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[Johnny Truelove]

Top Rank's DuBoef on Mayweather-Pacquiao, GBP, More

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by Chris Robinson

Top Rank president Todd duBoef may not draw the type of headlines that the company’s CEO Bob Arum does, but all one has to do is have a talk with him to get a true sense of his passion for boxing and his overall understanding of the way the sport works.
Said by HBO analyst Jim Lampley to be the one man who could lead a revival of boxing in the United States, duBoef recently was spotted at the 49th annual WBC Convention in Las Vegas, Nevada, and took some time from his hectic schedule to weigh in on some recent storylines in sweet science.

DuBoef unveiled his professional history with the likes of Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Miguel Cotto, discussed why former lightweight champion Brandon Rios may not be in a rush to move up in weight, and touched on the nerves he felt during the November 29th hearing by the New York State Athletic Commission to determine whether or not Antonio Margarito was fit to be licensed for his December 3rd bout with Cotto at Madison Square Garden.
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DuBoef also revealed that he would be open to sitting down with Mayweather personally, if the situation called for it, in order to make a fight with Manny Pacquiao come to fruition.

Continue reading for some highlights from my conversation with duBoef.

Boxing in 2011…
“I think this year for boxing was incredible. I don’t think it was just Top Rank, it think we accomplished a lot as a sport. You saw the Haye-Klitschko fight draw a massive crowd and you saw the Klitschko fights in Europe draw massive crowds. You saw Canada having incredible success with Pascal and Bute. You saw the United States, through our promotions and other people’s promotions, [having] incredible attendances and incredible fights. In Mexico, having problaby one of the robust years in the history of the country.”

Being present at NYSAC hearing to determine Margarito’s eligibility for his licensing for the Cotto rematch…
“You know, nerve-wracking was an understatement. People say that my facial expressions after the hearing said a lot. So much of our job is in preparation, to get everything done and secured. You never think something is in doubt like that. And it was incredibly nerve-wracking. It was very disheartening and problematic for us to be in that situation, but fortunately the science and the new medicine was heard by good ears and they received all the advice that they had and they felt good about it.”

Signing Miguel Cotto to Top Rank…
“Miguel and I have a very, very long, incredible relationship. I went down in January, I think it was 2001, and signed him along with a number of others and I think we developed a lot together. It was right out of the Olympics and he’s very special as an individual. He’s developed and trusted us in his career and he’s delivered incredibly inside the ring and outside the ring. And I think he’s very happy for his satisfaction off of the result of the [Margarito] fight.”

Whether Manny Pacquiao vs. Floyd Mayweather is an option for 2012…
“I think it’s absolutely an option. I think it’s an incredible option. It’s the fight that, everywhere you go, people talk about it. I think it’s something that we’ll all have to consider. We’d love to see it happen.”

A place in his heart for Floyd Mayweather Jr….
“Listen, Floyd and I have a similar relationship. In 1996 I signed him and took a very big interest in trying to help him out and develop him in his career. Because, those early years are the most important years because you have to trust somebody and we both trusted each other. I appreciated Floyd’s comments and inside of me I have a very sensitive place for Floyd. There’s a place in my heart for the growth that we both had together and I think it’s important, if the two of us have to sit down, I welcome it. I’ve always been there to listen to him, to whatever his issues are. I think he understands that I express myself to him and we understand each other very well.”

The contradicting storylines regarding Arum’s interest in making Pacquiao-Mayweather a reality…
“I think, unfortunately, people buy into what they think the press thinks. And what the press speculates and what people circulate in the press. I think at the end of the day, if we keep our eye on what our best interest it, and our best interest is the sport, we’ll always be ahead of the game.”

Why Brandon ‘Bam Bam’ Rios might not be moving up to 140 pounds just yet…
“I’m not sure that’s the case. I think he had a difficult time making weight under some interesting circumstances. But the conversations I’ve had with him and his team, they still possibly want to stay at 135 and they’re going to get him evaluated by professionals. He’s at the point, when you get older, you need professional nutritionists, professional conditioning, all that kind of stuff to help him with the tricks to make weigh the right way. I think the training camp was somewhat interrupted because Robert had to be with Margarito a lot of the time. I don’t put that blame on Robert or Brandon but there were unusual circumstances.”

Open to working with Golden Boy Promotions…
“We’ve had no issues with them. I think you saw that, in September, we used Daniel Ponce De Leon for [Yuriorkis] Gamboa, that was their fighter. We’ve [made] offers [to] them [for Marcos] Maidana, [Lucas] Matthysse on separate shows in November. I don’t find any issue.”

 

[2-0-Sixx]

Whenever bob arum is gone, deboef is going to do great things for boxing

 

[CZAR]

I DONT KNOW, CHAVEZ HAS ALOT OF MEXICAN PRIDE BUILT UP, I WOULDNT COUNT HIM OUT, LETS NOT FORGET WHO HIS DAD IS AND WAS...

Dude Chavez Jr's uncle can be Muhammid Ali, and his cousin could be Joe Louis and he still wouldnt beat Cotto, Canelo, or Martinez. Got Em!!

