Boxing News Thread

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Erik Morales wonders why Pacquiao doesn’t take the random drug testing

By Jason Kim: Former three division champion Erik Morales (49-6, 34 KO’s) why Manny Pacquiao hasn’t already agreed to take the random blood testing for performance enhancing drugs. Morales, 33, doesn’t quite understand what’s holding Pacquiao up from taking the tests.


Like Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Paulie Malignaggi, Morales is concerned about Pacquiao’s unwillingness to agree to the full random blood testing, saying in an article by Michael Marley at Examiner.com “I don’t know. I am not familiar with drugs. But I must ask then why he [Pacquiao] would object to random testing if he has nothing to hide. If you have nothing to hide, then you agree to take all the tests, all the time.”

Morales has a win over Pacquiao in their first fight in 2005, beating him by a 12 round decision. A year later, Pacquiao avenged the defeat, beating Morales in back to back fights in 2006 by stoppage. Morales has had weight problems since his win over Pacquiao, and has been forced to take off massive amounts of weight just to make his weight class.

Morales retired from boxing after losing a controversial 12 round decision to David Diaz in August 2008. Three years later, Morales made a comeback and defeated Jose Alfaro by a 12 round decision last March at welterweight. Morales has taken off more weight since then and will be fighting Willie Limond(33-2, 8 KO’s) on September 11th at light welterweight at the Monumental Plaza de Toros, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico.

It will be an interesting fight while it lasts because Limond likes to slug, as does Morales. Limond should be a big test to see how much Morales has left in the tank. If Morales looks as bad as he did against Alfaro, then Limond could very well pull of an upset. I had Alfaro beating Morales by a significant margin.

 

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Bradley says “After I beat Devon, he’ll [Khan] have nowhere to hide”

By Dan Ambrose: WBO light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley (26-0, 11 KO’s) will be looking to take IBF/WBC Devon Alexander’s titles when/if they meet up in January 2011. Bradley really wants that fight and will be looking to take Alexander’s titles and move up as one of the biggest stars in boxing. After that fight, Bradley really wants to go after WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan, who Bradley has been chasing after for some time now without success.


In an article at Eastsideboxing.com, Bradley says “After I beat Devon, he’ll [Khan] have nowhere to hide. We’ll have to fight, to see who is the best – the fight will have to happen. He can say what he wants, he and Freddie Roach [Khan’s trainer], but right now he’s looking to face old me guys who are 36, 37 [Bradley is talking about Juan Manuel Marquez, who Khan is extremely eager to fight in December rather than someone from his own weight class]. Khan can’t say he’s the best. I think Devon is better than he is. Until Khan steps up to the plate, he can say what he wants, but until he does that I think he’s a chicken sh_t.”

Bradley may have to do some long waiting for a fight against Khan, because it’s very likely that Khan will be facing the lightweight Marquez in December, and there’s always other alternatives for Khan to fight among the top 15 that the WBA currently has ranked in the light welterweight division. Provided that Khan isn’t forced by the WBA to fight World Boxing Association light welterweight interim champion Marcos Maidana any time soon, then Khan can always fight top contenders like Kaiser Mabuza, Victor Ortiz, Juan Urango, Victor Manuel Cayo, Zab Judah, Lamont Peterson, Julio Diaz, Kendall Holt or Michael Alvarado. Out of that bunch, I can see Khan facing Urango or maybe Alvarado and waste some more time rather than stepping up and facing Bradley.

Besides Khan and Alexander, Bradley is also interested in fighting Zab Judah, saying “Zab knows my number. He can get it to. He looked good in his last fight, which was against a guy who was okay, but he won’t be able to do that against a real fighter. But he can bring it; he can some see me.” Judah would be tough for Bradley due to Judah’s big power and excellent hand speed

 

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Pacquiao vs Mayweather Lawsuit Will Head To Trial

By Lem Satterfield

Manny Pacquiao's lawsuit, seeking compensatory and punitive damages for defamation of character, will move forward against Floyd Mayweather Jr., Roger Mayweather, Floyd Mayweather Sr., Golden Boy President Oscar De La Hoya and Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer.

