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Re-read what I wrote smart guy. In no way shape or form was I blaming Canelo. Canelo is manning up at 21 trying to get that big money with Mayweather, by fighting a dangerous fighter next. It's not Canelo fault that Paul Williams got hurt, Kirkland is still healing, and Ortiz is bitchmade mentally. Read what I write 1st before hating and making stuff up like Heresy's bitchass. I give Canelo props for wanting to fight someone danegerous.
Austin Trout wants Saul Alvarez
With the hunt for an opponent for World Boxing Council (WBC) Junior Middleweight Champion Saul "Canelo" Alvarez on September 15 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas still apparently ongoing, WBA Junior Middleweight Champion Austin "No Doubt" Trout (25-0, 14 KOs) would like to send the following reminder to his fellow champion:
"Canelo, if you want my belt, come try and take it! After I beat your brother in your hometown to win my title, you came forward and stated you wanted to fight me to avenge your brother's loss. Ever since I immediately accepted your challenge, you have disappeared. Now we have a chance to unify the titles and give the fans a fight between two young, undefeated world champions, but it seems as though you are more interested in taking on lesser-quality opposition and avoiding me again."
Trout was last seen scoring a dominant win over Delvin Rodriguez on June 2 on Showtime.
"I've proven to be head and shoulders above everyone they've put in front of me. I'm ready for my first defining moment as a fighter on the world stage, so I'm sending this challenge out to another champion who hasn't yet been in a pick 'em type of fight."
Surprisingly, Trout says he doesn't blame Alvarez for his choice of opponents thus far.
"If I could get away with fighting the Kermit Cintrons and Matthew Hattons of the world on HBO, I would too, but it's time to step up Cinnamon. Time to find out what we're both truly made of."
Article posted on 28.06.2012
With the hunt for an opponent for World Boxing Council (WBC) Junior Middleweight Champion Saul "Canelo" Alvarez on September 15 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas still apparently ongoing, WBA Junior Middleweight Champion Austin "No Doubt" Trout (25-0, 14 KOs) would like to send the following reminder to his fellow champion:
"Canelo, if you want my belt, come try and take it! After I beat your brother in your hometown to win my title, you came forward and stated you wanted to fight me to avenge your brother's loss. Ever since I immediately accepted your challenge, you have disappeared. Now we have a chance to unify the titles and give the fans a fight between two young, undefeated world champions, but it seems as though you are more interested in taking on lesser-quality opposition and avoiding me again."
Trout was last seen scoring a dominant win over Delvin Rodriguez on June 2 on Showtime.
"I've proven to be head and shoulders above everyone they've put in front of me. I'm ready for my first defining moment as a fighter on the world stage, so I'm sending this challenge out to another champion who hasn't yet been in a pick 'em type of fight."
Surprisingly, Trout says he doesn't blame Alvarez for his choice of opponents thus far.
"If I could get away with fighting the Kermit Cintrons and Matthew Hattons of the world on HBO, I would too, but it's time to step up Cinnamon. Time to find out what we're both truly made of."
Article posted on 28.06.2012
WBC rejects Canelo vs. Trout fight
By Gabriel F. Cordero
WBA super welterweight world champion Austin Trout will not be accepted by the WBC as an opponent for WBC super welterweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez for September 15 in Las Vegas. Trout had been mentioned as one of the possible candidates to replace Victor Ortiz. The WBC said Tuesday: “We do not accept unification, because if we agree we would be losing authority. We are not going to take away the exclusivity because we own the WBC brand.”
One interesting story line an Alvarez-Trout match would have is Trout won his title from Canelo’s brother. Another issue is that Trout has stated he’ll only do the fight if Canelo agrees to VADA testing. Other candidates named by the WBC are James Kirkland, Carlos Molina and Acelino Freitas.
By Gabriel F. Cordero
WBA super welterweight world champion Austin Trout will not be accepted by the WBC as an opponent for WBC super welterweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez for September 15 in Las Vegas. Trout had been mentioned as one of the possible candidates to replace Victor Ortiz. The WBC said Tuesday: “We do not accept unification, because if we agree we would be losing authority. We are not going to take away the exclusivity because we own the WBC brand.”
One interesting story line an Alvarez-Trout match would have is Trout won his title from Canelo’s brother. Another issue is that Trout has stated he’ll only do the fight if Canelo agrees to VADA testing. Other candidates named by the WBC are James Kirkland, Carlos Molina and Acelino Freitas.
Its funny man for some reason I pull for this kid. I mean he headbutted Mayweather and I was furious about that but during the Lopez fight I was heavily rooting for Ortiz and I hope he gets back into the big picture in boxing soon. Normally I would root against a cat who would do sumthin dirty to a fighter I like but its sumthin about Ortiz that makes him likeable. Got Em!!
No catchweight? I'm pretty sure Manny has heard about how Floyd Mayweather is losing weight and not eating properly, now all of a sudden he wants to fight Floyd, "ASAP"? He wants to catch Floyd at his weakest point, fresh out of county jail, with no training and malnourished!
