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I just read canelo wants to fight ilunga, at 180 pounds. What do you guys think? https://www.dazn.com/en-GLOBAL/news/boxing/canelo-alvarez-says-he-wont-make-200lbs-vs-ilunga-makabu-will-go-for-catchweight/ca7juap80qsm1htlrq9j7upru

The Miami Herald reported (https://www.elnuevoherald.com/deport...254221618.html) that Morell's team reach out to benavidez team. They rejected the fight all together. I saw a video on youtube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iONP_nb6n0w) where they mentioned a fight with benavidez. I create this post because he, benavidez mentioning charlo, a smaller fighter. Truth be told, his promoter said no. Well, there you have it...

In three weeks from today, Guillermo Rigondeaux is challenging casimero for the WBO belt. He weighted 120lbs yesterday.

Next December 26 at Shrine Auditorium and Expo Hall, Los Angeles, California. Another good test for the young Cuban.

Who is it the best runner of the trio?

I just read this, what do you think? : Rigondeaux is Lomachenko’s biggest challenge out there" Chris Williams: Top Rank promoter Bob Arum is interested in matching his fighter WBO featherweight champion Vasyl Lomachenko (4-1, 2 KOs) against WBA/WBO super bantamweight champion Guillermo Rigondeaux (15-0, 10 KOs) for later this year. Arum figures that the Cuban Rigondeaux has the kind of talent to give Lomachenko his toughest test. Thus far, Lomachenko has been beaten only once in his career by Mexican warrior Orlando Salido last year when he pounded out a 12 round split decision after punishing Lomachenko with body shots all fight long. Lomachenko hadn’t faced a body puncher like Salido, and he was forced to clinch constantly to try and stop the punishment. The Lomachenko vs. Rigondeaux fight negotiations could come down to whether or not there will be a catch-weight and rehydration clause of 135lbs in the contract. Lomachenko fights at 126, while Rigondeaux fights in the 122 pound division. Lomachenko reportedly isn’t interested in catch-weight or a rehydration clause. “That’s a fight that anybody who is a fight fan would like,” Arum said to Hustle Boss. “You’ve got two guys who were Olympic champions and for them to fight would be historic. “I think Lomachenko is the best fighter in the world and I think he can beat anybody. I think his biggest challenge is Rigondeaux, because of Rigondeaux’s skill sets.” Lomachenko obviously isn’t the best fighter in the world. Arum can think that, but I don’t think it’s reality. Lomachenko might not even be the best fighter in the featherweight division. I think Nicholas Walters is better than him. We already saw Lomachenko get beaten by Salido, so he clearly still has Salido problems. It’s hard to be the best fighter in the world if you can’t beat Salido. It makes sense for Rigondeaux to have a rehydration clause in the contract because if the much heavier Lomachenko rehydrates up to 140 or higher, he’d have a tremendous weight advantage over Rigondeaux, who fights at near the 122lb limit after he rehydrates for his fights. If he has to give away 15 pounds in weight to Lomachenko, it would be put Rigondeaux in a bad position to try and win the fight. It would be like asking Lomachenko to try and beat a heavier guy like Lucas Matthysse, who fights in the light welterweight division. Lomachenko might be able to hold up for a while against Matthysse, but eventually he’d do the same thing to Lomachenko that Salido did by punishing him with body shots and forcing him to hold all night long. Lomachenko has won his last three fights against Gamalier Rodriguez, Chonlatarn Piriyapinyo and Gary Russell Jr. after suffering a defeat at the hands of Salido. Rigondeaux will be making a mistake if he agrees to fight Lomachenko without a catch-weight or a rehydration clause to keep him from rehydrating up to the 140s. It’s no good for Rigondeaux to be fighting a welterweight in the ring later this year. The last thing Rigondeaux needs is to be facing a guy who outweighs him by 15-20 pounds without a catch-weight or rehydration clause. If Lomachenko wants to fight someone 20 pounds heavier than himself than he needs to take on Keith Thurman or Marcos Maidana and see what it’s like to face guys that much bigger than himself. Somehow I don’t think Lomachenko will come off very well in those fights.

st+ have being talking a lot of crap...

Just in, Rigondeaux will attend st+ fight with a million dollar in a suitcase to entice the mexican to fight him...

Two days before Laras fight, my paisano from el Reparto Poey en la Habana will be facing the dominican Mendez, this is a very important fight because I see these two moving up in weight soon, 130-140 is loaded and the Cuban is tall and young enough to fill his almost 6' frame, hoping for another KO, this time legal... Dale paisano.

Marcos Forestal and Ramon Luis left the Cuban Team this past week...

