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There are going to be some SICK ASS CARDS end of this year.
Kid Chocolate vs McEwan Could Open Angulo-Kirkland Card
By Shaun Brown
A merry-go-round is in motion as to who unbeaten Peter Quillin (25-0, 19KOs) may be fighting next, in what would be his fourth contest this year.
As reported on BoxingScene earlier today. Sam Soliman is the frontrunner to fight ‘Kid Chocolate’ in an IBF middleweight title eliminator. However, on Monday, Craig McEwan’s trainer Billy Nelson had posted on a boxing forum that his man would be fighting Quillin on Nov 5 in Cancun, Mexico. The fight would open up the HBO televised clash between junior middleweights Alfredo Angulo and James Kirkland.
I spoke to Quillin about the Scot as a possible future opponent.
“Something was mentioned to me about the McEwan (19-1, 10KOs) fight and I would definitely take that opportunity. If we fought, there would certainly be no hard feelings because we trained together at the Wild Card gym. Besides, you don’t have any friends in this business,” Quillin said.
The unbeaten middleweight (although he can also make 168lbs) has every sympathy with the Scot’s current situation which sees him having only fought once in 2011 and seen a number of bouts fall through with high profile names.
“I read the recent article (on BoxingScene.com) regarding his situation. He’s looking for opportunities like we all are. He’s coming off a great fight with another contender (Andy Lee) and it’d be a career defining fight for me if the deal was made.”
“I rate McEwan as very dangerous. And given what’s happening to him right now he’s like a dog with his back up against the wall. But you can look it at it two ways. We all want fighters fighting the best but the other side is does it make good business sense? The money has to be found from somewhere and people have to want to pay for the fight.”
Kid Chocolate vs McEwan Could Open Angulo-Kirkland Card
By Shaun Brown
A merry-go-round is in motion as to who unbeaten Peter Quillin (25-0, 19KOs) may be fighting next, in what would be his fourth contest this year.
As reported on BoxingScene earlier today. Sam Soliman is the frontrunner to fight ‘Kid Chocolate’ in an IBF middleweight title eliminator. However, on Monday, Craig McEwan’s trainer Billy Nelson had posted on a boxing forum that his man would be fighting Quillin on Nov 5 in Cancun, Mexico. The fight would open up the HBO televised clash between junior middleweights Alfredo Angulo and James Kirkland.
I spoke to Quillin about the Scot as a possible future opponent.
“Something was mentioned to me about the McEwan (19-1, 10KOs) fight and I would definitely take that opportunity. If we fought, there would certainly be no hard feelings because we trained together at the Wild Card gym. Besides, you don’t have any friends in this business,” Quillin said.
The unbeaten middleweight (although he can also make 168lbs) has every sympathy with the Scot’s current situation which sees him having only fought once in 2011 and seen a number of bouts fall through with high profile names.
“I read the recent article (on BoxingScene.com) regarding his situation. He’s looking for opportunities like we all are. He’s coming off a great fight with another contender (Andy Lee) and it’d be a career defining fight for me if the deal was made.”
“I rate McEwan as very dangerous. And given what’s happening to him right now he’s like a dog with his back up against the wall. But you can look it at it two ways. We all want fighters fighting the best but the other side is does it make good business sense? The money has to be found from somewhere and people have to want to pay for the fight.”
Juanma" is back! Blows Oliver away in 2 - Salido rematch next?
By James Slater: It was a great night for Puerto Rican star Juan Manuel Lopez, as the local hero came back from his upset loss to Orlando Salido with a crushing KO win over fellow southpaw Mike Oliver last night.
Fighting in front of a loud and supportive crowd, "Juanma" wanted a quick win and he got one. Twice in the opening round Lopez decked the 31 year old, and once in the 2nd. It was after the third knockdown that the ref dived in to end matters.
Lopez is now 31-1(28). Oliver is now 25-3(8).
With his confidence restored after the win, 28 year old Lopez is now in the mood to reclaim his featherweight belt. There is talk of Lopez facing Salido in a rematch, with the return looking like going down early next year. Was the stoppage win the Mexican warrior scored over Lopez a fluke, or can the veteran repeat his win? The fans want to find out and so does Lopez.
"I just want to win a championship, you know?" Lopez said to ring.com. "I just want to fight for a title in my next fight. Obviously, I would like for that to be against Salido, but whoever my promoter decides, that's who I will fight."
