I'm telling y'all. I know he says he's willing to work with Haymon but I don't think that's true. Taking his fighters to Showtime is giving him the platform GBP had a few years back when Mayweather first signed with Showtime. He can make a fight with Rigo vs Loma since Showtime would be willing to pay the money and HBO don't like Rigo. Postol vs Crawford will be huge and Showtime will cough up huge for that too. But I think he's mad that he's been loyal to HBO and now HBO is willing to work with haymon
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Teenagers lead USA Knockouts to victory in the World Series of Boxing
Encouraging results for the USA in the World Series of Boxing
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THE USA Knockouts took the ring in Casablanca, Morocco on last week for their first road match at the Salle Omnisport Complexe and they emerged with their first away win of the 2016 World Series of Boxing season. The United States three youngest Olympic Trials champions led their squad to victory in front of a vocal Moroccan crowd to give the USA Knockouts their second straight win of the year.
Light welterweight Gary Russell (Capitol Heights, Md.) was the first American boxer to compete in Friday’s World Series of Boxing competition and he made it clear that he was looking to avenge his opening bout loss in his contest with the Atlas Lions’ Abedlhaq Nadir. Russell showcased the power and speed that his boxing family is known for, landing strong punches in combinations and hurting Nadir with hooks and uppercuts. He picked up the pressure late in the third round before a thundering left hand sent Nadir to the canvas. The home ring boxer beat the referee’s count but Russell wasn’t able to resume his barrage as the bell sounded to end the third round. Yet the Atlas Lions corner determined that their boxer had had enough and called a halt to the bout between the third and fourth rounds. The victory gave the USA Knockouts their first win of the night and sent Russell in to the upcoming Americas Olympic qualifier with strong momentum. He can become the second Olympian in his family, following in the footsteps of 2008 U.S. Olympian and WBC Featherweight World Champion Gary Russell, Jr. Russell’s skills extend outside the ring as he graduated with the highest GPA in his county.
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American middleweight Charles Conwell (Cleveland Heights, Ohio) was up next for the USA Knockouts and the 18-year-old boxer was looking to win his second straight WSB match in as many bouts. He faced the taller Badr-Eddine Haddioui of Morocco in his first away match of the World Series of Boxing season. After feeling Haddioui out in the first round, Conwell began to find his rhythm in the second round and his aggressive body attack and effective hooks impressed the judges. He continued to press the action over the next three rounds on his way to a 2-1 victory over Haddioui and win number two for his USA Knockouts. Conwell is the youngest Olympic Trials champion and can become the second straight Olympic middleweight from his hometown of Cleveland with a qualifying performance at the Americas Olympic qualifier. Conwell was named USA Boxing’s Youth Male Athlete of the Year in 2015.
Bantamweight Shakur Stevenson (Newark, N.J.) impressed all of his WSB counterparts in his season debut against Great Britain’s Peter McGrail which won him WSB Boxer of the Week honors. Yet his bout on Friday presented a different challenge against rugged African champion Mohamed Hamout. With a loud crowd pushing him along, Hamout looked to hold and manhandle Stevenson and prevent him from landing punches. The five rounds of action saw several warnings from the referee to Hamout, but Stevenson managed to stay composed and land the more effective blows throughout the bout. Stevenson swept every round on the judges’ scorecards once again to win a wide, unanimous decision and his second straight World Series of Boxing contest. A former junior and youth world champion, the Olympic Trials Outstanding Boxer moved his international to 19-0 with Friday’s win.
With the overall team victory secured, heavyweight Brandon Glanton (Ellenwood, Ga.) competed in the final bout of the night for the USA Knockouts, facing Morocco’s Abdelijalil Abdouhamda in his first WSB contest. The loud Moroccan crowd cheered their boxer on as he won a unanimous decision victory over Glanton.
The night opened with a light flyweight match-up between USA Knockouts foreign boxer Hernan Alarcon of Colombia and Morocco’s Imad Ahayoun. Ahayoun claimed a unanimous decision win over Alarcon in the first bout of the night.
