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| |  | | | | LOOKING BACK ON THE LATE TOMMY MORRISON
By Benny Henderson, Jr.
| Many who may read this may wonder why I am writing about Tommy Morrison, the former WBO heavweight champion who left this world seven months ago. I have my reasons for not writing a tribute to Tommy around the time of his death, but now at this time, I feel the need to take the time out and not only pay homage to the fighter known as Tommy “The Duke” Morrison, but, to the man I came to know as Tommy. At this juncture in my life, I am not one to look upon mortal men and call many, if any, a hero.
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| | |  | | | | ODOM TO TUNE UP IN VIRGINIA THIS WEEKEND
| Press Release: This Saturday night in Springfield, Virginia, super middleweight Jerry "The Kings Son" Odom (10-0 with 10 KOs) will make his fourth start in as many months when he takes on Edgar Perez in a six-round bout. Odom of Bowie, Maryland was picking up the competition level as evidenced by his first-round destruction over Douglas Otieno Okola on April 4th in Parsippany, New Jersey. However, Perez of Chicago has a a record of only 5-8 with 3 KOs.
The combined record of Perez's last 8 opponents is 68-3-1 which includes bouts with Steven Martinez, Jermall Charlo, Anthony Ogogo, Antoine Douglas and his last bout on January 10 with Joel De La Paz.
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| DIBELLA SIGNS ON FOR BOX FAN EXPO
| Press Release: Promoter Lou DiBella has confirmed that he will appear and have a Booth at the Las Vegas Convention Center for the inaugural Box Fan Expo that will take place on September 13th. DiBella Entertainment (DBE) was born from the unique insights that owner Lou honed as a television executive and matchmaker. DiBella graduated from Tufts University and Harvard Law School and was previously head of programming for HBO Sports. He created and orchestrated the highly successful series, "Boxing After Dark." As a promoter, DiBella created New York City's popular "Broadway Boxing" series. DiBella Entertainment is the promoter of world middleweight champion Sergio Martinez who will have merchandise and other memorabilia to sell to his fans.
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| | | | | | | RUBIN "HURRICANE" CARTER, 1937-2014
| The International Boxing Hall of Fame, and Boxingtalk.com, join the worldwide boxing community in mourning the loss of 1960s middleweight contender Rubin “Hurricane” Carter, who passed away on Sunday, April 20th in Toronto at age 76 after a battle with prostate cancer. Carter, a New Jersey native who posted a 27-12-1 record that includes wins over George Benton and Emile Griffith, was in attendance in Canastota, New York when the Hall of Fame officially opened in June 1989. Although he had an excellent career as a boxer, Carter lost his only world title shot and is best known for spending more than fifteen years in a New Jersey prison for murders he did not commit. His unjust imprisonment became a cause celebre embraced by Muhammad Ali, a community of Canadians who fought incessantly for justice, and of course, rock and roll legend Bob Dylan, who brilliantly encapsulated Carter's story, including the racial overtones of his unjust convictions, in an eight-and-a-half minute song. He was finally released from prison in the 1980s and relocated from New Jersey to Toronto. A movie was made about his life. “We were saddened to learn the news of Hurricane Carter’s passing and we offer our condolences to his family and friends,” said Hall director Edward Brophy. --Scott Shaffer
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| VETYEKA TO DEFEND WORLD FEATHERWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP VS. DONAIRE ON A VERY BUSY MAY 31ST
| Press Release: Top Rank will promote a show featuring three featherweight title fights at The Venetian Macao in China on Saturday, May 31st. The main event features the true featherweight world champion, Simpiwe Vetyeka, defending his championship against the Philippine's Nonito Donaire. Vetyeka, from South Africa, claimed the world championship by defeating Indonesia's long-reigning Chris John. Due to the fractured politics of boxing, Vetyeka holds the WBA "super" championship. Donaire is a former champion in lower weight classes. On the same card, the WBA's "regular" fetherweight titlist, Nicholas Walters of Jamaica, faces another lower-division ex-champion, Vic Darchinyan. Also on the show, IBF champion Evgeny Gradovich defends against Alexander Miskirtchian. The Donaire-Vetyeka title fight will be televised on the same day in the U.S. on HBO, beginning at 4:00 p.m. ET/PT. The telecast will also include the world super middleweight title rematch between defending champion Carl Froch and top contender George Groves, which will take place at Wembley Stadium in London.
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| | | | | | | BETHLEHEM, PA HOSTS BOXING CARD THIS WEEK
| Press Release: Iron Mike Productions returns this Thursday night to promote a show in Sands Casino Resort in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Florida light heavyweight Rowland Bryant (17-3, 12 KOs) takes on Pittsburgh veteran Rayco "War" Saunders (23-22-2, 10 KOs) in the eight-round main event. Bryant is a late replacement for recently injured Dominican light heavyweight Lenin Castillo (11-0, 7 KOs). Tickets are on sale and available to purchase at the Sands Event Center Box Office.
