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Rumor on the streets is Miguel Cotto is offering fights to Keith Thurman & Danny Garcia at 150 pounds. Both would be AWESOME FIGHTS!

Also they're saying almost certainly Cotto's next fight will be in Orlando on Dec 3rd, since New York essentially KILLED boxing by their new insurance laws. Let me give you a quick example - for each fighter that fights in New York, the promoter has to put up $1 million dollars for insurance. That means if you have a full card of lets say, 8 fights total (3 or 4 televised fights, the rest not on TV), the promoter has to put up $16 million in advance! New York essentially killed combat sports in the state because of this new rule SMDH.

Anyways, here is a source to the Cotto rumors. I'm hoping it's Keith Thurman.

KEITH THURMAN Y DANNY GARCIA EN LA MIRA DE MIGUEL COTTO ? - MR.BOXING
 
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Mitchell Abramson M @MAB ramson13

And S @stephen Espinoza told me S @SHOWTIME Boxing is targeting fall of 2017 to make A @Anthony JoshuaAJ vs. @BronzeBomber.
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Mitchell Abramson M @MAB ramson13
S @stephen Espinoza also told me that S @SHOWTIME Boxing is looking to make D @danny Swift vs. Keith @Keith fthurmanjr in the first quarter of 2017.
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Fucking great..

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LONDON -- World heavyweight boxing champion Tyson Fury was provisionally suspended in June after testing positive for a banned substance, Britain's anti-doping body said Wednesday.

However, UKAD said in a statement that Fury and his cousin Hughie, a heavyweight boxer who was also suspended, have had their bans lifted "pending full determination of the charges."

The boxers were charged on June 24 over the "presence of a prohibited substance," UKAD said, and mandatory provisional suspensions were imposed.

U.K. anti-doping rules allow athletes to challenge a provisional suspension and the National Anti-Doping Panel lifted the bans. A hearing of the charges will be heard "in due course," UKAD said.

Tyson Fury, 27, holds the WBO and WBA heavyweight belts after beating Wladimir Klitschko in November to end the Ukrainian fighter's near-decade-long reign as champion. A rematch scheduled for July 9 in Manchester was postponed because of an ankle injury to Fury.

Fury announced the postponement of the fight on the day he was charged by UKAD.

Fury's lawyer said in a statement on Tuesday that he was suing UKAD over allegations that performance-enhancing drugs had been used.

`'The two boxers strenuously deny taking any performance-enhancing drugs," said the lawyer, Lewis Power. `'However, during the last five weeks, leaks about these charges have appeared in the press and both boxers have been the targets of continual abusive language on Twitter."

Peter Fury, the father of Hughie and uncle of Tyson, trains both fighters. He welcomed the news that they were free to fight.

"To all our fans. Ukad suspension Lifted & T @tyson -Fury @hughiefury can & will be fighting with full go ahead from tribunal," Peter Fury said on Twitter on Wednesday. "Truth!! Amen."

Hughie Fury has won all 20 of his fights as a pro. Tyson Fury is unbeaten in 25 pro fights.
 
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Pac vs Vargas is some weak ass shit!! I rather see pac fight broners ass or 1 time!!
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Hell yeah, I have no interest in it either m

I'm not gonna criticize it though, it's just not a fight for me to get excited about. Vargas is the WBO champion and if he wants to defend it against Pacquiao, fine by me, especial since Vargas was trying to fight Kell Brook but Brook ended up going with Golovkin.

The good news about this is this means Pacquiao will be fighting at least one more time, which means they are building up to a Crawford fight. That's a dope fight. So we'll have Pacquiao vs Vargas for Vargas's WBO title and Crawford will defend his 140 title against someone and they'll have a big fight against each other mid next year, I assume between April and May. That's a fight everyone could get around. I'd prefer they just do it now, bit you know how Bob Arum works - fighting in-house between everyone he can first then make the big fight, classic Bob strategy.

Broner and Garcia were dummies though, they could have made over $4m for a Pac fight now. Instead Garcia is fighting Berto for like $1.5m give or take and who knows what the hell Broner will do. I'm guessing PBC is building up to a Garcia vs Thurman fight for mid next year as well (dope fight as well).
 
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Pacquiao straight ducked Crawford!

