2010 Official Boxing Thread: Soto/Antillon, 2010 Fight of the Year.

[you go boy]

^ wat time is that fight

 

[proshares]

I know the first fight ended about 15 mins ago. Great opening fight between Wolak and Pinzon.

 

[shaunhillftw49]

http://mannypacquiaolivestream.blogspot.com/

 

[proshares]

Good looks

Fight will be over soon

 

[proshares]

So where are all those Manny Pacquaio fans that are always talking about "Yea, we know other Filipino boxers." Or "Yea, we support Nonito too." @!!# outta here with those dudes. Steve from Maxboxing.com says it best, you never know if there is a Filipino market or just a Manny Pacquiao market. Despicable.

 

[here 4 tha kickz]

is it over?

 

[proshares]

Yea in the 4th. Soto/Antillon about to come on, should be a good one.

 

[chitownrivera07]

Cotto vs. Martinez? Hmm...Idk how I'd feel about that

 

[eagle 0n]

Originally Posted by Proshares

So where are all those Manny Pacquaio fans that are always talking about "Yea, we know other Filipino boxers." Or "Yea, we support Nonito too." @!!# outta here with those dudes. Steve from Maxboxing.com says it best, you never know if there is a Filipino market or just a Manny Pacquiao market. Despicable.

I want 'em to love me like they love Pac

Dude is nice. Bob Arum aint do him no justice either.

 

[gunna get it]

Im more of a Nonito Fan than any of the "Nationalist pride" Manny fans

 

[bigmike23]

Originally Posted by GUNNA GET IT

Im more of a Nonito Fan than any of the "Nationalist pride" Manny fans

  

 

[dako akong otin]

Originally Posted by Proshares

So where are all those Manny Pacquaio fans that are always talking about "Yea, we know other Filipino boxers." Or "Yea, we support Nonito too." @!!# outta here with those dudes. Steve from Maxboxing.com says it best, you never know if there is a Filipino market or just a Manny Pacquiao market. Despicable.

funny thing is, a lot of them (i should say "us" since i'm pinoy, lol) keep saying Nonito's the next "big thing"...    well, he's been known since 2007 and he's pushing 30 

Anyway, that fight was a clinic.  He could have knocked Sidronko out earlier, but i guess Garcia told him to take his time.  Good to see he's added power to that right hand too.  Looking forward to the Montiel fight..  a little payback from when Montiel robbed Gorres of a decision a couple years ago.   I'm thinking Nonito will do a lot of switch hitting for the Montiel fight since Fernando doesn't look too good fighting southpaws

 

[proshares]

Oh and you know I wasn't talking about you Dako

it's more of a direct shot at every Manny fan on this board. It had to be Gunna or Crooks who questioned them about that same thing a few years ago and these dudes came out the woodworks with support for Nonito. But dudes are ghost a lot. I don't have time to be digging through threads like JPZ but if I did...

Great fight so far.

 

[dako akong otin]

yeah, i know what you mean 

Sad thing in the PI, Nonito's not that popular to the Pacman "stans" (not talking about the 'boxing' fans) being that he's Filipino-American, and they misinterpret his good english and confidence to be "arrogance".   And they always say "oh he's not humble like Manny, etc.."  or "if nonito would stay humble, he'd get better opponents"    Like the key to get good opponents and to be a great fighter is to have humility 

http://forum.philboxing.com/viewtopic.php?f=63&t=184766&st=0&sk=t&sd=a

 

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Sunday at Jakarta, Indonesia​

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Featherweight
Chris John W12 Fernando Saucedo
Retains a featherweight title
Scores: 120-108, 119-109 (twice).​

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Rafael's remark: Twice John's defense against Argentina's Saucedo had been postponed. A May date was delayed because John suffered a shoulder injury training. Then the rescheduled date in July was called off because John broke a rib. Finally, healthy, the fight took place and John, 31, easily retained his belt for the 13th time as he pitched a near-shutout in his first fight in his native Indonesia since 2008. Saucedo hadn't lost since 2004, going 22-0-1 since. With all the injuries, the fight was John's first since he soundly outpointed Rocky Juarez in their rematch in Las Vegas in September 2009. Now John, who holds one of three featherweight belts the WBA somehow sanctions in the same division, is obligated to fight Yuriorkis Gamboa, who has one of the belts. The fight is due by April 19 but does not seem likely to happen, since neither side seems all that interested. If they don't fight, Gamboa, who holds two alphabet belts, seemingly would give up his WBA trinket.




