BOXING Fight Night thread

[KARTOG]

Haven't seen Chavez-Zbik yet, but from fight reports it seems the kid has plateaued performance-wise and Top Rank will probably cash him in with a big fight or two before pulling the plug.

Canelo Alvarez seems to be the slightly better of the two young Mexican budding stars, although he also isn't that exceptionally gifted.

[kimo1110]

I thought Zbik won most of the round. He was clearly dominating round after round apart from the last quarter. It somehow reminded me of Oscar-Trinidad fight.

[pongpagong123]

Zbik landed more but they were pitter patter punches, while Chavez clearly landed the harder shots, just look at how his body punches took their toll in zbik at the later rounds. i don't recall trinidad landing similar hard punches on oscar

What do you think about Sergio Martinez' next fight against an unknown Euro guy named Barker? Is this a credible excuse as to why they want no part of Pirog who is clearly more relevant to the MW scene than Dzinziruk and now this guy Barker?

[kimo1110]

I really thought Zbik landed more punches and it was accurate one. I never expected a ratio of 4-1 or 3-1 punch could win a fight. The only thing that made impact was the cardio problem of Zbik. Hence, I thought judges took their chances to avoid an upset for Jr because of that. And it has no difference with ODLH-Trinidad outcome. According from Oscar his leg stiffened so he had to run away from Trinidad in the last quarter that made the judges decided to give the fight for Trinidad albeit Oscar dominated him majority of the rounds.

Martinez fight against Barker will be considered a tune up fight for his long awaited superfight against either May or Pacquiao. He's hoping for that. I think he avoid tough opponents to prevent a potential upset. Pirog is a slick fighter and that's the only thing Martinez could worry about. I am more excited him moving north to fight Ward, Bute or even Froch.

[pongpagong123]

I really thought Zbik landed more punches and it was accurate one. I never expected a ratio of 4-1 or 3-1 punch could win a fight. The only thing that made impact was the cardio problem of Zbik. Hence, I thought judges took their chances to avoid an upset for Jr because of that. And it has no difference with ODLH-Trinidad outcome. According from Oscar his leg stiffened so he had to run away from Trinidad in the last quarter that made the judges decided to give the fight for Trinidad albeit Oscar dominated him majority of the rounds.

Martinez fight against Barker will be considered a tune up fight for his long awaited superfight against either May or Pacquiao. He's hoping for that. I think he avoid tough opponents to prevent a potential upset. Pirog is a slick fighter and that's the only thing Martinez could worry about. I am more excited him moving north to fight Ward, Bute or even Froch.

check the punch stats again, the ratio landed wasn't anything like 4:1 or 3:1, it was alot closer. And DLH tired on his own, it's his weakness to run out of steam in the championship rounds and trinidad didn't land the kind of hard punches on DLH that Jr. landed on Zbik.

LMAO if you think martinez would land a fight with either pac or may, midgets who are smaller than him by 20 pounds or more. And wasn't Dzin a tune-up/easy fight already? why follow it up with another lousy opponent? What he is doing is nothing different from what other Dibella fighters had done. Taylor was fighting easy fights until he landed the hopkins match. then he went back to fighting jr. middleweights and small opponents like ouma and spinks. Berto did the same with his career, he filled his resume with jr. welters like forbes and urango. They were not building their names by fighting risky fights and were simply living off on HBO license fee while praying that they land mega-paydays against the real superstars. Sergio seems to be following this same route. Pirog is in no way slick at all but he is the best fight for sergio right now at 160 lbs.Or if martinez really wants money fights and P4P recognition, he shouldn't look after small men, he should move up to the super six, but he's already stated he wants none of them lol.

[kimo1110]

check the punch stats again, the ratio landed wasn't anything like 4:1 or 3:1, it was alot closer. And DLH tired on his own, it's his weakness to run out of steam in the championship rounds and trinidad didn't land the kind of hard punches on DLH that Jr. landed on Zbik.

