Boxing schedule for the month of August

[2-0-Sixx]

Not a big month. Guerrero vs Maidana best fight, Kelly Pavlik kicks off the month, Kimbo Slice makes his boxing debut lol, Showtimes Bantamweight final, last month of the season of Friday Night Fights, and an under the radar heavyweight fight Alexander Povetkin vs. Ruslan Chagaev.



August 5
At Santa Ynez, Calif. (ESPN2): Tim Coleman vs. Vernon Paris, 10 rounds, junior welterweights; Cristobal Cruz vs. Art Hovhannisyan, Luis Franco vs. Adolfo Landeros, Roman Morales vs. Rodrigo Arranda, Michael Anderson vs. Bernardo Guereca, Michael Faragon vs. Ira Terry

At Guaynabo, Puerto Rico: Juan Mercedes vs. Luis Maldonado, 10 rounds, junior bantamweights; Luis Joel Gonzalez vs. Luis Rodriguez, Jonathan Gonzalez vs. TBA, Giovanni Rodriguez vs. Jose Ramon Sanchez, Carlos Delgado vs. Carlos Lopez, Kenneth Rivera vs. Ned Lopez, Kenneth Diaz vs. Nelson Agosto, Ismael Pagan vs. Juan Carlos Molina, Jesus Javier Cintron vs. Angel Pascual



August 6
At Youngstown, Ohio (Showtime): Kelly Pavlik vs. Darryl Cunningham, 10 rounds, super middleweights; Evgeny Gradovich vs. Coy Evans, 8 rounds, featherweights; Carney Bowman vs. Rafael Lora, Wilkins Santiago vs. Orphius Waite, Vincent O'Neil vs. TBA, Marco Hall vs. Lance Rogers

At Tokyo: Ryol Li Lee vs. Rikiya Fukuhara,10 rounds, featherweights

At Holyoke, Mass.: Derrick Whitley vs. Adam Harris, Joseph Perez vs. Kevin Carmody, Jair Ramos vs. Joel Alarcon, Pedro Gonzales vs. George Perez, Reinaldo Graceski vs. TBA, Jose Angel Ortiz vs. Noel Garcia, Jose Torres vs. Covon Graham, Nate Green vs. John Lowery



August 10
At Tokyo: Kazuto Ioka vs. Juan Hernandez, 12 rounds, for Ioka's WBC strawweight title

August 11
At Panama City, Panama: Luis Concepcion vs. Manuel Vargas, 10 round, flyweights



August 12
At St. Charles, Mo. (ESPN2): Antwone Smith vs. Kermit Cintron, 10 rounds, junior middleweights

At Indio, Calif. (Telefutura): Antonio Diaz vs. Ernesto Zepeda, Andrew Cancio vs. Lowell Brownfield, Jose Antonio Vargas vs. Luis Cervantes, Humberto Zatarain vs. Rocco Espinoza, Angel Osuna vs. TBA, Jonathan Jackson vs. TBA, Kenny Williams vs. Marcos Rojas

At Chester, Pa.: Victor Vasquez vs. TBA, Tony Ferrante vs. TBA, Angel Ocasio vs. TBA, Joey Dawejko vs. TBA, Joey Tiberi vs. TBA, Oscar Vazquez vs. TBA



August 13
At Las Vegas (Showtime): Bantamweight tournament final, Joseph Agbeko vs. Abner Mares, 12 rounds, for Agbeko's IBF bantamweight title; Eric Molina vs. TBA, Eric Morel vs. Daniel Quevedo, Chaen Chase vs. TBA, Luis Ramos Jr. vs. David Rodela, Jorge Espinoza vs. TBA, Carlos Molina vs. Joshua Allotey, 8 rounds, junior welterweights

At Atlantic City, N.J. (Fox Deportes/FSN): Teon Kennedy vs. Alejandro Lopez, 12 rounds, Matt Remillard vs. Aaron Garcia, Glen Tapia vs. TBA, 6 rounds, junior middleweights; Yordenis Ugas vs. TBA, Camilo Perez vs. TBA

At Miami, Okla.: Kimbo Slice vs. James Wade, 4 rounds, heavyweights

At Broadbeach, Australia: Michael Katsidis vs. Michael Lozada, 12 rounds, lightweights; Jarrod Fletcher vs. Arnel Tinampay, Nestor Rocha vs. Jack Asis, Mick Shaw vs. Brett Smith, Brayd Smith vs. David Smith, Ron Bradford vs. James Chan, Knox Mohenoa vs. Brett Peters, Israel Kani vs. Chris Fox, 4 rounds



August 19
At Hammond, Ind. (ESPN2): "Friday Night Fights" season finale, Mauricio Herrera vs. Ruslan Provonikov, rematch, 12 rounds, junior welterweights; David Diaz vs. Hank Lundy, 10 round, lightweights; Montel Griffin vs. TBA, 10 rounds, cruiserweights

At Bronx, N.Y. (Telefutura): Mike Perez vs. Fernando Carcamo, Eddie Gomez vs. Marcus Hall

