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Khan told GBP he’s interested in Collazo or Guerrero on May 3rd
March 19th, 2014 | Post Comment - 4 Comments
robert guerrero luis collazo amir khan By Scott Gilfoid: Amir Khan (28-3, 19 KO’s) says that his promoters at Golden Boy Promotions recently asked him if he’d be interested in facing Luis Collazo, Robert Guerrero or possibly someone else on Floyd Mayweather Jr’s next fight card on May 3rd, and Khan said he told them he’s interested in facing either Collazo or Guerrero. Khan sees them both as highly ranked fighters in the welterweight division, and he seems to be more interested in facing Guerrero than Collazo.
“Yes, they’ve [Collazo and Guerrero] have been proposed to me and I said ‘Yes, I will fight them.’ Guerrero is ranked very high in the 147 pound division. Collazo is ranked decently in the 147lb division,” Khan said to IFL TV.
The fact is Collazo is ranked higher than Guerrero at the moment with him being ranked #3 by the WBA, whereas Guerrero is ranked #7 WBC and #11 IBF. I don’t agree with that ranking, but those are how these two particular sanctioning bodies have Guerrero ranked. I rate Guerrero as being a better fighter than Collazo. I don’t care that Collazo recently beat Victor Ortiz by a 1st round knockout last January. I still see Guerrero dominating Collazo if the two of them were to fight, and it would be like how Collazo was beaten by Freddy Hernandez recently. Guerrero is better than Hernandez and definitely better than Ortiz.
I’d rather see Khan fight Guerrero or someone else like Keith Thurman than having him fight Collazo. To me, that fight isn’t worthy of being on Mayweather’s undercard. I’m sure Mayweather won’t turn it down if that’s the only way that Golden Boy will let Khan fight on his card, but I still see that as an ESPN2 type of fight rather than one that should be on a PPV card. I think Collazo needs to get at least 3-4 important wins over contenders before he can fight someone like Khan, because I think Collazo has been out of it for too long in terms of him facing nobodies since his loss to Andre Berto in 2009.
Collazo went from fighting the likes of Berto and Ricky Hatton to four years of fighting the following opposition: Freddy Hernandez, Alan Sanchez, Miguel Callist, Steve Upsher Chambers, Franklin Gonzalez, and David Gogichaishvili. I could understand Collazo facing one of those guys after his loss to Berto, but definitely not four years of fighting those guys. I mean, what was his promoter thinking of in matching him against those guys all those years? It was a waste, and to me Collazo needs to get back into facing world class opposition first before he gets a fight against Khan.
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robert guerrero luis collazo amir khan By Scott Gilfoid: Amir Khan (28-3, 19 KO’s) says that his promoters at Golden Boy Promotions recently asked him if he’d be interested in facing Luis Collazo, Robert Guerrero or possibly someone else on Floyd Mayweather Jr’s next fight card on May 3rd, and Khan said he told them he’s interested in facing either Collazo or Guerrero. Khan sees them both as highly ranked fighters in the welterweight division, and he seems to be more interested in facing Guerrero than Collazo.
“Yes, they’ve [Collazo and Guerrero] have been proposed to me and I said ‘Yes, I will fight them.’ Guerrero is ranked very high in the 147 pound division. Collazo is ranked decently in the 147lb division,” Khan said to IFL TV.
The fact is Collazo is ranked higher than Guerrero at the moment with him being ranked #3 by the WBA, whereas Guerrero is ranked #7 WBC and #11 IBF. I don’t agree with that ranking, but those are how these two particular sanctioning bodies have Guerrero ranked. I rate Guerrero as being a better fighter than Collazo. I don’t care that Collazo recently beat Victor Ortiz by a 1st round knockout last January. I still see Guerrero dominating Collazo if the two of them were to fight, and it would be like how Collazo was beaten by Freddy Hernandez recently. Guerrero is better than Hernandez and definitely better than Ortiz.
I’d rather see Khan fight Guerrero or someone else like Keith Thurman than having him fight Collazo. To me, that fight isn’t worthy of being on Mayweather’s undercard. I’m sure Mayweather won’t turn it down if that’s the only way that Golden Boy will let Khan fight on his card, but I still see that as an ESPN2 type of fight rather than one that should be on a PPV card. I think Collazo needs to get at least 3-4 important wins over contenders before he can fight someone like Khan, because I think Collazo has been out of it for too long in terms of him facing nobodies since his loss to Andre Berto in 2009.
Collazo went from fighting the likes of Berto and Ricky Hatton to four years of fighting the following opposition: Freddy Hernandez, Alan Sanchez, Miguel Callist, Steve Upsher Chambers, Franklin Gonzalez, and David Gogichaishvili. I could understand Collazo facing one of those guys after his loss to Berto, but definitely not four years of fighting those guys. I mean, what was his promoter thinking of in matching him against those guys all those years? It was a waste, and to me Collazo needs to get back into facing world class opposition first before he gets a fight against Khan.
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Evander Holyfield to fight Scotland’s Gary Cornish
FIVE-TIMES world champion Evander Holyfield, last seen in Britain becoming the first voted out of the Celebrity Big Brother house, plans to come out of retirement at the age of 51 and fight Scotland’s Gary Cornish.
Cornish, the 26-year-old undefeated Highland heavyweight, is being lined up as a credible opponent for the former heavyweight world champion, according to promoter Frank Warren.
Warren revealed last night that he will make an official approach to the Boxing Board of Control requesting that they grant Holyfield a licence to fight in Britain this summer.
He has also identified 26-year-old Cornish as his first choice to challenge Holyfield, a past holder of the WBA, WBC and 
IBF titles.