Still a major player in the 126 pound division (and maybe a future big name up at 135), Lopez, if he can avenge his loss, can go on to get the massive fights he and his fans want. Fights against the likes of Yuriorkis Gamboa and Brandon Rios would be hugely exciting, and due to his withering power Lopez would have a great chance of winning.
These big pay days will only come if Lopez can get back to where he was with a revenge win over Salido. The rematch, which has to happen, will be a make or break fight for "Juanma."
By James Slater: It was a great night for Puerto Rican star Juan Manuel Lopez, as the local hero came back from his upset loss to Orlando Salido with a crushing KO win over fellow southpaw Mike Oliver last night.
Fighting in front of a loud and supportive crowd, "Juanma" wanted a quick win and he got one. Twice in the opening round Lopez decked the 31 year old, and once in the 2nd. It was after the third knockdown that the ref dived in to end matters.
Lopez is now 31-1(28). Oliver is now 25-3(8).
With his confidence restored after the win, 28 year old Lopez is now in the mood to reclaim his featherweight belt. There is talk of Lopez facing Salido in a rematch, with the return looking like going down early next year. Was the stoppage win the Mexican warrior scored over Lopez a fluke, or can the veteran repeat his win? The fans want to find out and so does Lopez.
"I just want to win a championship, you know?" Lopez said to ring.com. "I just want to fight for a title in my next fight. Obviously, I would like for that to be against Salido, but whoever my promoter decides, that's who I will fight."
Still a major player in the 126 pound division (and maybe a future big name up at 135), Lopez, if he can avenge his loss, can go on to get the massive fights he and his fans want. Fights against the likes of Yuriorkis Gamboa and Brandon Rios would be hugely exciting, and due to his withering power Lopez would have a great chance of winning.
These big pay days will only come if Lopez can get back to where he was with a revenge win over Salido. The rematch, which has to happen, will be a make or break fight for "Juanma."
Sergio Martinez stops Darren Barker; Andy Lee avenges loss to Brian Vera
By Paul Strauss: It's a shame Sergio Gabriel "Maravilla" Martinez isn't a bigger draw, because he certainly is a magnificent fighter. He proved it once again Saturday night at Board Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey with his win over the undefeated (23-0) Darren "Dazzling" Barker, Europe's middleweight champion, who odds-makers had installed as a big 14-1 underdog.
The odds-makers were correct in believing Sergio would dominate, but not many expected Barker to give Sergio as much trouble as he did. He came into the ring relaxed, chatting with some fans at ringside, looking loose and confident for his USA debut. Sergio had much the same look as he normally does, one of business. Referee Eddie Cotton, a former light-heavy title contender, gave both men a few short last minute instructions, waived them back to their corners, and said come out fighting.
The first few rounds were very tactical, feeling out ones for both men. The taller Barker pressed forward with a tight defense, trying to take the play away from Sergio and keep him on the retreat. But, Sergio poked and prodded, and bounced punches off of Barker's gloves, and then would shoot through a body shot or too.
As the fight progressed, Barker started landing some sharp counters, but he wasn't throwing enough to win rounds. His defense stayed tight, and Sergio was exhibiting some frustration, but stayed more active. Sergio did his usual hands down type taunting, at which times he sticks his unprotected chin out, inviting his opponent to lead. His hope is to anticipate his opponent's lead, and beat him to the punch. Against a taller, straight up fighter like Barker, Sergio will also try to trick his opponent into lowering his guard and chin. He gradually lowers his own, hoping his opponent will do the same. Specifically, he's looking for the guy to get a bit mesmerized by his cobra like movement. The opponent doesn't realize what's happening, and just as soon as he's in range, bam! The southpaw will then fire a left over the top. It seems to come out of no where, and completely shocks his manipulated opponent. (See Paul Williams).
Well, last night Barker wasn't falling for it. He stayed "tall" and kept his tight defense. When Sergio pressed forward hard, Barker met him with some good short uppercuts, one of which bloodied Sergio's nose. However, the problem continued to be that he just wasn't doing enough. Those few times when he did try to exchange with Sergio, he would lose, getting beat to the punch and wobbled, especially with Sergio's right hooks.
