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[heyzel]

Juan Diaz to serve as anayst for Caballero vs. Roman fight on Showtime on August 24th
Published August 13, 2012 | By eastside | 4 Comments

NEW YORK (Aug. 13, 2012) – Former world lightweight champion Juan Diaz will join Steve Farhood and Barry Tompkins as a special guest analyst on ShoBox: The New Generation on Friday, August 24.

Diaz, who retired in July 2010, will join the telecast team for a quintessential ShoBox doubleheader headlined by unbeaten bantamweight rising star Randy Caballero against Manuel Roman live on SHOWTIME at 11 p.m. ET/8 p.m. PT from Fantasy Springs Casino in Indio, Calif.

An articulate and personable young man, Diaz is no stranger to ShoBox, having fought on the popular, critically acclaimed boxing series early in his career. In a fight in which he gained valuable exposure and experience, Diaz won a 10-round unanimous decision over Peter Nieves on August 24, 2002, on ShoBox (exactly 10 years to the day of his upcoming announcing appearance).

Diaz would go on to face some of the best 135-pounders of his generation during an outstanding 10-year career that began when he was 16. A talented, all-action fighter, he made seven successful title defenses of the World Boxing Association (WBA) title between 2004 and 2007.

“I am really excited to join Barry Tompkins and Steve Farhood and the entire ShoBox team for this show,” Diaz said, who currently hosts “The Baby Bull Show” a weekly radio program on ESPN Deportes. “When I was a young fighter coming up, ShoBox represented the first step on the last road toward fulfilling my dream. When you walk out for your first ShoBox fight and you see that the crowd is a bit bigger and more enthusiastic than you’ve seen before, and you know that the entire country is watching on TV, you have a realization that becoming a world champion is now within your grasp.”

Said Gordon Hall, executive producer of ShoBox, “Juan Diaz fought on ShoBox and he can give our viewers a unique perspective of what it is like to fight on this series. He knows the struggles and challenges these young fighters face as they look to turn from prospect to contender.”

The talented, well-respected 28-year-old Diaz also appeared seven times on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING.

Nicknamed “Baby Bull,” Diaz won the WBA lightweight crown with a unanimous 12-round decision over defending champion Lakva Sim. Diaz went on to also capture the World Boxing Organization (WBO) and International Boxing Federation (IBF) 135-pound titles in 2007 with victories over Acelino Freitas and Julio Diaz, respectively.

In a shocker, Diaz lost the three world title belts on a 12-round split decision to Nate Campbell on March 8, 2008, the first defeat or his career. Diaz went on to face Michael Katsidis, Juan Manuel Marquez (twice) and Paulie Malignaggi (twice) in memorable fights, with his first fight against Marquez being named Fight of the Year. After Diaz lost a rematch with Marquez, the native of Houston, Texas retired at the age of 27 with a record of 35-4 (17 KO’s).

While fighting, Diaz maintained a full-time academic schedule, graduating from high school and receiving a degree from the University of Houston.

In the August 24 ShoBox main event, Caballero (15-0, 8 KO’s), of Coachella, Calif., will defend his North American Boxing Organization (NABO) bantamweight title Mexico’s Roman (15-1-3, 6 KO’s) in a 10-round bantamweight bout. In the co-feature, talented lightweight prospects Michael Perez (16-1-1, 10 KO’s), of Newark, N.J., and Fidel Maldonado Jr. (13-1, 11 KO’s), of Albuquerque, N.M., will square off in a 10-round bout.

“Randy Caballero has shown the promise of becoming a very special fighter,’’ Diaz said. “With a good showing against the equally hungry Manuel Roman, Randy will be on his road to a world championship. I’m also really looking forward to the co-feature with Michael Perez. Perez may have suffered one loss, but he still holds a lot of potential. He’s got another chance now to prove on the big stage that he is for real, but he’ll have his work cut out for him against Maldonado, that’s for sure.”