The lawsuit papers, which Pacquiao's legal team filed in December, claim the defendants damaged Pacquiao's image by making allegations that he was using performance enhancing drugs. According to Pacquiao's attorney, Daniel Petrocelli, the case will likely go to trial in 2011.

"We think that it will go to trial, but given how the process works, it won't be anytime this year, but probably sometime next year. There is no schedule set," Petrocelli said

 

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Cunningham: Alexander is Ready To Beat Bradley Down!

By Ryan Burton

BoxingScene.com's Lem Saterfield reported that Don King and Gary Shaw had met with HBO Sport's president Ross Greenburg and had agreed to a deal for a junior welterweight unification battle between Devon Alexander and Tim Bradley for January 29.

Alexander's manager and trainer Kevin Cunningham reached out to BoxingScene to issue the following statement, "Alexander is ready to give Bradley a beat down in the Big Easy if the deal is right."

Bradley's promoter Gary Shaw earlier said that he would like the fight to happen in New Orleans or Washington D.C. Shaw said he wouldn't agree to a fight taking place in St. Louis even though more than likely St. Louis would draw the most fans. Shaw wants a neutral venue to make sure his fighter gets a fair shake.

Cunningham said, "It doesn't matter where the fight happens. Just make the deal right and Alexander is going to beat Bradley."

The promoters have agreed, now just the managers and fighters themselves have to agree to the 50-50 split and agree to a venue and 2011's first super fight is sealed and delivered

 

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De La Hoya: Pacquiao-Marquez Trilogy Has To Be Made!

By Lem Satterfield

Golden Boy Promotions President Oscar De La Hoya is breaking down the door to make the trilogy between Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez. De La Hoya has been keeping a close eye on the licensing situation with Antonio Margarito, who is scheduled to fight Pacquiao on November 13 in Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas.

Margarito appeared at a hearing on Wednesday to regain his license to box in the state of California. The California commission voted 5-1 to deny Margarito's application to obtain a license to box in their state.

In February 2009, Margarito's license was revoked by the California State Athletic Commission for a period of one year. The commission found Margarito liable for the use of illegal hands wraps. Prior to his fight with Shane Mosley in January 2009, Mosley's trainer Naazim Richardson spotted two hard inserts containing a plaster-like substance in Margarito's wraps. They were confiscated by the CSAC.

Pacquiao and Marquez fought to a controversial draw in 2004, and then Pacquiao won a controversial twelve round split decision over Marquez in the 2008 rematch.

"I was keeping up to date with this whole Margarito issue. And, obviously, now that California didn't grant him a license, I want to make a case for Marquez. Marquez has a license, he's obviously ready and willing to fight Manny Pacquiao," De La Hoya said.

"This is a fight that not only has to be made, but must be made because their first fight was a draw, and their second fight was highly disputed and it's only fair that a third fight happen. And here is Marquez with a license, willing to fight him, and I think that the public really deserves it."

According to De La Hoya, Top Rank's CEO Bob Arum is preventing the trilogy from taking place. Arum has his own side to the story. Prior to selecting Joshua Clottey as Pacquiao's opponent for his March fight, Arum reached out to Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer to make the Pacquiao-Marquez trilogy. Arum claims that Schaefer took an unrealistic position by demanding a 50-50 split and a random drug testing protocol.

"I want to make a strong case for Marquez. Not only for myself, because I want to watch that fight, but for all of the fans around the world who want to watch that trilogy. I think that it's only fair. The right thing is. making a third fight with Marquez. Marquez is willing to fight him," De La Hoya said.

"We keep on making our case as to why this fight should be happening. You know, Manny Pacquiao wants to fight. The only one who does not want to fight is Bob Arum, and that is not fair. That is not fair to the public, and that is not fair to Manny Pacquiao. That is not fair to Marquez."