What do you mean stats? I said the guy dominating Jr with a somewhat ratio of 3-1 or 4-1 UNTIL HE RUN OUT OF GAS in the last quarter. And hey here you go again, I never compared both fights. I said it somehow reminded me of Oscar-Trinidad fight. I was talking about the turnout. And as far as Delahoya issue why he run for the pot last quarter rounds, I could provide a link for that Oscar said his feet tightened. Zbik was dominating Chaves apart from the latter one, and that also goes with Oscar. The decision had gone for Chavez and that also goes with Trinidad.

LMAO if you think martinez would land a fight with either pac or may, midgets who are smaller than him by 20 pounds or more. And wasn't Dzin a tune-up/easy fight already? why follow it up with another lousy opponent? What he is doing is nothing different from what other Dibella fighters had done. Taylor was fighting easy fights until he landed the hopkins match. then he went back to fighting jr. middleweights and small opponents like ouma and spinks. Berto did the same with his career, he filled his resume with jr. welters like forbes and urango. They were not building their names by fighting risky fights and were simply living off on HBO license fee while praying that they land mega-paydays against the real superstars. Sergio seems to be following this same route. Pirog is in no way slick at all but he is the best fight for sergio right now at 160 lbs.Or if martinez really wants money fights and P4P recognition, he shouldn't look after small men, he should move up to the super six, but he's already stated he wants none of them lol.

Again, I never said I could see Martinez fighting Mayweather and Pacquiao in future. What I said he must be hoping that any of them will give him a shot so he's been taking easy opponents. I know Dzin was a great tune up already, in fact he need no more tuneups against welter fighters. How could he fight May or Pac if noone of them interested to fight him (Martinez) anyways? lmao..

I hope you follow the conversation. Don't put the words to my mouth.

I concur with the rest of your statements. There is something wrong about dibella becase most of his fighter have been calling out prizefighters but most are not granted. I am just not sure if Cintron and Celestino were in his possession at their peak. I'll check it out later.

[CaptainCharisma]

congratulations to the Hawaiian Punch, Brian Viloria in winning the WBO Flyweight title last weekend in Honolulu, HI

[CaptainCharisma]

http://ph.news.yahoo.com/boxer-donai...024930295.html

Filipino world champion Nonito Donaire has said that he has settled differences with promoters Top Rank and plans to defend his World Boxing Council bantamweight crown in October.

Donaire, 26-1 with 18 knockouts, has not lost in 25 fights over more than a decade. He won a world crown in his third different weight category last February with a second-round stoppage of Mexico's Fernando Montiel.

"I'm very happy and pleased to announce a recent reconciliation between Top Rank and myself and I am also extremely excited to announce that I will be back in the ring this coming October," Donaire said.

"There were some details that required attention and I feel confident now that my professional goals are being understood and respected by Top Rank."

Donaire, who has won nine of his past 10 starts by knockouts, won the International Boxing Federation flyweight crown in 2007 and captured the World Boxing Association interim super flyweight title in 2009.

"We are thrilled to move forward with Nonito and capitalize on what we have built together," said Top Rank president Todd DuBoef."

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AIBA PRESIDENT SAYS HE HOPES TO SEE YOUTH GOLD MEDALIST MARCIAL IN THE 2016 OLYMPICS

By Ronnie Nathanielsz
PhilBoxing.com
Mon, 01 Aug 2011


Marcial.

Eumir Felix Marcial, the 15 year old from a poor family in Zamboanga scored a spectacular victory over tough Cenigiz Onat of Turkey 9:7 to win the coveted first gold medal for the Philippine since the start of the AIBA Junior World Boxing Championships in 2011.



An AIBA report on the finals in Astana, Kazakhstan where Russia won four gold medals and one silver said “Marcial ended his excellent run with the first gold for Asia” in the light bantamweightdivisionwith a close win at the Kazakhstan Sports Palace in Astana.

AIBA President Dr. Ching-Kuo Wu was so impressed with Marcial that he gave the young Filipino fighter words of advice during a chance meeting at the Beijing Palace where the Philippine entourage had dinner.