 

[heyzel]

Did VADA jump the gun?
Published August 13, 2012 | By eastside | 22 Comments

By Paul Strauss: After conducting its own independent investigation, The International Boxing Federation (IBF) has decided to allow Lamont Peterson the right to defend his Jr. Welterweight title. This of course is in lieu of VADA’s (Voluntary Anti-Doping Association) revelation that Peterson tested positive for a banned substance. As most fans know, the banned substance was testosterone.

Peterson explained that due to low testosterone levels, his physician prescribed testosterone pellets be implanted to bring his level up closer to normal, which seems innocent enough. In other words, what’s wrong with normal?

The Peterson team’s argument, of course, was there was no intent to take any kind of banned substance that would produce a “performance enhancing” condition. That begs the question, “Did VADA jump the gun?” Before they decided to slide the lab results over to the “banned substance” category, shouldn’t they have checked more closely concerning possible explanations for their test results? Don’t they have a responsibility to investigate whether presence of the substance was indeed a “performance enhancing” situation? It would seem the answer, as far as they are concerned is “no”. It appears they based their actions on, “We got a hit here…….banned substance, and it’s our duty to set off the alarms and sound the sirens.

Well, in the Peterson case, an independent investigation established the intent and effort of Peterson and his physician was to help bring the individual’s condition to something closer to normal to levels, and was not an attempt to gain unfair advantage, and indeed would not have. What’s wrong with that? Where’s the common sense? VADA seems to be acting like the haughty maid who arrogantly informs everyone, “I don’t do windows”!

Fighters and athletes in general have always tried to be in the best condition possible. That has involved and still involves some pretty strange diets, injections of pain killers and injury healing steroids, hyperbaric oxygen chambers, refraining from sexual activity, dieticians, nutritionists, strength coaches with all kinds of weird systems, special shoes, gloves, hand wraps and who knows what. Several teams see value in working on the head too, requiring their pugs go through sessions with psychologists or even hypnotherapy. Whatever works!

Obviously, boxing needs to catch cheaters, those individuals clearly trying to gain an unfair advantage, but in this case, it would seem obvious there intent to do so wasn’t there. Common sense would seem to dictate the need for VADA to go a little further and earn their money before simply announcing a PED has been detected. It’s not sufficient to scare the hell out of everyone and get fights cancelled and cause detrimental effects to many people and the sport itself. After all, they are getting paid a lot of money.

In other words, there needs to a demonstrable linkage between someone innocently taking a prescription or even an OTC supplement versus the person who desires to gain unfair advantage. It would be interesting to hear VADA explain what the exact benefit ( not just in general terms) is or would have been to Antonio Tarver and Andre Berto respectively. In other words, the presence of a so called “banned substance” should not be enough.

In each instance, VADA should be required to show that not only is there presence of a banned substance, but at what level or amount and specifically explain how it would result in an unfair competitive edge. If they are indeed saying, “they don’t do windows” (sic) then the commissions and sanctioning bodies should make it mandatory that an independent review to be conducted in each instance when VADA declares detection of a PED. The question seems to be, is VADA really helping to clean up the sport, or are they causing irreparable damage to some good and honorable fighters? Right now, it would seem questionable science holds trump over common sense.

 

[heyzel]

Jessie Vargas Has No Regrets Of Joining Top Rank


By Phil D. Jay

Welterweight Jessie Vargas is not looking back having signed a lucrative deal with Top Rank Promotions and is looking to snag a world title bout in the near future against his now stablemate Manny Pacquiao.

The 23 year-old, who is undefeated in 19 contests, has recently scored victories over former world champions Steve Forbes and Vivian Harris and current world title challenger Josesito Lopez.

He recently left Floyd Mayweather's company, Mayweather Promotions, to sign with Bob Arum's Top Rank.

Mayweather’s partner, rapper 50 Cent, has recently formed the exciting ‘The Money Team’ promotional outfit, but Vargas has no regrets and is now looking forward to his first fight with his new handlers next month.

