Gunn to Nakash: “I can’t blame you”

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Hackensack, NJ (March 25, 2011) – When two-time world title challenger Bobby “The Celtic Warrior” Gunn heard future foe Ran Nakash agreed to face Marco Huck next Saturday in Germany, he understood the unbeaten Israeli’s motive.

Typically, when a fight is built up over a period of time and one man goes in another direction, he is considered to be “ducking” his opponent. However, Gunn understands why Nakash went with the more lucrative opportunity.

“This is a business and he made a smart decision,” said Gunn, a former IBA cruiserweight champion who expected to face Nakash April 30. “I don’t think Nakash ran away from our fight because he is going to make a lot of money and has an opportunity to fight for a world title against Huck. Either way, he was going to take his first loss the next time he fought, so you can’t blame him!”

Gunn, 21-4-1 (17 KO’s), is currently working on a May fight in Atlanta, GA.

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Friday Night Fights @ The Cosmopolitan Round by Round Report

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By: Rich Bergeron

 

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LIGHTWEIGHTS:

Jorge Cordero (4-5, 4 KOs)   vs.  Hylon Williams, Jr. (12-0, 3 KOs)

Round One:

Cordero starts with some jabs. Williams returns fire. Williams lands a good right to the body. Cordero connects with a good jab to the head. Williams works the jab, throws a nice right to the body that lands. Williams is moving well, throwing sparing combos. Cordero is landing some good jabs. Williams lands a nice combo. Cordero is all jab, takes a combo. Williams gets caught against the ropes for a moment, but the ref breaks them. Williams ends the rounds with a couple combinations to the head, but Cordero blocks it all. (10-9, Williams)

Round Two:

Cordero is right back on his jab. Williams lands his own jab and follows up with more punches to the body. Williams lands a right to the body and continues with another flurry. Williams backs Cordero up against the ropes and unloads. Cordero is covering up and not landing much. Williams is landing at will. Williams shoots a nice left hook to the ribs, moves around the ring, lands a huge right hand to the head and follows with a stiff jab to the body. Williams is changing levels, using the ring well, and not getting hit at all. Cordero is not very active at all. Cordero responds late, but it’s not enough. His face is showing the damage. Another round for Williams. (10-9, Williams)

Round Three:

Williams starts getting very aggressive, landing to the body and the head early. Cordero is just taking the punishment, throwing a jab or two here and there. Williams lands a nice left hook to the head. Cordero is only throwing jabs and covering up. Williams is getting on his horse, working combos. Cordero does a dance in the center of the ring and follows up with a low blow when Williams wades in to hit him, which looks to be malicious. The ref takes a point. There’s a bit of blood on Cordero’s nose. Williams goes off and gets Cordero wobbled for a few seconds. Cordero stops the action for a few seconds with another low blow, but this time he gets a warning. (10-8, Williams)

Round Four:

Cordero lands a few jabs to start. Williams works the body with a right, stalking Cordero around the ring. Williams catches Cordero near the corner and begins to unload, most of his punches getting blocked. Just when Cordero starts throwing back and landing well, Williams goes back on the offensive and earns himself another low blow from Cordero that ends the fight.

At 1:22 of Round 4, disqualification winner: WILLIAMS

 

LIGHTWEIGHTS:

Frankie Rey Martinez (0-2)    vs.  Puro Pairol (4-0, 1 KO)

Round One:

Both fighters trade left hooks to the body early. Pairol is landing the more accurate shots with right hooks to the head landing hard. He keeps landing a ducking overhand right hook easily, and Martinez is slow to respond. Pairol lands a nice combo, scoring now with the left hook to the head. Another right hook to the head lands hard a few moments later. Martinez lands a nice combo of his own. Pairol is cut open but unloads on Martinez in the corner. Martinez sees the blood and starts landing toward the end of the round. It looks to be a cut opened by way of a headbut from the close fighting. (10-9, Pairol).

