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[heyzel]

GEALE VS. MUNDINE SHOWDOWN TO TAKE PLACE AT THE SYDNEY ENTERTAINMENT CENTRE ON JANUARY 30
By Press Release | November 13, 2012

Gary Shaw Productions, in association with Grange Old School Boxing and Black Venom Promotions, are happy to announce the date and location for the epic IBF Middleweight championship bout between Daniel "Real Deal" Geale (28-1, 15 KOs) and Anthony Mundine (44-4, 26 KOs). The Sydney Entertainment Centre in Australia will host the larger-than-life rematch on January 30, 2012.

"In all my years in boxing, this is the biggest fight in Australian boxing history and we are delighted to be able to bring it to Sydney," said Gary Shaw. "This city has a proud history of staging big fights and let me assure you they don't get bigger than this. Daniel Geale is considered to be, by many, one of the best Middle Weights in the World, after winning 2 World Titles from German Fighters on German soil. Daniel is desperate to avenge his controversial loss to Mundine in 2009."

"For Mundine, this is an opportunity to not only claim a fourth world title, but also put on a show for the millions of fans who will be watching this fight around the globe. This is a once in a life time fight that will captivate not only fans in Sydney, but across Australia and the rest of the world. I'd like to thank Destination NSW for their support in bringing this fight to Sydney and look forward to working together to ensure the event becomes a truly memorable sporting event."

"I'm happy we are able to move forward with the promotion now that we have a date and venue sorted," said Daniel Geale. "The Sydney Entertainment Centre is a fantastic place to hold this fight. The whole country is talking about this fight and I can't wait to put Mundine in his place after all the trash talking he's been doing. I encourage everyone to get their tickets now because January 30th will be a night to remember."

"This fight is going to be a blockbuster event for the people of Australia and I'm expecting an explosive night of boxing," said co-manager Garrie Francisco. "My partner Bill Treacy and I are excited to be part of this historic event."

Today's announcement marks a homecoming for Anthony Mundine, who returns to his 'spiritual home' for the eighth time as a professional.

"I've had some of my best fights in this venue and I can't wait to get back here again on January 30" Mundine said. "I made my pro debut and won my first world title here, it's a special place for me and in January I'm going to write another chapter in my legacy by stopping Daniel Geale."

 

[2-0-Sixx]

we probably wont see Martinez against a top fighter until 2014. he's fighting Murray who isn't very good and will have a Chavez rematch in September. Martinez will be irrelevant for a long while.

Geale is also now irrelevant. fighting Mundine and apparently sam solomon after.

best fight at 160 that can be made any time soon is Golovkin vs Peter Quillin.

 

[2-0-Sixx]

props to Rubio for stepping up to the plate. two 168 pounders turned down golovkin, Geale rather be stripped of his belt than fight him and Sturm ducked him for two years and I guess Quillin is going to fight a shot to shit Taylor.


Chris Mannix C @chrism annixSI
T @the FightSource @hollyhood009 They are all
over the place with GGG's opponents. But
Tom Loeffler told me in Germany Rubio was
the leader
Also
• I’m told Edwin Rodriguez wanted $750,000 to
fight Gennady Golovkin in January. That was a
non-starter. Meanwhile, Golovkin is still
searching for an opponent for his Jan. 19 date
on HBO. I’m told former world title challenger
Marco Antonio Rubio has emerged as a
legitimate candidate.

 

[CZAR]

Rubio is booboo! Thats another weak ass fight. Golovkin will beat Rubio worse than Chavez did. Got Em!!

 

[2-0-Sixx]

he's a decent enough opponent considering everyone else has turned down Golovkin.

Martinez, Chavez, Sturm, Geale, Quillin, Pirog (think he's still injured), Rodriguez (168), Thomas Oosthuizen (168) and possibly others.

 

[heyzel]

Broner to show DeMarco that he doesn’t belong as a belt holder
Boxing article posted on November 13th, 2012 | Post Comment


Broner DeMarco Broner vs. DeMarco antonio demarco adrien broner By Scott Gilfoid: Adrien Broner (24-0, 20 KO’s) on the verge of forcefully stripping the title belt from WBC lightweight champion Antonio DeMarco (28-2-1, 21 KO’s) on Saturday night at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey. For DeMarco, it’s going to be likes he’s going back to the scene where he was batted around the ring by Edwin Valero.

Broner is going to put Valero right back where he was on that night two years ago by pounding him at will in front of what will likely be a huge nationwide crowd that will be tuning in on HBO to watch the talented Broner do his work. Broner has got the talent that most boxers can only dream of.

