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Rumors are that the floyd mayewather/shane mosley fight is OFF, as floyd doesn't want to fight for a fraction of what he'd make with pacquiao and that floyd is just going to wait for pac.

these are just rumors so far but are being reported by a couple sites.

I hope it's not true, but if it is....fuck floyd. I hope it's all bullshit but we should know by tomorrow...
 
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Berto vs Malignaggi Very Premature, Says DiBella

By Rick Reeno

The industry chatter on a potential fight between Andre Berto and Paulie Malignaggi is very premature, says promoter Lou DiBella to BoxingScene.com. Berto, the WBC welterweight champion, is currently in Haiti helping family and friends who were devastated by the recent earthquake. DiBella has not spoken with Berto regarding any potential opponents for his next fight.

"There are a few reports out there regarding Andre and potential opponents. There are a few things being thrown around and all of them are very premature. I have not spoken with Andre. He's in Haiti on a humanitarian mission and he's trying to bring his sister back. He wants to come back in April. When he returns, we'll sit down and discuss some potential opponents but any information regarding Berto's next opponent is very premature," DiBella said.

Sources have told BoxingScene that HBO does have interest in a Berto-Malignaggi meeting, but they have a lot more interest in Malignaggi fighting 140-pound champion Amir Khan in his HBO debut.

"As long as they keep treating Paulie like he's an opponent, that fight [Khan-Malignaggi] won't happen," DiBella said.

Berto's return may very well land in HBO's loaded April schedule. It won't be in a co-feature with Paul Williams on his tentative return date of April 10. If Williams is unable to go on that date, it could go to Khan. More than one source told BoxingScene that a Berto-Malignaggi co-feature, with Williams in the main event, would be too expensive for HBO to pick up.
 
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Arum Wants Gamboa-Lopez To Be "The Biggest Feather-Weight Fight Of All Time"

y James Slater - While fight fans want to see featherweight stars Yuriorkis Gamboa and Juan Manuel Lopez face each other even more due to how great both guys looked last night in New York, promoter Bob Arum has let it be known he will not be matching the two together right away. Arum, as quoted on Ring TV.com, wants the fight to build and build, to the point where it becomes absolutely massive.

Gamboa, a stunningly quick 2nd-round winner over the normally durable Rogers Mtagwa - who, of course, pushed Lopez all the way last year down at super-bantamweight - is anxious to face "Juanma," and a number of fans seem to think he would be the winner; such thinking based largely no doubt on last night's superb display of speed and power by the now 17-0(15) Cuban. But Lopez, who TKO'd the talented Steve Luevana in the 7th-round of his featherweight debut to improve to 28-0(25), is also a fine fighter and many fans feel it will be he who wins the hugely intriguing battle when it takes place. Indeed, this upcoming fight has already got all the hardcore boxing fans talking..

But Arum feels it is his job as promoter to try and make the fight one that will appeal to casual and hardcore fight fans alike.

"I want to wait and build this to be the biggest featherweight fight of all time," Arum said post-fight in New York. "When they fight, they'll fight to be the best featherweight in the world. I want to see those two clean out the featherweight division and I don't want to see them rush to fight each other."

In order for Gamboa and Lopez to "clean out" the 126-pound division, fights with top class men like Chris John, the "real" WBA champ at featherweight, Elio Rojas, the WBC ruler and Cristobal Cruz, the IBF champ will be necessary. And each of these potential fights would also be exciting and fan-friendly. Arum did mention Chris John's name, as a potential foe for either Gamboa or Lopez in the summer; while Arum also spoke of a possible summer clash between either the Cuban or the Puerto Rican against super-bantamweight champ Celestino Caballero, who has been calling out Lopez for a long while now.

It sure is going to be exciting watching the two new stars of the featherweight division continuing to make their names big by winning quality fights; thus building up their inevitable showdown all the more. Fans won't be able to wait too long for Gamboa-Lopez, though. How can this fight fail to set the sport on fire!
 
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Don’t hold your breath waiting on Lopez vs. Gamboa to happen

By Sean McDaniel: Boxing fans no doubt are looking forward to a future bout between Juan Manuel Lopez and Yuriorkis Gamboa (17-0, 15 KO’s) after watching both of these fighters easily take care of their opponents tonight at Madison Square Garden in New York. Don’t go holding your breath waiting for this fight to happen, though. Top Rank promoter Bob Arum is likely to get as much mileage as he can out of both Lopez and Gamboa before pitting them in against other.