Round Two:

Pairol lands a hard right hook early, and another one crashes home a few moments later near the center of the ring. Martinez is landing sloppy counters and Pairol is having a tough time finding his range with anything other than his right hook. Martinez is tying up. Martinez lands a few nice uppercuts and gets a warning for holding the back of the head. Pairol starts working nice combos to the head and the body, winging wild punches and landing some good shots to the head. He connects with a nice left hook before tripping Martinez by accident. He’s a good sport and helps him up before the round ends a moment later. (10-9, Pairol)

Round Three:

Both fighters trade body shots early. Pairol starts landing more to the head. There’s not much on his punches anymore, though. Martinez lands a nice left hook to the head that doesn’t rattle Pairol at all. Pairol starts landing the 1-2 combo. A few hard right hooks from Pairol puts Martinez on the offensive, which just makes Pairol smile. He lands a hard straight right a bit later, gets Martinez against the ropes and tees off to the head and body. Martinez fires back a bit before the brawling tactics lead the referee to call time and issue warnings. Both fighters trade some light head punches, nothing landing solid. Martinez connects with some wild shots near the round’s end.  (10-9, Pairol)

Round Four:

Martinez puts on the jets to start the round. Nothing hurts Pairol, though. He gets aggressive a few moments later, and Martinez steps back and invites him in as he leans on the ropes. Pairol keeps his composure, moving back to the center and trading head shots. He lands a few hard right hooks to the head, and Martinez comes back with one of his own. Martinez takes a few shots and gives even more back, opening up the cut again. Pairol lands a 1-2 and takes some punishment for it. The fight moves back to the center of the ring and Pairol takes over, bulling Martinez into the ropes. Martinez lands a final right hook before the bell sounds. (10-9, Pairol)

DECISION: Unanimous 40-36 For Pairol.

 

JR. MIDDLEWEIGHTS:

Richard Gutierrez (26-5-1, 16 KOs)    vs.    Yudel Jhonson (9-0, 6 KOs)

Round One:

Gutierrez is throwing good jabs early. Jhonson is biding his time. Jhonson gets some early inside punches in. Gutierrez lands a nice right hand. A brawl breaks out in the center of the ring. Both fighters engage in some awesome exchanges to end the round. (10-9, Jhonson)

Round Two:

Jhonson throwing some jabs to the body, lands a nice left to the head. Gutierrez is working some combos, Jhonson overwhelming him with his own shots. Slow round, but Jhonson gets the edge. (10-9, Jhonson)

Round Three:

Gutierrez is working more to start the round. Gutierrez lands a huge right. Jhonson is trading at the center of the ring with the better shots. Jhonson lands a nice stiff left, follows a bit later with a huge combo. Gutierrez is landing some slick jabs. Jhonson lands a great right hook, follows with a glancing left to the head. Wading in and ducking out well. Jhonson lands a hard low blow uppercut. Jhonson pops Gutierrez with two hard lefts at the end of the round. Gutierrez pays for his smack talk with the second one. (10-9, Jhonson)

Round Four:

Jhonson lands a good right to the head early. He works some combos and gets caught with a counter. The 1-2 hammers home as he moves around to find his angles. The straight left starts working, knocking Gutierrez off balance. Gutierrez lands a jab and a right uppercut. Jhonson catches Gutierrez in the corner with a combo, landing to the head and the body. Gutierrez gets into a grappling match and lands some right uppercuts. Jhonson gets busy at the end of the round and hits the body hard. (10-9, Jhonson)

Round Five:

Gutierrez gets the advantage early until Jhonson starts firing back. Gutierrez gets caught with a couple jabs and a straight left. The fight moves to the center of the ring, Gutierrez lands a glancing uppercut. Moments later Jhonson lands another great head and body combo. Another 1-2 lands from Jhonson after he starts moving around the ring more. Gutierrez catches Jhonson in the corner with some nice inside shots. Jhonson slips and the two go back to the center. Jhonson gets hit with another body shot and gets back to moving more. He engages again and takes an uppercut for his troubles.

Round Six:

Gutierrez is busy early, but he can’t seem to hurt Jhonson. Jhonson is landing more jabs. Jhonson circles around the outside, but he can’t seem to get a rhythm going. He lands a few hard shots in close, then moves out. When it seems like he’s caught in a corner, he fights out with  a hard uppercut to the body. Gutierrez is holding and hitting to the body and head with right hands. Gutierrez lands a hard right hook. Not Jhonson’s best round, but he’s still ahead on points. (10-10)

Round Seven:

Jhonson lands a hard 1-2 and gets caught with a stiff jab. Jhonson lands a buckling straight left, backing Gutierrez against the ropes. Jhonson wades in for the finish and earns what looks to be an over-cautious stoppage. The crowd lets the ref hear it, drowning out the announcer’s reading of the result. Jhonson remains undefeated with the TKO.

