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They say there are no signs that getting knocked out makes you more prone to being knocked out again in the future. I don't believe that. Not sure what the explanation is and there are a million factors, but it seems like for one reason or another you are more prone to getting kayoed if it's happened before
I don't think Andrade was ever brick chinned. He was extremely good at rolling punches, he went down against Mack and then seemingly took everything Bute threw at him a few fights later. The Mack punch was just a shot he didn't see and the older he got the harder it is for him to roll those same punches he used to.
Not saying Andrade couldn't take a hell of a punch just that no one ever seemed to give him credit for how easy he made punches slide off his face.
Not saying Andrade couldn't take a hell of a punch just that no one ever seemed to give him credit for how easy he made punches slide off his face.
Floyd Mayweather Senior: “In my honest belief Peterson did it because he felt like that’s what Amir Khan was going to do”
by Geoffrey Ciani (Exclusive Interview by Jenna J & Geoffrey Ciani) - The most recent edition of On the Ropes Boxing Radio featured an exclusive interview with boxing trainer Floyd Mayweather Senior who discussed his son’s recent victory against Miguel Cotto. Mayweather also shared his views on a wide variety of topics including Manny Pacquiao versus Timothy Bradley, Lamont Peterson testing positive for a banned substance, a potential fight between his son and Saul Alvarez, Shane Mosley, Chad Dawson’s victory against Bernard Hopkins, the upcoming fight between Dawson and Andre Ward, a potential fight between his son and Amir Khan, and more! Here is what Mayweather Senior had to say:
Regarding comments he made before his son faced Miguel Cotto when he stated he believed it would be a difficult fight for his son:
“Alright then. That’s what I said, and that’s what I meant, and that’s what it was. I never said my son was going to lose. I said he was going to have a tough fight, and I figured that out from my own personal reasons. I figured it all out! I knew he would always have a tough fight with Cotto. If you notice Pacquiao put a hurting on Cotto and made Cotto quit. So I just took all that little stuff right there and added it all up, and I figured out how it was going to come out, and I figured out how Pacquiao is doing all the things that he’s doing. So I just figured that out, and figured out how Cotto’s thing is going to go with little Floyd. Like I said if he don’t get Pacquiao to take the test, little Floyd is going to go down the same pill. So I’m just telling you how it is. Little Floyd could whop them all! He could whop all of them, but sometimes if you don’t get on top of things then you won’t be whopping anybody. That’s for sure!”
On whether he watched the fight live in attendance or on TV:
“I watched it on TV.”
On why he decided to watch on television rather than from the audience:
“Oh yeah! I had my reasons. I had my reasons why I didn’t go. You know those are my personal reasons why I decided I didn’t want to go.”
Regarding whether anything surprised him in the fight between his son and Cotto:
“Didn’t nothing surprise me about the fight. I told you what the fight was going to be. It was going to be a tough fight, which it was. But I thought little Floyd beat him clearly, but it was a tough fight though. It wasn’t a fight a person would normally give Floyd. But like I said I just tallied everything up in my head with how I felt it would go, and it went just like I said it would go. But Cotto didn’t beat him! He beat Cotto, but Cotto gave him a fight. Cotto landed quite a few good punches. But Cotto also missed a whole lot of punches too, though. He scored with some punches but he missed a whole lot of punches, too. I think at the end of the day little Floyd pulled it out. He hit him with some real good uppercuts and he hit him with some straight right hands. I think that at times Cotto he was backing up and letting little Floyd take charge. Like I said I think little Floyd won the fight. Hopefully I think after he won the fight, gratefully it was a tough fight. That’s what I said in the beginning and that’s what it was. I never said Floyd was going to knock him out either, which he didn’t. Everything went just like I said it was going to go. It was a tough fight and my son won.”
His views on a potential fight between his son and Canel Alvarez:
“They’re the promoters, not me. They’re doing the promotions. So I’ll say this right here. I’ll be honest with you right now. They can’t put Canelo in with Floyd right now. Little Floyd would pick him apart. I’m telling you the truth on that. It’s not there. He’s not there yet. Little Floyd’s got way too much wisdom, and knowledge, and savageness. He’s a lot more savage than him right now and he knows the tricks of the trade. Little Floyd counterpunches very well. Right now I don’t see nothing he can do to beat little Floyd. Not right now, maybe two or three years down the line, but not right now!”
