Stephen Edwards
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Breadman REAL TALK...Devon Alexander showed a good fight on saturday but if he goes against ZAB, BRADLEY or even HATTON he will lose, If URANGO was a little faster and moved his head more there would have been a different outcome. DA's problem is that if you watch the fight again he pulls back on some of his punches and when you go up against one of the cream of the crop jr welters that will be a big mistake in combination with the fact that he is not a good counter puncher I find it hard to believe that he can stop one of the top juniors. He's strong, powerful and fast but he really needs to put pressure on some of these guys to stop them and I just don't see that, he fights with hesitation whether it's mental or physical that will be a big problem when he's toe to toe.
Bread’s Response: Wow your really hard too impress. I thought Devon did an excellent job. If you have observed the criticism of Andre Dirrell. Most in the know say he looks like he is running when he is BOXING. Well you never get that impression from Devon. Dirrell’s people should have him watch that tape of Devon. I guess the judges of the fight were hard too impress also. One judge had Devon up by 1 round and another had Urango up. Authorities should put a watch on both judges bank accounts for large cash deposits. Im serious when I say that. I actually text Greg Rowe and G. Leon as the fight was going on and stated that Devon should pin his left hand on his temple because he was getting caught with that right hook. So I understand the kid didn’t fight a perfect fight but he did a Great job against a quality guy that has never been stopped. There are a few things Devon does that I don’t like but he is still improving. Right now as he sits, I favor him to stop both Zab and Hatton and he and Bradley are even money brother. Devon is top 20 p4p in the world and we should appreciate him.
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| | BROWN-GRANO II SET FOR FRIDAY IN FOXWOODS
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Press Release: New Jersey heavyweight Mark “Oak Tree” Brown plans on proving to Tony “TNT” Grano that lightning can indeed strike twice when the two battle Friday night in the ten-round main event on a card presented by Jimmy Burchfield’s Classic Entertainment & Sports, Inc. (CES), in Fox Theater at Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket, Conn. Brown-Grano is a rematch of their Sept. 27, 2008 bout in which Brown (15-2, 7 KOs) overcame two knockdowns to stop Grano (16-1-1, 13 KOs) in the eighth round. A 2005 U.S. National Championships winner and National Golden Gloves Tournament runner-up, the Hartford-based Grano is coming off of a career-changing knockout of previously-undefeated Travis Kauffman (18-0) last September. The eight-round co-feature pits Hartford super bantamweight Mike “Machine Gun” Oliver (22-2, 7 KOs), against former 2-time world titlist Kermin Guardia (37-11, 21 KOs) of Miami, Fla.
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| | ADAM RICHARDS ENDURES DIFFICULT FLIGHT TO GERMANY
But cruiserweight says he is ready for Marco Huck
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Press Release: WBO cruiserweight champion Marco “Captain” Huck, his challenger Adam Richards, heavyweight contender Alexander Povetkin as well as cruiserweight hopefuls Alexander Frenkel and Yoan Pablo Hernandez all participated in a public work-out today in Berlin's famous Axel-Springer-Passage. All fighters will be in action on Saturday night when Captain Huck makes a second defense of his WBO title. His opponent presented himself in strong shape on Tuesday afternoon despite a horror trip from Houston, which had left him stranded in Amsterdam after missing his connecting flight. After a long wait, Richards (23-2, 15 KOs) made it to Berlin and eventually to his downtown hotel on late Monday night. “Everything is fine now,” he said. “It was a long journey but I am here and that is all that matters. I will be ready for Huck. It will be an exciting fight with two bulls going forward all the time.”
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| | EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: TIMOTHY BRADLEY
By G. Leon
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GL: What's the latest and greatest? Is there any update on your next opponent? "I'm not sure yet. I'm not sure what my promoter has planned. I saw that fight last night and Devon Alexander looked good and that fight looks pretty nice to me. It should be my next fight."
