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andre ward is a fakkit
what about the WBO though?
this is good news...im sick of the interim, super champion bullshyt..its the reason why a fighter like robert guerrero is talked about being a 6 time champion (which he's not)
..when he was just a beltholder in 2 divisions..1 champion, 1 weight class per sanctioning body...simple concept like how it used to be
GREENandYELLOW
2x...and defending
Dan Rafael with some news today:
Aug 9, Porter-Brook is off (should appear on a date TBD). Danny Garcia and Lamont Peterson is on...but not against each other.
Topping the show will be junior welterweight champ Danny Garcia (28-0, 16 KOs) with junior welterweight titlist Lamont Peterson (32-2-1, 16 KOs) defending on the undercard.
Neither has an opponent yet, but Golden Boy's intention, if they both win, is to match them later in the year to unify their titles. That means Garcia, who talked about a move to welterweight following his tough decision win against Mauricio Herrera on March 15, probably will remain at 140 pounds for at least two more fights before moving up next year.
On Cotto's next opponent:
Arum said that Cotto would likely return in December -- again on HBO PPV -- at Madison Square Garden.
"We're thinking about the possibility of making Cotto and (Timothy) Bradley," Arum said.
"We're talking but we'd have to work (the weight) out. We haven't gotten that far yet."
Aug 9, Porter-Brook is off (should appear on a date TBD). Danny Garcia and Lamont Peterson is on...but not against each other.
Topping the show will be junior welterweight champ Danny Garcia (28-0, 16 KOs) with junior welterweight titlist Lamont Peterson (32-2-1, 16 KOs) defending on the undercard.
Neither has an opponent yet, but Golden Boy's intention, if they both win, is to match them later in the year to unify their titles. That means Garcia, who talked about a move to welterweight following his tough decision win against Mauricio Herrera on March 15, probably will remain at 140 pounds for at least two more fights before moving up next year.
On Cotto's next opponent:
Arum said that Cotto would likely return in December -- again on HBO PPV -- at Madison Square Garden.
"We're thinking about the possibility of making Cotto and (Timothy) Bradley," Arum said.
"We're talking but we'd have to work (the weight) out. We haven't gotten that far yet."
random as fukk
who the fukk is brook going to fight now? devon?
that's a fine plan...if porter-brook isn't going to be on that date throw it on Floyd's undercard in September
I have no desire to see Cotto-Bradley at middleweight or the fight in general
THASTUNNA
All Star
Cotto vs Bradley??? 
GREENandYELLOW
2x...and defending
If Arum, HBO, and Showtime have been disappointed in numbers than start building up the cards for PPV's to encourage buys. Putting Porter-Brook on a PPV undercard would be a great start.
Peterson and Garcia really don't need an interim fight before they meet...but if this is what it takes before matching them up.
Not too surprised it could happen like this. I am of the belief that Garcia moving up to 147 may not be in his best interest win/loss wise. At 140 he is the man. At 147, he is one of many guys...a lot who I would favor over him. As long as he can make weight 140 is a good division for him.Cotto-Bradley does nothing for me. Just shows how at 154 right now Canelo is the only name. There are other good fighters, but no one who can produce ratings for the paycheck Cotto wants. And it appears Cotto isn't quite ready to step in vs. full fledged MW regularly yet.
SuikodenII
Where's Suikoden VI??????
Cotto-Kid Chocolate..............
Porter-Brook on the September Floyd undercard does sound better......but if the fight's off completely then
SuikodenII
Where's Suikoden VI??????
THASTUNNA
All Star
Cotto-Kid Chocolate..............
Porter-Brook on the September Floyd undercard does sound better......but if the fight's off completely then
Hasn't Brook pulled out of fights for the IBF before?
Man, fukk all these ppv's. No matter how good you stack some of them cards, it don't mean shyt if the main event ain't ppv worthy. You can't tell me Canelo/Lara and Canelo/Angulo were ppv worthy when we got Canelo/Trout on regular Showtime last year.
I can understand Pac/Bradley 2 being ppv since the 1st one was ppv and you had two top 10 p4p boxers going against each other, but Cotto/Martinez should have been regular HBO. I can understand Floyd/Maidana being ppv since Floyd is at that level where he won't make the same bread if he was on regular Showtime.
So besides Floyd and Pac fights being on ppv which is understandable (they both should try to get on regular tv and make $ off the sponsors, but that's cool), all of these other nikkas need to....
If you wanna create ppv stars you gotta build opponents together with a succession of fights. Canelo and Lara should have been on the same card twice already in showcase fights and then put them in against a fringe/contender in the 2nd fight and afterwards do the ppv so fans can compare the two and see the interest build. Hardcore fans already got interest, but you need to do shyt like that to get the casuals buzzing.
I can understand Pac/Bradley 2 being ppv since the 1st one was ppv and you had two top 10 p4p boxers going against each other, but Cotto/Martinez should have been regular HBO. I can understand Floyd/Maidana being ppv since Floyd is at that level where he won't make the same bread if he was on regular Showtime.
So besides Floyd and Pac fights being on ppv which is understandable (they both should try to get on regular tv and make $ off the sponsors, but that's cool), all of these other nikkas need to....
If you wanna create ppv stars you gotta build opponents together with a succession of fights. Canelo and Lara should have been on the same card twice already in showcase fights and then put them in against a fringe/contender in the 2nd fight and afterwards do the ppv so fans can compare the two and see the interest build. Hardcore fans already got interest, but you need to do shyt like that to get the casuals buzzing.
fukk 'em.
Isolate, blackball and make the title worthless. Hopefully this will eventually lead to all of the major sanctioning bodies merging into one singular entity (like the NFL/AFL NBA/ABA). So we can have more clarity in the sport and weed out all the frauds.
I also see no reason why they shouldn't draw down the weight classes down to about 9 or 10 which will also assist in weeding out the frauds.