His views on the announcement Lamont Peterson tested positive for a banned substance which ultimately led to the cancelation of his rematch with Amir Khan:
“Well you know what? What Peterson did, Peterson did what he thought Amir Khan was going to do. That’s what he did. He did what he thought that Amir Khan was going to do. He was going to make sure that he was going to be in this fight or win this fight some kind of way. In my honest belief Peterson did it because he felt like that’s what Amir Khan was going to do.”
On whether he was surprised Amir Khan tested negative:
“Yeah what’s his name? Peterson! Peterson is the one who tested positive. Like I said all this does is pull the covers off of him, too. Whether he’s scared or whatever the case may be, I don’t know. My thing is that I believe that Peterson figured that Amir Khan was going to be that way, and hey! What can I say! It wasn’t Amir Khan. It just shows. Hey! All of them are doing it. That’s all I can tell you. All of them are doing it.”
His views on a potential fight between his son and Khan now that Khan has tested clean:
“Look here! Look here! I would like to see Amir Khan get his whopped by my son, and let his ass test negative, and then let it be a negative fight on his end trying to whop my son. You know because my son ain’t now Peterson! Amir Khan is definitely a target. He’s definitely a target to get his ass whopped, Amir Khan, because my son should be able to tag him all day long! I think that Amir Khan is going to come, but Amir Khan is going to get up pretty bad and pretty good!”
His views on the success his son had with his left uppercut against Cotto:
“I didn’t really know what my son was going to come with beforehand, but I was just telling her that little Floyd was really hitting him with a whole lot of uppercuts. They were meaningful punches and they were landing and I’m pretty sure that Cotto felt the effect of them. I think that Cotto got hit with some decent right hands, too. But it was the uppercuts more than anything. I think one thing he didn’t do is he didn’t use his jab like he should have. I would have had him using his jab a lot more. His jab would have set up a lot of things for him. His jab would have set up the right hand, the hooks, everything, uppercuts, everything. I think overall the thing is my son did a good job, though. One thing he said he was going to take it to court, Cotto’s lawyer, because he thought that Cotto won the fight. But only a blind, stupid, crazy man could see that.”
On how he felt about his son’s punch output against Cotto given criticisms he had about his son’s activity rate going into this fight:
“I’m going to tell you this right here! He did pick up his pace a little bit. That he did. You know why he picked up his pace a little bit? He had to pick his pace up a little bit, because had he not picked his pace up Cotto would have beat him! He had to pick the pace up! I’m pretty sure he ain’t going to just sit there, he’s looking to win the fight, and lose the fight. But I still think that he could pick his punches up a little more. If you look back at some of the fights when me and him fought, I mean he’s not that old yet where he can’t throw a variety of punches. I’m talking about if you look in there still, I told you before he used to counterpunch which is one or two shots. This time he put three together! 1-2-3! That’s what he did now! He picked it up one punch. I saw that. I saw one time he hit him with a hook, a right hand, and a left hook to the body—three punches! But like I said he did pick it up though, even though it could have been maybe three punches. But still the whole thing was it was like three punches at a different time. He picked his shots, and threw his punches, and he was successful.”
His views on claims from some fans that think Floyd carried Cotto to help change perceptions following Pacquiao’s controversial victory against Juan Manuel Marquez:
“No man! I said he would beat him anyway! I never said that! I’m just letting you know man! You know how I feel about that stuff, man! I know about Pacquiao, anyway! He’s not even an issue on this situation because he can’t whip no damn body for real!”
Regarding whether he believes Floyd could have stopped Cotto had he stepped it up:
“Yeah he could have stopped Cotto! You know that’s the thing I was telling you about with throwing punches there! He should have seen that Cotto was hurt and he should have been able to jump on Cotto! But he didn’t! He let Cotto stay in there and fight and mug his way through. But I saw the same thing you saw too, like everybody else saw. There was a point right there where Cotto was out of the fight if my son just threw a few more punches. Cotto would have been gone!”
On whether he thinks his son may not have gone for the kill out of respect to the good effort Cotto had given him:
“Aw hell no! Ain’t nobody playing no games like that! People can say crazy stuff about Floyd letting him go. Floyd ain’t let him go! If little Floyd would have seen that little Floyd would have attacked that! Okay. I mean it’s the truth. Ain’t nobody fighting no big major fights and then they’re going to let somebody slide. Ain’t nobody going to let nobody slide.”
