09 Boxing Thread:: 12/12 Diaz.vs.Malignaggi HBO/Bradley.vs.Peterson Showtime

24/7 is a joke they rather have mayweather throwing cash then hitting pads.i wanted to see how he was doing with lamont peterson who was supposably working himover
 
[h2]Williams finds replacement for Pavlik[/h2]
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By Dan Rafael
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After a two-week search for a new opponent, Paul Williams has one. He will meet junior middleweight titlist Sergio Martinez in a nontitle middleweight bout Dec. 5, Williams promoter Dan Goossen told ESPN.com Wednesday.

Williams and Martinez, both southpaws, will meet in the 12-round main event of HBO's "World Championship Boxing" in Atlantic City, N.J., at the Adrian Phillips Ballroom, the smaller, upstairs arena inside Boardwalk Hall.

Williams was originally scheduled to challenge middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik for the title in the main arena. However, the fight was canceled Oct. 21 when Pavlik withdrew for the second time because of persistent problems with his left hand stemming from a staph infection and two subsequent surgeries. Pavlik and Williams were originally scheduled to fight Oct. 3, but that date was pushed to Dec. 5 before being canceled.

In Martinez, Williams will face one of the top junior middleweights in the world.

"It's a tough fight against what many would consider an unknown champion, but Martinez can't be underestimated," Goossen said. "He's hungry and he's been looking for his opportunity to fight a name fighter. This is it. Martinez has everything to gain from this fight. [Williams trainer] George [Peterson] and Paul are cognizant of the fact that Martinez can go out there and cause problems.

"These are the types of fights that are the tough ones, a fight made off the cuff because of the circumstances we were faced with Pavlik pulling out on short notice. Normally, you'd rather have a much bigger window to prepare for a tricky left-hander like Martinez," he said.

Said Lou DiBella, the co-promoter of Martinez: "I think it's as competitive a fight as you can make for Williams right now. These are two guys that most people don't want to fight. Nobody is running to fight either guy. I think Sergio has a lot going for him in this fight. He's unusually fast and strong for a left boxer. He has pop and speed and he's not a little guy."

Heavyweight Cristobal Arreola (27-1, 24 KOs), who was stopped in the 10th round of a one-sided title challenge to Vitali Klitschko on Sept. 26, will return to face an opponent to be determined in the televised co-feature.

Although Martinez holds a title at junior middleweight, the bout will be over the 154-pound division limit, which both sides readily agreed to.

Williams had been training for months in anticipation of facing Pavlik in October and then in December so "Paul was training to be a middleweight, not a junior middleweight," Goossen said. "It would not be in his best interest to come down to 154 now on short notice. So I think it's reasonable to keep him in the division he was looking to fight in."

For Martinez, it's a free shot at a top fighter without risking his title, although Williams has a rematch clause should he lose.

"We didn't object to the weight because of simple reality," DiBella said. "We're not going to object because whatever happens, Sergio retains his belt and that is fine with us. The main thing is this is a good fight."

Williams (37-1, 27 KOs), 28, a former two-time welterweight titlist and former interim junior middleweight titlist, will be fighting at middleweight for the second consecutive bout. In April, he easily outpointed Winky Wright in a near-shutout decision.

Williams claimed an interim 154-pound title last November but has not defended it. Still, it was a surprise to Goossen that Williams had apparently been stripped of that title on Wednesday when promoters of Saturday night's Alfredo Angulo-Harry Joe Yorgey HBO fight announced that the WBO had approved it for the interim title.

"We did not receive any notification," Goossen said. "But this fight is not about which belts these guys have. It's about the best fighting the best. This is about the fighters."

Martinez, 34, a native of Argentina living in Spain, claimed an interim junior middleweight title when he stopped Alex Bunema in the eighth round in October 2008. He defended it once on a controversial majority draw against Kermit Cintron in February, a fight the overwhelming majority of observers believed Martinez (44-1-2, 24 KOs) clearly won. Martinez was elevated to a full titleholder in July after titlist Vernon Forrest was murdered.

Before Williams-Martinez was finalized, Goossen also looked at titleholder Sergei Dzindziruk and former welterweight titlist Joshua Clottey. Dzindziruk, however, is mired in a promotional dispute with Universum and Clottey turned down the fight because he didn't want to move up in weight.