Dr. Wu said "I suggest that your organization take care of this kid because he has exciting potentials. I hope to see him in the 2016 Olympics."

In a post fight interview Marcial said “I hit him with a good left to the body in the second round and I saw him wince in pain. At that point I knew I have a great chance but I just kept my focus and kept in mind what my coach told me to do."

Marcial’s coach, former three-time Olympian Romeo Brin praised Marcial saying "He's very attentive to my instructions and that's what's good about this kid. When he remained standing during the break entering the third round, I already felt he will win this fight"

Amateur Boxing Association of the Philippines president Ricky Vargas was elated over Marcial’s showing pointing out that ”the PLDT-ABAP national champion traveled abroad for the first time to compete internationally.”

The hard-hitting Filipino youngster beat rivals from formidable boxing countries Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus and Turkey.

Vargas told the Daily Inquirer that he had discussed with ABAP chairman Manny Pangilinan a possible incentive for the kid from a poor family. The amount is likely to be P300,000 for what the ABAPpresident described as “the triumph of the Pinoy spirit.”

A report on Marcial’s bout said he used a number of excellent combinations to win the gold and was a fan favorite and one of the outstanding winners highlighted by his rousing first round knockout victory over Vaha Eduard of Belarus in the semi finals.

The crowd was amazed when Marcial floored Eduard with a perfectly timed right hook that send the Belarus fighter stumbling forward.

Eduard beat the count and stood up at five but the referee called it off after the mandatory eight count as the Belarus youngster was groggy and not fit to continue. The time was 1:22 of the opening round.

While his Turkish foe proved to be much tougher the aggressive and flashy Marcial jumped to an early 3-2 lead at the end of round one and maintained a one point spread 6-5 at the end of the second.

After increasing his lead to two points in the final round Marcial showed nifty footwork to stay away from Onat in the dying seconds knowing he had done enough to win the gold medal.
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Another product made in the philippine courtesy of poor Pilipino family..:bop When the decision making has nothing to do with
politics and just relied on pure skills, talent and sacrifice the results is Honor to the country.

[blakedaddy]

^ Hopefully, this continues since the Asian Championships are up as well as the SEA games

[keehlnate]

a lot of LOLs and RAGE this weekend.

First if you watched Top Rank Boxing on studio 23 last Saturday, it was really a great fight. Bakbakan talaga yung Ruiz-Arce. From start to finish. Kahit tong si Arce eh parang pahapyaw lang ang mga suntok. Ang LOL part dito eh yung nahulog si Arce sa labas ng ring at counted yun as knockdown kasi may suntok bago sya nahulog. Na knockdown din si Ruiz sa laban na to pero naretain pa rin nya ang belt.

And as for the RAGE part. That Agbeko-Mares fight was really something outrageous. How can a guy that hit 25-30 low blows hasn't get even a single point deduction? Nabwiset talaga ako dun sa referee. 2 Knockdowns was given for Agbeko and both are not clean knockdowns. Yung una nakasuntok si Mares pero ang nagpabagsak talaga eh yung slip. Yung pangalawa ang talagan RAGE of all RAGE. Referee in perfect position, Mares hit a direct low blow. p0ta sa sobrang b0b0 talaga nitong p0tang refereeng to imbes na bawasan ng point eh nirule pa na knockdown. Kitang kitang naman nasa harapan nya pa perfect angle. p0ta talaga eh kahit yung mga commentator na bwiset talaga sa referee na yun. Eto namang si Mares kasama talaga sa combinations nya yung low blow. Kaya naging controversial din yung Darchinyan fight. Puro low blows din.

Well this is what I hope. Nonito Donaire should destroy this young kid's career before it even start. He should knock the hell out of this guy para matauhan naman. Most likely sya na makakalaban ni Donaire although baka mag petition ang kampo ni Agbeko para sa immediate rematch. NONITO DONAIRE SHOULD DESTROY THIS GUY.

[Meanie!!]

One more for Agbeko - Mares. A rematch is imperative. We need better officiating too.