Holyfield has been inactive for the past three years since defeating Dane Brian Nielsen in the most recent of his 57 bouts in May 2011. But a spokesman for London fight boss Warren confirmed: “An enquiry has been made to Holyfield’s camp and they are interested. An application will also shortly be lodged with the British Boxing Board of Control. We think Cornish is a great prospect and someone worth getting behind. A fight of this magnitude would propel him into the limelight.”
Cornish’s manager, Tommy Gilmour, gave a cautious welcome to the idea. “Holyfield is still a huge name and with his record it would represent a massive step up for Gary, but why not?” he said. “It is also in the plans for Gary to spar with Dereck Chisora again in the build-up to his fight with Tyson Fury for the vacant British title in July. Gary may also get a spot on the Chisora undercard in Manchester for a title of some description.”
Holyfield famously beat Mike Tyson twice, including in June 1997 when Tyson was disqualified for biting a chunk out of his opponent’s ear after being stopped eight months earlier, claiming that he had done so in retaliation to head-butting.
FIVE-TIMES world champion Evander Holyfield, last seen in Britain becoming the first voted out of the Celebrity Big Brother house, plans to come out of retirement at the age of 51 and fight Scotland’s Gary Cornish.
Cornish, the 26-year-old undefeated Highland heavyweight, is being lined up as a credible opponent for the former heavyweight world champion, according to promoter Frank Warren.
Warren revealed last night that he will make an official approach to the Boxing Board of Control requesting that they grant Holyfield a licence to fight in Britain this summer.
He has also identified 26-year-old Cornish as his first choice to challenge Holyfield, a past holder of the WBA, WBC and 
IBF titles.
Holyfield has been inactive for the past three years since defeating Dane Brian Nielsen in the most recent of his 57 bouts in May 2011. But a spokesman for London fight boss Warren confirmed: “An enquiry has been made to Holyfield’s camp and they are interested. An application will also shortly be lodged with the British Boxing Board of Control. We think Cornish is a great prospect and someone worth getting behind. A fight of this magnitude would propel him into the limelight.”
Cornish’s manager, Tommy Gilmour, gave a cautious welcome to the idea. “Holyfield is still a huge name and with his record it would represent a massive step up for Gary, but why not?” he said. “It is also in the plans for Gary to spar with Dereck Chisora again in the build-up to his fight with Tyson Fury for the vacant British title in July. Gary may also get a spot on the Chisora undercard in Manchester for a title of some description.”
Holyfield famously beat Mike Tyson twice, including in June 1997 when Tyson was disqualified for biting a chunk out of his opponent’s ear after being stopped eight months earlier, claiming that he had done so in retaliation to head-butting.
Ike Ibeabuchi Released, Tony Ayala Jr. To Be Released In April 2014
By Robert Brizel, Head RCM Boxing Correspondent
Recent news reports have confirmed former undefeated heavyweight contender Ike ‘ The President’ Ibeabuchi, age 40, was released from prison in Nevada in February 2014 after 15 years incarceration since 1999. No information is available on where Ibeabuchi is, or whether or not he will attempt to resume his boxing career. However, his sentence has been served. Ibeabuchi had a record of 20-0 with 15 knockouts in the heavyweight division, including defeating David Tua, and defeating Chris Byrd by TKO right before Byrd defeated Dr. Vitali Klitschko.
In a related development, ‘The Baby Bull’, Tony ‘El Torito’ Ayala Jr. ,age 51, is scheduled for release from prison in Texas in several weeks. Ayala had a record of 31-2 in the light middleweight division. Ayala, in prison for parole violation since 2004, was previously incarcerated for other crimes from 1983 to 1999, and had resumed his boxing career upon release.
By Robert Brizel, Head RCM Boxing Correspondent
Recent news reports have confirmed former undefeated heavyweight contender Ike ‘ The President’ Ibeabuchi, age 40, was released from prison in Nevada in February 2014 after 15 years incarceration since 1999. No information is available on where Ibeabuchi is, or whether or not he will attempt to resume his boxing career. However, his sentence has been served. Ibeabuchi had a record of 20-0 with 15 knockouts in the heavyweight division, including defeating David Tua, and defeating Chris Byrd by TKO right before Byrd defeated Dr. Vitali Klitschko.
In a related development, ‘The Baby Bull’, Tony ‘El Torito’ Ayala Jr. ,age 51, is scheduled for release from prison in Texas in several weeks. Ayala had a record of 31-2 in the light middleweight division. Ayala, in prison for parole violation since 2004, was previously incarcerated for other crimes from 1983 to 1999, and had resumed his boxing career upon release.
I will NEVER fight David Haye insists Tyson Fury
TYSON FURY has declared he will NEVER fight David Haye even if there were a record purse in the offing.
Haye frustrated Fury last year by pulling out of two scheduled fights through injury.
Fury has moved a step closer to a world title showdown with Wladimir Klitschko, though he will need to get the better of Dereck Chisora first on July 26 in their title eliminator in Manchester.
Although Fury has set his sights on Klitschko, he hasn't forgotten what Haye did and insists he has no respect for him.
"I have zero respect for him. Whatever he has achieved, it has been flushed down the loo," Fury said.
"When you are a s********, you are a s********, forget it.
"I will never fight him because he is an idiot. I can't take him seriously. Even if they offered me £10m, I would say 'go f*** your mother', because I know he is a s***house and he won't fight.
Tyson Fury, David Haye, bout REWARD: Tyson Fury insists he won't goad Klitschko (pictured) in the way Haye did [GETTY]
“I will never fight him because he is an idiot. I can't take him seriously”
Tyson Fury
"His ass was flapping in his trousers. I always said he would pull out. I had no faith in him fighting me. I knew in the back of my mind it wasn't happening."
Haye goaded Klitschko in the build-up to their world title showdown three years ago by wearing a t-shirt which depicted how he would decapitate the Ukrainian.
But Fury has vowed he would not resort to Haye's tactics should he get the chance to pit his wits against Klitschko.