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| Q&A WITH MARCOS MAIDANA AND TRAINER ROBERT GARCIA
| Publicist Kelly Swanson: We are talking about [Floyd Mayweather vs, Marcos Maidana] and this, to me, is one of the big moments we’ve been waiting for. We have one of the participants of our main event. That, of course, is Marcos Maidana, the WBA welterweight champion. Also on this call we have Robert Garcia, who is a former world champion and the Boxing Writers Association of American 2012 Trainer of the Year...
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| | | | | | | ANDERSON CLAYTON TO FIGHT IN FRANCE NEXT MONTH
| Press Release: Brazilian junior middleweight Anderson “Pantera” Clayton is set to face Sebastien “Coco” Madani in a rematch in Rumilly, France on May 3rd. In their original fight, in April 2013, Madani was stopped on a cut in the second round, and a rematch was basically agreed upon before the boxers left the ring. However, for various reasons it is only coming to fruition now. Clayton (42-8), has one one fight since then: last October he won a technical decision over Argentina's Dario Fabian Pucheta in front of 10,000 fans in a home-coming fight in Sao Paolo, Brazil. The French Madani (35-2), has also only fought once since his unlucky night against Clayton, as he won an unspectacular unanimous decision over journeyman Stanislav Sakic in December. Clayton-Madani II will be sanctioned by the WBF and promoted by Europrom.
| | | | | | | BOXCINO RESULTS
| PRESS RELEASE: Brandon Adams and Willie Monroe Jr. each took home decision victories and punched their tickets to the finals of Boxcino 2014. The finals will take place at the same venue as the semifinals, that being the Turning Stone Resort and Casino in Verona, New York on May 23rd as will the lightweight finals that will feature Fernando Carcamo and Petr Petrov. Both bouts are scheduled for ten rounds.
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| | | | | | | HBO LATINO DOUBLEHEADER ANNOUNCED FOR MAY 31ST
| PRESS RELEASE: On Saturday, May 31, boxing returns to The New Tropicana resort in Las Vegas with an exciting doubleheader featuring Javier "El Abejon" Fortuna taking on Juan Antonio Rodriguez and Luis Rosa against Luis "Orlandito" Del Valle. The doubleheader will be televised live on HBO Latino at 12 midnight EST (9 p.m. local start time in Las Vegas). In addition to the HBO Latino telecast, the HBO2 service will air the doubleheader with English language commentary at 12 midnight (ET/PT).Also scheduled to appear on the card in a special attraction eight-round middleweight bout will be former WBA junior middleweight champion Sergio "The Latin Snake" Mora (25-3-2, 8 KOs) taking on once-beaten Samuel Rogers (14-1, 8 KOs).
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| | | | | | | DBE PARTNERS UP WITH NY GOLDEN GLOVES
| PRESS RELEASE: "DBE is thrilled to forge this partnership with the New York Golden Gloves. The Gloves are one of the preeminent amateur tournaments in the world and a New York institution. Broadway Boxing has become the home for many former New York Golden Glovers. It is natural for DBE and Broadway Boxing to join forces with the Golden Gloves to bring this exciting action to our viewers," said Lou DiBella, who served as the lead commentator on the broadcast both nights.
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| HOPKINS CONTINUES TO CONQUER FATHER TIME
By Rick Evans
| Bernard Hopkins scored another victory over father time on Saturday night at the Armory in Washington DC, unifying the IBF and WBA light heavyweight championships by putting on a virtuoso performance in what was ridiculously called a split decision victory over Beibut Shumenov. The first three rounds lacked volume as both fighters exchanged jabs and took their time doing it. The action picked up in round four as Hopkins found the key to what would take him to victory, the lead right hand, picking Shumenov apart as he was coming in. The middle rounds followed an identical pattern with Shumenov throwing one punch at a time and getting drilled with the lead right hand for his troubles. Round eleven was the most exciting round of the fight as Shumenov attempted to pick up the pace and paid for it with a counter overhand right that put him down for the only official knockdown of the fight. The knockdown seemed to take the fight out of Shumeov as he reverted to his prior strategy of following Hopkins, but only throwing one punch at a time. Judges Dave Moretti (116-111) and Jerry Roth (116-11) were the only two judges who were paying attention. Guestavo Padilla (113-114) scored the fight for Shumenov and at best had a very bad night at the office or at worst should fall to the ranks of CJ Ross with that disgraceful scorecard. Nothing should take away from the victory of Bernard Hopkins, who now holds two of the three major world title belts at light heavyweight and is targeting the man who holds the third and is considered to be the lineal world champion, Adonis Stevenson. Hopkins moves to 55-6-2 32KO with the victory and at 49 becomes the oldest man to unify two world title belts. Shumenov falls to 14-2 9KO with the loss.