DeMarco beat John Molina by a 1st round knockout last September and that fight has some boxing fans thinking DeMarco can beat Broner. Boy, they’re going to be in for a big surprise when they find out how much better Broner is compared to DeMarco.

What’s so amazing about Broner is he reduces excellent fighters to a pile of jelly in the ring from the force of his huge blows. He just doesn’t stop once he’s got an opponent melting from his blows. We saw that recently with Broner basically massacring a really good fighter in Vincente Escobedo. That should have been a tough fight for Broner because Escobedo has given a lot of top fighters a ton of problems. But Broner made it look easy by breaking Esconedo’s nose and whipping him until the fight was stopped after only five rounds. Broner did the same with Eloy Perez, a formerly unbeaten fighter, by destroying him in only four rounds. Broner also took out Jason Litzau in one round.

DeMarco’s scalp is going to look really good in being added to Broner’s resume. That’s an impressive scalp to add because DeMarco is considered to be the guy at 135. Beating him will show the class and talent that Broner has going for him. Heck, there’s no point in Broner sticking around and fighting at lightweight after he dismantles DeMarco because there’s no other talented fighters left after he destroys DeMarco.

Broner needs to move up to welterweight and skip 140 altogether because he can’t waste time beating up on the likes of Danny Garcia and Amir Khan. That’s not even worth it. Broner needs to go after the fading stars Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao while they’s still relevant.

 

[bigface]

he's a decent enough opponent considering everyone else has turned down Golovkin.

Martinez, Chavez, Sturm, Geale, Quillin, Pirog (think he's still injured), Rodriguez (168), Thomas Oosthuizen (168) and possibly others.

No one is ducking GGG. Other then Sturm and overrated Pirog. All the other guys at 160 have already fought real fights and won titles. GGG needs to actually fight some good to prove that he should get a big fight. GGG is the same guy that had trouble with shot to shit Ouma a few fights ago, dude is way overrated until proving otherwise. Why doesn't GGG fight Macklin or the guy Quillin took the belt from.

 

[CZAR]

he's a decent enough opponent considering everyone else has turned down Golovkin.

Martinez, Chavez, Sturm, Geale, Quillin, Pirog (think he's still injured), Rodriguez (168), Thomas Oosthuizen (168) and possibly others.

No one is ducking GGG. Other then Sturm and overrated Pirog. All the other guys at 160 have already fought real fights and won titles. GGG needs to actually fight some good to prove that he should get a big fight. GGG is the same guy that had trouble with shot to shit Ouma a few fights ago, dude is way overrated until proving otherwise. Why doesn't GGG fight Macklin or the guy Quillin took the belt from.

Have to agree with bigface. No way in hell is Martinez ducking him. I think GGG is a good fighter but u have to remember he isnt nuthin over here in the states, so fighting isnt worth the money. Thats why he came over here in the first place to make a name. I think thats more of what it has to do with. Dude does have skills though but needs to pay his dues over here just like the rest. Got Em!!

 

[IronLungs420]

Roger Mayweather: “Floyd’s going to get back in the ring. He’s still better than 90% of the mother*ckers out there!”

90%?? damn who are the 10% that are better?? Canelo, Ward??

 

[Tony]

Probably Martinez!

Does anyone still think that fued between 50 and Floyd was staged?

 

[2-0-Sixx]

Have to agree with bigface. No way in hell is Martinez ducking him. I think GGG is a good fighter but u have to remember he isnt nuthin over here in the states, so fighting isnt worth the money. Thats why he came over here in the first place to make a name. I think thats more of what it has to do with. Dude does have skills though but needs to pay his dues over here just like the rest. Got Em!!

"Who would give a flying fuck and why are you even asking? Who knows Gennady Golovkin other than you, me and a few other people? How many people would he bring to the table? How much money would he generate? ... He is a very good fighter, but it's a fight that economically makes no sense." - Lou Dibella a few days ago on fighting Golovkin.

Meanwhile, Dibella Martinez decide to fight the POWERHOUSE uber famous......................wait for it............wait for it........................Martin Murray.

You're telling me Martin brings more money to the table than GGG? Of course he doesn't. It's about risk/reward.

And bigface you're misreading what i'm saying. i'm not saying everyone is ducking him, I'm saying Golovkin can't get a fight despite being a MW champion and that's the truth. But with that said, some have flat out ducked him. Sturm & Geale are obvious 100% ducks. No denying it.

