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Devon Alexander: “Floyd Mayweather doesn’t like fighting Black fighters”
October 22nd, 2014 | Post Comment - 100 Comments

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floyd mayweather jr devon alexander amir khan By Danny Esch: In a previous article that I wrote here on BN24 “The Blueprint to beating Floyd Mayweather 2nd Opinion” I quoted a statement from Adrien Broner and in a few comments I was told that I was being “Racist”.

The quote in question was from Adrien Brown after his fight with Taylor post fight in the ring and the question was asked from Showtime’s Jim Grey: “Was he (Taylor) tougher than what you expected?” Adrien Broner’s response was “OH NO no disrespects to you Jim but he’s (Taylor) an African American I KNEW HE WAS GOING TO BE TOUGH”!

The whole Keith Thurman Mandatory issue is old news now and Thurman has a fight coming up against undefeated European Welterweight Champion Leonard Bandu instead of Devon Alexander.

Devon Alexander has gone on record via 78SPORTSTV to prove that he did want the fight with Keith Thurman but was NEVER offered the fight as well as Keith Thurman who also went on record saying in a separate interview that he did ask for a Devon Alexander fight at the end of this year but was also never sent the offer. These two fighters cleared up the rumors about each other possibly ducking but that waS NOT THE CASE. Devon Alexander was then asked why he was not offered a Mayweather fight when he beat Marcos Maidana convincingly and Maidana was able to secure two fights.

Devon Alexander “Me Personally Floyd looks at a fighter who is going to pose the less threat to him you know and I did my homework and I have searched every Black fighter Floyd has faced and they all gave him some what of trouble Shane Hurt him, Chop Chop Corley hurt him”.

This is the point I was making that Manny Pacquiao is not the only fighter that Floyd Mayweather has “avoided” and not necessarily out of fear but of “greater risk” to reward. Devon Alexander believes Black fighters are slicker and make Floyd Mayweather “think” more when he is in the ring against them and Latin fighters are more aggressive and “flat footed”.

Devon Alexander went on to mention in the interview that Zab Judah gave Floyd problems in the beginning of their fight and Shane Mosley also gave Floyd trouble in the beginning and he landed a major shot against Floyd. I have also done some homework of strictly current “Black Fighters” that Floyd Mayweather has NEVER fought and some have held a belt which means they did something right to rise and climb the ranks to get a chance to fight Floyd Mayweather just because he holds the belts and according to the rules for “Belt Holders” for WBC, WBA, IBF, WBO the PPV buys and popularity” are not the criteria for a shot at the title.

1. Tim Bradley former – Champion 31-1-0

2. James Kirkland 32-1-0

3. Austin Trout – Former Champion 27-2-0

4. Keith Thurman – Interim Champion 23-0-0

6. Shawn Porter – Former Champion 24-1-1

7. Kell Brook – Champion 33-0-0

8. Devon Alexander – Former Champion 26 – 2 – 0

9. Demetrius Andrade – Champion 21-0-0

10. Cornelius Bundrage – Champion 34 – 5 – 0

11. Jermell Charlo 24-0-0

12. Jermall Charlo 19-0-0

13. Erislandy Lara – Champion 19-2-2

14. Willie Nelson – 23-2-1

Honorable mention at 140 pounds

1. Lamont Peterson

2. Adrian Broner
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Only dude that is financially viable on this entire list is Kell Brook IN England which obviously isn't going to happen. Honorable mention goes to Thurman who really isn't a titlist even though he probably could be. But even then, only hardcore fans knows who he is. It's not a race thing, it's the fact that these dudes barely have 12 fans between them.
 
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Rios vs. Alvarado 3 moved back to January
October 23rd, 2014 | Post Comment - 33 Comments

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mike alvarado brandon rios By Dan Ambrose: The long awaited third fight between #4 WBO Brandon Rios (32-2-1, 23 KOs) and former WBO light welterweight champion Mike Alvarado (34-3, 23 KOs) has been moved from December 20th to January, according to Steve Kim.

There’s some issues on Alvarado’s side slowing the fight down from getting made. There’s also a question of where the fight will take place. Bob Arum of Top Rank doesn’t want the fight to be staged in Alvarado’s home city of Denver, Colorado, due to the cold weather than boxing fans would have to deal with in trying to get to the fight in the middle of the winter.

The worst thing that fans need is to get stuck in the snow while traveling to Denver.

Alvarado and Rios both have hit a really rough patch in their careers. Alvarado has lost 3 out of his last 4 fights; whereas Rios has lost 2 out of his last 3 fights. You can really say that Rios has lost 4 out of his last 5 fights, because his disqualification win over Diego Chaves was a controversial one where he was losing the fight when the referee disqualified Chaves for throwing an elbow that few boxing fans saw Chaves throw in the 9th round. Further, Rios was given a questionable win over Richard Abril in 2012 in a fight where Rios was totally dominated. I saw the fight and I had Rios winning 1 of the 12 rounds.