 

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Bradley vs Alexander: Promoters and HBO Reach a Deal

By Lem Satterfield

A junior welterweight unification between WBC/IBF junior welterweight champion Devon Alexander and WBO king Timothy Bradley is inching closer to deal. Their promoters, Don King and Gary Shaw, met with HBO Sports President Ross Greenburg, and Senior Vice President of Sports Kery Davis on Thursday. A deal was reached, which includes a 50-50 split between the fighters.

The only thing left is for both fighters to accept the deal. King, who handles Alexander, and Shaw, who promotes Bradley, will return to their fighters with the financial figures for their approval.

"HBO made us an offer that I accepted and that Don King accepted. Now we have to go back to the fighters and see if they'll accept the offer. If they do, then the fight is on. If they don't, then there will be no fight," said Shaw. "The fight is absolutely, 100 percent a 50-50 split. I don't discuss money, and I won't discuss any of the other terms except to say that it's a 50-50 split. Both sides are equal partners

 

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Chad Dawson, James Prince Issues Examined Further

By Michael Marley

He hasn't even had a whole week yet to lick his wounds from a woeful upset loss at the hands of 4-1 betting Jean Pascal in Montreal last Saturday night.

Now Chad Dawson, the troubled former world light heavyweight champion, leaps from the frying pan into the proverbial fire as he will be in Las Vegas next week to sit down for a deposition in a federal court lawsuit filed against he and his now estranged manager, Mike Criscio, by rap music guru (Rap A Lot may turn into the Sue A Lot label) and boxing adviser James Prince.

On Jan. 23, 2007, Prince handed the New Haven, Ct., fighter $20,000 in exchange for a five year, 10 percent interest in his boxing income.

Prince's claim is that Dawson forked over his percentage for bouts against Tomasz Adamek, Jesus uiz and Glen Johnson but then refused to pay out on an Oct. 11, 2008, bout against Antonio Tarver. Prince said that Dawson did not pay him after a second bout against Tarver, either, and that Dawson earned more than $1 million from both bouts.

Since Dawson already had a promoter (Gary Shaw) and Criscio working on his behalf, the question is what did Prince do to earn his percentage. It is believed he has received around $300,000, although that may not include about $170,000 which a court ordered to be put in escrow.

In one court filing, Prince said he paid for Dawson to fly to Prince's hometown of Houston where the adviser had arranged a publicity photo shoot with acclaimed and controversial rap star Lil Wayne and introduced the boxer to accountants and money managers.

Sources in Connecticut say that Dawson's wife, Crystal, has recently taken to calling herself her husband's manager.

And no, you wise guys, those weren't mug shots taken with Lil Wayne.

Criscio said that he has not spoken with the fighter since May and that Dawson's training regimen for the Pascal bout was a joke.

Chadwick Dawson? Sounds like a perfect name for a British golfer does it not?

These days, Dawson is trying to whack the weeds and get out of the rough

 

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Goosen says time running out on Dirrell vs. Ward fight in September

By Scott Gilfoid: If Andre Ward and Andre Dirrell are still going to fight on the scheduled date of September 25th, then the two promoters that manage fighters need to come to an agreement for a venue for the Super Six tournament fight. As of now, all they have is the September 25th date but no agreement about a location for the fight. Dan Goosen, the promoter for Ward, wants the fight to take place in the city that will bring in the largest gate. It just so happens that the city that will likely bring in the biggest amount of fans just happens to be Oakland, California, the city where Ward comes from Goosen thinks that the Dirrell-Ward fight could potentially bring in as many as 15,000 fans and a gate of $1 million, according to the usatoday.com.