“Top Rank offered me a better deal,” Vargas told World Boxing News. “I'm happy in the position I am in and I wish TMT Promotions the best.”

“From what I know, Aron Martinez is my opponent. The fight will be in Las Vegas at The Hard Rock Casino on September 13 and it will be the main event on a special edition of ESPN.

“I know he's a right handed fighter, aggressive and will be tough.

“After this fight I hope to get a title shot but first is Martinez and he won’t be overlooked.”

Speculation that Vargas is being lined up a future challenger to Top Rank’s star fighter Pacquiao has been rife since his switch and the American admits that a fight against the Filipino is in his future plans.

“I would like a Pacquiao fight in the future, but I will fight anyone in the 147 division,” he added.

(I don't know the numbers on the deal he received from Top Rank. But, what I do know is that while he was with Mayweather Promotions he fought on some of the biggest PPV's in history while earning 6-figure paydays. In September on the Mayweather/Ortiz undercard Vargas faced Josesito Lopez and earned $100,000. On the Mayweather/Cotto undercard he earned $125,000 against Steve Forbes. He also fought Lanardo Tyler on ShoBox back in February and earned $20,000. He's grossed $245,000 and has been on (2) PPV's and ShoBox in an (8) month span while under Mayweather Promotions so the MONEY and EXPOSURE was there. I personally think it was Vargas who failed to deliver. He's only scored (1) KO in his last 7 bouts and his lone KO came against an opponent with 14 loses. You take a guy like Saul Alvarez who made the best out of his opportunity of being a Mayweather under study. Actually I don't even have to go that far. Josesito Lopez capitalized on his opportunity when he gave Vargas hell for 10rds. Yes, he lost but he made you want to at least see him again. I'm not sure about Fargas's upcoming bout with Top Rank but as of right now he's never fought in a scheduled 12rd bout. I guess The Bob Father sees something in him and offered him a deal with the promise of a Pacquiao bout. He's 23yrs old with a 47% KO ratio and he already isn't very exciting to watch. Let's see what Bob can do with him. It'll be intriguing to watch as it unfolds.)

 

[heyzel]

Broner: I Saw You In Vegas, Rios, You're Chubby! We Can Do It At 40!


These quotes are from his recent training session.

"Hey Rios, you wanna fight at 40? We can fight at 40. You chubby. I just seen you in Vegas. You chubby. Real chubby. Your ears was chubby. All of that. You a cool guy; all of that, all of that. We can fight at 47. I'll make it better for you. We can fight at 47, you know. Everybody saying Robert Guerrero. I'll really turn your ass into a real ghost. Nicholas Cage. I'll Nicholas Cage you, ghost face. All of that. I'll give you all of that for real. Marquez, come on, man. Everybody know why he's fighting Pacquiao again...who wanna keep seeing that though...who wanna keep seeing them two little dudes, a Mexican and a Filipino, fight each other...they know what they doing...they stealing from the game...everybody know what I do. Both of them can get it. They can line up. I'll fight both of them in one night and I bet I won't go 12 rounds," stated former super featherweight champion and undefeated lightweight Adrien Broner, who can't wait to face all the top names at 135, 140, and even 147 pounds

 

[heyzel]

Roy Jones Contractual Purse Guarantee For His Last Bout Was $45,000?