Arum, the owner of Top Rank, promotes both fighter and he’s probably not going to want to ruin things by having one of them devalued by getting beaten. After watching how easily World Boxing Association featherweight champion Gamboa sliced through challenger Rogers Mtagwa tonight, stopping him in the 2nd round, I would have to believe that Gamboa would be far too much for the slender Lopez to deal with at this point.

Lopez, 5’7”, is two inches taller than Gamboa, but he is not as muscular, powerful or nearly as fast as Gamboa. This could be a terrible mismatch like the vast majority of Gamboa’s previous 17 fights have been thus far. Lopez, the WBO super bantamweight and now the WBO featherweight champion, looked good in defeating Steven Luevano tonight by a 7th round TKO, but his performance pales compared to the explosive efforts by Gamboa.

Lopez is much more of a technician compared to Gamboa and gets by on his smooth boxing skills rather than speed or power. Gamboa has great boxing ability as well, but it’s overshadowed both his tremendous speed and power. Gamboa basically runs over his opponents rather than beating them by skills alone.

Before we see a future fight between Gamboa and Lopez, you can bet that Arum will want to first exhaust all the potential opponents out there for either of them. In the case of Lopez, he still has super bantamweight champions Celestino Caballero and Toshiaki Nishiaoka to fight for unification fights at that weight. The Caballero fight could be a huge fight if they let play it right.

Gamboa still has Chris John, Mario Santiago, Israel Vazquez and Daniel Ponce De Leon to fight. Some of those fighters are also in play for Lopez now that he’s holding down the WBO featherweight title after winning it tonight. After all of these fights are exhausted, then and only then will boxing fans possibly see Lopez vs. Gamboa. There won’t be any other fighters to compete against by then and a fight between Gamboa and Lopez would be huge by that time.
 
Jul 24, 2005
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If Pacquiao’s fight against Clottey does well, Manny might not need to fight Mayweath

By Dave Lahr: Manny Pacquiao and Top Rank promotions were quick to select Joshua Clottey to fight as a replacement opponent for Floyd Mayweather Jr. on March 13th at the Dallas Cowboy stadium, in Arlington, Texas. There’s no way of knowing how many boxing fans will be traveling to Texas to see the fight and how many will be interested in purchasing this fight on pay per view. The tickets for the fight are priced from $700, $500, $300, $200, $100 and $50 for fans wanting to travel all the way to Arlington, Texas.

The huge arena is going to be reconfigured to fit 40,000 fans, and possibly more depending on how ticket sales go. You can expect the fight to sell for at least $49.95 on pay per view. If this fight does really well with boxing fans, a fight in which Pacquiao is facing an opponent that few people have heard of, it might not matter whether Pacquiao ever fights Mayweather.

After all, Pacquiao won’t need to if he’s making $15 million or more to fight the likes of Clottey. Why take a dangerous fight against Mayweather, which could end the gravy train if Mayweather dominates Pacquiao like I think he would, when there are plenty of other easy marks out there. The welterweight division isn’t exactly stacked with talent.

Once you get beyond Mayweather, Mosley, Cotto and Berto, the division is a wasteland of mediocrity. Sure, there’s young fighters like 19-year-old Saul Alvarez who may be a good fighter some day, but he isn’t there yet, not even close. Alvarez looks five to six years away. But it doesn’t really matter though if boxing fans are willing to scoop up Pacquiao’s fights in droves just to get the chance to see him fight.

All HBO has to do is to make sure they put together a Count Down or HBO 24/7 series and Pacquiao’s fights will probably do sensational numbers regardless of whether he’s fighting Mayweather or not. So why fight Mayweather and ruin all that for just one fight when you can milk it for a year or two and make it last.
 
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Did Pacquiao make a mistake by not fighting Mayweather?

By Jim Dower: Although Manny Pacquiao and his team feel that they did the right thing by not agreeing to take random blood tests within 24 days of the failed March 13th fight against Floyd Mayweather Jr., I think Pacquiao may have made a mistake by not sticking it out and continuing to negotiate with Mayweather to make the fight happen. It seemed like Pacquiao and his team hastily moved away from the fight rather than trying to split the difference of 24 days.

If anything, they might have been able to get Mayweather to agree to have the random blood tests stop at three weeks. It would have been worth trying. Instead, Pacquiao and his promoter Bob Arum opted to fight Joshua Clottey, a fighter who just lost to Miguel Cotto by a 12 round decision in his last fight. If Pacquiao hadn’t just finished dominating Cotto in a 12th round knockout in November then I could maybe ignore the loss by Clottey.

