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My interview/article with Thomas "Cornflake" LaManna
Cornflake: I Want My Own Legacy; I'm Not Broner!
By Natas
Thomas "Cornflake" LaManna may only be 22 years old but he already has his eyes set on greatness. The undefeated fighter out of Millville, New Jersey is taking his career very seriously, recently spending training camps with Delvin Rodriguez and even at Mayweather's gym, where he spars the likes of J'Leon Love.
"I've been in Floyd's gym a little bit. J'Leon Love we spar a lot, we actually fought in the amateurs. He's very underrated and probably isn't appreciated as much as he should but he's very talented. It's a great atmosphere, great sparring every time I go there. I learn a lot and I'm constantly working on my craft."
At 14-0 (7 KO's), LaManna believes his ideal weight is 154 pounds and is eager to take on all comers.
"I'm a solid 154 pounder. I want to be comfortable. My last fight I was 157. I think 154 is my calling. I'm a boxer-puncher. I'm 6'1 in the middleweight and junior middleweight divisions. I can brawl. I know I can box. I can make them miss and make them pay. Boxing is all about making adjustments and that's my best asset - making adjustments.”
“Whoever they put in front of me, I get the job done. I know my time will come. I'm not rushing it, as long as there's someone in front of me in the ring, that's all I'm happy for. I just want to fight. I’m always in the gym staying ready. "
While other young fighters may mimic the styles of older fighters, LaManna makes it clear he wants to make a name for himself.
"Everyone idolizes Floyd Mayweather, there's no secret about that. But to be honest I just want to be myself. If I can create my own legacy then so be it. I mean why follow someone else? My name's not Adrien Broner! I don't want to follow someone else's footsteps for the rest of my life. I want to create my own legacy; I want to look up to myself."
Regarding his unique nickname:
"One day I walked into a gym, and you know there aren't a lot of white fighters these days. The gym was just black fighters, Mexican, Dominican, and Puerto Ricans. My friend Brian Green came up with the name Cornflake because I was the one white kid. And I knew it was official when it was my second or third amateur fight and I had "Cornflake" embroidered on my trunks. It was a wrap from there!"
LaManna has fought nearly half of his pro fights at Atlantic City and his fan-base is growing with each fight.
"Thank you to everybody that does believes in me and supports me. Because without the fans boxing is dead. Everyone says boxing is dead but you know we got the highest paid athlete in the world. None of this would be possible without the fans. July I'll be back in the ring. Stay tuned. I'm trying to be great!"
Thomas LaManna is also founder of "SkyLyfe Gym", a boxing gym in Millville, NJ with the intentions to keep kids off the street and create opportunities for the youth.
Cornflake: I Want My Own Legacy; I'm Not Broner! - Boxing News
Cornflake: I Want My Own Legacy; I'm Not Broner!
By Natas
Thomas "Cornflake" LaManna may only be 22 years old but he already has his eyes set on greatness. The undefeated fighter out of Millville, New Jersey is taking his career very seriously, recently spending training camps with Delvin Rodriguez and even at Mayweather's gym, where he spars the likes of J'Leon Love.
"I've been in Floyd's gym a little bit. J'Leon Love we spar a lot, we actually fought in the amateurs. He's very underrated and probably isn't appreciated as much as he should but he's very talented. It's a great atmosphere, great sparring every time I go there. I learn a lot and I'm constantly working on my craft."
At 14-0 (7 KO's), LaManna believes his ideal weight is 154 pounds and is eager to take on all comers.
"I'm a solid 154 pounder. I want to be comfortable. My last fight I was 157. I think 154 is my calling. I'm a boxer-puncher. I'm 6'1 in the middleweight and junior middleweight divisions. I can brawl. I know I can box. I can make them miss and make them pay. Boxing is all about making adjustments and that's my best asset - making adjustments.”
“Whoever they put in front of me, I get the job done. I know my time will come. I'm not rushing it, as long as there's someone in front of me in the ring, that's all I'm happy for. I just want to fight. I’m always in the gym staying ready. "
While other young fighters may mimic the styles of older fighters, LaManna makes it clear he wants to make a name for himself.
