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Ariza temporarily leaves Pacquiao camp to help Chavez Jr. get ready for his fight against Lee
April 21st, 2012

By Chris Williams: Strength and conditioning coach Alex Ariza has reportedly left the Philippines where he was training WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao to get ready for his June 9th fight against Timothy Bradley in the United States.

According to the Manila Bulletin, Ariza was given the okay to travel to the U.S. to get WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. get ready for his bout against Andy Lee on June 16th.

Trainer Freddie Roach said to the Manila Bulletin “My priority is Manny Pacquiao.” In the meantime, Roach will be using strength and conditioning coach Marvin Somodio.

Ariza will meet up with Pacquiao and Roach when they move their training camp to Roach’s Wildcard gym in Los Angeles in the 2nd part of the training camp.

I don’t see this making much difference in terms of Pacquiao’s June 9th fight against Tim Bradley. Not having Ariza around for part of the training camp probably won’t mean much because Pacquiao hasn’t been following the entire grueling routine that Ariza has wanted him to in past fights anyway. So if he’s only going to have him for part of the camp, I can’t see real negative coming from that. The only thing I can see happening is maybe Pacquiao doing a little better in this fight than last time out if his legs aren’t tired out from Ariza’s exercises. Maybe Pacquiao won’t come up with leg cramps this time and be forced to walk around the ring instead of moving quickly in his former fighting pattern before he started suffering leg cramps in his recent fights.

 

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Tyson Marquez Lands Cowboys Stadium Fight For July 14

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Hernan Marquez (left) will be part of the Cowboys Stadium show on July 14, headlined by Juan Manuel Marquez. (Photo via WBA)

Hernan Marquez (left) will be part of the Cowboys Stadium show on July 14, headlined by Juan Manuel Marquez. (Photo via WBA)

WBA flyweight titleholder Tyson Marquez has landed a spot on the July 14 card scheduled for Cowboys Stadium, according to Ernesto Castellanos of notifight.com, and will be facing Ardin Diale with the title on the line. Juan Manuel Marquez is set to headline the show against Brandon Rios, Mercito Gesta, or Mike Alvarado.

Tyson Marquez (another guy who has seen his nickname replace his first name, like Winky Wright or Canelo Alvarez), was one of the breakout fighters of 2012 and had as good an argument as anyone to be named last year's Fighter of the Year (he came in fourth in the BLH voting), also competing in a Fight of the Year contender against Luis Concepcion in February 2011. At this point, he's ranked the top flyweight in the world by Bad Left Hook and is The RING's No. 1 contender to the championship held by Sonny Boy Jaro. He was named the WBA Fighter of the Year, even beating out Andre Ward.

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Marquez (33-2, 25 KO) saw a lot of controversy around his last fight, however, as there were questions of whether or not he actually made weight for the fight. Michael Koncz and his fighter Rodel Mayol weren't convinced he had, so they pulled out of the fight, which allowed Richie Mepranum to step in and lose to Marquez in a non-title bout.

But this one will have the title on the line. Diale (18-6-3, 5 KO) is nicknamed "The Spoiler," and the 23-year-old Filipino has won four straight since an exciting loss in February of last year to Julio Cesar Miranda, a fourth round stoppage that saw both men taste canvas before it was over. He doesn't have the prettiest record, but he's learned on the job since turning pro at 18, and could be a tougher out than some might expect for Marquez.

It's not yet known if the Cowboys Stadium show will be offered via PPV, but signs are pointing that direction. If it's another Top Rank PPV rather than a true HBO PPV, one has to wonder if Juan Manuel Marquez is really keeping his name out there for U.S. audiences, since these aren't big PPV shows by any means, and appeal to a limited audience. On the other hand, there's probably not much Marquez can or needs to do. If he gets that fourth fight with Pacquiao in November of this year, it will sell because it's a Pacquiao-Marquez fight. I get the impression that a lot of fight fans are fairly new to the rivalry and haven't been hearing about it constantly for the last eight years.