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Saturday at Anaheim, Calif.​

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Lightweight
Humberto Soto W12 Urbano Antillon
Retains a lightweight title
Scores: 115-112, 114-113 (twice)​

[/td][/tr][tr][td]Records: Soto, 54-7-2, 32 KOs; Antillon, 28-2, 20 KOs
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Rafael's remark: It took all the way until virtually the last notable fight of the year, but it looks as though we have an honest to goodness leader in the fight of the year sweepstakes. Soto and Antillon turned in a brutal, back-and-forth slugfest that was a raging, competitive battle from the first bell until the last. It was an unlikely main event, too. It replaced the Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.-Pawel Wolak pay-per-view headliner when Chavez came down with the flu and dropped out the week of the fight. Originally, Top Rank was going to move the Nonito Donaire-Wladimir Sidorenko fight into the headline position and then changed up at the last minute due to international television considerations. So Soto, 30, of Mexico, and Antillon, 28, a native of Mexico living in Maywood, Calif., wound up in the top spot and gave the 3,253 who decided to show up for a card that had lost the star power of Chavez a memorable battle.





Soto had won a vacant belt by outpointing David Diaz in March on the Manny Pacquiao-Joshua Clottey undercard and was making his third defense of the year -- and he saved his best for last against Antillon, who was fighting for a title for the second time. In July 2009, he faced Miguel Acosta for an interim belt and was in the fight when he walked into an uppercut and was knocked out in the ninth round. Antillon rebounded for two wins in a row to set up the shot at Soto.





Antillon's best chance to win was to make it an all-out brawl against Soto, a quicker and better boxer. But Soto can also mix it up, so when Antillon did drag him into a toe-to-toe battle, he had answers. By the third round, the fight had blown up into a true slugfest as both men scored repeatedly. In the fourth round, Antillon was warned for a low blow and in the fifth round, referee Ray Corona docked him a point for a borderline low blow. The deduction was huge because had Antillon not lost the point, he would have had a majority draw. Granted, he wouldn't have taken Soto's belt, but he also wouldn't have the loss on his record. An accidental head butt opened a cut over Antillon's right eye in the sixth. Back and forth they went as Soto landed great uppercuts, a shot Antillon is susceptible to, and Antillon bulled his way forward and landed some sick body shots. There were numerous heated exchanges in which both fighters landed hard shots, but neither backed down. In the end, it was a great fight with Soto getting the tight, but deserved decision based on the point deduction. It was the fitting finale to what turned out to be a highly entertaining Top Rank pay-per-view card from top to bottom.





Going into the fight Top Rank's Bob Arum said that the winner would face Brandon Rios on Showtime in Las Vegas on Feb. 26, so Soto is supposed to have that fight. However, it wouldn't be a surprise if it had to be delayed slightly because Soto might need some extra time off after such a brutal fight. Because Antillon acquitted himself so well, Arum also said after that he would like to match him with Miguel Vazquez, another of the 135-pound titleholders he promotes, on the same card as Soto-Rios. That would be a tremendous show. Hopefully Showtime gets on board. And, of course, if Soto and Antillon were both to win, Arum said he would like to match them in a rematch. Sounds like an outstanding plan, although who knows if Arum will actually follow through with it.