"Everyone idolizes Floyd Mayweather, there's no secret about that. But to be honest I just want to be myself. If I can create my own legacy then so be it. I mean why follow someone else? My name's not Adrien Broner! I don't want to follow someone else's footsteps for the rest of my life. I want to create my own legacy; I want to look up to myself."
Regarding his unique nickname:
"One day I walked into a gym, and you know there aren't a lot of white fighters these days. The gym was just black fighters, Mexican, Dominican, and Puerto Ricans. My friend Brian Green came up with the name Cornflake because I was the one white kid. And I knew it was official when it was my second or third amateur fight and I had "Cornflake" embroidered on my trunks. It was a wrap from there!"
LaManna has fought nearly half of his pro fights at Atlantic City and his fan-base is growing with each fight.
"Thank you to everybody that does believes in me and supports me. Because without the fans boxing is dead. Everyone says boxing is dead but you know we got the highest paid athlete in the world. None of this would be possible without the fans. July I'll be back in the ring. Stay tuned. I'm trying to be great!"
Thomas LaManna is also founder of "SkyLyfe Gym", a boxing gym in Millville, NJ with the intentions to keep kids off the street and create opportunities for the youth.
Cornflake: I Want My Own Legacy; I'm Not Broner! - Boxing News
I was gonna start hating on LaManna saying he's never fought anyone with a pulse then I noticed you said your interview. Good shit man, I wasn't even aware you were doing boxing interviews/writing.
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2-0-Sixx and 2-0-Sixx
It started as kind of a joke. I've been searching for the next great Tye Fields and thought I discovered him in Cornflake. But it turns out he's actually pretty good and he's a real cool kid. Had a really long interview he's very open but shortened it up. Now they asked me to interview Deontay Wilder next lol
Key questions were answered in the match of Cotto vs. Martinez
June 9th, 2014 | Post Comment - 39 Comments
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Cotto vs. Martinez Coto Martinez sergio martinez miguel cotto By Yannis Mihanos: They say that the importance of victory depends on the kind of adversity you face. Last Saturday night Miguel Cotto (39-4, 32 KO’s) became a four weight division world champion by defeating WBC middleweight champion Sergio Martinez (51-3-2, 28 KO’s) by a 10th round TKO at Madison Square Garden in New York.
Prior to the match questions had been raised whether the 39-year-old Martinez would have been able to come back in full form due to his recent knee surgeries along with his long layoff of 14 months since his last fight in April of 2013 against Martin Murray.
Well, these questions were answered emphatically during the match by watching somebody who looked like Martinez but didn’t move or fight like Martinez. The 39-year-old Martinez was just a shell of his old self, and it was almost a pitiful image to watch him. His trainer Pablo Sarmiento did the right thing by stopping the fight at the end of the ninth round.
Martinez had nothing left but his pride at that point in the fight, and even that was taken early on in the fight with him getting dropped three times on the canvas by Cotto in the 1st round.
Prior the match there were also questions about whether Cotto would be affected about him moving up in weight to the middleweight division. Well, this was answered also pretty fast during the fight: Cotto looked very comfortable, very composed, very strong and very confident.
It was the prime Cotto, the one we all once knew but had forgotten with a lot of power punches and aggression.
Martinez felt this power from the start of the fight, and from there he was never the same afterwards. Here I must highlight the fact that Martinez was the one who underestimated Cotto and not vice versa. Another question that was answered in the match had to do about whose class A or class B fighter. It was never about who is class A fighter or B class fighter but who was capable more to win the fight and that was Cotto.
Martinez might have known that he was not in condition to fight but went on by hoping that Cotto would be an easy target. That of course never happened.
Cotto’s successful transition to middleweight is also credit to his trainer Freddie Roach. Cotto knew what to expect from Martinez, and he was well prepared for that.
Martinez’s fight with Julio Chavez Jr. taught Roach a lot, especially from that last knock down that Chavez inflicted on Martinez in the 12th round.
