Boxing Fighter Update
Monday, March 22, 2010
Mayweather-Mosley Trade Words Face To Face on HBO
Mayweather vs Mosley - To further hype their welterweight mega-fight on May 1 in Las Vegas, Floyd Mayweather and WBA champion Shane Mosley sat down with HBO's Max Kellerman to tape a face to face segment where both fighters would speak on a variety of topics from their decade long rivalry. Kellerman brought up last September's verbal confrontation between the fighters, which took place when Mosley entered the ring after Mayweather won a decision over Juan Manuel Marquez.
Why Pacquiao - Mayweather Is Important for Boxing
After watching Manny Pacquiao utterly dominate Joshua Clottey last Saturday, the sports world has turned it's attention to the future for the Filipino sensation. Now that I've digested Pacquiao's performance - which more closely resembled a Class B Felony than a boxing match - I'm now convinced, more than ever, that he and Floyd Mayweather must enter the ring together sometime this fall. It just has to happen. Right now, Mayweather is busy preparing for his May 1 bout with "Sugar" Shane Mosley, but he is never above discussing Pacquiao. If Mayweather beats Mosley - as virtually everyone agrees he will - the only fight of any magnitude left for either man is one that includes the other. Pacquiao and his trainer Freddie Roach clearly want that fight, the sports world wants that fight and most importantly, boxing needs that fight.
Team Mayweather: Floyd Did Not Watch Pacquiao's Fight
Earlier today, two members of Team Mayweather reached out to BoxingScene.com to set the record straight regarding an alleged interview circulating all over the internet with Floyd Mayweather Jr. From what I was told, the interview, which calls Pacquiao a one-dimensional fighter and downplays his performance against Joshua Clottey - is 100% fabricated. The interview first originated on a website called Cage Report. Numerous websites and overseas newspapers have used quotes from the interview.
Pacquiao vs Clottey Match Result By Round
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Rd 12: IT'S ALL OVER! Pacquiao wins by unanimous decision! Scores: 120-108, 119-109, 119-109. There's no KO because all Clottey do is defense. Barely punching.
Rd 11: clottey survives an MP flurry at end of the round. MP not settling for win on points. He wants the KO. Last round here we go!
Rd 12: IT'S ALL OVER! Pacquiao wins by unanimous decision! Scores: 120-108, 119-109, 119-109. There's no KO because all Clottey do is defense. Barely punching.
Rd 11: clottey survives an MP flurry at end of the round. MP not settling for win on points. He wants the KO. Last round here we go!
Pacquiao vs Clottey: Undercards Results
First Match:
JOHN DUDDY DECISIONS MICHAEL MEDINA
John Duddy (L) of Ireland and New York tags Michael Medina of Mexico with a right cross en route to earning a split decision win at the Cowboys Stadium Saturday night. Judges scores: Michael Mitchell, 93-96; Arturo Velasquez, 96-93; Charles Phillips 93-96. Photo by Reiver Rodriguez / PhilBoxing.com.
Second Match:
CASTILLO'S CORNER THROWS TOWEL; GOMEZ BY 5TH ROUND TKO
Alfonso Gomez (R) of Guadalajara, Mexico lands a left on comebacking Jose Luis Castillo of Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico in a fifth round action at the Dallas Cowboys Stadium Saturday night. Castillo¹s corner stopped the fight at the end of the fifth round to enable Gomez to win by 5th round TKO and capture WBC Continental Americas welterweight title.
Third Match:
HUMBERTO SOTO BEATS DAVID DIAZ
Humberto Soto (R) of Los Mochis, Mexico found himself on the defensive as David Diaz of Chicago puts in the pressure at the Cowboys Stadium Saturday night. Soto scored knockdowns in first and twelve en route a unanimous decision victory to capture the WBC lightweight title. Photo by Reiver Rodriguez / PhilBoxing.com.
JOHN DUDDY DECISIONS MICHAEL MEDINA
John Duddy (L) of Ireland and New York tags Michael Medina of Mexico with a right cross en route to earning a split decision win at the Cowboys Stadium Saturday night. Judges scores: Michael Mitchell, 93-96; Arturo Velasquez, 96-93; Charles Phillips 93-96. Photo by Reiver Rodriguez / PhilBoxing.com.
Second Match:
CASTILLO'S CORNER THROWS TOWEL; GOMEZ BY 5TH ROUND TKO
Alfonso Gomez (R) of Guadalajara, Mexico lands a left on comebacking Jose Luis Castillo of Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico in a fifth round action at the Dallas Cowboys Stadium Saturday night. Castillo¹s corner stopped the fight at the end of the fifth round to enable Gomez to win by 5th round TKO and capture WBC Continental Americas welterweight title.
Third Match:
HUMBERTO SOTO BEATS DAVID DIAZ
Humberto Soto (R) of Los Mochis, Mexico found himself on the defensive as David Diaz of Chicago puts in the pressure at the Cowboys Stadium Saturday night. Soto scored knockdowns in first and twelve en route a unanimous decision victory to capture the WBC lightweight title. Photo by Reiver Rodriguez / PhilBoxing.com.
Promoter's anger at MGM/Mirage could keep Manny Pacquiao out of Las Vegas
Pacquiao vs Clottey - The animosity that exists between Manny Pacquiao's promoter, Bob Arum, and Floyd Mayweather Jr.'s camp extends to MGM/Mirage, the company that operates the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. That arena will be dark Saturday night, when it could have been the site of Pacquiao's world welterweight title defense against Joshua Clottey. In an interesting column Thursday by The Times' Bill Dwyre, Arum addressed his anger at Mayweather promoter Golden Boy Promotions and at MGM/Mirage, which has staged several of Oscar De La Hoya's bouts as a fighter and as a promoter, including the upcoming April 3 fight between Bernard Hopkins and Roy Jones Jr. and the May 1 Mayweather vs Mosley bout.
He Might Be Too Big For Pacquiao: The Case For A Joshua Clottey Win
Pacquiao vs Clottey - Four words. In the end, what happens in this fight will come down to four words: Is he too big? Aside from bulk and strength, what does Joshua Clottey have that can beat Manny Pacquiao on March 13th? In order to make a case for Clottey -- which I’ll now try to do -- you have to make it backwards, thinking in terms of the negative factors that Manny Pacquiao will have to overcome instead of any offensive attributes that Clottey may have.
Joshua Clottey Hopes to Turn “The Event” Into “The Upset”
Pacquiao vs Clottey - It was just a few short months ago when boxing seemed on the verge of getting what it always wanted: a super fight of epic proportions between the two top pound-for-pound fighters in the world of boxing in Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather All roads had led to this exciting match up; they had common opponents, had publicly spoken about fighting each other and flew through initial negotiations with reported ease. But then a sport-changing thing happened. In reaction to Pacquiao’s grandiose (some say grotesque) demand that Mayweather,
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