chunky_mcdaniels
All Star
Damn.
That was a high level beatdown from both of them.
Biggest fade you've witnessed live?
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Damn.
That was a high level beatdown from both of them.
Biggest fade you've witnessed live?
Prolly the one where I thought I witnessed an in ring fatalityDamn.
That was a high level beatdown from both of them.
Biggest fade you've witnessed live?
malbaker86
Gators
Cotto could fight don't get me wrong, but I see why folks areabout him, he did kind of operate like a hoe when he was a champ.
Like only wanting to fight GGG if he came down to 120 lbs
Wish GGG woulda just taken the catch weight and beat the shyt outta him
Arum: 4-Fight Broadcasts, 7-Fight Cards When Boxing Returns To ESPN 8/22
By Keith Idec
Published On Tue Aug 4, 2020, 09:20 AM EST
Losing so many fights to COVID-19 in June and July has prompted Bob Arum and his matchmakers to alter their approach when his promotional company brings boxing back to ESPN later this month.
Arum plans to construct seven-fight cards for six straight Saturday nights, starting August 22 and ending September 26. Having that many fights on Top Rank’s cards will afford the company more flexibility if fighters test positive for COVID-19.
Arum expects ESPN to televise four fights apiece during those Saturday shows. The remaining three bouts likely would be streamed on ESPN+, the platform Top Rank and ESPN used for preliminary undercard bouts before the pandemic began nearly five months ago.
“We’re gonna go, when we start again, to seven fights on the cards,” Arum told BoxingScene.com, “figuring that we’re gonna lose one or two along the way. For example, let’s assume we do an event and all seven get through the COVID-19 testing. We’ll take three fights and maybe show those on ESPN+ or show highlights on ESPN, and still go with four on the telecast. We’re doing the best we can. At least the fighters understand what we’re up against.”
Top Rank built mostly five-fight and sometimes six-fight cards when ESPN brought boxing back to its airwaves June 9. Seven of the last 10 Top Rank main events on ESPN either were altered, canceled or postponed due to COVID-19, injuries and a failed performance-enhancing drug test before they took a break following the July 21 telecast from MGM Grand Conference Center in Las Vegas.
Each of the 13 Top Rank cards ESPN aired from June 9 to July 21 took place either on Tuesday nights or Thursday nights. Top Rank shows shifted back to Saturday nights, more traditional time slots for boxing, because ESPN has other live sports programming on weeknights now that the NBA, MLB, MLS and WNBA seasons have resumed or started.
One of the main events ESPN postponed during Top Rank’s run in June and July will headline its August 22 show from MGM Grand Conference Center.
Colombia’s Eleider Alvarez (25-1, 13 KOs) and Long Island’s Joe Smith Jr. (25-3, 20 KOs) will meet in the 12-round main event that night. The winner of their WBO light heavyweight elimination match will compete for the WBO’s 175-pound crown in his following fight.
Whoever emerges victorious when the third-ranked Alvarez and the fourth-rated Smith meet will face the winner between Russians Umar Salamov and Maksim Vlasov. Salamov (25-1, 19 KOs) is ranked number one by the WBO and Vlasov (45-3, 26 KOs) is ranked second.
Alvarez and Smith were supposed to square off in ESPN’s main event July 16, but their fight was postponed late in June because Alvarez suffered a shoulder injury while training.
KingOFKings
All Star
We need them to announce Teo/Loma already, just put up the money and have it on ESPN. They desperately need a matchup of that level on the main ESPN after all the cards they’ve aired so far, not a good look for boxing.
Get those numbers up as far as ratings and also give us what we need.
If Loma/Lopez falls through, they should make Lopez vs Prograis.
Prograis gets to stay at 140 and fight a big name and Lopez finally gets to move up. Everybody wins.
Prograis gets to stay at 140 and fight a big name and Lopez finally gets to move up. Everybody wins.
---from The Athletic---
The firing of Showtime boxing analyst Paulie Malignaggi last week over racially charged remarks in a YouTube interview left the man who first hired him conflicted as a friend but unbending as a boss.
“It is disappointing. We certainly have a lot of affection for Paulie, and he’s developed into a very good analyst. It’s always difficult when you have to part ways,” Showtime Sports President Stephen Espinoza said on this week’s episode of The Athletic’s “The Pug and Copp Boxing Show.”
Espinoza, in his ninth year in the position, made the decision last Wednesday, just a few days before the first live card for Showtime since the COVID-19 pandemic struck in March. The broadcast team includes Mauro Ranallo and International Boxing Hall of Fame members Al Bernstein, Barry Tompkins and Steve Farhood.
In an interview with IFL, Malignaggi referenced how “it’s no longer the time of the African American in boxing” and how Eastern European fighters have “become the dominant species.” He additionally said he believed “racial oppression in 2020” is “all made up and exaggerated.”