Pacquiao's Adviser on Rejecting Crawford: I Don't Like His Style!
As previously reported, eight division world champion Manny Pacquiao has selected World Boxing Organization [WBO] welterweight champion Jessie Vargas as the preferred opponent of choice for November 5th at the Thomas & Mack Center.Pacquiao announced his retirement in April after winning a twelve round unanimous decision over Timothy Bradley, and then won a senatorial seat in the Philippines the following month.

By June there were already whispers of a Pacquiao comeback in the fall.



Pacquiao (58-6-2, 38 knockouts), 37-years-old, will be meeting with his promoter, Bob Arum of Top Rank, on August 10th to discuss the details of the November fight. Arum arrives in the Philippines on August 9th.

Originally the fight was targeted for a date in October at the MGM Grand, but Pacquiao's political duties created a conflict and the fight was moved.

Vargas (27-1, 10KOs) was always a frontrunner, but fans preferred a meeting between Pacquiao and WBO/WBC junior welterweight champion Terence Crawford.

Michael Koncz, the longtime adviser of Pacquiao, explained that Crawford's style was not to his liking.

“I don’t like Crawford’s style. I don’t believe it’s a style that suits Manny,” Koncz said to the Los Angeles Times. “His style [is the problem]! Leave it as his boxing style.”

“Retirement doesn’t suit Manny right now. Boxing is in his blood. When he trains, it’s like a pressure-release valve. You can see a dramatic difference in his mood … he’s happy. It’s amazing what training and fighting does for him.”

Pacquiao's trainer, Freddie Roach, had ruled out a Crawford meeting in the fall. Roach worked the corner of Viktor Postol two weeks ago, as he was dominated over twelve rounds by Crawford - who used a lot of movement, a good jab and accurate punching to win - abilities which gave Pacquiao trouble against Floyd Mayweather Jr. last May.
 
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Pacquiao straight ducked Crawford!

Pacquiao's Adviser on Rejecting Crawford: I Don't Like His Style!
As previously reported, eight division world champion Manny Pacquiao has selected World Boxing Organization [WBO] welterweight champion Jessie Vargas as the preferred opponent of choice for November 5th at the Thomas & Mack Center.Pacquiao announced his retirement in April after winning a twelve round unanimous decision over Timothy Bradley, and then won a senatorial seat in the Philippines the following month.

By June there were already whispers of a Pacquiao comeback in the fall.



Pacquiao (58-6-2, 38 knockouts), 37-years-old, will be meeting with his promoter, Bob Arum of Top Rank, on August 10th to discuss the details of the November fight. Arum arrives in the Philippines on August 9th.

Originally the fight was targeted for a date in October at the MGM Grand, but Pacquiao's political duties created a conflict and the fight was moved.

Vargas (27-1, 10KOs) was always a frontrunner, but fans preferred a meeting between Pacquiao and WBO/WBC junior welterweight champion Terence Crawford.

Michael Koncz, the longtime adviser of Pacquiao, explained that Crawford's style was not to his liking.

“I don’t like Crawford’s style. I don’t believe it’s a style that suits Manny,” Koncz said to the Los Angeles Times. “His style [is the problem]! Leave it as his boxing style.”

“Retirement doesn’t suit Manny right now. Boxing is in his blood. When he trains, it’s like a pressure-release valve. You can see a dramatic difference in his mood … he’s happy. It’s amazing what training and fighting does for him.”

Pacquiao's trainer, Freddie Roach, had ruled out a Crawford meeting in the fall. Roach worked the corner of Viktor Postol two weeks ago, as he was dominated over twelve rounds by Crawford - who used a lot of movement, a good jab and accurate punching to win - abilities which gave Pacquiao trouble against Floyd Mayweather Jr. last May.
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$25 says Crawford vs Pacquiao happens next year. Classic Bob Arum promoting (in-house fights, "marinate", etc). Why make that fight now when they can milk more money by having Pacquiao vs Vargas now? Crawford isn't going anywhere, uncle Bob knows it.

I will not order this PPV, else considering a real dope PPV will be the week before or after (can't remember which) with KOVALEV vs WARD!!
 
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Ward vs Kovalev is off to a great start! Ward a no show at today's press conference. Kathy Duva described working with Roc Nation/Ward as a living hell. No venue. Date still unconfirmed.


