The Boxing Thread (Sweet Science) - Mayweather vs. Maidana

[SHOGUN]

Gamboa's hand speed is ridiculous. He was landing that left hook at will.

[BigBucs]

Yea he whipped ass. And again who/what is that in ya sig Shogun?

[BigBucs]

Super middleweight Allan Green will replace Jermain Taylor in Showtime's Super Six World Boxing Classic tournament, promoter Lou DiBella said.

Green had been preparing for a Feb. 5 fight against Sakio Bika, a former winner of "The Contender" reality show, which was supposed to be a box-off to determine who would replace Taylor, who withdrew from the tournament Jan. 12.

Green had accepted the fight, but it was never finalized after Bika, for undisclosed reasons, elected not to go through with it.

That paved the way for Green (29-1, 20 KOs), 30, to go directly into Group Stage 2 of the modified round-robin tournament that includes five other top super middleweights: titlists Andre Ward and Carl Froch, as well as former titleholder Mikkel Kessler, former middleweight titlist Arthur Abraham and 2004 U.S. Olympic bronze medalist Andre Dirrell.

Green's first fight will be the one Taylor was scheduled for, a title shot against Ward (21-0, 13 KOs) on April 17, probably in Ward's hometown of Oakland, where he upset Kessler in the opening round of the tournament in November.

"It's a great opportunity for him to be in the Super Six," DiBella said. "He was ready and willing and able to do the fight with Bika. It didn't happen, and I think there are actually a lot of people breathing a sigh of relief -- Showtime and Ward's people -- because the turnaround from Feb. 5 to April 17 was very quick considering the nature of how Allan and Bika fight. The chances of them coming out of the fight without a scratch was unlikely, which would have messed up the April schedule."

Taylor, the former undisputed middleweight champion, withdrew after losing for the fourth time in his last five fights, including three by crushing knockout. In the opening round of the Super Six, Abraham knocked him out cold with six seconds left in the 12th round on Oct. 17 in Germany. Taylor was briefly hospitalized with a severe concussion and short-term memory loss.

Since then, there was heavy pressure from his family and handlers to withdraw from the tournament, including from DiBella, who resigned as his promoter over concerns for his health a few weeks before Taylor made his decision.

"It wasn't like it was planned for Allan to take over for Jermain," DiBella said. "Had we not had the tournament available for us, we were in consideration to fight [titleholder] Lucian Bute [in April]. Allan would have had other opportunities. That said, I think Allan is the right guy for the spot.

"An American had dropped out and Allan was the best American 168-pounder that wasn't already in the tournament."

Green's greatest asset is his punching power.

"He has the Mighty Thor tattooed on his arm because he's a big puncher and carries the hammer of Thor," DiBella said. "He's a big puncher and that's his great equalizer. Ward is a tremendously talented boxer but if you get hit flush by Green, you're going to have problems, and I think that will be a real issue for Andre. That will make it an interesting fight."

Win or lose, Green would move on Group Stage 3 and face Kessler later in the year. However, Green, of Tulsa, Okla., enters the tournament at a disadvantage because he takes over Taylor's point total, which is zero.

Fighters earn two points for a win, a third point if they win by knockout, one point for a draw and no points for a loss. The fighters with the top four point totals after three fights will advance to the semifinals.

"He has a disadvantage, but he has that great ability to get the three points in any fight as well as anyone in the tournament outside of Abraham," DiBella said. "He was prepared to fight his way into the tournament by fighting Bika and the cancellation of that fight gave him the opportunity to walk in. Now it's up to him to take advantage of that opportunity."

Good to see Green getting an opportunity. Dude looked like he was for real until that dude Coddrington from the contender stretched his ass out on national television.

That said Ward is gonna work him but this is probably going to be his last run. If green doesnt make some noise in his tournament and take advantage of this opportunity its over for him. His last fight was on ESPN or Shobox, cant remember which. Was very boring I think I turned it off.

[JrRawlins]

Green is a somehwat slick boxer with some Power in both hands.... Ward is also a slick fighter with power, should be a good fight...... i do think Ward will win though...... not sure if Green can beat anyone in the tourney to be honest..........

[JrRawlins]

Gamboa and Lopez both did what they needed/ were supposed to do... will be a great fight if it happens.. . i am leaning slitghly towards Gamboa though....

[nflman2033]

yeah Gamboa made the guy look like a man with 13 losses, that was brutal, then again you can't take anything away form him, he is going to be almost inpossible for anyone at 126.

and while I think Ward will take Green, I won't say he can't be anyone in the tourny i still have little faith in Froch

[davie]

Don't doubt the Cobra and his talentless bum style of fighting

[JrRawlins]

Froch and Green would be a pretty good fight.... not saying Green is a bumm, but they both like to trades and dont move very well and both have power....

[JrRawlins]

Friday, February 5, 2010
Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (ESPN2)Glen Johnson (49-13-2, 33 KOs) vs. Yusaf Mack (27-2-2, 16 KOs)
12 Rounds - Light Heavyweight Division

Saturday, February 6, 2010
Monterrey, Mexico (Showtime)Edwin Valero (26-0-0, 26 KOs) vs. Antonio DeMarco (23-1-1, 17 KOs)
12 Rounds - Lightweight Division

Newark, N.J. Tomasz Adamek (39-1-0, 27 KOs) vs. Jason Estrada (16-2-0, 4 KOs)
12 Rounds - Heavyweight Division

[BigBucs]

Yo!! Yall see Baby Pacman aka Edwin valero scrape Antonio Demarco? The boy shined. I seen a handful of his other fights but never seen him get at it like he did last night. That big ass gash on his head was grotesque! Once he seen his blood he just turned into an animal. Shit was just like Pac vs DLH. Very exciting fight.

Round 2. The Round where he caught the elbow that opened his shit up and had his skull showing.
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aScE-y__Cbc"]YouTube- EDWIN VALERO VS DEMARCO (FULL ROUND 2 HIGHLIGHT)[/ame]



On a side not his wife was fine as hell!

[davie]

Edwin Valero is an exciting fighter to watch - just have to look at his record to know that. I don't understand how you found Pac vs. DLH exciting though? It was one-sided throughout.

[BigBucs]

Edwin Valero is an exciting fighter to watch - just have to look at his record to know that. I don't understand how you found Pac vs. DLH exciting though? It was one-sided throughout.

Maybe you misunderstood me because of the last line right after me comparing it to Pac-DLH. I was saying it was similar in how the fight played out. Just a one sided ass whipping where the bigger, taller, more technically sound fighter could not get off. It looked just like Pac-DLH down to the fighters retiring on their stool between rounds. Only diff is Demarco was the younger fighter and Valero was the older one. Pac DLh simply had me in disbelief the whole fight while this fight had me amped up.

[nflman2033]

first off, anyone watch Friday Night Fights, some great KO's

the Valero Fight was fantastic, both fights on that card were entertaining, but that one was great

[JrRawlins]

Pavlik vs Sergio Martinez on May 17th........

[JrRawlins]

the friday night fight card was solid...........

tht showtime card was awesome.........