Back in 2009/2010, a 50/50 split wasn't good enough.
Just recently, $40 million guaranteed wasn't good enough (even though I agreed).
Now an unhealthy, rusty, fresh out of jail, malnourished Floyd is what Pacquiao wants or what?
Back in 2009/2010, a 50/50 split wasn't good enough.
Just recently, $40 million guaranteed wasn't good enough (even though I agreed).
Now an unhealthy, rusty, fresh out of jail, malnourished Floyd is what Pacquiao wants or what?
Bradley vacates WBO 140 lb title, keeps 147 lb WBO strap
June 27th, 2012
By Eric Thomas: WBO welterweight champion Tim Bradley (29-0, 12 KO’s) has reportedly vacated his 140 pound WBO title, and kept his 147 pound strap, according to Dan Rafael of ESPN. It wasn’t a hard decision for Bradley to make, because he had to give up one of them due to the WBO rules preventing fighters from having more than one WBO strap.
The logical choice for Bradley was to hold onto the welterweight title rather than the light welterweight strap, because the big money fights are in the welterweight division with fighters like Floyd Mayweather Jr. or Manny Pacquiao. At light welterweight, Bradley will be limited to million dollar paydays each time he fights. He wants to keep getting money like the cash he got in beating Pacquiao.
Bradley’s manager Cameron Dunkin told Dan Rafael at ESPN “Timmy wants to keep the 147 belt because that’s where the action is.”
By Bradley having vacated the WBO light welterweight title, this will now free up the title and it’ll now be given to WBO interim light welterweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez to keep. That’s a good thing, but it’s still unclear why Marquez even wasted his time by winning the interim title, because the fight he’s looking for is a fourth fight against Pacquiao at 147, and his 140 pound title will be useless because the fight won’t be held at 140.
Bradley and Pacquiao could be facing each other in a rematch in November. Bob Arum, Pacquiao’s promoter, wants to see him face Marquez in a fourth fight, but Pacquiao seems to be leaning in the direction of facing Bradley again in order to try and avenge his loss. I guess it must bother the Filipino star that he was beaten by Bradley. If Pacquiao doesn’t fight Bradley and Bradley gets beaten by someone else in his next fight, Pacquiao will have missed his chance at fighting him. No one would want to see Pacquiao and Bradley fight again if Bradley gets beaten.
June 27th, 2012
By Eric Thomas: WBO welterweight champion Tim Bradley (29-0, 12 KO’s) has reportedly vacated his 140 pound WBO title, and kept his 147 pound strap, according to Dan Rafael of ESPN. It wasn’t a hard decision for Bradley to make, because he had to give up one of them due to the WBO rules preventing fighters from having more than one WBO strap.
The logical choice for Bradley was to hold onto the welterweight title rather than the light welterweight strap, because the big money fights are in the welterweight division with fighters like Floyd Mayweather Jr. or Manny Pacquiao. At light welterweight, Bradley will be limited to million dollar paydays each time he fights. He wants to keep getting money like the cash he got in beating Pacquiao.
Bradley’s manager Cameron Dunkin told Dan Rafael at ESPN “Timmy wants to keep the 147 belt because that’s where the action is.”
By Bradley having vacated the WBO light welterweight title, this will now free up the title and it’ll now be given to WBO interim light welterweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez to keep. That’s a good thing, but it’s still unclear why Marquez even wasted his time by winning the interim title, because the fight he’s looking for is a fourth fight against Pacquiao at 147, and his 140 pound title will be useless because the fight won’t be held at 140.
Bradley and Pacquiao could be facing each other in a rematch in November. Bob Arum, Pacquiao’s promoter, wants to see him face Marquez in a fourth fight, but Pacquiao seems to be leaning in the direction of facing Bradley again in order to try and avenge his loss. I guess it must bother the Filipino star that he was beaten by Bradley. If Pacquiao doesn’t fight Bradley and Bradley gets beaten by someone else in his next fight, Pacquiao will have missed his chance at fighting him. No one would want to see Pacquiao and Bradley fight again if Bradley gets beaten.
Khan: I’ve been going through Mexican and Russian guys in sparring
June 27th, 2012
By William Mackay: Former IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan came across as a little cocky in his interview with Ifilmlondon recently, bragging about how he’s constantly needing new sparring partners in training for his July 14th fight against WBC light welterweight champion Danny Garcia at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Khan said to Ifilmlondon “We’re changing so many sparring partners for this fight, because we’re getting stronger and stronger and we keep hurting them. We need new guys. We’re going through Mexican guys, Russian guys. There are so many different fighters coming in. They’re good fighters, and I’m feeling a huge difference, especially with the training I’m doing…You’re going to see a new Amir Khan in this next fight, because I’ve had so much time to train and watch videos for this fight.”
Yeah, Khan will be okay sparring guys, but once the headgear comes off and he’s fighting Garcia instead of a 3rd tier sparring partner, Khan could be in big, big trouble if he gets his chin tapped. Beating up over-matched sparring partners that are brought in to sharpen – and not beat up Khan – is one thing, but against the real thing without headgear.