Pirog is injured I guess, Rodriguez turned down $500,000 despite being a weight class bigger than him (so that's a duck too). Kid Chocolate is fighting Taylor I suppose that's a little bit of cash for him.

As for Martinez/Chavez, I understand they have a rematch in Sept so the risk/reward isn't worth it therefor they'll fight soft opponents first.

 

[2-0-Sixx]

Probably Martinez!

Does anyone still think that fued between 50 and Floyd was staged?

seemed legit but I haven't been paying attention past week.

 

[heyzel]

Hearn wants Froch-Ward 2 in 2013
Boxing article posted on November 14th, 2012 | Post Comment


Froch Ward Froch vs. Ward carl froch andre ward By Scott Gilfoid: Despite the fact that his fighter Carl Froch was completely schooled in a one-sided fight by American WBA super middleweight champion Andre Ward, Eddie Hearn says he’s interested in putting that fight together again in the United States.

It doesn’t make sense from Froch and Hearn’s perspective because nothing has changed since them. Froch is still the same fighter that Ward dominated last December and a rematch between them would only be worse for Froch and Hearn the second time around because Ward won’t have a broken left hand.

Hearn said to Sky Sports “You know the U.S networks want to make that Bute fight, would like the Kessler fight and I’m hearing out of all their mouths that they really want Froch-Ward II next year. That’s a fight that could be heading again to America. we’ll do all we can.”

In the absence of any other appealing fights then I can understand a Froch vs. Ward II fight taking place. However, I’d much rather see Froch give Andre Dirrell a rematch and then take on his brother Anthony Dirrell. I’d also prefer Froch fight Adonis Stevenson. He is after all Froch’s mandatory challenger and he went through all the effort to defeat Don George in an eliminator bout. It would be a pity to see Froch skip that fight and then the International Boxing Federation would be put in the position to stand by and either do nothing about it and make their eliminator bout a meaningless thing or they could strip Froch and let Stevenson claim the trap.

But I don’t think it’s interesting to see Froch fight Ward again. The way that Ward beat Froch you can tell that it will always be that way no matter how many times they fight. It wasn’t competitive, so I don’t see why HBO or Showtime would want to waste valuable American television time by setting up another Froch-Ward mismatch. Please spare us of having to watch Ward whip Froch again. I’d rather see Sergio Martinez fight Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. again in a terrible mismatch then I would Ward fight Froch and spanking him for a second time.

Of course none of this will matter at one bit if Froch can’t beat Yusaf Mack on Saturday night and if he can’t defeat Lucian Bute in their rematch next year sometime. If Froch loses those fights then no way will there be a Froch vs. Ward rematch.

 

[CZAR]

"Who would give a flying fuck and why are you even asking? Who knows Gennady Golovkin other than you, me and a few other people? How many people would he bring to the table? How much money would he generate? ... He is a very good fighter, but it's a fight that economically makes no sense." - Lou Dibella a few days ago on fighting Golovkin.

Meanwhile, Dibella Martinez decide to fight the POWERHOUSE uber famous......................wait for it............wait for it........................Martin Murray.

You're telling me Martin brings more money to the table than GGG? Of course he doesn't. It's about risk/reward.

And bigface you're misreading what i'm saying. i'm not saying everyone is ducking him, I'm saying Golovkin can't get a fight despite being a MW champion and that's the truth. But with that said, some have flat out ducked him. Sturm & Geale are obvious 100% ducks. No denying it.

Pirog is injured I guess, Rodriguez turned down $500,000 despite being a weight class bigger than him (so that's a duck too). Kid Chocolate is fighting Taylor I suppose that's a little bit of cash for him.

As for Martinez/Chavez, I understand they have a rematch in Sept so the risk/reward isn't worth it therefor they'll fight soft opponents first.

I guess I wasnt clear. What I meant is yes Golovkin can fight but he isnt worth a fight because he isnt known and its a risky fight to fight him because there is a chance he could beat u and if the money isnt right then why do it? I think he has to earn those big fights and when he is worth the money/risk then hell get those fights. Martinez had a tough fight with Chavez and had surgery etc.....so hell have a tuneup fight before he fight Chavez again. Then well see what GGG has done since then. Got Em!!

 

[2-0-Sixx]

right that's basically what I was saying. risk/reward. Plus I'm calling BS on lou dibella's quote.

but like I said in an earlier post we likely won't see Martinez fight a top 160 pound fighter until 2014 or never again. He's got a tune up fight then chavez in september. that ties him up for the next year at least.