He added: "No I don't believe gentlemen do stuff like that. David's nothing more than a common person.
"He showed in his actions he is a thug and it doesn't matter how regal he tries to be, in my opinion he is just a yob."
TYSON FURY has declared he will NEVER fight David Haye even if there were a record purse in the offing.
Haye frustrated Fury last year by pulling out of two scheduled fights through injury.
Fury has moved a step closer to a world title showdown with Wladimir Klitschko, though he will need to get the better of Dereck Chisora first on July 26 in their title eliminator in Manchester.
Although Fury has set his sights on Klitschko, he hasn't forgotten what Haye did and insists he has no respect for him.
"I have zero respect for him. Whatever he has achieved, it has been flushed down the loo," Fury said.
"When you are a s********, you are a s********, forget it.
"I will never fight him because he is an idiot. I can't take him seriously. Even if they offered me £10m, I would say 'go f*** your mother', because I know he is a s***house and he won't fight.
Tyson Fury, David Haye, bout REWARD: Tyson Fury insists he won't goad Klitschko (pictured) in the way Haye did [GETTY]
“I will never fight him because he is an idiot. I can't take him seriously”
Tyson Fury
"His ass was flapping in his trousers. I always said he would pull out. I had no faith in him fighting me. I knew in the back of my mind it wasn't happening."
Haye goaded Klitschko in the build-up to their world title showdown three years ago by wearing a t-shirt which depicted how he would decapitate the Ukrainian.
But Fury has vowed he would not resort to Haye's tactics should he get the chance to pit his wits against Klitschko.
He added: "No I don't believe gentlemen do stuff like that. David's nothing more than a common person.
"He showed in his actions he is a thug and it doesn't matter how regal he tries to be, in my opinion he is just a yob."
Here are a few pieces from a 2006 interview:
"I'm in shape to fight right now. My boxing program includes shadow boxing and the study of "Psycho-pugilism". God willing, I shall introduce the world of boxing to my new supreme delicacy Psycho-pugilism (The Food of The Warrior Boxing God) upon my eventual return to the ring."
"I like to see myself as the (Baptist or the Messiah with God 1st), like Daniel in the Lion’s Den, like Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego in the fiery furnace, but never burned, like Jacob who had run from his hairy brother in Dallas. Like Samson who saw wisdom and humility when his eyes were gone, like Moses who ruled scorpions and snakes in the desert, and I could go on and on."
"How can I have the audacity to rape someone I'm paying to have sex with?" Ibeabuchi asks. "In Nigeria, I wouldn't be in prison for what I did. The system here (in the U.S.) makes sure someone gets punished whenever a woman cries. This was a call girl, an escort."
"I'm in shape to fight right now. My boxing program includes shadow boxing and the study of "Psycho-pugilism". God willing, I shall introduce the world of boxing to my new supreme delicacy Psycho-pugilism (The Food of The Warrior Boxing God) upon my eventual return to the ring."
"I like to see myself as the (Baptist or the Messiah with God 1st), like Daniel in the Lion’s Den, like Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego in the fiery furnace, but never burned, like Jacob who had run from his hairy brother in Dallas. Like Samson who saw wisdom and humility when his eyes were gone, like Moses who ruled scorpions and snakes in the desert, and I could go on and on."
"How can I have the audacity to rape someone I'm paying to have sex with?" Ibeabuchi asks. "In Nigeria, I wouldn't be in prison for what I did. The system here (in the U.S.) makes sure someone gets punished whenever a woman cries. This was a call girl, an escort."
Here are a few pieces from a 2006 interview:
"I'm in shape to fight right now. My boxing program includes shadow boxing and the study of "Psycho-pugilism". God willing, I shall introduce the world of boxing to my new supreme delicacy Psycho-pugilism (The Food of The Warrior Boxing God) upon my eventual return to the ring."
"I like to see myself as the (Baptist or the Messiah with God 1st), like Daniel in the Lion’s Den, like Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego in the fiery furnace, but never burned, like Jacob who had run from his hairy brother in Dallas. Like Samson who saw wisdom and humility when his eyes were gone, like Moses who ruled scorpions and snakes in the desert, and I could go on and on."
"How can I have the audacity to rape someone I'm paying to have sex with?" Ibeabuchi asks. "In Nigeria, I wouldn't be in prison for what I did. The system here (in the U.S.) makes sure someone gets punished whenever a woman cries. This was a call girl, an escort."
"I'm in shape to fight right now. My boxing program includes shadow boxing and the study of "Psycho-pugilism". God willing, I shall introduce the world of boxing to my new supreme delicacy Psycho-pugilism (The Food of The Warrior Boxing God) upon my eventual return to the ring."
"I like to see myself as the (Baptist or the Messiah with God 1st), like Daniel in the Lion’s Den, like Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego in the fiery furnace, but never burned, like Jacob who had run from his hairy brother in Dallas. Like Samson who saw wisdom and humility when his eyes were gone, like Moses who ruled scorpions and snakes in the desert, and I could go on and on."
"How can I have the audacity to rape someone I'm paying to have sex with?" Ibeabuchi asks. "In Nigeria, I wouldn't be in prison for what I did. The system here (in the U.S.) makes sure someone gets punished whenever a woman cries. This was a call girl, an escort."
PAULIE MALIGNAGGI REFLECTS ON HIS CAREER PART 1: "IT'S REALLY BEEN A ROLLER COASTER...I'VE DONE IT THE HARD WAY"
By Ben Thompson | March 20, 2014
PAULIE MALIGNAGGI REFLECTS ON HIS CAREER PART 1:
"There were some darker periods during my career. It's really been a roller coaster ride. There's been a lot of ups and downs and twists and turns and, you know, a lot of times, you're coming up to the corner and you don't know what's around the corner waiting for you...I've done it the hard way with nothing really given to me. I can't say I'm surprised. It's a good feeling to still be around, I'd say that; especially when a lot of guys and peers from my generation, there's probably only a handful that's left from my generation at the high level of the sport," stated two-division world champion Paulie Malignaggi, who talked about his boxing career and discussed some of the highs and lows that ultimately put him back into a position to challenge for another world title. Check it out!