Coaches Augie Sanchez (Las Vegas, Nev.) and Kay Koroma (Burke, Va.) guided the American team in Friday night’s action and Brandon Walker (Colorado Springs, Colo.) served as Team Manager for the squad’s long journey to Morocco.
The full U.S. squad of 12 Olympic Trials champions will depart from Colorado Springs for Buenos Aires on March 1 for the Americas Olympic Qualifying Event.
The USA Knockouts will return to action on March 3 in their second straight away match against the British Lionhearts in London.
USA Knockouts vs. Morocco Atlas Lions Results
108 lbs/49 kg: Imad Ahayoun, Morocco Atlas Lions, dec. Hernan Alarcon, COL/USA Knockouts, 3-0 (48-47)(48-47)(49-46)
123 lbs/56 kg: Shakur Stevenson, Newark, N.J./USA Knockouts dec. Mohamed Hamout, Morocco Atlas Lions, 3-0 (49-43)(49-43)(49-43)
141 lbs/64 kg: Gary Russell, Capitol Heights, Md./USA Knockouts won on TKO over Abedlhaq Nadir, Morocco Atlas Lions, TKO-4 (3:00)
165 lbs/75 kg: Charles Conwell, Cleveland Heights, Ohio/USA Knockouts dec. Badr-Eddine Haddioui, Morocco Atlas Lions, 2-1 (49-46)(49-46) for Conwell and (48-47) for Haddioui
201 lbs/91 kg:Abdelijalil Abdouhamda, Morocco Atlas Lions, dec. Brandon Glanton, Ellenwood, Ga./USA Knockouts, (50-45)(50-45)(50-45)
Encouraging results for the USA in the World Series of Boxing
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THE USA Knockouts took the ring in Casablanca, Morocco on last week for their first road match at the Salle Omnisport Complexe and they emerged with their first away win of the 2016 World Series of Boxing season. The United States three youngest Olympic Trials champions led their squad to victory in front of a vocal Moroccan crowd to give the USA Knockouts their second straight win of the year.
Light welterweight Gary Russell (Capitol Heights, Md.) was the first American boxer to compete in Friday’s World Series of Boxing competition and he made it clear that he was looking to avenge his opening bout loss in his contest with the Atlas Lions’ Abedlhaq Nadir. Russell showcased the power and speed that his boxing family is known for, landing strong punches in combinations and hurting Nadir with hooks and uppercuts. He picked up the pressure late in the third round before a thundering left hand sent Nadir to the canvas. The home ring boxer beat the referee’s count but Russell wasn’t able to resume his barrage as the bell sounded to end the third round. Yet the Atlas Lions corner determined that their boxer had had enough and called a halt to the bout between the third and fourth rounds. The victory gave the USA Knockouts their first win of the night and sent Russell in to the upcoming Americas Olympic qualifier with strong momentum. He can become the second Olympian in his family, following in the footsteps of 2008 U.S. Olympian and WBC Featherweight World Champion Gary Russell, Jr. Russell’s skills extend outside the ring as he graduated with the highest GPA in his county.
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American middleweight Charles Conwell (Cleveland Heights, Ohio) was up next for the USA Knockouts and the 18-year-old boxer was looking to win his second straight WSB match in as many bouts. He faced the taller Badr-Eddine Haddioui of Morocco in his first away match of the World Series of Boxing season. After feeling Haddioui out in the first round, Conwell began to find his rhythm in the second round and his aggressive body attack and effective hooks impressed the judges. He continued to press the action over the next three rounds on his way to a 2-1 victory over Haddioui and win number two for his USA Knockouts. Conwell is the youngest Olympic Trials champion and can become the second straight Olympic middleweight from his hometown of Cleveland with a qualifying performance at the Americas Olympic qualifier. Conwell was named USA Boxing’s Youth Male Athlete of the Year in 2015.