[CaptainCharisma]

from fightnews

http://www.youtube.com/v/2b-KTghi0Jw

OscarDeLaHoya: Yes there were low blows but ABNER still won.ohhh and yes the referee was incompetent if u ask me.just being honest my friends.

OscarDeLaHoya: I had ABNER 115-111

OscarDeLaHoya: I watched the fight again and those punches were on the belt line the last one hit agbekos glove.i still have it 115-111.



Amid great fanfare, WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (43-0-1, 30 KOs) announced his first title defense against Ronald Hearns (26-2, 20 KOs) on September 17 at the Palenque de Culiacán. Accompanied by his father, the legendary member of the Hall of Famer Julio Cesar Chavez, Chavez Jr. welcomed Ronald, son of the legendary Tommy Hearns.

Chavez: “This fight is very important to me, fighting at home and will always be special to defend my World Championship, I have trained hard and will do even more to give my people a nice evening this September 17 against a good opponent like Hearns.”

Hearns: “I feel fortunate that I have been given this opportunity, I am the son of a legend, which has not been easy, but Chavez Jr. showed me that dreams can be fulfilled and that will come on September 17. I’m not worried aboyt the judges, I will come and do my job.”



Saturday night on a card promoted by Gary Shaw Productions and Tony Holden Promotions at the Buffalo Run Casino in Miami, Oklahoma, street fighting legend Kimbo Slice (1-0, 1 KO) made his debut in professional boxing, as he knocked opponent James Wade (0-2) completely unconscious with a right hook/uppercut in just 10 seconds. The next scheduled fight for Slice will be on October 15. The site is still being determined.

[Knorkasthur]

interesting

[CaptainCharisma]

upcoming fights

SHOWTIME
October 29
Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey
Andre Ward vs. Carl Froch (WBA/WBC super middleweight unification)


October 29
Coliseo Mario ‘Quijote’ Morales, Guaynabo, Puerto Rico
Ivan “Iron Boy” Calderon vs. Raul Garcia (WBO interim strawweight championship)

SHOWTIME
November 5
Pepsi Coliseum, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
Lucian Bute vs. Glen Johnson (IBF super middleweight championship)


HBO PPV
November 12
MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada
Manny Pacquiao vs. Juan Manuel Marquez (WBO welterweight championship)

HBO PPV
December 3
Madison Square Garden, New York, New York
Miguel Cotto vs. Antonio Margarito (WBA junior middleweight championship)

HBO
December 10
United States
Amir Khan vs. TBA (WBA/IBF junior welterweight championship)

[tonton]

What I think will happen next year:

Pacquiao - Alvarez.

Ooh.. I want that. I'd like to see Pac beat up a 154 lb bully who punched 108 lb Ulissyses Solis on the mouth.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/201...solis.scuffle/

[keehlnate]

Predictions for Sunday's main-events

Mares vs. Agbeko = Mares wins via UD
Cotto vs. Margarito = Cotto wins via SD

Brandon Rios, Mike Jones, Vic Darchinyan and Anselmo Moreno are also in action.

by the way, sino may alam kung anong channel saka oras to sa local TV?

[CaptainCharisma]

Revenge vs. Redemption

Revenge wins via decision

[cutee_cute2]

watch cotto vs margarito 2 live online!

http://markangpinoy.com/miguel-cotto...live-streaming

[CaptainCharisma]

IBF Bantamweight Championship
Abner Mares (22-0-1, 13 KOs) UD12 Joseph King Kong Agbeko (28-3, 22 KOs) 118-110 ALL

WBA Bantamweight Championship
Anselmo “Chemito” Moreno (31-1-1, 11 KOs) UD12 Vic “The Raging Bull” Darchinyan (37-3-1, 27 KOs). 116-111, 117-110, 120-107

WBA Heavyweight Championship
Alexander Povetkin (23-0, 15 KOs) KO8 Cedric Boswell (35-2, 26 KOs)

Cotto-Margarito II war is raging on!