Boxing schedule for the month of March

Pretty sick month! Topped off with Pacquiao vs Clottey, some good cards on HBO and Showtime as well as ESPN. April & May are already shaping out to be even better...


March 5
At Temecula, Calif. (ESPN2): Martin Honorio vs. Wilton Hilario, 12 rounds, lightweights; Rico Ramos vs. Cecilio Santos, 8 or 10 rounds, junior featherweights; Mike Dallas Jr. vs. Fabian Luque, 6 rounds, junior welterweights; Javier Molina vs. TBA, 4 rounds, welterweights; Walter Sarnoi vs. Jerry Mondragon, 4 rounds, junior featherweights; Ephraim Martinez vs. Ludwin Mondragon

March 6
At Uncasville, Conn. (HBO): Devon Alexander vs. Juan Urango, 12 rounds, WBC/IBF junior welterweight unification; Juan Ubaldo Cabrera vs. Durrell Richardson, 12 rounds, junior middleweights; Mark De Mori vs. TBA, 10 rounds, light heavyweights; Derric Rossy vs. Zack Page, rematch, 8 rounds, heavyweights; Steve Forbes vs. Harrison Cuello, 10 rounds, junior welterweights; Antonio Sanchez vs. TBA, 4 rounds, junior welterweights; Andres Navarro vs. James Hope

At Rancho Mirage, Calif. (Showtime): Vic Darchinyan vs. Rodrigo Guerrero, 12 rounds, for Darchinyan's WBC/WBA junior bantamweight title; Leonardo Zappavigna vs. Fernando Angulo, 12 rounds, lightweights; Lateef Kayode vs. Chris Thomas, 8 rounds, heavyweights; Ruben Rivera vs. Angel Osuna, 6 rounds, junior middleweights; Emad Ali vs. Brent Urban, 6 rounds, heavyweights; Michael Anderson vs. Anthony McDavitt

At TBA, Mexico (Fox Sports en Espanol/Fox Sports Net): Ulises Solis vs. Bert Batawang, 12 rounds, IBF junior flyweight eliminator; Rafael Guzman vs. Joksan Hernandez, 10 rounds, featherweights

At Atlantic City, N.J. (gofightlive.tv): Shamone Alvarez vs. Alexis Camacho, 10 rounds, welterweights; Vinny Maddalone vs. Dominique Alexander, 8 rounds, heavyweights; Yathomas Riley vs. Walter Foster, 6 rounds, light heavyweights; Chuck Mussachio vs. Richard Dalphone, 6 rounds, light heavyweights; Josh Mercado vs. Ismael Garcia, 4 rounds, welterweights; Thomas LaManna vs. Fasika Bezabeh

At Chiapas, Mexico: Saul Alvarez vs. Brian Camechis, 12 rounds, welterweights

At Cannes, France: Jerome Arnould vs. Jamie McDonnell, 12 rounds, for vacant European bantamweight title

At Fairfax, Va.: Jimmy Lange vs. Chase Shields, 12 rounds, junior middleweights; Bayan Jargal vs. Louie Leija, 8 rounds, lightweights; Andrew Farmer vs. Ikem Orji, 8 rounds, welterweights; Juan Rodriquez vs. Damien Butler, 4 rounds, junior middleweights; Dwayne McRae vs. Theron Johnson, 6 rounds, heavyweights; Patrick Budd vs. Robert McConnell, 4 rounds, cruiserweights; Lawrence Jones vs. Vincent Batteast

March 12
At Grapevine, Texas (Fox Sports en Espanol/Fox Sports Net): Tyson Marquez vs. Richie Mepranum, 12 rounds, junior bantamweights; Samuel Peter vs. Nagy Aguilar, 12 rounds, IBF heavyweight eliminator; Anthony Peterson vs. TBA, 10 rounds, lightweights; Omar Chavez vs. TBA, 6 rounds, junior welterweights; Jose Benavidez vs. TBA, 4 rounds, junior welterweights; Omar Henry vs. TBA, 6 rounds, junior middleweights; Dennis Laurente vs. Ben Tackie, 8 rounds, welterweights; Alex Trevino vs. Jaime Villa, 6 rounds, featherweights; Andy Ruiz Jr. vs. TBA, 4 rounds, heavyweights; Francisco Vargas vs. TBA

