Malignaggi: I’m going to outclass Broner and beat him up

broner6545By Allan Fox: WBA welterweight champion Paulie Malignaggi (32-4, 7 KO’s) isn’t impressed with Adrien Broner (26-0, 22 KO’s) at all, and feels he’s going to school the 23-year-old and expose him in front of the boxing world next month on June 22nd in their fight at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.

Malignaggi said to I Film London “I’ll be outclassing him and beating him up. I really believe his power is overrated. I can stand in front of him if I need to and mix it up…I can’t see myself losing…I’m going to beat his a** and beat s*** out of him, and it’s not going to be a pretty sight.”

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Groves: I hope Froch beats Kessler on Saturday

froch9By Scott Gilfoid: Super middleweight George Groves isn’t holding a grudge after being branded disloyal by IBF super middleweight champion Carl Froch (30-2, 22 KO’s) just because Groves wanted to get some spare change and a taste of what it’s like in the ring to be in with talent in his recent sparring with Froch’s adversary WBA super middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler (46-2, 35 KO’s) for this Saturday night. Groves says he’s still hoping Froch wins.

Groves said to thesun.co.uk “Come fight night, I’ll be supporting the British guy [Froch] and I hope he wins.”

Oh, how nice that it is. Groves is supporting the Brit. It’s too bad that’s probably not going to be any help for Froch when he’s out there eating jabs and struggling to land his punches against Kessler.

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Floyd Mayweather Jr: Are there any doubts about his status?

floyd#705By Babatis Banda: Putting the accusations aside, does anybody out there doubt that Mayweather is the best P4P fighter today? Does anybody out there doubt that Floyd Mayweather Junior is the most gifted fighter this era has witnessed?

Does anyone out there doubt that Mayweather Junior has always made easy work of his opponents? Does anybody out there surely doubt that Mayweather is a class above the rest?

I seem to have a feeling that there is serious luck of competition out there for Floyd Mayweather Jnr, such that whoever he fights, some section of the fans will always trash his opposition looking at the ease at which he beats them. Do not be fooled, all these fighters Mayweather is beating are looking good going into the fight.

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De La Hoya: Canelo is not Guerrero; Mayweather is not invincible

floyd#700By Dan Ambrose: Oscar De La Hoya believe that Floyd Mayweather Jr. (44-0, 26 KO’s) is ripe to be picked off by De La Hoya’s red-haired, 22-year-old, 172 pound WBA/WBC junior middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (42-0-1, 30 KO’s) in September if Mayweather would only agree to the fight.

De La Hoya seems to be getting impatient with Mayweather not readily accepting the fight with the light heavyweight-sized Canelo. De La Hoya wants Mayweather to sign for the fight because he feels he’s got someone that can finally beat him. Granted, Canelo outweighs Mayweather by close to 30 pounds but that’s besides the point.

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Matthysse pleased with Pacquiao comparison

matthysse100(Photo credit: Naoki Fakuda) By Allan Fox: Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer paid WBC interim light welterweight champion Lucas Matthysse a great compliment last Saturday night by calling him the “New Manny Pacquiao” following his 3rd round TKO win over Lamont Peterson in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

Matthysse naturally was flattered with the comparison, but he made it clear that he’d rather be getting a fight against Pacquiao than being called the next Pacquiao.

Matthysse said “I feel happy that people are comparing me to Manny Pacquiao, but what I really want to do is fight him.”

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Alexander: I beat Matthysse at 60%

matthysse2222By Allan Fox: IBF welterweight champion Devon Alexander chose to take a big shot at Lucas Matthysse’s positive attention last Saturday night at the post-fight press conference following Alexander’s 7th round stoppage win over Lee Purdy at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

Instead of letting Matthysse enjoy his 3rd round TKO triumph over Lamont Peterson in the main event, Alexander claimed that he was fighting at only 60 percent when he beat Matthysse by a highly controversial 10 round split decision in June 2011.

Alexander said “When I beat Matthysse I was 50, perhaps 60 percent. My legs weren’t there; I was worn out, drained. I didn’t have any energy and I had to tough the win out. Just imagine if I was at 100 percent.”

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Tony Bellew vs. Isaac Chilemba II this Saturday, May 25th in London, UK

bellew4543By Scott Gilfoid: WBC Silver light heavyweight champion Tony Bellew (19-1-1, 12 KO’s) will be getting what many boxing fans feel is an undeserved rematch against #3 WBC, Isaac Chilemba (20-1-2, 9 KO’s) this Saturday night on the undercard of the Carl Froch vs. Mikkel Kessler fight card at the O2 Arena in London, UK.

Bellew, #1 WBC, fought to a controversial 12 round draw against Chilemba last March in Bellew’s hometown of Liverpool, UK, and he Bellew looked terrible in that fight, getting beaten to the punch all night long.

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Peterson picks Broner to defeat Malignaggi

broner34365By Allan Fox: IBF light welterweight champion Lamont Peterson is picking Adrien Broner(26-0, 22 KO’s) to defeat WBA welterweight champion Paulie Malignaggi (32-4, 7 KO’s) in their fight next month on June 22nd at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.

Peterson said to hustleboss.com “I think it’s a great move, moving up two weight divisions, but he’s not a small lightweight. He’s got the talent, and I’m picking him to win the fight.”

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Chavez Jr. beats Canelo with ease

chavez45By Dan Ambrose: A match-up that would draw a huge amount of interest in the boxing world is a fight between former WBC middleweight champion and the current WBA/WBC junior middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez. This fight is a no-brainer in that it would create huge pay per view ratings if it were scheduled on one of the Mexican holidays like Cinco de Mayo where they could take advantage of a huge Mexican population enjoying the holiday festivities.

Unfortunately it may never happen despite Chavez Jr. and his promoters at Top Rank really wanting the fight. Golden Boy Promotions, the promoters for Canelo, are cool to the idea of matching him against the heavier and much more active Chavez Jr. Canelo comes into his fights weighing in the lower 170s, whereas Chavez Jr. comes into his fights weighing in the lower 180s up to 190.

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Masters of the Sweet Science – Gene Tunney

tunney433By Mohummad Humza Elahi: Amidst the hype and fireworks that comes with the modern age of boxing, those that came a few generations prior are often forgotten in the annals of history; what true boxing fans appreciate is a glimpse into the archives to take a look at fights that have survived the test of time, those great contests where boxers fought 15 hard rounds and racked up incredible records (for instance, the only man to defeat Tunney was Harry Greb, whose own record stands at a jaw-dropping 261-20 from 299 fights) but when you take a closer look at the footage that still exists, you can see the seeds of the sweet science, those that took a rigorous approach in understanding the body mechanics and movements of fighters and how one could develop plans to neutralize the opposition.

“I did six years of planning to win the championship from Jack Dempsey.” – Gene Tunney Gene “The Fighting Marine” Tunney was an incredible boxer. He often studied his opponents prior to and during fights and adjusted his style to suit the situation in front of him.

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