Promoter Square Ring Inc. has filed a federal lawsuit in Florida against 12 Round Knockout Promotions over the failed Roy Jones-Dawid Kostecki bout scheduled for June 30, 2012 in Poland. Jones himself is not a party to the lawsuit, but Square Ring says it lost over a million dollars when Jones agreed to fight a substitute, Pawel Glazewski, whom Jones defeated by split decision. According to Square Ring's court filings, Kostecki was prevented from fighting Jones when he was arrested and forced to begin a two and a half year sentence for a a crime he was previously convicted of. Kostecki was convicted of the undisclosed crime by a Polish court in October 2011, but Square Ring claims it was assured Kostecki would not begin serving time until after the fight. Even after Kostecki was arrested, Square Ring was hoping for the fight to occur because 12 Round Knockout reportedly promised that "the warden was a boxing fan [who] had the legal authority to grant a temporary release to Kostecki for up to five days... so that he could participate in the bout." It didn't work out that way, and Kostecki's last-ditch request for a temporary release was denied the day before the scheduled fight. A copy of the contract filed with the lawsuit shows that Jones was to be paid $45,000 US dollars and Square Ring was to get 81.66% of the profit on the fight. The lawsuit does not say what, if any, share Jones was to have gotten from the profits Square Ring anticipated, but presumably the ex-champion would not have agreed to go to Poland for just a $45,000 purse and no profit sharing. The lawsuit was filed by Square Ring's principal, John Wirt, an experienced boxing attorney.

 

[heyzel]

Broner may have to fight a light welterweight for October 6th just to get a decent opponent
August 13th, 2012

By Scott Gilfoid: With all the top lightweights pretty much busy for his next fight in October, former WBO super featherweight champion Adrien Broner (24-0, 20 KO’s) may be forced to skip the lightweight division altogether for his next fight when he moves up in weight from super featherweight.

Broner, 23, was hoping to get fights against one of the top lightweights in Antonio DeMarco, Brandon Rios and Juan Manuel Marquez. However, few if any them will be available to fight in October and the ones that are available won’t fight him. The lightweight division is even worse than the super featherweight division in terms of well known opposition. There’s really nobody at that weight that is really worth fighting once you get past the top guys. HBO likely won’t be interested in showing another Broner mismatch like his last fight against Vicente Escobedo. Perhaps had HBO seen Escobedo fight guys like Michael Katsidis and Roberto Guerrero and lose, they would have likely said no to him as a suitable opponent for Broner.

If Broner is going to fight a lightweight this is really all he has to pick from for his next fight:

Miguel Vazquez
Sharif Bogere
Jorge Linares
Urbano Antillon
Darley Perez
Sergio Thompson
Gavin Rees
Carlos Molina
Mercito Gesta
Hank Lundy

Of those fighters, I imagine only one or two will be available to fight Broner, if any. That’s not even worth those guys because there’s no upside to beating them.

Here’s what Broner can get if he fights a light welterweight in October:

Amir Khan
Mike Alvarado
Ruslan Provodnikov
Joan Guzman
Lamont Peterson
Manuel Perez
Johan Perez
DeMarcus Corley
Jessie Vargas
Humberto Soto
Kendall Holt
Vernon Paris

What a difference, eh? Broner has a lot better choices for him if he skips the lightweight division entirely and goes after one of the top light welterweights instead.

 

[JLMACN]

Jesse Vargas is overrated. Not impressed with him at all.

Say what you want about Rios. He would be an upgrade over all the dudes Broner has fought. That would be a nice fight to watch. Knockout for sure.

 

[heyzel]

Cammarelle: It was an injustice!
August 13th, 2012

By Scott Gilfoid: Having tasted the bitter sweet taste of a terribly controversial decision loss to Britain’s Anthony Joshua in the super heavyweight division gold medal match on Sunday in the 2012 Olympics in London, the talented Italian Roberto Cammarelle was still deeply upset with the decision.

Cammarelle felt he did more than enough to win the fight and he wasn’t pleased at all with the scores of the five judges that scored the fight.

Cammarelle, 32, told Ilmessaggero.it “It was an injustice. The verdict was home decision. I would have preferred that I did lose by a point, but equal, I think I won the match…At the end of the match, I smelled something burning. For me today is over. This boxing is dead. It is not the sport that I know…My only regret is that Joshua has not been honest. He said that he had won.”

Cammarelle went on to say that he wasn’t about to boycott the medal ceremony to receive his Silver medal for the 2012 Olympics.

I really respect Cammarelle. He was too much of an adult to boycott the ceremony. If it had been me, I would have been out of there in protest. It’s such a sad end for a talent that fought well enough to get the decision but who found himself on the receiving end of a controversial count back decision after his fight with Joshua ended in an 18-18 tie.

