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

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I felt a little bad about saying all that crap about Green and the Miranda fight but I'll be damned if he isn't fighting the same fight. If Kessler is the same fighter that he was in the Froch fight...goodnight Allan Green.
 
Bute or Bika would have been better fits in the super 6 I'm curious how Ward vs. Dirrell will turn out though.
 
Antonio Tarver has lost his mind.
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moving up to Heavyweight.
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1st he said I wanna move up to Cruiserweight but Danny green is too busy unburying Dead people (RJJ & BHop)
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then he said David haye and Kliztzkos "watch out"
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Green sucks
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And damn how you gonna talk big +*@@ and come with some lame !+@ excuses
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Jermaine Taylor prolly woulda been more competitive.

The fans in Oakland liked almost everything they saw in the fight, except for an appearance by former Raiders quarterback JaMarcus Russell. The fans booed Russell as he walked to his seat in the eighth round, still upset over three failed years as Raiders quarterback that ended with his release last month.

Russell, wearing an Alabama Crimson Tide hat and jacket, was booed again loudly as he left the arena after the fight.
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why was he wearing Alabama gear?

Gary Shaw said he has talked to HBO and that his side would agree to an Angulo/Cotto fight at 154.
 
now i'm even more upset i passed my chance to go to the Kessler fight in November. Green,
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wanted to see a competitive fight... but green... what in the blue hell was that!?!?!? i want that one hour of my life back.
 
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Saturday at Oakland, Calif.​
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Super Six World Boxing Classic
Super middleweight
Andre Ward W12 Allan Green
Retains a super middleweight title
Scores: 120-108 (three times)​
[/td][/tr][tr][td]Records: Ward, 22-0, 13 KOs; Green, 29-2, 20 KOs
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Rafael's remark: With a dominant and impressive shutout victory in front of his hometown fans, Ward accomplished so much. First off, he made a successful initial defense of the title he won in only slightly less dominating fashion from Mikkel Kessler in November. In addition, Ward became the first fighter in Showtime's Super Six field to win two bouts in a row, took over first place in the final fight of Group Stage 2 and secured a berth in the semifinals regardless of how things go in his Group Stage 3 bout against 2004 U.S. Olympic teammate Andre Dirrell on Sept. 25.





Other than perhaps scoring a knockout, Ward couldn't possibly have been more impressive. He won every single round, and none was even close. It was a total wipeout and as lopsided a fight as there has been through the first six bouts of the Super Six. Green, 30, of Tulsa, Okla., showed absolutely nothing, but part of that has to be a credit to Ward, whose fast hands and feet, ring smarts, toughness, and ability to fight inside and out thoroughly befuddled Green, who, frankly, looked like a rank amateur, not the avoided contender he believed he was and has talked about being for years. Throughout the fight, Ward was busier, beat Green to the punch, whacked him around with both hands and, for the most part, avoided what little fire was coming back. It was obvious that Green, who is a good puncher, had nothing but a puncher's chance after only a few rounds had gone by.





When Ward, the sport's only U.S. Olympic gold medalist in 2004, stood at a distance, he jabbed Green and was flashy with his punches. Ward was also extremely impressive when he worked on the inside. Unlike in the fight with Kessler, when Ward did his fair share of holding, against Green, he simply worked him over on the inside, upstairs and downstairs, like a seasoned veteran.





Whatever holding there was was initiated by Green, who barely jabbed and barely did much of anything else while being outclassed. Even Ward was surprised by how pathetic Green was, saying afterward -- in an understatement -- "I did expect a little tougher fight."





It was a complete performance from a fighter rising the pound-for-pound rankings. He rocked Green several times, brutally hammered him over with combinations in the sixth and seventh rounds, and had him bleeding from the nose and looking utterly dejected at the end of the 10th round.