Also, this fight would fit the Mexico vs Philippines PPV concept that Bob Arum brought up a short while ago, which would also lead one to think that Gesta will be getting the main event slot. But we'll see. Nonito Donaire was previously scheduled for this show, but might now return a week later on July 21.

 

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DeGale vs Sanavia Results: James DeGale Retains European Title With Fourth Round TKO

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James DeGale didn't have much trouble defeating Cristian Sanavia today in Denmark. (Photo by Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images)

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James DeGale didn't have much trouble defeating Cristian Sanavia today in Denmark. (Photo by Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images)

James DeGale was too tall, too fast, too strong, and too young for Italian veteran Cristian Sanavia today in Denmark, retaining his European super middleweight title with a fourth-round stoppage victory to wrap up the Nordic Fight Night card in Frederikshavn.

DeGale (12-1, 9 KO) was met by a spirited Sanavia (45-6-1, 13 KO) in the first couple of rounds, as the shorter veteran showed little fear of his blue chip, former Olympic gold medalist foe, but DeGale kept a cool head and seemingly simply waited for talent to inevitably take over, as it did. Well, talent and some good, hard body shots, which started to creep up and take Sanavia's fighting will in the blink of an eye.

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In the fourth, Sanavia was ruled down on what appeared to be a slip, but before there was much time to complain about a bad call, DeGale floored him for real almost as soon as the fight restarted. Moments after that knockdown, another one came in from DeGale, and then just after that one, a Sanavia was down for a fourth and final time. He didn't seem badly hurt on any of them, really, but he was overwhelmed and just didn't look as though he had the heart to keep on.

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It's a good win for DeGale, not because Sanavia figured to be a dangerous opponent, but because he did what he should have with an opponent like this. DeGale could stay at European level for about five more fights and probably do himself no harm, but he's been a swift mover so far in his pro career, and he may want a crack at a world title sooner than later.

Patrick Nielsen KO-10 Gaston Alejandro Vega

This was a rather sloppy, ugly fight, but not altogether dull. Nielsen didn't show tremendous promise or anything, but he's still young and learning, and he closed this fight well when he got a chance. His biggest issue is obviously defense -- he's wide open for shots with a stance that leaves him vulnerable, and he just looks frail, really. Vega floored Nielsen in the ninth round, but Nielsen came back and landed a beautiful, clean left hand counter punch that ended a fight filled with flops and trips and slips. Nielsen has a lot to work on, but he stays unbeaten at 14-0 (8 KO).

Andreas Evensen MD-12 Willie Casey

I missed most of this one, but reports were that it was a good fight. Evensen got a win on scores of 115-113 twice and 114-114, with Casey closing hard down the stretch and giving it a serious effort. Those who saw the whole fight said the scores were entirely fair, with Casey given a fair shake.

 

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Peter Quillin Confident He’ll Be Victorious Against Winky: Fan Reaction
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By David King | Yahoo! Contributor Network – 17 hours ago
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Undefeated Peter Quillin put on an impressive performance in his last bout against Craig McEwan, but he'll be in for a much tougher test when he faces Ronald "Winky" Wright on June 2. At 40 years old, Wright has seen it all in the sport of boxing, with wins over world-class fighters like "Sugar" Shane Mosley and Felix Trinidad.

However, Quillin isn't impressed with Wright's accomplishments inside the ring, and he plans to hand the veteran boxer a serious beating.

"I actually want some fresh, young, hungry lions that's gonna push me during camp," Quillin said during an interview with Jon Reynoso. "I am training for an old guy, but I have to prepare for him like he is 21 years old...I don't know what Winky's motivation is when he trains...I don't know if he is gonna wanna hit with the amount of punishment that I plan to be putting on him. When I'm working hard in the gym, it's meant to execute a win and put leather on his [expletive]. … Iʼll give him his tune-up; Iʼll tune his [expletive] up alright."