Sergio just kept breaking down Barker, driving punches into Barker's gloves, which in turn would carom off of his face. As a result, swelling developed around both of Barker's eyes. Sergio also continued to punish Barker's body, and kept piling up rounds toward a possible shutout win. Barker proved to be tough, though, and continued to throw straight hard shots, but just couldn't get through with the one(s) he needed to turn the tide.
In the tenth round, Sergio landed a particularly hard left, then moments later got through Barker's guard with what first appeared to be a huge right hook, but upon a second viewing turned out to be more of a straight punch. Regardless, it wobbled the "Dazzling" man. Sergio could smell victory, and unleashed a furious flurry of shots to both the head and body. Unbelievably, Barker stayed upright.
In the eleventh, Sergio kept up his attack, and landed more than one right hook which finally put Barker down. The big punches weren't landing clean, but the increasing number kept crashing into Barker's gloves, causing them to collide with his head. That eventually did in the Englishman. One such right hand punch caused Barker to crumble to the canvas, unable to get up. The official time was 1:29 of the eleventh round. "Maravilla" keeps his WBC Diamond middle weight title belt.
In the post-fight interview, Larry Merchant asked Sergio about possibilities for future fights. Since Bernard Hopkins and Chad Dawson had both been interviewed concerning their upcoming fight, Larry asked Sergio if he would consider fighting Hopkins at 170lbs? Sergio wisely expressed a reluctance to fight at that high of a weight. He pointed out that after the official weigh-in, his weight only went up to 165lbs. On the other hand, he definitely would go down in weight to fight Pacquiao and/or Mayweather, Larry added Andy Lee to the mix, and Sergio eagerly said yes to that possibility.
In the lead in to the main event, Andy Lee enjoyed some revenge for his 3-21-08 upset TKO loss to Brian Vera. In that fight, and over confident Lee dominated Vera early, knocking him down, only to run out of gas and let the tough Vera come back and stop him in the seventh.
Lee was determined to not let his over-eagerness derail things tonight. He kept on task, and managed distance well, and had Vera running into his southpaw right hook all night. When Vera got careless, Lee would shoot through a hard straight left, one of which dropped Vera, but probably didn't hurt the tough chinned warrior. In a touching fashion, Referee Steve Smoger took Vera's face between his hands to check his eyes, and was forced to smile at Brian's toughness, because he saw Vera was already in embarrassment for getting dropped.
Lee managed to avoid almost all of Vera's big shots. On those few occasions when a hard punch would get through, Lee wisely tied up Vera. Most of the time Vera would run into that oft repeated right hook, or at least a cuff to the side or back of his head that would propel him off balance.
Lee's people tried to dissuade him from taking this fight. They told him he could continue on toward a possible title shot without the need for any revenge, but it wasn't enough for Lee to garner eleven wins since his TKO loss. No, he fell a little like Joe Louis. when he said he wouldn't consider himself heavy weight champ until he beat Max Schmeling, the only man to have defeated him. Lee also wanted to avenge his only loss, even if it didn't mean much as far as getting a title shot. It was enough for him to be vindicated at 27-1. When announcer Jim Lampley pressed Lee's trainer Manny Steward about a possible fight with Sergio Martinez, Manny was gracious and said he didn't want to talk about that and take away from Sergio's victorious night. But, Lampley pressed on, and Manny then said yes. He added that Andy had dreamt of such a fight for some time.
Manny is very fond of Andy, which might be clouding his judgment a bit. He thinks Lee's height and reach would present Sergio will problems, but the reality is probably otherwise. Lee doesn't have the stamina, speed, or head movement necessary to give Sergio problems. Also, if he pulled straight back, chin exposed against Sergio, the way he did several times against Vera, the fight would quickly be over.
By Paul Strauss: It's a shame Sergio Gabriel "Maravilla" Martinez isn't a bigger draw, because he certainly is a magnificent fighter. He proved it once again Saturday night at Board Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey with his win over the undefeated (23-0) Darren "Dazzling" Barker, Europe's middleweight champion, who odds-makers had installed as a big 14-1 underdog.
The odds-makers were correct in believing Sergio would dominate, but not many expected Barker to give Sergio as much trouble as he did. He came into the ring relaxed, chatting with some fans at ringside, looking loose and confident for his USA debut. Sergio had much the same look as he normally does, one of business. Referee Eddie Cotton, a former light-heavy title contender, gave both men a few short last minute instructions, waived them back to their corners, and said come out fighting.
