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Khan: Everybody wants Mayweather-Khan now
date June 4th, 2015 | Post FB Comment - 26 Comments

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khan45677By Scott Gilfoid: After his very close and unimpressive 12 round unanimous decision win over Chris Algieri last Friday night in New York, Amir Khan (31-3, 19 KOs) figures there is a ton of interest in a fight between him and Floyd Mayweather Jr. (48-0, 26 KOs) now.

Khan says the hype for the Khan-Mayweather fight is now huge, and that everywhere he goes, he’s bombarded with questions from fans who want to know “when are you going to fight Mayweather.” I personally don’t see much of any interest at all with fans wanting to see Mayweather vs. Khan, but I’m only dealing with the dedicated fans of the sport.

When I speak to casual fans about Amir Khan, they generally ask me “who is he?” That kind of tells you that Khan doesn’t really have much of a name among the casual fans of the sport. He’s just someone that the hardcore fans know about, which is why I don’t think there’s enough interest even with the hardcore fans in a Mayweather-Khan fight. I mean, Mayweather can fight pretty much any Joe off the street and bring in the same amount of PPV buys as a fight against Khan.

“The interest around the world [in Mayweather-Khan] is massive,” Khan said via Fighthype. “People are talking Mayweather, Mayweather, Mayweather. I think everybody wants it [Mayweather-Khan] now. I believe I’m the closest I’ve ever been towards getting it. Al Haymon is doing his job. He’s going to try and get me that fight. The hypes big for that fight. I’m going to have to be on my A-game. I can’t make any mistakes. Maybe Floyd is saying I’ll take this fight because obviously I think he’s beatable.”

Khan is seeing things backwards, I believe. Mayweather isn’t the type that wants to face guys that are fighting badly like Khan just finished doing against Algieri. Mayweather wants to fight guys that are well-respected and coming off a series of big wins.

Unfortunately, you can’t say that about Khan. He’s won his last five fights against weak opposition, and I imagine that if he doesn’t get the Mayweather fight in September, and it’s looking that way, then Khan will continue to face weak punchers in the foreseeable future. As such, I think Khan has got it backwards in believing that Mayweather will want to fight him more now after his horrible performance against Algieri. If anything, Mayweather will be turned off towards a fight against Khan, because his win over Algieri was the equivalent of a strong repellant

 

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Aug. 1 PBC on ESPN likely to be D @danny Swift vs P @paul Malignaggi & D @Daniel JacobsTKO in co-feature. My blog: Garcia, Jacobs likely to appear on PBC on ESPN card - Dan Rafael Blog - ESPN … #boxing

 

[ChuckTaylor84]

Khan is trash

why are people even thinking of making that fight happen?

I'd rather see a Maidana 3, Cotto or Pac rematch

 

[T-Rip]

its a good money fight and easy fight to close out Mayweathers career. Mayweather isnt fighting the 3 you mentioned again so thats why

 

[ChuckTaylor84]

It's an easy fight but damn is that what boxing has turned into?

 

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It's an easy fight but damn is that what boxing has turned into?

Well to be fair there isn't really anyone left. He beat Pacquiao which was obviously the one guy left so who is there? Khan, Brook, Thurman. That's really about it. Throw a dart to pick one I guess, none are beating him. I'd like to see Thurman personally but he hasn't really done anything himself.

 

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Aug. 1 PBC on ESPN likely to be D @danny Swift vs P @paul Malignaggi & D @Daniel JacobsTKO in co-feature. My blog: Garcia, Jacobs likely to appear on PBC on ESPN card - Dan Rafael Blog - ESPN … #boxing

What a joke!

 

[heyzel]

What a joke!

I actually like the fight honestly what are Danny fans going to say when Paulie out boxes him one thing about Danny fans it's always a excuses

 

[RM211]

Garcia by TKO

 

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I actually like the fight honestly what are Danny fans going to say when Paulie out boxes him one thing about Danny fans it's always a excuses

Paulie was sent to the hospital with possible brain bleed man, this never had been is done and has been done. Its a joke of a fight. They say Danny is taking a soft fight for his welterweight "debut" but the guy has only been fighting at welterweight for a while now! All his recent fights were above 140 all catchweights of 141, 142 lol fuck this fight.

 

[TrEmEnDo InDo]

You could see the Paulie fight for Danny 3 miles away. After he squeaked by Peterson and Herrera, he obviously needs to look for safer ground.

