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[Amare's Right Hook]

Salido is fighting this guy

 

[mr. smoke weed]

So......it seems like Bradley actually DIDNT wanna get in there and rumble with The Ohio Powerhouse huh?






No wonder Shawn Porter and Kenny were excited at first about their potential opponent, but now we know who it is that declined the opportunity to face Porter and possibly Thurman afterwards




#PorterHouse

Ima need receipts from Bradley. And if true, a gigantic box of tissues

 

[GzUp]

They should have asked him what kind of punch hurt him.

 

[RedEye Jedi]

its a slap in the face to boxing and im a mayweather fan

49-0 can break marcianos record

so many deserving boxers but issa joke he fights a ufc guy to break that record

im still gonna watch though lol

 

[patscorpio]

its a slap in the face to boxing and im a mayweather fan

49-0 can break marcianos record

so many deserving boxers but issa joke he fights a ufc guy to break that record

im still gonna watch though lol

its not really a record...chavez sr went 87 fights without a loss

 

[Amare's Right Hook]

Kenia can unify Super Fly is she fights Alondra if she wins.

 

[The axe murderer]

Don't sleep on Killer Joe

He's trying to be the 1st world champion and employee of the month at the same time

#HardHats

 

[LauderdaleBoss]

I doubt Spence was anywhere near 154 either......he's already told us a he's a huge 147lber that walks around higher than Brook does

Broner was prolly somewhere in the 140's while Spence was in the 160's maybe low 170's

Regardless that's still a 20-30 pound difference against a guy as technically sound and as talented as you.

 

[HeruDat1]

Can't post video right now

But Floyd acting an ass at this Tank-Walsh press conference


On one hand it's crazy how much camera time and talking Floyd is doing for Tank, but at the end of the day if the cameras and attention are on Floyd and you connected to it, it's still a win. Floyd gonna Floyd. He did shutdown any McGregor talk and redirected toward Tank Walsh so props for that.

 

[RoidJonesJr]

Cotto and Roc Nation have split according to Fat Dan

Unable to come to a financial agreement on his next fight, Puerto Rican star Miguel Cotto, one of boxing's biggest names for most of the past 20 years, and promoter Roc Nation Sports have parted ways, multiple sources told ESPN on Thursday.

Cotto had been in training camp with Hall of Fame trainer Freddie Roach at his Wild Card Boxing Club in Hollywood, California, preparing for a fight against Japanese journeyman Yoshihiro Kamegai (27-3-2, 24 KOs) that was tentatively scheduled for June 24.

However, Cotto left camp in recent days when the fight -- which had not yet been formally announced -- was canceled.

The Cotto-Roc Nation Sports separation was amicable but came about because they simply could not agree on the money Cotto should be paid for the fight, a source with knowledge of the situation said. Cotto, the source said, wanted way more than Roc Nation Sports was willing to guarantee for such a marginal fight that likely would have lost money.

Kamegai, who is promoted by Golden Boy Promotions, had already signed a contract for the fight, but it was contingent upon Cotto signing, which he hadn't, and there being a television outlet for the bout, which there wasn't. HBO, Cotto's longtime television home, was not interested in the Kamegai fight unless Cotto had a major fight lined up after it, which he did not, according to a source.

There also was no set site for the fight, although Roc Nation Sports was looking at venues in Puerto Rico and Miami as well as the 12,000-seat Ford Center at The Star, the Dallas Cowboys' training facility in Frisco, Texas.

After knocking out Sergio Martinez in the 10th round in June 2014 to win the middleweight world championship, Cotto split from longtime promoter Top Rank and signed with Roc Nation Sports, the company owned by music star Jay Z, with much fanfare in 2015.

Cotto and Roc Nation Sports wound up doing only two fights together, Cotto's lone successful middleweight title defense -- a fourth-round knockout of Daniel Geale in June 2015 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York -- and Cotto's title loss to Canelo Alvarez by decision in their November 2015 mega fight at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas.

Cotto has not fought since the loss to Alvarez. He was initially scheduled to return to face brawler James Kirkland at the Ford Center at The Star, on Feb. 25 in the main event of an HBO PPV card. However, the show was canceled when Kirkland suffered a fractured nose during his training camp.

There were efforts to make a Cotto fight against either Juan Manuel Marquez or Timothy Bradley Jr., both former world champions with big names, but neither deal could be made, leaving Cotto and his team looking at the smaller fight with Kamegai in order for Cotto to get back into the swing of things after such a long layoff.

The 36-year-old Cotto (40-5, 33 KOs), a lock for the International Boxing Hall of Fame, was a 2000 Olympian and is the only Puerto Rican boxer to win world titles in four weight divisions, doing so at junior welterweight, welterweight, junior middleweight and middleweight. He has also fought a who's who of top opponents, including Floyd Mayweather, Manny Pacquiao, Alvarez, Martinez, Antonio Margarito (twice), Shane Mosley and Zab Judah.

A Roc Nation Sports spokesman declined to comment to ESPN. Cotto's representative could not be reached for comment.

 

[HeruDat1]

Floyd also signed the only female to beat Claressa Shields, Savannah Marshall

 

[seemorecizzy]

its not really a record...chavez sr went 87 fights without a loss

those mexican dudes be stat-padding like a mutherfukker
regardless, no real boxing fan is counting floyds 50-0 if it happens under those cirucmstances

 

[patscorpio]

i just read while reading what happened at the presser with tank-walks that an american has not successfully defended his title in england since paulie got that gift against n'dou back in 08...is this really true?

 

[FrankyFourFingers]

those mexican dudes be stat-padding like a mutherfukker
regardless, no real boxing fan is counting floyds 50-0 if it happens under those cirucmstances

He fought roger mayweather at 47-0, rocky lockridge a year later and rosario a year after that. JCC was a savage

 

[Big Boss]

Cotto and Roc Nation have split according to Fat Dan