 

[JLMACN]

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Former junior welterweight champion Devon Alexander "The Great" appeared on a recent episode of The Boxing Lab, BoxingScene.com's official audio show. Alexander will face Marcos Maidana on February 25th in the main event of an HBO doubleheader. WBO super featherweight champion Adrien Broner will defend his title versus Eloy Perez in the televised opener.

Alexander has received criticism for what some perceive to be hometown cooking in his points victories over Andriy Kotelnyk and Lucas Matthysse. Both of those fights took place in Alexander's hometown of St. Louis, MO as does the upcoming fight against Maidana. Alexander said that at first he wanted to fight away from home to prove the critics wrong but he also understands the business aspect of the sport. Alexander is a big ticket seller in his hometown while Maidana doesn't have a big fan base in the United States.

"I originally wanted to go away to fight but I am a big draw in St. Louis and Maidana isn't a big draw in the States. I don't care where it (the fight is at) is at. I am happy that my hometown fans will be able to go to the fight," Alexander explained.

Alexander, who will be making his welterweight debut, is motivated for the challenge that Maidan abrings. He also said that he would like a shot at the winner of the rematch between Victor Ortiz and Andre Berto. The fight takes place on February 11th in Las Vegas, NV.

"We heard Maidana was moving up to 147 so we wanted to fight him. Berto and Ortiz are fighting. I would love to fight the winner of that fight as well," said Alexander.

Alexander should NOT be looking past Maidana.......

Dude just might get knocked the fuck out!

5000

 

[Johnny Truelove]

no doubt his ugly grill is getting tko'd

 

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Timothy Bradley: “Everybody knows Khan’s a phony now”

by Geoffrey Ciani (Exclusive Interview by Jenna J & Geoffrey Ciani) - This week’s 153rd edition of On the Ropes Boxing Radio featured an exclusive interview with the reigning WBO junior welterweight world champion Timothy Bradley (28-0, 12 KOs). Bradley spoke about his previous victim Lamont Peterson’s (30-1-1, 15 KOs) recent upset victory against Ami Khan (26-2, 18 KOs). He also discussed a possible rematch with Peterson, a potential fight with Khan, and shared his views on how he believes a rematch between Khan and Peterson would unfold. Here is what Bradley had to say in the interview:

His views on Lamont Peterson’s upset victory against Amir Khan last weekend:

“You know what? I thought Peterson was going to bring a good fight, but I didn’t think he was going to win the fight and he proved me wrong. Peterson brought it too Khan, and I said if he brought it to him he has a good chance of winning the fight. Then I did say it’s in his hometown, so that will definitely help him as well with the boxing fans, and whatever anybody wants to say with the judges, or ref, or whatever. So I mean he put on a great performance. It was a great fight, man! I really enjoyed watching it. It was fun to watch. It was a crowd-pleasing fight and I really enjoyed it at home.”

His views on Khan’s performance in his split decision loss against Peterson:

“Well you know, like I’ve always said, payback is a bitch and karma is a bitch. When I was down he kicked me into the mud, and I hated it! You know what I mean? There was nothing I could do because of my situation that I was in and I was going through legal issues. I couldn’t really talk. I couldn’t really say anything and voice my opinion on why I didn’t want to fight Khan at that given moment. But now Peterson beat him. I beat Peterson a couple of years ago. A lot of people are saying he’s better now than he was a couple of years ago. He probably wasn’t ready for me at the time when he did face me. But you know he’s still pretty much to me, he’s probably mentally stronger, but as far as skill-wise he’s at the same level and I beat him. It’s just funny to see. I know styles make fights, but my style is tailor-made for Khan, and everybody will see that when we do face each other. I think it’s still a great fight to be held somewhere in the future. Now that he’s lost, it’s a little further away now. So Khan’s got to do some rebuilding now or win back his titles. I hear there is a rematch clause going on in effect. If Peterson wants to do that—hey, whatever. You know like I said I’m on my own mission. I got a purpose in this boxing game and I’m definitely going to be following the plan that we have structured.”

On whether he feels Lamont Peterson won the fight or Amir Khan lost the fight:

“I thought Lamont Peterson won the fight. I thought Khan, going into the last round, was winning the fight because I think he had a really good eleventh round. But as far as winning the fight with the point deductions and the whole knockdown thing, I thought Peterson won the fight. I haven’t watched the replay but at the time when I was scoring it, going into the eighth round it was even. It was dead even going into the eighth round. Once I watch the replay then I can really give you a good assessment on who won the fight and if Khan won the fight, but as of right now I feel that Peterson won the fight. Absolutely.”

His views on why Khan was constantly backing up against the light punching Peterson:

“Well Lamont Peterson, like I said, he just has a way of applying pressure. It’s not reckless pressure, but he just has a way. He has pretty good defense, slipping and sliding, and very elusive in the ring, and he’s very athletic and very skillful. Like I said, he got to me! He hit me with those same body shots, so I know how Khan was feeling after that fight. He came in and tried to break me down, and go to my body, and weaken me. But I persevered. I guess Khan does have guts. I think he’s going to learn a lot from this fight. It’s a reality check for him and his team. They need to humble themselves, man! It’s okay to be confident in your abilities, but like humble yourself man! This is a humbling fight for him. So I hope he learns from all of his mistakes that he’s made. It’s a fight of course, and you want to show heart, but dude! When you’re sitting on the ropes taking overhand rights, right hooks to the head, and those body shots, and you’re acting like, ‘You’re not doing nothing, you’re not doing nothing’! You got be kidding me. He’s getting to you! I think if he would have actually fought back on the ropes or even tied Lamont up and let him get off, he would have been better off man! There are a lot of things he can learn from this fight. Will he learn from it? I don’t know, but we’re going to have to see.”

