Mayweather: The Last 5 Defining Opponents

floyd10By Mateo Miranda: Floyd Mayweather Jr. in the eyes of boxing is like a quarter one side believes he’s the best fighter of all time and on the other side he’s the best business man on the planet who has always held the cards in his hand and has laid out the cards of opponents who have lead him to become undefeated champion and almost billionaire.

The debate between heads and tales can go on for days, weeks, months, and years. But Floyd can put an end to all the nonsense and engrave his name on the side which represents the best fighter of all time by taking on the last 5 defining opponents that would silence the negative side of the quarter and leaving them without an argument to make.

Austin Trout: Many will say he’s leftover’s from Saul Alvarez. But how many of Manny Pacquiao leftover’s has Floyd digested throughout the years? Nevertheless Trout’s bout with Alvarez was a really close fight so it will be in Floyd’s best interest to show “no doubt” his type of caliber is greater than Alvarez.

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Smith: Canelo rules out fighting Mayweather at a catchweight

canelo5434By Dan Ambrose: WBA/WBC junior middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez has reportedly said no to the idea of him fighting WBC welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. at a catchweight of 150-151, according to Stephen A. Smith of ESPN. Canelo only wants the fight at 154, so if Mayweather wants to fight him, he’ll have to come up to Canelo’s weight class to make the fight happen.

Smith said to ESPN “Canelo is a big boy and he’s a bigger boy. He’s a big dude…he walks around bigger. Canelo is on record saying he won’t do the catchweight…but if he wants to make big money, he’s going to have to shave off three pounds and not fight at 154. Canelo is really a junior middleweight that an fight as a middleweight.”

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Groves wants Froch-Kessler winner

kessler#200(Photo Credit: Thomas Sjorup) By Scott Gilfoid: Unbeaten super middleweight contender George Groves (18-0, 14 KO’s) wants to fight the winner of Saturday’s unification match-up between IBF super middleweight champion Carl Froch and WBA champion Mikkel Kessler. Groves’ promoter Eddie Hearn feels that it would be an easy fight to put together between Groves and Froch should Froch get past Kessler on Saturday night.

However, it’ll be up to Froch whether he’s agreeable to fighting Groves, and right now it looks like Froch wants no part of him.

Groves said to Sky Sports “I’m number two with the WBA…I’m very close to being the mandatory…That could mean I could fight the winner of these two.”

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Hopkins wants Bute or Froch after Murat bout

hopkins_wright2224By Allan Fox: IBF light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins (53-6-2, 32 KO’s) is targeting IBF super middleweight champion Carl Froch or former IBF super middleweight champ Lucian Bute for later this year if Hopkins can get past his mandatory challenger Karo Murat (25-1-1, 15 KO’s) next month on July 13th at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.

Hopkins sees the Froch and Bute fight as the biggest money fights out there for him right now. He’s not interested in fighting the likes of Chad Dawson, Nathan Cleverly and Beibut Shumenov or moving up to cruiserweight to fight their champions because the money isn’t as good.

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Froch vs. Kessler II: The Viking War of England

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By Andreas Strøjer Tynan Schmidt: In 1013, the Danish Vikings and the Englishmen settled a battle that had been going on for years and eventually ended in the capital of England, London. The Danish Vikings were led by a strong and brutal Viking warrior, King Sweyn Forkbeard, who ironically had English blood running through his veins.

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Hughie Fury rising star

fury564534By Daniel Mcglinchey: Young 18-year-old heavyweight talent Hughie Fury (3-0, 2 KO’s) is already looking like an extremely talented boxer at such a young and tender age.

I believe under the guidance of world class trainer and father Peter Fury, Hughie has the capabilities to become a World Champion if he is channeled in the right direction.

After winning gold at the AIBA Youth Championships last year, Hughie turned pro and scheduled a 4 round fight to Canadian David Whittom. After a strong 1st round for Hughie, Hughie pushed on even further in the 2nd and stopped Whittom by landing a mean right hand to the top of the head sending Whittom crashing to the canvas shortly followed by Whittom’s corner waving the contest off.

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Will Froch-Kessler winner face Andre Ward?

ward3432By Scott Gilfoid: Both Carl Froch and Mikkel Kessler have talked about wanting to avenge their defeats by WBA super middleweight champion Andre Ward recently and Ward is really hoping that he can get both of them in the ring again so that he can shot that his victories over the two European fighters wasn’t a fluke.

This Saturday Froch and Kessler will be facing each other in a rematch at the O2 Arena in London, UK. The winner of the fight really has no place to go in the division other than to try and redeem themselves by facing Ward again to show that they’re not as bad as Ward made them both look in his dominating performances against them.

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Hearn: Froch-Kessler II is a 50-50 fight

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By Scott Gilfoid: Eddie Hearn from Matchroom Sport sees this Saturday’s fight between his fighter IBF super middleweight champion Carl Froch (30-2, 22 KO’s) and Sauerland Promotions fighter WBA super middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler (46-2, 35 KO’s) as a 50-50 fight, although Hearn does seem to still favor Froch.

Hearn said to thesun.co.uk “I think it’s a pure 50-50 fight, but I think Froch is the favorite because he has the hometown advantage. I do think Carl is fitter, stronger and fresher than Kessler.”

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Canelo Alvarez versus Floyd Mayweather: A risky fight for Golden Boy to make

canelo443By Dallas Orysiuk: There is no doubt that a fight between Floyd “Money” Mayweather and Saul “Canelo” Alvarez would be huge, especially on the weekend of Mexican Independence Day on September 14th. Alvarez is undefeated with a record of 42-0-1 (30 KOs) meanwhile Mayweather holds an undefeated record of 44-0-0 (26 KOs) against far greater opposition.

Floyd Mayweather has beaten the likes of Oscar De La Hoya, Ricky Hatton, Juan Manuel Marquez, Miguel Cotto, Shane Mosley, Diego Corrales, Arturo Gatti, and Robert Guerrero to name a few. Meanwhile Alvarez has been pampered up until his previous fight, fighting tomato cans, cab drivers, blown up welterweights and fighters well past their prime.

In his most recent victory, Canelo impressed fans by giving Austin Trout his first loss.

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Broner-Malignaggi: Problems for “The Problem”

broner65454By Bob Smith: Nearly all boxing fans are familiar with one of the rising young stars in boxing today, Adrien “The Problem” Broner. He is ranked #5 on the Golden Boy pound for pound list, AKA the Ring Magazine Pound for Pound List and arguably lives up to the hype of all but Golden Boy Promotions.

Since his unanimous decision victory in early 2011 against Daniel Ponce de Leon – which I actually scored as a loss for him or at best a draw – he has scored six straight KO victories against world class competition such as Vicente Escobedo, Antonio DeMarco and Gavin Rees.

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