With a professional boxing record of 26-0-0 (20 knockouts), Quillin will be the favorite going into the fight, but he'll certainly have his hands full against Wright. Quillin has clearly demonstrated his punching power in the past, stopping his last five opponents before the seventh round. However, he has also showed some flaws.

For one, Quillin isn't the most technical fighter in the world, often over-committing on his punches. His defense isn't anything special either, and he might have a few problems dealing with Winky's jab.

As long as Winky shows up in decent fighting shape, he should be able to hold his own against the younger Quillin. I expect the fight between the two to be a lot more competitive than some seem to think, and I wouldn't be surprised if the old soldier pulls off the upset.

David is a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and boxing practitioner that has watched and studied MMA for the past 7 years. Follow him on twitter P @pimpmanmiami kingwriter and check out his blog.

 

[2-0-Sixx]

I don't like Quillin vs Winky. serves kid chocolate no purpose. if he looks good so what? if he looks bad it wont get him any bigger fights.

 

[naner12]

Agreed. I don't mind too much the young prospect fighting the old champion but I do mind the young prospect fighting the 20 year retired old champion. I doubt he'll stop Winky who absolutely knows how to survive and the fight could be just a slow paced fight with Quillin to pick off shots etc. Just a bad fight to make for his first HBO appearance.

EDIT: Forgot about his drubbing of McEwan but my point is the same.

 

[2-0-Sixx]

yeah I don't know what they're thinking. its almost certain its going to be a boring fight, not what u want when on HBO and trying yo get a shot at Martinez.

 

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Mayweather to Cotto: Don’t be late for your a** whipping
April 22nd, 2012

By Dan Ambrose: Floyd Mayweather Jr. was having a lot of fun on the latest HBO Mayweather-Cotto 24/7 series episode 2 installment. Mayweather pretty much carried the entire episode on his shoulders with his larger than life physical presence and charisma.

The interest seemed to die off completely every time Cotto was shown in his portions of the episode. Cotto seemed to be more in need of props to keep the interest up, such as his trainer and his friend Bryan Perez. Instead of Cotto holding up his end, it seemed like both Diaz and Perez out-performed him with their honest thoughts. The only problem with Diaz was he couldn’t speak England and everything had to be translated into print for the viewers to read it, but it still came off a lot more interesting for me than listening to Cotto talk about this or that. Cotto needs some kind of help to make him more interesting, because it’s just boring every time the camera is on him.

At one point in the episode, Mayweather pretended to be sending an e-mail to Cotto in which Mayweather said while typing “How are you doing Miguel Cotto? Tell Puerto Rico that Floyd Mayweather loves Puerto Rico, and don’t be late for your a** whipping on May 5th.”

The funny thing about the episodes was how hard Cotto was working out compared to Mayweather. While Cotto seemed to be really sweating with all the various training routines that his trainer Pedro Diaz had him doing, Mayweather was having fun in hitting the speed bag with one hand while talking on a cellphone with his free hand, and hitting the mitts with his trainer Roger Mayweather. Floyd is so athletic that he has fun even when doing the same kind of hard work. Just watching Floyd move around his mansion in Las Vegas, you can tell that he’s a lot lighter on his feet than Cotto.

Cotto is going to have big problems in this fight unless Diaz’s supposedly unbeatable game plan is enough to get him past the more talented Mayweather.I don’t see that happening. Maybe in the make believe world of television a fighter like Cotto could beat Mayweather, but not in brutal reality. It doesn’t happen like that in real life. The strong survive and the weak get picked apart. Cotto unfortunately is going to get picked apart by Mayweather on May 5th. It’s going to neat and quick like a surgeon performing a simple operation that he’d one countless times. Cotto will come out and get torn apart by Mayweather.