Bantamweight Shakur Stevenson (Newark, N.J.) impressed all of his WSB counterparts in his season debut against Great Britain’s Peter McGrail which won him WSB Boxer of the Week honors. Yet his bout on Friday presented a different challenge against rugged African champion Mohamed Hamout. With a loud crowd pushing him along, Hamout looked to hold and manhandle Stevenson and prevent him from landing punches. The five rounds of action saw several warnings from the referee to Hamout, but Stevenson managed to stay composed and land the more effective blows throughout the bout. Stevenson swept every round on the judges’ scorecards once again to win a wide, unanimous decision and his second straight World Series of Boxing contest. A former junior and youth world champion, the Olympic Trials Outstanding Boxer moved his international to 19-0 with Friday’s win.
With the overall team victory secured, heavyweight Brandon Glanton (Ellenwood, Ga.) competed in the final bout of the night for the USA Knockouts, facing Morocco’s Abdelijalil Abdouhamda in his first WSB contest. The loud Moroccan crowd cheered their boxer on as he won a unanimous decision victory over Glanton.
The night opened with a light flyweight match-up between USA Knockouts foreign boxer Hernan Alarcon of Colombia and Morocco’s Imad Ahayoun. Ahayoun claimed a unanimous decision win over Alarcon in the first bout of the night.
Coaches Augie Sanchez (Las Vegas, Nev.) and Kay Koroma (Burke, Va.) guided the American team in Friday night’s action and Brandon Walker (Colorado Springs, Colo.) served as Team Manager for the squad’s long journey to Morocco.
The full U.S. squad of 12 Olympic Trials champions will depart from Colorado Springs for Buenos Aires on March 1 for the Americas Olympic Qualifying Event.
The USA Knockouts will return to action on March 3 in their second straight away match against the British Lionhearts in London.
USA Knockouts vs. Morocco Atlas Lions Results
108 lbs/49 kg: Imad Ahayoun, Morocco Atlas Lions, dec. Hernan Alarcon, COL/USA Knockouts, 3-0 (48-47)(48-47)(49-46)
123 lbs/56 kg: Shakur Stevenson, Newark, N.J./USA Knockouts dec. Mohamed Hamout, Morocco Atlas Lions, 3-0 (49-43)(49-43)(49-43)
141 lbs/64 kg: Gary Russell, Capitol Heights, Md./USA Knockouts won on TKO over Abedlhaq Nadir, Morocco Atlas Lions, TKO-4 (3:00)
165 lbs/75 kg: Charles Conwell, Cleveland Heights, Ohio/USA Knockouts dec. Badr-Eddine Haddioui, Morocco Atlas Lions, 2-1 (49-46)(49-46) for Conwell and (48-47) for Haddioui
201 lbs/91 kg:Abdelijalil Abdouhamda, Morocco Atlas Lions, dec. Brandon Glanton, Ellenwood, Ga./USA Knockouts, (50-45)(50-45)(50-45)
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Yeah, you can always safely assume whatever comments Arum makes have politics behind them.
Another issue is HBO has cut their boxing budget again. It was already slim which is why a fight like Golovkin vs Lemieux, ordinarily just a regular HBO fight, had to be on PPV. They just aren't spending money like they used to (understatement) so really talented guys like Lomachenko, and even Postol to a lesser extent who are great fighters but not huge stars, aren't getting the money they probably deserve, which is all going to the select few big HBO names (Golovkin, Kovalev, Canelo, etc).
Ideally Bob should just work with both networks, rather than create another beef. No reason why he can't have some guys on HBO and others on Showtime (or even on the other PBC affiliated networks), but I agree, he's probably not being honest about working with Haymon, he's always been about keeping everything in-house as much as possible.
Another issue is HBO has cut their boxing budget again. It was already slim which is why a fight like Golovkin vs Lemieux, ordinarily just a regular HBO fight, had to be on PPV. They just aren't spending money like they used to (understatement) so really talented guys like Lomachenko, and even Postol to a lesser extent who are great fighters but not huge stars, aren't getting the money they probably deserve, which is all going to the select few big HBO names (Golovkin, Kovalev, Canelo, etc).
Ideally Bob should just work with both networks, rather than create another beef. No reason why he can't have some guys on HBO and others on Showtime (or even on the other PBC affiliated networks), but I agree, he's probably not being honest about working with Haymon, he's always been about keeping everything in-house as much as possible.