BT: Looking back on your career, there was a time when you were kind of fed up with the politics and the direction that your career was going in. Now that you're back in this position, are you surprised to see how things turned around for you?
PM: There were some darker periods during my career. It's really been a roller coaster ride. There's been a lot of ups and downs and twists and turns and, you know, a lot of times, you're coming up to the corner and you don't know what's around the corner waiting for you. I've had that kind of career where a lot of times, it just comes to me and I take it as it comes. Sometimes it hasn't been so good and sometimes I've been able to turn it around and make good on it. I don't think I'm surprised because I've always been resilient. I'm a stubborn guy. I'm also not surprised because I probably, when I turned pro, expected a lot more of myself than what I've accomplished. So to say that I accomplished this much, in my eyes, I underachieved anyway, you know what I'm saying, but to at least be this far, no, I can't say I'm surprised. Maybe a lot of other people are surprised. Looking back at the road I've traveled, from that perspective, I gained respect for what I've done because I've done it the hard way with nothing really given to me. I can't say I'm surprised. It's a good feeling to still be around, I'd say that; especially when a lot of guys and peers from my generation, there's probably only a handful that's left from my generation at the high level of the sport, but really, aside from that, I can't say I'm surprised, no.
BT: Would you say that you're currently in the best place, or the most content position, that you've ever been in as far as your career is concerned?
PM: Absolutely. I think I have the best situation for me at this point in my career, you know. The only regret is that I didn't have this situation when I was in my 20's when I was younger. What I mean by this situation is me as a fighter with the training team I have now. You know, I have a head trainer in Eric Brown, but I have a lot of other guys in the mix as well with Vincent Calloway as my conditioning, Orlando Carrasquillo as my pad man. I have Golden Boy as my promoter; Al Haymon really leading the way at the top of the food chain as far as people you want to be with in boxing. I still have the people that I came up and trusted that have stuck with me in Steve Bash and Anthony Catanzaro. I feel like I've got the best of the business as well as the best of the people that are close to me, you know what I'm sayin'. I feel content in that way. I feel the most content I've been in my career in that way. The only regret, because you know me, man, I guess I'm always looking at the glass half empty and wondering how I can always make it better; I feel like, without a dobut, if I had this team from my early 20's until now, I'd be a first ballot Hall of Famer. Bar none; no doubt about it. You get the best fights for you, you get put in the best situations, you get the best money, you get the most press; it just goes on and on and on. I do say it makes you appreciate it that much more, having been through all the other stuff before. It does make you appreciate it a lot. Sometimes I see these young guys and they're in the situation that I have now, they got it from when they turned pro, and I don't know if they appreciate it because they don't know the difference. When you're on the flip side of the script, it's not as much fun. It's a lot of headaches and I survived that part of my career and I've gone on to some good things because of it. I feel like it's developed my character, both as a person and as a fighter.
BT: Do you think coming up the hard way has made you a lot tougher and a lot more resilient both in and out of the ring.
PM: Yeah. You know, I think you have to have a little bit of that naturally, the stubborness and the resiliency. I think I'm born with that; that's kind of in my genetics, but you still have to react the right way. You know, sometimes you're resilient and stubborn, but you're too much over the top, and I've been over the top a lot, but I've been able to channel the energy and when it was time to fight, make sure that I won enough times in those situations where I kept myself relevant. There's losses that I took; it's hard. Let me tell you, man, it's hard to fight Miguel Cotto on Puerto Rican Day eve when he's that undefeated guy, world champion, at the time I fought him, you know. It's hard to fight Amir Khan in his first fight in America where, regardless of the fact that the fight was one-sided, it was a fight that I wasn't put there to win anyway. I mean, they weren't bringing Amir Khan here from England to get beat in his first fight, you know what I'm sayin'. It's hard to produce in those situations when you know what you've been put there for, but, you know, it's part of the learning curve. It's part of what I've been through to develop my character and to develop, you know, me as a person and as a fighter. I feel like I've always been very, very talented. I feel like people look at my knockout record and they say, "Oh, if only he could punch." In reality, I'm not that light of a puncher. In reality, early on in your career is when you get all the knockouts and early on in my career, I had four hand surgeries; four on my right hand, you know what I'm sayin', so when I was fighting opponents that I was supposed to knock out, I had to finish a lot of fights one-handed and I was still winning them. Even that developed my character, knowing that you have one hand and you're fighting another man who has two hands. Regardless if you know you're more talented than him, you can't use all your talent there because you only have one hand. So getting through fights with a poker face, getting through fights without panicking when you're left one-handed, even if it's not at the world-class level, it developed my character there too; it developed me as a man, as a fighter. It's all these expereinces that made me stronger and I think, at the end of the day, they prepare you for the bigger fights. People think, "Oh, if Paulie could punch." In reality, man, I mean, the fighters that I'm fighting now, you know, you're fighting world-class fighters now; you're not going to stop those guys anyway. Most fights between two world-class fighters don't end in knockouts. They just don't. Most of them go the distance, you know. I'm healthy enough now, but you're not gonna just see world-class fighters knock each other out that easily. It happens. I'm not going to tell you I punch like Mike Tyson because I don't, but it happens that people do get knockouts in world-class fights. But even guys that can punch go the distance in world-class fights. That's the way it is, you know, when you're evenly matched world-class fighters.