"We also made the obligatory reach-out to Shane Mosley, but there wasn't any interest," Goossen said. "Even though Paul can make the weight, we're destined right now to wave goodbye to the welterweights. They just don't seem to have any interest in stepping into the ring with Paul."

The fight will mark the Atlantic City debut for Williams, an Atlanta native who trains in Washington, D.C. He's been fighting mainly on the West Coast, where Goossen's company is based, but Goossen hopes to use the fight with Martinez to establish Williams on the East Coast.

"We had some sites in Las Vegas and Los Angeles that we could have moved to [after Pavlik, the big draw in Atlantic City, fell out], but I felt it was important to establish a base for Paul on the East Coast," he said. "I believe Paul will be a big hit in Atlantic City. This is exactly what you try to accomplish with a fighter at the doorstep of becoming a star -- build up a following on both coasts."
[h2]WBC wants corner rule enforced[/h2]
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JEJU, South Korea -- The World Boxing Council wants to banish once and for all fathers from working their sons' corners during fights after a study showed it could prove fatal.

Speaking at the WBC's annual convention, council president Jose Sulaiman said the organization already had a rule banning fathers from their sons' corners but that it was being flouted.

The WBC must strictly enforce this law to prevent errors in judgment that could lead to tragedy in the ring, Sulaiman added.

Dr. Paul Wallace, chairman of the WBC's medical advisory board, said that a study in California backed up the WBC's stance.

"The most common factor out of all the fatalities that had happened, was having fathers in the corner," he said of the study. "Now, that's not something that's a medical issue, but it's something that's clearly an association."

Art Pelullo, president of Banner Promotions, said the emotional link between father and son should preclude them working so closely together during a fight.

"A father is not detached enough to make the right decision, because he's looking at what he loves and maybe not seeing what's really going on," Pelullo said.

WBC governor Rex Walker said there was the added danger to fathers living out their own dreams through their sons' fists.

"Too many fathers live through their kid in the ring," Walker said. "They transform from the corner to the kid, and they want to stay in the fight -- but they're not the ones getting hit."

WBC welterweight champion Andre Berto has his father close at hand during his fights, but not in his corner.

"Most of the breakups between a father and son happen in the corner because so many emotions are involved," Berto said. "The father tends to step out of his boundary, getting into 'father mode' instead of 'trainer mode.' You have to be able to separate that."
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Originally Posted by kicks4days

Anyone headed to vegas for the fight or are you guys gonna PPV it?
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im going to casino it for free : ) , but yea what are the odds looking like . might but $$$ on cotto. 10th round tko
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Manny "Pac Man" Pacquiao -265 Miguel Angel "Junito" Cotto +205 WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT???????????????????? lmao they dogging thehell out of cotto. i expect cotto to walk in the ring at 155
 
Read Rafael's blog, forgot to copy & paste, and he mentioned Fernando Vargas is considering a comeback. Said he was ringside @ Camacho Jr. v. Camposand weighed at least 200 pounds and was slurring his speech. Didnt say if the slurred speech was from booze or whatnot but nevertheless, Vargas is completelyshot
 
Yup wants to fight Camacho that would be a terrible TERRIBLE mistake by Vargas. I pray he stays away from the ring.

I know Chad had a chat yesterday on ESPN go check that out now.
 
[h2]Diaz, Malignaggi to meet again Dec. 12[/h2]
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Juan Diaz and Paulie Malignaggi, who slugged it out in a controversial unanimous decision win for Diaz in August, will meet again in a junior welterweight rematch after the sides concluded months of negotiations Thursday.

This time, the fighters will meet on neutral territory with the 12-rounder scheduled for Dec. 12 (HBO) at the UIC Pavilion on the campus of the University of Illinois at Chicago.

In their first fight, Diaz claimed the decision in his hometown of Houston, where many believed he was the recipient of a little home cookin'. Particularly panned by critics of the decision was the 118-110 scorecard rendered by Texas judge Gale Van Hoy.

"I enjoyed beating Malignaggi the first time and I'm more than willing to do it again," said Diaz, a former unified lightweight titlist. "This time though, I'm looking for the knockout so I don't have to hear his mouth anymore."

Diaz (35-2, 17 KOs) moved up in weight for the first fight, which was contracted at a maximum weight of 138½ pounds. Diaz agreed to 139 for the rematch.

"The public demanded this rematch and I am looking forward to fighting Diaz for the second time," said Malignaggi, a former junior welterweight titlist. "This time I'm going to get the win on my record."

