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Antonio Margarito expects to dispose of Miguel Cotto quicker this time around in their Dec. 3 rematch compared to when he faced Cotto the first time in 2008 and stopped him in 11 rounds. Margarito wants to “jump on him right from the beginning,” he told BoxingScene.com during a recent press conference to hype the rematch and believes the added weight of their fight will only help him.
Kery Davis, senior vice president for programming at HBO, dished about Floyd Mayweather and the rematch between Miguel Cotto and Antonio Margarito on Tuesday to hype their Dec. 3 bout at Madison Square Garden. While Davis declined to discuss the controversy involving Mayweather’s bout with Victor Ortiz on Saturday, he did give his impression of Mayweather’s performance and a timetable for Money's possible return.
By Mitch Abramson - Am I the only one disturbed by what happened to Victor Ortiz on Saturday? Am I the only one who felt a little embarrassed for the sport after witnessing the ending? Am I the only one who thinks the line of defense used to justify Floyd Mayweather’s actions, that Ortiz should have protected himself at all times, is absurd? Does it really matter what I think? Not in the grand scheme of things, but let me say this: I started the day as a Mayweather fan, a not-so-secret admirer, and walked away shaking my head after the card, wondering if I would ever watch the guy fight again.
Andy Lee blended in well with the early-afternoon crowd at the Red Lion bar in lower Manhattan. He was taller, better looking, and probably smarter than most of the patrons who were there on this Wednesday afternoon. He looked like a graduate student on a break from class, but Lee wasn’t there to discuss world history.
Lou DiBella is still fuming over critical comments Paulie Malignaggi made about him as a promoter, accusing the “Magic Man” of running a campaign to bad-mouth him to fighters and members of the media nearly a year after he signed with Golden Boy.
Nearly two month after his action-packed majority draw with Pawel Wolak at the Roseland Ballroom in Manhattan, Delvin Rodriguez is still trying to figure out what to do next. While the profile of Wolak has seemingly increased since that match- he signed with influential manager Cameron Dunkin and his name has been mentioned in several big fights- Rodriguez has remained in the background.
The fast-rising prospect Eddie Gomez didn’t get a chance to spar with Victor Ortiz, and he’s not fighting on the undercard of Ortiz vs. Floyd Mayweather on Saturday in Las Vegas, as was apparently the original plan. But the Bronx product and high school senior will most likely see action again on Oct. 14 as the co-main event on a Solo Boxeo Tecate card in Puerto Rico against a yet to be determined opponent, according to his legal adviser, Gabriel Penagaricano.
Manny Pacquiao believes that Floyd Mayweather Jr. is laying the groundwork for a potential blockbuster fight with him by taking on Victor Ortiz on Sept. 17. While Pacquiao and Mayweather Jr. have circled each other from a distance over the past few years as the top pound-for-pound fighters in the sport, negotiations have broken down over the issue of drug testing and Mayweather’s apparent desire to take time off. But in taking on Ortiz, a southpaw with speed and power, Pacquiao thinks that Mayweather is getting ready for the challenge of one day facing him.
It was a bit strange seeing the Canadian pop-singer Dan Hill stare affectionately into the eyes of Manny Pacquiao while they crooned the 1977 ballad, “Sometimes when we Touch.” It was even stranger to see the couple kick-off a press conference in New York with the song to promote Pacquiao’s Nov. 12 welterweight fight against Juan Manuel Marquez in Las Vegas.
Floyd Mayweather Jr., already facing a defamation lawsuit for accusing Manny Pacquiao of using performance enhancing drugs, made similar suggestions during a recent conference call, painting the picture of a fighter whose startling rise in weight while carrying his power should prompt questions of whether it was through artificial means.