His views on Shane Mosley’s performance against Canelo Alvarez:
“I think that’s it! Shane go home and go to bed! It’s over! No more! Sayonara! You know don’t get me wrong. You know Shane’s a strong guy, but his skills is no more. There is no more real fast Shane. There is no more hard hitting Shane. He’s done! It’s over!”
His views on Timothy Bradley as a fighter:
“There’s a lot of things I don’t see with him. Some things I do see with him. But I’m telling you this right here! The way you saw Pacquiao before, I don’t think you’re going to see the same Pacquiao again like that. The way he fought Marquez, I don’t think you’re going to catch him like that again. No. It’s not going down like that again. I don’t think so. He ain’t going to want to look bad like that again. So I don’t know what he’s going to do. I guess he’s going to come to his head and do something. I guess. I don’t know what he’s going to do, but I’m just telling you this right here. I don’t think Pacquiao is going to take another licking like that before the world so I guess he’s going to do whatever he’s got to do.”
His views on Chad Dawson’s winning the light heavyweight championship against Bernard Hopkins:
“I’m going to be honest with you. If you’re like me, or you’re like anybody else, I know you didn’t see no great performance! Okay! Well he did what he had to do. But I mean come on now! Ain’t no guy 20 years older than me going to whop me. You hear? Ain’t nobody 20 years older in the same sport that I am in going to whop me, not at all. So right there you seen an old guy against a young, vibrant, strong, supposed to be faster and everything else. He won the fight! There’s no question about that. I felt like he won the fight. Do I think the fight was good? No! I don’t think it was a good fight at all. I think the last time Chad Dawson got a hold of what I said in the paper about his girl and this and that. But you know what? It is what it is. There can’t be no other way and I call what I say, and I call what I feel, and I call what I believe. Whoever else don’t believe it? Oh well! Like I said before even with this thing right here, here’s a man 20 years older than you! You young, vibrant, stronger, and everything! Like I said I think he can do better.”
His views on Dawson’s chances against Andre Ward:
“Well you’re going to see now! I ain’t got to tell you nothing about this! This is not no Hopkins! So you can hop on the bandwagon with me if you want a ride. This is going to be the wagon that’s riding with wheels. The other one ain’t going to be riding at all, because Ward is a very good fighter! Ward is a very good fighter, he’s a smart fighter, he’s slick, he’s cagey. I’m not even going to speak about his power, because I don’t even know about what kind of power Andre Ward’s got. But Andre Ward is a slick fighter. I do not that. He’s slick, he’s fast, he’s clever, and he’s going to create problems. We’ll see! We’ll see what happens. I’m just telling you what I believe.”
On what he feels is the number one obstacle that might ultimately prevent his son from ever facing Manny Pacquiao:
“Right there, there is a lot of things. I don’t think money is going to be a part of it. I don’t think money is going to hold it up. As a matter of fact I think they can figure that out anyway. If my son feels that he can beat Pacquiao I can see him fighting for the amount of money he’s going to get. Then like Bob Arum wins, then the winner takes the 10%. I feel the same way about Pacquiao. If he wanted to fight little Floyd, then whatever he was going to get he was going to get it, and then the winner takes the other big bulk, the 10%. But I don’t think it’s going to be about that. I think it’s going to be more about Pacquiao taking that test. It’s something that he won’t take right now, and I’m pretty sure little Floyd will fight the fight if Pacquiao takes the test and then the winner takes the 10% of it, the rest of it. But the whole thing is still anyway, I don’t think Floyd really owes that to them. Because really Floyd is the one that’s undefeated, he ain’t got no losses on his record! Period! Pacquiao got a couple of losses and draws! So I’m just saying little Floyd shouldn’t have to have no negotiations about who’s going to get what. It should be already settled because there shouldn’t be no thing about him getting something bigger than little Floyd because he ain’t bigger than little Floyd right now! He lost a couple of fights and he’s got a couple of draws. So he ain’t the man! Little Floyd is the man! That’s the man to beat. Hey if you want the treat, Floyd’s the man to beat!