His views on the fact he has now regained the universal recognition as the best junior welterweight in the world without having been in the ring:

“Well whether people had me on the roster one or two really didn’t matter to me. I always felt that I was number one, even when they had Khan number one with the Ring Belt championship or whatever. Was it fair? Yeah, it was fair to give him that position with the fact that I didn’t face him at that time. So you know, if he was number one I was cool with being number two. But in my heart and in my mind, I felt that I was number one anyway. I felt deep down inside that Khan couldn’t beat me. If you go and look at some of my reviews and some of my interviews on YouTube explaining about the fight, I was actually word for word on exactly what happened with how to beat Khan—and I’ve done the same thing with how to beat Manny Pacquiao. You know. You just got to get in there and do these things and you can beat these guys. I’m a student of the game. I study fighters. I watch fighters all the time. I study their habits. I know what they look to do, I know what they don’t like, and I use that to my abilities when I do fight them and I’ve been very successful doing it.”

On whether he feels Amir Khan fought the wrong fight and unemployed the wrong strategy:

“You know what? Khan was fighting the right fight! He was fighting the right fight, but if you look at a lot of Roach’s guys, they like to lay on those ropes man! Even Manny likes to lay on those ropes, and they have a straight up and down defense. So that’s where he lost the fight, when he allowed Lamont to get in position and land those body shots on him and sit on the ropes, instead of doing the smart veteran way and tying the guy up, or learning how to tie a guy up, and learning how to take little breathers in the ring. Khan only knows one speed man, and that’s full speed. So he’ll fight you real quick sporadically, and then he has to recharge because he throws so many friggin’ combinations. A fighter who’s elusive can get away, get away, and step inside on him. He’s going to have problems with anybody who’s elusive and able to get inside on him and work his body. Looking back, I think that he fought the right fight. He just didn’t have the gas tank and he didn’t have the mental capacity to keep the focus throughout the whole fight, because Lamont brings a lot of pressure. He didn’t have that focus to do it for the whole fight. I think the holding definitely hurt him in this fight, but I think that last point definitely hurt him big time because Khan could have won that fight! But that last point that the ref took for him—granted a lot of people said it was wrong because he was doing that, but if you go back and you watch the fight you’ll see how many times this guy warned him before he actually took that point. He warned him like three or four times before he took that point for pushing off. There’s a difference between doing a little shove, but this guy was literally like pushing him with his forearm and his elbow, pushing him off like, hard! Lamont goes and says he didn’t care about that, but he was pushing his head down as well! You know, and Lamont was like in his chest. He was at chest level when he was pushing his head down to the canvas, and that was a foul as well. So you know the ref was in there doing his job and he saw what he saw. The ref I think miscalculated that knockdown in the fight and gave Khan a knockdown when it was a slip. But hey! That’s what it is. I mean I wasn’t the ref in that fight. He did the job in there the best way he could, and that was that.”

On whether he thought Peterson would be awarded the victory after the first two scorecards were read as a split with one judge favoring Khan and the other Peterson:

“Yeah. Yeah! I did. I knew it was going to go his way. My wife and I were sitting home and she looked at me. She was like, ‘He’s going to lose. They’re going to take it from him’, and I was like, ‘No they’re not, no they’re not’. It’s in his backyard, man. You know. I mean where Khan and his people said it shows he’s a man, and this and that, and this and that. We’re going into another fighter’s hometown and fighting him there. That’s just arrogant. To me that’s just arrogance and stupidity. I mean that’s ridiculous. He should have never fought him in his hometown. To me they say Khan is a huge draw, then why didn’t they do it in Vegas? You know? I mean why didn’t they do it in Vegas? I mean Khan’s been there. He’s fought there many times. I feel that his promoter—his promoter basically set him up for disaster, because he brought it to Peterson’s hometown. Peterson, him and Khan, they brought a house full of people into that arena to make more money. So it backfired on them. It completely backfired on them, and now I think Khan wants a rematch in England. Peterson would be stupid to go to England and rematch him in England. You know. He would be stupid to do that. That’s not a good move. If they’re going to do a rematch, they should do it on neutral territory—Vegas, Los Angeles, Atlanta, I mean New York. Somewhere where it makes sense and it’s neutral, and there is no conflict of interest with any judges, or any conspiracies with refs, and all this stuff.”

