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It’s Time for the Klitschkos to put up or shut up
By Steven Wain: As you may have seen one half of the Klitschko brothers Wladimir Klitschko has issued a challenge to WBA world heavyweight champion and boxing sensation David Haye, I would firstly like to say what a stupid move by Wladimir that was, the guy does not even deserve to be in the same ring as a superior fighter like Haye. Haye is no Eddie Chambers, Ruslan Chagaev, Hasim Rahman or Tony Thompson the past four fighters Wladimir has cherry picked to keep hold of his undeserved titles.
If Wladimir really wants to fight David that much then he needs to give Haye 70% of the earnings after all David is the one that will generate all the income not a boring old Klitschko. Hate him or love him David Haye is the talk of the heavyweight division and Wladimir has got jealous of his skill, popularity and deep down the knowledge he will never beat him so he has turned to running his mouths off, well it just makes him look like a silly immature child, even the most harden of Klitschko fans well the whole 2 of them (and one is their mother) can’t disagree that Wladimir made himself look like a little scared girl.
As it is Wladimir has put out the challenge to Haye but he does not sound confident as a boxing expert I have heard a lot of boxers calling out others, but Wladimir sounds extremely unconfident, and so he should be I’m sorry but Haye is to smart for the usual jab, jab right.
I can see Wladimir getting seriously hurt if this fight ever happens; this will also be his first ever heavyweight test and we will soon find out what a poor fight he is. David will destroy him inside the first 3 rounds.
So there you have it Wladimir Klitschko shut your mouth and start fighting, no one likes a trash talker unless you can back it up like Haye which you can’t.
By Steven Wain: As you may have seen one half of the Klitschko brothers Wladimir Klitschko has issued a challenge to WBA world heavyweight champion and boxing sensation David Haye, I would firstly like to say what a stupid move by Wladimir that was, the guy does not even deserve to be in the same ring as a superior fighter like Haye. Haye is no Eddie Chambers, Ruslan Chagaev, Hasim Rahman or Tony Thompson the past four fighters Wladimir has cherry picked to keep hold of his undeserved titles.
If Wladimir really wants to fight David that much then he needs to give Haye 70% of the earnings after all David is the one that will generate all the income not a boring old Klitschko. Hate him or love him David Haye is the talk of the heavyweight division and Wladimir has got jealous of his skill, popularity and deep down the knowledge he will never beat him so he has turned to running his mouths off, well it just makes him look like a silly immature child, even the most harden of Klitschko fans well the whole 2 of them (and one is their mother) can’t disagree that Wladimir made himself look like a little scared girl.
As it is Wladimir has put out the challenge to Haye but he does not sound confident as a boxing expert I have heard a lot of boxers calling out others, but Wladimir sounds extremely unconfident, and so he should be I’m sorry but Haye is to smart for the usual jab, jab right.
I can see Wladimir getting seriously hurt if this fight ever happens; this will also be his first ever heavyweight test and we will soon find out what a poor fight he is. David will destroy him inside the first 3 rounds.
So there you have it Wladimir Klitschko shut your mouth and start fighting, no one likes a trash talker unless you can back it up like Haye which you can’t.
Will Haye be satisfied with a 40-60 offer from Wladimir?
By Scott Gilfoid: I think WBA heavyweight champion David Haye should only get 20% of the revenue in a fight with IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko. But to make the fight easier to get made, let’s say Wladimir offers Haye 40% to take the fight. Will Haye go for this or will be stubbornly hold out for 50% or more for a fight with Wladimir? I think with Haye’s ego, he’ll take nothing less than 50% and possibly will want even more.
A 40% offer is more than fair as far as I’m concerned. Haye doesn’t have the experience at heavyweight, only has one belt, isn’t considered to be the best fighter in the heavyweight division, and is totally unknown in the United States. Haye is well known in England, but that’s about it. I seriously doubt that too many casual boxing fans are familiar with Haye elsewhere in Europe. They might know Haye in England, but I doubt they do in Russia, Ukraine, Spain and the other European countries.
That’s the thing. Wladimir is well known all around the world, whereas Haye is just known mostly in the UK. So by giving Haye a 40-60 deal, Wladimir would actually be doing Haye a really big favor in my view. Haye hasn’t had to beat any dangerous heavyweights since moving up in division. Let Haye beat Samuel Peter, Alexander Povetkin and Odlanier Solis and then come talking about wanting a 50-50 deal or better in a fight against Wladimir.
This isn’t just about being able to out-talk Wladimir. You have to perform in the ring where it counts against skilled younger fighters, not a bunch of fighters that are pushing 40 like the ones that Haye has fought. Haye has beaten a 38-year-old John Ruiz, a 36-year-old Nikolay Valuev, and a 38-year-old Monte Barrett since moving up to heavyweight. Aren’t those guys kind of old?
Can you imagine the heat that Wladimir would take if he moved down to the cruiserweight division, talked a lot of smack, fought three older fighters that are pushing 40 and then asked for a 50-50 deal with an established cruiserweight who had been considered to be the best fighter in the division for the past five years. Forgetting how popular Wladimir is now, he would be skewered by the press if he asked for a 50-50 deal with a long established champion if he hadn’t accomplished as much as he has.
I really think that Wladimir shoudln’t give Haye more than 20%, because that’s what I think Haye is worth with his lack of experience, but to make the fight more likely to happen, Wladimir should offer Haye a 40-60 deal. If Haye and his trainer/manager Adam Booth reject this, then Wladimir should move on immediately and not make himself look stupid by wasting his time. Let Haye fight it out against top contenders in the WBA and let’s see how well he does in finishing his career. I suspect that Haye will be knocked out in one or two fights once he has to take on some dangerous fighters. Ruslan Chagaev might be the one to do. It might not even take a fighter like Solis to do it.
By Scott Gilfoid: I think WBA heavyweight champion David Haye should only get 20% of the revenue in a fight with IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko. But to make the fight easier to get made, let’s say Wladimir offers Haye 40% to take the fight. Will Haye go for this or will be stubbornly hold out for 50% or more for a fight with Wladimir? I think with Haye’s ego, he’ll take nothing less than 50% and possibly will want even more.
A 40% offer is more than fair as far as I’m concerned. Haye doesn’t have the experience at heavyweight, only has one belt, isn’t considered to be the best fighter in the heavyweight division, and is totally unknown in the United States. Haye is well known in England, but that’s about it. I seriously doubt that too many casual boxing fans are familiar with Haye elsewhere in Europe. They might know Haye in England, but I doubt they do in Russia, Ukraine, Spain and the other European countries.
That’s the thing. Wladimir is well known all around the world, whereas Haye is just known mostly in the UK. So by giving Haye a 40-60 deal, Wladimir would actually be doing Haye a really big favor in my view. Haye hasn’t had to beat any dangerous heavyweights since moving up in division. Let Haye beat Samuel Peter, Alexander Povetkin and Odlanier Solis and then come talking about wanting a 50-50 deal or better in a fight against Wladimir.
This isn’t just about being able to out-talk Wladimir. You have to perform in the ring where it counts against skilled younger fighters, not a bunch of fighters that are pushing 40 like the ones that Haye has fought. Haye has beaten a 38-year-old John Ruiz, a 36-year-old Nikolay Valuev, and a 38-year-old Monte Barrett since moving up to heavyweight. Aren’t those guys kind of old?
Can you imagine the heat that Wladimir would take if he moved down to the cruiserweight division, talked a lot of smack, fought three older fighters that are pushing 40 and then asked for a 50-50 deal with an established cruiserweight who had been considered to be the best fighter in the division for the past five years. Forgetting how popular Wladimir is now, he would be skewered by the press if he asked for a 50-50 deal with a long established champion if he hadn’t accomplished as much as he has.