Alvarado-Rios 3 is a good ESPN2 level fight, but not really HBO worthy because neither of these guys are going anywhere in their careers. They’re basically gate keepers, and guys that Arum uses to mix and match against his best welterweights Manny Pacquiao and Tim Bradley.

I don’t see Rios or Alvarado ever winning another world title. That’s why I feel their fight is more of an undercard fight on HBO or an ESPN2 main event. The head-liner fights on HBO should arguably be for stars, world champions or fighters on their way up to world titles. I don’t see Rios or Alvarado fitting into any of those categories.
 
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Matt Korobov vs. Andy Lee added to Bradley-Chaves triple-header
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Korobov Lee Korobov vs. Lee Bradley Chaves Bradley vs. Chaves timothy bradley matt korobov andy lee By Scott Gilfoid: #1 WBO Matt Korobov (24-0, 14 KOs) vs. #3 WBO Andy Lee (33-2, 23 KOs) has been added to the December 13th fight between Tim Bradley and Diego Chaves, according to Dan Rafael of ESPN.

The Korobov-Lee fight will be part of a triple-header on HBO Championship Boxing from the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. Also on the card is Mauricio Herrera vs. Jose Benavidez, and Denis Shafikov vs. TBA.

”Korobov-Lee has been added to 12/13 @HBO boxing card, making it a tripleheader with Bradley-Chavez and Herrera-Benavidez. Excellent show,” Rafael said on his twitter.

Lee, 30, is getting a shot at the vacant WBO middleweight title against Korobov, because Demetrius Andrade opted not to take the fight due to the money being right. #2 WBO Billy Joe Saunders will be fighting Chris Eubank Jr next month, and he’s not available to take the fight.

Saunders will be facing the winner of the Korobov-Lee fight. Lee earned the right to fight for the WBO title after beating John Jackson by a 5th round knockout last June. Lee was quite fortunate to get the knockout, because he was on his way to being stopped in that fight. Jackson totally dominated the first four rounds, and had Lee on the canvas in the 1st round.

Korobov has a pretty strong chin, and I can’t imagine he’ll get knocked out like Jackson did. He’s also a much better defensive fighter than Jackson, so you’re not going to see himself leaving his chin in the air to get by any of Lee’s left hooks in this fight way Jackson did. Korobov has good power, and he’ll likely take Lee into the deep end and drown him in the later rounds if he doesn’t knock him out early in the fight.

Lee likes to slug it out much to his own detriment. He was knocked out by Brian Vera and Julio Cesar Chavez Jr when he tried to punch with them. Since his loss to Chavez Jr, Lee has won his last five fights against Anthony Fitzgerald, Darryl Cunningham, Ferenc Hafner, Frank Haroche Horta and John Jackson.

For the most part, Lee’s opposition has been woeful, and that’s obviously a sign that his management didn’t feel confident enough to put him in with a live body with the kind of talent to challenge him. Even Jackson had Lee ready to go.

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George Groves vs. Denis Douglin on November 22nd at Echo Arena, Liverpool, UK
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Groves Douglin Groves vs. Douglin Denis Douglin george groves By Scott Gilfoid: George Groves (20-2, 15 KOs), the mandatory challenger for WBC super middleweight champion Anthony Dirrell, will be defending his World Boxing Council Silver 168 pound title next month on Sky Box Office against little known American Denis Douglin (17-3, 10 KOs) in a 12 round bout on the undercard of the Nathan Cleverly vs. Tony Bellew 2 rematch on November 22nd at the Echo Arena in Liverpool, UK.

It’s unclear if an American fighter was selected in hopes of getting the U.S boxing fans more interested in watching the Groves-Douglin fight to build up interest for a Groves vs. Dirrell fight in 2015. If that’s the case, then I think Groves’ promoter Kalle Sauerland picked the wrong guy.

‘’I’m looking forward to getting back in the ring,’’ said Groves. ‘’This is a chance for me to impress on a big card. I plan to steal the show! It’s a calculated risk, lose this fight and I lose my shot at Dirrell. But I want to stay active, I want to box as regularly as possible and I’m confident I can get the job done.”

I doubt that any casual boxing fans in the U.S have ever heard of Douglin before. If they were going to pick an American fighter to draw interest in a Dirrell vs. Groves fight, they could have at least selected someone that is regularly shown on Television in the U.S like J’Leon Love.