Cammarelle’s amateur career will end soon after the Italian games. He finishes his Olympic career with a Bronze, Silver and Gold medal. That’s not bad, but it sure would have looked a lot better had he received the gold medal for this year’s Olympics because he definitely well enough to deserve it.

There won’t likely be a pro career, as Cammarelle hasn’t mentioned wanting to turn pro, event though his chances of making good money and finding success would be good. He’d have to skip facing the lower level opposition and go straight to top contender bouts, and that might be a little tough for him because he could find it hard to adjust to the longer bouts.

 

[heyzel]

Ricky Hatton could make comeback in October or November
August 13th, 2012

By Sean McDaniel: According to the Manchester Evening News, former two division world champion Ricky Hatton (45-2, 32 KO’s) could be back in the ring in October or November to try and revive his boxing career after having been out of the ring for the past three years. Hatton, 33, has lost a lot of weight and looks like he could make 140 soon with a tad more training.

Hatton apparently had told his friends about coming back and he could be making an announcement soon about a fight at the Manchester Arena. There had been rumors of Hatton making the comeback announcement last week, but it never happened.

WBA World welterweight champion Paulie Malignaggi has already offered Hatton a straight shot at his title if he’s interested, so it’s not as if Hatton would have to take on someone really dangerous for his first fight back. Hatton dominated Malignaggi in a 2008 fight, stopping him in the 11th round. Of all the fighters that Hatton could come back to fight, Malignaggi would be the least dangerous.

However, if Hatton’s hope is to get a huge payday fight then Malignaggi wouldn’t be the guy for him to fight. Hatton would be better off trying to get a rematch against Floyd Mayweather Jr. or Manny Pacquiao if he wants to maximize the amount of money he can get. A fight against Pacquiao is probably a no go because Pacquiao’s promoter Bob Arum already has three opponents that he’s picked out for Pacquiao to choose from for his November 10th fight. Once Arum picks out opponents, he doesn’t tend to add new guys at the last moment.

Hatton will make huge money, however, no matter who he fights next because he’s got such a large following the UK and it’s been so long since he fought. The only question is whether he himself would be happy to fight a lesser opponent. His ego might get in the way of him facing weaker opposition, and that’s who he should be fighting after having been out of the ring for three years.
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[heyzel]

Joshua to shoot for second gold medal in 2016 Olympics
August 13th, 2012

By Scott Gilfoid: Rather than turn pro and make tons of good cash, 2012 British Olympic super heavyweight gold medalist Anthony Joshua is going to stay on as an amateur and attempt to win a second gold medal in the super heavyweight division in the 2016 Olympics in Rios. By doing this, Joshua will be taking a huge risk because three out of his four wins in this years’ 2012 Olympics were highly questionable victories.

The chances are high that Joshua will have nothing to show for staying as an amateur unless he improves dramatically from where he is now. The next Olympics won’t be in Britain, so there likely won’t be huge cheering each time Joshua throws a punch. He could end up getting eliminated early in the next Olympics if fighters like Erislandy Savon and Ivan Dychko stay on as amateurs and take part in the 2016 Olympics. One person that Joshua won’t have to worry about is 32-year-old Roberto Cammarelle, who Joshua beat last Sunday in their gold medal match. Cammarelle would be 36 if he were to take place in the next Olympics in Rios, but the age limit for Olympic fighters is 34, so he’ll have aged out by then.

Joshua told thesun.co.uk “This has never been about money. I will stay amateur for as long as possible. I quite like the sound of Rios in 2016.”