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| EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: BERNARD HOPKINS
By G. Leon
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GL: I spoke with Roy Jones, Jr. recently and he had quite a bit to say about you. I'm sure you caught the interview. Can you give us some thoughts on what Roy had to say? Bernard Hopkins: "Well, what he said is that he's going to be absolutely ready. He wants to rejuvenate his career and he wants to do it off of me, so I got to make sure that doesn't happen. I'm looking for it to be a tough fight on both ends because we both have something to prove. Now that he has two hands that's good, because he always says he had a bad hand when he beat me. But now he has two hands and hopefully they stay healthy, so he can try and do what he said he would have done the first time. I'm excited. I'm training hard and we're a few weeks away and I'm just having fun here training. I enjoy doing what I do and I love my job, so this is nothing but fun to me."
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| LINDER'S LOOK: DEVON ALEXANDER LEADS REVITALIZED ST. LOUIS BOXING SCENE
By Doveed Linder
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Born in 356 BC, Alexander III Philippou Makedonon, also known as Alexander the Great, was an ancient Greek king who ruled with an iron fist. 2,366 years later, another man named Alexander also goes by the name “The Great”. He is Devon Alexander “The Great” (20-0, 13 KOs) of St. Louis , Missouri , the WBC and IBF junior welterweight champion of the world.
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| EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: THE BOBFATHER
By G. Leon
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GL: Can you give us some final pre-fight thoughts about The Event, Manny Pacquiao vs. Joshua Clottey at Dallas Cowboys Stadium on March 13? Bob Arum: "I think everybody is anticipating a terrific fight. Clottey is in the best shape he's ever been in. I was with Pacquiao the last couple of days and his training is absolutely phenomenal. I brought Julio Jr to the training session yesterday to show Julio what it means to train hard, to become a world class fighter and Julio Jr couldn't believe what he was seeing. Tickets are great, we're on track for a sellout. If we don't sell out it will be very, very close, but I really think it will be sold out. The PPV reports are very, very good and we look to do very big numbers, equal to what we did with Manny Pacquiao's last fight against Miguel Cotto."
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| | GOLDEN BOY PROMOTIONS MAKES SHOBOX DEBUT ON APRIL 2ND
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Press Release: On Friday, April 2nd, live on Showtime, Golden Boy Promotions is proud to present its first event on ShoBox: The New Generation. Undefeated Cuban junior middleweight Erislandy Lara puts his perfect record on the line against the inactive but dangerous Danny Perez in a ten-round main event and Puerto Rican featherweight Carlos Velasquez returns in the co-feature at The Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas.
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| BOXINGTALK'S MONDAY MAILBAG
By Doveed Linder
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I agree with you in the fact that I am also picking Mosley to defeat mayweather. Everybody that defeated Shane Mosley had a rough time doing so. it dosent matter how good a fighter is. If the fighter is not picking his opponents, and that fighter is fighting the best opposition their will come a time in that fighters career where his skills won't matter. It will be about nuts and guts. I believe Mosley will be Mayweathers 1st gut check opponent. Ray Williams
Linder’s Response: Vernon Forrest and Winky Wright didn’t have a rough time with Mosley the first time they faced him, but I also think that Mosley is capable of a little bit more than what he showed in those fights. Yes, this is Mayweather’s first gut check and I agree that this fight will come down to heart and determination, opposed to skills.
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| | KEVIN JOHNSON CLAIMS: "I BUSTED KLITSCHKO OPEN!"
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Press Release: Many of my fans have been wondering where I’ve been since my fight against Vitali Klitschko, so I just want to let them know that the Kingpin is back and looking to conqueror the heavyweight division in 2010. First off, I was able to go the distance with a man who has stopped almost everyone that he’s been in there against. I make no excuses, my fight against Vitali wasn’t my best performance but I think that I showed that I belonged in the ring fighting for the world title. Vitali never layed hand on me, while I was able to bust him open. If I was at my best that night, who knows what might have happened?"
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