 

CRUISERWEIGHTS:

Yunier Dorticos (11-0, 11 KOs)    vs.  Jose Luis Herrera (16-10, 16 KOs)

Round One:

Dorticos starts out with a lazy jab, lands some 1-2s. Herrera goes to the body, Dorticos makes him pay. Herrera lands a couple good jabs in some sloppy exchanges. Dorticos keeps the 1-2s coming to back Herrera up, but Herrera comes back with some hard jabs. Dorticos lands a hard right hook to the body. Both fighters end up at center ring with Dorticos getting the better of the exchanges. Dorticos lands a great combo with a thudding right hook to the body and a follow up to the head at the end of the round. (10-9 Dorticos).

Round Two:

Dorticos is all jab to start, lands some uppercuts to the stomach for good measure. Herrera isn’t fighting back much. He gets caught with a vicious exchange from Dorticos against the ropes, escapes for a moment and gets hammered against the ropes again. Dorticos is seizing the advantage after a break due to a low blow. A huge brawl breaks out in the corner, both guys landing hard, but Herrera winds up going down. He gets back up, takes a left and right hook to the head and an uppercut that leads to a referee stoppage. A tad early, but definitely justified.

2:36 of the 2nd: TKO goes to Dorticos.

Erislandy Lara (15-0, 10 KOs)    vs.    Carlos Molina (17-4-1, 5 KOs)

Round One:

Lara lands a hard right to the body early, Molina connects with two left hooks to the body. Lara covers up and takes a combo. Molina lands more hard left hooks, keeping Lara at bay. Lara gets the 1-2s working. Molina fights back. Molina is punishing the ribs with his left hooks to the body. Molina is the aggressor up to the bell, but Lara lands a decent uppercut in the final exchange. (10-9, Molina).

Round Two:

The left hook lands again to the bod from Molina, and Lara comes back with a 1-2 to the head. Lara can’t get any momentum going. Lara catches Molina with a nice left, but Molina smiles and goes back to the hard left hooks to the body. Lara lands some good jabs, a left, and an uppercut. Molina lands a hard right to the body. A brief exchange from Lara puts Molina on the offensive again. (10-9, Molina)

Round Three:

Molina starts off landing some huge hooks to the body. He takes a straight left and backs up a bit. Lara catches him with a right hook to the head, but he’s undaunted. Lara is starting to work the uppercut to the body and head. Molina lands a hard combo to the body. Molina lands a hard right to the body, the ref breaks the fighters, and Molina works the body again. Lara lands some 1-2s and is connecting well but taking twice as many shots as he’s landing. Some of the body shots look to be causing both major frustration and significant damage. Meanwhile Molina’s face is starting to show some wear, and his nose is bleeding slightly. (10-9 Molina)

Round Four:

Lara lands a nice left to the body. Molina catches him in the corner and goes back to the body, but Lara is learning to block with his elbows. Molina punishes the body again and shoots an uppercut through the uprights to the head. Lara is catching Molina to the head again, but Molina is targeting the body well. He’s outpointing Lara in every exchange. Another nice toe to toe brawl ends the round. (10-9, Molina)

Round Five:

Lara lands a huge left hook to rattle Molina, but Molina is still fighting hard. He gets backed up into the ropes and hit with a few glancing blows but fights off Lara’s attack and starts landing his own big bombs. Lara is starting to find his range and land. The straight left is connecting. Lara lands a couple great head shots and Molina responds to the body. Lara is moving well, and he lands a nice jab before a sloppy exchange ends the round. (10-9, Lara)

Round Six:

Lara lands a straight left and then gets popped in the body hard. Lara is catching Molina with 1-2s. Molina’s punches are getting more sloppy, and Lara’s blocking better now. Lara is landing more now to the head. Molina starts getting more aggressive and catches Lara in the corner with some body shots and an uppercut to the head. Molina steals the round with a huge attack in the corner with Lara only landing one right hook to about 7 hard punches from Molina. (10-9, Molina)

Round Seven:

Lara goes back to the straight left, backing Molina up. Molina lands a hard right to the body. Lara connects with a right hook. Both go toe to toe in the center of the ring. Lara moves back against the ropes and lands a hard right hook to the head. Molina lands a nice left hook. Moments later he lands a hard right to the head. He goes back to the body and wins the exchange. Molina bulls Lara into the corner to finish the round. (10-9, Molina)

Round Eight:

Molina lands another left hook to the body, gets caught with a right to the head a few seconds later. Lara’s punches aren’t landing with as much frequency. Molina’s landing the much harder body shots. Lara’s working the jab and the 1-2s. Lara lands a hard uppercut. Molina responds and takes a right hook to the head. Molina is sticking to the body shots again, getting hit to the head as he comes in. Molina ends the round with another aggressive attack to the crowd chanting “Mexico.” (10-9 Lara)

Round Nine:

The round starts with some toe to toe brawling at the center of the ring. Lara’s head shots open up a cut under Molina’s right eye. Lara lands a nice uppercut to the body. He’s also landing some good 1-2s. Lara connects with more 1-2s, Molina fakes being hurt. Lara’s straight left is catching Molina sleeping. (10-9, Lara)

Round 10:

Molina lands the hardest shot in the first exchange, a left hook to the head. Lara goes back to the 1-2. Another hard left hook lands to Lara’s head. Lara lands a nice right hook, and a left hook lands a moment later, but nothing is hurting Molina. Molina lands a hard right to the head. A left hook to the body and a right to the head follows it up. Lara goes back to the 1-2 with some success. Molina smothers Lara with ten seconds left to seal the win. (10-10)

OFFICIAL DECISION: 95-95 x2 and 97-3 Molina makes this one a majority draw.

Rances Barthelemy (10-0, 8 KOs)   vs.    James Hope (6-6-1, 4 KOs)

Round One:

Hope is getting overwhelmed with the vicious, speedy attack of Barthelemy. Hope is still hanging in, though. A hard left hook to the head at the end of the round wobbles Hope, but he’s still game.

Round Two:

Hope is more aggressive this round. He’s catching Barthelemy with the harder shots early, but Barthelemy gets control again and lands some hard head and body blows. A left hook to the head followed by a right hook to the head hurts Hope. Bathelemy takes the round.

Round Three:

Hope is covering up and getting hit more than he’s throwing his own shots. Hope is getting completely overmatched. He’s still exchanging, though, right up to the bell.

Round Four:

Hope works the jab well to start the round. Hope is doing well to push Barthelemy back this round. Barthelemy’s shots are landing late in the round, but they aren’t doing much damage until some thudding blows lead the ref to stop the match with Hope still standing. (Editor’s Note: it’s the same ref as the Gutierrez fight).

 

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHTS:

Hiromitsu Miura (5-0, 3 KOs)   vs.    Todd Manuel  (4-0)

Round One:

Manuel sticks the jab early, moves around the whole ring. Miura is stalking Manuel, working the jab and the 1-2 combo. Manuel’s landing the better jab. Miura’s landing to the body more than the head. Miura lands a hard left hook to the head. Manuel is beating Miura to the jab, lands a nice 102 near the round’s end.

Round Two:

Manuel starts off with some good jabs, but Miura catches him with a combo in close. Miura lands a hard left hook that rattles Manuel. He takes a hard right hook moments later. Miura’s landing his jab now, but Manuel’s not backing off. Miura catches him in the corner and tees off for a few seconds. Manuel gets caught with a nice combo attack from Miura to end the round.

Round Three:

Manuel gets caught with a nice left hook, but he’s throwing back. Miura’s taking advantage of Manuel’s low hands. Miura lands a left hook. Miura traps Manuel up against the ropes and goes to work. Manuel lands a nice exchange, waits a moment and lands a shooting uppercut to the head. He connects later with a hard right to the body. They exchange hard hooks to end the round.

Round Four:

A huge attack early from Miura nearly knocks Manuel’s mouthpiece out. Manuel’s landing counters but fading. He spits out his mouthpiece during a heated advance from Miura. Both fighters go toe to toe, but Miura gets the better shots in. Miura pushes Manuel back into the ropes with combos, but Manuel is holding his own with hooks and uppercuts to the head.

Round Five:

Manuel comes out at a fast pace, throwing bombs with wild abandon. Miura has a tough time fighting him off and gets caught with a really hard right hook. Some sloppy exchanges seem to favor Miura, who bulls Manuel into the corner. Manuel’s landing but not hurting Miura with anything.

Round Six:

A furious brawl starts the round with both fighters landing some hard hooks to the head. Manuel is landing some hard body and head shots. Miura is losing steam. Miura’s coming in with his head down, and Manuel’s trying to hit him with uppercuts. Manuel lands a nice uppercut countered by a Miura hook to the head. The fight ends with Miura going for one last haymaker and missing.