I really think that Wladimir shoudln’t give Haye more than 20%, because that’s what I think Haye is worth with his lack of experience, but to make the fight more likely to happen, Wladimir should offer Haye a 40-60 deal. If Haye and his trainer/manager Adam Booth reject this, then Wladimir should move on immediately and not make himself look stupid by wasting his time. Let Haye fight it out against top contenders in the WBA and let’s see how well he does in finishing his career. I suspect that Haye will be knocked out in one or two fights once he has to take on some dangerous fighters. Ruslan Chagaev might be the one to do. It might not even take a fighter like Solis to do it.
Paul Williams Will Be Ringside at Pavlik vs Martinez
By Mark Vester
This coming Saturday night at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, Kelly Pavlik will defend his WBC/WBO middleweight titles against Sergio Martinez. According to the Augusta Chronicle, a familiar face will be watching at ringside, Paul "The Punisher" Williams. He plans to attend the event to challenge the winner.
Williams won a close majority decision over Martinez in December. The fight was action-packed and nearly earned "fight of the year" honors. A demand for a rematch is there. Pavlik was scheduled to fight Williams on two dates in 2009. Both times Pavlik withdrew with a bad staph infection in his hand. There is a lot of bad blood between Pavlik and Williams. A demand is there for that fight too.
"If that be the case, we'll be right back where we want to be and fight Sergio Martinez for both titles," Peterson said to The Chronicle. "It doesn't matter to us who we fight. We're not like this new school of guys out there today who want to fight who they know they can beat. Paul wants a challenge in each and every situation. The more the person brings to the table, the more Paul gets up for his fights
By Mark Vester
This coming Saturday night at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, Kelly Pavlik will defend his WBC/WBO middleweight titles against Sergio Martinez. According to the Augusta Chronicle, a familiar face will be watching at ringside, Paul "The Punisher" Williams. He plans to attend the event to challenge the winner.
Williams won a close majority decision over Martinez in December. The fight was action-packed and nearly earned "fight of the year" honors. A demand for a rematch is there. Pavlik was scheduled to fight Williams on two dates in 2009. Both times Pavlik withdrew with a bad staph infection in his hand. There is a lot of bad blood between Pavlik and Williams. A demand is there for that fight too.
"If that be the case, we'll be right back where we want to be and fight Sergio Martinez for both titles," Peterson said to The Chronicle. "It doesn't matter to us who we fight. We're not like this new school of guys out there today who want to fight who they know they can beat. Paul wants a challenge in each and every situation. The more the person brings to the table, the more Paul gets up for his fights
Paul Williams Pulling For Sergio Martinez To Upset Pavlik
By Rick Reeno
BoxingScene.com spoke with George Peterson, trainer/manager of Paul "The Punisher" Williams, as he was driving to pick Williams up from the barbershop, and then the two of them are heading to Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City to watch Kelly Pavlik defend his WBC/WBO middleweight titles against Sergio Martinez.
Peterson and Williams are pulling for Martinez to win. According to Peterson, if Martinez is still the same fighter who nearly beat Williams in December, then he should be able to beat Pavlik without any major obstacles. Williams won a close majority decision over Martinez in a 2009 "fight of the year" contender.
Williams fought Martinez after two scheduled dates to fight Pavlik fell apart. Pavlik withdrew from both dates due to a serious staph infection in his hand. Peterson doesn't think a Palvik fight will ever happen. Top Rank, who promote Pavlik, and Dan Goossen, who promotes Williams, have been trying to make the fight since 2008. Peterson is confident Martinez will fight them in a rematch.
"We are going there [Atlantic City] for one reason, to challenge the winner of this fight, and we're pulling for Martinez because Pavlik still has that problem, that relapse thing. We don't want that. We're hoping Martinez will be the winner because he already proved that he'll get up in there with us. There won't be a lot of drama involved," Peterson told BoxingScene.com.
"We're going there to show Paul Williams is ready to fight. Paul doesn't care about all of those new school pretenders. They are not contenders, but pretenders. He wants them all. They want to make excuses, but Paul is all about fighting. From the very beginning, people told me the [Pavlik] fight would never happen. I told them 'but he's the champion.' And sure enough they made a liar out of me."
By Rick Reeno
BoxingScene.com spoke with George Peterson, trainer/manager of Paul "The Punisher" Williams, as he was driving to pick Williams up from the barbershop, and then the two of them are heading to Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City to watch Kelly Pavlik defend his WBC/WBO middleweight titles against Sergio Martinez.
Peterson and Williams are pulling for Martinez to win. According to Peterson, if Martinez is still the same fighter who nearly beat Williams in December, then he should be able to beat Pavlik without any major obstacles. Williams won a close majority decision over Martinez in a 2009 "fight of the year" contender.
Williams fought Martinez after two scheduled dates to fight Pavlik fell apart. Pavlik withdrew from both dates due to a serious staph infection in his hand. Peterson doesn't think a Palvik fight will ever happen. Top Rank, who promote Pavlik, and Dan Goossen, who promotes Williams, have been trying to make the fight since 2008. Peterson is confident Martinez will fight them in a rematch.
"We are going there [Atlantic City] for one reason, to challenge the winner of this fight, and we're pulling for Martinez because Pavlik still has that problem, that relapse thing. We don't want that. We're hoping Martinez will be the winner because he already proved that he'll get up in there with us. There won't be a lot of drama involved," Peterson told BoxingScene.com.
"We're going there to show Paul Williams is ready to fight. Paul doesn't care about all of those new school pretenders. They are not contenders, but pretenders. He wants them all. They want to make excuses, but Paul is all about fighting. From the very beginning, people told me the [Pavlik] fight would never happen. I told them 'but he's the champion.' And sure enough they made a liar out of me."
Saucedo: "I Will Beat Chris John Down Like a Dog"
By Jhonny Gonzalez
Featherweight challenger Fernando “El Vasco” Saucedo (38-4-2) vowed to his country of Argentina to return with a championship title. Saucedo gets a big break in his boxing career on May 22, when he travels to Indonesia to challenge Chris “The Dragon” John (43-0-2) for his WBA super title.
Saucedo took his last defeat in 2004. Since then he's been unbeaten in 24 fights. He plans a big surprise for John and his team because they are overlooking him based on his punching power. He only has a single KO on his record.
"The biggest mistake Chris John and his people made were taking this fight because of my record. They saw that I'm not a puncher and John took the challenge because of this. That won't matter because I plan to beat him down like a dog in every round and take that belt back with me to Argentina. I will make them regret this decision," Saucedo said.
By Jhonny Gonzalez
Featherweight challenger Fernando “El Vasco” Saucedo (38-4-2) vowed to his country of Argentina to return with a championship title. Saucedo gets a big break in his boxing career on May 22, when he travels to Indonesia to challenge Chris “The Dragon” John (43-0-2) for his WBA super title.
Saucedo took his last defeat in 2004. Since then he's been unbeaten in 24 fights. He plans a big surprise for John and his team because they are overlooking him based on his punching power. He only has a single KO on his record.
"The biggest mistake Chris John and his people made were taking this fight because of my record. They saw that I'm not a puncher and John took the challenge because of this. That won't matter because I plan to beat him down like a dog in every round and take that belt back with me to Argentina. I will make them regret this decision," Saucedo said.
Shane Mosley's Lawyer Rips Conte, Daily News Scribe
By Mark Vester
Judd Burstein, the lawyer representing WBA welterweight champion Shane Mosley in his ongoing defamation suit against Victor Conte, was not a happy camper on Friday.
Burstein emailed BoxingScene.com his feedback on a news brief that ran on the website yesterday afternoon. The news brief was based on an article that ran in the New York Daily News , which outlined the recent events in the Mosley vs. Conte legal battle.