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Each network knows how much it will cost, Arum said, and Lomanchenko and Walters both know how much they'll make. GREAT fight.
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Arum tells me he'd like to place the fight in New York or Chicago, where there's big Ukrainian populations. Postol on undercard.
12:07 PM - 26 Feb 2016
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Each network knows how much it will cost, Arum said, and Lomanchenko and Walters both know how much they'll make. GREAT fight.
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Arum tells me he'd like to place the fight in New York or Chicago, where there's big Ukrainian populations. Postol on undercard.
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Arum says the fight will probably be at 126, Walters people need to get back to him. If not, non-title at 130. Arum doesn't care either way
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Arum says the fight will probably be at 126, Walters people need to get back to him. If not, non-title at 130. Arum doesn't care either way
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Povetkin wins purse bid
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Povetkin team wins Wilder purse bid: $7.15 million. DiBella only other bid offered $5,101.00.42. Wow! #boxing
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Apparently dibella is saying they are WILLING to fight in Russia:
Lou dibella: "If they put fight in Russia then I hope Mr. Putin can personally attend so he can watch Sasha get KO'd".
Dan Rafael ✔ ‎@danrafaelespn
Povetkin team wins Wilder purse bid: $7.15 million. DiBella only other bid offered $5,101.00.42. Wow! #boxing
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Apparently dibella is saying they are WILLING to fight in Russia:
Lou dibella: "If they put fight in Russia then I hope Mr. Putin can personally attend so he can watch Sasha get KO'd".
it looks like wilder vs povetkin is happening in Russia
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World Of Boxing Wins Wilder-Povetkin Purse Bid
Updated at 12:33 PM EST, Fri Feb 26, 2016 Read More By :
By Jake Donovan
Andrey Ryabinsky's World of Boxing (WoB) has secured the rights to promote the World Boxing Council (WBC) heavyweight title fight between unbeaten champ Deontay Wilder and mandatory challenger Alexander Povetkin.
WoB - Povetkin's promoter - submitted a winning amount of $7.15 million during Friday's purse bid hearing at Grand Hyatt Miami in Miami, Florida. The only other bidder present was representatives from DiBella Entertainment, Wilder's promoter who submitted just over $5.1 million.
There is no date or venue set for the fight, despite speculation that Wilder will now have to head to Russia for his next title defense. It could very well be the case, but was not immediately established at the purse bid hearing.
"World of Boxing has won the purse bid and how has 15 days to return to us the fight contracts with the date and location of the championship fight," WBC President Mauricio Sulaiman told BoxingScene.com immediately after the purse bid on Friday. "The fight must take place within the next 90 days (May 26, 2016)."
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World Of Boxing Wins Wilder-Povetkin Purse Bid
Updated at 12:33 PM EST, Fri Feb 26, 2016 Read More By :
By Jake Donovan
Andrey Ryabinsky's World of Boxing (WoB) has secured the rights to promote the World Boxing Council (WBC) heavyweight title fight between unbeaten champ Deontay Wilder and mandatory challenger Alexander Povetkin.
WoB - Povetkin's promoter - submitted a winning amount of $7.15 million during Friday's purse bid hearing at Grand Hyatt Miami in Miami, Florida. The only other bidder present was representatives from DiBella Entertainment, Wilder's promoter who submitted just over $5.1 million.
There is no date or venue set for the fight, despite speculation that Wilder will now have to head to Russia for his next title defense. It could very well be the case, but was not immediately established at the purse bid hearing.
"World of Boxing has won the purse bid and how has 15 days to return to us the fight contracts with the date and location of the championship fight," WBC President Mauricio Sulaiman told BoxingScene.com immediately after the purse bid on Friday. "The fight must take place within the next 90 days (May 26, 2016)."
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I'm digging the bonus 10% from the WBC
WBC Announces Escrow Policy For Purse Bid Results
Today in Miami, the WBC is conducting a purse bid for the WBC World Heavyweight Championship, with Champion Deontay Wilder facing mandatory challenger Alexander Povetkin.