On whether he was disappointed that Khan lost because it may have cost him a big fight opportunity on the near horizon if Bradley cannot land a fight with Manny Pacquiao:

“Well you know I definitely wanted to face Khan sometime next year. Absolutely I voiced my opinion to Bob Arum and my manager and everything. Bob has sent a couple of quotes out there saying we would love to fight Khan in 2012. But now I think it’s a little bit on the backburner right now because coming off of this loss, he’s either going to have to rebuild or he’s definitely going to have to get that rematch. So we’re going to have to see what he’s going to do. As far as I go, there is always that option to fight Lamont Peterson again, and I have thrown that out there. Hey! If you want a shot a third belt, let’s have a rematch. I’ll let you try and redeem yourself. They say you’re better when you’re champion, and that’s true. I feel that you fight 20% or 30% better when you are champion, because you have that confidence now, and he’s going to bring that into the ring. I would love to fight Peterson. If he wants to fight somebody next or whatever, and then fight me or whatever. But if I can’t get Manny, I would love to fight Peterson, or Amir, or any of the top guys out there.”

On whether he ever imagined that a Peterson rematch would make sense somewhere down the line immediately following his one-sided victory over Lamont:

“Yeah! Yeah! I knew that and I told him that after the fight. Yeah I knew that, because like I said Peterson was a tough, tough guy. You know he was a tough guy, and he’s very durable. I knew when he fought Victor Ortiz and he survived that onslaught and ended up earning a draw with him, I was like wow! Fighting me definitely did him some justice, because this kid definitely has heart and determination, and he has ability to give anybody hell in that ring because he’s so determined. I was like wow! I couldn’t believe it. I sat there actually ringside and watched that fight. It definitely brings a lot of interest if we were to have a rematch, and I definitely though that one day we would have a rematch. Like I said, when I fought him he was very strong and very determined. I’ve known him since the amateurs, so I know exactly how he trains. I know him very well, like he knows me very well.”

Regarding what surprised him most about the bout between Khan and Peterson:

“Yeah, you know what? What really surprised me was the way Khan looked under pressure. I knew he couldn’t take pressure, but Peterson’s not a big, big puncher. So I didn’t understand the reason why he was moving around the ring, but I also said he doesn’t have that one-punch knockout power but he does sting you. I’m sure Khan felt those little stings, especially with that right hook and those body shots. He’s a devastating body puncher man, because I felt them. Other than the way that Khan fought, I think that was a little different from me. You know I didn’t expect that from Khan. I knew he was quick. He looked good in the first couple of rounds. I was like that guy is quick! Okay. Alright. I see it, but I knew around the fourth he always slows down, and Peterson! He steps up. When I fought him, I dropped him in the third and after I dropped him he just became this completely different beast in the ring. He showed a lot of heart and determination, so after about the fourth I was like—uh-oh! Khan’s in trouble. Khan is definitely in trouble, because Peterson gets stronger as the fight goes on. He gets stronger. Once Peterson was closing the gap and he started to see Khan fading and he started banging his body and actually doing some damage in there, his confidence went up. Once his confidence went up I knew it was going to be a long night for Khan.”

His views on Khan’s loss in light of the fact that Khan has aimed a lot of trash-talk in Tim’s direction during recent years, and whether this loss hurts his credibility following some of his previous statements:

“Yeah, absolutely it hurts his credibility because now everybody knows who the real number one champion is. Everybody knows Khan’s a phony now. Khan’s a kid, but he isn’t ready for the big leagues yet and that’s what shows. Peterson is an elite fighter now. He fought a good guy and he beat a superstar. You know that’s what they were saying on TV. ‘This is a superstar! You know Peterson is going to need a superstar performance!’ I sat there and I just laughed. I was like man ya’ll just don’t know. Khan got exposed, man. He got exposed. If he gets in there with the right fighter he can get exposed again, unless he goes back to the gym and just magically gets better within the next three or four months, which I doubt because old habits stay with you.”

His views on Khan’s claims that he was robbed and cheated in this fight:

“He needs to grow up as a person. You know, you don’t cry about the decision. He’s the one that made his bed. You’re the one that made your bed man! You know it probably never would have happened if it took place in England or a neutral territory or whatever. Before the fight they agreed to all these terms. So what are you crying about? You know. They agreed to the ref. They agreed to all the officials. I know when I get ready to fight, I need to know who the ref is, I need to know who the officials are. I need to know all of these things. If I’m cool with it then hey, I’ll go with the fight. But if I’m not, I’m like hey I don’t like that! I don’t like that guy! He’s terrible at this or that. So I let them know. This is a learning experience for Khan, hands down. It’s a learning experience for him. He definitely needs to grow up and learn that you don’t need to talk so much trash, man. You know. I mean you don’t need to do all of that, because then you get slapped right in the face just like this fight. You get slapped right in the face and it’s like, oh man! Now what are you going to do?”

His views on how a Peterson-Khan rematch would play out if the fight were held on neutral territory:

“Lamont wins! Lamont wins the fight. Lamont’s going to beat him again, but worse this time because Khan can’t adjust. Peterson already knows! He’s been in there with him. When you fight Peterson a second time he makes his adjustments. He sat back and he waited at some points a little bit too long to attack. You know in the beginning he started out boxing. He should have been aggressive from the beginning. From the start he should have been banging to the body and getting inside of him. He was trying to outbox him. That’s why he was getting caught over the top with that right hand. You know Khan is a straight one-two puncher as a fighter. He lets his hands go, one-two, one-two, or one-two, hook, with a right. He’s just like a combination punching type of dude. He let him get off and that was the wrong thing to do. So in the second fight what he’s going to do is step straight to him and he’s going to start attacking that body right off the bat, and Khan’s going to be holding and trying to run around the ring again. Unless, like I said, he gets better in the next few months, and works on some things, and changes some things up. I think that Lamont is going to bring it to him, and it’s going to be worse this time because he’s going to make those adjustments.”