Mosley filed his legal suit against Conte, founder of the BALCO Lab, in 2008 - after Conte told reporters in several interviews that Mosley knew exactly what he was taking and the nature of the drugs were clearly explained to him. Mosley had purchased, and used, drugs from the BALCO Lab prior to the 2003 rematch with Oscar De La Hoya.
Mosley claims he was misled by Conte, and was never advised about the illegal nature of the drugs. On Thursday, Burstein and Conte failed to reach a settlement during a conference held in a Manhattan courtroom.
A few days ago, a video was posted on Youtube by Conte, where Mosley admits, during a video deposition, that he knew Conte had provided him with EPO, a banned performance enhancer. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JMIB7g1mq0
Burstein was upset with BoxingScene for:
A. Not contacting him for a direct quote [although we used his quotes from the same NY Daily News article].
B. Writing a conclusion based on Conte's Youtube video. [I never made any conclusion in one direction or the other. I just stated what was published in one of the largest newspapers in the United States]
C. For writing something based on an article written by Nathaniel Vinton, a sports writer for the New York Daily News, and someone who Burstein referred to in his email as " a recognized shill for Victor Conte and writer of one-sided and dishonest articles pertaing to the Mosley-Conte suit." [I was never aware that Mr. Vinton was a Conte shill, but now I am well educated on the matter].
Burstein wrote in the same email, that in his " opinion " - " there is only two rational explanations for Vinton’s conduct: Conte is paying him with money or for sex ." I assume Burstein's meant to write "with sex" - unless the angry counselor believes Conte and Vinton are playing ball for the pink team. If Conte happens to be in the business of peddling some prime stock, I'm in the market for a tall red head.
The unedited videos of Mosley's deposition were released by Burstein on Friday: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siTOPlalf0o and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyiusSlHDuY
By Mark Vester
Judd Burstein, the lawyer representing WBA welterweight champion Shane Mosley in his ongoing defamation suit against Victor Conte, was not a happy camper on Friday.
Burstein emailed BoxingScene.com his feedback on a news brief that ran on the website yesterday afternoon. The news brief was based on an article that ran in the New York Daily News , which outlined the recent events in the Mosley vs. Conte legal battle.
Mosley filed his legal suit against Conte, founder of the BALCO Lab, in 2008 - after Conte told reporters in several interviews that Mosley knew exactly what he was taking and the nature of the drugs were clearly explained to him. Mosley had purchased, and used, drugs from the BALCO Lab prior to the 2003 rematch with Oscar De La Hoya.
Mosley claims he was misled by Conte, and was never advised about the illegal nature of the drugs. On Thursday, Burstein and Conte failed to reach a settlement during a conference held in a Manhattan courtroom.
A few days ago, a video was posted on Youtube by Conte, where Mosley admits, during a video deposition, that he knew Conte had provided him with EPO, a banned performance enhancer. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JMIB7g1mq0
Burstein was upset with BoxingScene for:
A. Not contacting him for a direct quote [although we used his quotes from the same NY Daily News article].
B. Writing a conclusion based on Conte's Youtube video. [I never made any conclusion in one direction or the other. I just stated what was published in one of the largest newspapers in the United States]
C. For writing something based on an article written by Nathaniel Vinton, a sports writer for the New York Daily News, and someone who Burstein referred to in his email as " a recognized shill for Victor Conte and writer of one-sided and dishonest articles pertaing to the Mosley-Conte suit." [I was never aware that Mr. Vinton was a Conte shill, but now I am well educated on the matter].
Burstein wrote in the same email, that in his " opinion " - " there is only two rational explanations for Vinton’s conduct: Conte is paying him with money or for sex ." I assume Burstein's meant to write "with sex" - unless the angry counselor believes Conte and Vinton are playing ball for the pink team. If Conte happens to be in the business of peddling some prime stock, I'm in the market for a tall red head.
The unedited videos of Mosley's deposition were released by Burstein on Friday: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siTOPlalf0o and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyiusSlHDuY
Boxing Musings – Dirrell and Valero
By Francisco Hernandez: The Super Six World Boxing Classic continues to create excitement. The fighters involved are third rate boxers at best, but are superb athletes; they can deliver twelve rounds of action, are fun to watch.
One thing that we can learn from one of these fighters –Arthur Abraham- is how to stop a cheater –Arthur Dirrell. Out of the “Super Six” (I don’t know why they call them “Super”) Dirrell is the most defensively gifted. Yet Dirrell has an annoying strategy of going to his knees when the going gets tough and leather gets dangerously close to his chin. Anytime he is in danger, Dirrell will fake a fall to his knees or a slip to the canvas. Dirrell is too big to crouch down and sit on his rear like Pernell Whitaker used to do. Therefore Dirrell chooses to fake slips and falls to his knees when convenient.
What Dirrell has in common with Pernell Whitaker is the generosity from the referees in letting him get away with such antics. Most fighters were too simple minded to neutralize Whitaker’s sitting on the ring apron, a smart fighter would have put a knee through Whitaker’s face when he got that low with the referees complicity. Arthur Abraham is not a stupid fighter; he put a devastating fist through Dirrell’s face and ended Dirrell’s blatant tactics of deception. This was regardless of the official outcome, the right thing to do.
Unbeaten Edwin Valero seems to be going down the drain. You can take the man out of the slum but you can’t take the slum out of the man, this could easily be applied to Valero. Edwin had a rough childhood, living on the streets, running with thugs and gangs, stealing and mugging people. He worked hard to get out of that dark place in Venezuela. Now that he has achieved some excellent progress, some admirable success, and is on the threshold of greatness as a world class pugilist, he sabotages himself. Now that he has wealth, fame, and admiration from millions of fans and countrymen, he decides to destroy himself with booze and narcotics. It may well be that Valero’s future will be a padded cell in an insane asylum and not the ring.
The lives of fighters have always had something of extreme about them. The immortal Salvador Sanchez loved sports cars and he drove at high speeds, in the end this was his death. Diego Corrales met a similar end on a motorcycle. Henry Armstrong was addicted to booze and to fast women, spending considerable sums on his vices. Joe Louis became a vicious drug addict in old age. Rocky Lockridge is consumed by crack cocaine, a once great warrior now a derelict on skid row. A crack fiend and alcoholic. Mexico still mourns the life of the great Pajarito Ricardo Moreno, who at a young age was turned on to cocaine and other drugs by the jet set of Mexico. Pajarito was a country boy who was easily duped by movie star weasels, his wealth was stolen, addicted to drugs, eventually he died a homeless depressed man while sleeping on a boxing ring in a gym where he was allowed to stay at night.
There are opposite examples of those boxers who self-destruct; they are men who work themselves out of extreme poverty and achieve the highest glory without harm to their mental balance. Pacquiao was born into unfortunate circumstances of extreme poverty in one of the poorest and must socially unjust countries in the world (the Philippines); he has been able to take his rise to glory with humility and balance. The Golden Boy, Oscar de la Hoya, rose from the oppressive slums of Los Angeles to become a star in boxing and now one of the most influential promoters in that sport. The lives of fighters like Daniel Zaragoza, Raul “Raton” Macias, and many others are examples of good clean living.
Hopefully Edwin Valero can find a good psychiatrist in Cuba who can help him work out his demons and allow him to fulfill his potential as a man and as boxer.
By Francisco Hernandez: The Super Six World Boxing Classic continues to create excitement. The fighters involved are third rate boxers at best, but are superb athletes; they can deliver twelve rounds of action, are fun to watch.
One thing that we can learn from one of these fighters –Arthur Abraham- is how to stop a cheater –Arthur Dirrell. Out of the “Super Six” (I don’t know why they call them “Super”) Dirrell is the most defensively gifted. Yet Dirrell has an annoying strategy of going to his knees when the going gets tough and leather gets dangerously close to his chin. Anytime he is in danger, Dirrell will fake a fall to his knees or a slip to the canvas. Dirrell is too big to crouch down and sit on his rear like Pernell Whitaker used to do. Therefore Dirrell chooses to fake slips and falls to his knees when convenient.