DECISION: 58-56, 59-55 x2 For Miura

 

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Guillermo Rigondeaux: A champion in and out of the ring

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CORK, Ireland (March 25, 2011) – WBA Interim Super Bantamweight champion Guillermo ‘El Chacal’ Rigondeaux(8-0, 6 KOs), arguably the greatest amateur boxer of all time, retained his world title last Saturday night by beating previously undefeated hometown favorite and former European champion, Willie ‘Big Bang” Casey (11-1, 7 KOs), in impressive fashion at City West Convention Center in Dublin.

 

 

 

The Guillermo-Casey title fight featured a pair of undefeated boxers headlining a show promoted by Top Rank, Nowhere 2 Hyde Promotions and Dolphil Promotions. Nowhere 2 Hyde Promotions is owned and operated by Gary Hyde, who has managed Rigondeaux since he defected from Cuba in 2007.

 

‘Rigo’ entered the ring to roar of 4,200 fans loudly booing him, but the talented foreigner calmly pranced around the ring during the pre-fight announcements, and boldly made the executioner sign to the angry, partisan crowd.
At the sounding of the first bell, Casey headed straight at “Rigo,” expecting him to retreat, but Guillermo took a half-step back and countered with a furious combination. Casey instantly felt his opponent’s amazing power and less than one minute later the rugged Irishman was stopped in his tracks by Rigondeaux’ signature punch — left cross to the liver.

 

 

The writing was on the wall as Casey started running scared, attempting to survive the onslaught. ‘Rigo’ is known as a great finisher and he went right after his soon-to-be eighth pro victim, catching Casey with a perfectly delivered uppercut that dropped Casey for the first time in his pro career. The extremely confident ‘Rigo’ strolled over to the neutral corner with one arm raised, signaling his impending victory. Casey rose and ran for cover with ‘Rigo’ closing in to finish the show.
Rigondeaux’ all-out attack, particularly a devastating combination, sent Willie flying across the ring, and down again. This time a dazed Casey rose on very unsteady legs and as the action was about to resume, veteran referee Stanley Christodoulou warned Willie that he would stop the fight if Casey was floored again. “Rigo” immediately jumped all over an overwhelmed and outclassed Casey, who stumbled forward and was going down but was saved further embarrassment by the referee officially who halted the action at 2:38 of the opening round. ‘Rigo” had successfully silenced the crowd with assassin-like results in his first Interim WBA title defense.

 

Much had been written about both fighters leading up to the March 19^th showdown regarding their respective records professional and amateur, home countries, families and much more. What hadn’t been reported written about them, though, was the Cuban boxer’s many links to Ireland, as well as his humanitarian nature. Hyde, who hails from Cork, had been instrumental in bringing a number of Cuban fighters to Ireland, including Rigondeaux, to start their professional boxing careers.

“Rigondeaux defending his world title in Ireland was like a dream come true for me,” Hyde explained. “I managed Rigondeaux since 2007, when in Cuba he signed a managerial contract with me, but it wasn’t until 2009 that the great Cuban fighter managed to defect from Cuba to the United States in order to begin his professional career.”

 

 

 

In January of 2010, while preparing for his fifth pro fight versus Adolfo Landeros, a devastating earthquake hit the Island of Haiti. ‘Rigo’ told Hyde he wanted to donate the purse for that fight to Haitian relief efforts. Hyde contacted Dr. Mick Molloy, a medical officer with the Boxing Union of Ireland, who was at that time working in Boston at the Division of Disaster Medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Centre, which is associated with the Harvard Medical School network.

 

 

 

Dr. Molloy engaged in a number of trips to Haiti as a member of the disaster medical team from the International Centre for Disaster Resilience (ICDR), operated by prominent members of the Disaster Medicine section at Harvard Medical School, Dr Greg Ciottone and Dr Robert Macy.

Dr. Molloy spent more than a year in Boston specializing in disaster Medicine and returned to Ireland to finish his training in emergency medicine at Beaumont Hospital.

The first time Dr. Molloy and ‘Rigo’ actually met, however, was during the Rigondeaux-Casey fight week in Dublin and Dr. Molloy thanked him profusely for his donation to the Boston Children’s Foundation (BCF) and International Centre for Disaster Resilience (ICDR), which funded a six-member team for its initial mission to Haiti in January of 2010.

