Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. vs. Brian Vera on August 3rd

chavez jr45By Allan Fox: Middleweight contender Brian Vera (23-6, 14 KO’s) is saying he’ll be facing former WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (46-1-1, 32 KO’s) on August 3rd in a venue still to be determined. The fight will be a catch-weight fight at 164 or 165 lbs.

Chavez Jr. says he’s going to be moving up to super middleweight and this is a fight that will get his feet wet to see how he does at this weight.

Whether he struggles or not, Chavez Jr. is going to have to make the move to 168 or 175 in the near future because boiling down from the 190s to get to 160 has got to be an incredibly difficult ordeal for Chavez Jr.

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Lennox: Deontay Wilder needs work on his punching

wilder23By Scott Gilfoid: Former heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis recently got the chance to see unbeaten American heavyweight Deontay Wilder (28-0, 28 KO’s) destroy fellow British heavyweight Audley Harrison in a 1st round knockout in London, UK, and Lewis came away from the experience thinking that the 6’7” Wilder needs work on his punching.

Wilder hurt Audley with his first right hand of the fight, and he then snowed him under with windmill shots until Audley collapsed on the canvas. He got up and the fight was stopped because Deontay had done such a good job with his big power shots, but it looks like Lewis wasn’t all that impressed.

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Mayweather hasn’t decided on Canelo fight yet

04(Photo credit: Naoki Fakuda) By Dan Ambrose: At Saturday’s post-fight press conference following his gem of a 12 round unanimous decision victory over Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero (31-2-1, 18 KO’s) in Las Vegas, Nevada, WBC welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. (44-0, 26 KO’s) shutdown talk of him stepping up in weight to face the heavier and younger WBA/WBC junior middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (42-0-1, 30 KO’s) by saying he’s going to meet with his team plus his father Floyd Mayweather Sr. to decide on what’s the best direction to take for his September 14th fight in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Mayweather said “I’m not going to duck or dodge anyone, but I’m at the pinnacle of my sport and I’ve earned my stripes. I worked hard for 17 years to get to this point and I’m not going to rush.”

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Ricky Burns vs. Jose Gonzalez this Saturday, May 11th in Glasgow, Scotland

5 may 2013 LLEGA CHELO GONZALEZ A ESCOCIA 06(Photo credit: PR Best Boxing Promotions/Joel Colon) By Scott Gilfoid: WBO lightweight champion Ricky Burns (35-2, 10 KO’s) will be making his third defense of his World Boxing Organization 135 pound title this Saturday night against the big punching Jose A Gonzalez (22-0, 17 KO’s) at the Emirates Arena, in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom.

The 30-year-old Burns will be getting his first taste of power since his clinch-filled 12 round decision over Michael Katsidis two years ago in London.

Since then, Burns has had two easy fights against light hitters Kevin Mitchell and Paulus Moses. Gonzalez, 29, is a much bigger puncher than Katsidis or Burns’ biggest hitting opponent to date Roman Martinez, and he’s got huge, huge power in either hand.

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Broner: Malignaggi is not at my level

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By Eric Thomas: Adrien Broner (26-0, 22 KO’s) seemed to really get under WBA welterweight champion Paulie Malignaggi’s skin during their press conference last Saturday at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada to build interest in their June 22nd fight next month at the Barclays Center, in Brooklyn, New York, USA.

Broner said after the press conference: “He’s [Malignaggi] like a female who wears her feelings on her sleeves. He’s upset; he’s hurt. He’s going to go send threatening messages to Jess. He feels like I’m a 130 pounder, 135 pounder, but you saw when we were shoulder to shoulder, he’s little. He’s not at my level.”

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Mayweather shows his class again, but what’s next?

floyd#15By Rameez Haider: Last night we saw the Master class that is Floyd Mayweather (44-0, 26 KO’s) in beat Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero (31-2-1, 18 KO’s) by a 12 round unanimous decision at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Guerrero like Mayweather has moved up through the weights, and as he said himself, everyone he fought he has taken to the trenches. The way in which he dispatched of Andre Berto was a special performance from a very good boxer, yet he was made to look ordinary by an extra special talent.

This fight in many ways reminded me of the fight Mayweather had with Marquez.

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Broner: Floyd took my easy work [Guerrero]

broner33By Eric Thomas: WBC lightweight champion Adrien Broner sounded a little disappointed last night after watching his good friend WBC welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. (44-0, 26KO’s) ad his 44th win of his career in beating Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero (31-2-1, 18 KO’s) in a 12 round unanimous decision victory in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Broner and Guerrero already had bad blood between them, and Broner was counting on getting the chance to expose Guerrero and get a nice little payday in doing so. The two fighters had a twitter war going on last year, and Guerrero got in Broner’s face when the two fighters met up outside the ring at a function.

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The Heavyweight Division- Haye, Wilder, Fury, More!

wilder213By Tony Crooks: When was the last time that you turned on the TV and heard some good news? When was the last time that you heard of someone saving the life of child in heroic circumstances?

You don’t, having said that, what you do hear is only death, destruction, terrorism and basically bad news. Why? Because bad news sells, good news never gets a look in. It is the same with heavyweight boxing.

I need to ask you a question, are you more interested in the clean living heavyweight boxers that have never have a bad word said against them or do you prefer the crazy off the rails type that is always in the news for wrong doing? Let’s look at two characters that are off the rails type first.

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Floyd makes easy work of Guerrero: What’s next for Mayweather?

06(Photo credit: Naoki Fakuda) By OmarNM: After watching the fight between Floyd Mayweather Jr. (44-0, 26 KO’s) and Robert Guerrero (31-2-1, 18 KO’s) last night, I must say I was impressed with the way Floyd adapted to Robert’s style very quickly and was able to pick him round after round.

As soon as the fight started I was hardly looking to see if Floyd has lost some of his skills as he aged and I was surprised to see the superb performance he put on Saturday night. He proved (Floyd) that even at age 36 he still has the speed, accuracy, timing which is why he landed around 60% of his punches, and if possible an improved defense with ring generalship that only Floyd can possess.

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Guerrero’s stock drops in loss to Mayweather Jr

guerrero01By Chris Williams: We had heard Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero (31-2-1, 18 KO’s) say repeatedly that Floyd Mayweather Jr was slipping as a fighter and that he was ripe for the picking.

We had heard how god had selected him personally to be the guy that humbled Mayweather and given him his first loss of his career. But instead of these things happening, we saw Guerrero get schooled just like Mayweather’s past opponents like Carlos Baldomir, Zab Judah and DeMarcus Corley in losing by a 12 round unanimous decision.

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