So what’s next for these two great fighters? For Cotto, there are some exciting choices on the way. A bout against the winner of the July 12th Saul “Canelo” Alvarez vs. Erislandy Lara fight is possible.
For Martinez after a long and successful career (51-3-2, 28 KOs) it’s time to call it a day. There is nothing left for him to prove and it will be bad if he continues on looking like last Saturday night.
The Cotto-Martinez fight overall disappointing to me. Although there were some early fireworks (3 knockdowns all coming from Cotto) there was not enough action to watch. Actually it was very one sided.
It happens in boxing, and it happens in life too. Disappointment or excitement are all part of the game.
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June 9th, 2014 | Post Comment - 39 Comments
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Cotto vs. Martinez Coto Martinez sergio martinez miguel cotto By Yannis Mihanos: They say that the importance of victory depends on the kind of adversity you face. Last Saturday night Miguel Cotto (39-4, 32 KO’s) became a four weight division world champion by defeating WBC middleweight champion Sergio Martinez (51-3-2, 28 KO’s) by a 10th round TKO at Madison Square Garden in New York.
Prior to the match questions had been raised whether the 39-year-old Martinez would have been able to come back in full form due to his recent knee surgeries along with his long layoff of 14 months since his last fight in April of 2013 against Martin Murray.
Well, these questions were answered emphatically during the match by watching somebody who looked like Martinez but didn’t move or fight like Martinez. The 39-year-old Martinez was just a shell of his old self, and it was almost a pitiful image to watch him. His trainer Pablo Sarmiento did the right thing by stopping the fight at the end of the ninth round.
Martinez had nothing left but his pride at that point in the fight, and even that was taken early on in the fight with him getting dropped three times on the canvas by Cotto in the 1st round.
Prior the match there were also questions about whether Cotto would be affected about him moving up in weight to the middleweight division. Well, this was answered also pretty fast during the fight: Cotto looked very comfortable, very composed, very strong and very confident.
It was the prime Cotto, the one we all once knew but had forgotten with a lot of power punches and aggression.
Martinez felt this power from the start of the fight, and from there he was never the same afterwards. Here I must highlight the fact that Martinez was the one who underestimated Cotto and not vice versa. Another question that was answered in the match had to do about whose class A or class B fighter. It was never about who is class A fighter or B class fighter but who was capable more to win the fight and that was Cotto.
Martinez might have known that he was not in condition to fight but went on by hoping that Cotto would be an easy target. That of course never happened.
Cotto’s successful transition to middleweight is also credit to his trainer Freddie Roach. Cotto knew what to expect from Martinez, and he was well prepared for that.
Martinez’s fight with Julio Chavez Jr. taught Roach a lot, especially from that last knock down that Chavez inflicted on Martinez in the 12th round.
So what’s next for these two great fighters? For Cotto, there are some exciting choices on the way. A bout against the winner of the July 12th Saul “Canelo” Alvarez vs. Erislandy Lara fight is possible.
For Martinez after a long and successful career (51-3-2, 28 KOs) it’s time to call it a day. There is nothing left for him to prove and it will be bad if he continues on looking like last Saturday night.
The Cotto-Martinez fight overall disappointing to me. Although there were some early fireworks (3 knockdowns all coming from Cotto) there was not enough action to watch. Actually it was very one sided.
It happens in boxing, and it happens in life too. Disappointment or excitement are all part of the game.
Read more at Key questions were answered in the match of Cotto vs. Martinez
Roger Mayweather: Floyd Jr would whip Cotto again
June 10th, 2014 | Post Comment - 48 Comments
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Cotto Mayweather II Cotto vs. Mayweather II miguel cotto floyd mayweather jr By Chris Williams: Roger Mayweather, the uncle and trainer for Floyd Mayweather Jr, says that Floyd Jr. would whip Miguel Cotto (39-4, 32 KO’s) and take his WBC middleweight title off of him if they were to fight again. Roger feels that their previous fight in 2012 wasn’t even close, and that was with Floyd Jr intentionally fighting Cotto’s fight in order to make it a more crowd pleasing fight for the fans.