At Ponce, Puerto Rico: Cesar Seda Jr. vs. Yan Barthelemy, 10 rounds, bantamweights; Jose Pedraza vs. TBA

At Corunna, Spain: Karim Guerfi vs. Valery Yanchy, 12 rounds, for vacant European flyweight title

At Blackpool, England: Matthew Hatton vs. Andrei Abramenka, 12 rounds, welterweights



August 20
At Worcester, Mass.: Edwin Rodriguez vs. Chris Traietti, 10 rounds, super middleweights; Joachim Alcine vs. TBA, Ryan Kielczewski vs. TBA, Luis Rosa vs. Shawn Nichol, Rashad Minor vs. Kelvin Price, Sonya Lamonakis vs. Tiffany Woodard, Keith Bianchini vs. Randy Smith, Gabriel Duluc vs. TBA

At Donetsk, Ukraine: Vyacheslav Senchenko vs. Marco Antonio Avendano, 12 rounds, for Senchenko's WBA welterweight title



August 26
At Chicago (Telefutura): Frankie Gomez vs. Adrian Granados, 8 rounds, junior welterweights; Jaime Herrera vs. TBA, Luis Santiago vs. TBA, Juan Bustamante vs. TBA, Juan Carlos Fernandez vs. TBA, Daniel Sotelo vs. TBA

At Kissimmee, Fla. (Telemundo): Jose Nieves vs. Cuauhtemoc Vargas, rematch, 12 rounds, junior featherweights; William Gonzalez vs. TBA, 6 rounds, junior featherweights; Hairon Socarras vs. TBA, 4 rounds, junior featherweights

At Donetsk, Ukraine: Karoly Balzsay vs. Stas Kashtanov, 12 rounds, for vacant WBA "regular" super middleweight title



August 27
At San Jose, Calif. (HBO): Marcos Maidana vs. Robert Guerrero, 12 rounds, for Maidana's WBA interim junior welterweight title; Seth Mitchell vs. TBA, 10 rounds, heavyweights

At Erfurt, Germany: Alexander Povetkin vs. Ruslan Chagaev, 12 rounds, for vacant WBA "regular" heavyweight title; Robert Helenius vs. Sergei Liakhovich, 12 rounds, heavyweights

At Atlantic City, N.J.: Vinny Maddalone vs. Mike Sheppard, 10 rounds, heavyweights; Shamone Alvarez vs. Chris Fernandez, 8 rounds, welterweights



August 28
At TBA, Canada: Logan Cotton McGuinness vs. Benoit Gaudet, 10 rounds, lightweights


August 31
At Hobart, Australia: Daniel Geale vs. Eromosele Albert, 12 rounds, for Geale's IBF middleweight title; Garth Wood vs. Johannes Mwetupunga, 12 rounds, middleweights

At Tokyo: Koki Kameda vs. David De La Mora, 12 rounds, for Kameda's WBA "regular" banatamweight title

 

[JLMACN]

September is when it all gets good!


5000

 

[2-0-Sixx]

Yep, the rest of the year from sept till dec big fights:
October: Hopkins-Dawson, Ward-Froch, Sergio Martinez
Nov: Pacquiao-Marquez
Dec: Cotto-Margarito

 

[2-0-Sixx]

Pavlik the drama queen?? Not a good look if he pulls out days before a scheduled fight. He should realize he hasn't done sh!t the last couple of years and is lucky to be in the spot he's in right now (a chance at Bute if he wins) despite being in rehab, etc. smh.


Pavlik Threatening to pull out of Saturdays fight due to dispute with Top Rank

Kelly Pavlik has threatened to pull out of Saturday's fight against Darryl Cunningham over the offer he received to face IBF super middleweight titleholder Lucian Bute in his next fight, RingTV.com has learned.

A source familiar with the negotiations said Pavlik (36-2, 32 knockouts) is upset because he has been offered far less by his promotion frim, Top Rank, than Mikkel Kessler was offered to face Bute. Kessler turned down the offer.

"Kelly had heard that Kessler was being offered something like $3.5 million, and that he turned that down. So Kelly wasn't really happy with the $1.1 million that Top Rank was offering him," the source said on Tuesday, speaking on the condition of anonymity.

"So I would say that right now, I don't think that (Saturday's) fight's going to happen. Unless, of course, Top Rank comes back with something (better)."

Pavlik, the former middleweight champion, pulled out of a fight with Paul Williams last year because of a staph infection in his hand.

"This had nothing to do with an injury," the source said.

Showtime is scheduled to televise the Pavlik-Cunningham fight.

 

[2-0-Sixx]

wow lost a lot of respect for Kelly. This was in his hometown, all his fans in Youngstown that bought tickets, what a prick.