However, it’s hard to get excited about seeing Pacquiao fight someone who was just beaten by Pacquiao’s last victim. I can understand the interest for Pacquiao fighting Clottey, since both fighters compete with Top Rank promotions and it’s an ideal situation for them to not have to share the promotional duties. But I think Pacquiao and his team really missed the boat on this one by not sticking it out and trying to work something out with Mayweather.

At the very least this fight deserved it. This wasn’t a case of Pacquiao fighting a rematch with Marco Antonio Barrera in a fight that really made no sense to be taking place. Mayweather is considered by many to be the best fighter in boxing, and if Pacquiao wants to take the mantle away from him, he needed to have his management team explore every avenue possible to make the bout happen.

Boxing fans really can’t understand how a fighter and his team could walk away from payday of $25 million to $40 million. That just seems hard to understand. You can say that Pacquiao doesn’t need money, but I do think he cares about wanting to take on the best opponents. If not money, then I know Pacquiao cares about wanting to fight the best.

I think it looks bad in walking away from this fight. And choosing Clottey doesn’t make things better. If you’re going to walk away from the Mayweather fight, at least take on someone like Shane Mosley or Paul Williams. I know the welterweight division has few credible opponents but I think someone better than Clottey surely could have been found.

I don’t care about Clottey’s ranking. I don’t see him as the number #1 contender by the WBA and WBO since he was beaten in his last fight and beaten by Antonio Margarito in 2006. This fight is about as interesting as watching Pacquiao fight David Diaz again. But even the Diaz fight seemed more appealing to me, because at least he had a title in his possession at the time that he fought Pacquiao unlike Clottey
 
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Rumors are that the floyd mayewather/shane mosley fight is OFF, as floyd doesn't want to fight for a fraction of what he'd make with pacquiao and that floyd is just going to wait for pac.

these are just rumors so far but are being reported by a couple sites.

I hope it's not true, but if it is....fuck floyd. I hope it's all bullshit but we should know by tomorrow...
if that pussy doesn't fight mosley... i hope he gets shot. shot dead.
 
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Morales will return against Alfaro

NEW YORK -- Former three-division champion Erik Morales will end a 2½ year-retirement and return to the ring in March, Mexican promoter Nacho Huizar told ESPN.com on Sunday.

Morales is scheduled to face former lightweight titleholder Jose Alfaro in a welterweight bout March 27 in Monterrey, Mexico, Huizar said.

"I think he'll sell pretty good, but not like he did last time," Huizar said, referring to Morales' onetime position as a significant pay-per-view attraction.

Morales (48-6, 34 KOs) is a former junior featherweight, featherweight and junior lightweight champion and one of the best fighters in Mexican history. He challenged for a lightweight belt in his last fight, but lost a decision to David Diaz in August 2007 before retiring.

There was a steady stream of talk of a possible comeback since then, but nothing ever materialized until now.

Huizar said it was Morales who called him and asked him to promote the fight in conjunction with his own company.

"After I heard he was going to come back, he called me and begged me to be his partner," Huizar said. "It's an honor to me for him to pick me. If I don't do it, somebody else will."

Morales-Alfaro will be televised in the United States via Integrated Sports pay-per-view.

Huizar said they signed a six-fight deal for three fights this year and three in 2011. Huizar acknowledged that six more fights for Morales, 33, is a reach at this stage.

"We'll see what happens," said Huizar, who said he promoted Morales' first five pro fights before Morales went on to become a major star under the guidance of co-promoters Top Rank and Fernando Beltran's Zanfer Promotions.

Even before the loss to Diaz, Morales was a shell of the great fighter who had been in three all-time slugfests with rival Marco Antonio Barrera and several other memorable battles.

Morales lost four fights in a row and five of his last six, including two knockout losses to Manny Pacquiao. The one victory Morales notched during his late-career slide came against Pacquiao in the first fight of their trilogy. Their March 2005 fight was the last time Pacquiao lost.

Immediately after losing a competitive fight to Diaz, Morales announced his retirement.

"That's it," Morales said at the time. "No more fighting. I am done. Too many punches, particularly to the head area."

Jose Morales, Erik's father who raised him in a Tijuana apartment above a boxing gym, supported his son's decision to retire, saying after the fight with Diaz, "Erik has taken too many punches. It has to stop."

Jose Alfaro (23-5, 20 KOs), 26, of Nicaragua, held a lightweight belt for five months in 2008. His last fight was an interim lightweight title bout in October where Antonio DeMarco stopped him in the 10th round.
 