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Bantamweight
Nonito Donaire KO4 Wladimir Sidorenko
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[tr][td]Records: Donaire, 25-1, 17 KOs; Sidorenko, 22-3-2, 7 KOs
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Rafael's remark: Donaire referred to his match with former bantamweight titlist Sidorenko as a "trap fight" ahead of the bout because he knew what could happen. With a major fight on HBO against unified titlist Fernando Montiel scheduled for Feb. 19, Donaire did not want to fall into the trap of looking beyond Ukraine's Sidorenko, 34, and messing up the big fight he has wanted since scoring a spectacular knockout of Vic Darchinyan to win a flyweight title in 2007. To get to Montiel, Donaire, who was moving from junior bantamweight up to bantamweight, needed to defeat Sidorenko -- and preferably in strong fashion. Donaire insisted before the fight that he was purely focused on Sidorenko and he was apparently right because he turned in a sensational performance, the most complete fight of his career. Sidorenko was no pushover either. He is an accomplished, experienced fighter who held a bantamweight title from 2005 to 2008, and had only lost close decisions to Anselmo Moreno in title bouts. But Donaire blew him out in stunningly lopsided fashion, showing why many have him ranked on the pound-for-pound list. Donaire looked much bigger than Sidorenko and nearly knocked him out in the first round when he ripped him with a right hand. Sidorenko fell to the mat and nearly broke his right knee as he collapsed on top of it. By the second round, Sidorenko's face was a bloody mess from eating so many shots as Donaire bounced around and fired accurate shots with both hands. Sidorenko had no answers and no prayer to win at this point. A left to the top of the head dropped Sidorenko again in the third round and left-right combination dumped him to his knees in the fourth round. Sidorenko had the look of resignation on his bloody face and referee Marcos Rosales stopped the fight without completing a count at 1 minute, 48 seconds. Donaire now must sit and await the outcome of Montiel's Dec. 11 defense against Eduardo Garcia and hope he also does not get caught in a trap. If Montiel makes it through, the fight with Donaire is about as good a fight as can be made in boxing in the smaller weight classes.
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Featherweight
Miguel Angel "Mikey" Garcia KO5 Olivier Lontchi
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[tr][td]Records: Garcia, 24-0, 20 KOs; Lontchi, 18-2-2, 8 KOs
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Rafael's remark: Facing the best opponent of his burgeoning career, Garcia, of Oxnard, Calif., looked like a poised veteran even though he is only 22. The brother of former junior lightweight titlist-turned-trainer Robert Garcia was in control all the way against Lontchi, 27, a native of Cameroon based in Montreal. In the first round, Garcia drove Lontchi back with a hard right hand, nearly dropping him. Things never got better for Lontchi. Garcia dictated the fight with his jab and that right hand. In the fifth round, Garcia landed a stiff straight right that knocked Lontchi to the seat of his pants. Garcia was pounding away during the follow-up attack, rattling off something like 15 unanswered shots before Lontchi went to a knee and took the full count from referee Jerry Cantu. Lontchi lost his second fight in a row, having also been stopped in the ninth round challenging then-junior featherweight titlist Juan Manuel Lopez, who now owns a featherweight title. Lopez was ringside, perhaps scouting Top Rank stablemate Garcia for a possible fight. Garcia is in a mandatory position to face titleholder Yuriorkis Gamboa, but that fight is not part of the immediate plans for Garcia. Most likely, he'll return in the first quarter of 2011 and eventually challenge for a belt later in the year. Top Rank has action at 126 pounds, so it will be able to keep him busy before a title match for the impressive youngster.
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Middleweight
Pawel Wolak TKO7 Jose Pinzon
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[tr][td]Records: Wolak, 28-1, 18 KOs; Pinzon, 18-2-1, 12 KOs
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Rafael's remark: In the span of just a few days, Wolak went from not being on the card to accepting a fight with Julio Cesar Chavez in the main event as the replacement for the injured Alfonso Gomez, who dropped out on Nov. 24, to being matched with Pinzon when Chavez withdrew because of the flu. But whomever Wolak fights, he is usually in an action fight. So no surprise he had a brawl with Pinzon, 23, who was fighting outside of his native Mexico for the first time. Wolak, 29, a native Poland living in Mount Arlington, N.J., looked like was in big trouble early when Pinzon cracked him with a right uppercut and left hand to knock him down in the second round. Wolak was wobbly and in bad shape and had to survive about two minutes to make it to the end of the round. But he did and got himself together. Over the next several rounds, he was breaking Pinzon down in a rough battle. Pinzon, however, was taking the worst of it and in the seventh round, Wolak uncorked a flush right hand to the Pinzon's face. He was basically out on his feet from the punch and fell into Wolak to hold on. He was badly hurt and probably would have fallen face first to the floor had Wolak taken a step to the side. Referee Jack Reiss could see that and was on the money with his stoppage at 2 minutes, 24 seconds. Wolak had previously been scheduled to fight Chavez once before, in September, but Chavez dropped out of that fight too. Maybe, eventually, Wolak will get his chance to fight him.
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Saturday at Veracruz, Mexico ​

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Junior middleweight
Saul "Canelo" Alvarez W12 Lovemore N'Dou
Scores: 120-108 (twice), 119-109​