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| | | | | | | HOPKINS SCHOOLS SHUMENOV TO UNIFY TITLES
| Bernard Hopkins UD12 Beibut Shumenov: The old man did it again. Bernard Hopkins made easy work of former WBA light heavyweight champion Beibut Shumenov. The first three rounds could have gone either way, but after that it was all Hopkins all the time. Hopkins dropped Shumenov with a right hand to the ear in round eleven. With the win Hopkins unifies the WBA and IBF light heavyweight titles. Official scores were 116-111 x2 Hopkins and a ridiculous 114-113, Shumenov from Gustavo Padilla.
| | | | | | | PORTER DESTROYS MALIGNAGGI IN 4
| Shawn Porter TKO4 Paulie Malignaggi: Undefeated IBF welterweight champion Shawn Porter overwhelmed former two division champion over the course of four one sided rounds. Malignaggi was badly hurt in the second round and showed a ton of heart just to make it to round four. Porter dropped Malignaggi with a right hand and followed up with a brutal flurry along the ropes that dropped Paulie for the second a final time. The referee didn't bother counting following the second knockdown. Porter's Official time was 1:14
| | | | | | | KID CHOCOLATE MAKES THIRD WBO TITLE DEFENSE
| Peter Quillin UD12 Lukas Konencny: Undefeated WBO middleweight champion Peter "Kid Chocolate" Quillin improved to 31-0 (20) with a workmanlike effort over the game Lukas Konencny. Quillin was able to consistent outwork Konecny and methodically break him down. Official scores were 120-108, 119-109.
| | | | | | | NEW YORKERS SCORE STOPPAGES ON SHOWTIME EXTREME
| Sadam Ali KO1 Michael Clark: With an explosive right hand-left hook combination Sadam Ali handed Michael Clark his second striahgt first knockout loss. Official time was 2:06. Ali improves to 19-0 (12)
Zachary Ochoa TKO 5 Hector Marengo: After a very uneventful first three rounds Zachary "Zungry" Ochoa opened up in round four, throwing punishing body shots that sent Marengo to the canvas. Marengo was able to survive the round, but the end was near. Midway through round five Ochoa opened up with a barrage of power shots to the head and the body that sent Marengo to the canvas again. He made it to his feet at nine, but his corner threw in the towel second later. Official time was 1:32. Ochoa is now 7-0(4)
| | | | | | | BROWNE EASILY OUTPOINTS GRIFFIN
| Marcus Browne UD8 Otis Griffin: Marcus Browne improved to 10-0 (7) with an eight round unanimous decision victory over faded veteran Otis Griffin. Browne won every round of the fight and scored a knockdown, but wasn't aggressive enough to score the knockout that appeared to be there for the taking. Official scores were 80-71 x3. Source: Showtime Xtreme
| | | | | | | QUIGG DESTROYS MUNYAI IN 2
| PRESS RELEASE: Scott Quigg retained the WBA Super Bantamweight title with a 2nd round stoppage over late replacement Tshifiwa Munyai. The Bout highlighted a 4-hour card that was televised live on AWE and originated from the Phones 4U Arena in Manchester, England. "This was a great night of boxing," said AWE President Charles Herring
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| IRON MIKE PRODUCTIONS SHOBOX RESULTS
| Rod Salka UD10 Alexi Collado: Rod Salka looked more like the undefeated up and comer than the tailor made home grown foe he was supposed to be. Salka won each of the first two rounds and visibly hurt Collado with body shots, before dropping him with one in the closing minute of the round three. Collado beat the count and survived the round. Collado got his feet back under him in round four, but still was unable to win any rounds, save for maybe the last one. Official scores were 96-94, 96-93. Boxingtalk scored the bout 99-91 Salka.
Felix Diaz SD8 Emmanuel Lartey: Felix Diaz won a hard fought split decision over Emmanuel Lartey in tonight's co-main event on Shobox. Diaz got off to a fast start, but Lartey was able to rally back after hurting Diaz with a left hand. After losing a few rounds in a row, Diaz dug deep, doing enough to barely escape with the victory. Official scores were 77-75x2 for Diaz and 77-75 Lartey. Boxingtalk scored it 76-76. Source: Shobox
Sammy Vasquez TKO1 Juan Rodriguez Jr: Much to the delight of his hometown fans Sammy Vasquez cut through Juan Rodriguez Jr like a hot knife through warm butter. Vasquez dropped Rodrigeuz 30 seconds in and never looked back, flooring Rodriguez twice more with body shots before the bout was waved off. Offical time of stoppage was 2:49. Vasquez improves to 14-0 (10) Source: Shobox
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