Floyd Jr didn’t want to go out there and make Cotto miss all night long to make him look really bad the way he could have done.
“If they fought for the middleweight title, he’d [Mayweather Jr] beat him [Cotto] again,” Roger said to Hustleboss.com. “Floyd has too much skill for him. If he [Bob Arum] offered enough money, Floyd could whoop his [expletive] again. He’s [Cotto] not as good as they say he is. He got his [expletive] whooped [the last time he fought Floyd Jr.”
Roger brings up a good point about Mayweather Jr having too much skills for the 5’7″ Cotto. We saw exactly that in their fight in 2012 with Mayweather dominated Cotto with his pin point shots, and his beautiful combination punching. And this was with Mayweather taking it easy on him by fighting him fight in order to make it more interesting for the boxing fans to watch.
If Mayweather were to give Cotto the opportunity to fight him, it would give the 33-year-old Cotto the ideal cash out fight to end his career on. His trainer Freddie Roach says that Cotto has three fights left in him with his career, but with the money he’d get against Mayweather, Cotto could save himself the trouble of taking the other two fights and just retire on that one fight. Of course, it would be up to Bob Arum whether the fight could take place because he would need to waive a big roll of green stuff under the nose of Mayweather for the fight to be worthwhile for him to take this.
Mayweather doesn’t really need the Cotto fight for his legacy because he’s already whipped Cotto once, and doing it again won’t matter one bit. It would be just another dominating performance by Mayweather. But I have my doubts whether boxing fans would be interested in seeing these two fight again because fans already know ahead of time what the results would be in a second fight. As far as Cotto being a different fighter now that Roach is his trainer, I don’t believe that for a second.
The Cotto that we saw last Saturday night was the same Cotto that Emanuel Steward and Pedro Diaz trained. There’s no difference at all from what I can see. The only difference is that Cotto has faced two vulnerable fighters in his last two fights in Delvin Rodriguez and Sergio Martinez. These are the same guys that Cotto would have beaten with Diaz and Steward training him if Martinez was as old as injury plagued as we saw last Saturday night.
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Cotto Mayweather II Cotto vs. Mayweather II miguel cotto floyd mayweather jr By Chris Williams: Roger Mayweather, the uncle and trainer for Floyd Mayweather Jr, says that Floyd Jr. would whip Miguel Cotto (39-4, 32 KO’s) and take his WBC middleweight title off of him if they were to fight again. Roger feels that their previous fight in 2012 wasn’t even close, and that was with Floyd Jr intentionally fighting Cotto’s fight in order to make it a more crowd pleasing fight for the fans.
Floyd Jr didn’t want to go out there and make Cotto miss all night long to make him look really bad the way he could have done.
“If they fought for the middleweight title, he’d [Mayweather Jr] beat him [Cotto] again,” Roger said to Hustleboss.com. “Floyd has too much skill for him. If he [Bob Arum] offered enough money, Floyd could whoop his [expletive] again. He’s [Cotto] not as good as they say he is. He got his [expletive] whooped [the last time he fought Floyd Jr.”
Roger brings up a good point about Mayweather Jr having too much skills for the 5’7″ Cotto. We saw exactly that in their fight in 2012 with Mayweather dominated Cotto with his pin point shots, and his beautiful combination punching. And this was with Mayweather taking it easy on him by fighting him fight in order to make it more interesting for the boxing fans to watch.
If Mayweather were to give Cotto the opportunity to fight him, it would give the 33-year-old Cotto the ideal cash out fight to end his career on. His trainer Freddie Roach says that Cotto has three fights left in him with his career, but with the money he’d get against Mayweather, Cotto could save himself the trouble of taking the other two fights and just retire on that one fight. Of course, it would be up to Bob Arum whether the fight could take place because he would need to waive a big roll of green stuff under the nose of Mayweather for the fight to be worthwhile for him to take this.