 

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Mayweather: Cotto is going to need a doctor after I open him up
April 22nd, 2012

By Dan Ambrose: Floyd Mayweather Jr. doesn’t care in the least that WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto’s trainer Pedro Diaz has a doctorate degree, and neither does Mayweather’s trainer/unclear Roger Mayweather. They don’t see Pedro being able to help Miguel on May 5th when he defends his World Boxing Association 154 pound title against the unbeaten Mayweather (42-0, 26 KO’s) at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Mayweather said “I’m glad Miguel Cotto’s trainer is a doctor, because when I open his a** up, he can close him up.”

Roger Mayweather was equally blunt about Diaz, saying “It don’t matter. Cotto can’t get that guy to fight for him. That don’t mean anything. Don’t don’t mean nothing. It ain’t science that’s going to whup him.”

Roger is right. It doesn’t matter that Cotto’s trainer has a doctorate degree, because this is boxing and his book learning in other subjects won’t have any bearing on what takes place in the ring on May 5th.

It boils down to this: either Cotto has the skills, the chin, the power and the overall boxing skills to beat Mayweather or else he’s going to take a pound and likely get stopped again.

Cotto does well against the old ones that his former promoter Bob Arum set him up against in the last two years, but he sure did look bad when he was fighting guys in their prime in Antonio Margarito in 2008, and Pacquiao and Joshua Clottey in 2009. Mayweather is arguably a big step above even Pacquiao, and that suggests that Cotto is going to be in need of some serious help by his well educated trainer.

We know Diaz has a lot of different training routines that he’s putting Cotto through to try and get him ready for the Mayweather bout, but it may just be that they’re not going to be good enough for him to rise above his own limited talent. Exercises and fight strategies can only help a fighter so much when they don’t have the basic talent in the first place to beat a fighter like Mayweather. That’s just the way it is.

If Cotto was a slow runner competing in track, Diaz could train Cotto until he’s real to keel over, and he’d still get lapped when it came down to his races against faster guys. It comes down to basic talent, and I just don’t see Diaz as being much if any help to Cotto in this fight. He’s good for him going into the fight in terms of motivation, but on May 5th it’ll amount to the same thing if Cotto was being trained by someone else. He’s going to lose and lose big. That’s way I see it.

 

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Merchant to work Mayweather-Cotto fight
April 21st, 2012

By Allan Fox: Despite the blowup between HBO analyst Larry Merchant and WBC welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. last September when Mayweather and Merchant briefly argued after Mayweather’s fight with Victor Ortiz, Merchant has been assigned to Mayweather’s May 5th fight against WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Mayweather already said he doesn’t plan on ever giving another interview to Merchant again. This should be interesting because if Mayweather turns down Merchant’s attempt at getting a post-fight interview from Floyd, it will be a lost chance for Mayweather to be heard by millions of his boxing fans. It will be Mayweather shooting himself in the foot if he says no Merchant. Sure, he’ll be punishing Merchant by turning down his interview attempt, but he’ll also be messing things up for himself by saying no as well.

Merchant told Dan Rafael at ESPN.com “There’s been times when there have been contentious interviews, but we try to treat it professionally, both the fighter and me.”

Merchant is going to be professional in trying to get an interview with Mayweather, and doesn’t see this as any kind of rematch between him and Mayweather as part of their argument last September. He just wants to hear what Mayweather’s views are about his fight against Cotto without he himself being the one being discussed.

Mayweather already said recently that he won’t give Merchant the interview if he attempts to get some responses after the fight. But knows? Mayweather could change his mind if he has an especially good performance against Cotto.

 

[WYNO707X4]

Aint that kid vs winky on showtime. Preaty sure it is

 

[heyzel]

I think so don't hold me too it tho

 

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Floyd Mayweather Delivers On “Speaking Out Debut” - Says He Could Get The President To Carry His Belts During Ring Walk!

By James Slater: And we thought Floyd “Money” Mayweather Junior was outspoken on the 24/7 shows he has dominated! Last night, Floyd’s own show, “Speaking Out,” debuted on HBO and the 35-year-old superstar sure delivered on his promise to “tell it like it is.”