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WBO President Clears Up The Cancun Meeting Rumors

By Rick Reeno

Two weeks ago in Cancun, Mexico, an unusual occurrence took place. Representatives from three competing sanctioning organizations, the WBC, IBF and WBA, held a meeting to discuss some of the major subjects affecting the sport of boxing - including incompetent officiating and the ongoing problem with fighters using performance enhancing drugs. Additionally, the sanctioning organizations reached some form of an agreement to work together as a unit on various matters, such as title unifications.

After the news was published on BoxingScene.com, I received more than a few phone calls with a single question - "why was the WBO left out?" The conspiracy theories began. Were they invited? Did the WBO pull a no-show? All of those questions were going around.

BoxingScene spoke with WBO president Francisco "Paco" Valcarcel to get the answer. To clear up the first half of the rumors, Paco's organization was invited to attend. Obviously they didn't, but the reasons for doing so were more than strong enough to skip out.

"They invited me to be there. I talked to Larry Hazzard [of the IBF] and Marian [Muhammad, of the IBF]. They wanted me to be there but I was on some very important activities for the WBO in Colombia, with the kids in Colombia. We donated some things to the schools. We gave to about 300 kids there. We went to Panama. We donated boxing equipment to the kids in Panama. Those things I consider much more important than a meeting with three sanctioning organizations," Paco said.

During that Cancun meeting of the minds, the sanctioning bodies tossed around several ideas. One of those ideas was the creation of a "super heavyweight" division. The idea of splitting the heavyweight division in half is ridiculous. We've seen smaller heavyweights like Evander Holyfield dominate the big men for years. David Haye, not the biggest heavyweight in the world, beat the seven-foot giant Nikolai Valuev for the WBA title.

With the exception of the Klitschko brothers, most of the oversized heavyweights are uncoordinated and lack that certain kind of substance that creates a world class fighter. Most of the oversized heavyweights simply survive on their size - until they meet an opponent who can actually fight. The heavyweight division has enough trouble trying to create recognizable names. The last thing we need in the sport of boxing is to take a division where we have witnessed some signs of life in the last twelve months, and break it in half - which likely creates two dead divisions. I'm not alone. Paco is 100% against a super heavyweight division.

"I don't agree with the super heavyweight division. You will have a cruiserweight and heavyweight division that means nothing. There is no activity. Everyone will watch the big guys. If you have a 240-pound heavyweight, he can beat one of the big guys. David [Haye] beat the giant. Chambers beat Dimitrenko. Holyfield almost beat Valuev but he didn't get the decision. If you are 40-pounds or 20-pounds less, it doesn't make a difference. I don't agree with the super heavyweight division. We don't need to create more divisions," Paco said.
 
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King Khan and Agent Frank: As portrayed or a disaster delayed?

By Jordan Stoddart - January 2010 was hardly a hotbed of Boxing News or entertainment. With the exception of the never ending growth hormone issue involving the self proclaimed Greatest, and the much acclaimed Greatest, the new year was still reeling from the negatives of last years deaths and murders in the sport, but still progressing slowly from the great wins from the likes of Malignaggi, Mosley and Valero, and the fresh injection into the sport on all levels from the likes of mainstream magnet Manny Pacquiao, young bloods in Berto, Brook and Manuel Lopez, and the arrival of WBA Kings David Haye and Amir Khan. The latter being the exception to January’s downturn in meaningful news, no disrespect to any fighters or promotes involved.

Amir Khan is an A list Celebrity in the United Kingdom, for whatever it is worth these days. Known for his tremendous showing at the Athens Olympics back in 2004, where Khan won a silver medal, only narrowly losing to the Cuban legend Mario Kindelán in the final. Were it not for a third meeting between the two in 2005 where Khan won by points of 19-13 in front of large hometown crowd, Kindelán would have been his only conqueror, after 2 successful victories for the outstanding amateur, one of which was a warm up fight for his Olympics’ campaign. Here is the fighters pre-professional career in a nutshell, to clarify; finishing with a record of 100-2. Shunning his original decision to represent the UK again in the 2008 Olympics, renowned promoter Frank Warren signed Amir Khan for a multimillion pound sum, declaring that he would make the young sensation a world champion buy 21 years of age. He was close..