Goosen says “Quite frankly, there’s a number of reasons that really slowed down the process. And the one at the top of the list is the arm wrestling on where the fight should be held. I say if we’re going to have a fight of this magnitude, let’s maximize the revenue, and the best way to maximize the revenue is to go to a place where you can draw 15,000. At the Oracle Arena in Oakland, it would be a slam dunk. I believe we can do a $1 million plus gate. “

Dirrell and his promoter Gary Shaw want the fight to take place in Detroit, Michigan, the state where Dirrell is from. Ward has already fought both of his Super Six tourney fights at home, and if he gets his way and this fight ends up in Oakland, it would mean that all three of his stage fights will have been at home without him having to venture out to an unfriendly city. Ward is already guaranteed a spot in the semifinals of the Super Six tournament by virtue of his wins over Mikkel Kessler and Allan Green.

Dirrell, on the other hand, badly needs a win over Ward to ensure that he gets into the semis. This is why it’s even more important that this fight not take place in Oakland. Ward seems to fight remarkably well when backed by thousands of his screaming fans and it would be very hard on Dirrell to have to deal with that kind of pro-Ward support for the entire fight. Dirrell has fought only once at home during the Super Six tourney and his only loss was the result of what many boxing fans felt was a hometown decision loss to World Boxing Council super middleweight champion Carl Froch last year in October. Dirrell would rather not risk experiencing that feeling again so soon by having to fight in Ward’s home city.

 

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Schaefer trying to put together a Pascal vs. Hopkins bout

By Jim Dower: World Boxing Council light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal (26-1, 16 KO’s) could be facing 45-year-old Bernard Hopkins (51-5-1, 32 KO’s) rather than International Boxing Federation super middleweight champion Lucian Bute. According to boxing news from Dan Rafael of ESPN, Richard Schaefer of Golden Boy Promotions is in contact with Pascal’s management team in an effort to put together a fight between Hopkins and Pascal next. Pascal defeated Chad Dawson by an 11 round technical decision in his last fight last weekend. Pascal much fight a rematch with Dawson because Chad had a rematch clause in the contract, but Pascal can fight once before the rematch.


This leaves Pascal the opportunity to take the best money fight that he can find in the meantime. In the case of Hopkins, it’s difficult to imagine that a fight with him would bring in more money than a bout against Bute. However, Bute is a lot more dangerous than Hopkins at this point in Bernard’s career, and Pascal might be better off taking the easier fight rather than a risky one like Bute. Pascal can always fight Bute after he’s fought Hopkins and Dawson. There won’t be a lot of options left in the light heavyweight division after that, other than IBF light heavyweight champion Tavoris Cloud, but he still doesn’t have the same star power that Hopkins and Bute possess at this point.

Pascal showed amazing hand speed and excellent power in the Dawson fight. He was able to hurt Dawson on a number of occasions in the bout and had him on the defensive for most of the fight, trying to avoid Pascal’s fast shots. You would have to favor Pascal in a rematch with Dawson, even though Pascal appeared to be in trouble in the 11th round in their fight. Pascal later said he was just letting Dawson punch himself out. Hopefully, Pascal doesn’t just cover up and let Dawson get his shots off again like that because he could get taken out if Dawson doesn’t back off to survey his work like he did in the 11th.

Hopkins is coming off an unimpressive performance against Roy Jones Jr. in April. Hopkins fell down a couple of times in the fight from rabbit punches from Jones, and had problems in the dressing room afterwards because of the effects from the shots. Hopkins didn’t throw a lot of punches in the fight and looked little better than Jones. It was not Hopkins at his finest. He’ll have to fight a lot better than that to beat Pascal.

 

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Margarito applies for boxing license with Texas – News

By Jason Kim: Two-time welterweight champion Antonio Margarito has quickly applied for a boxing license in Texas today, reportedly faxing in his application in hopes of getting a quick approval so that he can fight super star Manny Pacquiao on November 13th at the Cowboy Stadium, in Arlington, Texas. Margarito has one big thing going for him in his attempt to get a license from Texas and that’s Jerry Jones, the power of the Cowboy Stadium and the Dallas Cowboy football team. Jones really wants the Pacquiao-Margarito fight to take place in his Cowboys stadium after having hosted the last Pacquiao fight against Joshua Clottey on March 13th.


