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

[nflman2033]

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

ill get excited as soon as they weigh in for it, until then I will expect Pavlik to back out

[BigBucs]

Check out Chris Cooley interviewing Mayweather during media week at the SB. Mayweather has no clue who he is and seems completely uninterested and uneasy during the interview.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeyX_dsJC3Y]YouTube - MOTOBLUR's OCNN Interviews Floyd Mayweather[/ame]

[JrRawlins]

this spring should be great for boxing fans.... some really good fights coming starting in March and ending in May......

Saturday, March 6, 2010
Rancho Mirage, Calif. (Showtime)Arthur Abraham (31-0-0, 25 KOs) vs. Andre Dirrell (18-1-0, 13 KOs)
12 Rounds - Super Middleweight Division

Uncasville, Conn. (HBO)Devon Alexander (19-0-0, 12 KOs) vs. Juan Urango (22-2-1, 17 KOs)
12 Rounds - Jr. Welterweight Division

March 13th
Manny Pacquaio vs Josh Clottey... (PPV)

March 19
At Durant, Okla. (ESPN2): Deandre Latimore vs. Sechew Powell, rematch, 12 rounds, IBF junior middleweight eliminator; Edwin Rodriguez vs. TBA, 10 rounds, super middleweights

March 27
At TBA (HBO): Marcos Maidana vs. Victor Cayo, 12 rounds, for Maidana's WBA interim junior welterweight title

April 3
At Las Vegas (Golden Boy/Square Ring PPV): Roy Jones Jr. vs. Bernard Hopkins, rematch, 12 rounds, light heavyweights

At Manchester, England: David Haye vs. John Ruiz, 12 rounds, for Haye's WBA heavyweight title -- WORSE PPV CARD EVER

April 17
At Atlantic City, N.J. (HBO): Kelly Pavlik vs. Sergio Martinez, 12 rounds, for Pavlik's Ring/WBC/WBO middleweight title

At Montreal (HBO): Lucian Bute vs. Edison Miranda, 12 rounds, for Bute's IBF super middleweight title

Saturday, April 24, 2010
Denmark (Showtime (delayed))Carl Froch (26-0-0, 20 KOs) vs. Mikkel Kessler (42-2-0, 32 KOs)
12 Rounds - Super Middleweight Division

U.S. (Showtime)Andre Ward (21-0-0, 13 KOs) vs. Allan Green (27-1-0, 19 KOs)
12 Rounds - Super Middleweight Division

May 1
At Las Vegas (HBO PPV): Shane Mosley vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr., 12 rounds, for Mosley's WBA welterweight title

Saturday, May 22, 2010
Los Angeles, Calif. (Showtime)Israel Vazquez (44-4-0, 32 KOs) vs. Rafael Marquez (38-5-0, 34 KOs)
12 Rounds - Featherweight Division

Yonnhy Perez (20-0-0, 14 KOs) vs. Abner Mares (19-0-0, 12 KOs)
12 Rounds - Bantamweight Division

[davie]

I'm going to the Haye fight. Should be entertaining enough to either see John Ruiz upset Haye or get knocked out.

Hopefully they'll show Hopkins on screens/tv somewhere nearby.

[nflman2033]

April 3
At Las Vegas (Golden Boy/Square Ring PPV): Roy Jones Jr. vs. Bernard Hopkins, rematch, 12 rounds, light heavyweights

At Manchester, England: David Haye vs. John Ruiz, 12 rounds, for Haye's WBA heavyweight title -- WORSE PPV CARD EVER

yeah B-Hop was promoting the fight last night on Friday Night Fights and I was thinking, with Pacquiao in March and PBF in May who the hell is going to pay for it, i mean anyone who would rather pay for this over either of those two is crazy, so that means anyone buying this is already buying the other two. just no way, i hope it has to worst draw to teach the sport a lesson, this fight has no business being a PPV

[JrRawlins]

im not sure if i would watch the fight on HBO, let alone pay for hte fight on PPV....

[SHOGUN]

The hunt for featherweight titleholder Yuriorkis Gamboa's next opponent is over.

Gamboa will defend his title for the third time against Jonathan Victor Barros of Argentina when he makes his return to Germany on March 27, Top Rank's Carl Moretti told ESPN.com on Tuesday.

Gamboa, a 2004 Cuban Olympic gold medalist before defecting, turned pro in Germany and fought five of his first six professional bouts there before moving to Miami and fighting regularly in the United States.