Let me say this right here. I don’t think, I know! Just like I told you last time when you asked me about that fight. This fight right here, it ain’t no different. I know just what’s going to happen. Pacquiao ain’t just going to get his ass beat. He’s going to get stopped! Trust me! He ain’t going to get beat up. He’s going to get stopped. You know why? Because they’re going to do the game right, they’re going to take a test and then they’re going to do it right. You’ll see. Everybody is going to see! The whole world is going to see! It’s not even going to be a contest! I’m telling you. Freddie the joke coach Roach don’t teach defense! Defense wins fights. In boxing, basketball, football, soccer, or any other kind of game you want to play! I don’t care if you’re playing dice or whatever it is! Any time you’re playing a game defense is the winner. If you don’t get hit, hey! You stay alive. See? In this particular thing that’s going on right now, Pacquiao has no defense. So he can’t stay alive. So I’m just telling you right now. My honest belief is not the little Floyd is going to beat him, but he’s going to stop him.”
by Geoffrey Ciani (Exclusive Interview by Jenna J & Geoffrey Ciani) - The most recent edition of On the Ropes Boxing Radio featured an exclusive interview with boxing trainer Floyd Mayweather Senior who discussed his son’s recent victory against Miguel Cotto. Mayweather also shared his views on a wide variety of topics including Manny Pacquiao versus Timothy Bradley, Lamont Peterson testing positive for a banned substance, a potential fight between his son and Saul Alvarez, Shane Mosley, Chad Dawson’s victory against Bernard Hopkins, the upcoming fight between Dawson and Andre Ward, a potential fight between his son and Amir Khan, and more! Here is what Mayweather Senior had to say:
Regarding comments he made before his son faced Miguel Cotto when he stated he believed it would be a difficult fight for his son:
“Alright then. That’s what I said, and that’s what I meant, and that’s what it was. I never said my son was going to lose. I said he was going to have a tough fight, and I figured that out from my own personal reasons. I figured it all out! I knew he would always have a tough fight with Cotto. If you notice Pacquiao put a hurting on Cotto and made Cotto quit. So I just took all that little stuff right there and added it all up, and I figured out how it was going to come out, and I figured out how Pacquiao is doing all the things that he’s doing. So I just figured that out, and figured out how Cotto’s thing is going to go with little Floyd. Like I said if he don’t get Pacquiao to take the test, little Floyd is going to go down the same pill. So I’m just telling you how it is. Little Floyd could whop them all! He could whop all of them, but sometimes if you don’t get on top of things then you won’t be whopping anybody. That’s for sure!”
On whether he watched the fight live in attendance or on TV:
“I watched it on TV.”
On why he decided to watch on television rather than from the audience:
“Oh yeah! I had my reasons. I had my reasons why I didn’t go. You know those are my personal reasons why I decided I didn’t want to go.”
Regarding whether anything surprised him in the fight between his son and Cotto:
“Didn’t nothing surprise me about the fight. I told you what the fight was going to be. It was going to be a tough fight, which it was. But I thought little Floyd beat him clearly, but it was a tough fight though. It wasn’t a fight a person would normally give Floyd. But like I said I just tallied everything up in my head with how I felt it would go, and it went just like I said it would go. But Cotto didn’t beat him! He beat Cotto, but Cotto gave him a fight. Cotto landed quite a few good punches. But Cotto also missed a whole lot of punches too, though. He scored with some punches but he missed a whole lot of punches, too. I think at the end of the day little Floyd pulled it out. He hit him with some real good uppercuts and he hit him with some straight right hands. I think that at times Cotto he was backing up and letting little Floyd take charge. Like I said I think little Floyd won the fight. Hopefully I think after he won the fight, gratefully it was a tough fight. That’s what I said in the beginning and that’s what it was. I never said Floyd was going to knock him out either, which he didn’t. Everything went just like I said it was going to go. It was a tough fight and my son won.”
His views on a potential fight between his son and Canel Alvarez:
“They’re the promoters, not me. They’re doing the promotions. So I’ll say this right here. I’ll be honest with you right now. They can’t put Canelo in with Floyd right now. Little Floyd would pick him apart. I’m telling you the truth on that. It’s not there. He’s not there yet. Little Floyd’s got way too much wisdom, and knowledge, and savageness. He’s a lot more savage than him right now and he knows the tricks of the trade. Little Floyd counterpunches very well. Right now I don’t see nothing he can do to beat little Floyd. Not right now, maybe two or three years down the line, but not right now!”