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Rafael's remark: Hearing the final bell has become somewhat rare of late for Alvarez. He had scored knockouts in 11 of his previous 12 fights, including a sensational sixth-round knockout of former welterweight champ Carlos Baldomir (who is known for his great chin) in September. But N'Dou had never been stopped in his 17-year-professional career. So try as he might, Alvarez, the 20-year-old rising Mexican star, could not knock him down or knock him out. Instead, he settled for a near-shutout decision in a dominant performance against the iron-chinned 39-year-old former junior welterweight titleholder from South Africa (but living in Australia). Thanks to a deal between Golden Boy, Alvarez's promoter, and HBO, American fans were treated to the fight on HBO Latino, the network's underused Spanish-language platform. Those who stayed up late to watch the fight on a brief tape delay saw Alvarez fight before a passionate crowd as he fired numerous combinations throughout the bout as he was in total command. N'Dou had little to offer in return, throwing one punch and a time and often covering up to avoid the incoming blows. Alvarez went 5-0 in his breakout 2010 and gained valuable American exposure to set up what could be a huge 2011 in which he'll try to continue building on his massive popularity in Mexico, growing name in the United States, as well as fight for a title. Golden Boy's Richard Schaefer said Alvarez's next fight would come in the United States in February or March.




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Featherweight
Daniel Ponce De Leon TKO7 Sergio Medina
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[tr][td]Records: Ponce De Leon, 41-2, 34 KOs; Medina, 35-4, 20 KOs
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Rafael's remark: In September, Mexico's Ponce De Leon, 30, knocked out Antonio Escalante in a title eliminator to become the mandatory challenger for titlist Juan Manuel Lopez. Staying busy, Ponce De Leon suffered a small cut on his cheek but otherwise pounded Argentina's Medina, 28, scoring three knockdowns before it was called off at 2 minutes, 59 seconds of the seventh. He dropped Medina in the first round and twice more -- on body shots -- in the seventh for the victory. The win was Ponce De Leon's seventh in a row since losing his junior featherweight belt to Lopez via first-round knockout in 2008, and he continues to make his case for the rematch at featherweight. Medina had his two-fight winning streak snapped, but has lost three of his last five, including a first-round knockout to Lopez in a 2008 junior featherweight title bout.
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Saturday at Glasgow, Scotland​

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Junior lightweight
Ricky Burns W12 Andreas Evensen
Retains a junior lightweight title
Scores: 119-108 (twice), 118-109​

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Rafael's remark: In September, Scotland's Burns, 27, got off the deck in the first round and fought Roman Martinez tooth and nail for 12 blistering rounds in a fight of the year candidate to win a decision and claim a 130-pound title. Making his first defense, Burns was matched with Evensen, 24, who was born in Colombia, lives in Norway and was as obscure a title challenger as they come. Burns dropped him in the opening seconds of the fight with a right hand, but Evensen did not appear badly hurt. Evensen then battled back in an action-packed, albeit one-sided fight. Burns, who had some bruising around his right eye, wobbled Evensen a few times during the fight, but the challenger stayed on his feet. Evensen's seven-fight winning streak dating to 2007 came to an end.




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Saturday at Mendoza, Argentina​

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Featherweight
Jonathan Victor Barros TKO7 Irving Berry
Wins a vacant interim featherweight title​

[/td][/tr][tr][td]Records: Barros, 31-1-1, 18 KOs; Berry, 18-2-2, 9 KOs
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Rafael's remark: In March, Argentina's Barros, 26, dropped a lopsided unanimous decision in Germany challenging Yuriorkis Gamboa for a featherweight belt. Barros rebounded to win two in a row and took on Panama's Berry, 24, for a vacant title. The first few rounds were somewhat competitive, although Barros seemed to win them. The seventh round had barely heated up when Barros tagged Berry with flush left and a right hand, staggering him and sending him reeling into the ropes, at which point referee Raul Caiz Jr. stepped in and called it off just 20 seconds into the round. Could have been a little premature, but Barros was probably going to win the way things were going. Berry's only other loss came in a six-round decision in his fifth pro fight against top bantamweight contender Nehomar Cermeño.