The first few rounds were very tactical, feeling out ones for both men. The taller Barker pressed forward with a tight defense, trying to take the play away from Sergio and keep him on the retreat. But, Sergio poked and prodded, and bounced punches off of Barker's gloves, and then would shoot through a body shot or too.
As the fight progressed, Barker started landing some sharp counters, but he wasn't throwing enough to win rounds. His defense stayed tight, and Sergio was exhibiting some frustration, but stayed more active. Sergio did his usual hands down type taunting, at which times he sticks his unprotected chin out, inviting his opponent to lead. His hope is to anticipate his opponent's lead, and beat him to the punch. Against a taller, straight up fighter like Barker, Sergio will also try to trick his opponent into lowering his guard and chin. He gradually lowers his own, hoping his opponent will do the same. Specifically, he's looking for the guy to get a bit mesmerized by his cobra like movement. The opponent doesn't realize what's happening, and just as soon as he's in range, bam! The southpaw will then fire a left over the top. It seems to come out of no where, and completely shocks his manipulated opponent. (See Paul Williams).
Well, last night Barker wasn't falling for it. He stayed "tall" and kept his tight defense. When Sergio pressed forward hard, Barker met him with some good short uppercuts, one of which bloodied Sergio's nose. However, the problem continued to be that he just wasn't doing enough. Those few times when he did try to exchange with Sergio, he would lose, getting beat to the punch and wobbled, especially with Sergio's right hooks.
Sergio just kept breaking down Barker, driving punches into Barker's gloves, which in turn would carom off of his face. As a result, swelling developed around both of Barker's eyes. Sergio also continued to punish Barker's body, and kept piling up rounds toward a possible shutout win. Barker proved to be tough, though, and continued to throw straight hard shots, but just couldn't get through with the one(s) he needed to turn the tide.
In the tenth round, Sergio landed a particularly hard left, then moments later got through Barker's guard with what first appeared to be a huge right hook, but upon a second viewing turned out to be more of a straight punch. Regardless, it wobbled the "Dazzling" man. Sergio could smell victory, and unleashed a furious flurry of shots to both the head and body. Unbelievably, Barker stayed upright.
In the eleventh, Sergio kept up his attack, and landed more than one right hook which finally put Barker down. The big punches weren't landing clean, but the increasing number kept crashing into Barker's gloves, causing them to collide with his head. That eventually did in the Englishman. One such right hand punch caused Barker to crumble to the canvas, unable to get up. The official time was 1:29 of the eleventh round. "Maravilla" keeps his WBC Diamond middle weight title belt.
In the post-fight interview, Larry Merchant asked Sergio about possibilities for future fights. Since Bernard Hopkins and Chad Dawson had both been interviewed concerning their upcoming fight, Larry asked Sergio if he would consider fighting Hopkins at 170lbs? Sergio wisely expressed a reluctance to fight at that high of a weight. He pointed out that after the official weigh-in, his weight only went up to 165lbs. On the other hand, he definitely would go down in weight to fight Pacquiao and/or Mayweather, Larry added Andy Lee to the mix, and Sergio eagerly said yes to that possibility.
In the lead in to the main event, Andy Lee enjoyed some revenge for his 3-21-08 upset TKO loss to Brian Vera. In that fight, and over confident Lee dominated Vera early, knocking him down, only to run out of gas and let the tough Vera come back and stop him in the seventh.
Lee was determined to not let his over-eagerness derail things tonight. He kept on task, and managed distance well, and had Vera running into his southpaw right hook all night. When Vera got careless, Lee would shoot through a hard straight left, one of which dropped Vera, but probably didn't hurt the tough chinned warrior. In a touching fashion, Referee Steve Smoger took Vera's face between his hands to check his eyes, and was forced to smile at Brian's toughness, because he saw Vera was already in embarrassment for getting dropped.
Lee managed to avoid almost all of Vera's big shots. On those few occasions when a hard punch would get through, Lee wisely tied up Vera. Most of the time Vera would run into that oft repeated right hook, or at least a cuff to the side or back of his head that would propel him off balance.