What Dirrell has in common with Pernell Whitaker is the generosity from the referees in letting him get away with such antics. Most fighters were too simple minded to neutralize Whitaker’s sitting on the ring apron, a smart fighter would have put a knee through Whitaker’s face when he got that low with the referees complicity. Arthur Abraham is not a stupid fighter; he put a devastating fist through Dirrell’s face and ended Dirrell’s blatant tactics of deception. This was regardless of the official outcome, the right thing to do.
Unbeaten Edwin Valero seems to be going down the drain. You can take the man out of the slum but you can’t take the slum out of the man, this could easily be applied to Valero. Edwin had a rough childhood, living on the streets, running with thugs and gangs, stealing and mugging people. He worked hard to get out of that dark place in Venezuela. Now that he has achieved some excellent progress, some admirable success, and is on the threshold of greatness as a world class pugilist, he sabotages himself. Now that he has wealth, fame, and admiration from millions of fans and countrymen, he decides to destroy himself with booze and narcotics. It may well be that Valero’s future will be a padded cell in an insane asylum and not the ring.
The lives of fighters have always had something of extreme about them. The immortal Salvador Sanchez loved sports cars and he drove at high speeds, in the end this was his death. Diego Corrales met a similar end on a motorcycle. Henry Armstrong was addicted to booze and to fast women, spending considerable sums on his vices. Joe Louis became a vicious drug addict in old age. Rocky Lockridge is consumed by crack cocaine, a once great warrior now a derelict on skid row. A crack fiend and alcoholic. Mexico still mourns the life of the great Pajarito Ricardo Moreno, who at a young age was turned on to cocaine and other drugs by the jet set of Mexico. Pajarito was a country boy who was easily duped by movie star weasels, his wealth was stolen, addicted to drugs, eventually he died a homeless depressed man while sleeping on a boxing ring in a gym where he was allowed to stay at night.
There are opposite examples of those boxers who self-destruct; they are men who work themselves out of extreme poverty and achieve the highest glory without harm to their mental balance. Pacquiao was born into unfortunate circumstances of extreme poverty in one of the poorest and must socially unjust countries in the world (the Philippines); he has been able to take his rise to glory with humility and balance. The Golden Boy, Oscar de la Hoya, rose from the oppressive slums of Los Angeles to become a star in boxing and now one of the most influential promoters in that sport. The lives of fighters like Daniel Zaragoza, Raul “Raton” Macias, and many others are examples of good clean living.
Hopefully Edwin Valero can find a good psychiatrist in Cuba who can help him work out his demons and allow him to fulfill his potential as a man and as boxer.
Mayweather vs. Mosley: Is Shane too old and deteriorated to beat Floyd?
By Dave Lahr: If this fight was to have taken place 10 years ago with Shane Mlosley (46-5, 39 KO’s) a young 28-year-old and Floyd Mayweather Jr. (40-0, 25 KO’s) the older 33-year-old opponent, I could see Mosley emerging as the winner of the fight. The problem is Shane is now 38, and hasn’t fought in over a year as he comes into their May 1st fight at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada. I don’t particularly care how well Mosley did against the slow Antonio Margarito in his last fight. Mosley isn’t facing Margarito on May 1st, and he’s coming off of a long layoff.
That spells defeat, anyway you want to look at it. Mayweather is the best fighter in the welterweight division, period. I’m sorry, but I think Mayweather will wipe the deck with the small Manny Pacquiao when/if they ever fight. But right now, there’s no one that can touch Mayweather, least of all Mosley. I think things are going to go really badly for Mosley in this fight. He doesn’t have the movement, the hand speed or the jab to compete with Mayweather and I think he’s going to get riddled to pieces in this fight.
It’s going to be one of those sad fights in which the old fighter gets beaten to a pulp and is made to look all of their age. Mosley is still a good fighter and I think he could beat the likes of Pacquiao, and the rest of the welterweight division. But Mayweather is a lot better than Pacquiao and a lot better than Mosley and the rest of the welterweight division. This is going to be a hopeless mismatch for Mosley. I just hope he doesn’t get beaten too badly.
I don’t want the guy to be finished completely as a fighter. I want Mayweather to take it easy on Mosley when it gets really bad late in the fight. In Mayweather’s last fight against another old fighter, the 36-year-old Juan Manuel Marquez, Mayweather dominated Marquez like he was beating a schoolboy. This is kind of how I see this fight going. I think Mosley is going to be in way over his head in this fight and unable to cope with Mayweather’s superior hand speed and defensive ability.
Mosley looked really bad in his fight before his last one against Ricardo Mayorga, getting beaten to the punch through most of the fight until he stopped Mayorga in the 12th round. Although incredibly two of the judges had Mosley in the lead at the time he stopped Mayorga, a lot of other people felt that Mosley was on the verge of losing the fight to Mayorga had he not been able to stop him in the last round. I thought the judges’ scores were ridiculous. I had Mayorga easily winning the fight. Mosley just couldn’t throw enough punches and he really undermined his own case in the fight by constantly clinching after throwing shots. That kind of thing doesn’t work when you’re fighting someone that is throwing a lot of punches like Mayorga was.
By Dave Lahr: If this fight was to have taken place 10 years ago with Shane Mlosley (46-5, 39 KO’s) a young 28-year-old and Floyd Mayweather Jr. (40-0, 25 KO’s) the older 33-year-old opponent, I could see Mosley emerging as the winner of the fight. The problem is Shane is now 38, and hasn’t fought in over a year as he comes into their May 1st fight at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada. I don’t particularly care how well Mosley did against the slow Antonio Margarito in his last fight. Mosley isn’t facing Margarito on May 1st, and he’s coming off of a long layoff.
That spells defeat, anyway you want to look at it. Mayweather is the best fighter in the welterweight division, period. I’m sorry, but I think Mayweather will wipe the deck with the small Manny Pacquiao when/if they ever fight. But right now, there’s no one that can touch Mayweather, least of all Mosley. I think things are going to go really badly for Mosley in this fight. He doesn’t have the movement, the hand speed or the jab to compete with Mayweather and I think he’s going to get riddled to pieces in this fight.
It’s going to be one of those sad fights in which the old fighter gets beaten to a pulp and is made to look all of their age. Mosley is still a good fighter and I think he could beat the likes of Pacquiao, and the rest of the welterweight division. But Mayweather is a lot better than Pacquiao and a lot better than Mosley and the rest of the welterweight division. This is going to be a hopeless mismatch for Mosley. I just hope he doesn’t get beaten too badly.
I don’t want the guy to be finished completely as a fighter. I want Mayweather to take it easy on Mosley when it gets really bad late in the fight. In Mayweather’s last fight against another old fighter, the 36-year-old Juan Manuel Marquez, Mayweather dominated Marquez like he was beating a schoolboy. This is kind of how I see this fight going. I think Mosley is going to be in way over his head in this fight and unable to cope with Mayweather’s superior hand speed and defensive ability.
Mosley looked really bad in his fight before his last one against Ricardo Mayorga, getting beaten to the punch through most of the fight until he stopped Mayorga in the 12th round. Although incredibly two of the judges had Mosley in the lead at the time he stopped Mayorga, a lot of other people felt that Mosley was on the verge of losing the fight to Mayorga had he not been able to stop him in the last round. I thought the judges’ scores were ridiculous. I had Mayorga easily winning the fight. Mosley just couldn’t throw enough punches and he really undermined his own case in the fight by constantly clinching after throwing shots. That kind of thing doesn’t work when you’re fighting someone that is throwing a lot of punches like Mayorga was.
Carl Froch: 'I Don't Feel Sorry For Calzaghe, He's an Idiot'
By Nick Parkinson, courtesy of The Daily Star
CARL FROCH has branded Joe Calzaghe “an idiot” for his cocaine shame.