Mayweather doesn’t really need the Cotto fight for his legacy because he’s already whipped Cotto once, and doing it again won’t matter one bit. It would be just another dominating performance by Mayweather. But I have my doubts whether boxing fans would be interested in seeing these two fight again because fans already know ahead of time what the results would be in a second fight. As far as Cotto being a different fighter now that Roach is his trainer, I don’t believe that for a second.
The Cotto that we saw last Saturday night was the same Cotto that Emanuel Steward and Pedro Diaz trained. There’s no difference at all from what I can see. The only difference is that Cotto has faced two vulnerable fighters in his last two fights in Delvin Rodriguez and Sergio Martinez. These are the same guys that Cotto would have beaten with Diaz and Steward training him if Martinez was as old as injury plagued as we saw last Saturday night.
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NAAZIM RICHARDSON COMPARES MIGUEL COTTO TO JAKE LAMOTTA
By Percy Crawford | June 11, 2014
NAAZIM RICHARDSON COMPARES MIGUEL COTTO TO JAKE LAMOTTA
"I didn't get a chance to see Cotto's fight with Martinez yet. I've been away. I had to step out for a second. We been running all around since we got back in town, so I didn't get a chance to sit down and watch it, but, I would've picked Martinez if I would have seen Martinez fighting healthy. If I would have seen Martinez fighting healthy before this fight, I would've just said flat out I'm going with Martinez. But with them surgeries and that long of a layoff, he's fighting rust and healing and you ain't the youngest guy coming into the game anyways," stated world-class trainer Naazim Richardson, who weighed in on Miguel Cotto's dominant victory over Sergio Martinez. Although Richardson hasn't had a chance to watch the fight, he knew going in that Cotto might be too much for Martinez to handle.
"I just think that was too many battles for him to overcome with Cotto being as focused as he is right now. Cotto is trying to close out big. He knows he's closer to the end than the beginning and he's very focused. Cotto wants to leave with dignity," he explained. "See, Cotto is a natural middleweight. He's a middleweight the way Jake LaMotta and them dudes like that was middleweights, so they are strong because that's their nature; especially guys like them that get leverage on their shots. They can dominate the ring. You get a guy like Miguel Cotto not missing meals and he's gonna be strong as hell in there, and from what I have read about the fight, he definitely was. I'll have to sit down and watch it!
By Percy Crawford | June 11, 2014
NAAZIM RICHARDSON COMPARES MIGUEL COTTO TO JAKE LAMOTTA
"I didn't get a chance to see Cotto's fight with Martinez yet. I've been away. I had to step out for a second. We been running all around since we got back in town, so I didn't get a chance to sit down and watch it, but, I would've picked Martinez if I would have seen Martinez fighting healthy. If I would have seen Martinez fighting healthy before this fight, I would've just said flat out I'm going with Martinez. But with them surgeries and that long of a layoff, he's fighting rust and healing and you ain't the youngest guy coming into the game anyways," stated world-class trainer Naazim Richardson, who weighed in on Miguel Cotto's dominant victory over Sergio Martinez. Although Richardson hasn't had a chance to watch the fight, he knew going in that Cotto might be too much for Martinez to handle.
"I just think that was too many battles for him to overcome with Cotto being as focused as he is right now. Cotto is trying to close out big. He knows he's closer to the end than the beginning and he's very focused. Cotto wants to leave with dignity," he explained. "See, Cotto is a natural middleweight. He's a middleweight the way Jake LaMotta and them dudes like that was middleweights, so they are strong because that's their nature; especially guys like them that get leverage on their shots. They can dominate the ring. You get a guy like Miguel Cotto not missing meals and he's gonna be strong as hell in there, and from what I have read about the fight, he definitely was. I'll have to sit down and watch it!