Lee's people tried to dissuade him from taking this fight. They told him he could continue on toward a possible title shot without the need for any revenge, but it wasn't enough for Lee to garner eleven wins since his TKO loss. No, he fell a little like Joe Louis. when he said he wouldn't consider himself heavy weight champ until he beat Max Schmeling, the only man to have defeated him. Lee also wanted to avenge his only loss, even if it didn't mean much as far as getting a title shot. It was enough for him to be vindicated at 27-1. When announcer Jim Lampley pressed Lee's trainer Manny Steward about a possible fight with Sergio Martinez, Manny was gracious and said he didn't want to talk about that and take away from Sergio's victorious night. But, Lampley pressed on, and Manny then said yes. He added that Andy had dreamt of such a fight for some time.
Manny is very fond of Andy, which might be clouding his judgment a bit. He thinks Lee's height and reach would present Sergio will problems, but the reality is probably otherwise. Lee doesn't have the stamina, speed, or head movement necessary to give Sergio problems. Also, if he pulled straight back, chin exposed against Sergio, the way he did several times against Vera, the fight would quickly be over.
Amir Khan: "Bradley will get knocked out cold by Manny... It will be the biggest mismatch"
http://www.fighthype.com/pages/content10899.html?PHPSESSID=4a410975d6dea5258e6d322dfebc015c
http://www.fighthype.com/pages/content10899.html?PHPSESSID=4a410975d6dea5258e6d322dfebc015c
Jermain Taylor licensed in Nevada, after two years away from boxingBy Dan Rafael
ESPN.com
Former middleweight champion Jermain Taylor's application for a boxing license has been approved by a 5-0 vote of the Nevada State Athletic Commission, paving the way for his return to the ring two years after he suffered a brain bleed in a knockout loss to Arthur Abraham.
Taylor, along with adviser Al Haymon, appeared in person at the commission meeting on Wednesday, at which Taylor answered questions from the members.
"Jermain spoke for quite a while. He answered questions and explained the different aspects of his training and career," commission executive director Keith Kizer told ESPN.com. "He talked about his plans for the future and the lessons he's learned. He came across really well."
The unanimous vote did not come as a big surprise, because a week earlier Taylor's path was essentially cleared when the commission's medical advisory panel offered a 5-0 recommendation that the commission approve him.
In Taylor's last fight, he was knocked out in the 12th round by Abraham in Berlin in the opening stage of Showtime's Super Six World Boxing Classic. He suffered a minor subdural hematoma -- bleeding on the brain -- and short-term memory loss.
A few months later, Taylor dropped out of the round-robin tournament and stepped away from boxing, although he did not announce his retirement.
After a long rest, Taylor (28-4-1, 17 KOs), 33, began to lay the groundwork for a comeback. He underwent a battery of tests by multiple doctors, including his own neurologist in his hometown of Little Rock, Ark., at the Mayo Clinic and at the Cleveland Clinic's Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health in Las Vegas.
Taylor also reunited with his original trainer, Pat Burns, who had led Taylor to the middleweight championship in the first of two decision wins against Bernard Hopkins. At Burns' insistence, Taylor promised he would return to the 160-pound middleweight division rather than fight in the 168-pound middleweight division, where he had suffered three of his defeats -- 12th-round knockouts to Abraham and Carl Froch and a decision to Kelly Pavlik in their rematch.
"Jermain's basic point to the commission was that he was fighting too heavy, that 168 pounds was too heavy," Kizer said. "He said he was starting training camps at 200 pounds and that his training camps were basically weight loss camps, which is why he faded late in fights. He said, 'I've learned my lesson. Now I know the consequences.'
"He was very straightforward on that stuff. He said he will fight at 160 and not let his weight get too high between fights."
In addition to hearing from Taylor and having the medical advisory panel's recommendation, the commission also had a letter from Dr. Timothy J. Trainor, who is the commission's consulting research physician, recommending that Taylor be licensed.
"I have thoroughly reviewed the comprehensive medical records pertaining to combatant Jermain Taylor," Trainor wrote. "In this regard, it is noted that his physical and ophthalmologic examinations were found to be completely normal. In addition, his current ECG, CXR, HIV, hepatitis panel, chemistry panel, CBC, and urinalysis are all unremarkable. Furthermore, his current cerebral MRA and MRI are normal.