Or at least Mayweather told it like he thinks it is. Speaking about a number of issues with interviewer Michael Eric Dyson, Floyd touched on money (surely his favourite subject) his strained relationship with his father, his fans, religion, politics and his impending jail term.

Speaking about the upcoming June 1st, 90-day sentence he must serve, Mayweather Junior compared himself to deceased political giants of the 1960s: Malcolm X and Martin Luther King. Mayweather said that these two icons of the black race served their time in jail, and that it simply made them stronger, and he feels he will also get through the ordeal of being locked up. Mayweather also compared himself to boxing legend Muhammad Ali.

“I’m in the same shoes as Ali,” Mayweather Junior claimed. “They hate me when I’m at the top but when my career is over they really gonna miss me.”

Already, Floyd’s comments will have inspired a reaction from readers, but there was more.

Mayweather had the nerve, the arrogance, the disrespect, or, depending on your view, the self assurance and the earned right, to speak about the U.S President, Barack Obama, as though the leader of the free world were a friend.

“Obama is a truly great, great guy,” Floyd said. “You know, the coolest president I ever met. He got swag.”

So, how many Presidents, of America, has Floyd actually met? I recall rival (or should be ring rival) Manny Pacquiao spending a highly publicised few minutes with Presidnt Obama, but never Mayweather. Still, Floyd says he would be able to pull off an extraordinary coup if he ever got to fight Pac-Man in the ring: “Money” says he’d be able to get Obama to carry his belts during the ring walk!

“People want to know how much power Floyd Mayweather got….I can guarantee you this. I show you how much power I got, if I was to fight Manny Pacquiao, I’d let Barack Obama walk me to the ring holding my belt. Can I make it happen, absolutely.”

Surely only Mayweather would have the sheer brass to be able to come out with a “guarantee” like that one. Wow. Imagine if, for example, Ali had said the same thing about President Nixon ahead of his fight with George Foreman. People would have said the controversial heavyweight had gone way, way, way too far. Will the people say this is the case with Mayweather here in 2012?

One thing is guaranteed, Mayweather’s next show will pull in even more viewers. “Money” surpassed himself last night. A penny for President Obama’s thoughts.

 

[naner12]

It is on Showtime. They were interviewing him about him and Winky last night during the broadcast. That shows how much I'm paying attention to that garbage fight.

I do like the other 3 fights on that card though.

 

[heyzel]

it should be a solid night of fights I just hope winky shows up in shape homie had a long lay off

 

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Tavoris Cloud, Jean Pascal Agree To Fight; T.V Date Is All That Remains To Be Finalised

By James Slater: According to invaluable web site Fightnews.com, fans can expect an explosive, hugely important light-heavyweight clash this summer. Former world ruler Jean Pascal told the site that he and reigning IBF king Tavoris Cloud have agreed to a fight, and all that remains to be worked out is a T.V date for the fight to go out on Showtime.

“We made a deal with Cloud, the deal is done, and we’re just waiting on a T.V date from Showtime,” Pascal told Fightnews. “I’m supposed to be fighting on either July 7th or August 11th and I can’t wait to get back in the ring.”

Whichever date this one takes place on, the fans are almost certain to be treated to an exciting fight. Cloud, unbeaten at 24-0(19) loves to face guys who will stand and fight with him, and it’s almost a guarantee that Pascal, 26-2-1(16) will oblige him.

Pascal, out of the ring since his rematch loss to the ageless Bernard Hopkins (May of last year), may be suffering from some rust when he gets in there with the 30-year-old Floridian who is himself coming off a desperately close, unimpressive points win over Gabriel Campillo, and Pascal better be ready for a fast start from the IBF champ. Once the action settles down, however, a gruelling battle of attrition looks a good bet.

Both Cloud and Pascal are coming off disappointing fights in which they were outboxed for long periods, yet against each other, the two warriors will not have to worry about that. Simply put, both men like, and are good at putting on, a rumble. The styles of the two men will gel very well come the summer.