Malignaggi, a former two-division world champion from Brooklyn, had also inflamed his bosses with disparaging remarks about Black Lives Matter and the single-parent rates of Black children in recent months. One Showtime official told The Athletic that the IFL interview was “the straw that broke the camel’s back.”
“I’ve seen some of what’s been written (regarding Malignaggi’s termination),” Espinoza said on Monday’s podcast. “Some of it is a little simplistic … some writers have attributed it to one specific instance. Really, that’s not quite accurate. It was a bigger holistic thing.”
According to an individual with direct knowledge of the events, Showtime asked Malignaggi to apologize. He prepared a statement and sent it to the premium cable network, which responded by asking for revisions reflecting a more aggressive apology. Before he completed those revisions, Malignaggi learned he was out and felt blindsided, his ouster being revealed in a story published first by Boxing Scene, owned by Showtime’s parent company, CBS.
Malignaggi, reached Monday night by The Athletic’s Sarah Shephard, said in a text message he “enjoyed my almost eight years there” and thanked Showtime for “the opportunity to discover a talent I never would have otherwise known I had.”
It’s unclear if Sky Sports in the United Kingdom will retain Malignaggi as an analyst on its international bouts.
Part of Malignaggi’s undoing was linked to the fact that members of Showtime’s crew felt embarrassed and awkward about being connected to the fighter, being left to defend him or make excuses for his rants and unfiltered comments.
“He was consistently putting his colleagues — and these are accomplished broadcasters — along with his bosses and network in a position of defending him,” one Showtime employee said on the condition of anonymity, being unauthorized to speak publicly on personnel matters. “He was not being a good teammate.
“He’s very good on the air, but he can’t control himself, and it can’t be excused anymore. We couldn’t give him any more passes.”
Malignaggi’s recklessness first alarmed Showtime officials in the buildup to the Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Conor McGregor fight in 2017. Multiple interviews at the time about a controversial sparring session with McGregor generated off-colored banter. At the fight’s weigh-in, a Showtime rep said, Malignaggi apparently spit at a fan.
“Every time I’d be around the media, the subject matter would end up going to Paulie and McGregor, and of course Showtime is trying to promote the Mayweather vs. McGregor fight in a certain way,” Malignaggi told The Athletic in April. “To tell you the truth, there were some disagreements there because I thought the fight was promoted like crazy because of the beef myself and McGregor had.
“No matter whether it was negative or positive, I still think the fight received incredible publicity because of the fiasco me and Conor had. So I don’t think I agreed very much with my superiors not being too happy with me. But I also understand that they wanted to give a certain visual of professionality and whatnot … .”
Showtime Sports executive Stephen Espinoza hired former three-division champion Abner Mares for last weekend’s broadcast. (Mike Lawrie / Getty Images)
Malignaggi additionally spewed caustic comments at UFC President Dana White on Twitter and went over the line, according to one Showtime executive, in his verbal exchanges with bare-knuckle opponent Artem Lobov.
“I don’t shy away from saying what I want to say, but there’s a way to deliver it,” Malignaggi told The Athletic in April. “It’s your delivery that can make a big difference in keeping the respect of your peers. If you’re going to criticize, you have to really understand what you’re talking about. I base it off fact. I’ll break down exactly what I’m criticizing and exactly what can be done to try and make a positive spin about it if I can.”
Yet Espinoza said there was no interest in spinning this latest Malignaggi transgression. Instead, he hired former three-division champion Abner Mares for Saturday’s broadcast, offering to buy out Malignaggi’s contract, according to a source.
“We take great pride in our announcer team,” Espinoza said. “We have the most experienced, respected and accomplished announcer team. We have very high standards for our announcers and those who represent our brand.”
The Athletic’s Mike Coppinger contributed to this report
(Top photo of Malignaggi: Minas Panagiotakis / Getty Images)
The firing of Showtime boxing analyst Paulie Malignaggi last week over racially charged remarks in a YouTube interview left the man who first hired him conflicted as a friend but unbending as a boss.
“It is disappointing. We certainly have a lot of affection for Paulie, and he’s developed into a very good analyst. It’s always difficult when you have to part ways,” Showtime Sports President Stephen Espinoza said on this week’s episode of The Athletic’s “The Pug and Copp Boxing Show.”
Espinoza, in his ninth year in the position, made the decision last Wednesday, just a few days before the first live card for Showtime since the COVID-19 pandemic struck in March. The broadcast team includes Mauro Ranallo and International Boxing Hall of Fame members Al Bernstein, Barry Tompkins and Steve Farhood.
In an interview with IFL, Malignaggi referenced how “it’s no longer the time of the African American in boxing” and how Eastern European fighters have “become the dominant species.” He additionally said he believed “racial oppression in 2020” is “all made up and exaggerated.”