From the moment the tournament was announced, Green had a chip on his shoulder about not being invited to join. He got into the field only after Jermain Taylor withdrew after his crushing knockout loss to Arthur Abraham in Group Stage 1, and after Sakio Bika declined to face him in a box-off to gain entrance. Had Taylor remained in the tournament, he probably would have at least won a couple of rounds and actually tried to win against Ward. Green didn't. Instead, for a guy who did so much talking and acted like such a bully in the buildup, he made a lot of excuses afterward about how he came in too light at 166 pounds (which is his fault and his alone) and how he supposedly was overtrained. He complained about being in camp since December. Yet he also has complained about having camps that were too short for other fights. So which is it? His excuses ring hollow, but because of the tournament format and the luck of the draw, Green will get another title shot in his next fight regardless of how little he deserves it. In Group Stage 3 in the fall, Green will challenge Kessler, who won a belt from Carl Froch in their Group Stage 2 bout in April. Green still has an outside shot to make the semifinals, but he'll need some help from other results and a plan far better than anything he had against the superior Ward.
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Saturday at Queretaro, Mexico ​
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Junior flyweight
Omar Niño W12 Rodel Mayol
Wins a junior flyweight title
Scores: 117-109, 115-112, 115-111​
[/td][/tr][tr][td]Records: Niño, 29-3-2, 11 KOs; Mayol, 26-5-2, 20 KOs
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Rafael's remark: It was another foul-filled fight, but what else is new when Mayol is involved? It was the fifth consecutive fight in which Mayol was involved that there was some sort of controversy or fight-marring fouls. There were back-to-back technical decisions, a draw and a loss, to 108-pound division champion Ivan "Iron Boy" Calderon, which both ended prematurely because Mayol, 28, of the Philippines, used his head to open severe cuts on Calderon's forehead with accidental head-butts. Then there was Mayol's second-round knockout of Edgar Sosa to win a belt in November in a controversial fight in which Mayol got the knockout moments after a severe head-butt had broken Sosa's jaw and disoriented him. And then there was Mayol's first title defense on Feb. 27, which went down as a three-round technical draw against Niño. In that one, Mayol retained his title despite leaving the ring on a stretcher after Niño hit him low in the third round and as the referee was moving in to call a timeout, and had grabbed Niño's right arm to pull him away, Niño fouled Mayol by landing a left hook on the break, a punch that knocked him out.





Meeting in an immediate rematch, again in Niño's home country of Mexico, they waged another fight filled with fouls. This time, they both used their heads as weapons and did so often in the "Top Rank Live" main event. Niño got the worst of it, however, because the head-butts opened a cut over his left eye in the second round and another one over his right eye in the fifth round. Under the woeful WBC's terrible rule, when there are accidental head-butts, and one fighter is cut, the uncut fighter is docked a point. So referee Hector Afu was forced to unfairly dock two points from Mayol, even though both fighters were clearly responsible for the head-butts. Basically, Mayol was penalized for having the harder head. Not only that, but the WBC's even worse rule of open scoring was utilized, so everyone knew what the scores were after the fourth and eighth rounds in the tightly contested fight. In the end, the bloody Niño, 34, of Mexico, did enough to warrant the unanimous decision, even if the 117-109 scorecard was too wide.





Now we can all wait to see if Niño can pass his drug test. In 2006, he outpointed Brian Viloria to win this belt. In their immediate rematch, they fought to a draw, but Niño tested positive for a banned substance afterward and was stripped of the title with the fight result being changed to a no contest.
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Saturday at Niagara Falls, N.Y. ​
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Heavyweight
Hasim Rahman TKO4 Shannon Miller
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[/td][/tr][tr][td]Records: Rahman, 47-7-2, 38 KOs; Miller, 16-5, 9 KOs
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Rafael's remark: Rahman, the 37-year-old former heavyweight champ from Baltimore, will never recapture the moment in which he knocked Lennox Lewis still in South Africa in 2001 to win the title on a massive upset. But he's still trying and trying to distance himself from the loss that should have ended his career, a brutal seven-round, one-sided beating at the hands of Wladimir Klitschko in Germany in a December 2007 title bout. Rahman was out of the ring for 15 months before returning for a first-round knockout in March against a corpse. Miller, 36, of Troy, N.Y., was certainly a step up, and even swelled Rahman's right eye. But Rahman, weighing 260 pounds, nearly a career high, got the job done. He scored four knockdowns -- one in each round -- before Miller's corner threw in the towel midway through the fourth round. Miller fell to 2-4 with a no contest in his past five bouts. Rahman will carry on looking for another title shot, which is seemingly unlikely.
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Saturday at Tepic, Mexico ​
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Flyweight
Edren Dapudong KO1 Jesus Jimenez
Wins a vacant interim flyweight title​
[/td][/tr][tr][td]Records: Dapudong, 18-2, 10 KOs; Jimenez, 28-6, 20 KOs
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Rafael's remark: The WBC's nonsense just never stops, which is why this fight was naturally for its "silver belt," which is just a fancier term for a crappy interim title. This one was utterly pointless, but sure didn't stop WBC president for life Jose Sulaiman from collecting another sanctioning fee. The reality is that Pongsaklek Wonjongkam is the full titleholder and one of the top titleholders in the smaller weight divisions. So, of course, there is a need for another guy parading around with a belt in the same weight division! What a joke. In any event, the Philippines' Dapudong scored the minor upset on Jimenez's home turf, knocking him down twice for the victory. A combination body shot-head shot was responsible for the first knockdown. Moments later, Dapudong finished Jimenez with a body attack followed by a left that dropped him for the full count. Dapudong won his 10th fight in a row and hasn't lost since a tight decision to former strawweight titlist Muhammad Rachman on Rachman's turf in Indonesia in June 2008. Jimenez, of Mexico, saw his 15-fight winning streak come to an end. He hadn't lost since being stopped in the fourth round by Francisco Arce in August 2006.
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Friday at Spokane, Wash. ​
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Junior middleweight
Sherzod Husanov W10 Jhon Berrio
Scores: 98-92, 96-94, 95-95​
[/td][/tr][tr][td]Records: Husanov, 10-0-1, 5 KOs; Berrio, 15-7, 11 KOs
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Rafael's remark: Husanov, 30, had more than 300 amateur fights and was a two-time Olympian for Uzbekistan (2000 and 2004) before making his American debut, which came after he avenged the lone blemish on his record, a draw with Timur Nergadze, with a unanimous decision against him in his last bout in October. Husanov, who didn't turn pro until 2007, had been scheduled to challenge titleholder Sergei Dzinziruk on May 14 on Showtime, but a visa problem knocked him out of the bout. With the paperwork problem sorted out, he headlined ESPN2's "Friday Night Fights" against Berrio, 24, a Colombia native now living in Florida, who was also fighting in the United States for the first time.