Here’s Joshua’s predicament. He’s about to turn 23 soon, and if he stays on for another four more years to try for a second gold medal in 2016, it will mean that Joshua will be almost 27-years-old by the time he turns pro, and that’s if he turns pro immediately after the 2016 Olympics. That would make Joshua about the same age as Audley Harrison when he turned pro after the 2000 Olympics. Like I said, Joshua very likely won’t win the gold next time out, and might even be lucky if medals at all. There are a lot of other fighters that let their hands go in a better fashion than the stiff, and robotic Joshua. Unless Joshua’s power and speed improves before then, which I doubt, he’ll very likely get eliminated fast. Turning pro at 27 would mean that Joshua would be in his 30s by the time he fights for a world title. It would be kind of like with British heavyweight David Price, who just turned 29 recently. Price fought in the 2008 Olympics and spent a considerable amount of time in the amateur ranks.

A lot of people thought Joshua was beaten by Cammarelle yesterday, and he was very lucky to have escaped with that victory because I had Cammarelle winning easily.

 

[Rumpelstiltskin]

Boner not only needs to move up since he can't stop eating ice cream, but he also needs to fight some opposition.
Ever since De Leon they have been baby stepping him like he just came out of the amateurs.

 

[MOREBASS]

^ Word.

I find his shit talking mildly entertaining, but if he really is trying to be like Floyd (who was terrorizing the lower weight divisions against QUALITY opposition, unlike Broner thus far) , he should let his actions do the talking.

I do like that he's calling people out though. But he's building himself up to be something that he might not be. Guess we'll find out.

 

[bigface]

Justifying what? one close fight, one wasn't. That's the end of it. Pac vs JMM will be the same results if they fight 20 times just like the past three fights were - razor close with tons of debate. Bradley vs Pac on the otherhand, there is no debate. One man was clearly robbed and everyone knows it.

lol Spoken like a true Manny fan. Marquez vs. Manny wasn't that close at all Marquez gave Manny a boxing lesson. Now Bradley vs. Manny was a close fight that I scored a draw. But the fact is Manny lost the fight so stop giving him credit for losing his belt to a 140lber, the sam Bradley that you called a ducker before the Manny fight was made.

 

[bigface]

Let's be clear that you yourself thought it was a robbery (then later said it was a draw cuz you're that much of a hater). Second, as I posted, 99% of everyone believes Pac won. You yourself said Pac should fight "lineal champ Timothy Bradley" (even though Bradley wasn't a lineal champ, but that's nitpicking).

You are all over the place with your comeback because you got caught up lying and trying to change history. Lol. At you keep on saying that Cotto busted up Mayweather by giving him a bleedy nose, when infact a weight drained Cotto busted Manny's eardrum and messed his face up.




Because dickface, against Pacquiao you called him shot. Against Foreman, Mayorga & Margarito II you called him shot. The only reason you changed your tune is because he did well against Floyd.




We already went over this and you yourself gave props to Pac for the "whooping" he put on Cotto. of course you're such a hater you're willing to totally disregarded the oldest saying in the sport, styles make fights, and pretend one single pound made a difference.




I continuously said Pac vs Bradley was a good fight (I voted for Bradley long before it was made, in fact I wanted Bradley vs Pac instead of Mosley).

Further cuntface, as we already discussed numerous times, at the time I wanted Khan vs Bradley because they were the #1 & #2 fighters at 140 and would have crowned a true lineal champ (which is what I always hope for in every division). Bradley obviously got the last laugh by signing with top rank (even though it meant sitting out basically a year) and getting the Pac fight. That doesn't mean at the time myself, and the rest of the boxing world, didn't want Bradley vs Khan.




Bradley was always the #1 fighter at 140 shitface. I repeatedly said bradley would beat khan. Regardless, it was further proven Bradley was #1 as Khan lost to Peterson (and later Garcia).




You were forced to change your opinion because you called Cotto a shot fighter for 2-3 years, then he busted up Floyd's face and you had to switch it up. I'm sure if Cotto had fought Pac again and not floyd, busted up Pac's face, we wouldn't hear the end about how a "shot cotto" beat up pacquiao (just like how you say a "39 year old JMM" beat up Pac as if JMM is some kind of trash fighter).