"As you are aware, Mr. Taylor has a history of a subdural hematoma following a boxing match in Germany in October 2009. As a result of this prior history, Mr. Taylor has undergone extensive additional testing including multiple MRI and MRA scans, neuropsychological testing, evaluation at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, and evaluation at the Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health here in Las Vegas. He has been examined by both neurologists and neurosurgeons. All of these evaluations have demonstrated him to be medically fit to compete in boxing, not discounting the risk of head and brain injury that all unarmed combatants take.
"Furthermore, the Nevada State Athletic Commission Medical Advisory Panel recently convened to discuss the medical safety of Mr. Taylor continuing his boxing career. The meeting was held on Sept. 22, 2011. The conclusion of the MAP was that it would be medically safe to grant Mr. Taylor a boxing license. Therefore, I am confident that it is medically safe to grant Mr. Taylor a license to compete in boxing and agree that this combatant is medically cleared for unarmed combat."
When Taylor will return to the ring and against whom has not been determined, although it probably will not be in Nevada, even though that is where he has a license.
Taylor had planned an Aug. 13 comeback in Little Rock, a fight Showtime agreed to televise. However, Taylor was not yet licensed anywhere in the United States.
Rather than go for one in a state with weak regulations, Taylor and Haymon opted for Nevada, one of the strictest states in nation when it comes to licensing fighters. Now that Taylor is licensed in Nevada, he would likely be licensed in any other state.
ESPN.com
Former middleweight champion Jermain Taylor's application for a boxing license has been approved by a 5-0 vote of the Nevada State Athletic Commission, paving the way for his return to the ring two years after he suffered a brain bleed in a knockout loss to Arthur Abraham.
Taylor, along with adviser Al Haymon, appeared in person at the commission meeting on Wednesday, at which Taylor answered questions from the members.
"Jermain spoke for quite a while. He answered questions and explained the different aspects of his training and career," commission executive director Keith Kizer told ESPN.com. "He talked about his plans for the future and the lessons he's learned. He came across really well."
The unanimous vote did not come as a big surprise, because a week earlier Taylor's path was essentially cleared when the commission's medical advisory panel offered a 5-0 recommendation that the commission approve him.
In Taylor's last fight, he was knocked out in the 12th round by Abraham in Berlin in the opening stage of Showtime's Super Six World Boxing Classic. He suffered a minor subdural hematoma -- bleeding on the brain -- and short-term memory loss.
A few months later, Taylor dropped out of the round-robin tournament and stepped away from boxing, although he did not announce his retirement.
After a long rest, Taylor (28-4-1, 17 KOs), 33, began to lay the groundwork for a comeback. He underwent a battery of tests by multiple doctors, including his own neurologist in his hometown of Little Rock, Ark., at the Mayo Clinic and at the Cleveland Clinic's Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health in Las Vegas.
Taylor also reunited with his original trainer, Pat Burns, who had led Taylor to the middleweight championship in the first of two decision wins against Bernard Hopkins. At Burns' insistence, Taylor promised he would return to the 160-pound middleweight division rather than fight in the 168-pound middleweight division, where he had suffered three of his defeats -- 12th-round knockouts to Abraham and Carl Froch and a decision to Kelly Pavlik in their rematch.
"Jermain's basic point to the commission was that he was fighting too heavy, that 168 pounds was too heavy," Kizer said. "He said he was starting training camps at 200 pounds and that his training camps were basically weight loss camps, which is why he faded late in fights. He said, 'I've learned my lesson. Now I know the consequences.'
"He was very straightforward on that stuff. He said he will fight at 160 and not let his weight get too high between fights."
In addition to hearing from Taylor and having the medical advisory panel's recommendation, the commission also had a letter from Dr. Timothy J. Trainor, who is the commission's consulting research physician, recommending that Taylor be licensed.
"I have thoroughly reviewed the comprehensive medical records pertaining to combatant Jermain Taylor," Trainor wrote. "In this regard, it is noted that his physical and ophthalmologic examinations were found to be completely normal. In addition, his current ECG, CXR, HIV, hepatitis panel, chemistry panel, CBC, and urinalysis are all unremarkable. Furthermore, his current cerebral MRA and MRI are normal.