Chad Dawson vs. George Blades on 6/21 on Guerrero-Kamegai card
June 11th, 2014 | Post Comment - 2 Comments
Guerrero Kamegai Guerrero vs. Kamegai Dawson Blades Dawson vs. Blades robert guerrero chad dawson By Dan Ambrose: Chad Dawson (31-3, 17 KO’s) will be staging a comeback this month after a year-long layoff to fight George Blades (23-5, 16 KO’s) on the Robert Guerrero vs. Yoshihiro Kamegai card on 6/21 at the StubHub Center in Carson, California, according to RingTV. The Dawson-Blades fight, which isn’t expected to be a competitive one, won’t be make the television portion of the Showtime card.
It’s not surprising that the Dawson vs. Blades fight won’t be televised because the card is loaded with Gary Russell Jr facing Vasyl Lomachenko for the vacant WBO featherweight title, former two division world champion Devon Alexander battling Jesus Soto Karass in a 10-round bout, and heavyweights Dominic Breazeale and Devin Vargas going at in a 10 round fight.
The 32-year-old Dawson has been inactive since being starched by Adonis Stevenson in one round last year in June in what was Dawson’s second knockout loss in a row. The defeat to Stevenson was a pretty bad blow to Dawson’s career because he’d already been exposed in his previous fight in losing to Andre Ward by a 10th round TKO in September of 2012.
Dawson didn’t take a big hit in that loss as far as his reputation goes because he was facing the best fighter in the super middleweight division in Andre Ward, and Dawson drained down from 175 to take the fight at 168. That obviously was a huge mistake on Dawson’s part for him to have done that, because he should have learned from watching Roy Jones Jr mess up his career in dropping weight to fight Antonio Tarver after having won the heavyweight title.
Dawson should be able to beat Blades without any problems as long as he hasn’t lost his punch resistance completely from his two knockout losses. Being out of the ring for a year should have helped Dawson recover from those knockouts. However, if Dawson loses this fight then he really needs to seriously considering retirement because there won’t be anywhere for him to do
June 11th, 2014 | Post Comment - 2 Comments
Guerrero Kamegai Guerrero vs. Kamegai Dawson Blades Dawson vs. Blades robert guerrero chad dawson By Dan Ambrose: Chad Dawson (31-3, 17 KO’s) will be staging a comeback this month after a year-long layoff to fight George Blades (23-5, 16 KO’s) on the Robert Guerrero vs. Yoshihiro Kamegai card on 6/21 at the StubHub Center in Carson, California, according to RingTV. The Dawson-Blades fight, which isn’t expected to be a competitive one, won’t be make the television portion of the Showtime card.
It’s not surprising that the Dawson vs. Blades fight won’t be televised because the card is loaded with Gary Russell Jr facing Vasyl Lomachenko for the vacant WBO featherweight title, former two division world champion Devon Alexander battling Jesus Soto Karass in a 10-round bout, and heavyweights Dominic Breazeale and Devin Vargas going at in a 10 round fight.
The 32-year-old Dawson has been inactive since being starched by Adonis Stevenson in one round last year in June in what was Dawson’s second knockout loss in a row. The defeat to Stevenson was a pretty bad blow to Dawson’s career because he’d already been exposed in his previous fight in losing to Andre Ward by a 10th round TKO in September of 2012.
Dawson didn’t take a big hit in that loss as far as his reputation goes because he was facing the best fighter in the super middleweight division in Andre Ward, and Dawson drained down from 175 to take the fight at 168. That obviously was a huge mistake on Dawson’s part for him to have done that, because he should have learned from watching Roy Jones Jr mess up his career in dropping weight to fight Antonio Tarver after having won the heavyweight title.
Dawson should be able to beat Blades without any problems as long as he hasn’t lost his punch resistance completely from his two knockout losses. Being out of the ring for a year should have helped Dawson recover from those knockouts. However, if Dawson loses this fight then he really needs to seriously considering retirement because there won’t be anywhere for him to do
CHAVEZ JR. STILL IN "COLD WAR" WITH TOP RANK; FRUSTRATED WITH ARUM'S REFUSAL TO NEGOTIATE WITH MANAGER
By Ben Thompson | June 12, 2014
CHAVEZ JR. STILL IN
"This frustrates me because as a boxer, I don't want to be talking; I want to be up in the ring, but I make no apology for the position I have taken," stated former middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., who is still not pleased about his current contractual situation with his promotional company, Top Rank. According to Chavez, he's eager to make big fights with the likes of Carl Froch and Gennady Golovkin so long as he doesn't have to sign a contract extension, but unfortunately, Hall of Fame promoter Bob Arum refuses to negotiate with his manager, Billy Keane.