Despite Husanov's superior amateur credentials, this one was a struggle. It was a solid fight and competitive all the way, but Husanov did enough to pull out many of the close rounds. Although Berrio, who was so much slower, threw a lot more punches (653 to 487), many were wide and not very effective, and his balance was terrible. Husanov was more accurate (210 to 126) and it showed, because in the end, Berrio's legs were unsteady and he was hanging on to make it to the final bell. Berrio gave a good account of himself, but Husanov emerged with the deserved decision, although one judge did have it a draw, probably preferring Berrio's activity over Husanov's more refined skills and accuracy.
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Super middleweight
Maxim Vlasov KO3 Jerson Ravelo
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[tr][td]Records: Vlasov, 18-0, 9 KOs; Ravelo, 20-5, 12 KOs
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Rafael's remark: Russia's Vlasov, 23, was scheduled to face former middleweight title challenger Kingsley Ikeke, but he withdrew after suffering a broken jaw in training. That opened the door for 2000 Dominican Olympian Ravelo, 32, who has lived in Newark, N.J., since he was 8. Vlasov quickly closed that door with a smashing knockout victory. Vlasov was imposing himself on Ravelo through the first two rounds and then put him away with a massive right hand in the third round. The blow landed flush and stopped Ravelo in his tracks before he fell face first as his arm draped over the bottom ring rope. To Ravelo's credit, he struggled to get to his feet but didn't quite beat the count. While Vlasov's career is on the upswing, Ravelo's career isn't going well. The one-time prospect fell to 3-4 in his past seven fights and all five of his career losses have come by knockout (including to Andre Ward and Allan Green) as he has fallen into the category of stepping-stone opponent.





An undercard fight featuring 2008 U.S. Olympian and 2007 world amateur champion Demetrius Andrade (10-0, 7 KOs) was called off the day before the fight when there was a problem with his opponent's medical paperwork.
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Friday at McAllen, Texas ​
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Junior welterweight
Luis Ramos Jr. W8 Joshua Allotey
Scores: 80-72 (twice), 79-73​
[/td][/tr][tr][td]Records: Ramos Jr., 16-0, 8 KOs; Allotey, 18-9, 14 KOs
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Rafael's remark: Golden Boy Promotions has high hopes for Ramos, a 22-year-old from Santa Ana, Calif., who has fought regularly on its monthly "Fight Night Club" shows. Now headlining on Telefutura's "Solo Boxeo Tecate," Ramos rolled past New York-based Ghana native Allotey, 30, with ease. A Ramos victory looked like it was in the bank very early as he was the clearly superior fighter from the opening bell. Although Allotey tried to apply pressure and get off shots, Ramos dominated. He pinned Allotey against the ropes a number of times. He let his hands go throughout the fight and ripped Allotey with right hands. He rocked Allotey in the sixth and eighth rounds as he dished out a thorough beating.
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Lightweight
Omar Figueroa W-DQ2 Julian Rodriguez