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Roc Nation has an issue w/#WardKovalev venue, tentatively scheduled for T-Mobile Arena, per sources. Ward was a no-show at today's presser.
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Is Richard Schaefer going to sign M @MikeyG arcia? My blog: Schaefer 'very bullish' on Mikey Garcia - Dan Rafael Blog- ESPN … #boxing
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Schaefer 'very bullish' on Mikey Garcia

Richard Schaefer is interested in signing Mikey Garcia to his newly founded Ringstar Sports.
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HBO analyst Max Kellerman was shaking his head over Pacquiao's selection of Vargas, who is 27-1 with 10 knockouts. Kellerman believes Pacquiao is only fighting for the money at this point, and bases that opinion on the obvious rejection of an easy to make fight against WBO/WBC junior welterweight champion Terence Crawford (29-0, 20KOs), who Kellerman views as a much tougher opponent and a bigger money fight for pay-per-view.

“Terence Crawford is one of the best fighters in boxing and he's sitting right there waiting for a fight with Pacquiao. He’s a very dangerous fight. That's a 50-50 type of fight. I think most boxing insiders might even favor Crawford in that one. And that's a bigger money fight than a fight against Jessie Vargas.

Vargas is a harder sell than Crawford. So if you’re coming back, and you’d rather fight the guy that’s harder to sell for the money for a pay-per-view fight than a guy that is easier to fight - what does that mean? It means you’re just doing it for money and you’re avoiding the bigger risk at this point," Kellerman said on ESPN's First Take.

"Vargas is a good dude, he's a broadcaster too. He's sometimes works for HBO and he's a real, genuine good dude. We had a fighter recently in the fighter meetings who said that he used to have nothing and how Jessie Vargas used to give him shoes, and the fighter's wife was there and started to cry because of how good of a dude Jessie Vargas is." "He's a good, solid fighter. He’s not bad, and he's not a big puncher, and he's the kind of guy where if he beats Pacquiao, that means Pacquiao is washed as a top level fighter. So the fact that Pacquiao chooses to fight Vargas instead of Crawford, it can only say one thing at this point - which is he’s just fighting for the money. He’s fighting for kind of a money grab while avoiding the bigger money against the more dangerous opponent. It doesn’t say good things about where he is at the moment."

"Vargas is not a puncher. He was able to hurt Timothy Bradley and scored a knockout in his last fight. You see the 10 knockouts and he's just not a puncher in either of the weight classes where he's campaigned. Terence Crawford is not only a superior boxer but he can also bang if you come right at him." - See more at: Kellerman: Pacquiao Doing a Money Grab, Crawford Was The Pick - Boxing News
 
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: Kell Brook: I’m eating nonstop - Boxing News

Earlier Wednesday, Kell Brook (36-0, 25 KOs) weighed in at a very puffy looking 176lbs for his 30-day weigh-in for his bout against “Triple G” Gennady “GGG” Golovkin (35-0, 32 KOs) next month. Brook looked bloated at the weigh-in, and he bragged afterwards that he’s eating nonstop and that he feels that he’s going to be stronger. He doesn’t look stronger unfortunately.

Golovkin is going about his training camp like a true professional. He weighed in at 165lbs today, and he’s only five pounds from his target weight of 160lbs for the fight. You’re not seeing Golovkin ballooning up in weight, because he’s treating the fight just like it’s any other fight.

Brook should be doing the same thing. It’s never a good idea to deviate from your normal training plan when you go into a training camp. If you normally weigh a certain amount, then it’s smart to stay at the same weight rather than packing on 20 pounds and then having problems moving around the ring.

As far as I can tell, Brook looks bloated with food and water and he looks soft. His promoter Eddie Hearn needs to think about pulling Brook aside and tell him it’s okay if he misses some meals because he’s overdoing it. Brook reminds me how Buster Douglas came into his title defense against Evander Holyfield looking well fed and ended up getting blasted out in a real hurry.

“I’m feeling fantastic and I am this weight because I want to be this weight. I am eating non-stop and I am able to push myself very hard in the gym,” Brook said to skysports.com.

This is what I was afraid of. Yep, I knew this was going to happen as soon as Brook signed for the fight with Golovkin. Instead of controlling his weight by eating moderately, Brook is going whole hog in eating food like it’s going out of style and he’s blown up to the 170s.

