Comments Thread For: Insider Notebook: Margarito Mania, Schaefer's Take, More

[BIGPOPPAPUMP]

By Robert Morales - Had the California State Athletic Commission granted Antonio Margarito a license Wednesday, the chances were still good that the Nov. 13 fight between Margarito and Manny Pacquiao would land at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas - promoter Bob Arum's first choice.

Arum told BoxingScene.com not long ago that although he was convinced Texas would license Margarito even if California didn't, he wasn't sure about Nevada. Today's ruling therefore would seem to make Cowboys Stadium in Texas the leading candidate to host the bout that will be for a vacant junior middleweight title.

But Keith Kizer, executive director of the Nevada State Athletic Commission, on Wednesday evening did not rule out the possibility of Margarito getting a license in that state - his unsuccessful attempt in California notwithstanding.

Kizer reiterated that when the Nevada commission tabled Margarito's request for a license last month, it was only because it wanted Margarito to face California first. It never said he had to actually get his license there. [Click Here To Read More]

[komandante]

Marquez v Lopez is more interesting than Mosley v Mora. I'll not watch this GBP
fight even for free.

[Gorilla Dogs]

great time for may pac to be made! geeez!!!!!!!!!!!

[the mesiah]

Instead of the ponce de Leon/Miguel roman fight which I think mite lead off the card , I would rather like to see Miguel/escalante 2.that would be a great way to start of the show.escalante didn't have any wear 2 weeks ago, but still watching the lopez/Marquez live,and streaming the ppv card.

[nÔÔb_out_king]

Listen, if a trainer is doing something illegal without the knowledge of the (prime and highly regarded) boxer and the boxer's career (and legacy) thus almost ends up in ruins, there will be legal actions taken.

Mention one sane boxer who wouldn't press charges against a trainer who did something like this without his knowledge??

Margacheeto and his accomplice (trainer) were in on it together and decided to part ways after they were caught, because it was the only thing to do to get out of the scandal...

Ban the fools for life!

[lutenco]

GBP win the night........ALVAREZvsBALDOMIR!!!

MARQUEZ vs JUANMA is good,not great you'll see!!!!JUANMA has the style to KO MARQUEZ before the 7th;i'm sure!!!MOSLEY vs MORA?I don't know,MORA has a very good defense and SHANE can do anything in a ring;probably MORA'll wrestle all night like in the 1st fight vs FORREST,but SHANE hit harder than VERNON and the difference it's that SHANE lands his best shoots,FORREST always missed his best shoots(R.I.P. champ),so i see MOSLEY winning in a not good fight;anyway like i said before SHANE can do anything in a ring also put another tremendous performance:HE'S STILL GREAT(no matter PBF's fight where he was overtrained,he started the training for BERTO's fight and then he continued for PBF,what a mistake he's not a teenager,no matter he fells a teen,he's not a teen and he was out of gas after 3 rounds;shame after more than 15 years of prizefighter he didn't understand that).ALVAREZ vs BALDOMIR will be a hell of a fight;THIS IS THE BEST FIGHT TO SEE;ALVAREZ CAN PUNCH and he's very young,BALDOMIR CAN TAKE THE HIT AND HAS HEART...........THIS IS THE FIGHT I WANNA SEE MORE THAN THE OTHERS!!!

[HAWK2916]

Arum needs to add a fight or two to the televised undercard on Showtime. Why have only one fight

[GRUSTLER]

MARQUEZ vs JUANMA is good,not great you'll see!!!!JUANMA has the style to KO MARQUEZ before the 7th;i'm sure!!!MOSLEY vs MORA?I don't know,MORA has a very good defense and SHANE can do anything in a ring;probably MORA'll wrestle all night like in the 1st fight vs FORREST,but SHANE hit harder than VERNON and the difference it's that SHANE lands his best shoots,FORREST always missed his best shoots(R.I.P. champ),so i see MOSLEY winning in a not good fight;anyway like i said before SHANE can do anything in a ring also put another tremendous performance:HE'S STILL GREAT(no matter PBF's fight where he was overtrained,he started the training for BERTO's fight and then he continued for PBF,what a mistake he's not a teenager,no matter he fells a teen,he's not a teen and he was out of gas after 3 rounds;shame after more than 15 years of prizefighter he didn't understand that).ALVAREZ vs BALDOMIR will be a hell of a fight;THIS IS THE BEST FIGHT TO SEE;ALVAREZ CAN PUNCH and he's very young,BALDOMIR CAN TAKE THE HIT AND HAS HEART...........THIS IS THE FIGHT I WANNA SEE MORE THAN THE OTHERS!!!

Listen, you put a prime Floyd Mayweather Jr in the ring
with a prime Shane Mosley and Floyd would have still beat
him. Mosley has success against brawlers and come forward
fighters. Mosley has never had success against guys that
can actually box and use the ring Forrest 2X, Wright 2X and
a Cotto who decided to box and not brawl. On top of that,
Floyd was more hungry when he was coming up. Shane was/is
a great fighter but Floyd will always be better period, so enough
with the excuses. Another thing, how can Alvarez Vs Baldomir
be a hell of a fight when people down right crusified Floyd for
fighting him? If this kid Alvarez is that good then he should
be fighting better competition.

[amayseng]

Listen, if a trainer is doing something illegal without the knowledge of the (prime and highly regarded) boxer and the boxer's career (and legacy) thus almost ends up in ruins, there will be legal actions taken.

Mention one sane boxer who wouldn't press charges against a trainer who did something like this without his knowledge??

Margacheeto and his accomplice (trainer) were in on it together and decided to part ways after they were caught, because it was the only thing to do to get out of the scandal...

Ban the fools for life!

anyone who ever boxed knows when something doesnt feel right in your handwraps, let alone, what did margacheato do, go to sleep during the wrapping? come on

i agree with you.

margacheato is dirty, doesnt deserve to fight ever again let alone earn a check

from it.

[SluggerFan]

Which fight to watch on Sept 18th is an easy decision for me! One fight is a good, free fight on Showtime and the other card is $60 for a couple good undercard fights and HBO worthy main event. After that last showing by Mosley where after the second round he seemed to mail it in against Mayweather, does he really deserve another $60 PPV? This fight should have been on HBO with the Saul Alvarez fight on the undercard. To ask us to pay for this main event is ridiculous...