His views on whether Khan would deserve a 50-50 fight with Bradley should Amir win his titles back, given the fact Amir previously stated he would only do a 70-30 split with Bradley:

“Ha ha ha! HA! That is funny! Oh my goodness. Well, no. 50-50 sounds fair to me. That’s funny! 70-30! That’s unbelievable. Yeah. That’s way unbelievable. Khan is not a big attraction either in the United States. I think that’s very funny. But yeah 50-50, that’s fair. I mean hey! Why not? Let’s make the fight happen.”

In the event Khan and Bradley never meet, his views on what he thinks the fans will perceive as the number one roadblock to the fight:

“Bradley’s going to duck him a third time. Ha ha ha ha! I don’t know why. I mean I don’t know why. Honestly I really don’t know. There is no reason for the fight not to happen. If it’s going to happen it’s going to happen. It’s a fight that I still want, because I definitely want to bust him in his mouth after talking all that crap. I don’t forget man. I forget, but I don’t forget and I definitely want to avenge that mouth of his and definitely put some bruises around his eyes and his face. So that fight’s going to happen. Whether he wins or he loses, we still will get it on.”

 

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Lamont Peterson: “I want the Khan fight again”

by Geoffrey Ciani (Exclusive Interview by Jenna J & Geoffrey Ciani) - This week’s 153rd edition of On the Ropes Boxing Radio featured an exclusive interview with the newly crowned WBA/IBF junior welterweight champion Lamont Peterson (30-1-1, 15 KOs) who beat Amir Khan (26-2, 18 KOs) by split decision last Saturday. Peterson spoke about his victory over Khan, and also discussed his future which includes possible rematches against both Khan and the only man ever to defeat him in the professional ranks, Timothy Bradley. Peterson also gave his views and the Super Six Final matchup between Andre Ward and Carl Froch. Here is what Peterson had to say in the interview:

On how he has felt the last several days since scoring an upset victory against Amir Khan:

“It hasn’t really sunk in yet. So I just pretty much feel like the same old me, and I’m just doing the things I normally do. I’m just chilling out and just anxious to get back in the gym really.”

Regarding how confident he was going into this fight given the fact he was an 11:1 underdog:

“I was pretty confident. I knew his style, and I knew my style would match up good with his. I just knew that me and my coach had a good game plan and I knew that I would go in there and execute.”

On whether he sensed a change in the fight during the third round where he began having more success:

“I sensed it in the second round. I was starting to hit him with clean shots. You know he was still punching, but with a lot of the punches I think I was starting to deflect his punches. He wasn’t landing as much, and like I said I was coming forward and hitting him pretty cleanly. I knew at that point. You could see me when I went back to my corner, and I was just shaking my head and I knew I had him. Then I went out in the third round, and that’s where I really picked it up from there.”

Regarding when he felt he needed to change his original game plan in order to defeat Khan:

“In the first round. I kind of had some awkward moments and I was tripping up going back. He ended up getting an extra point for the knockdown, which I believe wasn’t a knockdown. So I knew at that point it would probably keep happening if I kept going backwards and trying to box, because he’s always charging in when you let him with straight punches and going straight back. There were some awkward moments, so I knew we had to go on to plan B. So I just wanted to try that and see what happened, and once I had seen in the second round that it was starting to work, that’s when I just stuck with it.”

On whether he was at all surprised by the manner in which Khan decided to fight him:

“No. I figured if I put pressure on him that he would fight exactly the way he did. He would move, and then I would just catch up with him, and then he would hold and he would push. I watched some film on him and I had seen that that’s a habit of his.”

His views on whether the two point deductions Khan received for pushing in any way soured his victory since those points wound up making the difference in the fight:

“Yeah, it does and people are making a big deal about it as they would with any close fight. Being that the fight was so close people are going to see it differently. But because he’s Amir Khan they’re going to make a big deal out of it. At the end of the day, to me, you look at him fighting Zab Judah. Nobody said anything about him holding Zab down like that and hitting him low. Some people say Zab should have taken the punch and gotten up, and he didn’t hit him in the cup. It was low! It was an illegal blow. They gave him the knockout and no one said anything. It was all good. Khan is such a great fighter he knocked Zab Judah out with a low blow. So to me it shows a little bias in it, and it has taken away from my victory a little bit, but at the end of the day I don’t care because years from now no one will worry about any points taken. All that they will know is that Lamont won a championship.”

His feelings after the final bell rang and whether or not he believed he was going to be awarded the decision:

“Yeah. I knew it was close, but I felt as though I won the fight. I was just hoping that regardless of how they called it that the judges were fair. At the end of the day when they said I won I was happy, but I kind of figured that I won.”