We can sit here all day and wax lyrical about Khan’s erratic, confusing and much talked about professional career, but it has garnered enough press coverage to make even the most non-interested fan of Boxing, aware of his brutal 54 second KO to Breidis Prescott, his cool and well thought out victories over Marco Antonio Barrera and Andreas Kotelnik, and of course his superb 76 second KO over strong and worthy contender Dmitry Salita. Fact of the matter is. Amir Khan now stands on a different level on the Boxing World, regardless of his alphabet strap, or his A-List sparring Partners and trainer, he is about to immerse himself in the American Boxing market, much like his predecessors Naseem Hamed, Chris Eubank and Ricky Hatton, albeit with a different level of weight on his shoulders.

If you did not notice already, King Khan has completed his journey from fighting in small arenas, beating tested but unskilled journeymen, to the pinnacle of any Boxers dreams; a stab at the elite, a ruler of his weigh class, the pound for the pound brigade and the status that comes with it. ‘The Champ’ as Mike Tyson so greatly puts it in James Toback’s brilliant documentary about the ‘Baddest man on the planet’, the one fighter who could walk off the plane at any airport worldwide, and be cheered to the rafters, even with controversy circulating around him like vultures circle garbage filled ferries. That is what this young buck wants form his career right? Before we digress, make note than Khan has quite clearly stated to both UK and International press sources that he would be leaving Great Britain because of narrow minded views from the paying public, ignorant ‘haters’ and journalists, constant condescending tabloid articles, and a smattering of alleged racism, a la Audley Harrison (One time British Olympic medallist, signed multimillion pound deals with Frank warren and the BBC, failed to make the grade at pro level, moved to the US because of alleged integrated establishment racism; ring a bell?), he is leaving because he loves that feeling of walking around Vegas without being noticed, even though Snoop Dog (Poor rapper, loves firearms and Cannabis) lives upstairs and thinks the ‘champ’ is funny and great. How queer? About as queer, ignorant and hypocritical as moving to a massive US based promotional team, who will be pitting this fine athlete against dangerous KO artist Marcos Maidina (27-1), who owns a hard-fought percentage of 92% canvas tasters, one of which was former Goldenboy Prodigy Victor Ortiz.

Ortiz had the world at his feet when he signed for Oscar de La Hoya’s outfit back in 2008, much like his new stable-mate Khan. As GBP left it on their fighters profile page as the year closed ‘the sky’s the limit’. It did not work to great for the self styled southpaw fighting out of Garden City, Kansas. An avalanche of criticism followed his TKO (round 6) defeat to the much feared Maidina, some even alleged he had quit, but then again a lot had been made of a post fight chat with our good friend Max kellerman. Make what you will out of that fight. What did happen that day was poor match making, a fighter being pushed too far, and another example of how a great fighter’s record and career can be sacrificed for the love of the dollar. Say Khan and his new team decide to fight Juan Marquez or Ricky Hatton later this year. Say JMM is not shot and schools Khan to point he never recovers physiologically, or say Hatton racks up good Light welter wins, gets back on track and finds Khans’ ego at just the right time to pop. Neither of these scenarios is out of the question. All of the above Boxers fight, or have side contracts, with Goldenboy’s monopoly, and all have had their names mentioned alongside Amir’s name to many times not to be made a coincidence.

The aftermath of Amir Khan’s departure to the states has left a bitter taste in former promoter Frank Warren’s mount. “I do not mind admitting I was gutted at the way Amir and his team bought our partnership to an end after five years and 25 fights together. These days it seems loyalty is a quality bestowed in very few sportsmen.” True indeed Frank, but promoters are as guilty as the Pawn’s they possess. “I am also offended they say Golden Boy Promotions can do a better job in guiding his career.” Maybe so, but it is a double edged sword. How far could Khan of gone under Frank? Let’s look at the careers of a few other ex–employees. Ricky Hatton. Hatton was with Warren’s outfit until his fine win over Kostya Tszyu, then decided to up sticks to the US and take on a good batch of opponents, before his eventual defeat to Floyd Mayweather. Naseem Hamed and Joe Calzaghe similarly pursued their own promotional interests towards the end of their careers, even though the latter was arguably Britain’s greatest ever export (or import, depending if you thought Calzaghe was protected at home) and the former was the UKS youngest ever world champion. Warren usually delivers what he promises. But is it enough?

Warren, although well known and a big player in Europe, hardly possesses the power in the US as Don King, Richard, Schafer and Lou DiBella do, but maybe this was Frank’s time to deliver and make up for past mistakes. He is responsible for possibly the greatest bit of matchmaking ever made in Khans 4 post Prescott fights, and do not forget the fact a fight with Maidina had been pre-signed and arranged with massive sums discussed, before Khan left the UKI permanently. But if you get to the core of this merry-go-round, then question why on earth did Warren put Kahn in with Prescott in the first place, and why did he employ Jorge Rubio on someone else’s recommendation?