By Ben Thompson | March 20, 2014
PAULIE MALIGNAGGI REFLECTS ON HIS CAREER PART 1:
"There were some darker periods during my career. It's really been a roller coaster ride. There's been a lot of ups and downs and twists and turns and, you know, a lot of times, you're coming up to the corner and you don't know what's around the corner waiting for you...I've done it the hard way with nothing really given to me. I can't say I'm surprised. It's a good feeling to still be around, I'd say that; especially when a lot of guys and peers from my generation, there's probably only a handful that's left from my generation at the high level of the sport," stated two-division world champion Paulie Malignaggi, who talked about his boxing career and discussed some of the highs and lows that ultimately put him back into a position to challenge for another world title. Check it out!
BT: Looking back on your career, there was a time when you were kind of fed up with the politics and the direction that your career was going in. Now that you're back in this position, are you surprised to see how things turned around for you?
PM: There were some darker periods during my career. It's really been a roller coaster ride. There's been a lot of ups and downs and twists and turns and, you know, a lot of times, you're coming up to the corner and you don't know what's around the corner waiting for you. I've had that kind of career where a lot of times, it just comes to me and I take it as it comes. Sometimes it hasn't been so good and sometimes I've been able to turn it around and make good on it. I don't think I'm surprised because I've always been resilient. I'm a stubborn guy. I'm also not surprised because I probably, when I turned pro, expected a lot more of myself than what I've accomplished. So to say that I accomplished this much, in my eyes, I underachieved anyway, you know what I'm saying, but to at least be this far, no, I can't say I'm surprised. Maybe a lot of other people are surprised. Looking back at the road I've traveled, from that perspective, I gained respect for what I've done because I've done it the hard way with nothing really given to me. I can't say I'm surprised. It's a good feeling to still be around, I'd say that; especially when a lot of guys and peers from my generation, there's probably only a handful that's left from my generation at the high level of the sport, but really, aside from that, I can't say I'm surprised, no.
BT: Would you say that you're currently in the best place, or the most content position, that you've ever been in as far as your career is concerned?
PM: Absolutely. I think I have the best situation for me at this point in my career, you know. The only regret is that I didn't have this situation when I was in my 20's when I was younger. What I mean by this situation is me as a fighter with the training team I have now. You know, I have a head trainer in Eric Brown, but I have a lot of other guys in the mix as well with Vincent Calloway as my conditioning, Orlando Carrasquillo as my pad man. I have Golden Boy as my promoter; Al Haymon really leading the way at the top of the food chain as far as people you want to be with in boxing. I still have the people that I came up and trusted that have stuck with me in Steve Bash and Anthony Catanzaro. I feel like I've got the best of the business as well as the best of the people that are close to me, you know what I'm sayin'. I feel content in that way. I feel the most content I've been in my career in that way. The only regret, because you know me, man, I guess I'm always looking at the glass half empty and wondering how I can always make it better; I feel like, without a dobut, if I had this team from my early 20's until now, I'd be a first ballot Hall of Famer. Bar none; no doubt about it. You get the best fights for you, you get put in the best situations, you get the best money, you get the most press; it just goes on and on and on. I do say it makes you appreciate it that much more, having been through all the other stuff before. It does make you appreciate it a lot. Sometimes I see these young guys and they're in the situation that I have now, they got it from when they turned pro, and I don't know if they appreciate it because they don't know the difference. When you're on the flip side of the script, it's not as much fun. It's a lot of headaches and I survived that part of my career and I've gone on to some good things because of it. I feel like it's developed my character, both as a person and as a fighter.
BT: Do you think coming up the hard way has made you a lot tougher and a lot more resilient both in and out of the ring.
PM: Yeah. You know, I think you have to have a little bit of that naturally, the stubborness and the resiliency. I think I'm born with that; that's kind of in my genetics, but you still have to react the right way. You know, sometimes you're resilient and stubborn, but you're too much over the top, and I've been over the top a lot, but I've been able to channel the energy and when it was time to fight, make sure that I won enough times in those situations where I kept myself relevant. There's losses that I took; it's hard. Let me tell you, man, it's hard to fight Miguel Cotto on Puerto Rican Day eve when he's that undefeated guy, world champion, at the time I fought him, you know. It's hard to fight Amir Khan in his first fight in America where, regardless of the fact that the fight was one-sided, it was a fight that I wasn't put there to win anyway. I mean, they weren't bringing Amir Khan here from England to get beat in his first fight, you know what I'm sayin'. It's hard to produce in those situations when you know what you've been put there for, but, you know, it's part of the learning curve. It's part of what I've been through to develop my character and to develop, you know, me as a person and as a fighter. I feel like I've always been very, very talented. I feel like people look at my knockout record and they say, "Oh, if only he could punch." In reality, I'm not that light of a puncher. In reality, early on in your career is when you get all the knockouts and early on in my career, I had four hand surgeries; four on my right hand, you know what I'm sayin', so when I was fighting opponents that I was supposed to knock out, I had to finish a lot of fights one-handed and I was still winning them. Even that developed my character, knowing that you have one hand and you're fighting another man who has two hands. Regardless if you know you're more talented than him, you can't use all your talent there because you only have one hand. So getting through fights with a poker face, getting through fights without panicking when you're left one-handed, even if it's not at the world-class level, it developed my character there too; it developed me as a man, as a fighter. It's all these expereinces that made me stronger and I think, at the end of the day, they prepare you for the bigger fights. People think, "Oh, if Paulie could punch." In reality, man, I mean, the fighters that I'm fighting now, you know, you're fighting world-class fighters now; you're not going to stop those guys anyway. Most fights between two world-class fighters don't end in knockouts. They just don't. Most of them go the distance, you know. I'm healthy enough now, but you're not gonna just see world-class fighters knock each other out that easily. It happens. I'm not going to tell you I punch like Mike Tyson because I don't, but it happens that people do get knockouts in world-class fights. But even guys that can punch go the distance in world-class fights. That's the way it is, you know, when you're evenly matched world-class fighters.