The WBC world super- middleweight champ has no sympathy for Calzaghe and says they will never fight now.
After a brilliant undefeated *career, Welshman Calzaghe’s reputation was wrecked when he admitted to taking cocaine last month.
Calzaghe, who ignored *offers from Froch to fight him, hung up his gloves last year after more than ten years as world champ.
After failing to lure Calzaghe into the ring, Froch entered the Super Six World Boxing Classic tournament that features boxing’s top six super-middleweights.
Nottingham’s unbeaten Froch defends his world title against former Calzaghe *victim Mikkel Kessler in Herning, Denmark, on *Saturday in the second round of the competition.
And Froch, 33, warmed up for his third defence against Kessler by ripping into *Calzaghe, 37.
He said: “Calzaghe has just been stupid. I don’t feel sorry for people who are idiots.
“He was bragging and being lairy around the old cocaine *situation and talking about smoking weed. I just thought, ‘what an idiot’.
“Talk about letting his guard down and revealing all that to people he doesn’t know.
“You’ve got to have a bit of street cred about you if you’re going to give it the big one, *talking about cocaine and *playing the big, clever man.
“I don’t feel sorry for him, I just think he’s an idiot.
“He’s got no business in the professional boxing ring now and he looks about 14 stone.
“You can’t have that time off, take drugs and then expect to come back and compete.
“Even if he did want to drag his fat old self out of the *armchair he’s got to get in line. I’ve got *another four fights first, so it would be the end of 2011.”
Froch is unsure whether Dane Kessler, 31, has improved since his 2007 points loss to Calzaghe.
Kessler lost his WBA version of the world title on cuts to American Andre Ward in his last fight and Froch is expecting a backlash.
He said: “Kessler’s a wounded fox. But I’m in top shape. I feel so fit and strong, I will stop him.
“Whether he’s still at his best or not I don’t know but I’m going to be smacking him with heavy digs early on. Whichever way it goes, I win.”
By Nick Parkinson, courtesy of The Daily Star
CARL FROCH has branded Joe Calzaghe “an idiot” for his cocaine shame.
The WBC world super- middleweight champ has no sympathy for Calzaghe and says they will never fight now.
After a brilliant undefeated *career, Welshman Calzaghe’s reputation was wrecked when he admitted to taking cocaine last month.
Calzaghe, who ignored *offers from Froch to fight him, hung up his gloves last year after more than ten years as world champ.
After failing to lure Calzaghe into the ring, Froch entered the Super Six World Boxing Classic tournament that features boxing’s top six super-middleweights.
Nottingham’s unbeaten Froch defends his world title against former Calzaghe *victim Mikkel Kessler in Herning, Denmark, on *Saturday in the second round of the competition.
And Froch, 33, warmed up for his third defence against Kessler by ripping into *Calzaghe, 37.
He said: “Calzaghe has just been stupid. I don’t feel sorry for people who are idiots.
“He was bragging and being lairy around the old cocaine *situation and talking about smoking weed. I just thought, ‘what an idiot’.
“Talk about letting his guard down and revealing all that to people he doesn’t know.
“You’ve got to have a bit of street cred about you if you’re going to give it the big one, *talking about cocaine and *playing the big, clever man.
“I don’t feel sorry for him, I just think he’s an idiot.
“He’s got no business in the professional boxing ring now and he looks about 14 stone.
“You can’t have that time off, take drugs and then expect to come back and compete.
“Even if he did want to drag his fat old self out of the *armchair he’s got to get in line. I’ve got *another four fights first, so it would be the end of 2011.”
Froch is unsure whether Dane Kessler, 31, has improved since his 2007 points loss to Calzaghe.
Kessler lost his WBA version of the world title on cuts to American Andre Ward in his last fight and Froch is expecting a backlash.
He said: “Kessler’s a wounded fox. But I’m in top shape. I feel so fit and strong, I will stop him.
“Whether he’s still at his best or not I don’t know but I’m going to be smacking him with heavy digs early on. Whichever way it goes, I win.”
Edwin Valero Arrested For Murder
Breaking: His wife found dead in a hotel in Valencia.
According to a report on Noticias24, and now being reported through various outlets, former WBC lightweight champ Edwin Valero has been arrested by Venezuelan authorities on suspicion of murdering his wife.
Wilmer Flores Trossel, General Director of the CICPC, said the murder took place sometime around 4 a.m. inside a hotel in the city of Valencia where local authorities suspect Valero stabbed her multiple times.
Trossel told news station VTV that Valero has been detained and will remain in custody while they continue their investigation.
The director also confirmed that Valero himself came down to the reception desk around 5:30 a.m. and confessed to the murder. Police was then dispatched to the hotel room where Mrs. Valero was found dead.
Trossel also reported that Valero and his wife were spotted in the hotel lobby around 11:30 p.m. where they were seen speaking calmly with each other for about 2 hours.
We'll have more on this story as it develops.
Breaking: His wife found dead in a hotel in Valencia.
According to a report on Noticias24, and now being reported through various outlets, former WBC lightweight champ Edwin Valero has been arrested by Venezuelan authorities on suspicion of murdering his wife.
Wilmer Flores Trossel, General Director of the CICPC, said the murder took place sometime around 4 a.m. inside a hotel in the city of Valencia where local authorities suspect Valero stabbed her multiple times.
Trossel told news station VTV that Valero has been detained and will remain in custody while they continue their investigation.
The director also confirmed that Valero himself came down to the reception desk around 5:30 a.m. and confessed to the murder. Police was then dispatched to the hotel room where Mrs. Valero was found dead.
Trossel also reported that Valero and his wife were spotted in the hotel lobby around 11:30 p.m. where they were seen speaking calmly with each other for about 2 hours.
We'll have more on this story as it develops.
Martinez dominates Pavlik – but may have to fight him again
By Chris Williams: Just as I expected, Sergio Martinez (45-2-2, 24 KO’s) was far too talented for the slow moving, slow punching, slow reacting WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik (36-2, 32 KO’s) last night in beating Pavlik by a 12 round unanimous decision at the Boardwalk Hall, in Atlantic City, New Jersey. I knew Pavlik was going to have problems with the quick and elusive Martinez, because the Argentinean fighter moves a lot, attacks in brief spurts and gets out of the way of harm by moving to the outside and using constant lateral movement.
Bernard Hopkins had already made the blue print in how to beat Pavlik by using movement and short attacks in easily beating him by a 12 round unanimous decision in October 2008. All Martinez had to do is take one look at that to see all he had to do to replicate Hopkins’ success. There really wasn’t much that Martinez needed to change with his fighting style for the Pavlik fight, because he always moves a lot and attacks with fast shots and escapes without getting hit. Martinez ended up winning last night’s fight against Pavlik by the judges’ scores of 115-111, 115-111 and 116-111.
Martinez looked simply awesome in the 1st round of the fight, hitting Pavlik over and over again with straight left hands to the head and not getting get hit back. It was like target practice for Martinez. Pavlik looked confused and unable to pull the trigger. One thing I noticed about Pavlik was how big he was for the fight. He weighed in at 178 the night of the fight and looked much bigger than he had ever been before.
That size didn’t serve well at all, because it made him even slower than he usually is. I have no idea why Pavlik chose to come in even bigger for a fight against a small quicker fighter like Martinez, because if anything he needed to be lighter to deal with the speed from Martinez. It could be that Pavlik thought he would be able to overwhelm Martinez with his bigger size. It didn’t turn out to be that way, though. The extra size only made Pavlik even more of a plodder than he usually is. Early in the 1st round, Martinez cut Pavlik above the left eye with a hard left to the head. This was the first of two cuts that Pavlik would sustain in the fight, and he didn’t seem to react well to getting cut.