So what happened to the rematch?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eC-wOQOykUI&feature=youtube_gdata_player

ok guys I know almost everyone think that Rigondeaux will win, but what I'm curious is how agbeko is going to fight, is it going to be his old self or became gunshy once he gets hit? Lara-trout is different a least on paper, I know almost every mexican wants trout to win, most are citing "triangle theories", but I think Lara should win this fight hands down, what do you think?

My prayers to Mago and his family, but I haven't hear from Perez and my guess is that he is profoundly disturb by what happen, do you think that he will be the same on his next fight or became gunshy? A lots of fighters would lose their killer instinct with a tragedy like this

Another Cuban FW just turn pro, 17 years old Machado has two pro fights already and was if I recall correctly, two times national champ, I think he is going to have a good career...

There's another thread like this one but the tag is too high...

Fight No 1. Rigondeaux Vs Frampton Ireland, Europe. Fight No 2. Rigondeaux Vs Shimoda Tokyo, Asia. Fight No 3. Rigondeaux Vs Agbeko Ghana, Africa Fight No 4. Rigondeaux Vs Darchinyan , Sydney, Australia. Fight No. 5. Rigondeaux Vs Mares Nevada, USA.

I'll say weight drained

by Lem Satterfield Junior middleweights Erislandy Lara and Austin Trout have each expressed the desire to face each other in what would be a clash of southpaw contenders, meaning that all it will take is for their mutual advisor, Al Haymon, to work out a deal for a matchup that would likely be promoted by Golden Boy. Lara (18-1-2, 12 knockouts) rose from knockdowns in the fourth and ninth rounds to score a 10th-round stoppage of Alfredo Angulo last month that helped him to rebound from a disputed draw with Vanes Martirosyan in November of last year. Trout (26-1, 14 KOs) is coming off a unanimous decision loss to RING champion Saul "Canelo" Alvarez last April. A Lara-Trout fight would pair two young veterans widely considered to be among the best 154-pounders this side of Alvarez, who will be facing Floyd Mayweather Jr. on Sept. 14. ******.com spoke to Lara about his recent victory over Angulo and his desire to meet Trout in this Q&A below. ******.com: What did you learn from your last fight with Angulo? Erislandy Lara: Angulo is a very difficult fight for anyone. He applies tremendous amounts of pressure, but I love fighting guys like him. As an amateur or pro, I had never been dropped in a fight before, so I learned how to deal with that adversity and made it fan-friendly fight, so I'm happy. RTV: What did you demonstrate by rising from the canvas twice? EL: It showed that I will do whatever it takes to win a fight, and that I have a big heart to win. I have to give a lot of credit to my team for getting me in great shape and having the right diet to be strong coming into the fight. It was a good lesson, moving forward in my career. RTV: Was the resulting action in the fight the result of your underestimating Angulo or did you fight the right fight? EL: I fought the right fight for the fans. My last fight, I had a fractured knuckle entering the fight and couldn't put on an exciting performance, and I still won. But fans weren't happy. I want to put on action fights, moving forward. RTV: Is there anything you would have done differently against Angulo in retrospect? EL: I might have clinched him up a bit when hurt, but I feel I gave the fans a great night of boxing. Those are the things you learn from these experiences. RTV: What do you believe led to Angulo's resigning and essentially -- I don't want to say quitting -- but turning and walking away, leading to the stoppage? EL: I was hitting Angulo with a lot of shots to that eye. I can see that the swelling was affecting him, so I kept targeting him there. I think he took enough punishment and saved his career by turning away. There was no need for him to continue if he was badly hurt, which he was, and I was coming on strong. RTV: Do you believe that you would have eventually knocked him out, and, if so, why and how? EL: Yes, I believe I would have stopped him because he was starting to get reckless and he knew he was behind and felt he could try to put me away, and that's how I walked him into the fight-ending punch. I was ready to turn up the pace. RTV: Would you like to fight Austin Trout next? EL: Since Canelo and Mayweather are fighting, Austin Trout is someone that I would fight. If you look around, I don't want to wait to fight the best guys I want them now. I don't want to wait, so let's get it on. He says he wants it, I want it, let's do it. RTV: If you and Trout wind up fighting, how do you believe that fight would go? EL: Since Trout and I are southpaws, it would be interesting. I feel I would stop him. There's a difference between getting hurt and trying to survive and getting hurt and weathering the storm and fighting hard. If we fight, and I hurt him, I will look to stop him and not let him survive. RTV: Would you like to be on the Mayweather card? EL: I want to fight the best guys and looks like Trout is the best available guy so if it’s on that card or any time I'm ready.