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[tr][td]Records: Figueroa, 10-0, 8 KOs; Rodriguez, 17-19-4, 11 KOs
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Rafael's remark: This was a wild fight. Figueroa, 20, of Weslaco, Texas, got the win after Mexico's Rodriguez was disqualified by referee Marc Cal-oy after repeated low blows. When he was not being hit in the family jewels, Figueroa looked like an exciting fighter who can throw nice combinations. Unfortunately, Rodriguez fought dirty and the fight ended. He was warned for a low blow in the first round and things degenerated from there. He was warned again for a low blow late in the first round. In the second round, he crushed Figueroa with a shot to the nether region. Figueroa finally retaliated, nailing Rodriguez below the belt with a shot that dropped him, which Cal-oy ruled a knockdown. When the fight resumed, Rodriguez went low yet again and was docked a point. Moments later, Andrew Golota, er, Rodriguez, cracked Figueroa below the belt again and Cal-oy properly disqualified him. Rodriguez clearly didn't really want to fight and fell to 1-8-1 in his past 10 bouts.
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Jermell Charlo TKO1 Adan Murillo
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Rafael's remark: Charlo, 20, of Houston, was a top-notch amateur and made this fight look easy. A large piece of fruit might have put up more resistance than Mexico's Murillo, who took the fight on short notice after unbeaten Stalinn Lopez fell out. Murillo came in at 165¾ pounds and Charlo went through with the fight even though he was only 155¾. He and his team knew it made no difference whatsoever. Charlo went right at him at the opening bell and quickly dropped Murillo under a hail of punches. Moments later, Murillo was down again under another flurry and the fight was over in a mere 63 seconds. Charlo undoubtedly gets better work in the gym.
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Junior flyweight
Omar Niño W12 Rodel Mayol
Wins a junior flyweight title
Scores: 117-109, 115-112, 115-111​
[/td][/tr][tr][td]Records: Niño, 29-3-2, 11 KOs; Mayol, 26-5-2, 20 KOs
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Rafael's remark: It was another foul-filled fight, but what else is new when Mayol is involved? It was the fifth consecutive fight in which Mayol was involved that there was some sort of controversy or fight-marring fouls. There were back-to-back technical decisions, a draw and a loss, to 108-pound division champion Ivan "Iron Boy" Calderon, which both ended prematurely because Mayol, 28, of the Philippines, used his head to open severe cuts on Calderon's forehead with accidental head-butts. Then there was Mayol's second-round knockout of Edgar Sosa to win a belt in November in a controversial fight in which Mayol got the knockout moments after a severe head-butt had broken Sosa's jaw and disoriented him. And then there was Mayol's first title defense on Feb. 27, which went down as a three-round technical draw against Niño. In that one, Mayol retained his title despite leaving the ring on a stretcher after Niño hit him low in the third round and as the referee was moving in to call a timeout, and had grabbed Niño's right arm to pull him away, Niño fouled Mayol by landing a left hook on the break, a punch that knocked him out.





Meeting in an immediate rematch, again in Niño's home country of Mexico, they waged another fight filled with fouls. This time, they both used their heads as weapons and did so often in the "Top Rank Live" main event. Niño got the worst of it, however, because the head-butts opened a cut over his left eye in the second round and another one over his right eye in the fifth round. Under the woeful WBC's terrible rule, when there are accidental head-butts, and one fighter is cut, the uncut fighter is docked a point. So referee Hector Afu was forced to unfairly dock two points from Mayol, even though both fighters were clearly responsible for the head-butts. Basically, Mayol was penalized for having the harder head. Not only that, but the WBC's even worse rule of open scoring was utilized, so everyone knew what the scores were after the fourth and eighth rounds in the tightly contested fight. In the end, the bloody Niño, 34, of Mexico, did enough to warrant the unanimous decision, even if the 117-109 scorecard was too wide.





Now we can all wait to see if Niño can pass his drug test. In 2006, he outpointed Brian Viloria to win this belt. In their immediate rematch, they fought to a draw, but Niño tested positive for a banned substance afterward and was stripped of the title with the fight result being changed to a no contest.
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god dammit rodel
 
Early take on 'Dre vs. 'Dre?

On paper this could be an exciting fight but since they're BFFs this could be a snoozefest. Its a pretty even fight to me, just think that Ward is tougher mentally than Dirrell.

It also looks like Ward would/should be traveling outta Oaktown for this fight.
 
I think it'll be a neutral area fight, hopefully Vegas at a small venue like the Thomas Mack. I'm rooting for Dirrell but Ward is pretty hard to hit compared to Froch and Abraham. But Dirrell is quicker than Kessler and Green and packs a punch. Hopefully Dirrell doesn't try to stink it out and the way he fought Abraham is going to be the way he fights going forward.

Really looking forward to Froch/Abraham. See if Froch is fully recovered from that Kessler right hand...
 
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