I don’t know. We saw Khan running for the hills against Lamont Peterson in his last fight when he started tasting Peterson’s power. We saw Khan staggering around the ring like a drunk in his win over Marcos Maidana in 2010, and we saw Khan knocked cold in one round by Breidis Prescott in 2008. Beating up sparring partners mean absolutely nothing.
June 27th, 2012
By William Mackay: Former IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan came across as a little cocky in his interview with Ifilmlondon recently, bragging about how he’s constantly needing new sparring partners in training for his July 14th fight against WBC light welterweight champion Danny Garcia at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Khan said to Ifilmlondon “We’re changing so many sparring partners for this fight, because we’re getting stronger and stronger and we keep hurting them. We need new guys. We’re going through Mexican guys, Russian guys. There are so many different fighters coming in. They’re good fighters, and I’m feeling a huge difference, especially with the training I’m doing…You’re going to see a new Amir Khan in this next fight, because I’ve had so much time to train and watch videos for this fight.”
Yeah, Khan will be okay sparring guys, but once the headgear comes off and he’s fighting Garcia instead of a 3rd tier sparring partner, Khan could be in big, big trouble if he gets his chin tapped. Beating up over-matched sparring partners that are brought in to sharpen – and not beat up Khan – is one thing, but against the real thing without headgear.
I don’t know. We saw Khan running for the hills against Lamont Peterson in his last fight when he started tasting Peterson’s power. We saw Khan staggering around the ring like a drunk in his win over Marcos Maidana in 2010, and we saw Khan knocked cold in one round by Breidis Prescott in 2008. Beating up sparring partners mean absolutely nothing.
As long as he still has his timing, he'll beat the crap out of wild swinging Manny. Manny should wait for Floyd himself to say that's he's ready to return to the ring then try to secure a fight. Floyd might want to hit the gym and spar to see if his timing/stamina is still there before talking about a Manny fight. Maybe Floyd has lost interest in fighting Manny since Manny lost to Bradley.
I just find if funny that Manny was pretty quiet when Floyd was out and ready to fight. Now that Floyd is behind bars (locked in a cell 23 hours a day) surviving off of bread and apples, Manny wants Arum to schedule the fight ASAP?
I just find if funny that Manny was pretty quiet when Floyd was out and ready to fight. Now that Floyd is behind bars (locked in a cell 23 hours a day) surviving off of bread and apples, Manny wants Arum to schedule the fight ASAP?
Yea even when that happened I wasnt mad and I think it was the heat of the moment. I thought to myself that he isnt a dirty fighter but in the heat of a fight he makes bad/foolish decisions. I dont think he is a dirty fighter off top and intentionally fights that way. He just needs to control his frustrations better and hell be fine. I felt for him when the crowd was booing when he did that and he looked all hurt by it because he didnt have bad intentions. Got Em!!
Hahaha Manny will never fight Canelo! Got Em!!
Hahaha Manny will never fight Canelo! Got Em!!
because Pacquiao himself is going to retire after next year.
I've always believed pac has wanted to fight floyd, bob arum on the otherhand who knows what his motives have been. I found it interesting that arum was so quick to tell pac floyd is not fighting this year, since as far as I know floyd hasn't made a statement regarding his future yet, hence why I asked the question.
I've always believed pac has wanted to fight floyd, bob arum on the otherhand who knows what his motives have been. I found it interesting that arum was so quick to tell pac floyd is not fighting this year, since as far as I know floyd hasn't made a statement regarding his future yet, hence why I asked the question.
I'm the one who said "ASAP" not Pacquiao that's why I said go check the article yourselves since I couldn't post it from my phone. Pac simply asked Bob Arum to make the fight with Floyd next, he didn't say what date or immediately. Basically to sum up, Pac wants to fight Floyd then retire. Arum wants Pac to fight someone in Novemeber (Bradley, Marquez, ???), then fight Floyd two times next year.
The article also said pac is going to Israel for vacation for some time so who knows when Pac will be ready to fight himself.
The article also said pac is going to Israel for vacation for some time so who knows when Pac will be ready to fight himself.
I would like to see the rematch in November. Floyd will most likely need a tune up fight after he gets out. I doubt he'd be ready in November.
Even though I already feel like Pacquiao-Mayweather has lost some of it's mystique, it's still the best fight in the sport that can be made (on paper), and gives both guys a chance to make up for less than perfect recent fights.
Side note: What's the deal with all of these amateur hour "articles"? I guess in the internet era, any half wit with a computer can call himself a writer, but most of these guys sound like complete idiots.
Even though I already feel like Pacquiao-Mayweather has lost some of it's mystique, it's still the best fight in the sport that can be made (on paper), and gives both guys a chance to make up for less than perfect recent fights.
Side note: What's the deal with all of these amateur hour "articles"? I guess in the internet era, any half wit with a computer can call himself a writer, but most of these guys sound like complete idiots.