Mayweather will fight beyond Berto clash, says Rosado

Floyd Mayweather JrBy Dan Ambrose: Many fans believe that WBA/WBC welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. will continue fighting beyond his next fight on September 12th, which is believed to be against WBA interim 147lb champion Andre Berto. The money for that fight won’t be anything near the money that Mayweather made in his last fight against Manny Pacquiao last May, and it might prove to be a more difficult for Mayweather.

Berto isn’t the type to back off after getting hit by a few right hands like Pacquiao backed off. Berto will continue to fight and look to land hard power shots in retaliation with his fast hands. Former world title challenger Gabriel Rosado thinks that Mayweather’s ego won’t allow him to stay retired for long.

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Weights: Lemieux/Rosado, Dulorme/Lundy

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Saturday’s HBO Boxing After Dark tripleheader telecast airs at 10:00 p.m. (ET/PT).

The HBO telecast kicks off live from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, when junior welterweight sluggers Thomas Dulorme and Hank Lundy square off in a 10 round bout.

Preceding the evening’s main event, Hugo Centeno Jr. takes on James De La Rosa in a 10 round middleweight bout.

The main event of the evening, a 12-round middleweight attraction, features David Lemieux against Gabriel Rosado.

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David Lemieux vs. Gabriel Rosado this Saturday, December 6th in Brooklyn, New York

lemieuxBy Dan Ambrose: #2 WBC, #5 IBF, #8 WBO, #15 WBA middleweight contender David Lemieux (32-2, 30 KOs) will be facing former world title challenger Gabriel Rosado (21-8, 13 KOs) in a make or break fight this Saturday, December 6th on HBO at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.

This is a fight where the 25-year-old Lemieux needs to win so that he can make his move towards a world title shot. Lemieux, 5’9 ½”, previously tried stepping up a level several years ago, but he was beaten by Marco Antonio Rubio and Joachim Alchime in back to back fights.

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David Lemieux vs. Gabriel Rosado on December 6th at Barclays Center, Brooklyn, New York

lemieux334By Dan Ambrose: On December 6th, #3 WBC, #5 IBF, #8 WBO, #15 WBA middleweight contender David Lemieux (32-2, 30 KOs) will be stepping up in class against former world title challenger Gabriel Rosado (21-8, 13 KOs) in a 12 round fight at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.

The fight will be televised on HBO as part of a triple-header. On the same card, middleweight James De La Rosa (23-2, 13 KOs), who recently defeated Alfredo Angulo last September, will be fighting unbeaten Hugo Centeno Jr (21-0, 11 KOs) in a 10 round bout. Welterweight Frankie Gomez (18-0, 13 KOs) vs. knockout artist Thomas Dulorme (21-1, 14 KOs) is a possibility, according to Dan Rafael of ESPN.

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BKB – Is Big Knockout Boxing Sweet Science or Sour Mash?

vera1By Marc Livitz: Anticipation can bring expectation, which in turn can ultimately sway our opinions. Many of us have neither sufficient fingers nor toes to count how many times we’ve paid a fee or blocked out an evening for an eagerly awaited bout only to have a pugilistic stink bomb hurled at us. In the meantime, many within the mainstream sports media cherry pick what’s right and what’s wrong with the current state of affairs in boxing and perhaps only Floyd Mayweather, Jr. stands alone as the single attraction who doesn’t exactly get the pulses racing of fans yet still cashes in at the box office.

Sometimes, the undercard steals the show and in other instances our indifference towards it stops us from caring at all. Tomorrow night at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, a different if not new era (or sideshow) of boxing will take place.

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Rosado hoping to win respect by stopping Quillin tonight

008 Quillian-Schafer-Rosado IMG_1492(Photo credit: Tom Casino/Showtime) By Allan Fox: #9 WBO, Gabriel Rosado (21-6, 13 KO’s) is hoping to win some respect tonight with a hoped for stoppage win over WBO middleweight champion Peter Quillin (29-0, 21 KO’s) Boardwalk Hall, in Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA. Rosado feels like he’s been overlooked as a viable opponent for tonight’s fight and he thinks he’s going to shock the boxing world by stopping the 30-year-old Quillin.

Rosado said “I understand the whole champion is favored over the challenger. I don’t feel as I’m getting any credit for what I’ve done. That’s why I want to have an impressive performance and I’m planning to knock out Quillin.”

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Quillin vs. Rosado this Saturday on Showtime in Atlantic City, New Jersey

SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO- World Boxing Organization (WBO), by president Francisco “Paco” Valcarcel, announced today the referee and judges who will work this Saturday, October 26, in the title bout between the middleweight champion Peter “Kid Chocolate” Quillin against Gabriel “King” Rosado, to be held at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey, in a Golden Boy Promotions presentation.

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Golovkin stops Rosado in 7th in blood bath

golovkin12By Jim Dower: WBA World middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (25-0, 22 KO’s) successfully defended his title on Saturday night in stopping a game Gabriel Rosado (21-6, 13 KO’s) in the 7th round at Madison Square Garden in New York.

The fight was halted when Rosado’s corner threw in the towel to save Rosado, who was bleeding badly from his left eye and also bleeding from his nose. Rosado had stopped fighting back and was just running.

Rosado had talked about wanting to come and slug with Golovkin but instead of slugging, Rosado chose to run for the entire fight. He was able to land an occasional good shot, but for the most part Rosado was just moving punching bag.

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Golovkin dominates Rosado; Garcia defeats Salido

golovkin200By Jim Dower: In the main event on Saturday night, Undefeated #1 WBO Miguel “Mikey” Garcia (31-0, 26 KO’s) triumphed over WBO featherweight champion Orlando Salido (39-12-2, 27 KO’s), beating him by an eight round technical decision in a four knockdown performance at Madison Square Garden. Garcia suffered a broken nose from a head clash in the 8th, and it looked like his trainer/brother Robert Garcia was able to get the fight to be stopped and go to the cards.

Having the fight go to the cards no doubt saved Garcia from potentially taking a lot of punishment to the nose in the remaining four rounds of the fight. But perhaps more than that, it saved Garcia from taking punishment period considering Salido was starting to land more of his own power shots.

The judges scored the fight 79-70, 79-69, 79-69, all for Garcia. Salido was knocked down twice in the 1st round from left hooks by Garcia. Salido was walking into the shots and getting dropped. In the 3rd, Garcia knocked Salido down with a perfect right uppercut to the head that he never saw coming while they were in close.

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Golovkin: Rosado will be a tough fight for me

golovkinmedia-3By Allan Fox: WBA World middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (24-0, 21 KO’s) doesn’t see himself having an easy fight on Saturday night against his junior middleweight challenger Gabriel Rosado (21-5, 13 KO’s) at Madison Square Garden, in New York. Rosado is moving up in weight from the 154 pound division for this fight and he’s going to try and do what other fighters have failed to do and that’s beat the hard hitting Golovkin.

Golovkin said to RingTV “I think it’s a difficult fight for us.”

Golovkin has been letting his trainer Abel Sanchez do all the talking for him in terms of predictions, as Sanchez doesn’t seen the brawling Rosado lasting longer than the 3rd round on Saturday night. Golovkin has been dominating super middleweights and light heavyweights in sparring for this fight, so it’s going to be tough for a career junior middleweight fighter like Rosado, with his slugging style of fighting, to be able to stand in and trade with the harder hitting Golovkin.

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