"I accepted everything they wanted except the contract extension, but there was no agreement and until now, I have not received any other offer to fight. There is talk that they want me to return on September 13; I also heard the name of Carl Froch [as an opponent], but right now, I am in the middle of a cold war and I don't know what's going to happen," Chavez Jr. commented in a recent interview with RECORD before giving his side of the story about why the Golovkin fight fell through.
"I was offered money for the Golovkin fight, but it included an extension of two more fights. I sent an e-mail to Top Rank saying that everything was good except for the extension," he explained. "They immediately responded that they would take away 75 percent of the purse that I had been offered with the extension, and that [what was left] was miserable, so the people who work with me told me it was a mockery."
"In these days, there must be a new rapport with Top Rank. Arum constantly insists on speaking with my dad and me, something that I think is unprofessional because neither my dad nor I know about contracts or laws. He does not want to negotiate with my manager [Billy Keane]," Chavez Jr. added. "If I were face to face with Arum, I would tell him to respect the laws of boxing and the Muhammad Ali Act, which demands transparency in negotiations. I would tell him to talk to my manager and not with my dad.
By Ben Thompson | June 12, 2014
CHAVEZ JR. STILL IN
"This frustrates me because as a boxer, I don't want to be talking; I want to be up in the ring, but I make no apology for the position I have taken," stated former middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., who is still not pleased about his current contractual situation with his promotional company, Top Rank. According to Chavez, he's eager to make big fights with the likes of Carl Froch and Gennady Golovkin so long as he doesn't have to sign a contract extension, but unfortunately, Hall of Fame promoter Bob Arum refuses to negotiate with his manager, Billy Keane.
"I accepted everything they wanted except the contract extension, but there was no agreement and until now, I have not received any other offer to fight. There is talk that they want me to return on September 13; I also heard the name of Carl Froch [as an opponent], but right now, I am in the middle of a cold war and I don't know what's going to happen," Chavez Jr. commented in a recent interview with RECORD before giving his side of the story about why the Golovkin fight fell through.
"I was offered money for the Golovkin fight, but it included an extension of two more fights. I sent an e-mail to Top Rank saying that everything was good except for the extension," he explained. "They immediately responded that they would take away 75 percent of the purse that I had been offered with the extension, and that [what was left] was miserable, so the people who work with me told me it was a mockery."
"In these days, there must be a new rapport with Top Rank. Arum constantly insists on speaking with my dad and me, something that I think is unprofessional because neither my dad nor I know about contracts or laws. He does not want to negotiate with my manager [Billy Keane]," Chavez Jr. added. "If I were face to face with Arum, I would tell him to respect the laws of boxing and the Muhammad Ali Act, which demands transparency in negotiations. I would tell him to talk to my manager and not with my dad.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5k42zcWPVrc
WILLIAMS JOPPY SAYS FELIX TRINIDAD SHOULD NOT BE IN HALL OF FAME; CALLS HIM "A CHEAT"
WILLIAMS JOPPY SAYS FELIX TRINIDAD SHOULD NOT BE IN HALL OF FAME; CALLS HIM "A CHEAT"
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And Brother Naazim puts Joppy in his place:
"Joppy always felt some kind of way about that and he said something to me about catching the thing with Tito. But the thing is this, Tito Trinidad deserves to be in the Hall of Fame because the way Tito got his hands wrapped was legal in other states. It wasn't legal in New York, but it was legal in other states," stated world-class trainer Naazim Richardson, who shared his thoughts on recents comments made by former middleweight champion William Joppy regarding Hall of Famer Felix "Tito" Trinidad. According to Joppy, Trinidad didn't deserve to be inducted into the Hall of Fame because he felt the multi-division champion used illegal hand wraps throughout his career.