His views on the announcement Lamont Peterson tested positive for a banned substance which ultimately led to the cancelation of his rematch with Amir Khan:
“Well you know what? What Peterson did, Peterson did what he thought Amir Khan was going to do. That’s what he did. He did what he thought that Amir Khan was going to do. He was going to make sure that he was going to be in this fight or win this fight some kind of way. In my honest belief Peterson did it because he felt like that’s what Amir Khan was going to do.”
On whether he was surprised Amir Khan tested negative:
“Yeah what’s his name? Peterson! Peterson is the one who tested positive. Like I said all this does is pull the covers off of him, too. Whether he’s scared or whatever the case may be, I don’t know. My thing is that I believe that Peterson figured that Amir Khan was going to be that way, and hey! What can I say! It wasn’t Amir Khan. It just shows. Hey! All of them are doing it. That’s all I can tell you. All of them are doing it.”
His views on a potential fight between his son and Khan now that Khan has tested clean:
“Look here! Look here! I would like to see Amir Khan get his whopped by my son, and let his ass test negative, and then let it be a negative fight on his end trying to whop my son. You know because my son ain’t now Peterson! Amir Khan is definitely a target. He’s definitely a target to get his ass whopped, Amir Khan, because my son should be able to tag him all day long! I think that Amir Khan is going to come, but Amir Khan is going to get up pretty bad and pretty good!”
His views on the success his son had with his left uppercut against Cotto:
“I didn’t really know what my son was going to come with beforehand, but I was just telling her that little Floyd was really hitting him with a whole lot of uppercuts. They were meaningful punches and they were landing and I’m pretty sure that Cotto felt the effect of them. I think that Cotto got hit with some decent right hands, too. But it was the uppercuts more than anything. I think one thing he didn’t do is he didn’t use his jab like he should have. I would have had him using his jab a lot more. His jab would have set up a lot of things for him. His jab would have set up the right hand, the hooks, everything, uppercuts, everything. I think overall the thing is my son did a good job, though. One thing he said he was going to take it to court, Cotto’s lawyer, because he thought that Cotto won the fight. But only a blind, stupid, crazy man could see that.”
On how he felt about his son’s punch output against Cotto given criticisms he had about his son’s activity rate going into this fight:
“I’m going to tell you this right here! He did pick up his pace a little bit. That he did. You know why he picked up his pace a little bit? He had to pick his pace up a little bit, because had he not picked his pace up Cotto would have beat him! He had to pick the pace up! I’m pretty sure he ain’t going to just sit there, he’s looking to win the fight, and lose the fight. But I still think that he could pick his punches up a little more. If you look back at some of the fights when me and him fought, I mean he’s not that old yet where he can’t throw a variety of punches. I’m talking about if you look in there still, I told you before he used to counterpunch which is one or two shots. This time he put three together! 1-2-3! That’s what he did now! He picked it up one punch. I saw that. I saw one time he hit him with a hook, a right hand, and a left hook to the body—three punches! But like I said he did pick it up though, even though it could have been maybe three punches. But still the whole thing was it was like three punches at a different time. He picked his shots, and threw his punches, and he was successful.”
His views on claims from some fans that think Floyd carried Cotto to help change perceptions following Pacquiao’s controversial victory against Juan Manuel Marquez:
“No man! I said he would beat him anyway! I never said that! I’m just letting you know man! You know how I feel about that stuff, man! I know about Pacquiao, anyway! He’s not even an issue on this situation because he can’t whip no damn body for real!”
Regarding whether he believes Floyd could have stopped Cotto had he stepped it up:
“Yeah he could have stopped Cotto! You know that’s the thing I was telling you about with throwing punches there! He should have seen that Cotto was hurt and he should have been able to jump on Cotto! But he didn’t! He let Cotto stay in there and fight and mug his way through. But I saw the same thing you saw too, like everybody else saw. There was a point right there where Cotto was out of the fight if my son just threw a few more punches. Cotto would have been gone!”
