ChocolateGiddyUp
Superstar
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I mean Top Rank offers Swift 3 Million for a Crawford fight N then Gives 5 Million to Amir Khan
But yea He’ll fight all them guys ... it’s not his fault
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I mean Top Rank offers Swift 3 Million for a Crawford fight N then Gives 5 Million to Amir Khan
But yea He’ll fight all them guys ... it’s not his fault
bigbadbossup2012
Biggest baddest boss
Even towards the end of the second round he start whipping him
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Canelo does exactly what Martinez did except he finishes him off. There's a reason pavlik got dominated by sergio and b hop. He didn't have the skill to compete with the A level guys. Too slow footed and too predictable. Canelo rips him to the body early and takes him out late. Pavlik wouldn't be able to deal with the slickness and speed.mythical fight at 160....
Canelo vs Pavlik
Teixeira Named WBO 154-Pound Champ After Munguia Vacates
By Jake Donovan
Published On Wed Dec 4, 2019, 11:59 PM EST
Patrick Teixeira couldn’t have picked a better time to turn in the best performance of his career.
Four days after handing Carlos Adames his first loss and picking up an interim title, the Brazilian junior middleweight was upgraded to “full” champion by the World Boxing Organization (WBO) during the ratings portion of its annual convention Thursday morning Wednesday evening stateside time) in Tokyo, Japan.
The move came after previous claimant, Mexico’s Jaime Munguia (34-0, 27KOs) formally vacated the title as he will now officially campaign in the middleweight division.
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Teixeira (31-1, 22KOs) placed himself in position for an upgrade following a hard-fought 12-round unanimous decision win over Dominican Republic’s Adames (18-1, 14KOs) in their ESPN+ streamed bout Nov. 30 from The Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas, Nevada. A major momentum shift came in round seven, when Teixeira was beginning to fall behind in the fight, only to rally back to rock and drop Adames in the final 30 seconds of what will go down as a Round of the Year candidate. The sequence paved the way for the lean Brazilian boxer to control the tempo down the stretch and emerge victorious, thus extending his current five-fight win streak.
The bout was originally slated as a final eliminator but quickly advanced to an interim title fight once the sanctioning body was notified of Munguia’s tentative plans to abandon the division. That move became official on Thursday, with Munguia set to make his middleweight debut in a non-title bout versus Ireland’s Gary ‘Spike’ O’Sullivan on Jan. 11 at The Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas.
As for the near 6’0” Teixeira, he is content with remaining put for the time being.
“We’ll keep at 154,” Teixeira—who turns 30 on Thursday—told BoxingScene.com. “Regarding my next opponent, I don't think about it at the moment. My manager Patrick Nascimento with my promoter Golden Boy will take care of this.”
The WBO actually took care of that, as Argentina’s Brian Castaño (16-0-1, 12KOs) was officially named as his mandatory challenger. The appointment came from a unanimous vote from the WBO committee upon a request from Sean Gibbons, who was on hand to represent Castaño on behalf of Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) and Tom Brown’s TGB Promotions.
A mandatory title fight will be ordered by the WBO upon conclusion of the annual convention, with Castaño’s team instructed to begin negotiations for a title fight in early 2020. The ruling will be fully honored, with the Argentinean’s team expected to land the bout.
“We have plenty of dates on real TV,” noted Gibbons. “Fox, Showtime, PBC has plenty of dates.”
For now, the plan is to rest and revel in serving as Brazil’s lone-reigning world champion,
“I am very happy to bring a world title back to Brazil,” notes Teixeira. “I want to make boxing bigger in Brazil. Soccer is our biggest sport, and this is a great moment for boxing in my country.”
good for him and expected...hell of a fight saturday and FOTY to boot...but damn having Castaño as your mando...he might be one and done...lets see if PBC would acknolwedge him as a WBO champ if he wins it
malbaker86
Gators
good for him and expected...hell of a fight saturday and FOTY to boot...but damn having Castaño as your mando...he might be one and done...lets see if PBC would acknolwedge him as a WBO champ if he wins it
Wait......Adames lost
I turned off the fight because I felt that he was getting the better end of it and come to find out he lost?