Show me a post where I ever once said Bradley wasn't a good fighter. I'm waiting. (I on the otherhand can find dozens upon dozens of posts from you of you calling Cotto shot and "damaged goods").



The two fights aren't comparable. one fight was close, one fight was not. Throw away my opinion, your opinion. Look at just the boxing media.

Bradley vs Pac - 120 experts scored it for Pacquiao, 1 to Bradley and 1 a draw.
JMM vs Pac - 57 experts scored for JMM, 51 to Pacquiao.

You are all over the place with your comeback because you got caught up lying and trying to change history. Lol. At you keep on saying that Cotto busted up Mayweather by giving him a bloody nose, when infact a weight drained Cotto busted Manny's eardrum and messed his face up. Calm down Mr Mod with all the name calling. You mad because everything I have said about Manny for the past 3 years have been true. I know it hurts you soul that you been wrong all this time. But please stop trying to change history..

 

[MOREBASS]

lol Spoken like a true Manny fan. Marquez vs. Manny wasn't that close at all Marquez gave Manny a boxing lesson. Now Bradley vs. Manny was a close fight that I scored a draw. But the fact is Manny lost the fight so stop giving him credit for losing his belt to a 140lber, the sam Bradley that you called a ducker before the Manny fight was made.

LOL @ the notion that Pac-Bradley was closer than Pac-Marquez.


Spoken like a true Manny hater.

 

[bigface]

this is why having testing done by third parties like VADA don't really work unless it's implemented by the entire sport. So Peterson (and berto) get caught taking PEDs, but the IBF rules Peterson can keep his belt and yet Nevada may not give him a license? It's all chaotic.

On top of that, I don't think it's cool that Peterson can take testosterone therapy and purposely keep it under the 4/1 ratio at 3.90/1. So it's cool if he's 3.9/1 but if he was 4/1 there would be a problem? It's obvious he's abusing the rules. It's quite possible he does medically need testosterone therapy but to keep it as close as possible to 4/1 just seems shady.

So you a guy that had no problem with Manny ducking the Mayweather fight for 3 years because he didn't want to be randomly drug tested, have the nervous to talk about drug testing. lol You are Mr double talk for a reason. lol Now I can talk about PED's use in boxing because I was one of the only guys on this board saying more testing is needed. We have to wait for the comission to rule on his license before judgement. He must have made a good case to the IBF for them to rule on his side, I mean Peterson doesn't even have a promoter to help him with his case. My problem with Peterson is the fact he didn't inform the VADA about the testosterone problem beforehand. I don't even know if Berto will be suspended even the VADA said it was most likely from tainted over the counter products.

FYI, a 4/1 testosterone level which is the average level allowed by the comission is shady to you, How do you explain a guy refusing to be randomly tested for 3 years now and you're fine with it??

 

[bigface]

LOL @ the notion that Pac-Bradley was closer than Pac-Marquez.


Spoken like a true Manny hater.

Even on the judges scorecard that Manny won against Bradley the score was 115-113 for Manny that's 7 rounds to 5 rds, all three judges had it a close fight 115-113. The fight was close and Manny lost. Marquez gave Manny a boxing lesson. Now deal with it. The question you and the rest of the Manny fans should be asking is when will Manny fight a another 147lb champion?? I mean he has never fought a 147lb champion at 147lb and he's WAS the champion before Bradley took his belt since 2009. lol Manny only fights old men, weight drained fighters, and small guys moving up.

But hey you're a Manny fan so you really don't care about boxing anyway just Manny..

 

[MOREBASS]

Fuck the judges scorecards. Only about 5% of the world, including yourself, believe that fight was even remotely close. If it was, the rematch would have been signed already.


So why isn't it?

 

[Tony]

Because Pacquiao doesn't want to lose again to Bradley, they're looking for an opponent that they know Manny can beat and look good doing it.

 

[trips]

Because Pacquiao doesn't want to lose again to Bradley, they're looking for an opponent that they know Manny can beat and look good doing it.

U nailed it!