Jones may have enough pull to assist in getting Margarito approved in his state. According to the Dallasnews.com, Margarito’s application could be approved within three days after it’s been reviewed. Thus far, Margarito has had rotten luck in applying for relicensure in Nevada and California, getting soundly rejected in both states. California was the latest, rejecting Margarito by an embarrassing 5-1 and telling Margarito to come back next year. Margarito has already served a one year suspension without fighting. However, after he had stayed out of the ring for one year, Margarito fought in Mexico against Roberto Garcia rather than first coming before the California Athletic Commission.

Margarito might have been offer at least attempting to get his license back before he started fighting again, because it would have perhaps put him in a better light before the board members. As it was, Margarito had zero luck in persuading them to give him back his license. Bob Arum, Margarito’s promoter, refuses to give up on Margarito, and will try to get his license back with Texas if that fails, he’ll likely take Margarito to New Jersey next. If all else fails, Arum can always take Margarito outside of the United States to Mexico or Abu Dhabi and easily fight in either of those locations

 

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De La Hoya says he wants to “Do what’s best for the fans” by having Marquez fight Pac

By Jim Dower: Oscar De La Hoya wants Juan Manuel Marquez to fight Manny Pacquiao for a third time, and is hoping that Marquez can be inserted in as Pacquiao’s next opponent on November 13th instead of the unlicensed Antonio Margarito. However, the chances of Top Rank promoter Bob Arum listening to De La Hoya and following his wishes is doubtful. Marquez fights for De La Hoya’s Golden Boy Promotions, and Arum usually likes to keep his fights in house or least that’s what he’s been doing recently. Margarito failed in his second attempt to get his boxing license when he was denied by a 5-1 vote by the California Athletic Commission on Wednesday.


Margarito has already been previously rejected by the Nevada Athletic Commission by a 4-1 vote. The combined votes against Margarito thus far by the two commissions have been 9-2, and that’s not a good sign now that Arum is going to take Margarito and try to land him a license in Texas. In an article by the Los Angeles Times, De La Hoya said “The case I want to make is that Marquez is right there, already licensed. We feel if Golden Boy and Top Rank can make big fights, it’s a win-win situation for everyone – the fighters and the fans. We’re going to do what’s best for the fans.”

De La Hoya has a point. Boxing fans, for the most part, have very little interest in watching Pacquiao fight Antonio Margarito. Arum either appears to be obvious to this or he just flat doesn’t care. He’s made up his mind that he’s going to match Margarito against Pacquiao whether the fan interest is there or not. Arum may be counting on Pacquiao’s huge fan base and the Mexican fans to come out and support this fight. However, Marquez, a Mexican like Margarito, is more popular than Margarito and would likely draw in more fans than him. It seems logical that Marquez would make for the better opponent for Pacquiao compared to Margarito. But if Arum has Margarito and Pacquiao fight each other, he is the sole promoter in that fight and doesn’t have to make any deals with an outside promoter.

That’s a big plus for Arum. Marquez would likely want a lot more money than what Margarito is asking. Margarito is coming off a recent year-long suspension and that probably makes him a lot easier to deal with than a guy like Marquez, who has been huge star for a long time and who looked good in his last fight against Juan Diaz. There wouldn’t be an 8th title for Pacquiao to go after if he fought Marquez, and Pacquiao would likely have to be the one that would have to take weight off to fight Marquez at a catchweight rather than the other way around.