Diaz promoter Golden Boy and Malignaggi promoter Lou DiBella spent the last two months trying to iron out details of the fight. Besides the typical financial haggling, the main issue was where the fight would take place.

Malignaggi (26-3, 5 KOs) refused to return to Texas, where he believed he was robbed of a decision. Diaz manager Willie Savannah did not want to come to Malignaggi's hometown of New York or even to an East Coast site such as Atlantic City, N.J., which had significant interest in hosting the bout.

So the promoters settled on Chicago, where they hope to draw from the large population of Mexican- and Italian-Americans.

"After how exciting and close their first fight was, it made a rematch a natural choice to close out the year for us," Golden Boy Promotions president Oscar De La Hoya said. "Diaz and Malignaggi are two talented young fighters at the top of their games, but there is no doubt that Juan won the first fight and he will beat Paulie again."

Said DiBella: "Sometimes rematches are forced and sometimes rematches are inevitable, but this rematch was necessary. I look forward to a great fight on Dec. 12 and for all of the questions to be answered. I thank all involved for making the right thing happen."

In a supporting bout on HBO's "Boxing After Dark" telecast, junior welterweight Victor Ortiz will face former welterweight title challenger Antonio Diaz (46-5-1, 29 KOs), who is looking for his fifth consecutive win since ending a three-year retirement in 2008.

Ortiz (24-2-1, 19 KOs), the 2008 ESPN.com prospect of the year, is coming off his first loss, a sixth-round TKO to Marcos Maidana in June after which Ortiz took a lot of heat for quitting at the end of the all-action interim junior welterweight title bout.

"After Victor's first loss, I think Diaz will test him," Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer said. "I told [matchmaker] Eric Gomez and [manager] Shelly Finkel that I hope you guys know what you're doing. This is a good chance for Antonio Diaz too. I know Diaz whenever he fights, it's a good fight. This is a fight I am personally looking forward to. Frankly, I'd like to have someone a little easier for Victor."
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Originally Posted by EdWord

how is punisher the most feared??????? he woulda lost to pavlik at 168 , 160 woulda gave him a challenge.heck i would probably take kirkland at 154. dude is nice but you guys need to calm down he's not THAT nice lmao
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wasnt it u calling Paul Williams "Tommy Hearns" ???
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Originally Posted by GUNNA GET IT

Originally Posted by EdWord

how is punisher the most feared??????? he woulda lost to pavlik at 168 , 160 woulda gave him a challenge.heck i would probably take kirkland at 154. dude is nice but you guys need to calm down he's not THAT nice lmao
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wasnt it u calling Paul Williams "Tommy Hearns" ???
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Originally Posted by GUNNA GET IT

Originally Posted by EdWord

how is punisher the most feared??????? he woulda lost to pavlik at 168 , 160 woulda gave him a challenge.heck i would probably take kirkland at 154. dude is nice but you guys need to calm down he's not THAT nice lmao
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wasnt it u calling Paul Williams "Tommy Hearns" ???
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Damn that's a horrible comparison.
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Only thing they got in common is height.

Who you got for Cotto-Pacquiao GUNNA?
 
Originally Posted by kicks4days

Anyone headed to vegas for the fight or are you guys gonna PPV it?
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I'll be in Vegas watching closed circuit at the MGM.

Hope to run into a few celebs.

MAC's got this!!!!
 
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I know I just had to rack my brain a little bit to remember who said it.

Who sees Cotto as a shot fighter?

If the fight lasts longer than 8 I'll be shocked.

I'm looking forward to Chad/Glen more than Cotto/Pac to be honest...
 
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who u got?
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Got Cotto too.
I think if he can use that jab of his effectively and early,
he has a chance of messing up Pacquiao's entire strategy,
which I assume to be the same one from the De la hoya fight.
(jumping in and out using quick punches.)

I just hope Cotto can get Pacquiao's exact timing down, cause if he
misses it by even a split second he'll get caught with something big.
 
Originally Posted by bobby1109

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I know I just had to rack my brain a little bit to remember who said it.

Who sees Cotto as a shot fighter?

If the fight lasts longer than 8 I'll be shocked.

I'm looking forward to Chad/Glen more than Cotto/Pac to be honest...
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Hopefully Glen can the nod in this fight, he had the last one imo.

I forgot about Chad/Glen actually.
Thanks for reminding me.
 
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