Brook was weighing in the 180s recently, and sporting a double chin, so he at least burned off some blubber. But for Brook to be bragging now about how he’s eating everything within sight, it’s just not good. I think Hearn needs to come to Brook’s training facility and to house and put a nice lock on his refrigerator and then toss the key. Hearn should put Brook on a diet of fish, rice and bread to burn that weight off of him proper.

“I am these extra few pounds because I want to be these extra few pounds and I want to be this heavy. I will be bringing the speed as well as the power into this fight,” said Brook.

Who is Brook talking about? He’s not fast and he never has been fast. His hand speed is moderately fast for the 147lb division, and I don’t expect him to be any faster now that he’s started to pack on the pounds with his eating like mad. Brook needs to realize that he’s probably going to be slower than Golovkin on September 10, and that he’s not going to be able to get away from him no matter how hard he tries to run from him around the ring.

Running, holding and throwing fast shots are not going to work for Brook. His best and only chance of winning is if he stands in the center of the ring and tees off with his best power shots in his arsenal.

Brook needs to plant his feet firmly and not move an inch from that spot, because if he uses a lot of movement, it’s only going to tire him out quicker and he’s going to get caught anyway. Brook will not be able to get away from a fighter like Golovkin given the fact that the talented Kazakhstan fighter is so incredibly good at cutting off the ring against his running opponents.

“That speed is there and we are adding extra power to it. I am more durable because I am at a natural weight, so I’ll be using my feet as well as my speed and power in this fight. I am going to shock the world baby,” said Brook.

I hate to drizzle on Brook’s parade, but he’s not going to be more durable because he’s been pigging out and putting on weight. He’s going to be getting tired faster if he’s able to make it past the third round, and I don’t think he will. All that useless weight that Brook is putting on lately is going to be like a giant anchor that is going to drag him down when he gets inside the ring with Gennady.

Brook is typical of fighters with the way he’s bragging about having gained power now that he’s put on weight. When you see fighters that have put on weight, it’s rare for them to be any more powerful than they were before they put on weight. They’re usually slower, easier to hit with the same punching power they had before. With their slower hands, it makes it easier for their opponents to see their shots and brace for them or block them.
 
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: Kell Brook: I’m eating nonstop - Boxing News

Earlier Wednesday, Kell Brook (36-0, 25 KOs) weighed in at a very puffy looking 176lbs for his 30-day weigh-in for his bout against “Triple G” Gennady “GGG” Golovkin (35-0, 32 KOs) next month. Brook looked bloated at the weigh-in, and he bragged afterwards that he’s eating nonstop and that he feels that he’s going to be stronger. He doesn’t look stronger unfortunately.

Golovkin is going about his training camp like a true professional. He weighed in at 165lbs today, and he’s only five pounds from his target weight of 160lbs for the fight. You’re not seeing Golovkin ballooning up in weight, because he’s treating the fight just like it’s any other fight.

Brook should be doing the same thing. It’s never a good idea to deviate from your normal training plan when you go into a training camp. If you normally weigh a certain amount, then it’s smart to stay at the same weight rather than packing on 20 pounds and then having problems moving around the ring.

As far as I can tell, Brook looks bloated with food and water and he looks soft. His promoter Eddie Hearn needs to think about pulling Brook aside and tell him it’s okay if he misses some meals because he’s overdoing it. Brook reminds me how Buster Douglas came into his title defense against Evander Holyfield looking well fed and ended up getting blasted out in a real hurry.

“I’m feeling fantastic and I am this weight because I want to be this weight. I am eating non-stop and I am able to push myself very hard in the gym,” Brook said to skysports.com.

This is what I was afraid of. Yep, I knew this was going to happen as soon as Brook signed for the fight with Golovkin. Instead of controlling his weight by eating moderately, Brook is going whole hog in eating food like it’s going out of style and he’s blown up to the 170s.

Brook was weighing in the 180s recently, and sporting a double chin, so he at least burned off some blubber. But for Brook to be bragging now about how he’s eating everything within sight, it’s just not good. I think Hearn needs to come to Brook’s training facility and to house and put a nice lock on his refrigerator and then toss the key. Hearn should put Brook on a diet of fish, rice and bread to burn that weight off of him proper.

“I am these extra few pounds because I want to be these extra few pounds and I want to be this heavy. I will be bringing the speed as well as the power into this fight,” said Brook.