Warren digresses in his weekly newspaper column; “It does make you wonder. I suppose people will point to that upset against Prescott and point the finger. But the Khan’s picked a trainer recommended by David Haye and Adam Booth, who was unheard of, not to mention an opponent I was unhappy with. Against my better judgement, THEY insisted on the fight.” Is he serious? That is a shocking admission, and one that makes the fan ponder, ‘What was going on with their relationship before the defeat?’ A fine line of communication and respect between a fighter and his promoter is paramount, if a friend of the fighter picks the trainer, and the opponents, then you have to question if the partnership should have been terminated sooner, especially when you read another of Franks clangers from the weekends papers, “I haven’t spoken to him since the fight in Newcastle (50 days ago). After that, he said to SKY, ‘Me and Frank are going to America’, and that’s the last conversation we had. He’s a super kid, and he’s great for the game.” Enough said.

Khan needed Warren as much as Warren needed Khan; that’s about as much of a decent analysis you will get out of this topical subject. Boxing’s worst kept secret is now confirmed, and Khan will go and fight either Maidina or Malignaggi in Vega, hopefully in April/May. What becomes of the likely lad, we do not know, but lets hope it is a sound decision, as one cannot help but feel confused at the motives of Khan, and whether or not Warren had, or was going to deliver what he promised. World Champion at 22, possibly unified champion by the end of 2010, a megastar worldwide, with multi-cultural appeal? I would not bet on any of the latter points to be honest, as I suspect that there are rocky times ahead for the Pride of Bolton, England. Someone who does not contact the man who made them the star he is today, or who stood by him the way he did when he was viciously KO’ed by the Colombian nightmare, usually has one thing on their mind. Money, which equals greed, and will eventually detract power. But never forget that Khan was a product of Warrens and the UK’s insistence of an Asian Boxing Superstar, and who was pitched to early, and was let down by the man and the men above, so maybe he just deserve this break.
 
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Mayweather hesitating with Mosley fight – News

By Eric Thomas: According to Michael Marley of Examiner.com, unbeaten Floyd Mayweather Jr. isn’t moving forward with his fight with World Boxing Association welterweight champion Shane Mosley. Marley states that a source within the Mayweather camp says that Floyd has added up what he’d likely make in his bout with Mosley, which is $10 million, and compared it to the $40 million that he’d get in a fight with the smaller Manny Pacquiao and sees that as the easier fight compared to Mosley.

Apparently, the Mayweather camp are busy discussing whether it will be worth it to take the tough fight against Mosley for the smaller money or wait on a fight against Pacquiao for a much bigger payday without as much risk involved. I can certainly understand why Mayweather might not want to fight Mosley. If Mayweather loses the fight, he destroys his chance for a big money fight against Pacquiao.

In addition, say what you will about Pacquiao being the best fighter in all of boxing, but he’s smaller than Mosley and not a true welterweight. Pacquiao, with his aggressive, some say reckless, style of fighting, he’s the type of fighter that Mayweather has always done well against.

Mayweather and his team, according to Marley’s source, are debating whether to try and restart the talks with Pacquiao’s management team after Manny gets past Clottey on March 13th. The logic here is that a dangerous fight against Mosley won’t likely attract a great deal of pay per view revenue compared to a fight between Mayweather and Pacquiao.

Mosley doesn’t have a huge following like Pacquiao does, meaning that a fight between Mayweather and Mosley wouldn’t do nearly as well in terms of PPV sales. At the same time, it’s a risky fight for Mayweather because of Mosley’s hand speed, power and work rate.
Marley also reports that Pacquiao’s promoter Bob Arum is looking to match Antonio Margarito up with Pacquiao next after the Clottey fight.

Margarito is in the process of getting his boxing license back and then provided that he does get it back, he’ll be fighting on the undercard of the Pacquiao-Clottey fight. If everything goes well, Arum could match Pacquiao up with Margarito in the Dallas Cowboy stadium, and get the benefit of a large flow of Mexican boxing fans that could purchase tickets in droves to see Margarito fight Pacquiao.

