Statement from Team Campbell

[Queen_Leia]

Did you guys have to make financial concessions to Funeka and his camp?

Guzman offered to fight Soupy for free when he didn't make the weight. Soupy can't give up half his purse...he's broke *cough, cough* I mean bankrupt thanks to the management skills of his advisor.

Let see if Soupy shows some actual class and apologizes to Funeka for going on with the fight and not taking half of his purse.

Soupy won't and Star Trek will have an excuse as to why!!!!

[warp1432]

My better judgement tells me to leave this alone, however Nate and I feel the fans deserve an explanation as to what occurred.

Nate did not "screw up". His weight was on target the entire camp. He came into fight week at 139, which is right where he is supposed to be (actually, he usually begins fight week at 140-141). However, on Wednesday and Thursday, when he typically drops the last 2-3 pounds, it simply wouldnt come off. It certainly wasnt for a lack of effort on Nate's part. He spent almost 4 hours yesterday in the steam room at Bally's, only to lose 1/4 pound. And all day today was spent trying to take off those last 3. At 36 though, his body simply said "thats it".

Nate will never attempt to make 135 again, even though there is still the possibility of getting the Barerra-Khan winner, or Marquez or something. His body just wont do it. After this fight, he is moving to 140, and there will be no future attempts to make 135, because going into a situation like that knowing full well that weight could be a problem would be disrespectful to the fans, the opponent, the promoter, and the network. This isnt like the Guzman situation. Guzman can make 135, and he just did recently. And Nate's biggest gripe with Guzman wasnt that he didnt make weight, it was that he wouldnt still fight over the weight.

Nate feels terrible that this occurred. We knew that going to 140 was inevitable, but he really thought he had 3 or 4 more fights before that move would be necessary. Thats not how it played out though. Mother Nature has her own schedule, and she doesnt really care what your own plans are.

But the fight is still on, and then Nate will be campaigning at 140. I know the haters will get a big laugh out of all this, but once Nate starts collecting belts at 140 we will see who's laughing then.

I don't even know where to begin. I'll first say that I'm at least glad that Campbell is going through with the fight, but god this is ****ing hilarious.

Nate Campbell is a ****ing joke. Before I get the "He could kick your ass to him and you would never say this to his face" response, yes he could and I probably wouldn't, but seeing as how I'm on the internet I'm free to say my opinion.

As stated above, Nate Campbell is a ****ing joke. I don't even know where to begin on why he is? Should I bring up the Drops his hands thing? Nah that's overplayed and Campbell worked his way back.

So maybe I should begin at the "JOAN GUZMAN NOT MAKING WEIGHT IS UNACCEPTABLE", but then Campbell is overweight by 3 pounds himself? Nah we'll give him the BOD because at least Campbell is fighting.

Maybe he's a joke because he proclaimed himself "LIGHTWEIGHT CHAMPION LIGHTWEIGHT CHAMPION. NOT MARQUEZ, BUT ME" and then fails to make weight for lightweight where he is the "champion" of? Closer....

Maybe it's due to the fact he passed on Marquez in originally bitched SO MUCH at GBP for wanting Marquez-Campbell in November, but they wanted the fight in July so they turned it down. Then Campbell didn't end up fighting in the end of the year and at lightweight anyway . That's pretty close....


But the main reason, is my god. I love how Campbell sprouts "NO ONE WANTS TO FIGHT ME!! MARQUEZ OR DIAZ IS GOING TO DUCK ME!!" A couple of days ago, Terry, you said this in the lightweight tournament thread

I love this part.....

However, he thinks it’s likely that Valero would remain part of the tournament. If not, Schaefer said, the winner of the Juan Manuel Marquez-Juan Diaz fight on Feb. 28 could step in.


Already trying to find a way to keep the Diaz-Marquez winner away from Nate.

This is the best part. On February 11th, when Campbell was struggling to make weight, Diaz and Marquez were going to be "ducking" campbell and looking not to fight him, but Campbell wouldn't be able to make weight for the ****ing fight

That and I like how you list Khan-Barrera's name first as in either of them earn any sort of title shot once so ever and Marquez second. Probably because you expected Marquez to "duck" you guys.

[Massage Queen]

Guzman offered to fight Soupy for free when he didn't make the weight. Soupy can't give up half his purse...he's broke *cough, cough* I mean bankrupt thanks to the management skills of his advisor.

Let see if Soupy shows some actual class and apologizes to Funeka for going on with the fight and not taking half of his purse.

Soupy won't and Star Trek will have an excuse as to why!!!!

What are you talking about???????????????????

Guzman refused to fight Campbell! Are you crazy?
Nate told Guzman that he wouldn't charge him extra for not making weight! Where do you get that Guzman said he'd fight Campbell for free????
You need to get your info right before you write something. You have no idea what you're talking about.
Wow.
Why are you even here? You don't know a thing about boxing.

[El Chicano]

What are you talking about???????????????????

Guzman refused to fight Campbell! Are you crazy?
Nate told Guzman that he wouldn't charge him extra for not making weight! Where do you get that Guzman said he'd fight Campbell for free????
You need to get your info right before you write something. You have no idea what you're talking about.
Wow.
Why are you even here? You don't know a thing about boxing.

Here we go again, "I know more about boxing that YOUUUUU, because I'm a Massage Queen".

[El Dominicano]

What are you talking about???????????????????

Guzman refused to fight Campbell! Are you crazy?
Nate told Guzman that he wouldn't charge him extra for not making weight! Where do you get that Guzman said he'd fight Campbell for free????
You need to get your info right before you write something. You have no idea what you're talking about.
Wow.
Why are you even here? You don't know a thing about boxing.

There was an article on here where Guzman stated he'd fight Nate for free. Unless it wasn't legit IDK

[Massage Queen]

Here we go again, "I know more about boxing that YOUUUUU, because I'm a Massage Queen".