The WBC has proudly instituted a new rule that for all WBC bouts that go to purse bid, 10% of the total amount is reserved to be paid as a bonus to the winner of the fight. Historically, boxers competed in “winner take all” fights, but the sport in modern times changed, so now the boxers receive amounts set before the fight, with no added incentive to the winner.
The WBC believes that for the benefit of honest competition, the fans, and the sport, the WBC’s bonus rule will result in the most exciting and spectacular bouts in boxing.
The total amount of the winning bid will be divided as follows:
WBC Announces Escrow Policy For Purse Bid Results
Today in Miami, the WBC is conducting a purse bid for the WBC World Heavyweight Championship, with Champion Deontay Wilder facing mandatory challenger Alexander Povetkin.
The WBC has proudly instituted a new rule that for all WBC bouts that go to purse bid, 10% of the total amount is reserved to be paid as a bonus to the winner of the fight. Historically, boxers competed in “winner take all” fights, but the sport in modern times changed, so now the boxers receive amounts set before the fight, with no added incentive to the winner.
The WBC believes that for the benefit of honest competition, the fans, and the sport, the WBC’s bonus rule will result in the most exciting and spectacular bouts in boxing.
The total amount of the winning bid will be divided as follows:
10% of the total amount will be reserved in escrow and will be awarded to the winner of the fight.
The remaining 90% of the total bid will be divided 70% for champion Wilder and 30% for mandatory challenger Povetkin.
The remaining 90% of the total bid will be divided 70% for champion Wilder and 30% for mandatory challenger Povetkin.
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Dan Rafael chat wrap 2/26:
- What has been agreed to for Ward-Kovalev? The money and where the fight cannot be (Oakland or Russia).
- Diego Magdaleno was released from his contract, so he is a free agent. Jessie Magdaleno won last week so he needs to start stepping up, no more babying him.
- Frampton or Quigg? Frampton in a tough pick.
- Angel Garcia is much different in person than he is for the cameras (Dan's experience). Reader wrote in saying he met Angel and the airport and he was very nice and humble, his personality was not like he was in interviews.
- Crawford by KO around RD 9. Ends the fight dominantly after a competitive start.
- Purses for tomorrow: Crawford - $1.21 mil, Lundy - $150k, Verdejo - 125k, Silva - 50k.
- You don't turn down title eliminator opportunities (Parker), believes he is ready for a Takam fight.
- Antoine Douglas' prospects as a MW are good. Not ready for the top guys. His next fight is a good test. Khurtsidze is a better opponent than Soliman.
- HBO not buying Walters-Lomachenko isn't because they aren't interested, it is because Time Warner has put HBO Sports under a massive budget crunch. They have to decide if it is worth spending 7 figures to get that card vs. other programming (what gets the best ratings, etc.).
- Suspects Thurman vs. Porter fight will be back on around June. The Mohegan will have every opportunity to secure the fight again.
- Heard the ticket sales for Thurman vs. Porter were really good.
- Tickets for Canelo vs. Khan are supposed to range from $150-1,500.
- TR has a hold for the Theater at MSG on June 11.
- Verdejo is a bigger star at this point in his career than Cotto was.
- Buy or Sell: Broner will be on BKB in the next 5 years? Sell. BKB won't be around that long.
- Has heard no rumors on what is next for Danny Jacobs.
- Supposedly Jack vs. JCC is going to happen May/June.
- Expects Spence vs. Algieri to be a coming out party for Spence.
- Buy a stock in 1 fighter: Spence or Verdejo? Verdejo because he will be bigger financially, although Spence is probably more talented.
- Best trash talkers currently? Lundy has been good, Haye, Broner, BHop, Kovalev.
- 99% sure Herrera vs. Matthysse will happen.
- Reader wrote in: Will the 16 oz. Tecate cans with Canelo's picture only have 15.5 oz. of beer in them?
- Does not believe Canelo will fight GGG in September, but does believe the fight will happen eventually.