"As you are aware, Mr. Taylor has a history of a subdural hematoma following a boxing match in Germany in October 2009. As a result of this prior history, Mr. Taylor has undergone extensive additional testing including multiple MRI and MRA scans, neuropsychological testing, evaluation at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, and evaluation at the Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health here in Las Vegas. He has been examined by both neurologists and neurosurgeons. All of these evaluations have demonstrated him to be medically fit to compete in boxing, not discounting the risk of head and brain injury that all unarmed combatants take.
"Furthermore, the Nevada State Athletic Commission Medical Advisory Panel recently convened to discuss the medical safety of Mr. Taylor continuing his boxing career. The meeting was held on Sept. 22, 2011. The conclusion of the MAP was that it would be medically safe to grant Mr. Taylor a boxing license. Therefore, I am confident that it is medically safe to grant Mr. Taylor a license to compete in boxing and agree that this combatant is medically cleared for unarmed combat."
When Taylor will return to the ring and against whom has not been determined, although it probably will not be in Nevada, even though that is where he has a license.
Taylor had planned an Aug. 13 comeback in Little Rock, a fight Showtime agreed to televise. However, Taylor was not yet licensed anywhere in the United States.
Rather than go for one in a state with weak regulations, Taylor and Haymon opted for Nevada, one of the strictest states in nation when it comes to licensing fighters. Now that Taylor is licensed in Nevada, he would likely be licensed in any other state.
Bob Arum put a battery in his back lol
Tim Bradley: I Don't Like Floyd Mayweather
http://youtu.be/im0EZhUdKtE
Tim Bradley: I Don't Like Floyd Mayweather
http://youtu.be/im0EZhUdKtE
I guess but in the long run you gotta try and build a name for yourself, build a fanbase create some excitement I mean that's what hopkins did took him years but he forced his way into big fights by continuing to fight the best opponents possible and he's going down as an all time great as a result.
Bradley alienated himself and pissed off a lot of people so while sure he'll get paid for fighting a shot to shit casamayor but no one will give a damn then what? maybe he gets pacquiao if the floyd fight doesn't happen, which he'll get destroyed then thrown to the curb like a piece of trash. Selling out for the short term, I don't know if I can say that is smart, especially considering I personally thought he had a more than decent chance at beating khan. Think what kind of excitement he would have if he fought and beat khan?? A pacquiao fight would be big and he'd get a bigger cut of the purse.
Bradley alienated himself and pissed off a lot of people so while sure he'll get paid for fighting a shot to shit casamayor but no one will give a damn then what? maybe he gets pacquiao if the floyd fight doesn't happen, which he'll get destroyed then thrown to the curb like a piece of trash. Selling out for the short term, I don't know if I can say that is smart, especially considering I personally thought he had a more than decent chance at beating khan. Think what kind of excitement he would have if he fought and beat khan?? A pacquiao fight would be big and he'd get a bigger cut of the purse.
he is building a name and fanbase for himself, thats why he signed to Top Rank(smart move). Bradley never got the proper treatment and promotion he needed with Garry Shaw, couldnt draw flys to shit. leaving Garry Shaw was the best thing that happened to him. theres lots of fights on the table for Bradley, hes gonna be a force in boxing for a while. Khan doesnt hold the key to his career
so sitting out for about a year and turning down amir khan which looks bad in many people's eyes and fighting casamayor is a smart move? He could have fought and possibly beat khan and been a star now.
and your bob arum conspiracy theories don't seem to add up with bradley wouldn't he according to you be paid to lose to fight pacquiao?
and your bob arum conspiracy theories don't seem to add up with bradley wouldn't he according to you be paid to lose to fight pacquiao?
Totally unrelated story. I met Fernando Vargas last week on my flight from Vegas back to OKC. Actually the second time I've met him but this time I chopped it up with him for about 10 minutes at the airport here. I couldn't stand him for most of his career but he was actually really cool and we had a legit convo about boxing which was cool. I hope he never fights again though, he definitely slurs his words. Damn Tito beat him up too good.
I also got to talk to Harold Lederman for about 30 minutes a couple weeks ago. One of the best boxing conversations I've ever had. It was cool talking boxing with a dude with his perspective. He was telling me about how crazy it was when Rahman basically landed in LAmpley's lap lol
I also got to talk to Harold Lederman for about 30 minutes a couple weeks ago. One of the best boxing conversations I've ever had. It was cool talking boxing with a dude with his perspective. He was telling me about how crazy it was when Rahman basically landed in LAmpley's lap lol