Granted I didn't watch every single second of the fight because the FSU vs UF game was on and I was glued to that and had the fight streaming on the other TV but dammit Adames
Sure did on all 3 cards. 2 of them by 1 because teixeira dropped him. Some of the Dominican cats they dont be getting over the hump like that no more in boxing...I wonder why? Teixeira got bodied by a washed curtis Stevens easily...this was supposed to be a formalityWait......Adames lost
I turned off the fight because I felt that he was getting the better end of it and come to find out he lost?
Granted I didn't watch every single second of the fight because the FSU vs UF game was on and I was glued to that and had the fight streaming on the other TV but dammit Adames
malbaker86
Gators
boxing so damn strange at times man
.It's on ESPN and i'm about to watch it now. Damn Adames
boxing so damn strange at times man
It's on ESPN and i'm about to watch it now. Damn Adames
boxing ..theater of the unexpected...sometimes cats just want it more..a will thats bigger than their talent level..that was texeira in that fight lol
Andrade vs. Keeler Voluntary Title Fight Approved By WBO
By Jake Donovan
Published On Thu Dec 5, 2019, 07:36 AM EST
Demetrius Andrade finally has a fight date and opponent to go along with it.
The unbeaten middleweight titlist was cleared to make a voluntary defense for his next bout, which will come versus Ireland’s Luke Keeler on Jan. 30 live on DAZN from a makeshift Verizon-sponsored venue during Super Bowl week in Miami, Florida.
The bout was formally approved by the World Boxing Organization (WBO) on Thursday during the ratings portion of its annual convention in Tokyo, Japan.
“Andrade will fight Keeler in a voluntary (title defense),” Francisco ‘Paco’ Valcarcel, president of the WBO declared during the convention. “We will allow that. The winner of that will be ordered to face the mandatory challenger as designated by the WBO.”
Andrade (28-0, 17KOs) will attempt the third defense of the WBO middleweight title he claimed in a 12-round win over previously unbeaten Walter Kautondokwa last October in Boston, Massachusetts. The Providence, Rhode Island native was due to challenge Billy Joe Saunders, who was stripped of his belt after testing positive for the banned substance Oxilofrine during pre-fight random drug testing as contracted through Voluntary Anti-Doping Agency (VADA).
Two defenses have followed for Andrade, including a 12-round shutout of Poland’s Maciej Sulecki this past June at home in Providence. The 31-year old southpaw—who represented the United States in the 2008 Beijing Olympics and has since become a three-time titlist in two weight divisions—has been angling for a lucrative showdown versus World middleweight king Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez and IBF titlist Gennady Golovkin, only for his cries to fall on deaf ears.
Efforts to proceed with an ordered mandatory title defense quickly fell apart when Canada’s Steven Butler (28-1-1, 24KOs)—the number-one contender at the time—opted to instead face WBA secondary titlist Ryota Murata later this month in Japan.
The fallout wasn’t desirable but did pave the way for Andrade to enter a voluntary defense on a DAZN showcase card in South Beach. It’s also a proper style matchup, as he will find an engaging target in Ireland’s Keeler (17-2-1, 5KOs), a 32-year old slugger from Dublin who is riding an eight-fight win streak.
Keeler will enter his first career title fight, along with his first trek to the United States. Having fought exclusively in Europe, Keeler is coming off of a 10-round decision win over Milwaukee’s Luis Arias this past August in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
The winner of the bout will figure to have a mandatory challenger in waiting by then. However, there is a chance it won’t come from a recently signed bout between Alantez Fox and Liam Williams, who are set to face Dec. 21 at Copper Box Arena in Hackney Park, England. The bout was advertised by event promoter Frank Warren as a sanctioned eliminator, but immediately disputed by the sanctioning body.
“We don’t have any elimination bout (scheduled),” Valcarcel noted, rejecting the notion that Fox-Williams was approved to designate a mandatory challenger. “That is not an elimination bout. We will allow the bout… it could be for a title.”
this fight is going to on that miami DAZN card...a voluntary? yikes
malbaker86
Gators
this fight is going to on that miami DAZN card...a voluntary? yikes
This guy Andrede
i worry dude is going to be spoil like LSC did..sheesh...i cant defend this oneThis guy Andrede
Conscious Pilot
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Rob Brant vs. Habib Ahmed Finalized For Hart-Smith Card
By Random Hits
Published On Thu Dec 5, 2019, 02:08 PM EST
Rob “Bravo” Brant’s quest to regain a world title will begin on the Boardwalk. Brant, a former middleweight world champion, will make his ring return against former super middleweight world title challenger Habib “Wild Hurricane” Ahmed Saturday, Jan 11 as the co-feature to the Jesse Hart-Joe Smith Jr. main event at Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena (ESPN & streaming on the ESPN App (Spanish), 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT).
