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I admit I was pretty surprised when I caught wind of Top Rank promoter Bob Arum speaking at a post-fight press conference on December 4th in New York following Miguel Cotto’s victory over Antonio Margarito at Madison Square Garden.
When I first talked to Mustafa Ameen, known to some as the ‘mystery man’ seen ringside at last month’s Amir Khan-Lamont Peterson junior welterweight title fight, I could tell that he had a lot on his mind and was fighting to hold his true thoughts back.
There has been a lot of talk in the media in the past few days as to the ringside presence of one Mustafa Ameen during last month’s Amir Khan-Lamont Peterson junior welterweight title bout in Washington, D.C.
Heading into his January 20th fight with two-time Gold medalist Guillermo Rigondeaux from Cuba, WBA junior featherweight champion Rico Ramos is craving his underdog role. Completely comfortable with the fact that the accolades and polished skills of Rigondeaux have given him most of the headlines heading in, Ramos has enough reason to believe he will pull off the upset in his Showtime-televised affair.
It remains to be seen who exactly Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr., the sport’s two biggest attractions, will face next. While the thought of them finally meeting up with one another is of most interest, it’s a clash that doesn’t seem likely to happen next. Mayweather recently received a delay on a 90-day jail sentence he had been eyeing for January 6th and is again in the clear to pursue a May 5th assignment at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. The two names having risen to the surface in the media that he may indeed fight are that of former champion Robert ‘The Ghost’ Guerrero and Mexican superstar Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez.
Whether you love him or loathe him, you must admit that Floyd Mayweather Jr. has a way of making the headlines unlike anybody else in the sport.
Floyd Mayweather Jr. has once again taken over the headlines this Friday afternoon with the news that the undefeated fighter has been granted a five-month delay on a prison term that was expected to hit this morning. Last month Mayweather was struck with a 90-day jail sentence in relation to his role in a domestic violence case in September of 2010 involving his former fiancé’ Josie Harris and two of his children.
It's been a while since I had enjoyed a conversation at length with noted boxing historian and HBO Sports contributor Bert Sugar. Sugar had been a tad under the weather and wasn’t on the scene for two of Las Vegas’ biggest events, the September Floyd Mayweather-Victor Ortiz duel and the November trilogy bout between Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez.
With his upset over former champion Amir Khan on December 10th, Washington, D.C.’s Lamont Peterson realized his dream of becoming a champion and his victory has also placed him in the mix of some intriguing, high-profile bouts.
The night of December 22nd, 2011 was a do-or-die moment for Michael Medina. A 29-fight professional with three losses heading into his bout with Grady Brewer in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Medina stated before the fight to MaxBoxing.com’s Steve Kim that he would enlist himself in the military if unsuccessful.