 

[Johnny Truelove]

can't plan martinez he knows he has a big big payday waiting for him with the rematch why take any risk? Especially in this stage in his career take a easy fight in your hometown with a guy with no power and then the chavez rematch easy $$$

 

[bigface]

Roach Says Rios is on Pacquiao's List, Not Tim Bradley


By Miguel Rivera

According to trainer Freddie Roach, tough junior welterweight contender Brandon Rios (31-0-1, 23KOs) is the next opponent on the list - if Manny defeats Juan Manuel Marquez when the clash for a fourth time on December 8th at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Top Rank's CEO Bob Arum would like to stage this match on April 21st.

"We have to win this fight first fight, but Brandon Rios is next on the list," said Roach. "Manny was being a little compassionate [in his recent fights] and he was getting a little soft. We have bring back the old Manny. If we come forward we'll probably win [against Marquez]."

Roach did say that Pacquiao has no interest in fighting Timothy Bradley (29-0, 12KOs) for a second time. Bradley won a controversial split decision over Pacquiao on June 9.

"I don't think that we need to do that because everyone knows we won that fight and so we don't have to fight him. We don't even count that as a loss," Roach said.


I told you this fight was happening back in April 2012. My question is will 206 and his buddies, still make excuses on why Manny is ducking the Mayweather fight to fight a 140lber? Top Rank is treating Bradley like T-Dog on the Walking Dead no damn love.

I bet money leading into the fight already signed with Rios, Manny will talk about how Mayweather doesn't want to fight him. lol

 

[bigface]

Broner: I Moved Up To Fight The Top Guy in DeMarco

By Luis Sandoval

Adrien Broner is gearing up to try and dethrone WBC Lightweight champion Antonio DeMarco when they face off this Saturday night in Atlantic City.

The DeMarco fight is one Broner wanted as he called out DeMarco in his post fight interview after defeating Vicente Escobedo this past July. The fight has now come to fruition and Broner was asked why he wanted this fight in particular so badly.

“I mean think about it, I'm coming up in weight. I don't want to come up in weight and just fight anybody. I want to come up and fight that number one guy and the number one guy is DeMarco. It wouldn't matter [who the number one guy] was, that's who I would be fighting. I just want to fight the best out there” Broner would tell BoxingScene.

Broner has been very impressive in his last few outings but this fight with DeMarco is undoubtedly his biggest and toughest challenge to date. While Broner assures he will be victorious, he does understand and respect the type of fighter DeMarco is.
“Like I've always said DeMarco is a very good fighter. World class fighter. Top notch fighter and that's why he's champion. He wouldn't be a champion if he wasn't. I'm going to do what I have to do to get the victory” said Broner.

 

[bigface]

Ricky Hatton ain't playing.

 

[bigface]

Arum Likes Donaire-Mares, But No Golden Co-Promotion

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By Luis Sandoval

After Abner Mares defeated Anselmo Moreno he made it clear that the next fight he wanted was against Nonito Donaire in a showdown of the two best Super Bantamweights in the world. A fight between them would be tough to make however due to the fact that both fighter’s promoters, Top Rank and Golden Boy, have had a long standing feud and have refused to work with each other.

It seemed like there was hope when CEO of Golden Boy Richard Schaefer said he’d be willing to talk and work out a deal with Top Rank in order to get the fight made.

BoxingScene spoke to Bob Arum today and was asked if a fight between Mares and Donaire was a fight he’d be willing to make after hearing Schaefer say he would be willing to work out a deal.

“Well one of the things is that Donaire has a fight against [Jorge] Arce so let’s see what happens in that fight. Afterwards we can talk but the WBC informed us that Mares has a mandatory. So you know, I’m sure that fight will happen when it’ll happen” said Arum to BoxingScene.com.

While he is open to a Mares-Donaire fight taking place, Arum made it very clear he has absolutely no interest in working with Golden Boy in the future for any other co-promotions."

“We have no interest in working with Golden Boy. However we will offer them a sum of money for the services of Mares, put them up as a co-promoter but we have no interest doing a regular co-promotion with them” revealed Arum to BoxingScene.It looks as though the bad blood between both promotional companies still exists which makes any other possible fights between Top Rank and Golden Boy fighters not likely to happen.


Top Rank loves them in-house fights, always in the way of the big fight because he wants all the money. Open your eyes here's the reason Manny and Mayweather didn't happen Bob Arum.