Brant is fighting for the first time losing his belt via second-round stoppage to Ryota Murata, the man he upset to win the WBA middleweight title in October 2018. Following the Murata defeat, Brant enlisted the services of trainer/manager Brian “BoMac” McIntyre and has been training alongside pound-for-pound king Terence “Bud” Crawford, WBO junior lightweight world champion Jamel “Semper Fi” Herring and former junior welterweight world champion Maurice “Mighty Mo” Hooker.
“I am excited to be back fighting under the Top Rank banner with a new team,” Brant said. “Training in Colorado Springs has shown me what it’s like to work with a coaching staff that have mastered their craft. I am expecting a tough fight with Ahmed, as he has proven to be a dangerous Ghanaian fighter. I'm confident my team will train me to showcase my talent. There hasn’t been a day that has gone by that I haven’t thought about regaining my title. None of that happens until I conquer the task at hand. I will reign again as a world champion.”
“This is a great opportunity to prove I am a middleweight to watch,” Ahmed said. “Super middleweight was not my natural weight, and I feel fresher and more powerful since moving down in weight. Rob Brant and his team made the wrong choice for a comeback opponent. I am coming to shock the boxing world and earn another world title shot.”
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Brant (25-2, 17 KOs), from St. Paul, Minn., authored one of the biggest upsets of 2018 when he bested Murata over 12 scintillating rounds in Las Vegas. He threw 1,262 punches that evening and followed up his title-winning effort with a dominant 11th-round TKO over Khasan Baysangurov in Hinckley, Minn. In July, he traveled to Osaka, Japan, and Murata flipped the script, engaging in a toe-to-toe battle that lasted 5 minutes, 34 seconds. Murata landed 64 power punches in the second round before referee Luis Pabon stopped the bout.
Ahmed (27-1-1, 18 KOs), from Accra, Ghana, is best known for his February 2018 title challenge against Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez, which ended via sixth-round TKO defeat. He moved down to middleweight in May, notching a shutout eight-round decision over Juan De Angel in Biloxi, Miss. Ahmed has been training in Miami recently and has sparred with the likes of former world champion Andre Dirrell.
The ESPN+ undercard stream, which begins at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT, will include the following bouts:
The fighting Adorno brothers will once again appear on the same undercard. Older brother Joseph “Blessed Hands” Adorno (14-0, 12 KOs) will face Hector Garcia (14-7-3, 8 KOs) in an eight-round lightweight bout, while 18-year-old Jeremy “Magic Hands” Adorno (3-0, 1 KO) will battle Artrimus Sartor (4-3, 1 KO) in a four-rounder at super bantamweight.
South Jersey native Chris “Sandman” Thomas (13-1-1, 8 KOs) will fight for the sixth time as a pro in Atlantic City versus Samir Barbosa (37-16-3, 26 KOs) in a six-rounder at super middleweight.
Shinard Bunch (4-1, 4 KOs), the fighting pride of Trenton, N.J., will take on Dennis Okoth (4-2-1, 2 KOs) in a six-round welterweight tilt. Bunch’s only defeat came via close decision in August to unbeaten prospect Paul Kroll.
Heavyweight prospect Sonny “The Bronco” Conto (5-0, 4 KOs), who hails from South Philadelphia, will make his Atlantic City debut in a four-rounder against an opponent to be named.
Xander Zayas (2-0, 2 KOs), the 17-year-old welterweight fresh off a first-round TKO Nov. 30 in Las Vegas, will see action in a four-rounder against Antonio Duarte (2-2, 0 KOs). Zayas, a native of San Juan, Puerto Rico, won 11 national amateur titles before signing a pro contract with Top Rank at the age of 16.
not a bad little card espn put together...that co main might outshine generic joe and hart