It’s been Pacquiao’s opponent that has been the ones stripping off weight to fight him. Marquez has fought Pacquiao twice previously and many boxing fans felt that Marquez should have been given the decision in both fights

 

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David Haye finally comes out barking

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inXHObWZL2M&feature=player_embedded#at=16

Scott Gilfoid: In a Yutube video at Boxrec, World Boxing Association heavyweight champion David Haye (24-1, 22 Ko’s) came out of his fetal ball finally, saying “My mums’s always said, ‘if you’ve got nothing good to say, don’t say anything at all.’ And I haven’t had anything good to say, so I’ve just sat back and watched the way things are going on. It’s been quite amusing to listen to some of the sh*t that’s been said over the last few weeks and months, but when it comes time to tell the truth, which is gonna happen in a few days, you’ll understand and you’ll realize who really is the b*tch and trust me, it ain’t me.” That sound really cryptic of Haye. I hope he’s not talking about his proposed fight with Audley Harrison.


If that’s going to be his big announcement, then he’s going to get laughed at for days. Haye is going to have to some kind of really excuse why he’s been silent all these months and didn’t fight the Klitschko brothers, when he said he would. It can’t be one of those one of those sob stories about this or that, which is probably what Haye is going to come up with. The dude needs to come clean and just say it like it is. That’s the best policy. If he starts with the excuses about the Klitschko brothers asking for too much money and blah-blah-blah, that won’t fly. That wouldn’t explain why Haye has been keeping his trap shut for so long. It has to be something dramatic or else he’s going to have people slamming him day and night and day. God, I can just see Haye coming out with his big news, announcing the Harrison fight. Yeah, that’ll shut everyone alright. We’ll all be b*tches and Haye will be the sh*t.

 

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Oscar De La Hoya: Margarito Should Be Banned For Life

By Lem Satterfield

Golden Boy Promotions president Oscar De La Hoya has been very vocal on the entire situation surrounding the approval of a boxing license for Antonio Margarito. De La Hoya has always held the position that Margarito, or any fighter who adds an advantage to their fists, should be banned for life from the sport of boxing.

In February 2009, Margarito's license was revoked by the California State Athletic Commission for a period of one year. The commission found Margarito liable for the use of illegal hands wraps. Prior to his fight with Shane Mosley in January 2009, Mosley's trainer Naazim Richardson spotted two hard inserts containing a plaster-like substance in Margarito's wraps. They were confiscated by the CSAC.

Margarito appeared at a hearing on Wednesday to regain his license to box in the state of California. The California commission voted 5-1 to deny Margarito's application to obtain a license to box in their state.

"I've been very vocal on the whole Margarito situation. And, you know, my feelings have not changed. Obviously, I don't want to make this call the whole Margarito situation. But you know where I stand. We don't know what's going to happen with Margarito. Obviously, he's not going to be fighting in California," De La Hoya said.

"I mean, look, I've already stated what I've said, and I'm going to stick to what I believe. I mean, my sport of boxing, which we all appreciate and which I love, and which I participated in inside of that ring for many years, you know, this is a dangerous sport."

De La Hoya doesn't want to hear any of the "I'm sorry" or "I've learned my lesson" responses.

"If any body in any which way tries to tamper with anything having to do with the fists or the gloves, you know what? You should be banned for life. That's my stance and that's my position. There's no if's or buts. Like, 'Oh, I've learned from my mistakes,'" De La Hoya said.

"Well, what if you would have killed somebody. What? So you should fight again because you learned from your mistakes? That's total nonsense, and my stance will always be that. You do not mess with somebody's life up inside of that ring."

De La Hoya is pushing for Top Rank to remove Margarito from the fight with Manny Pacquiao on November 13, and insert Juan Manuel Marquez in the contest.

 

[Tony]

I agree with De La Hoya, Margarito should be banned for life.

 

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Oscar is really trying to push the Marquez trilogy with Pacquiao now that Floyd may go to don king, Golden boy is going to be assed out

 

[Johnny Truelove]

By Michael Marley

He hasn't even had a whole week yet to lick his wounds from a woeful upset loss at the hands of 4-1 betting Jean Pascal in Montreal last Saturday night.