It's an issue that had never been brought up until Trinidad faced future Hall of Famer Bernard Hopkins months after his dominant 5th-round stoppage of Joppy. Richardson found himself in the middle of a controversy prior to that fight when he noticed that the technique which Trinidad's father and trainer, Don Felix, used to wrap his hands was not in accordance with the rules of the New York State Athletic Commission. Though ultimately Trinidad was required to re-wrap his hands, Richardson clarified that at the time, the technique was still legal in several other states.
"If they said we were fighting him in New York, okay then, y'all have an argument, but they weren't talking about his hand wraps when they made the fight. So by them not making it an issue, because they fought him in New York too, he knocked you out, you gotta live with it," he explained. "See, the way Margarito was getting his hands wrapped, that shit was illegal in MMA and every other sport and in every state. I can see if William [Joppy] was making that argument about Margarito, but with Tito, he just tried to wrap his hands...it could be an honest mistake."
Richardson added, "The Tito thing I think was more of ignorance. It was the fact that they were used to wrapping his hands like that all the time and most of the places you fight, like Vegas and everything, it's cool to wrap like that. So when they came to New York, they didn't think nothing of it. They just wrapped his hands the way they always wrap his hands. Well, we working by and abiding by the rules of New York, so I argued the case. But it ain't like the Margarito thing where he was blatantly trying to pull one off. One was ignorance and one was illegal."
"Joppy always felt some kind of way about that and he said something to me about catching the thing with Tito. But the thing is this, Tito Trinidad deserves to be in the Hall of Fame because the way Tito got his hands wrapped was legal in other states. It wasn't legal in New York, but it was legal in other states," stated world-class trainer Naazim Richardson, who shared his thoughts on recents comments made by former middleweight champion William Joppy regarding Hall of Famer Felix "Tito" Trinidad. According to Joppy, Trinidad didn't deserve to be inducted into the Hall of Fame because he felt the multi-division champion used illegal hand wraps throughout his career.
It's an issue that had never been brought up until Trinidad faced future Hall of Famer Bernard Hopkins months after his dominant 5th-round stoppage of Joppy. Richardson found himself in the middle of a controversy prior to that fight when he noticed that the technique which Trinidad's father and trainer, Don Felix, used to wrap his hands was not in accordance with the rules of the New York State Athletic Commission. Though ultimately Trinidad was required to re-wrap his hands, Richardson clarified that at the time, the technique was still legal in several other states.
"If they said we were fighting him in New York, okay then, y'all have an argument, but they weren't talking about his hand wraps when they made the fight. So by them not making it an issue, because they fought him in New York too, he knocked you out, you gotta live with it," he explained. "See, the way Margarito was getting his hands wrapped, that shit was illegal in MMA and every other sport and in every state. I can see if William [Joppy] was making that argument about Margarito, but with Tito, he just tried to wrap his hands...it could be an honest mistake."
Richardson added, "The Tito thing I think was more of ignorance. It was the fact that they were used to wrapping his hands like that all the time and most of the places you fight, like Vegas and everything, it's cool to wrap like that. So when they came to New York, they didn't think nothing of it. They just wrapped his hands the way they always wrap his hands. Well, we working by and abiding by the rules of New York, so I argued the case. But it ain't like the Margarito thing where he was blatantly trying to pull one off. One was ignorance and one was illegal."
NR: To me, Trinidad's situation was much, much different than Margarito's. What Trinidad did was actually legal in most places. It just wasn't legal in New York. I had the rulebook with me right there in my hand. I noticed that Papa was layering too much tape and gauze on Tito's hand, and that wasn't allowed.* Trinidad was an abrasion against the rules. Margarito downright had a weapon. There is a difference when you say you're playing chess and have your men lined up differently, as opposed to having extra men on the board. Margarito tried to bring extra men. He had a knuckle pad. Margarito had a strip over the back of his hand, around his thumb and wrist. They told me it was because of a previous injury was why they wrapped it that way. One look and you could tell it wasn't right