His views regarding the championship bout Victor Ortiz won against Andre Berto following the bout where Peterson and Ortiz fought to a draw:

“I was like man! To me it was just funny how things happen and how different people pass off. You know we had a draw, and I went to not having a fight at that time and he ended up winning a world title. So I knew my time would come, but I was happy for Victor. I was just wishing it was me.”

On whether or not he ever started experiencing self-doubt following his one-sided loss against Timothy Bradley:

“No. People don’t know the inside of my story. They don’t know what happened in training camp and what I was thinking in the ring. So I expected them, from the performance I put on compared to what they’re used to seeing from me, I can see them thinking that way. But I knew exactly where I went wrong. I knew it was just minor things that I needed to fix. Soon after that fight, I focused on those things and I knew I would continue to get better from that point, and I knew eventually that my day would come and I would be a world champion.”

On whether he would prefer to have a rematch with Khan to prove he is the better man or a rematch with Bradley to avenge his only career loss:

“Of course it would be Bradley. That would be my first option. With Khan, you know, whatever happens after the Bradley fight I can still fight Khan regardless. So my first thing would be just to avenge my only loss.”

Regarding whether he would be tempted to make the jump up to 147 sometime in 2012:

“I would be totally comfortable with it. You know I would be happy with moving up. If there is not a big enough fight at 140 pounds, I would definitely go to 147 pounds. As you could see the night of the fight I was 155 pounds, and after the weighed me I was in my dressing room and I ate a little bit more. So I probably was every bit of 156-157 pounds. That was nothing that I tried to do. The weight just came back on me. I won’t say it was difficult making 140, but it’s getting harder and harder each time. So you know I’m all for moving up to welterweight, and there are some big names up at that weight. So I would definitely be happy to fight at that weight.”

Regarding how he acquired the boxing nickname “Havoc”:

“I always said I didn’t want a nickname. You know what I mean? I don’t know if you know the guy out of New York named Andre. He makes trunks. He makes uniforms, and the name of his company is ‘Havoc’. I had fought on a show. It was overseas on one of the islands. It was on TV over there, and the name was on the trunks—‘Havoc’. You know, because he was promoting his trunks so he had the name on there, and they thought it was my nickname. So from then on they kept calling me ‘Havoc’. I went to a press conference one time. I forget who I was fighting, and they announced me as Lamont ‘Havoc’ Peterson. I was like I’m not even going to say anything, and after that it just kept continuing to be that way. So I just forget it. Let them call me ‘Havoc’.”

His views on the Super Six Final matchup between Andre Ward and Carl Froch:

“I’m a Froch fan. You know I really like Froch and the way he fights, but with Andre Ward of course you know growing up with him through the amateurs and everything, and just never seeing him lose, I just think right now. I just think period, and I know this is not true, but I think it’s impossible for him to lose. I just think he’s going to win, and he’s going to keep continuing to win, and probably retire undefeated. It’s going to be a close fight. You know both guys are competitive, so you’re not going to decide the winner by round two or round one. But I just think at the end of the day Andre Ward will pull the fight off.”

On whether it looks like him and Khan will be having an immediate rematch next, or whether he will target the fight with Bradley to avenge his only career loss:

“I’ve heard nothing about a Timothy Bradley fight. With the Khan fight I really haven’t heard anything about that, but at the press conference and then my coach and my manager Barry Hunter did touch with me yesterday about Richard Schaefer reaching out to him about a fight. With me, I want the Khan fight again. When me and my team do sit down to talk about my next fight, I will be pushing for that fight. But of course everybody has to agree on my next fight. So we’ll see, but for me that’s the fight that I want. So we’ll see, but for me that’s the fight that I want. But it’s not anything exact. I mean how can you make a fight that fast? There are a lot of things that go into making a fight and we haven’t even begun to start talking. So we’ll see what happens, but for me that’s the fight that I want.”

On whether he would go over to England to face Khan in a rematch if the money was right:

“It’s never about money with me. So I’m going to the best thing. I’m going to do what feels comfortable to me. If we can find something that’s comfortable enough for me to fight in the UK then that’s where I’ll go. But the likelihood of that? Probably not, it will probably be in a neutral site.”

His views on Amir Khan’s behavior following their fight and whether he believes Khan should have conducted himself better:

“I would have. I can’t say what he should do. I mean if he wants to go and act that way then let him go ahead, but if it was me I would not act that way. I understand the way he sees things right now, but when everything settles down he’ll realize if he ever looks at the tape that it wasn’t anything. I mean the ref wasn’t biased with me. He didn’t do me any favors. To me, he cost me a point in the first round by calling a knockdown when it wasn’t a knockdown. To me, he cost me not to do some of the work I wanted to do on the inside because he allowed Khan to pull down on my neck a whole lot. The referee is there to protect us from any illegal blows or anything like that, and I feel as though anything other than a punch I shouldn’t be hurting in the ring. By him pulling on my neck, my lower back was really, really tight and my neck was hurting really bad. So I just think if the ref was looking out for me that he would have made sure that that didn’t happen. So you know Khan can say all the things he wants. He did what he did, and the referee warned him not to, and he continued to do it. It’s a habit of his. He gets away with it a lot, but this time he didn’t. So because he didn’t get away with it means that he got treated unfairly?