Arum: Chavez Jr. Presented With Golovkin Deal For 7/12
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By Miguel Rivera
Former WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (48-1-1, 32KOs) has been presented with an offer to face WBA/WBO middleweight champ Gennady Golovkin (29-0, 26KOs). The fight would take place on July 12th, on HBO Pay-Per-View, from the Forum in Los Angeles, according to Chavez's promoter Bob Arum of Top Rank. Given Chavez's struggles with making weight, the fight match would require that Golovkin move up to the super middleweight limit of 168-pounds.
"I spoke with Chavez Jr. on Saturday and presented*a proposal to face Golovkin. It's a fight we would*do on July 12 at the Forum in Los Angeles,"*Arum told Carlos Narvaez.
Another potential option for Chavez is popular light heavyweight contender Jean Pascal, but Golovkin is the frontrunner for Arum, because of the heavy interest for the match from HBO.
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Former WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (48-1-1, 32KOs) has been presented with an offer to face WBA/WBO middleweight champ Gennady Golovkin (29-0, 26KOs). The fight would take place on July 12th, on HBO Pay-Per-View, from the Forum in Los Angeles, according to Chavez's promoter Bob Arum of Top Rank. Given Chavez's struggles with making weight, the fight match would require that Golovkin move up to the super middleweight limit of 168-pounds.
"I spoke with Chavez Jr. on Saturday and presented*a proposal to face Golovkin. It's a fight we would*do on July 12 at the Forum in Los Angeles,"*Arum told Carlos Narvaez.
Another potential option for Chavez is popular light heavyweight contender Jean Pascal, but Golovkin is the frontrunner for Arum, because of the heavy interest for the match from HBO.
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WBO orders Gary Russell Jr.-Vasyl Lomachenko for vacant title
March 20, 2014
WBO President Paco Valcarcel has declared that Golden Boy and Top Rank have 30 days to negotiate a featherweight fight between Gary Russell Jr. and Vasyl Lomachenko for the vacant title, he informed RingTV.com on Thursday.
Valcarcel announced the decision rendered by the WBO's championship committee on his Twitter account.
"@mrgaryrusselljr-@vasyllomachenko ordered for vacant #WBO Featherweight title," wrote Valcarcel. "Sides have 30 days to negotiate. G @Golden BoyBoxing @trboxing."
In an earlier interview with RingTV.com, Valcarcel stated that "the title fight will take place within three months, so we're talking about no later than July."
Since Russell and Lomachenko are represented by rival promoters Golden Boy and Top Rank, Valcarcel acknowledged during an earlier interview with RingTV.com that negotiations for a potential meeting between the two is likely to go to purse bid.
Top Rank CEO Bob Arum said that he would adhere to the mandate.
“If those are the rules, then those are the rules…That’s no big deal,” said Arum, during a phone conversation from Puerto Rico on Thursday. “If we can’t reach an agreement, then we’ll go to purse bid. That’s what it’s designed for. Golden Boy and ourselves have done a number of fights that way, after either we or they won on purse bid.”
Although Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer could not be reached for an immediate comment, he said the same during an interview in October.
“If it can’t get done, then it will have to go to purse bid,” said Schaefer. “I think that’s fantastic and I think that Gary is definitely up to the challenge.”
A 2008 U.S. Olympian [Russell qualified for the team but never competed due to missing the weigh-in] who is coming off a knockout of Miguel Tamayo in January, Russell (24-0, 14 KOs) was declared by Valcarcel in October to be the organization’s mandatory challenger to face then-beltholder Orlando Salido.
The ruling did not preclude Salido from making a voluntary defense against Lomachenko, 26, which he did on March 1. Lomachenko fell by split-decision to Salido, who lost his WBO belt at the scales after failing to make the 126-pound weigh-in limit.
As a result of Salido's failure, the title became vacant, though Lomachenko was eligible to win it if he had been victorious.
Lomachenko had said that he wanted to make history by becoming a titleholder in what was being billed as his second professional fight. According to Fight Fax Inc., Lomachenko is actually 7-1 because he was paid to take part in six World Series of Boxing fights.
Below is official resolution of The WBO's World Championship Committee:
On March 1, 2014 Mexico’s Orlando Salido faced two-time Olympic gold medalist and #5 WBO Vasyl Lomachenko of Ukraine in a featherweight bout at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. Salido weighed in at 128 ¼ pounds, well over the 126-pound limit for what was supposed to be his first title defense against Lomachenko, thus losing his WBO Feather-weight Championship of the World on the scale.
Prior to the Lomachenko fight with then WBO Champion Salido, we had ordered the winner to face Gary Russell, Jr. of the United States. However, the title remained vacant after Salido won what has been billed by many as a controversial twelve round split decision due to repeated low blows landed by Salido on Lomachenko during the fight that went unpenalized by Referee Laurence Cole.
Judges Jack Reiss and Oren Shellenberger gave Salido (41-12-2, 28 KOs) winning scores of 116-112 and 115-113, while Judge Levi Martinez scored the fight 115-113 for Lomachenko (1-1-0, 1 KO), in what was undoubtedly a very competitive and physical fight.
Now, therefore, according to our Regulations, this WBO World Championship Committee determines without entering into the merits of the discussion over Cole’s performance as third man in the ring and after carefully considering the records of wins and losses and caliber of opponents of the current top contenders in the WBO Featherweight Division, that:
1. None of the Top 5 contenders in the WBO Featherweight Division- with the exception of Gary Russell, Jr. and Vasyl Lomachenko- has faced an opponent classified by the WBO.
2. Gary Russell, Jr. and Vasyl Lomachenko are the two Best Classified Contenders Available and are as such ordered to fight for the WBO Featherweight Championship of the World.