 

[battle619]

It's all Haymon that all this crappie is going on. I hope Maliwaggi wins

 

[Rumpelstiltskin]

I rather see Khan fight Floyd more than anyone else.
He is still getting the W, impressively or not. You can't say someone doesn't deserve it because you aren't happy with the way they won. No other sport does that. A win by 1 run, goal, or point is still a win. Plus it will sell more, other than a Pac rematch, but Manny is out with a shoulder injury.

Danny vs Paulie is OK I guess.
I'd like to see Paulie win but more than likely it will be Danny on points.

 

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Oscar done lost his mind. Anything to protect Canelo I guess, it's all he has left!




De La Hoya: If I Return, I Want Gennady Golovkin



By TMZ Sports

Golden Boy Promotions President Oscar De La Hoya is calling out the deadliest boxer in the world -- telling TMZ Sports if he does decide to get back in the ring, he wants to fight undefeated human annihilator Gennady Golovkin, who holds the WBA/IBO middleweight titles.

The 42-year-old Golden Boy was leaving the Belasco Theater in L.A. when we asked how he felt about being called out by Shane Mosley and Roy Jones Jr.

That's when Oscar dropped the bombshell ... saying, "If I ever come back, and I think about it every day, I'll fight Triple G."

So, does Oscar have a death wish? Does he truly believe he could beat one of the most dangerous fighters alive?

De La Hoya recently stated during a radio interview that he was tempted to get back in the ring. He's been retired since a 2008 knockout loss to Manny Pacquiao. Both Roy Jones Jr. and Shane Mosley said they were ready to fight the Golden Boy if he decided to enter the ring again.

 

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rofl, De La Hoya i think now has just taken to many blows to the head nevermind the drugs

 

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Golovkin would murder De La Hoya, says Mares
date June 6th, 2015 | Post FB Comment - 53 Comments

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delahoya789By Dan Ambrose: Former three division world champion Abner Mares doesn’t think it’s a good idea at all for 41-year-old Oscar De La Hoya (39-6, 30 KOs) to get in the ring against unbeaten IBO/WBA middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (33-0, 30 KOs) for a fight.

Mares laughed at the suggestion that De La Hoya should fight the hard hitting Golovkin. Mares thinks that De La Hoya would wind up getting murdered by Golovkin if he were to face him in his comeback. For that reason, Mares suggests that De La Hoya should fight the 52-year-old Julio Cesar Chavez Sr. Mares thinks that would be a good fight. Chavez Sr. hasn’t fought in 10 years since losing a fight to Grover Wiley in September of 2005.

“No, it can’t be Triple G,” Mares said to esnewsreporting in discussing who De La Hoya should fight next. “Triple G would murder him. No disrespect to De La Hoya, but De La Hoya is past his prime. A good fight for De La Hoya is Chavez [Sr.]. I’d like to see him against Chavez again. Have you seen Chavez lately? He looks great.”

The problem with Mares’ advice for De La Hoya to fight an old timer like Chavez Sr. is that De La Hoya says that he only wants to fight the best when/if he comes back. He doesn’t want to come back and fight a bunch of old timers in fights that people won’t have any interest in seeing. De La Hoya specifically says he wants to fight Golovkin and only him if he comes back. Golovkin hasn’t said whether he would be willing to take on De La Hoya or not. He might have too much respect for De La Hoya for him to get in the ring and start head-hunting for a knockout.

It might be difficult for boxing fans to take a Golovkin vs. De La Hoya fight seriously unless De La Hoya fights a series of tune-up bouts and looks good against decent opposition. De La Hoya didn’t mention being open to fighting tune-up bouts, which means that he only wants the Golovkin bout and nothing else.

De La Hoya has been out of the ring for seven years now, and he looks like an old 41 rather than a young 41. He’s put on weight, and looks kind of fleshy around the jowls. To take off all the weight that he’s put on would take several months, but even then he’s not a legitimate middleweight. De La Hoya’s best weight late in his career was at 154. If he can drag Golovkin down to 154, then he might stand a better chance if Golovkin winds up weight drained and not as strong as he usually is.

 

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Deontay Wilder sees his star power eclipsing Mayweather in future
date June 5th, 2015 | Post FB Comment - 47 Comments

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wilder45765By Scott Gilfoid: WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder (33-0, 32 KOs) sees his own popularity eventually eclipsing that of unbeaten Floyd Mayweather Jr. in the future as he keeps piling up the knockouts one after another, and unifies all the world titles.