Martinez continued his mastery of Pavlik in rounds two through four, hammering the slower Pavlik straight right-left combinations and probing jabs to Pavlik’s midsection. Martinez was able to catch Pavlik a lot of times with straight lefts or fight hands as Pavlik would plod in trying to land his painfully slow punches. It didn’t seem fair times because Pavlik was just so slow it wasn’t even funny.
In the 3rd round, Martinez caught Pavlik with a number of hard straight lefts to the head that got the crowd really into it. Although most of the crowd was for Pavlik, they quickly started to cheer the action from Martinez, as he was really pounding Pavlik and making him looked severely limited as a fighter. With his hands down by his sides, Martinez looked Ali-like as he toyed with the robotic Pavlik, hitting him at will despite giving up four inches in height.
Pavlik started out well in the 4th round, catching Martinez with big right hands in the first half of the round. However, Pavlik seemed to tire in the second half of the round, which allowed Martinez to come and dominate the action with straight left hands. Repeatedly, Martinez rammed his left hands down the throat of Pavlik, snapping his head back each time the shots landed. I gave the round to Martinez because he dominated the second half much better than Pavlik had in the first part of the round. Pavlik looked defenseless when Martinez turned up the fire on him. The extra weight that Pavlik was carrying around was useless to him, making him slow to react and seeming to tire him as the fight wore on.
Pavlik came on in the 5th round, stalking Martinez around the ring and landing big right hands and left hooks. Martinez was now moving too much and not fighting Pavlik like he had in the first four rounds. This allowed Pavlik to get off with his shots without worrying about return fire. By the end of the round, Martinez was developing swelling underneath his right eye.
In rounds six through eight, Pavlik continued to control the fight with his bigger shots. The 6th was actually a very close round and you could call it basically even, but Martinez didn’t mix it up enough to actually win the round. Pavlik looked strong and confident in these rounds. The crowd was cheering loudly for him during these rounds, and it looked like Pavlik was on his way to winning the fight. In the 7th round, Pavlik dropped Martinez with a short right hand as Martinez was off balance. It was a flash knockdown, but a knockdown none the less. Pavlik continued to punish Martinez with heavy shots for the remainder of the round.
Pavlik began to show signs of tiring in the 8th, as he began to get hit a lot by Martinez. Pavlik still was able to land some big right hands in the round, enough to take the round by a narrow margin. It was close, though.
In the 9th round, Martinez seemed to say to him, ‘forget the running. I’m going to stand and fight him.’ And this is exactly what Martinez did. He stopped moving as much and just stood in front of Pavlik, tagging him over and over again with blistering fast combinations. What Martinez discovered was that Pavlik was no match for his hand speed in a one on one battle and he couldn’t really compete because of his lack of speed and coordination. Martinez really gave Pavlik a tremendous beating in this round, opening up a new cut, this one above Pavlik’s right eye, leaving him a bloody mess by the end of the round. An argument can be made that this should have been a 10-8 round, because it was completely one-sided to the point where it was scary. It was like Martinez was beating an old shoe against a fence and just tearing the wholly heck out of the shoe and the fence. Pavlik just looked like a rank amateur against Martinez.
The beating continued in rounds 10 though 12, as Martinez stood in front of Pavlik and giving him his just medicine in the form of right-left combinations. At times, Martinez was able to hit Pavlik with a prolonged series of combinations without Pavlik being able to respond. He just seemed too painfully slow to react.
None of the last four rounds of the fight were even remotely close. Pavlik didn’t have the hand speed, looked tired, and was like a tall punching bag for Martinez. In the end, Pavlik didn’t have the ability to handle Martinez’s movement and hand speed and ended up losing the fight just as I thought he would. This was an even worse beating than the one Hopkins put on Pavlik. By the end of the 12th, Pavlik was a bloody mess, his face swollen, his nose looking broken and blood everywhere on his face.
The real sad part about this fight is that there’s a rematch clause in the contract, meaning that we probably will have to see Pavlik vs. Martinez II. I don’t really care to see that fight and would much prefer to see a rematch between Martinez and Paul Williams. It won’t even be interesting watching Martinez pummel Pavlik again. They can fight again, but it will probably be an even bigger mismatch the next time out with Martinez beating the stuffing out of Pavlik.
If I was Pavlik, I’d lose some weight and go after IBF middleweight champion Sebastian Sylvester. I think Pavlik could beat that guy fairly easily. If Pavlik fights Martinez again, he’s just going to get beaten and end up screwing up his career by getting beaten twice in a row. He just needs to recognize that Martinez has his number and has the style that he can’t beat.
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By Chris Williams: Just as I expected, Sergio Martinez (45-2-2, 24 KO’s) was far too talented for the slow moving, slow punching, slow reacting WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik (36-2, 32 KO’s) last night in beating Pavlik by a 12 round unanimous decision at the Boardwalk Hall, in Atlantic City, New Jersey. I knew Pavlik was going to have problems with the quick and elusive Martinez, because the Argentinean fighter moves a lot, attacks in brief spurts and gets out of the way of harm by moving to the outside and using constant lateral movement.
Bernard Hopkins had already made the blue print in how to beat Pavlik by using movement and short attacks in easily beating him by a 12 round unanimous decision in October 2008. All Martinez had to do is take one look at that to see all he had to do to replicate Hopkins’ success. There really wasn’t much that Martinez needed to change with his fighting style for the Pavlik fight, because he always moves a lot and attacks with fast shots and escapes without getting hit. Martinez ended up winning last night’s fight against Pavlik by the judges’ scores of 115-111, 115-111 and 116-111.
Martinez looked simply awesome in the 1st round of the fight, hitting Pavlik over and over again with straight left hands to the head and not getting get hit back. It was like target practice for Martinez. Pavlik looked confused and unable to pull the trigger. One thing I noticed about Pavlik was how big he was for the fight. He weighed in at 178 the night of the fight and looked much bigger than he had ever been before.
That size didn’t serve well at all, because it made him even slower than he usually is. I have no idea why Pavlik chose to come in even bigger for a fight against a small quicker fighter like Martinez, because if anything he needed to be lighter to deal with the speed from Martinez. It could be that Pavlik thought he would be able to overwhelm Martinez with his bigger size. It didn’t turn out to be that way, though. The extra size only made Pavlik even more of a plodder than he usually is. Early in the 1st round, Martinez cut Pavlik above the left eye with a hard left to the head. This was the first of two cuts that Pavlik would sustain in the fight, and he didn’t seem to react well to getting cut.
Martinez continued his mastery of Pavlik in rounds two through four, hammering the slower Pavlik straight right-left combinations and probing jabs to Pavlik’s midsection. Martinez was able to catch Pavlik a lot of times with straight lefts or fight hands as Pavlik would plod in trying to land his painfully slow punches. It didn’t seem fair times because Pavlik was just so slow it wasn’t even funny.
In the 3rd round, Martinez caught Pavlik with a number of hard straight lefts to the head that got the crowd really into it. Although most of the crowd was for Pavlik, they quickly started to cheer the action from Martinez, as he was really pounding Pavlik and making him looked severely limited as a fighter. With his hands down by his sides, Martinez looked Ali-like as he toyed with the robotic Pavlik, hitting him at will despite giving up four inches in height.
Pavlik started out well in the 4th round, catching Martinez with big right hands in the first half of the round. However, Pavlik seemed to tire in the second half of the round, which allowed Martinez to come and dominate the action with straight left hands. Repeatedly, Martinez rammed his left hands down the throat of Pavlik, snapping his head back each time the shots landed. I gave the round to Martinez because he dominated the second half much better than Pavlik had in the first part of the round. Pavlik looked defenseless when Martinez turned up the fire on him. The extra weight that Pavlik was carrying around was useless to him, making him slow to react and seeming to tire him as the fight wore on.