3. The parties shall be granted a period not to exceed thirty (30) days to negotiate a contract for the vacant WBO Featherweight Championship of the World.
4. If an accord is not reached within the time frame, a Purse Bid will be ordered.
5. The WBO President may, upon the request from either contestant order a purse bid to be held not earlier than ten (10) days from the date of the request, without utilizing the thirty (30) day period for negotiations.
March 20, 2014
WBO President Paco Valcarcel has declared that Golden Boy and Top Rank have 30 days to negotiate a featherweight fight between Gary Russell Jr. and Vasyl Lomachenko for the vacant title, he informed RingTV.com on Thursday.
Valcarcel announced the decision rendered by the WBO's championship committee on his Twitter account.
"@mrgaryrusselljr-@vasyllomachenko ordered for vacant #WBO Featherweight title," wrote Valcarcel. "Sides have 30 days to negotiate. G @Golden BoyBoxing @trboxing."
In an earlier interview with RingTV.com, Valcarcel stated that "the title fight will take place within three months, so we're talking about no later than July."
Since Russell and Lomachenko are represented by rival promoters Golden Boy and Top Rank, Valcarcel acknowledged during an earlier interview with RingTV.com that negotiations for a potential meeting between the two is likely to go to purse bid.
Top Rank CEO Bob Arum said that he would adhere to the mandate.
“If those are the rules, then those are the rules…That’s no big deal,” said Arum, during a phone conversation from Puerto Rico on Thursday. “If we can’t reach an agreement, then we’ll go to purse bid. That’s what it’s designed for. Golden Boy and ourselves have done a number of fights that way, after either we or they won on purse bid.”
Although Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer could not be reached for an immediate comment, he said the same during an interview in October.
“If it can’t get done, then it will have to go to purse bid,” said Schaefer. “I think that’s fantastic and I think that Gary is definitely up to the challenge.”
A 2008 U.S. Olympian [Russell qualified for the team but never competed due to missing the weigh-in] who is coming off a knockout of Miguel Tamayo in January, Russell (24-0, 14 KOs) was declared by Valcarcel in October to be the organization’s mandatory challenger to face then-beltholder Orlando Salido.
The ruling did not preclude Salido from making a voluntary defense against Lomachenko, 26, which he did on March 1. Lomachenko fell by split-decision to Salido, who lost his WBO belt at the scales after failing to make the 126-pound weigh-in limit.
As a result of Salido's failure, the title became vacant, though Lomachenko was eligible to win it if he had been victorious.
Lomachenko had said that he wanted to make history by becoming a titleholder in what was being billed as his second professional fight. According to Fight Fax Inc., Lomachenko is actually 7-1 because he was paid to take part in six World Series of Boxing fights.
Below is official resolution of The WBO's World Championship Committee:
On March 1, 2014 Mexico’s Orlando Salido faced two-time Olympic gold medalist and #5 WBO Vasyl Lomachenko of Ukraine in a featherweight bout at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. Salido weighed in at 128 ¼ pounds, well over the 126-pound limit for what was supposed to be his first title defense against Lomachenko, thus losing his WBO Feather-weight Championship of the World on the scale.
Prior to the Lomachenko fight with then WBO Champion Salido, we had ordered the winner to face Gary Russell, Jr. of the United States. However, the title remained vacant after Salido won what has been billed by many as a controversial twelve round split decision due to repeated low blows landed by Salido on Lomachenko during the fight that went unpenalized by Referee Laurence Cole.
Judges Jack Reiss and Oren Shellenberger gave Salido (41-12-2, 28 KOs) winning scores of 116-112 and 115-113, while Judge Levi Martinez scored the fight 115-113 for Lomachenko (1-1-0, 1 KO), in what was undoubtedly a very competitive and physical fight.
Now, therefore, according to our Regulations, this WBO World Championship Committee determines without entering into the merits of the discussion over Cole’s performance as third man in the ring and after carefully considering the records of wins and losses and caliber of opponents of the current top contenders in the WBO Featherweight Division, that:
1. None of the Top 5 contenders in the WBO Featherweight Division- with the exception of Gary Russell, Jr. and Vasyl Lomachenko- has faced an opponent classified by the WBO.
2. Gary Russell, Jr. and Vasyl Lomachenko are the two Best Classified Contenders Available and are as such ordered to fight for the WBO Featherweight Championship of the World.
3. The parties shall be granted a period not to exceed thirty (30) days to negotiate a contract for the vacant WBO Featherweight Championship of the World.
4. If an accord is not reached within the time frame, a Purse Bid will be ordered.
5. The WBO President may, upon the request from either contestant order a purse bid to be held not earlier than ten (10) days from the date of the request, without utilizing the thirty (30) day period for negotiations.
Mauricio Herrera wants Danny Garcia rematch, Lucas Matthysse
Mauricio Herrera is known as “El Maestro” (the teacher) in the boxing world, but after making a convincing case as to why he should have won his junior welterweight title challenge against champ Danny Garcia on Saturday, maybe the tough and crafty Southern Californian should be known as “El Abogado” (the lawyer).
Herrera was still disappointed about the outcome of his fight in Bayamon, Puerto Rico, which was seen on Showtime. A majority of observers (both media and fans) thought Herrera did enough to win a decision against the unbeaten Garcia.
Instead, Herrera left Puerto Rico perplexed as to how two of the three judges thought Garcia did enough to win. After 48 hours and a long flight back to his home in Riverside, Calif., Herrera reflected on the fight and still believes he should have THE RING, WBA and WBC world titles wrapped around his waist.
“I’ve watched the fight three or four times,” Herrera told RingTV.com over the telephone on Monday night. “Each time I watch it, the beating that I gave Garcia gets worse and worse. He never adjusted to anything that I did. We were boxing him and pressuring him when we needed to.”