- Believes that Canelo is too financially important to GB and ODH knows the GGG fight is very dangerous. Expects Canelo to fight at Cowboys Stadium in September, likely at 154 vs. a belt holder, possibly could be stripped or drop the 160 lb title. GGG vs. Canelo is more likely for May of 2016.
- If Canelo does not fight GGG this fall and does in fact fight a fighter from the 154 lb division, believes the media will respond negatively towards him.
- Still not sure who he thinks wins Sadam Ali vs. Jessie Vargas.
- Picking Huck to win tomorrow.
- The GRJ fight and the others on the Porter-Thurman card will be rescheduled. No info on when yet.
- Ceja vs. Ruiz? Ceja.
- Maidana vs. Gatti at 140? What a fight!
- Told that Oscar Riva's eye tests were very bad. Probably will never be licensed in the US again.
- Fury vs. Klitschko rematch was already negotiated in the first fight contract. All they need to determine now is location and date. Expects around May/June.
- Fighter who had the "best-last fight"? Calzaghe comes to mind. Lewis vs. Vitali. Froch vs. Groves was good as well.
- Does not think pro's and amateurs should be competing against each other in the Olympics.
- Better all time: Floyd or JCC Sr.? Floyd.
- Vargas vs. Salido has been agreed to. Salido has the contracts and once he finalizes we will get the fight June 4 at StubHub on HBO. Orozco could potentially be on the undercard.
- If Cotto chooses to fight it will likely be June 18th at Barclay's (MSG has a concert that night).
- Crawford vs. Postol this year? Tends to doubt it.
- Povetkin's side won the purse bid. Fight will not necessarily take place in Russia. DiBella told him that if the fight takes place in Russia he hopes Putin can attend so he can see Povetkin get knocked out.
- What has been agreed to for Ward-Kovalev? The money and where the fight cannot be (Oakland or Russia).
- Diego Magdaleno was released from his contract, so he is a free agent. Jessie Magdaleno won last week so he needs to start stepping up, no more babying him.
- Frampton or Quigg? Frampton in a tough pick.
- Angel Garcia is much different in person than he is for the cameras (Dan's experience). Reader wrote in saying he met Angel and the airport and he was very nice and humble, his personality was not like he was in interviews.
- Crawford by KO around RD 9. Ends the fight dominantly after a competitive start.
- Purses for tomorrow: Crawford - $1.21 mil, Lundy - $150k, Verdejo - 125k, Silva - 50k.
- You don't turn down title eliminator opportunities (Parker), believes he is ready for a Takam fight.
- Antoine Douglas' prospects as a MW are good. Not ready for the top guys. His next fight is a good test. Khurtsidze is a better opponent than Soliman.
- HBO not buying Walters-Lomachenko isn't because they aren't interested, it is because Time Warner has put HBO Sports under a massive budget crunch. They have to decide if it is worth spending 7 figures to get that card vs. other programming (what gets the best ratings, etc.).
- Suspects Thurman vs. Porter fight will be back on around June. The Mohegan will have every opportunity to secure the fight again.
- Heard the ticket sales for Thurman vs. Porter were really good.
- Tickets for Canelo vs. Khan are supposed to range from $150-1,500.
- TR has a hold for the Theater at MSG on June 11.
- Verdejo is a bigger star at this point in his career than Cotto was.
- Buy or Sell: Broner will be on BKB in the next 5 years? Sell. BKB won't be around that long.
- Has heard no rumors on what is next for Danny Jacobs.
- Supposedly Jack vs. JCC is going to happen May/June.
- Expects Spence vs. Algieri to be a coming out party for Spence.
- Buy a stock in 1 fighter: Spence or Verdejo? Verdejo because he will be bigger financially, although Spence is probably more talented.
- Best trash talkers currently? Lundy has been good, Haye, Broner, BHop, Kovalev.
- 99% sure Herrera vs. Matthysse will happen.
- Reader wrote in: Will the 16 oz. Tecate cans with Canelo's picture only have 15.5 oz. of beer in them?