Pavlik came on in the 5th round, stalking Martinez around the ring and landing big right hands and left hooks. Martinez was now moving too much and not fighting Pavlik like he had in the first four rounds. This allowed Pavlik to get off with his shots without worrying about return fire. By the end of the round, Martinez was developing swelling underneath his right eye.
In rounds six through eight, Pavlik continued to control the fight with his bigger shots. The 6th was actually a very close round and you could call it basically even, but Martinez didn’t mix it up enough to actually win the round. Pavlik looked strong and confident in these rounds. The crowd was cheering loudly for him during these rounds, and it looked like Pavlik was on his way to winning the fight. In the 7th round, Pavlik dropped Martinez with a short right hand as Martinez was off balance. It was a flash knockdown, but a knockdown none the less. Pavlik continued to punish Martinez with heavy shots for the remainder of the round.
Pavlik began to show signs of tiring in the 8th, as he began to get hit a lot by Martinez. Pavlik still was able to land some big right hands in the round, enough to take the round by a narrow margin. It was close, though.
In the 9th round, Martinez seemed to say to him, ‘forget the running. I’m going to stand and fight him.’ And this is exactly what Martinez did. He stopped moving as much and just stood in front of Pavlik, tagging him over and over again with blistering fast combinations. What Martinez discovered was that Pavlik was no match for his hand speed in a one on one battle and he couldn’t really compete because of his lack of speed and coordination. Martinez really gave Pavlik a tremendous beating in this round, opening up a new cut, this one above Pavlik’s right eye, leaving him a bloody mess by the end of the round. An argument can be made that this should have been a 10-8 round, because it was completely one-sided to the point where it was scary. It was like Martinez was beating an old shoe against a fence and just tearing the wholly heck out of the shoe and the fence. Pavlik just looked like a rank amateur against Martinez.
The beating continued in rounds 10 though 12, as Martinez stood in front of Pavlik and giving him his just medicine in the form of right-left combinations. At times, Martinez was able to hit Pavlik with a prolonged series of combinations without Pavlik being able to respond. He just seemed too painfully slow to react.
None of the last four rounds of the fight were even remotely close. Pavlik didn’t have the hand speed, looked tired, and was like a tall punching bag for Martinez. In the end, Pavlik didn’t have the ability to handle Martinez’s movement and hand speed and ended up losing the fight just as I thought he would. This was an even worse beating than the one Hopkins put on Pavlik. By the end of the 12th, Pavlik was a bloody mess, his face swollen, his nose looking broken and blood everywhere on his face.
The real sad part about this fight is that there’s a rematch clause in the contract, meaning that we probably will have to see Pavlik vs. Martinez II. I don’t really care to see that fight and would much prefer to see a rematch between Martinez and Paul Williams. It won’t even be interesting watching Martinez pummel Pavlik again. They can fight again, but it will probably be an even bigger mismatch the next time out with Martinez beating the stuffing out of Pavlik.
If I was Pavlik, I’d lose some weight and go after IBF middleweight champion Sebastian Sylvester. I think Pavlik could beat that guy fairly easily. If Pavlik fights Martinez again, he’s just going to get beaten and end up screwing up his career by getting beaten twice in a row. He just needs to recognize that Martinez has his number and has the style that he can’t beat.
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Martinez Gets DiBella's Revenge, Eyes Pavlik and Williams
By Mark Vester
Sergio Martinez got revenge for his promoter Lou DiBella. On Saturday night at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, Martinez won a twelve round unanimous decision over Kelly Pavlik to snatch the WBO/WBC middleweight crown. Martinez left Pavlik a bloody and bruised mess by the end of the fight.
Back in 2007, in the same Atlantic City venue, Pavlik knocked out Jermain Taylor in seven rounds to capture the middleweight titles. Taylor, who was DiBella's star fighter at the time, was never the same after the loss.
Pavlik has a mandatory rematch clause. He had a lot of trouble making the middleweight limit for the fight, but promises to exercise the rematch clause for a second crack at Martinez. Paul Williams was watching the fight from ringside. He wants to fight Martinez in a rematch. The two of them staged a fight of the year battle in December, which Williams won with a very close majority decision. Martinez doesn't care which rematch comes first. Williams still has to beat Kermit Cintron on May 8.
"It would be an honor to fight [Kelly Pavlik] again, but it doesn't matter to me, I'll take either fight," Martinez said.
By Mark Vester
Sergio Martinez got revenge for his promoter Lou DiBella. On Saturday night at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, Martinez won a twelve round unanimous decision over Kelly Pavlik to snatch the WBO/WBC middleweight crown. Martinez left Pavlik a bloody and bruised mess by the end of the fight.
Back in 2007, in the same Atlantic City venue, Pavlik knocked out Jermain Taylor in seven rounds to capture the middleweight titles. Taylor, who was DiBella's star fighter at the time, was never the same after the loss.
Pavlik has a mandatory rematch clause. He had a lot of trouble making the middleweight limit for the fight, but promises to exercise the rematch clause for a second crack at Martinez. Paul Williams was watching the fight from ringside. He wants to fight Martinez in a rematch. The two of them staged a fight of the year battle in December, which Williams won with a very close majority decision. Martinez doesn't care which rematch comes first. Williams still has to beat Kermit Cintron on May 8.
"It would be an honor to fight [Kelly Pavlik] again, but it doesn't matter to me, I'll take either fight," Martinez said.
Mayweather Jabs: Sh*tty Shane Mosley with The Nose Job
By Mark Vester
In the second episode of HBO's reality series, Mayweather-Mosley 24/7, Floyd Mayweather Jr. continued to verbally abuse his May 1 opponent, WBA welterweight champion Shane Mosley. The show began and ended with Mayweather launching verbal bombs in Mosley's direction.
The show started with Mayweather going on a verbal rampage after watching the first episode of Mayweather-Mosley 24/7. Mayweather went after Mosley, who said in the first episode that he doesn't consider money as his motivating factor to continue fighting.
"I've just seen the first episode. This dumb motherf*cker said that he's fighting me because other fighters said they better than him. Man, you dumb motherf*cker you almost 40-years-old, you better be fighting for a check you dumb motherf*cker," Mayweather said.
Near the end of the show, Mayweather went off with some more verbal damage to close off the show.
"I'm a machine because I can generate the most, not sh*tty Shane with the nose job, [but] me - classy, clean cut, straight shooter. I approach everything in life like this - if you say f*ck me, I'm going to say f*ck you. Don't disrespect me if you don't want to be disrespected, period," Mayweather said.
Mosley doesn't seem to be bothered by Mayweather's talk.
"I don't care about the things you say. I have one goal, and that's to be the best," Mosley said.
By Mark Vester
In the second episode of HBO's reality series, Mayweather-Mosley 24/7, Floyd Mayweather Jr. continued to verbally abuse his May 1 opponent, WBA welterweight champion Shane Mosley. The show began and ended with Mayweather launching verbal bombs in Mosley's direction.
The show started with Mayweather going on a verbal rampage after watching the first episode of Mayweather-Mosley 24/7. Mayweather went after Mosley, who said in the first episode that he doesn't consider money as his motivating factor to continue fighting.
"I've just seen the first episode. This dumb motherf*cker said that he's fighting me because other fighters said they better than him. Man, you dumb motherf*cker you almost 40-years-old, you better be fighting for a check you dumb motherf*cker," Mayweather said.
Near the end of the show, Mayweather went off with some more verbal damage to close off the show.
"I'm a machine because I can generate the most, not sh*tty Shane with the nose job, [but] me - classy, clean cut, straight shooter. I approach everything in life like this - if you say f*ck me, I'm going to say f*ck you. Don't disrespect me if you don't want to be disrespected, period," Mayweather said.
Mosley doesn't seem to be bothered by Mayweather's talk.
"I don't care about the things you say. I have one goal, and that's to be the best," Mosley said.