Douglin, 26, is a southpaw like Anthony Dirrell, but that’s where the similarities begin and end. He doesn’t have Dirrell’s blazing hand speed, excellent boxing skills or his tremendous punching power. The only thing he has in common is he’s a southpaw and he lives in the United States. It would be interesting to know if Sauerland was under the impression that Douglin is a household name in the U.S when he chose to pick him for Groves.

Douglin was knocked out two years ago in the 5th round by the talented Jermell Charlo.

Last year, Douglin was beaten by a fighter named Jose Angel Rodriguez by a lopsided 8 round unanimous decision. Douglin also was stopped in the 3rd round in 2011 by journeyman Doel Carasquillo (14-17-1). He never avenged any of those losses. Since his defeat at the hands of Rodriguez, Douglin has won his last three fights against little known opposition in beating Julius Kennedy, Orlando Membreno and Charles Whittaker.

Also on the November 22nd Sky Box Office pay-per-view card are the following fights:

James DeGale v Marco Antonio Periban

Scott Quigg v Hidenori Otake

Jamie McDonnell v Walberto Ramos

Anthony Joshua v Michael Sprott

Callum Smith v Nikola Sjekloca

The DeGale-Periban and Smith-Sjekloca fights are decent ones, but I see the other fights as pure mismatches. I like the main event between Bellew and Cleverly, but the fight card is a mixed bag. It’s got three decent but hardly great fights, and four mismatches.

You can make a strong argument that the Bellew-Cleverly 2 fight card shouldn’t be pay-per-view. I mean, neither of these guys have world titles, and they likely never will capture a world title in the cruiserweight division. Groves is fighting a 2nd tier guy in Doublin in what appears to be a horrible mismatch. Callum Smith is fighting a guy that was recently beaten twice. McDonnell has a mismatch against Ramos, and Quigg is fighting a fighter who has never fought a 12 round bout and who has never fought outside of Japan.

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Coach E. No said:
Yeah, I heard that about Rigo too. From what I heard he didn't like something about the guaranteed fights/scheduling or something. But they offered him great money
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Well he's signed to Caribe, who's only job in this world seems to be to fuck shit up. I don't know why he sticks with them, probably signed a 100 year contract after leaving Cuba lol. These Cubans all seem to get screwed by small time promoters/managers because they don't know any better.
 
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Be honest. When you look at this picture it's obvious GGG drained the Mexican out of Rubio. Look at the painful expression on Rubio's face and notice the dark skin disappearing :



It's one of the most evil pictures I've ever seen in my life. You can literally see Golovkin suck his soul, identity, nationality and pride. Look at how hard GGG is gripping his hand. The sinister expression on his face as if he's saying "This is my Mexican now" and the pure terror of Rubio as he realizes exactly what's occurring. What a hopeless feeling that must have been for Rubio
 
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Golovkin can be beat by a slick boxer, says DeGale
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james degale gennady golovkin By Scott Gilfoid: British super middleweight contender James DeGale (19-1, 13 KOs) believes WBA Super World middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (31-0, 28 KOs) isn’t the fighter that many boxing fans and writers have built him up to be.

DeGale feels that Golovkin is a guy that has been beaten before in the past in the amateur ranks, and can be beaten again in the pros if he faces a slick boxer that can use his boxing skills to out-slick him. DeGale doesn’t say who that particular fighter is at 160, so it’s kind of one of those things where he’s talking but not backing it up with some facts.

“I’m not sure if he’s unstoppable and no one can beat him,” DeGale said to Sky Ringside. He is human. He did lose in the amateurs a couple of times. He’s human. I think a good slick fast fighter [would beat him]. I think he’d be in trouble,” DeGale said.

You have to wonder whether this is a case of jealously rearing it’s ugly head with DeGale in him taking a shot at Golovkin. After all, Golovkin is getting all kinds of love from boxing fans and the media right now, whereas DeGale is currently being ignored by the guy he wants to fight in IBF/WBA super middleweight champion Carl Froch.

There isn’t any real slick fighters in the middleweight division at this time. The slick and talented fighters like the Dirrell brothers and Andre Ward fight in the super middleweight division. So, unless Golovkin moves up in weight to take them on, he’s really the ruler of the 160 pound division right now.

DeGale has a fight next month on November 22nd against Marco Antonio Periban (20-2-1, 13 KOs) at the Echo Arena in Liverpool, UK. DeGale will be risking his world title shot for the IBF 168 pound belt by taking the fight against Periban, but he feels confident enough in his skills to win this one. I’m not sure if DeGale is because Periban gave Sakio Bika all kinds of problems in their fight, and I rate Bika as a better fighter than DeGale. If Periban was able to go life and death with Bika, then he might be too much for DeGale to deal with.
 
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