“What made me laugh was after the fight when he was being interviewed. He was saying that he was starting to adjust. I was like ‘When did you adjust?’ He barely landed anything. He hardly landed that left hook. I landed more than him.”
Herrera may have a point. Herrera landed 221 total punches to Garcia’s 204 and he also landed more jabs at a three-to-one ratio.
According to CompuBox, Garcia did land 150 power punches to Herrera’s 82, which Herrera questioned as to where Garcia landed those punches when his face hardly had a mark on it.
Herrera pointed to the crowd reaction and what the Showtime commentators said to him after the fight as proof that his work during the fight was more effective than Garcia’s.
“The Puerto Rican crowd supported me and wanted pictures with me,” he said. “The commentators thought I won the fight. The only thing that I want people to know was that I was not tired at all in the fight. The announcers thought that I was tired in the 11th round, but I wasn’t. I was conserving my energy for the 12th round.”
To some, Herrera may sound like a sore loser. Instead, Herrera sounded like a confident and relaxed fighter, one who felt had done his job on Saturday night.
Asked about what his future plans are, Herrera said he wants a rematch against Garcia. If a rematch does not materialize, he said he is willing to take on any of the top fighters at 140 pounds.
“We asked Golden Boy Promotions (Herrera’s new promoter) for a rematch today (Monday). That’s something that we want. If that doesn’t work out, I want to fight the biggest and the best fighters out there. No one wants to fight (Lucas) Matthysse. I’m willing to fight him.”
Before Herrera fought Garcia, there was talk that Garcia would fight one or two more fights at 140 pounds, then make the move up to 147 pounds. After the fight, Garcia began hinting about making a move up to the welterweight division sooner rather than later.
The comments humored Herrera, who believed Garcia was looking for a cop out.
“Garcia kept saying he had a bad day and that he was not happy with his performance. He had a bad day because he knew he lost the fight. Now he’s saying he wants to move up to 147 pounds when he never said that before our fight. He had all that time to prepare for our fight. He knew I landed the better and cleaner punches.”
It is hard not to feel bad for Herrera, but that is boxing. It is not the first time a decision goes against a fighter who though he won and it will not be the last.
The only answer for the dispute in opinions is for a rematch to take place between the two fighters, but Herrera is taking the higher road as he believes bigger and better fights are out there for him.
If there is a lesson to be learned, it is that fight fans want to watch Herrera again in the future.
Mauricio Herrera is known as “El Maestro” (the teacher) in the boxing world, but after making a convincing case as to why he should have won his junior welterweight title challenge against champ Danny Garcia on Saturday, maybe the tough and crafty Southern Californian should be known as “El Abogado” (the lawyer).
Herrera was still disappointed about the outcome of his fight in Bayamon, Puerto Rico, which was seen on Showtime. A majority of observers (both media and fans) thought Herrera did enough to win a decision against the unbeaten Garcia.
Instead, Herrera left Puerto Rico perplexed as to how two of the three judges thought Garcia did enough to win. After 48 hours and a long flight back to his home in Riverside, Calif., Herrera reflected on the fight and still believes he should have THE RING, WBA and WBC world titles wrapped around his waist.
“I’ve watched the fight three or four times,” Herrera told RingTV.com over the telephone on Monday night. “Each time I watch it, the beating that I gave Garcia gets worse and worse. He never adjusted to anything that I did. We were boxing him and pressuring him when we needed to.”
“What made me laugh was after the fight when he was being interviewed. He was saying that he was starting to adjust. I was like ‘When did you adjust?’ He barely landed anything. He hardly landed that left hook. I landed more than him.”
Herrera may have a point. Herrera landed 221 total punches to Garcia’s 204 and he also landed more jabs at a three-to-one ratio.
According to CompuBox, Garcia did land 150 power punches to Herrera’s 82, which Herrera questioned as to where Garcia landed those punches when his face hardly had a mark on it.
Herrera pointed to the crowd reaction and what the Showtime commentators said to him after the fight as proof that his work during the fight was more effective than Garcia’s.
“The Puerto Rican crowd supported me and wanted pictures with me,” he said. “The commentators thought I won the fight. The only thing that I want people to know was that I was not tired at all in the fight. The announcers thought that I was tired in the 11th round, but I wasn’t. I was conserving my energy for the 12th round.”
To some, Herrera may sound like a sore loser. Instead, Herrera sounded like a confident and relaxed fighter, one who felt had done his job on Saturday night.
Asked about what his future plans are, Herrera said he wants a rematch against Garcia. If a rematch does not materialize, he said he is willing to take on any of the top fighters at 140 pounds.
“We asked Golden Boy Promotions (Herrera’s new promoter) for a rematch today (Monday). That’s something that we want. If that doesn’t work out, I want to fight the biggest and the best fighters out there. No one wants to fight (Lucas) Matthysse. I’m willing to fight him.”
Before Herrera fought Garcia, there was talk that Garcia would fight one or two more fights at 140 pounds, then make the move up to 147 pounds. After the fight, Garcia began hinting about making a move up to the welterweight division sooner rather than later.
The comments humored Herrera, who believed Garcia was looking for a cop out.
“Garcia kept saying he had a bad day and that he was not happy with his performance. He had a bad day because he knew he lost the fight. Now he’s saying he wants to move up to 147 pounds when he never said that before our fight. He had all that time to prepare for our fight. He knew I landed the better and cleaner punches.”
It is hard not to feel bad for Herrera, but that is boxing. It is not the first time a decision goes against a fighter who though he won and it will not be the last.
The only answer for the dispute in opinions is for a rematch to take place between the two fighters, but Herrera is taking the higher road as he believes bigger and better fights are out there for him.
If there is a lesson to be learned, it is that fight fans want to watch Herrera again in the future.
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