Israel Vazquez Predicts Manny Will Defeat Erik
WBC and IBF Super Bantamweight Champion Israel Vazquez says that Manny Pacquiao will score a unanimous decision win over Erik Morales, when the pair clash again on Saturday.
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Jorge Arce headed for the Artic!
WBC Interim Flyweight Champion Jorge Arce isn’t planning to live off the fat of the land. El Tracieso (Scamp) is defying the elements to go straight to the top, training wise. On January 2nd he’ll be back at the Otomi High Altitude Training Center, high in the mountains of Toluca.
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Joe Mesi - A Tragedy Waiting To Happen
Now that a judge has lifted the ban on Joe Mesi getting back into a boxing ring, who will take responsibility if a tragedy happens? How can he be allowed to continue with such obvious warning signs already there and screaming at the world of boxing?
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End of The Line For Great US Heavyweight Champions, says Bob Arum
The names of the current crop of world heavyweight champions don’t trip off the tongue in the same way as the role call of Johnson, Dempsey, Marciano, Muhammad Ali and Tyson.
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Arum Shoots The Breeze in Mexico
Veteran Promoter Bob Arum was in Mexico cut through the pre-Christmas smog in high altitude Mexico City with some very candid views on upcoming fights, and other issues. Firstly he announced the much anticipated fight between Floyd Mayweather and Zab Judah, is shaping up for April 8th at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas. Mr Arum sang the Pretty Boy’s praises: “Floyd has a talent which is breathtaking. He reminds me of Sugar Ray Robinson, Muhammad Ali as a young man and Sugar Ray Leonard. He is really a tremendous fighter, with great reflexes and knows and understands boxing.” But then when I asked him why he wasn’t a superstar like them, Mr Arum shot back: “He’s his own worst enemy. If he had been in a different era, before a lot of this hip hop and rap kinduva thing he would be a lot more popular. “This fight against Zab Judah won’t be easy. And they go back a long way as kids. But I would say Mayweather would have to be the favourite. Absolutely!” Next it was on to the Jose Luis Castillo V Diego Chico Corrales rubber match on February 4th in El Paso. The Arum predicted that Chico would probably again abandon boxing skills and reach advantages to go into the trenches and stick his head above the parapet in a close range war. He insisted: “Corrales can’t beat Castillo slugging with him. Castillo has proved that. But Corrales is a very proud guy and he may go in thinking he’s going to box and he ends up a warrior. It’ll be a great fight, but I think my guy Castillo’s going to win.” The next mouth watering clash is the much anticipated rematch between Manny Pacquiao and Erik Morales also at the Thomas & Mack Center Las Vegas on January 21st.
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Will There Be Another Great Heavyweight Champion?
There are some memorable names and spectacular legacies to consider, such as Muhammad Ali, John L Sullivan, Jack Johnson, Jack Dempsey, Gene Tunney, George Forman, Joe Frazier, Rocky Marciano, Larry Holmes and Mike Tyson.
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Can Naseem Scale The Mountain Again?
Naseem Hamed has been away from the ring for more than three years. Until recently he weighed more like a middleweight than a featherweight, and at 31 years of age, he isn’t a spring chicken any more, in boxing terms.
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Vitali is NOT a Quitter Says Sulaiman
WBC Chief Jose Sulaiman says that Vitali Klitschko is not a quitter and he will defend his title against Hasim Rahman.
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The Weighing In Rules Must Be Changed
The Jose Luis Castillo scales fiasco with first the footsie by Dr No…or was it Dr Oz, and then the overweight shock plus the inevitable catch weight keystone cops cop out, did boxing very little credit. I may be missing something here, but although we know that Diego’s weight come ring time was 149 pounds, what was Jose Luis’? He’d been obliged to go back to the scales on the same day as the bout, about five hours before first bell, and required to weigh no more than 147 pounds which made him a welterweight. But what did he weigh come fight time?
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Referee Weeks Should Have Stopped The Johnson-Chavez Fight in Time
It’s surprising how few people have actually been to a live boxing match and sat ringside. The experience is just so totally different from the sanitized hermitically sealed TV version. It’s an eye opener for a fan just much as it can be an eye closer for the fighter. You can almost feel the punches impacting, while a reporter’s notebook can be sprayed and splashed by blood, sweat and tears. It gives you a much deeper humbler appreciation of fighters’ red badge of courage, and the absolutely vital job a referee does. The fighter’s corner has an extremely important part to play, and so does the ringside doctor. But it’s the referee, who’s the third person singular inside the ropes and the main responsibility must always lie with him.
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