Paul Williams' Trainer: Pavlik Has To Move Up, Forget 160
By Rick Reeno
In the opinion of George Peterson, trainer/manager of Paul Williams, former middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik needs to leave the middleweight division behind, and immediately move up to 168-pounds. On Saturday at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, Sergio Martinez won a marvelous twelve round decision over Pavlik to capture the WBO/WBC middleweight titles. According to several sources, Pavlik struggled more than usual to make the weight. He weighed in at 159.5 on Friday, but weighed nearly twenty pounds more, at 178-pounds, by fight time.
Peterson, with Paul Williams by his side, traveled to Boardwalk Hall to watch the fight from ringside. Both trainer and fighter had picked Martinez to pull off the upset. According to Pavlik, he plans to exercise the rematch clause. Peterson is strongly advising Pavlik to forget about a rematch because the end result would be the same.
"If Kelly Pavlik is smart, he will leave the middleweight division. That would not be a smart move because he would take another loss and then he would become an opponent. He already has two losses. The money changes every time you lose. He needs to go to super middleweight, where the guys are slower and bigger and I could him being in a more challenging situation there, than at 160," Peterson told BoxingScene.com.
"It was easy picking the winner of that fight. If anyone had any boxing knowledge at all, they knew who would win that fight. Pavlik is a basic fighter. He sets a pattern and fights with that pattern, but he's no competition for fighters like Martinez. There was no reason for him to take a beating such as he did. He needed to throw that right [hand] two weeks earlier to hit Martinez with it. By the time he threw it, Martinez could have went to McDonalds and came back."
When Pavlik suffered his first career loss to Bernard Hopkins, in 2008, he was troubled with Hopkins' movement and faster hands. The same scenario played out in the loss to Martinez. Pavlik does not have the physical ability to deal with fighters who possess fast reflexes, says Peterson to BoxingScene.
"Pavlik is a basic one-two fighter. The only reason he has been as successful as he's been is because he's been fighting guys with absolutely no movement and they had no idea on how to get away from a one-two fighter. I knew the speed and accumulation of punches [of Martinez] was going to pick him apart. It's a good thing [for Pavlik] that Martinez pulled the trigger when he did, in the eight round. If he would have done it half a round earlier, Pavlik would have really been in bad shape," Peterson said.
"And I'll tell you this. He got both losses from trying to avoid Paul Williams. They refused to fight us [in 2008] and fought Bernard Hopkins and got that butt spanked. They avoided us again with the excuses [in 2009] and Martinez spanked that butt."
After a rocky start, Pavlik managed to adjust by picking up the pace and began to win some of the middle rounds. Peterson didn't see it in the same light. He saw Pavik playing right into Martinez's strategy.
"I knew what Martinez was doing. I saw that Martinez was touching him like he wanted to touch him. I thought Martinez would take off for a couple of rounds and then come back. Martinez knew he couldn't go at that pace for a full twelve rounds," Peterson said.
Paul Williams is scheduled to fight Kermit Cintron in a junior middleweight contest on May 8. Provided Williams wins, Peterson would immediately look for a rematch with Martinez. Last December, Williams won a close majority decision over Martinez at middleweight. Martinez was a late replacement for Pavlik, who withdrew with a staph infection in his hand. Williams-Martinez had fireworks from start to finish, with both fighters exchanging knockdowns in the first round and going to war for the next eleven.
"We were there [at Boardwalk Hall] to let it be known that we are not climbing under a rock. We wanted the winner of that particular event. I've got to give Martinez credit. He fought a great fight. Martinez will always represent. I don't see anybody out there who can do anything to Sergio Martinez, but Paul Williams. Martinez is here and he's going to be there for a while, but so is Paul Williams," Peterson said.
"The next time, we'll have eight weeks to train instead of three weeks. Martinez is a nice guy and we respect him and hope he'll be a champ for a long time. He was courageous enough to step up to fight Paul the first time and I think he'll do it again. I don't think he's going to make any of these excuses like we've heard before."
By Rick Reeno
In the opinion of George Peterson, trainer/manager of Paul Williams, former middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik needs to leave the middleweight division behind, and immediately move up to 168-pounds. On Saturday at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, Sergio Martinez won a marvelous twelve round decision over Pavlik to capture the WBO/WBC middleweight titles. According to several sources, Pavlik struggled more than usual to make the weight. He weighed in at 159.5 on Friday, but weighed nearly twenty pounds more, at 178-pounds, by fight time.
Peterson, with Paul Williams by his side, traveled to Boardwalk Hall to watch the fight from ringside. Both trainer and fighter had picked Martinez to pull off the upset. According to Pavlik, he plans to exercise the rematch clause. Peterson is strongly advising Pavlik to forget about a rematch because the end result would be the same.
"If Kelly Pavlik is smart, he will leave the middleweight division. That would not be a smart move because he would take another loss and then he would become an opponent. He already has two losses. The money changes every time you lose. He needs to go to super middleweight, where the guys are slower and bigger and I could him being in a more challenging situation there, than at 160," Peterson told BoxingScene.com.
"It was easy picking the winner of that fight. If anyone had any boxing knowledge at all, they knew who would win that fight. Pavlik is a basic fighter. He sets a pattern and fights with that pattern, but he's no competition for fighters like Martinez. There was no reason for him to take a beating such as he did. He needed to throw that right [hand] two weeks earlier to hit Martinez with it. By the time he threw it, Martinez could have went to McDonalds and came back."
When Pavlik suffered his first career loss to Bernard Hopkins, in 2008, he was troubled with Hopkins' movement and faster hands. The same scenario played out in the loss to Martinez. Pavlik does not have the physical ability to deal with fighters who possess fast reflexes, says Peterson to BoxingScene.
"Pavlik is a basic one-two fighter. The only reason he has been as successful as he's been is because he's been fighting guys with absolutely no movement and they had no idea on how to get away from a one-two fighter. I knew the speed and accumulation of punches [of Martinez] was going to pick him apart. It's a good thing [for Pavlik] that Martinez pulled the trigger when he did, in the eight round. If he would have done it half a round earlier, Pavlik would have really been in bad shape," Peterson said.
"And I'll tell you this. He got both losses from trying to avoid Paul Williams. They refused to fight us [in 2008] and fought Bernard Hopkins and got that butt spanked. They avoided us again with the excuses [in 2009] and Martinez spanked that butt."
After a rocky start, Pavlik managed to adjust by picking up the pace and began to win some of the middle rounds. Peterson didn't see it in the same light. He saw Pavik playing right into Martinez's strategy.
"I knew what Martinez was doing. I saw that Martinez was touching him like he wanted to touch him. I thought Martinez would take off for a couple of rounds and then come back. Martinez knew he couldn't go at that pace for a full twelve rounds," Peterson said.
Paul Williams is scheduled to fight Kermit Cintron in a junior middleweight contest on May 8. Provided Williams wins, Peterson would immediately look for a rematch with Martinez. Last December, Williams won a close majority decision over Martinez at middleweight. Martinez was a late replacement for Pavlik, who withdrew with a staph infection in his hand. Williams-Martinez had fireworks from start to finish, with both fighters exchanging knockdowns in the first round and going to war for the next eleven.
"We were there [at Boardwalk Hall] to let it be known that we are not climbing under a rock. We wanted the winner of that particular event. I've got to give Martinez credit. He fought a great fight. Martinez will always represent. I don't see anybody out there who can do anything to Sergio Martinez, but Paul Williams. Martinez is here and he's going to be there for a while, but so is Paul Williams," Peterson said.
"The next time, we'll have eight weeks to train instead of three weeks. Martinez is a nice guy and we respect him and hope he'll be a champ for a long time. He was courageous enough to step up to fight Paul the first time and I think he'll do it again. I don't think he's going to make any of these excuses like we've heard before."