By Tony Crooks: Sometimes in life, we all have to face up to what life throws at us, whether you are a boxer or an armchair enthusiast or just someone that likes to make comments on a website for the hell of it. There is anger in all of us; we are the products of what our lifestyles dictates to us.
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Weights: Mayweather 146, Guerrero 147
Daniel Ponce de Leon 126 vs. Abner Mares 126
Leo Santa Cruz 122 vs. Alexander Munoz 121
J’Leon Love 161.5 vs. Gabriel Rosado 160
Badou Jack 170 vs. Michael Gbenga 170
Malignaggi: Guerrero will keep his composure against Mayweather when things go bad
By Dan Ambrose: WBA welterweight champion Paulie Malignaggi gives Robert “The Ghost Guerrero a decent chance of beating Floyd Mayweather Jr. tomorrow night at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Malignaggi likes the way that Guerrero doesn’t get flustered when his opponents make an adjustment on him and get the upper hand for a moment.
Malignaggi feels that Guerrero will be able keep mentally strong tomorrow night if things start to go badly for him at some point in the fight.
Koncz: Marquez turned down $13 million offer for Pacquiao fight
By Chris Williams: Manny Pacquiao’s adviser Michael Koncz is saying that Juan Manuel Marquez turned down an offer of $13 million to face Pacquiao in a rematch on November 23rd in Macau, China. Koncz says he doesn’t understand why Marquez would turn down such a huge amount for a 5th fight with Pacquiao.
The last time Marquez fought Pacquiao, he made only $6 million guaranteed compared to Pacquiao’s $23 million guaranteed in a 76/24 split that was heavily slanted in Pacquiao’s favor.
Koncz said to Hustleboss.com “I was quite surprised actually, because we offered Marquez $13 million dollars and then we offered Bradley $6 million.”
Haye: Fury doesn’t want to fight me
By Scott Gilfoid: Sick of hearing undefeated heavyweight contender Tyson Fury (21-0, 15 KO’s) calling him out 24/7 in the media, former WBA heavyweight champion David Haye finally called Fury’s bluff by having his management contact Fury’s handlers to arrange a fight between them.
Instead of Fury’s management gladly accepting the fight, they told Haye’s manager that they’re looking for other fights.
Haye told “thesun.co.uk “My people contacted his people and they don’t want it. They pretty much said ‘no, we’re going in another direction. So maybe he should stop screaming and shouting about how much he wants to fight me, although if he did that, he wouldn’t get any coverage.”
Angel Garcia says he wouldn’t stoop to the levels of Ruben Guerrero in trash talking Mayweather
(Photo credit: Esther Lin/Showtime) By Dan Ambrose: Angel Garcia, the father of WBA/WBC light welterweight champion Danny Garcia, says he wouldn’t step into the personal life of Floyd Mayweather Jr. in the way that Robert “The Ghost’ Guerrero’s father Ruben Guerrero has recently in calling Mayweather a “Woman beater” over and over again. Angel says he sticks to talking about boxing when he’s going after a fighter to trash talk.
Speaking with RingTV, Angel said “When I talk, I talk about boxing, like what you did in your career. That’s what I talk about. In haven’t seen what [Ruben Guerrero said about Mayweather], but that don’t have nothing to do with boxing. That’s his personal life…that ain’t got nothing to do with boxing.”
Wladimir 249, Pianeta 240 – Weights for Saturday’s fight in Mannheim, Germany
(Photo credit: K-MG) By Allan Fox: IBF/IBO/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (59-3, 50 KO’s) will have a 9-pound advantage tomorrow night in his fight against #7 WBO, #12 WBA, Francesco Pianeta (28-0-1, 15 KO’s) at the SAP Arena, in Mannheim, Germany.
The 6’6” Wladimir weighed in at 249 pounds at today’s weigh-in. The 6’5” Pianeta came in at 240 lbs. There’s not much difference in height and weight that separates the two fighters. What does differentiate the two is the super power, speed, experience and boxing skills that the Ukrainian Wladimir has going for him.
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By Jamie Eskdale: The world of boxing as we know it is quite a complex land. With many weight classes with some being separated with as little as 3 pounds(flyweight – super flyweight) and multiple ‘world’ champions per weight class it can all get a little confusing.
Canelo to attend Mayweather-Guerrero bout
By Dan Ambrose: Still hoping to get a fight with Floyd Mayweather Jr. in September, WBA/WBC junior middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez will be attending this Saturday’s fight between Mayweather Jr. and Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. Miguel Cotto will also be in attendance, and I imagine he might want to fight the winner of the Mayweather-Guerrero fight as well. I suspect that Cotto has a much better chance of fighting Mayweather than Canelo does.
Canelo weighed 172 lbs. for his fight last month against WBA junior middleweight champion Austin Trout in San Antonio, Texas, and he badly wants to fight the much smaller, 150 pound Mayweather Jr. in September, and Golden Boy Promotions also wants that fight to happen due to the huge money it would bring in for them.
Lennox Lewis: One of the greatest ever
By Daniel Mcglinchey: In my eyes the former Undisputed Heavyweight Champion of the world Lennox ‘The Lion’ Lewis (41-2, 32 KO’s) is without a doubt one of the greatest Heavyweight fighters to ever step into the ring.
Born in London, England Lennox always had a keen eye for sport excelling in Football (Soccer) & Basketball. At the age of 12, Lennox moved to Canada where he found a taste for Boxing. Lewis collected a very impressive amateur record of 94-11 and won gold at Olympics in Seoul, South Korea in 1988.
Lewis decided to turn pro and move back to his native England aged 23, where he signed with promoter Frank Maloney. In his first year as a professional, Lewis collected a record of 14 straight wins, 12 by knockout, his 14th win being him claiming the European Heavyweight Title.