At Yonkers, N.Y.: Darrel Madison vs. TBA, 8 rounds, heavyweights; Ronson Frank vs. Raynard Darden, 8 rounds, light heavyweights; Maureen Shea vs. TBA, 6 rounds, female featherweights; Nydia Feliciano vs. TBA, 6 rounds, female featherweights; Hajro Sujak vs. TBA, 6 rounds, super middleweights; Lambros Karaolides vs. Ashantie Hendrickson, 6 rounds, junior middleweights; Raul Lopez vs. Jessie Franks, 4 rounds, bantamweights; Jonathan Cuba vs. Deroy Beaton, 4 rounds, junior lightweights; Chazz McDowell vs. TBA

At Fort Lauderdale, Fla.: Paul Spadafora vs. Ivan Fiorletta, 10 rounds, welterweights

At Liverpool, England: Paul Smith vs. Tony Dodson, 12 rounds, for Smith's British super middleweight title; Kell Brook vs. Krzysztof Bienias, 12 rounds, WBO welterweight title eliminator; Tony Bellew vs. TBA, 12 rounds, light heavyweights

At Mashantucket, Conn.: Mark Brown vs. Tony Grano, rematch, 10 rounds, heavyweights

March 13
At Arlington, Texas (HBO PPV): Manny Pacquiao vs. Joshua Clottey, 12 rounds, for Pacquiao's WBO welterweight title; Humberto Soto vs. David Diaz, 12 rounds, for vacant WBC lightweight title; Alfonso Gomez vs. Jose Luis Castillo, 10 rounds, welterweights; John Duddy vs. Michael Medina, 10 rounds, middleweights; Salvador Sanchez vs. TBA, 8 rounds, featherweights; Roberto Marroquin vs. TBA, 8 rounds, junior featherweights; Michael Farenas vs. TBA, 8 rounds, featherweights; Eden Sonsona vs. Mauricio Pastrana, 8 rounds, junior featherweights; Rodrigo Garcia vs. TBA

At Berlin: Marco Huck vs. Adam "The Swamp Donkey" Richards, 12 rounds, for Huck's WBO cruiserweight title; Alexander Povetkin vs. Dominick Guinn, 10 rounds, heavyweights

March 18
At Melbourne, Australia: Shane Cameron vs. John Hopoate, 12 rounds, heavyweights; Philip Holiday vs. Samuel Colomban, 12 rounds, welterweights

March 19
At Durant, Okla. (ESPN2): Deandre Latimore vs. Sechew Powell, rematch, 12 rounds, IBF junior middleweight eliminator; Edwin Rodriguez vs. TBA, 10 rounds, super middleweights

At Leigh, England: Martin Lindsay vs. Jamie Arthur, 12 rounds, for Lindsay's British featherweight title

At Antwerp, Belgium: Randall Bailey vs. Jackson Bonsu, 12 rounds, IBF welterweight eliminator

At Lincoln, R.I.: Danny O'Connor vs. Franklin Gonzalez, 8 rounds, junior welterweights; Joey McCreedy vs. TBA, 6 rounds, super middleweights; Jaime Clampitt vs. TBA, 6 rounds, female junior welterweights; Eddie Soto vs. Sean Eklund

March 20
At Key West, Fla. (Fox Sports en Espanol/Fox Sports Net): Odlanier Solis vs. Carl Drumond, 10 rounds, heavyweights; Jorge Diaz vs. Alejandro Lopez, 8 rounds, junior featherweights

At Düsseldorf, Germany: Wladimir Klitschko vs. Eddie Chambers, 12 rounds, for Klitschko's Ring/IBF/WBO heavyweight title

March 25
At Los Angeles (Fox Sports Net): "Fight Night Club"

March 26
At TBA (ESPN2): Steve Cunningham vs. Matt Godfrey, 12 rounds, for vacant IBF cruiserweight title

At East London, South Africa: Raul Garcia vs. Nkosinathi Joyi, 12 rounds, for Garcia's IBF strawweight title

At Albuquerque, N.M.: Chevelle Hallback vs. Holly Holm, 10 rounds, female junior welterweights

At Kjellerup, Denmark: Hector Camacho Sr. vs. Allan Vester, 12 rounds, middleweights