At the very least, Arum could use Margarito as a pawn to get Mayweather to drop his demands for random blood tests and to take a smaller cut of the purse. Given that the Pacquiao-Clottey fight has already sold 20,000 tickets after only 3 hours on the first day that the tickets were put on sale, there’s a good chance that the Dallas Cowboy stadium could be filled with as many 50,000 or more fans just to see Pacquiao fight the little known Clottey.

With that amount of tickets being scooped up for a fight between Pacquiao and fighter like Clottey, who the casual boxing fans aren’t familiar with, a fight against Margarito would likely to even better as long as boxing fans are willing to forget about Margarito’s hand wrap issue before his fight with Mosley last year.
 
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PAUL WILLIAMS-KERMIT CINTRON APRIL 10 WITH A BERTO-MALIGNAGGI CO-FEATURE?

By G. Leon

Boxingtalk.com has been informed that Paul Williams Vs. Kermit Cintron is currently in discussion for April 10 on HBO. Williams-Cintron never took place a couple years back and it's always been a fight that the former welterweight champion has yearned to make. After a reliable source gave us this info, Boxingtalk was able to get a hold of Cintron, who confirmed these discussions. "It's a good opportunity for the people to watch a great fight. Now that I saw the Williams-Martinez fight it showed how good Martinez really is. When I fought him it was a draw, Williams had a very hard time. But this is s a great opporunity for me and the fans to put on another exciting fight," said Cintron. Mentioned for the undercard is a potential bout between WBC welterweight champion Andre Berto
 
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By Eric Thomas: According to Michael Marley of Examiner.com, unbeaten Floyd Mayweather Jr. isn’t moving forward with his fight with World Boxing Association welterweight champion Shane Mosley. Marley states that a source within the Mayweather camp says that Floyd has added up what he’d likely make in his bout with Mosley, which is $10 million, and compared it to the $40 million that he’d get in a fight with the smaller Manny Pacquiao and sees that as the easier fight compared to Mosley.

Apparently, the Mayweather camp are busy discussing whether it will be worth it to take the tough fight against Mosley for the smaller money or wait on a fight against Pacquiao for a much bigger payday without as much risk involved. I can certainly understand why Mayweather might not want to fight Mosley. If Mayweather loses the fight, he destroys his chance for a big money fight against Pacquiao.

In addition, say what you will about Pacquiao being the best fighter in all of boxing, but he’s smaller than Mosley and not a true welterweight. Pacquiao, with his aggressive, some say reckless, style of fighting, he’s the type of fighter that Mayweather has always done well against.

Mayweather and his team, according to Marley’s source, are debating whether to try and restart the talks with Pacquiao’s management team after Manny gets past Clottey on March 13th. The logic here is that a dangerous fight against Mosley won’t likely attract a great deal of pay per view revenue compared to a fight between Mayweather and Pacquiao.

Mosley doesn’t have a huge following like Pacquiao does, meaning that a fight between Mayweather and Mosley wouldn’t do nearly as well in terms of PPV sales. At the same time, it’s a risky fight for Mayweather because of Mosley’s hand speed, power and work rate.
Marley also reports that Pacquiao’s promoter Bob Arum is looking to match Antonio Margarito up with Pacquiao next after the Clottey fight.

Margarito is in the process of getting his boxing license back and then provided that he does get it back, he’ll be fighting on the undercard of the Pacquiao-Clottey fight. If everything goes well, Arum could match Pacquiao up with Margarito in the Dallas Cowboy stadium, and get the benefit of a large flow of Mexican boxing fans that could purchase tickets in droves to see Margarito fight Pacquiao.

At the very least, Arum could use Margarito as a pawn to get Mayweather to drop his demands for random blood tests and to take a smaller cut of the purse. Given that the Pacquiao-Clottey fight has already sold 20,000 tickets after only 3 hours on the first day that the tickets were put on sale, there’s a good chance that the Dallas Cowboy stadium could be filled with as many 50,000 or more fans just to see Pacquiao fight the little known Clottey.

With that amount of tickets being scooped up for a fight between Pacquiao and fighter like Clottey, who the casual boxing fans aren’t familiar with, a fight against Margarito would likely to even better as long as boxing fans are willing to forget about Margarito’s hand wrap issue before his fight with Mosley last year.
he thinks manny is a easier fight? lmao this guy is fuckin incredible i wonder if he plans on coming at him with all the crazy demands again lol but he feels fuckin stupid.
 
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Hmm, cant say I agree with bob arum's plans here. First off, I don't mind building the gamboa/lopez fight a little bit longer, but ah, seems to me Gamboa is getting the raw end of the stick if he fights the 6 foot tall Caballero, the same guy lopez has been ducking for about 2 years now and is currently ranked in the top 10 pound for pound....