OK, and now on to the disgusting part of the fight. It was for a WBA interim featherweight title. Let's try to figure this out shall we? Chris John won that organization's title years ago and has defended it over and over, including on Sunday. He was eventually elevated to so-called "super champion" status. Gamboa eventually won the so-called "regular title." And now we have a third title in the same weight class, because, apparently, two are just not enough. The crazy part is that Gamboa is a unified titleholder, the reason the repugnant WBA says it created a "super" title. Yet John is not unified. So theoretically, Gamboa should also be a "super champion." Maybe John could be the "super duper" champion? Who knows. Seems like if you have two arms and touch a boxing glove you qualify for a WBA title. It is an utter farce.




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Friday at Montreal​

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Middleweight
David Lemieux TKO2 Purnell Gates
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[/td][/tr][tr][td]Records: Lemieux, 25-0, 24 KOs; Gates, 18-2, 13 KOs
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Rafael's remark: Lemieux, the 21-year-old super prospect from Montreal, closed out a busy 2010 with yet another early stoppage. The kid fought five times this year and other than being taken the 10-round distance by tough guy Jason Naugler in February, nobody could take Lemieux into the third round. He stopped Hector Camacho Jr. and Elvin Ayala in the first round and Walid Smichet and now Gates in the second round. Lemieux was coming off the surprising wipeout of Camacho on Oct. 29 and while didn't get a spectacular knockout against Michigan's Gates, 37, he was no match. Gates, who hadn't lost since a four-round decision in 2004, seemed to clearly hurt his right hand in the first round, grabbing it with about a minute left in the round. Two-handed fighters haven't done well with Lemieux. A guy with one paw is dead meat. And in the second round, that's what Gates was. Lemieux dropped him to a knee with a left hand with a minute left in the round. Gates popped up but took a knee a few seconds later without getting hit. When he got up, he did not want to continue and referee Jean-Guy Brousseau called off the fight just as his corner was throwing in the towel. It was typical quick work for Lemieux, who has scored early knockouts against some opponents who were expected to give him rounds. Next up for Lemieux is supposed to be a title elimination fight against Mexico's Marco Antonio Rubio, a former title challenger who might at last give Lemieux come competition. But the way Lemieux has looked recently that is probably not a good bet.




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Friday at Santa Ynez, Calif.​

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Cruiserweight
Lateef Kayode KO6 Ed Perry
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Rafael's remark: Everyone loves a puncher, right? Which is why Kayode is a very intriguing prospect. He's big, strong and raw with a lot of potential. Born in Nigeria, Kayode relocated to Hollywood, Calif., and went the four-round distance in his pro debut. Now he has 14 knockouts in a row after polishing off Perry, who made it interesting and showed a lot of heart but was ultimately outgunned. Perry, 34, of Lafayette, Ind., had never been stopped (or even knocked down) but until running into the brute strength of Kayode, who ended Perry's eight-fight winning streak in the main event of Showtime's "ShoBox." Kayode took some shots, but his power was evident, particularly to the body, as he dropped Perry in the fourth and sixth rounds. Perry went to a knee after taking a left hand to the body in the fourth and went down for the count in the sixth after Kayode blasted him with a left uppercut to the ribcage. Kayode fought most of his early fights at heavyweight, but could make some serious noise as a cruiserweight with the power he displays. And Perry hit him flush a few times and he seemed to take the shots well. Promoter Gary Shaw said Kayode will return on the undercard of the Devon Alexander-Timothy Bradley Jr. junior welterweight unification fight Jan. 29 at the Silverdome in Pontiac, Mich. Because Perry showed a crowd-pleasing style and heart, he figures to get some phone calls after his performance. He'll come to fight, give his best and test prospects.
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Junior lightweight
Luis Franco W-DQ8 Eric Hunter
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[tr][td]Records: Franco, 8-0, 5 KOs; Hunter, 15-2, 8 KOs
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Rafael's remark: Franco, 28, was a 2004 Cuban Olympian who had around 400 amateur fights. In 2009, he defected and turned pro like so many of his teammates have done over the past few years. So Franco comes into the pro ranks with tons of experience and is moving aggressively and quickly. At his age and level of experience there is no reason to baby him. Franco handled Hunter, 24, a 2004 U.S. Olympic alternate from Philadelphia, with ease. Hunter's most aggressive move was a head butt and a pair of low blows in the second round for which referee Jon Schorle penalized him one point. While Franco was easily outboxing him, Hunter turned dirty again and went low in the eighth round again a Schorle disqualified him for the repeated infraction, short circuiting what had been a terrible fight.
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Friday at Guadalajara, Mexico ​