For Cloud, the fight will represent his biggest, potentially toughest fight yet; while for Pascal the fight will present him with the opportunity to become a champion all over again. Neither guy can afford to lose and both will be willing to give their all as a result. Both men can bang, both have a good chin and both fighters have great stamina.

This one looks like a hugely entertaining distance fight to me. Can you say “pick ’em?!”

 

[2-0-Sixx]

sick fight.

also the wbc announced a final eliminator between Lara vs Vanes. the winner fights Canelo is the summer.

which is odd since Kirkland has won two eliminators to get Canelo, but I guess their logic is he's injured so lara vs vanes it is.

apparently vanes and top rank are upset, they want Canelo next, but tough luck. also interesting to note Lara is with golden boy, so unless vanes completely ducks this fight this will be a golden boy - top rank co-promotion.

 

[2-0-Sixx]

another interesting fight coming up is Eddie Chambers vs Adamek. I dropped $50 on Chambers for shits & giggles...I think if he comes in on top of his game he beats Adamek clearly.

 

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Arum: Mares will have to get in line to fight Donaire
April 23rd, 2012

By Chris Williams: Bob Arum of Top Rank was reportedly impressed with what he saw of Abner Mares last Saturday night in Mare’s win over Eric Morel to claim the vacant WBC super bantamweight title. However, as impressed as he was in Mares’ performance, Arum isn’t willing to match him up against his fighter WBO super bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire.

Arum has a string of other arguably easier options for Donaire, starting with former super flyweight champion Cristian Mijares, who Arum plans on matching against Donaire on July 14th at the Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas. That’s a pretty safe fight for Donaire, and that may be what he needs right now because Donaire took a great deal of punishment in his last fight against Wilfredo Vazquez Jr. last February.

That was a fight where Donaire once again failed to shine. In his previous fight against Omar Narvaez, Donaire had an excuse for looking so terrible in that Narvaez fought a defensive fight. But against Vazquez Jr., Donaire looked even more terrible. He came up with an excuse after the fight about having injured his left hand, but the excuses are starting to get tiresome already. Donaire flat out stunk and Arum may need to keep him away from the better fighters like Mares from now on if he wants to get the most mileage he can out of the Donaire gravy train.

Arum said to RingTV “Just because Mares calls out a guy [Donaire] who is at the top of the line, that doesn’t mean that it’s going to happen right away. There’s a waiting list.”

 

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Dawson: Hopkins showed he didn’t want to fight last time
April 23rd, 2012

By Allan Fox: Former two time WBC light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson believes that 47-year-old WBC light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins faked his injury last time they fought in their controversial 2nd round non decision last October. Hopkins hurt his left shoulder when Dawson picked him up and dropped him late in the 2nd round.

On Saturday night, Dawson and Hopkins will be fighting for once and for all in an HBO non-PPV televised fight at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey. This time it’s for keeps and there can’t be anymore injuries that end the fight early.

Dawson said this at their recent press conference “I really don’t believe Bernard Hopkins was hurt. He showed that he really didn’t want to be in the ring with me that night.”

Dawson feels good about his chances in this fight, and sees Hopkins as having been looking for an easy way out of their fight last time out. However, it’s one of those things where you can never know for sure whether Hopkins was really injured unless you were Hopkins or his doctor. If X-rays or an MRI were shown by Hopkins to the boxing public to prove that he was really hurt, you’d still likely have to be a medical professional to determine whether he was indeed hurt or not. Some injuries aren’t detectable by X-ray and MRI, so even in the absence of physical proof, there still could have been a legitimate injury to Hopkins. One thing is for sure and that’s the 29-year-old Dawson needs to keep it clean if he wants to make sure that he doesn’t cause another injury to Hopkins or end up losing points on Saturday. Hopkins is 47 after all, and if you pick up and drop a fighter that age, injuries will likely occur. It’s not like Dawson is fighting a young guy in his early to late 20s, who can handle being fought in a rough manner.