Who is Brook talking about? He’s not fast and he never has been fast. His hand speed is moderately fast for the 147lb division, and I don’t expect him to be any faster now that he’s started to pack on the pounds with his eating like mad. Brook needs to realize that he’s probably going to be slower than Golovkin on September 10, and that he’s not going to be able to get away from him no matter how hard he tries to run from him around the ring.

Running, holding and throwing fast shots are not going to work for Brook. His best and only chance of winning is if he stands in the center of the ring and tees off with his best power shots in his arsenal.

Brook needs to plant his feet firmly and not move an inch from that spot, because if he uses a lot of movement, it’s only going to tire him out quicker and he’s going to get caught anyway. Brook will not be able to get away from a fighter like Golovkin given the fact that the talented Kazakhstan fighter is so incredibly good at cutting off the ring against his running opponents.

“That speed is there and we are adding extra power to it. I am more durable because I am at a natural weight, so I’ll be using my feet as well as my speed and power in this fight. I am going to shock the world baby,” said Brook.

I hate to drizzle on Brook’s parade, but he’s not going to be more durable because he’s been pigging out and putting on weight. He’s going to be getting tired faster if he’s able to make it past the third round, and I don’t think he will. All that useless weight that Brook is putting on lately is going to be like a giant anchor that is going to drag him down when he gets inside the ring with Gennady.

Brook is typical of fighters with the way he’s bragging about having gained power now that he’s put on weight. When you see fighters that have put on weight, it’s rare for them to be any more powerful than they were before they put on weight. They’re usually slower, easier to hit with the same punching power they had before. With their slower hands, it makes it easier for their opponents to see their shots and brace for them or block them.
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He obviously has to cut all the water weight to get to 160 though
 
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Dan Rafael chat wrap 8/12:

- Crawford said after the Postol fight he was willing to fight Pacquiao, but it had to be at 140.
- Would like to see Crawford vs. Garcia.
- Thinks that BJS wants to sit on his title and get paid to fight bums. He is a ducker period. He ran from GGG and now is running from Rosado, Stevens, and Monroe.
- Canelo vs. BJS in December is not necessarily dead, but this will certainly change the terms of negotiations.
- Tim Bradley made a great and loyal decision to stay with TR. It has worked out for him very well financially and they really have done right by him.
- The Canelo vs. Smith undercard is looking roughh with Ortiz and BJS backing out. Quigley and Diego De La Hoya are possible. They are also talking about a co-feature. No idea who it would be, but it better be good.
- Will the winner of Ward vs. Kovalev be the #1 PFP fighter? Not necessarily.
- Does Ward and Kovalev's tuneups being anti-climatic hurt the PPV? No. The people who are interested in this fight will still be interested.
- Don't worry, the Pacquiao-Vargas issues does not put Ward-Kovalev in jeopardy.
- Does Kell Brook have trouble making 147? Yes and he believes it was why he took this fight, because 147 is tough.
- Will Brook last 12 rounds vs. GGG? No.
- Any chance we see Crawford vs. Mikey Garcia? Unlikely, TR isn't about to give Mikey a paycheck.
- Bute should be suspensed at least 9 months for his B sample being positive.
- In regards to Manny Pacquiao's PPV interfering with Ward-Kovalev and potentially making Manny a free agent: everything Bob does is calculated.
- Pacquiao vs. GGG? Zero chance ever.
- Why did Pacquiao choose Vargas instead of Crawford? It is an easier fight.
- Edwin Rodriguez's career is on the way down. He can't beat anyone at the elite level anymore.
- GGG vs. Pavlik? GGG by KO.
- As far as he knows PBC is strictly investor money, Haymon didn't put any of his money into it.
- Will Floyd come back and fight again? Believes so.
- Salido and Lomachenko talks are not dead, still a gap in money, but that is not unexpected.
- ODH vs. Quartey? Decent fight, great 12th round, and DLH rightfully won.
- Sad that JuanMa Lopez is making a comeback.
- Thoughts on Artur Beterbiev? Good contender, but he has doubts vs. top opponents.
- The HW title picture is really jammed up right now, so Jarrell Miller is a ways away from getting a shot.
- High on Rob Brant. He is doing what he needs to do. Just needs more experience and an opportunity. Probably ready to step up to the next level of competition.
- Maidana's retirement: A lot of exciting fights, humble attitude, his team was easy to deal with, and he fought everyone.
 
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