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Lightweight
Noe Bolanos TKO5 Gilberto Gonzalez
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Rafael's remark: Bolanos, 24, of Mexico, scored the mild upset over his countryman. Bolanos was supposed to face prospect Pablo Cesar Cano, but he was ill and dropped out, leaving Gonzalez to step into the main event on Telefutura's "Solo Boxeo Tecate." Gonzalez, 23, jumped out to a quick start, outboxing Bolanos and landing some solid shots and hurting him in the first couple of rounds. Maybe Gonzalez had punched himself out, but he began to slow. Meanwhile, Bolanos got himself back into the fight and began to wear Gonzalez down in the fourth round. In the fifth, Bolanos hurt Gonzalez with a right hand late in the round and the referee jumped in and stopped it at 2 minutes, 51 seconds. This was a weak stoppage, however. Gonzalez had been tagged a few times in the round, but he was in serious trouble and was still firing back. He complained immediately about the stoppage and it was understandable. Still, his seven-fight winning streak (all by knockout) came to an end. Bolanos won his second fight in a row by knockout after an 0-3-1 (and one no contest) slump. A rematch wouldn't be a bad idea.
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[carlofromdapi]

Originally Posted by dako akong otin

yeah, i know what you mean 

Sad thing in the PI, Nonito's not that popular to the Pacman "stans" (not talking about the 'boxing' fans) being that he's Filipino-American, and they misinterpret his good english and confidence to be "arrogance".   And they always say "oh he's not humble like Manny, etc.."  or "if nonito would stay humble, he'd get better opponents"    Like the key to get good opponents and to be a great fighter is to have humility 

http://forum.philboxing.com/viewtopic.php?f=63&t=184766&st=0&sk=t&sd=a

True!

 

[scott frost]

So I am finally up on this twitter thing, still learning my way around, mostly follow boxing stuff and some NTers but came across this after reading some Sugar Shane tweets:

Eric Gomez (Golden Boy match-maker) & Jin Golddigger (Ex-Wife Shane Mosley)

Who does that?  Clown operation over there.  Hamming it up with a business partner's ex wife? 

Was reading some details on the Mosley divorce, got to pay this bird like $20k a month in spousal support or some !**@.

 

[dako akong otin]

I never liked Eric Gomez.  Wish Shane would throw that right overhand to his temple

 

[proshares]

You southcrescent Crooks?

I read this on boxingscene today:

Apparently, there's still money to be made in boxing -- because Sugar Shane Mosley, the likely next opponent of Manny Pacquiao, pulled $650,000 per MONTH in 2010 ... this according to legal documents filed in his divorce case.

Mosely was just ordered to pay his soon-to-be ex-wife Jin Mosley a whopping $20,000 per month in support starting this month ... plus he's got to shell out an extra $60,000 for the past three months.

According to the docs, filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court, Jin claims she needs the cash to pay for several monthly expenses like:

-- Clothes ...........................................................$5,073
-- Jewelry .......................................................... $1,666
-- Cosmetics, beauty ........................................... $2,000
-- Massage therapist ........................................... $360
-- Personal trainer .......................................... .... $720

The couple was also ordered to sell their Southern California mansion ASAP so they can divvy up the cash from that deal.

Mosley did get one minor victory -- the judge ruled he's allowed to keep his 2006 H3.

The man appreciates a good Hummer.

 

[scott frost]

Yeah Pro, that's me. Some good news & notes, articles and @#%! like that posted up on there. Need Fernanod Vargas to stop tweeting in %+*++$! Spanglish, its like reading "Blood In, Blood Out" all day.

Those numbers make me sick, California is pathetic.

 

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DLP is the worst, I had to unfollow him

son is !+%!%@! bi-polar.

 

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@loudibella, who told me Martinez-Cotto discussions are "dead" because Bob Arum won't consider co-promotion, no matter the split.

@loudibella said Arum offered a $2.5 mil buyout for Martinez side. DiB said he countered, offering $5 mil to buy out Arum & was rejected.
   Arum's response: "We couldn’t come to terms. I talked to the Cotto people. They wanted particular terms and Lou wasn’t agreeable."