The 6’7” Deontay sees himself becoming even bigger than Floyd. While it may be hard for some boxing fans to stomach right now because Deontay is just now made it to the big time in recently capturing the WBC heavyweight title with an impressive win over Bermane Stiverne last January.
But Deontay’s popularity can only increase with each big victory, and it’s quite possible that he could become a bigger star in the future as long as he stays undefeated and cleans out the heavyweight division.

When asked if he could become a bigger star in boxing than Mayweather, Deontay said ”Oh, definitely. Most definitely, and I say that with high confidence because the heavyweight division is the cream of the crop in the first place, and the things that I bring, the excitement, the personality that I have, everything about me is all me, is totally me.”

I think it’s possible that Wilder could become a bigger star than Mayweather someday. Of course, Mayweather won’t be around in the near future so it’s going to be easy for Deontay to become a bigger star than him. But I think it’s quite reasonable to assume that Deontay can become more popular than Mayweather is now once he picks up another 15 wins or so. Once his record hits 50-0, I think Deontay will have a huge fan base by that time, and will be a huge PPV attraction.

If Deontay can win his next 17 fights, he’ll have beaten the likes of Wladimir Klitschko, Alexander Povetkin, Kubrat Pulev, Tyson Fury, Anthony Joshua, Dillian Whyte, Bryant Jennings, David Price, Lucas Browne, Vyacheslav Glazkov, Chris Arreola and Shannon Briggs.

I think it’ll get to the point where Wilder will be going through retread opponents at some point after he runs out of guys to fight. It’s kind of like how it is with Wladimir fighting Tony Thompson over and over.

”Some people, some guys when they have cameras in their face, they pursue to be a certain type of person,” Wilder said. ”Their persona about them changes or whatever, and then when the camera is off, they’re a whole totally different person. I don’t have flip personalities. I’m not a fake person.”

Wilder will be defending his WBC title this month on June 13th against Eric Molina (23-2, 17 KOs) at the Bartow Arena, in Birmingham, Alabama, USA. It should be a good fight. Showtime Championship Boxing will be televising the fight.

 

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Golovkin would murder De La Hoya, says Mares
date June 6th, 2015 | Post FB Comment - 53 Comments

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delahoya789By Dan Ambrose: Former three division world champion Abner Mares doesn’t think it’s a good idea at all for 41-year-old Oscar De La Hoya (39-6, 30 KOs) to get in the ring against unbeaten IBO/WBA middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (33-0, 30 KOs) for a fight.

Mares laughed at the suggestion that De La Hoya should fight the hard hitting Golovkin. Mares thinks that De La Hoya would wind up getting murdered by Golovkin if he were to face him in his comeback. For that reason, Mares suggests that De La Hoya should fight the 52-year-old Julio Cesar Chavez Sr. Mares thinks that would be a good fight. Chavez Sr. hasn’t fought in 10 years since losing a fight to Grover Wiley in September of 2005.

“No, it can’t be Triple G,” Mares said to esnewsreporting in discussing who De La Hoya should fight next. “Triple G would murder him. No disrespect to De La Hoya, but De La Hoya is past his prime. A good fight for De La Hoya is Chavez [Sr.]. I’d like to see him against Chavez again. Have you seen Chavez lately? He looks great.”

The problem with Mares’ advice for De La Hoya to fight an old timer like Chavez Sr. is that De La Hoya says that he only wants to fight the best when/if he comes back. He doesn’t want to come back and fight a bunch of old timers in fights that people won’t have any interest in seeing. De La Hoya specifically says he wants to fight Golovkin and only him if he comes back. Golovkin hasn’t said whether he would be willing to take on De La Hoya or not. He might have too much respect for De La Hoya for him to get in the ring and start head-hunting for a knockout.

It might be difficult for boxing fans to take a Golovkin vs. De La Hoya fight seriously unless De La Hoya fights a series of tune-up bouts and looks good against decent opposition. De La Hoya didn’t mention being open to fighting tune-up bouts, which means that he only wants the Golovkin bout and nothing else.

De La Hoya has been out of the ring for seven years now, and he looks like an old 41 rather than a young 41. He’s put on weight, and looks kind of fleshy around the jowls. To take off all the weight that he’s put on would take several months, but even then he’s not a legitimate middleweight. De La Hoya’s best weight late in his career was at 154. If he can drag Golovkin down to 154, then he might stand a better chance if Golovkin winds up weight drained and not as strong as he usually is.

Chavez Sr is in better shape than his son

Golovkin is the son Sr. wish he had

 

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shit one the real they kinda favor ^^^^