Lopez vs Santiago/Concepcion, Gamboa vs Caballero next?


"HBO plans to build a doubleheader, on the same day from Puerto Rico and Miami, in late May or July," Peter Rivera told El Nuevo Dia, , comanager of Juanma Lopez and vice president of the Puerto Rico Best Boxing Promotions Company linked with Top Rank.

"In Miami Yuriorkis Gamboa would fight with Celestino Caballero and in Puerto Rico, Juanma would go against the winner of Bernabe Concepcion and Mario Santiago," the promoter said.



Juanma vs Rafa Marquez for September


"What I'd like is that Juanma fight someone like Marquez in the middle of September, near the Independence Day of Mexico. And then do the unification with Gamboa in December or next January, "Rivera said.

Marquez recently changed his handler and is now linked to Top Rank, which would facilitate the negotiations for the fight.
 
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gamboa is my new favorite boxer dude is pretty amazing i think he would finish lopez withing 4-5 rounds easily dude is gonna be a star no doubt... could u imagine gamboa vs pacquiao? i know its far fetched but that would be a good match up they have pretty much the same style.
 
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Gamboa is good but he gets caught with a lot of punches cuz he leaves himself open to frequently. I havent seen him fight in like a year so maybe hes improved
 
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^^he has most definitely improved. He got a new trainer a year ago and he's much more patient with his punches, less wild and more disciplined. His defense is a lot better and keeps his hands up.

His recent fight against Mtagwa, Gamboa landed 60% of his punches and Mtagwa only landed 18% (10 of 57). It was complete domination. Take a look (the hbo version isn't on youtube yet):

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Chris John: "I'm Ready To Fight Gamboa and Juanma"

By Mark Vester

WBA featherweight champion Chris John is ready for the challenge of WBO champ Juan Manuel Lopez or the WBA's regular champion Yuriorkis Gamboa. Last Saturday in New York, Juanma made his featherweight debut by knocking out Steven Luevano to capture the WBO title. On the same card, Gamboa stopped Rogers Mtagwa in two rounds.

John has not fought since last September's rematch win over Rocky Juarez. He is sitting back and waiting for a contract to come through for either Juanma or Gamboa. John is scheduled to make a title defense in the month of April in his country of Indonesia.

“I think we’ll jump on it if the offer comes. I’ll be ready to fight either one of them,” John told the Jakarta Globe. “But my coach and manager has yet to hear from them until today.”

“I’ll go train at Harry’s Gym in Perth this weekend and stay there until my future opponent agrees and signs the contract. After the contract is settled, we’ll announce the name and then I’ll go to Banyuwangi [East Java] to practice before going to Bali.”
 
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Klitschko-Chambers Set; Gamboa/Solis Double, More

By Per Ake Persson

Sauerland Event and Danish network TV 2 announced today their plans for professional boxing in Denmark. The Danish leg of Sauerland will feature comebacking super middleweight Rudy Markussen, lightweight Kim Poulsen, jr welterweight Kasper Bruun, middleweight Patrick Nielsen and also female welterweight Vinni Skovgaard. The first show is not yet announced but there will be six dates during 2010.

It will be Sweden vs Latvia on February 20 in Lulea, in the north of Sweden, when Arctic Pro Box does their first show. Headlining is comebacking featherweight and local hero Karl Larsson-Jones with heavyweight Pasi Haapoja, also a local man, making his prodebut against Pavels Dolgovs. There are six fights on the show and all opponents are from Latvia. This is the first professional boxing event in Lulea since 1967.

It´s official: IBF, WBO and IBO heavyweight champ Wladimir Klitschko faces Eddie Chambers, mandatory challenger for the WBO, on Fortuna Duesseldor´s 51 000 seat arena on March 20 in Duesseldorf.

Arena Box Promotion will showcase both WBA featherweight champ Yuriorkis Gamboa and heavyweight Odlanier Solis on March 27 in Hamburg in their debut for network Sat 1.

Peter Schulze, manager for middleweight Khoren Gevor, says they are going to court with Universum. Gevor has claimed free agent status but was blocked by the German Federation, the BDB, from fighting on Saturday in Cuxhaven.

Osaga Promotion returns to Kenya for a show on February 27 in Nairobi headlined by Conjestina Achieng vs Angel McKenzie in a jr middleweight fight for the GBA female title. Promoter Caleb Kuya was last seen trying to stage a show in Denmark.