Now Chad Dawson, the troubled former world light heavyweight champion, leaps from the frying pan into the proverbial fire as he will be in Las Vegas next week to sit down for a deposition in a federal court lawsuit filed against he and his now estranged manager, Mike Criscio, by rap music guru (Rap A Lot may turn into the Sue A Lot label) and boxing adviser James Prince.

On Jan. 23, 2007, Prince handed the New Haven, Ct., fighter $20,000 in exchange for a five year, 10 percent interest in his boxing income.

Prince's claim is that Dawson forked over his percentage for bouts against Tomasz Adamek, Jesus uiz and Glen Johnson but then refused to pay out on an Oct. 11, 2008, bout against Antonio Tarver. Prince said that Dawson did not pay him after a second bout against Tarver, either, and that Dawson earned more than $1 million from both bouts.

Since Dawson already had a promoter (Gary Shaw) and Criscio working on his behalf, the question is what did Prince do to earn his percentage. It is believed he has received around $300,000, although that may not include about $170,000 which a court ordered to be put in escrow.

In one court filing, Prince said he paid for Dawson to fly to Prince's hometown of Houston where the adviser had arranged a publicity photo shoot with acclaimed and controversial rap star Lil Wayne and introduced the boxer to accountants and money managers.

Sources in Connecticut say that Dawson's wife, Crystal, has recently taken to calling herself her husband's manager.

And no, you wise guys, those weren't mug shots taken with Lil Wayne.

Criscio said that he has not spoken with the fighter since May and that Dawson's training regimen for the Pascal bout was a joke.

Chadwick Dawson? Sounds like a perfect name for a British golfer does it not?

These days, Dawson is trying to whack the weeds and get out of the rough

holy shit j prince is a muthafuckin' hustla!! lol he gave dawson 20k and is probably going to end up with close to half a milli in the end haha damn chad u r one dumb son of s bitch.

 

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holy shit j prince is a muthafuckin' hustla!! lol he gave dawson 20k and is probably going to end up with close to half a milli in the end haha damn chad u r one dumb son of s bitch.

hell yeah he is I never knew what the hell is j prince is he a promoter or what

 

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Arum still wants Marquez to fight welterweights like Clottey or Berto before he consi

By Dave Lahr: According to Kevin Iole of Yahoo, Bob Arum still believes that Juan Manuel Marquez needs to prove himself at welterweight before he’ll consider putting his fighter Manny Pacquiao in with Marquez for a third mega fight between the two super stars. Arum would like to see the 37-year-old Marquez fight and beat quality welterweights like his fighter Joshua Clottey from his Top Rank stable and/or Andre Berto, who doesn’t fight for Arum.

It seems kind of unreasonable request for Marquez given that Arum is going to have Pacquiao fighting another one of his Top Rank fighters Antonio Margarito on November 13th, and Margarito hasn’t proven himself capable of beating a quality junior middleweight as of yet – unless you count the little known Roberto Garcia who Margarito just beat by a 10 round unanimous decision on May 8th.


However, Arum didn’t require for Margarito to beat a top fighter in the junior middleweight division before matching him with Pacquiao. It seems to reason that if Marquez is being asked to fight a top welterweight before getting a fight against Pacquiao, then Margarito, in turn, should have to beat a quality junior middleweight like Alfredo Angulo, Sergio Martinez, Sergeii Dzinziruk or Yuri Foreman before he gets a shot against Pacquiao. Margarito did beat WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto in the past, but that was two years ago and it took place at welterweight, not junior middleweight. And Pacquiao hasn’t even fought at junior middleweight. Shouldn’t he have to prove himself at this weight before he’s given a shot at the vacant World Boxing Council junior middleweight title. It seems only fair.

It would be awfully convenient for Arum if Marquez were to fight Clottey fight now. Joshua looked horrible in his loss to Pacquiao in March, losing every round and seeming like he was just going through the motions. Marquez would be doing Arum a huge favor if he were to fight Clottey right now. But that would be a huge step down for Marquez. If he were to pick out a welterweight to fight, I’m sure he could do much better than Clottey by going after someone like Shane Mosley or Saul Alvarez, two highly thought of stars.