March 27
At TBA (HBO): Marcos Maidana vs. Victor Cayo, 12 rounds, for Maidana's WBA interim junior welterweight title; Ali Funeka vs. Joan Guzman, rematch, 12 rounds, for vacant IBF lightweight title

At TBA (Showtime): Super Six World Boxing Classic, Arthur Abraham vs. Andre Dirrell, 12 rounds, super middleweights

At TBA (Fox Sports en Espanol/Fox Sports Net): "Top Rank Live"

At Monterrey, Mexico (Integrated Sports PPV): Erik Morales vs. Jose Alfaro, 12 rounds, welterweights; Cristian Mijares vs. TBA, 12 rounds, bantamweights; Roman Gonzalez vs. Juan Hernandez, 12 rounds, for Gonzalez' WBA strawweight title; David Rodriguez vs. TBA, 10 rounds, heavyweights

At Hamburg, Germany: Yuriorkis Gamboa vs. Jonathan Victor Barros, 12 rounds, for Gamboa's WBA "regular" featherweight title; Steffen Kretschmann vs. Denis Bakhtov, 12 rounds, heavyweights; Mahir Oral vs. TBA, 10 or 12 rounds, middleweights; Juan Carlos Gomez vs. TBA

At TBA, Venezuela: Jorge Linares vs. TBA, 10 or 12 rounds, junior lightweights

At Auckland, New Zealand: David Tua vs. Friday Ahunanya, 12 rounds, heavyweights

At Rama, Ontario: Steve Molitor vs. Takalani Ndlovu, 12 rounds, rematch, for vacant IBF junior featherweight title; Greg Kielsa vs. Neven Pajkic, 10 rounds, heavyweights; Ana Julaton vs. Lisa Brown, 10 rounds, female junior featherweights

I got the list from espn those bastards!

Be on the look out for Alexander The Great tomorrow on HBO, "The Road to Dallas" (pac/clottey) will air immediately after. Great article below about Alexander. He's the truth







Growing up on the wrong side of the tracks didn't deter Devon Alexander from chasing his dreams.



Devon Alexander didn't just defeat Junior Witter to claim a vacant junior welterweight title in August, he beat and battered the highly regarded former titleholder from England.

Alexander, with his fast hands and quick feet, dazzled as he won virtually every round until Witter quit after the eighth round, claiming a hand injury, although pure frustration at the inability to do anything against "Alexander The Great" may have played a role.

The win made quite an impression on Kevin Cunningham, Alexander's trainer, manager and father figure.

"We prepared for a smart, tricky veteran former world champion who's fought the best 140-pounders in the world and he was real slicky and tricky," Cunningham said. "And everybody that Junior Witter had fought prior to us, he made them look horrible, from Zab Judah to 'Chop Chop' Corley to Tim Bradley. Everybody he fought, he made them look bad. But Devon looked good beating Junior Witter."

Indeed. It was a dazzling, breakout performance that put the 23-year-old on the map, and opened the door for bigger and better fights as HBO came calling. Now, in his first defense, Alexander (19-0, 12 KOs) can unify 140-pound titles in his HBO debut against hard-charging two-time titleholder Juan Urango (22-2-1, 17 KOs), 29, of Colombia, on "Boxing After Dark" Saturday night (9:30 ET/PT) at the Mohegan Sun resort in Uncasville, Conn.

Immediately following the bout, HBO debuts the 30-minute special "Road to Dallas: Pacquiao vs. Clottey," which previews the Manny Pacquiao-Joshua Clottey welterweight title bout on March 13 at Cowboys Stadium.

"Devon's one of the most phenomenal young men we've had in a long time," promoter Don King said. "His attitude is impeccable. His smile is addictive. Yet, when he gets into a ring, he's a killer. He's a phenomenal young man, got a great attitude, got a great trainer in Kevin Cunningham. … Right now, it is Devon The Great's opportunity to demonstrate to the world what Kevin Cunningham and myself already know of the greatness and the depth of his talent and skill and ability."

Alexander, who slept with his belt the night he won it and was later given the key to St. Louis by Mayor Francis Slay, said the opportunity to be in a unification bout so quickly means everything to him.