- Does not believe Canelo will fight GGG in September, but does believe the fight will happen eventually.
- Believes that Canelo is too financially important to GB and ODH knows the GGG fight is very dangerous. Expects Canelo to fight at Cowboys Stadium in September, likely at 154 vs. a belt holder, possibly could be stripped or drop the 160 lb title. GGG vs. Canelo is more likely for May of 2016.
- If Canelo does not fight GGG this fall and does in fact fight a fighter from the 154 lb division, believes the media will respond negatively towards him.
- Still not sure who he thinks wins Sadam Ali vs. Jessie Vargas.
- Picking Huck to win tomorrow.
- The GRJ fight and the others on the Porter-Thurman card will be rescheduled. No info on when yet.
- Ceja vs. Ruiz? Ceja.
- Maidana vs. Gatti at 140? What a fight!
- Told that Oscar Riva's eye tests were very bad. Probably will never be licensed in the US again.
- Fury vs. Klitschko rematch was already negotiated in the first fight contract. All they need to determine now is location and date. Expects around May/June.
- Fighter who had the "best-last fight"? Calzaghe comes to mind. Lewis vs. Vitali. Froch vs. Groves was good as well.
- Does not think pro's and amateurs should be competing against each other in the Olympics.
- Better all time: Floyd or JCC Sr.? Floyd.
- Vargas vs. Salido has been agreed to. Salido has the contracts and once he finalizes we will get the fight June 4 at StubHub on HBO. Orozco could potentially be on the undercard.
- If Cotto chooses to fight it will likely be June 18th at Barclay's (MSG has a concert that night).
- Crawford vs. Postol this year? Tends to doubt it.
- Povetkin's side won the purse bid. Fight will not necessarily take place in Russia. DiBella told him that if the fight takes place in Russia he hopes Putin can attend so he can see Povetkin get knocked out.
There's too much going on with PBC right now that they can't say no to big money fights anymore. They gotta make their money this year and Haymon has to do his managerial duties. 3 huge fights under his belt that have nothing to do with PBC shows these lawsuits got to Haymon. All he has to do now is settle the whole Stevenson vs Kovalev and its all good
The lawsuits probably didn't even make a dent. If there are problems it's with his financial backers losing hundreds of millions of dollars.
Waddell & Reed's Investment in Haymon: $82 mil. remaining (of $521 mil.) as of December 31, 2015 *
https://m.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/437dl6/waddell_reeds_investment_in_haymon_82_mil/
I of course don't pretend to have any inside knowledge whatsoever of Al Haymon and PBC, just the word that's been going around past couple months.
Waddell & Reed's Investment in Haymon: $82 mil. remaining (of $521 mil.) as of December 31, 2015 *
https://m.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/437dl6/waddell_reeds_investment_in_haymon_82_mil/
I of course don't pretend to have any inside knowledge whatsoever of Al Haymon and PBC, just the word that's been going around past couple months.
Yeah I agree, I don't think it has anything to do with any of that. I'm just surprised no one bid over $10M, especially the Povetkin side of it. Not really a PBC/Haymon/whoever turning down a paycheck type of thing. There's just a lot of money in that fight for Povetkin's side and I thought they'd have bid over $10M.
Viktor Postol Iceman @IcemanPostol
Surprised how in telecast of B @bud crawford402 I was left out, even when I was shown as 1 of guys who beat Lundy!)
3:36 PM - 29 Feb 2016 · Ukraine, Україна
Viktor Postol Iceman @IcemanPostol
I think commentators are as afraid that I will knockout B @bud crawford402 as #dunkan and B @bud crawford himself!
3:36 PM - 29 Feb 2016 · Ukraine, Україна
Surprised how in telecast of B @bud crawford402 I was left out, even when I was shown as 1 of guys who beat Lundy!)
3:36 PM - 29 Feb 2016 · Ukraine, Україна
Viktor Postol Iceman @IcemanPostol
I think commentators are as afraid that I will knockout B @bud crawford402 as #dunkan and B @bud crawford himself!
3:36 PM - 29 Feb 2016 · Ukraine, Україна