Malignaggi, a former two-division world champion from Brooklyn, had also inflamed his bosses with disparaging remarks about Black Lives Matter and the single-parent rates of Black children in recent months. One Showtime official told The Athletic that the IFL interview was “the straw that broke the camel’s back.”
“I’ve seen some of what’s been written (regarding Malignaggi’s termination),” Espinoza said on Monday’s podcast. “Some of it is a little simplistic … some writers have attributed it to one specific instance. Really, that’s not quite accurate. It was a bigger holistic thing.”
According to an individual with direct knowledge of the events, Showtime asked Malignaggi to apologize. He prepared a statement and sent it to the premium cable network, which responded by asking for revisions reflecting a more aggressive apology. Before he completed those revisions, Malignaggi learned he was out and felt blindsided, his ouster being revealed in a story published first by Boxing Scene, owned by Showtime’s parent company, CBS.
Malignaggi, reached Monday night by The Athletic’s Sarah Shephard, said in a text message he “enjoyed my almost eight years there” and thanked Showtime for “the opportunity to discover a talent I never would have otherwise known I had.”
It’s unclear if Sky Sports in the United Kingdom will retain Malignaggi as an analyst on its international bouts.
Part of Malignaggi’s undoing was linked to the fact that members of Showtime’s crew felt embarrassed and awkward about being connected to the fighter, being left to defend him or make excuses for his rants and unfiltered comments.
“He was consistently putting his colleagues — and these are accomplished broadcasters — along with his bosses and network in a position of defending him,” one Showtime employee said on the condition of anonymity, being unauthorized to speak publicly on personnel matters. “He was not being a good teammate.
“He’s very good on the air, but he can’t control himself, and it can’t be excused anymore. We couldn’t give him any more passes.”
Malignaggi’s recklessness first alarmed Showtime officials in the buildup to the Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Conor McGregor fight in 2017. Multiple interviews at the time about a controversial sparring session with McGregor generated off-colored banter. At the fight’s weigh-in, a Showtime rep said, Malignaggi apparently spit at a fan.
“Every time I’d be around the media, the subject matter would end up going to Paulie and McGregor, and of course Showtime is trying to promote the Mayweather vs. McGregor fight in a certain way,” Malignaggi told The Athletic in April. “To tell you the truth, there were some disagreements there because I thought the fight was promoted like crazy because of the beef myself and McGregor had.
“No matter whether it was negative or positive, I still think the fight received incredible publicity because of the fiasco me and Conor had. So I don’t think I agreed very much with my superiors not being too happy with me. But I also understand that they wanted to give a certain visual of professionality and whatnot … .”
Showtime Sports executive Stephen Espinoza hired former three-division champion Abner Mares for last weekend’s broadcast. (Mike Lawrie / Getty Images)
Malignaggi additionally spewed caustic comments at UFC President Dana White on Twitter and went over the line, according to one Showtime executive, in his verbal exchanges with bare-knuckle opponent Artem Lobov.
“I don’t shy away from saying what I want to say, but there’s a way to deliver it,” Malignaggi told The Athletic in April. “It’s your delivery that can make a big difference in keeping the respect of your peers. If you’re going to criticize, you have to really understand what you’re talking about. I base it off fact. I’ll break down exactly what I’m criticizing and exactly what can be done to try and make a positive spin about it if I can.”
Yet Espinoza said there was no interest in spinning this latest Malignaggi transgression. Instead, he hired former three-division champion Abner Mares for Saturday’s broadcast, offering to buy out Malignaggi’s contract, according to a source.
“We take great pride in our announcer team,” Espinoza said. “We have the most experienced, respected and accomplished announcer team. We have very high standards for our announcers and those who represent our brand.”
The Athletic’s Mike Coppinger contributed to this report
(Top photo of Malignaggi: Minas Panagiotakis / Getty Images)
ChocolateGiddyUp
Superstar
Lara need to go home N be a Family man 
Sounds like they wanna give Lara a career mode fight on free tv. 
It better be at 160 cuz he finna fukk up the vibe 154 been having for the last 3 years.
It better be at 160 cuz he finna fukk up the vibe 154 been having for the last 3 years.
ChocolateGiddyUp
Superstar
There better be a shyt ton of Fox cards and or them PPV cards stacked...cuz I can name a whole lot of fighters more deserving of a main event push on tv than 2020 Lara 
didnt they give Lara a jobber his last time out? matter of fact it was canelo's bum brother
and i know for sure lara vs castano wasnt no damn war
and i know for sure lara vs castano wasnt no damn war
ChocolateGiddyUp
Superstar
didnt they give Lara a jobber his last time out? matter of fact it was canelo's bum brother
and i know for sure lara vs castano wasnt no damn war
Doin 5 miles around the ring instead of the usual 10 = War
yeah thats right
..stupid fukking fight killed the whole vibe of the card