Regarding when fans can expect to see him back inside the ring:

“As soon as possible. Right now I’m still healing up from the fight, and I’ll probably be in the gym in another week or so, and I guess at that point me and my team will sit down and try and discuss some things and work some things out. But I really don’t have an idea because right now I don’t have a promoter. So it will be something that me and my team will have to discuss and come up with, and we’ll figure out where we’re going to go from there.”

On what he would like to say to all of his fans who have supported him:

“I just want to say thanks to all the people that showed up and showed me support. I really appreciate it. I really think that that’s what won me the fight. That’s what kept me going and gave me the extra energy to keep pressing on to win the fight. To all my new fans, thank ya’ll too. Just keep following me, and I’ll always be a gentleman and I’ll always be a true champ and I’ll always be a people’s champ. I have no problem with taking pictures, autographs, and even just general conversation, even if it’s on Twitter or if I see them in person, because I know how much the fans love me. So I just want to give thanks to everyone that supported me and everyone that was there for me. I appreciate it.”

 

[heyzel]

Froch-Ward winner must face Anthony Dirrell




hoto: Casino/SHOWTIME – By Scott Gilfoid: The winner of Saturday’s bout between WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch and WBA champion Andre Ward must face unbeaten #1 ranked World Boxing Council contender Anthony Dirrell (24-0, 21 KO’s) next, according to Dan Rafael.

The WBC has ordered the Froch-Ward winner to face the 27-year-old Dirrell next. This should be interesting if the winner of the Froch-Ward fight is Froch because it would set up a revenge bout where Anthony Dirrell is looking to get revenge for Froch having beaten his older brother Anthony Dirrell two years ago in a 12 round decision in the Super Six tournament in Nottingham, England.

Anthony Dirrell sits down on his punches a lot more than Andre and has excellent power. In his last fight against the powerful contender Renan St Juste earlier this month, Dirrell blasted St Juste out in the 4th round. It was especially impressive to watch how relaxed Anthony was in facing someone with power like St Juste. Dirrell was able to dodge most of St Juste’s huge mammoth shots, but he still took a few really hard shots but they had no effect on Dirrell. He showed a great chin and excellent speed and power.

I don’t even know how to begin to pick a winner between Dirrell and Ward. That’s too hard to pick because both fighters are very gifted. I guess right now if I was forced to pick one it would be Ward by a close decision. But Dirrell certainly has enough talent to beat him. I think Dirrell would handle Froch without too many problems as long as the fight doesn’t take place in Nottingham.

It’s too bad that one of the other sanctioning bodies isn’t ordering the champion to face Dirrell next because I’d prefer that Ward nd Dirrell ot face this early on. That mouth watering fight needs to take place in a year or two after Dirrell establishes a name for himself in the division.
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[RM211]

your acting like chavez jr is washed up, dude is still real young so theres always room for improvement...im not saying he would beat those guys you said but who's to say he cant beat em? what i am sayin tho is he takes alot of pride in what hes doing cuz of his pops and that he's a mexican fighter

 

[Johnny Truelove]

chavez would beat cotto he wouldn't be able to keep running from him like he did with margarito but I agree he ain't ready for martinez just like ortiz wasn't ready for mayweather and vargas wasn't ready for trinidad there are great fighters and then there are p4p great fighters like floyd said its on a whole different level.

 

[2-0-Sixx]

^^Chavez isn't great and he'll never be great, though. That's the difference. Chavez is a good fighter, he'll become a solid fighter but he'll never be great. It's not a knock on him as it's very difficult to be great in this sport. It's just reality. Cotto may struggle against Chavez because Chavez would weigh about 180 pounds in the ring but Cotto is a far better fighter than Chavez, in every possible way, so I would favor him despite the size difference.

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WBC Super Lightweight World Champion Erik Morales (Left) and undefeated number two rated WBC super lightweight contender Danny Garcia (Right) pose on December 15, 2011 in Houston, Texas at the press conference to officially announce their January 28, 2012 world title fight at Reliant Arena in Houston which will be televised live on HBO Boxing After Dark. Top rated junior middleweight contender James Kirkland addresses members of the media on December 15, 2011 in Houston, Texas at the press conference to officially announce his co-featured fight against Carlos Molina. Photos by Andrew Richardson/Hoganphotos.

 

[CZAR]

your acting like chavez jr is washed up, dude is still real young so theres always room for improvement...im not saying he would beat those guys you said but who's to say he cant beat em? what i am sayin tho is he takes alot of pride in what hes doing cuz of his pops and that he's a mexican fighter

Dude I am just giving u my opinion and my predictions. Im sorry I dont agree with u but I dont think Chavez Jr. can hang with nay of the guys discussed. I dont care if he is mexican, japanese, or hungarian! Got Em!!

chavez would beat cotto he wouldn't be able to keep running from him like he did with margarito but I agree he ain't ready for martinez just like ortiz wasn't ready for mayweather and vargas wasn't ready for trinidad there are great fighters and then there are p4p great fighters like floyd said its on a whole different level.

