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It may only be a thought experiment, but Freddie Roach can’t help himself from contemplating a scenario in which Manny Pacquiao not only defeats Yordenis Ugas. but goes on to become the president of his native Philippines.
Andre Rozier is not exactly looking forward to the idea of his charge, Daniel Jacobs, taking on fellow New Yorker and light heavyweight titleholder Joe Smith Jr.
Keith Thurman has been ensconced within the welterweight division his entire professional career, but an opportunity to face 154-pound unified champion Jermell Charlo may be just the kind of challenge to get him to budge from his familiar perch.
Eddie Hearn is hoping to entice a well-known Mexican-American heavyweight to get in the ring with Dillian Whyte later this fall. The Matchroom head expressed recently that trial horse Chris Arreola and former titleholder Andy Ruiz were at the top of his list to mix it up with his oft-disgruntled client. Whyte (28-2, 19 KOs) has repeatedly caviled at the powers that be about not getting a chance to fight for a heavyweight world title. In lieu of that, he is now hoping to fight fighters with pedigree and brand value.
Embattled boxing judge Gloria Martinez-Rizzo has a lot to answer for – and not just her recent bonkers scorecard. All three judges on the nationally televised Gabriel Maestre-Mykal Fox WBA interim welterweight title bout that took place last Saturday night at The Armory in Minneapolis were roundly lampooned for scoring the bout in favor of Maestre, a decorated amateur and two-time Olympian.
Caleb Plant could not help but laugh, virtually speaking, when he heard the news that Canelo Alvarez would not be fighting on Mexican Independence weekend for the third year in a row.
Hard-hitting welterweight contender Vergil Ortiz recently had his first taste of the Twitter mob. Recent accusations on social media that he turned down a fight against Terence Crawford, the WBO welterweight titleholder from Omaha, to face Egidijus Kavaliauskas instead had Ortiz and his promoter Golden Boy on the defensive.
Sean Gibbons, the madcap handler for eight-division champion Manny Pacquiao, may be prone to hyperbole, but he may have a point with his latest pronouncement.
David Benavidez does not understand why he cannot be next in line to face Caleb Plant. Benavidez, a former super middleweight titleholder, is set to headline against Venezuelan contender Jose Uzcategui in Benavidez’s hometown of Phoenix, Arizona on Aug. 28 at the Phoenix Arena.
Tim Bradley thinks it is Errol Spence’s fight to lose. The former welterweight champion sides with the oddsmakers in believing that Spence, the current WBC/IBF welterweight champion, should come out on top against Filipino legend Manny Pacquiao in their projected pay-per-view clash on Aug. 21 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.