 

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Haye says it’s not his fault the Klitschko fight didn’t happen

By William Mackay: In the latest boxing news, WBA heavyweight champion David Haye (24-1, 22 KO’s) is claiming innocence in explaining why the mega fights didn’t get put together with either of the Klitschko brothers. In Haye’s twitter page, he had this to say: “My next fight will be in October, November. I was ready to fight in September if the negotiations would have went that way. I made sure that I was in shape if a fight with one of the Klitschkos pooped up. That hasn’t happened and I don’t think that it’s been of any fault of my own and I’ll explain that to you in a few days time.”

I think some boxing fans would buy into Haye’s excuses if he had come out over a month ago and said something, but he’s been silent all this time while Wladimir and Vitali Klitschko have come out said that Haye was offered a 50-50 deal with no options. What can Haye reveal that will change the minds of fans?


Will he say that the Klitschko brothers are liars? It doesn’t bode well for Haye that he waited this long before speaking, and he still hasn’t even said anything. A lot of fans think that Haye will be fighting Audley Harrison next. If that turns out to be the case, it’s not going to make Haye look very good because Harrison has done pretty much zero to deserve a title shot and there’s other heavyweights like Denis Boytsov, Nikolay Valuev or Odlanier Solis that the 29-year-old Haye could be fighting next. Boxing fans expected that Haye would have signed on to fight one of the Klitschko brothers by now, given that Haye claimed that he was going to clean up the heavyweight division and unify the titles when he moved up from cruiserweight.

Instead of facing the Klitschko brothers like he said he was going to do, Haye has fought 38-year-old Monte Barrett, 36-year-old Valuev and 38-year-old John Ruiz. A fight against 38-year-old Harrison would fit nicely with that bunch.

 

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Prospect Mike Lee from Chicago, Notre Dame grad, is also fighting on that Sept 11th card with Gamboa, getting some good exposure in his hometown.


Photos: Mike Lee Making The Promo Rounds in Chicago

CHICAGO, IL - Notre Dame Boxing Champion Mike Lee returned to his hometown of Chicago on Thursday, August 19th for a whirlwind of media events, a visit with Mayor Daley and a trip to his alma mater.

Lee is currently training with Ronnie Shields in Houston, Texas in anticipation of his second professional bout on Saturday, September 11th in Las Vegas on the undercard of the HBO televised World Featherweight Bout between Yuriorkis Gamboa and Orlando Salido at the Palms Resort and Casino.

Starting at the early morning hour of 5:45am, Lee paid a visit to CBS-TV’s Monsters and Money in the Morning where he spoke with co-hosts Terry Savage and Mike Hegedus to discuss his upcoming bout and his pro debut this past May 29th, a sensational four round unanimous win over Emmitt Woods at the UIC Pavilion in Chicago.

Next stop for Lee was a trip to visit the University of Notre Dame campus for a private meeting with Vice-President Louis M. Nanni.

Lee returned to Chicago in the early afternoon and headed to the Comcast studios for an appearance on Chicago Tribune Live with host Chuck Garfien.

Following his appearance on Chicago Tribune Live, Lee was welcomed by Mayor Daley who wished him luck in his upcoming bout and discussed Notre Dame, the Mayor’s daughter Elizabeth also being a recent graduate. Prior to turning professional, Lee received a finance degree from Notre Dame in 2009.

Lee wrapped up his busy day taking in the amateur bouts at Chicago’s Fight Night Club, where his introduction was met by rapt applause from the packed house on the near North Side of Chicago.

The 23 year old light heavyweight returned to Houston on Friday to continue his training for the September 11th bout on the Top Rank Incorporated promoted event. Said Lee, ‘It was a great day spent in Chicago with the highlight of the day visiting with Lou Nanni at the University of Notre Dame and meeting Mayor Daley, now its back to business with Ronnie in Houston.”