Moretti, along with Top Rank's Bob Arum and Todd duBoef, were scheduled to meet with HBO executives in New York on Tuesday to discuss, among other things, Gamboa's future. They will talk about a high-profile June or July fight for Gamboa in Miami, Moretti said.

But first, of course, Gamboa needs to defend his title against the unknown Barros (28-0-1, 16 KOs), 26, who will be fighting his first name opponent and fighting outside of South America for the first time.

"We don't know a lot about him, but any time you fight a fighter from Argentina, you'll probably get a crude guy with a decent chin who is a wild puncher, so there is always some danger," Moretti said. "I know Gamboa is an excellent talent and this is another step as we move forward."

One of the scenarios HBO and Top Rank are discussing is a split-site doubleheader in which Gamboa would defend his title at one location and fellow titleholder Juan Manuel Lopez would defend his version of the 126-pound title in his native Puerto Rico. Top Rank hopes to build toward an eventual meeting between Gamboa (17-0, 15 KOs) and Lopez, who have fought their past two bouts in New York on the same cards.

Gamboa retained his title with a second-round blowout of Rogers Mtagwa, while Lopez stopped Steven Luevano in the seventh round to claim his title on a Jan. 23 HBO doubleheader.

The reason for Gamboa's return to Germany is because Ahmet Öner of Arena Box, who co-promotes Gamboa with Top Rank, is kicking off a new deal with German television network Sat.1 and he wanted to feature a world title fight on the debut card in Hamburg.

"This will be our special highlight for our new TV partner," Öner said. "Of course, it is not easy to bring a superstar like Gamboa to Germany, but he is my fighter so I am very proud to bring him back to where his pro career started three years ago. When Gamboa will be back in Hamburg it will feel like a circle is complete.

"I know that he has lots of friends here and is happy to return to Germany. But this will be an exception. Gamboa's main market is in the USA now. He will be in Germany for this one fight only and then continue his great career in the big venues in the States."

Moretti said that although Gamboa-Barros won't be televised live in the United States, it could air on tape-delay on "Top Rank Live," the company's series which airs three times monthly on Fox Sports and Fox Sports en Espanol.

The card in Hamburg will also feature a heavyweight rematch between Denis Bakhtov and Steffen Kretschmann.

"This will be our biggest show in Germany so far," Öner said. "With SAT.1 we have finally found a major TV partner who helps us to bring great fights to a big audience. Of course, a German TV station wants to present German fighters. That is why we have decided to feature the heavyweight clash between Steffen Kretschmann and Denis Bakhtov as one of two main events."

Also on the card are former cruiserweight titlist Juan Carlos Gomez (44-2, 35 KOs), who will be fighting for the first time since he was knocked out in the ninth round challenging heavyweight titlist Vitali Klitschko 11 months ago, and former middleweight title challenger Mahir Oral (27-2-2, 10 KOs), who has won two in a row since he was stopped in the 10th round by then-titleholder Arthur Abraham in June 2009.

Gamboa is fighting again soon. Woot!

[nflman2033]

im not sure if i would watch the fight on HBO, let alone pay for hte fight on PPV....

i would watch it just to see B-Hop but no way is it worth paying for

[Senser81]

Is anyone going to be buying the PPV for the Pacquaio/Clottey fight? Do you think it will be a good fight?

[Tailback U]

I may purchase the Clotty/Pac fight or split it with some friends (or go to a bar).

Also depends on what your definition of a "good fight" is. I think there will be plenty of punches thrown both ways but I wouldn't be surprised if Pac stops Clotty fairly quickly (under 4 rounds).

[nflman2033]

I may purchase the Clotty/Pac fight or split it with some friends (or go to a bar).

Also depends on what your definition of a "good fight" is. I think there will be plenty of punches thrown both ways but I wouldn't be surprised if Pac stops Clotty fairly quickly (under 4 rounds).

yeah if i could see it for free i'll watch it, but i just don't think Clottey is up to pacquiao's level

[EmpireWF]

Tyson is coming back to boxing, possibly to fight Holyfield again.

[Tailback U]

Heard that on the radio this morning.

I love Mike Tyson more than anyone I know but I don't want him to get embarrassed again. And who the hell is going to pay for this fight anyway? It couldn't possibly be a PPV, could it?

[Liquidrob]

Vic Darchinyan vs Rodrigo Guerrero tonight on showtime

http://sports.sho.com/boxing/events/darchinyan-guerrero-mar-6-2010.html

[Liquidrob]

Man, if you want to see a chin watch this fight, Vic is a heavy puncher, Guerrero took so many bombs and went the distance