Canelo: Hoping Guerrero will beat Mayweather on Saturday

Floyd Mayweather gets gloves onBy Dan Ambrose: WBA/WBC junior middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez thinks Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero (31-1-1, 18 KO’s) will defeat unbeaten Floyd Mayweather Jr. (43-0, 26 KO’s) this Saturday night in Las Vegas, Nevada, and Canelo is really hoping that takes place because his chances of getting a fight with Guerrero are quite high, even though Canelo would likely out-weigh Guerrero by 25 pounds by the time they stepped foot in the ring.

Canelo said to Showtime: “All the work we put in the strategy we had for this fight went very well, and most importantly we won. It was a fight where we couldn’t throw a lot of punches because he’s a southpaw because of the style. I came to fight my fight and win the way I thought I would win and I’m very pleased with the victory and I’m going to repeat:

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Schaefer: We want Deontay to fight David Price or Tyson Fury

wilder7By Scott Gilfoid: Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer says he’d like to set up a fight between his fighter unbeaten heavyweight contender Deontay Wilder (28-0, 28 KO’s) and the top British heavyweights David Price or Tyson Fury if they’re willing to fight him.

Schaefer doesn’t think they are, but he’s very, very interested in making that fight if either of them gets the courage to accept the fight with the 6’7” knockout artist Wilder.

Deontay stopped one of Britain’s best heavyweights in Audley Harrison in the 1st round last night in Sheffield. It’s too bad Britain’s two biggest heavyweights won’t step up to the plate to fight Deontay because it kind of looks bad that they don’t want to test themselves against him.

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Khan beats Diaz & Martinez decisions Murray in unpopular decisions

martinez66A lot has been said over the years about home decisions and that was yet again the case tonight, one in Sheffield, England and the other in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Both of the fights were competitive and top class boxing was on display but surely it’s time that these dodgy decisions have to be cut from the sport before they kill it.

First up in the evening was what was meant to be a routine tune-up fight for Amir “King” Khan against the well respected but perhaps getting on a bit in his career, Julio Diaz. Khan came out and for the first couple of rounds demonstrated his blistering hand-speed and solid footwork but as the fight went on much like the Khan v Garcia fight of last year Diaz found his range and began to tag Khan.

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Garcia defeats Judah in a war

05(Photo credit: Naoki Fakuda) By Jim Dower: In an exciting fight, WBA/WBC light welterweight champion Danny Garcia (26-0, 16 KO’s) defeated former two division world champion Zab Judah (42-8, 29 KO’s) by a 12 round unanimous decision on Saturday night at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. The final judges’ scores were 115-112, 114-112, 116-111.

Garcia knocked Judah down with a big right hand in the 8th round. Just when it looked like Garcia was going to score a stoppage, Judah came back in the last three rounds, hurting Garcia with big left hands in the 10th and 11th rounds. Garcia appeared to gas out in the last part of the fight, and he looked uncomfortable in taking Judah’s big left hand power shots.

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Stiverne decisions Arreola in bloodbath

arreola33By Jim Dower: In a surprise upset, #2 WBC heavyweight contender Bermane Stiverne (23-1-1, 20 KO’s) defeated #1 WBC Chris Arreola (35-3, 30 KO’s) by a 12 round unanimous decision to become the WBC mandatory challenger on Saturday night at the Citizens Business Bank Arena, in Ontario, California, USA. The judges scored the fight 117-110, 117-110 and 118-109.

The fight looked like it was going to go Arreola’s way in the first two rounds, as he landed a lot of hard shots in trying to score a quick knockout. However, in the 3rd round, Stiverne changed things around by knocking Arreola down late in the round with a big right hand to the head.

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Sergio Martinez defeats Martin Murray in an impressive performance

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By Scott Gilfoid: WBC middleweight champion Sergio Martinez (51-2-2, 28 KO’s) put in an impressive performance tonight in defeating previously unbeaten challenger Martin Murray (25-1-1, 11 KO’s) by a 12 round unanimous decision at the Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield, Buenos Aires, Distrito Federal, Argentina. The final judges’ scores were 115-112, 115-112 and 115-112.

Murray knocked Martinez down with a right hand in the 8th round. Martinez wasn’t hurt by the shot. It was more of a case of Martinez moving away at the time that he was hit.

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Khan shows the heart of a lion in beating Diaz

khan#3By Jamil Akram: Amir “King” Khan (28-3, 19 KO’s) showed a heart of a lion and a ton of courage in beating Julio Diaz (40-8-1, 29 KOs’) tonight by a 12 round unanimous decision. Khan was knocked down in the 4th round, but he survived and went on to get the victory. The performance was a edgy but very gripping from the first bell to the last.

Khan was committed and dedicated which is the reason he survived win against a  tough Mexican Julio Diaz who was truly magnificent.

Listening to the corner in between rounds, I think Khan had underestimated Diaz’s power. King Khan proved everyone and himself that after getting knocked down in the 4th round and getting back up. He still managed to mentally regroup and come back from the knockdown.

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Martinez edges Murray in close fight

martinez2121By Jim Dower: Showing his age tonight, WBC middleweight champion Sergio Martinez (51-2-2, 28 KO’s) had a much tougher time than expected in getting past Martin Murray (25-1-1, 11 KO’) by a 12 round unanimous decision in front of his hometown crowd at the Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield, Buenos Aires, Distrito Federal, Argentina.

The crowd estimates are 50,000 fans were in attendance to see Martinez defeat Murray. The judges scored it 115-112, 115-112 and 115-112. It appears that the fight outcome came down to the last two rounds, the 11th and 12th, where Martinez outworked Murray.

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Khan’s next fight in December will be for a world title, says Schaefer

khan#1By William Mackay: Golden Boy promotions CEO Richard Schaefer says Amir Khan’s next fight in December will be for a world title against the winner of Golden Boy’s 140 lb. tournament. Khan will be facing one of the following fighters: Zab Judah, Danny Garcia, Lamont Peterson or Lucas Matthysse.

The chances are high that Khan will be facing Garcia or Matthysse. That’s bad news for Khan because he looked positively awful tonight in barely beating welterweight Julio Diaz (40-8-1, 29 KO’s) by a 12 round unanimous decision in their catch-weight fight at 143 pounds at the Motorpoint Arena in Sheffield, UK.

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Khan survives knockdown to defeat Diaz

khan#2By Scott Gilfoid: Former IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (28-3, 18 KO’s) had to go life and death tonight to defeat Julio Diaz (40-8-1, 29 KO’s) by a 12 round unanimous decision. The final judges’ scores were 114-113, 115-113, 115-112. Khan was knocked down in the 4th round from a big left hook from Diaz. Khan was later staggered in rounds 8, 9, 10 and 11 by big shots from Diaz.

Khan looked like a washed up fighter tonight, no better than Diaz, who is way past his prime. I had Diaz winning a close decision by getting the better of Khan in the 3rd, 4th [the round Diaz knocked down Khan down with a left hook], 8th, 9th, 10th and 11th. Khan clearly won rounds 1, 2, 5, 6, 7 and 12. However, with the knockdown in the 4th, Diaz should have been given the decision. I couldn’t give Khan rounds where he was staggered, but it looks as if that’s what some of these judges did tonight.

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