 

[scott frost]

Arum is the anti christ.

 

[eagle 0n]

I was waiting for a Maidana avy to show up this week 

Speaking of Ortiz he covered up the tats he had on his back with an even worse one. It will probably have the same impact as Shane Mosley's.

 

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^ 

You know I had to, riding with dude for a while biggest fight of his career.  Hopefully he's in good shape.

A week after talks opened to match middleweight champion Sergio Martinez with junior middleweight titleholder Miguel Cotto, they came to an abrupt end Tuesday night.

Lou DiBella, Martinez's promoter, told ESPN.com that Top Rank's Bob Arum, Cotto's promoter, insisted on buying out the Martinez side instead of splitting the revenue on a percentage basis from what would have been a pay-per-view fight in March. DiBella did not say what percentage split he had in mind, but said it would have heavily favored Cotto, the proven PPV performer.

"The Martinez-Cotto discussions are dead because Bob doesn't want to do any kind of co-promotion no matter what the split," DiBella said.

DiBella said Arum offered him $2.5 million against an upside of the potential pay-per-view profits. DiBella declined and said he countered by offering to buy out Arum for $5 million against an upside of pay-per-view profits.

"Bob said no, so pretty much that's the end of the discussion. There's nothing more to discuss," DiBella said.

Arum, who turns 79 on Wednesday, would not go in the details of their discussions but told ESPN.com, "We couldn't come to terms. I talked to the Cotto people. They wanted particular terms and Lou wasn't agreeable. Lou wanted to do a percentage deal and Cotto didn't want to do a percentage deal. Cotto wanted to do a big number for Martinez plus an upside of the pay-per-view. I do whatever my fighters want. If Cotto wanted to fight Martinez on any particular grounds, as long as I could make some dough, of course, I would do it, not even a question.

"But I'm not going to tell you what did happen because those things are supposed to be confidential. Lou called and we couldn't make a deal. Period."

DiBella thought a Martinez-Cotto fight would be a hit. Cotto (35-2, 28 KOs) is a bankable attraction and Martinez (46-2-2, 25 KOs) is red hot and the likely fighter of the year. He is coming off a highlight-reel one-punch knockout of Paul Williams in the second round of their Nov. 20 rematch, which was the second-highest rated fight on HBO this year, trailing only Cotto's junior middleweight title victory against Yuri Foreman in June. Because of Martinez's stature, DiBella said he felt like a percentage deal was appropriate.

"I am not a paid booking agent. I am a promoter," DiBella said. "Sergio Martinez is not an opponent. He's a champion and right now one of the hottest fighters in boxing. Bob is entitled to take whatever kind of business positions he wants and I am entitled to say no. I went back to [Martinez adviser] Sampson [Lewkowicz] and the fighter and they not only supported my position but insisted on it."

With no Cotto fight, DiBella said there are two likely options for Martinez, who will probably fight in March. Martinez could fight Sebastian Zbik, who is unknown in the United States but is an interim titleholder and Martinez's mandatory challenger, or rising contender Andy Lee, who fights Saturday and would have to win.

Arum said with no Martinez fight in Cotto's future, he would attempt to make a rematch between Cotto and Antonio Margarito. In 2008, Margarito stopped Cotto in the 11th round of an all-action welterweight title fight, but the victory was later clouded because of suspicions that Margarito fought with loaded hand wraps, as he tried to do -- and was caught -- in his next fight against Shane Mosley.

"He'll fight Margarito," Arum said of Cotto. "Margarito is going to get a physical to determine when he can fight. The earlier we can do it, the better."

Margarito is still recovering from a one-sided thrashing he took at the hands of pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao on Nov. 13.

"Cotto-Margarito, at the end of the day, that's the fight that everybody wants because that fight would do the most money," Arum said. "The first fight did about 500,000 homes [on pay-per-view] and there's no reason why [a rematch] shouldn't do the same."

Arum said it could be in May or June. If it is in June, Arum said he hopes to stage it as the first fight at the New Meadowlands Stadium, home of the NFL's New York Giants and Jets in East Rutherford, N.J.

Cotto has previously said he did not want to fight Margarito again because of his feelings that he cheated in their first fight. However, Arum said Cotto would do the fight.

"I know so that he is willing to fight Margarito again," Arum said.