"I've been working towards this my whole life, you know," Alexander said. "Me and my coach, we started at the old police station and I've done seen [former stablemate and fellow St. Louis native] Cory [Spink] become undisputed [welterweight] champion, and now here it is my turn. I mean, it's been a long anticipation. But, you know, I put God first and for him to guide my career to where he wants to lead it and he's led me to the first defense of my title [being a] unification.

"Now, I'm fixing to become the unified champion at 140. So, I mean, I just can't ask for no more. I mean, I'm just blessed. I mean, everything is falling into place. And they're not calling me Alexander The Great for nothing."

That Alexander is in this position is nothing short of miraculous. He's a winner even if he loses the fight.

Growing up in a gang- and drug-infested area of St. Louis, Alexander joined the boxing gym that Cunningham, a former police officer, founded in the basement of the police station. Thirty kids joined the program, which Cunningham hoped to use as a haven to keep them off the streets and out of trouble.

It did the trick for Alexander, a father of two. But of the 30 kids who started in the program, at least eight are dead. At least 10 more served prison time or remain incarcerated, including Devon's older brother, Vaughn, a promising boxing prospect who is about five years into an 18-year sentence for robbery.

"I grew up in the rough side of North St. Louis, and I've done seen it all," Alexander said. "I've done seen the gangs. I've done seen killings. I've done seen drugs. I've done seen it all. So, I mean, that's one of my goals -- to try to encourage more youths like myself. I started off with 30 guys and they all -- most of them -- fell astray and fell off and got into other stuff that wasn't gonna help them in the future. And that's what I want to do. I want to encourage and I want to show young kids that they can do it no matter what the situation.

"I definitely wasn't born with a silver spoon in my mouth. If I can show them that they can do it, that's what I want to do."

Said Cunningham, "He's an example for how your life can turn out if you do the right things and stay focused. Regardless of the conditions in which you came up in, you don't have to be a product of your environment. And Devon is living proof of that and he stuck with the program, stayed focused, worked hard. That's why he's where he is today."

King sees Alexander as a role model for young people, especially for those kids in trying circumstances.

"He can be what he want to be, and this is what he wants to be -- something decent, strong, drugless, none of those things that everybody think they have to do for peer pressure as well as their own desire for addiction," King said. "This is a young man that's clean, in the same environment, facing the same difficulties, the same type of despair, but he's overcoming it with the hope and faith in God and dedication, hard work and commitment. That is phenomenal."

Alexander has heard the praise, be it from Mayor Slay, King or in his press clippings. Through it all, he's remained humble.

"I'm just taking it one day at a time, staying focused," he said. "It's a great honor that Mayor Slay even is mentioning my name. A kid from nothing to something. … And I'm just so humbled to be in this situation. I'm gonna make the most of it and stay on top."

http://espn.go.com/sports/boxing/notebook/_/id/4966812/devon-alexander-not-letting-praise-get-head

devon alexander vs urango, hbo tomorrow

damn, did anyone just see that? What an uppercut, perfect shot. I'm going to make a gif of that asap, beautiful shot. Alexander is the truth

I actually thought that was one of the more impressive things about Alexander. Urango is a freaking tank. He was landing that right hand but Alexander did make adjustments and started to keep his hand up to block it. That showed me he's a smart fighter. Secondly, he chose to fight Urango pretty much in front of him the whole time, he was willing to take shots from him in order to land his own. That shows he's got a great chin (never been knocked down in his life). If you recall Andre Berto vs Urango, Berto who is a weight class bigger than him, got rocked a couple times early and chose to clinch every time Urango got too close, and won a very boring decision. For Alaxander to box in front of him, then stop him, is very impressive to me.

I think him and bradley are like the Bernard Hopkins & Roy Jones of their division. No one else can fuck with them (hatton, amir khan, valero, etc. will all lose to them two, imo).

Well he also destroyed Junior Witter which says something too. Another thing is he's only 23 years old so he's still just a young man.

I think he is going to take a "coming home" fight next, most likely against Zab Judah, before fighting Campbell, which is the smart thing to do.

Klitschko & Chambers open workouts

yo naner, I asked you in another thread don't think you saw it. What's your prediction for Dirrell vs Abraham? I put $200 on dirrell, I think he wins this easy. Thoughts?