No not "here we go again"
If you're going to say something that is suppose to be a fact, then make sure you get your facts straight.

[sylvestersweet]

I haven't lost any respect for Campbell, I'm sure he did his best to lose the weight. It's just very difficult to do in your late thirties.

[Queen_Leia]

Interview of Guzman agreeing to fight Soupy for FREE!!!

Soupy was not as nice to Guzman as Funeka was too him. This is karma happening to Soupy and karma well deserved...behold the interview below exposing Soupy for thug he is




The Nate Campbell-Joan Guzman Saga Continues…

The Dominican Willing to Fight For Free

Campbell Says, “Work Your Way Back Up! Then We Can Talk”

It’s an unprecedented story that’s been circulating around the boxing media since yesterday.

Apparently Joan Guzman is ready and willing to face off against current WBA, IBF, and WBO lightweight champion, Nate Campbell… for free!


While many boxing fans, the media, and Team Campbell might state that it’s the least that Guzman could offer, it’s still something unheard of in this day and age.


I just had a chance to speak with manager of Guzman, Jose Nunez about the situation and this is what he had to say:


BB: What’s going on Mr. Nunez? There was a rumor circulating around that you guys would be willing to fight Nate Campbell for free… is there any truth to this?



Nunez: Yes there is truth to that. We know that it’s our fault what happened and we’re willing to make it up.



BB: What’s the tentative date that you’d have for the rescheduling of this fight?



Nunez: Sometime in November or December. I think either of those months would work.



BB: How about the networks? Would they be willing to give you guys another shot based on what happened?



Nunez: Oh yeah. I’ve spoken with Showtime and they still have interest in the fight. In fact, I just recently spoke with HBO we have a November date open.



BB: So what exactly are you guys willing to give up in order to make the Campbell fight happen?

Nunez: Well, we’re willing to give up our purse. We might even be willing to give Campbell a big chunk of his own purse prior to the fight. I know Joan can make the 135 pound weight limit with no problem. It’s just that some guys in his camp had him putting on too much muscle weight which never should have happened.



Let me tell you something about that whole fiasco. The lead doctor in this whole thing, Jimmy Lewis was the one that ran all the tests on Guzman and recommended that we not go through with the fight. He was surprised that Joan could even stand when he was running the tests and what not. I know it was our mistake but Joan did really do everything he could to try and make 135.



BB: So will Floyd Mayweather Sr. still be involved in this potential fight?



Nunez: It all depends on how busy Floyd is. He had absolutely nothing to do with Guzman not making the weight so we’d like to have him on board. The Ricky Hatton fight might get in the way though.



One other thing about the fight was that Terry Trekas wants to say that we didn’t inform his team that we wouldn’t be fighting until an hour before the fight. That’s not true. I had been telling him all day leading up to that night that it didn’t look like a go based on what the doctor had said.


The bottom line is that we know we messed up and we’re trying to right a wrong.



End of Interview





Now I contacted Nate Campbell in regards to the potential offer and gathered his thoughts on the whole situation.



BB: Nate, I just spoke with Nunez regarding Guzman’s offer to fight you for free giving you his purse in the process. What are your thoughts on all that?



Campbell: He already gave up his purse the first time around and he cost me mine. What’s new? Those guys are wasting their time with this stuff. They know that they did wrong and they’re just trying to find a way out of this mess.



BB: So basically you’re saying that this fight won’t happen even if Guzman would give you his purse for the fight?



Campbell: I got other fights line up that I can’t talk about right now. Even if he was willing to do that, what networks would be willing to purchase the fight now?



BB: I just spoke with Nunez and he said that both Showtime & HBO seem to have interest in the bout.



Campbell: It doesn’t matter anyway. Jose Nunez needs to worry about handling the lawsuit he has coming to him. I’m not scared to fight Guzman, I think everybody knows that. The bottom line is that after what happened, he’s not even ranked anymore within the WBO. He’s sitting at the bottom of their rankings so why would I fight a guy that isn’t even at the top of any of sanctioning organizations that I have a belt in.



Shame on them for getting it wrong the first time. Let Guzman work his way back up and prove that he can make 135 pounds, then we can talk.



BB: So basically what you’re saying is that if Joan were to work his way back up the rankings at 135 pounds, came back to you with his current offer of giving up his purse, you’d be willing to consider their offer?



Campbell: Yeah. That’s exactly what I’m saying. Let me tell you something John. I grew up in the era of Ali-Foreman, Ali-Frazier, Hagler-Mugabi… I wanna be involved in some great fights before my career is over. The best fighting the best is what I grew up watching and I think it’s something that the fans want to continue to see in boxing.



BB: Something like a fight between you and Juan Manuel Marquez?



Campbell: Yeah. That’s exactly what I’m talking about. I think a fight with Marquez would be great for boxing and great for the fans. That’s the only type of fight that I would agree to pass on a mandatory in order to make happen. If you’re fighting a guy recognized as the best in the division fighting the next best guy, that’s a situation that needs to happen.





End of Interview



The saga continues my friends…



Will Campbell-Guzman ever take place? True fight fans can only hope and wish that the fight materializes being that it was highly anticipated going into the original date of September 13.



I can only imagine the hype for this potential lightweight showdown sometime in the future as the build-up has been like no other…

[genialus75]

campbell and guzman deserve each other... start collecting belts at 140 and lets see whos laughing then my arse...

[El Chicano]

No not "here we go again"
If you're going to say something that is suppose to be a fact, then make sure you get your facts straight.

I don't even know what you guys (and gals) are talking about, I just like to look at your posts cuz you come off as kind of confrontational; it's intertaining, and I like looking at your... T-shirt... it's pretty cool, con papas and a soda.