Kelly Pavlik Withdraws From Darryl Cunningham Clash


YOUNGSTOWN – Former World Middleweight Champion and current World Boxing Council (WBC) No. 1-rated super middleweight contender KELLY “The Ghost” PAVLIK’s professional boxing comeback took a wrong turn inasmuch as Pavlik withdrew from his upcoming 10-round bout against Darryl Cunningham today. The Pavlik-Cunningham bout was scheduled to take place on Saturday at the Covelli Centre in Youngstown, OH, and was to be televised live on SHOWTIME® as the main event of a special edition of ShoBox: The New Generation. Both the broadcast and the live event have been canceled. Ticketholders can get a refund by returning their tickets to the place of purchase.

“Top Rank is very disappointed at Kelly’s sudden decision to discontinue the rebuilding of his boxing career,” said Todd duBoef, president of Top Rank, Pavlik’s promoter. “Kelly’s team specifically outlined a strategy for Kelly to return to the ring in an effective fashion. Kelly’s team gave us their objectives and we set them on a course, which began last May with Kelly’s fight against Alfonso Lopez and was to continue on Saturday against Darryl Cunningham. It seems Kelly has derailed this plan.”

 

[bigface]

Pavlik is done. But hey I don't know what I'm talking about. LOL.. Pavlik just needs a little drink or some coke like Hatton and he will be alright.

 

[Timm]

never looked at pavlik the same after hopkins made him look like a dude that won a "fight bernard hopkins" contest on the radio

 

[2-0-Sixx]

Pavlik clearly has some issues. I doubt its about the money, he's probably on the booze again. Apparently he was offered a 60/40 split with Bute, with a $1.3 million minimum (not total).

Either way, mentally he seems fucked up. He should focus on recovery and stay away from boxing

 

[naner12]

Pavlik clearly has some issues. I doubt its about the money, he's probably on the booze again. Apparently he was offered a 60/40 split with Bute, with a $1.3 million minimum (not total).

Either way, mentally he seems fucked up. He should focus on recovery and stay away from boxing

I saw on E360 that he was on not that long ago talking about how he stopped drinking but through the whole thing he kept insisting that he never had a problem and he wasn't addicted he just liked to drink etc. I don't think he ever actually completed one of his treatments.

This is a big time bitch move though. It's not like it's some random fight in Vegas, it's a fight in your hometown in front of the main people that support you..

 

[2-0-Sixx]

Yep. And weeks ago there was a story that he got into a big fight with his brother and actually pulled his bro out of a glass window. He bailed when the cops came and his bro didn't press charges but apparently told the cops they were drinking which pavlik denied. Additionally he reportedly isn't on speaking terms with his own father so it looks like shit is real fucked up in his personal life. Cunningham said today in an interview that he had to ho through extensive medical tests on Monday which were completely out of the norm and he believes team pavlik was trying to see if they could get him not medically cleared to fight as if they were trying to find an excuse to cancel the fight.

 

[Rumpelstiltskin]

Agbeko vs Mares
Maidana vs Guerrero

Really looking forward to both of those.

 

[2-0-Sixx]

Agbeko vs Mares

Who you got? Thinking about dropping a little on Agbeko at +145

 

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[Timm]

^ this dude needs to fight a klitschko

 

[2-0-Sixx]

that's the idea. If he beats Chagaev he will become Wlad's WBA mandatory.

That's a solid card too. It's in germany so I'll be able to stream that in the day before Guerrero-Maidana. Robert Helenius is on the undercard he had that nasty KO of sam peter in his last fight, he looks pretty good.

 

[Timm]

so fast

 

[naner12]

This would make the 3rd time Povetkin gets a mandatory against Wlad. His camp (Atlas) already turned down 2 fights with Wlad. Teddy Atlas, at least for the short term, has ruined his career. Not only did he put him in against scrubs he's gotten progressively worse in the ring all the while turning down big money fights against the heavyweight champion.

There's a reason Povetkin and his manager took this fight against Chagaev during a date where they know Teddy won't be able to be up there because of his commitment to FNF.

 

[2-0-Sixx]

you're god damn right naner, teddy atlas is a terrible trainer I forgot who on here was saying he's better than freddie roach but you just got to LOL at comments like that. Every person atlas has ever trained it ends on a sour note.

 

[2-0-Sixx]

also update on Aug 19th card: Ruslan Provonikov injured himself in training and had to pull out. I believe the David Diaz vs Henry Lundy has been elevated to the main event and Demetrius Andrade vs TBA will be shown not sure who else.


August 19
At Hammond, Ind. (ESPN2): "Friday Night Fights" season finale, Mauricio Herrera vs. Ruslan Provonikov, rematch, 12 rounds, junior welterweights; David Diaz vs. Hank Lundy, 10 round, lightweights; Montel Griffin vs. TBA, 10 rounds, cruiserweights

 

[2-0-Sixx]

too soon naner......



However, during his chat session today on ESPN, boxing scribe Dan Rafael announced that Atlas will be taking a leave of absence from FNF for the rest of the season to train Povetkin. Atlas will be replaced by middleweight contender Sergio Mora as FNF boxing analyst for the remainder of the season.

Mora will take over this Friday night alongside Joe Tessitore, while Atlas heads to Russia to prepare Povetkin for his title shot.