First off not many fighters bring the constant heat like Margarito so I dont think Cotto would fight nearly the same. That is Marg's style and Chavez isnt nearly as intimidating. Cotto would put on a clinic against Chavez Jr. Got Em!!

 

[Lamberto Quintero]

King Czar mobs! Got em!

 

[2-0-Sixx]

so in regards to the Chavez vs Martinez fight, just so it's clear both fighters are planning on fighting other opponents early next year. Looks like Chavez will fight Rubio in Feb and Martinez will fight Macklin in March. The reason this is ok is because both sides have agreed to take a fight before meeting eachother, although don't be surprised if this fight doesn't happen at that point Bob Arum said something like "no one will dictate who Chavez fights next" referring to the WBC....


stevemaxboxing Steve Kim
Arum says that MA Rubio is still their top choice in terms of who they face on Feb 4th #boxing


stevemaxboxing Steve Kim
Talk to someone who works with MA Rubio, everything comes out OK tonight, he thinks a deal will be announced for Feb 4 next week

 

[Johnny Truelove]

chavez will never be great? he has no L's finishes fights and never had a amateur career he's a couple fights away from becoming a great fighter shit pacquiao was a washed up bum getting knocked out by taxi drivers and he turned out pretty good didn't he? chavez needs to leave roach his trainer of the year days are over...

 

[2-0-Sixx]

chavez will never be great? he has no L's finishes fights and never had a amateur career

Having no L's means nothing when your biggest win is Sebastian Zbik, which a lot of people had Chavez losing in that. Chavez also shouldn't be undefeated, as he's had a couple gift/robberies in his career. There was a reason his own fans in Mexico where throwing bottles at him when he got the "win" against Vanda, when in fact Vanda put a beating on Chavez for at least half of the fight and yet Chavez got corrupt scorecards of 100-90. You can watch the crowd's reaction yourself (again these are his own fans in mexico):

he's a couple fights away from becoming a great fighter

Well that's very arguable and very unlikely. His next fight is against Rubio then supposedly Sergio Martinez. If he beats Martinez, sure he'll be a great fighter. But that is highly unlikely.

shit pacquiao was a washed up bum getting knocked out by taxi drivers and he turned out pretty good didn't he?

Pacquiao was a champion at the age of 19 with almost no amateur experience. Chavez is 25 years old. Pacquiao by that time was already a 3 division lineal champion. So no, pacquiao wasn't a washed up bum by any means.

chavez needs to leave roach his trainer of the year days are over...

Actually I've seen a ton of improvement in Chavez since he's been with Roach. His best victories and performances were with Roach. Compare early Chavez, the one that looked like absolute shit, to when he fought John Duddy, Zbik & Peter Manfredo Jr. Roach has helped Chavez turn into quite a nice boxer. When Chavez uses his size and boxes smart, he looks great.

Now, it seems like you're taking my comment about how chavez will never be great as a diss. It's not a diss. Being a good fighter or a very good fighter is an amazing accomplishment in boxing. A very tiny percentage of boxers can ever truly become great. I think Chavez is almost at his peak. I think he can improve a bit more but for the most part, he's shown us what he will be. He's not going to get faster, he's not going to get stronger. He can fine tune his game here and there but he's not going to ever be an elite boxer, imo, and there isn't anything wrong with that. Some of the most interesting and entertaining fighters in history weren't elite. Arturo Gatti, Micky Ward, those guys weren't great fighters. Great to watch but not great.

 

[Johnny Truelove]

you said it yourself if he beats martinez he would be great end of story the kid ain't afraid of anyone and martinez didn't look very good in his last fight we'll see what happens.

 

[naner12]

^^Chavez isn't great and he'll never be great, though. That's the difference. Chavez is a good fighter, he'll become a solid fighter but he'll never be great. It's not a knock on him as it's very difficult to be great in this sport. It's just reality. Cotto may struggle against Chavez because Chavez would weigh about 180 pounds in the ring but Cotto is a far better fighter than Chavez, in every possible way, so I would favor him despite the size difference.

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WBC Super Lightweight World Champion Erik Morales (Left) and undefeated number two rated WBC super lightweight contender Danny Garcia (Right) pose on December 15, 2011 in Houston, Texas at the press conference to officially announce their January 28, 2012 world title fight at Reliant Arena in Houston which will be televised live on HBO Boxing After Dark. Top rated junior middleweight contender James Kirkland addresses members of the media on December 15, 2011 in Houston, Texas at the press conference to officially announce his co-featured fight against Carlos Molina. Photos by Andrew Richardson/Hoganphotos.

Molina's so unappreciated he can't even get in a picture promoting his own fight.

 

[2-0-Sixx]

you said it yourself if he beats martinez he would be great end of story the kid ain't afraid of anyone and martinez didn't look very good in his last fight we'll see what happens.

man, he has no chance against Martinez. I seriously doubt he even fights him he'll probably drop the belt.

Molina's so unappreciated he can't even get in a picture promoting his own fight.

he didn't show up from what I heard.

 

[naner12]

he didn't show up from what I heard.

That's weird. I was just fucking around with that comment though, just seemed funny that he wasn't there.