On whether he thinks his son may not have gone for the kill out of respect to the good effort Cotto had given him:
“Aw hell no! Ain’t nobody playing no games like that! People can say crazy stuff about Floyd letting him go. Floyd ain’t let him go! If little Floyd would have seen that little Floyd would have attacked that! Okay. I mean it’s the truth. Ain’t nobody fighting no big major fights and then they’re going to let somebody slide. Ain’t nobody going to let nobody slide.”
His views on Shane Mosley’s performance against Canelo Alvarez:
“I think that’s it! Shane go home and go to bed! It’s over! No more! Sayonara! You know don’t get me wrong. You know Shane’s a strong guy, but his skills is no more. There is no more real fast Shane. There is no more hard hitting Shane. He’s done! It’s over!”
His views on Timothy Bradley as a fighter:
“There’s a lot of things I don’t see with him. Some things I do see with him. But I’m telling you this right here! The way you saw Pacquiao before, I don’t think you’re going to see the same Pacquiao again like that. The way he fought Marquez, I don’t think you’re going to catch him like that again. No. It’s not going down like that again. I don’t think so. He ain’t going to want to look bad like that again. So I don’t know what he’s going to do. I guess he’s going to come to his head and do something. I guess. I don’t know what he’s going to do, but I’m just telling you this right here. I don’t think Pacquiao is going to take another licking like that before the world so I guess he’s going to do whatever he’s got to do.”
His views on Chad Dawson’s winning the light heavyweight championship against Bernard Hopkins:
“I’m going to be honest with you. If you’re like me, or you’re like anybody else, I know you didn’t see no great performance! Okay! Well he did what he had to do. But I mean come on now! Ain’t no guy 20 years older than me going to whop me. You hear? Ain’t nobody 20 years older in the same sport that I am in going to whop me, not at all. So right there you seen an old guy against a young, vibrant, strong, supposed to be faster and everything else. He won the fight! There’s no question about that. I felt like he won the fight. Do I think the fight was good? No! I don’t think it was a good fight at all. I think the last time Chad Dawson got a hold of what I said in the paper about his girl and this and that. But you know what? It is what it is. There can’t be no other way and I call what I say, and I call what I feel, and I call what I believe. Whoever else don’t believe it? Oh well! Like I said before even with this thing right here, here’s a man 20 years older than you! You young, vibrant, stronger, and everything! Like I said I think he can do better.”
His views on Dawson’s chances against Andre Ward:
“Well you’re going to see now! I ain’t got to tell you nothing about this! This is not no Hopkins! So you can hop on the bandwagon with me if you want a ride. This is going to be the wagon that’s riding with wheels. The other one ain’t going to be riding at all, because Ward is a very good fighter! Ward is a very good fighter, he’s a smart fighter, he’s slick, he’s cagey. I’m not even going to speak about his power, because I don’t even know about what kind of power Andre Ward’s got. But Andre Ward is a slick fighter. I do not that. He’s slick, he’s fast, he’s clever, and he’s going to create problems. We’ll see! We’ll see what happens. I’m just telling you what I believe.”
On what he feels is the number one obstacle that might ultimately prevent his son from ever facing Manny Pacquiao:
“Right there, there is a lot of things. I don’t think money is going to be a part of it. I don’t think money is going to hold it up. As a matter of fact I think they can figure that out anyway. If my son feels that he can beat Pacquiao I can see him fighting for the amount of money he’s going to get. Then like Bob Arum wins, then the winner takes the 10%. I feel the same way about Pacquiao. If he wanted to fight little Floyd, then whatever he was going to get he was going to get it, and then the winner takes the other big bulk, the 10%. But I don’t think it’s going to be about that. I think it’s going to be more about Pacquiao taking that test. It’s something that he won’t take right now, and I’m pretty sure little Floyd will fight the fight if Pacquiao takes the test and then the winner takes the 10% of it, the rest of it. But the whole thing is still anyway, I don’t think Floyd really owes that to them. Because really Floyd is the one that’s undefeated, he ain’t got no losses on his record! Period! Pacquiao got a couple of losses and draws! So I’m just saying little Floyd shouldn’t have to have no negotiations about who’s going to get what. It should be already settled because there shouldn’t be no thing about him getting something bigger than little Floyd because he ain’t bigger than little Floyd right now! He lost a couple of fights and he’s got a couple of draws. So he ain’t the man! Little Floyd is the man! That’s the man to beat. Hey if you want the treat, Floyd’s the man to beat!
