Lamont Peterson is Ready To Unseat Timothy Bradley
Undefeated junior lightweight contender Lamont Peterson will face WBO titlist Timothy “Desert Storm” Bradley on Dec. 12 at the Agua Caliente Casino in Rancho Mirage, California.
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Paul Williams Living Life on The D-List
By T.K. Stewart - Dan Goossen, the promoter of Paul "The Punisher" Williams, calls his man "the most feared and the most avoided fighter in all of boxing." But Floyd Mayweather, Jr. claims he doesn't even know who Paul Williams is. "Paul, who?" is Mayweather's response when asked about 'P-Will'. Shane Mosley is of the notion that Williams "doesn't bring enough to the table" to warrant a fight with him. Mosley says, "I only want mega-fights and Paul Williams is not that." Like comedian Kathy Griffin, Williams has had to get used to living life on the D-List. "I don’t know why all these guys won’t fight me," says Williams. "I guess you’ll have to ask them that." Maybe all of this has something to do with the fact that the lanky 28-year-old, who stands 6'2" tall and has the wingspan of a heavyweight, throws punches like President Barack Obama throws around tax payer money – non-stop and in bunches. To get a true sense of how many punches the man throws; all you have to do is look at the numbers - because they don't lie. In 2007, he fired a relentless 1,256 punches at Antonio Margarito over the course of twelve rounds to lift Margarito's WBO welterweight title. That effort was good enough to rank him second on the all-time list for punches thrown by a welterweight. This past April, Williams unloaded 1,086 punches when he bombarded the still capable Winky Wright in a virtual shutout over twelve rounds. That performance ranks Williams second on the all-time list for the number of punches thrown by a middleweight. In short, Paul Williams is a tough night for anybody. From welterweight to super middleweight, when his name is mentioned, world-class fighters develop phantom pains, head in the opposite direction or develop a case of amnesia.
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Salita's Manager is Predicting a Knockout Over Khan
Dmitriy Salita is a significant underdog ahead of his challenge this weekend against WBA 140-pound titlist Amir Khan.
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Lucian Bute is Beautiful with Fourth Round Knockout
By T.K. Stewart - QUEBEC CITY - In an absolutely stunning performance, IBF super middleweight titlist Lucian Bute retained his title with a fourth-round knockout over challenger Librado Andrade here tonight in front of a standing room only crowd of 16,473 at the Colisee Pepsi. The end came suddenly with a sharp left hook to Andrade's body. It was a shot that the aggressive Andrade never saw coming and he was felled immediately by the punch. It was the second knockdown of the round suffered by the challenger as he was also decked by a left hook to the jaw only moments earlier. Referee Benji Esteves, Jr. counted Andrade out at 2:57 of the round and a pro-Bute crowd came to their feet and erupted into a roar of open-mouthed glee. It was a stunning reversal from their first fight that took place at Montreal's Bell Centre 13 months ago. In that fight, Bute also boxed smartly, but he was nearly knocked out in the waning seconds of the twelfth and final round. “Everything went my way and it was my night,” said a joyous Bute after the knockout. “I planned for this and I was confident from the sound of the first bell.” Bute, who upped his undefeated record to 25-0, 20 KOs boxed adroitly from the very beginning. He used crisp right jabs, sneaky hand speed and adept foot movement to keep Andrade on the defensive. Bute let his hands go at every turn and that was the difference as he repeatedly stung the ever advancing challenger before he had a chance to get his punches off.
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Bute vs Andrade Early Results: McEwen, Thurman Win
QUEBEC CITY – It's a raucous evening here with a full-house crowd that has showed early up to take in every fight on the card. The atmosphere is absolutely tremendous – the folks from Quebec really know how to throw a fight party. Coors Light has sponsored dancing girls in the aisles and the place is filled from floor to ceiling.
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Is Lucian Bute The Super Seventh?
By T.K. Stewart - QUEBEC CITY – The arena here is sold out. Over 16,000 loyal Lucian Bute supporters will soon flood the aisles of the Colisee Pepsi in an attempt to usher their man to another victory over rugged challenger Librado Andrade. Bute, the world super middleweight champion according to the proclamations of the International Boxing Federation, is a franchise unto himself in this French-speaking Canadian province. Born in Romania, but fighting out of Montreal, which is a few hours drive away, the undefeated 29-year-old southpaw has become a proven commodity that continues to yield significant dividends. InterBox, the entity that promotes and markets him, has done a masterful job in developing the soft-spoken Bute into a powerhouse at the ticket window. With his pristine record of 24-0, 19 knockouts intact, Bute has become such a sensation here that it appears there is some reluctance to let him go elsewhere to display his wares.
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Bute vs. Andrade II is a KO at The Box Office
On Saturday night in Quebec City, Lucian Bute and Librado Andrade will meet again for Bute’s IBF super middleweight title belt. It’s a rematch of a thrilling fight from Oct. 2008 when, well ahead on the scorecards, Bute was nearly knocked out in the dwindling seconds of the twelfth and final round.
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The Super Six Aids Boxing's Continued Revitalization
By T.K. Stewart - For too long in this game they call boxing – the best have not fought the best. But the tide has slowly begun to change in the sweet science. Everyone involved in the sport; from the television networks to the sanctioning organizations to the myriad of promoters, managers, booking agents and even the fighters themselves have come to the realization that in order for the sport to prosper – and survive – the best fighters on the planet need to fight one another. This weekend will see another bout in Showtime's Super Six World Boxing Classic super middleweight tournament in which a couple of the sport's top fighters will square off. Tonight at the Oracle Arena in Oakland, California has WBA titlist Mikkel Kessler facing off against 2004 Olympic gold medal winner Andre Ward. Denmark's Kessler, who has a ledger of 42-1, 32 KOs, is the odds-on-favorite to be the last man standing when the dust settles and all of the fights in the six-man tournament have been completed. Ward, an improving and evolving young fighter with a record of 20-0, 13 KOs is the true wild card in the series. He has demonstrated flashes of possible brilliance, but questions linger regarding his ability and whether he can live up to his potential.
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Roy Jones Jr. Believes He Has More to Prove in Australia
Because of the recent preoccupation by the boxing media with Manny Pacquiao, Miguel Cotto and this weekend's upcoming fight between Mikkel Kessler and Andre Ward in Showtime's Super Six World Boxing Classic – many other promotions and somewhat newsworthy events have been relegated to the back burner.
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Manny Pacquiao Is Dominant In Win Over Miguel Cotto
By T.K. Stewart - LAS VEGAS – In a night that saw big Hollywood stars from 'Magic Johnson to Mark Wahlberg to Will Ferrell turn out for one of the biggest fights in decades - it was Manny Pacquiao's star that shone brightest of all. In a brilliant display of speed, precision punching, movement and determination, Pacquiao scored another in a long line of big wins with a 12th round stoppage of WBO welterweight champion Miguel Cotto at 55 seconds of the final round before a sell-out crowd of over 16,000 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Referee Kenny Bayless stepped in to halt the the bout and save Cotto from further punishment. At the time of the stoppage, Pacquiao was ahead on the three official scorecards by 109-99, 108-99 and 108-100. CompuBox had Pacquiao ahead in punches thrown 780 to 597 and punches landed 335 to 172. In the most telling statistic, Pacquiao landed 49% of his power punches to 31% for Cotto.
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