Let me say this right here. I don’t think, I know! Just like I told you last time when you asked me about that fight. This fight right here, it ain’t no different. I know just what’s going to happen. Pacquiao ain’t just going to get his ass beat. He’s going to get stopped! Trust me! He ain’t going to get beat up. He’s going to get stopped. You know why? Because they’re going to do the game right, they’re going to take a test and then they’re going to do it right. You’ll see. Everybody is going to see! The whole world is going to see! It’s not even going to be a contest! I’m telling you. Freddie the joke coach Roach don’t teach defense! Defense wins fights. In boxing, basketball, football, soccer, or any other kind of game you want to play! I don’t care if you’re playing dice or whatever it is! Any time you’re playing a game defense is the winner. If you don’t get hit, hey! You stay alive. See? In this particular thing that’s going on right now, Pacquiao has no defense. So he can’t stay alive. So I’m just telling you right now. My honest belief is not the little Floyd is going to beat him, but he’s going to stop him.”
Kessler: "Once I got going, everything went according to plan"
boxingMikkel Kessler (45-2, 34 KOs) celebrated a spectacular debut at light heavyweight on Saturday night in Copenhagen when he knocked out Allan Green (31-4, 21 KOs) in the fourth round. Fighting in front of 15,000 wild fans at PARKEN Stadium, the Viking Warrior landed a huge left hook that sent his American opponent down and out and made Kessler the WBC Light Heavyweight Silver Champion. Green had a big first round, knocking Kessler down with a series of punches, but the 33-year-old Dane came back in style, finding his range and his target in the next rounds. In the fourth, he then ended the fight with one vicious left. “This was a great victory for me,” Kessler said. “I had to get rid of the ring rust in the first round. But once I got going, everything went according to plan. I am glad I could give my fans a spectacular victory. Their support was fantastic.”
Coach Jimmy Montoya praised Kessler´s power: “Mikkel has always had a lot of power in both hands. He prepared Green well to the body. He opened him up and then he caught him. And that was not a lucky punch..”
Kalle Sauerland was thrilled about Kessler´s performance. “This KO – and the way he set it up by hitting Green with body shots – showed that Mikkel is still at the very top of the sport,” the promoter stated. “I said before he needs to win and he needs to impress and today he delivered in impressive fashion. The people of Denmark can be very proud of their Viking Warrior. He has great fights coming up now.”
On the undercard, Patrick Nielsen improved to 15-0 (8 KOs) with a clear points victory over Gaetano Nespro, while Mateusz Masternak (27-0, 20 KOs) continued his unbeaten run with a clear points win over Hari Miles.
boxingMikkel Kessler (45-2, 34 KOs) celebrated a spectacular debut at light heavyweight on Saturday night in Copenhagen when he knocked out Allan Green (31-4, 21 KOs) in the fourth round. Fighting in front of 15,000 wild fans at PARKEN Stadium, the Viking Warrior landed a huge left hook that sent his American opponent down and out and made Kessler the WBC Light Heavyweight Silver Champion. Green had a big first round, knocking Kessler down with a series of punches, but the 33-year-old Dane came back in style, finding his range and his target in the next rounds. In the fourth, he then ended the fight with one vicious left. “This was a great victory for me,” Kessler said. “I had to get rid of the ring rust in the first round. But once I got going, everything went according to plan. I am glad I could give my fans a spectacular victory. Their support was fantastic.”
Coach Jimmy Montoya praised Kessler´s power: “Mikkel has always had a lot of power in both hands. He prepared Green well to the body. He opened him up and then he caught him. And that was not a lucky punch..”
Kalle Sauerland was thrilled about Kessler´s performance. “This KO – and the way he set it up by hitting Green with body shots – showed that Mikkel is still at the very top of the sport,” the promoter stated. “I said before he needs to win and he needs to impress and today he delivered in impressive fashion. The people of Denmark can be very proud of their Viking Warrior. He has great fights coming up now.”
On the undercard, Patrick Nielsen improved to 15-0 (8 KOs) with a clear points victory over Gaetano Nespro, while Mateusz Masternak (27-0, 20 KOs) continued his unbeaten run with a clear points win over Hari Miles.