 

In addition to being a 2-time Olympic gold medalist, the 29-year-old Rigondeaux also was a 7-time Cuban national champion who captured a pair of World Championship titles, including his 2001triumph in Belfast, during an incredible 243-4 amateur career.

 

 

 

“Rigo” made his pro debut May 22, 2009, capturing the NABA super bantamweight title in his third fight as a pro, and last November in only his seventh fight he won a unanimous 12-round decision against Ricardo Cordoba (37-2-2) to become the WBA Interim 122-pound division champion.

 

The multi-talented southpaw, now fighting out of Miami, has been trained by Ronnie Shields for his past three fights.Rigondeaux is The Ring’s # 6 rated super bantamweight.

 

UFC NEWSLETTER (3-25-11)

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Nogueira vs Davis Live & Free on Spike Tomorrow Night Light heavyweight contenders square off in the Octagon when Lil Nog takes on Phil Davis – plus, welterweights Dan Hardy and Anthony Johnson return to continue their rise up the 170 lb. ladder. UFC Fight Night Live at 10pm on SPIKE See FIVE Live Fights Tomorrow Night Free On Facebook “Like” the UFC on Facebook to see McCorkle vs Morecraft, McDonald vs Figueroa, Hathaway vs McCray, Caceres vs Semerzier and Madsen vs Russow all for free – Live at 7:30pm ET / 4:30pm PT Watch the UFC Fight Night Weigh-In Live Today on UFC.tv Fighters hit the scales at approximately 7pm ET / 4pm PT Tickets Start At Just $25 For Strikeforce: Diaz vs Daley In San Diego Strikeforce welterweight champion Nick Diaz defends the title against Paul Daley, plus Strikeforce lightweight champion Gilbert Melendez takes on Tatsuya Kawajiri – live Saturday, April 9 at the Valley View Casino Center in San Diego, CA

UFC Fight Night Live – on SPIKE – Tomorrow Night – Seattle, WA UFC 129 St-Pierre vs Shields on Pay-Per-View – Saturday, April 30 – Toronto, ON

 

HDNET FIGHTS NEWSLETTER (3-25-11)

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Website Shop Blog FIGHTS NEWSLETTER Friday 10PM ET HDNet Fights: Titan Fighting Championship 17   Bobby Lashley meets James Jack. Plus, Abe Wagner squares off with Aaron Rosa for the heavyweight title and “The New York Bad Ass” Phil Baroni returns to the cage.     Friday 9PM ET Inside MMA Phil Davis joins Bas and Kenny to break down his fight against Antonio Rogerio Nogueira at UFC Fight Night 24. Mike Dolce talks about his wildly popular MMA diet and Ron Kruck reports from UFC 128 in New Jersey.     Friday 8 PM ET HDNet Fights: The Voice vs Wanderlei Silva Michael “The Voice” Schiavello goes toe-to-toe with Wanderlei Silva to discuss his rise through MMA, the origins of his trademark wrist-roll, rumors of plastic surgery and plays a good ol’ game of “Knock Out, Choke Out, Wedgie, or Bowl of Fried Shrimp.”       Watch the Fight of the Week! HDNet Fights: Titan Fighting Championship 16 – Aaron Derrow vs Rich Clementi   Watch HDNet Fights on Podcast   Take your favorite programs and fights with you on-the-go!

 

 

Coleman’s Bad Habit in Boxing

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Tim “Pitbull” Coleman was about to do what he’s not supposed to do.   At a conference to announce his upcoming elimination bout against once-beaten Victor Cayo on April 29 at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, Coleman (18-1-1, 5 KOs) made his intentions clear: when handed the mic, he was going to openly look past Cayo and call out current IBF Super Lightweight Champion Zab Judah, the man he would potentially face next.   The mood at the conference was light and the narrative was clearly supposed to be that both young fighters were honored by the right to face such a great champion as Judah. Explaining that while he does respect his accomplishments, he is personally not a fan of Judah’s, Coleman was going to upset the apple cart by taunting a reigning world champion while he was supposed to be talking about his fight with Cayo.   When it comes to boxing, Tim Coleman has a habit of not doing what he’s supposed to do.   In his only loss, Coleman came out of obscurity and took a huge leap up in opposition while dropping a surprisingly debatable decision to then-unbeaten red-hot prospect James De La Rosa while the Showtime cameras rolled.   In December 2009, he was brought in as comeback fodder for then top contender Mike Arnaoutis in Arnaoutis’s promoter’s home base of New York City. However, Coleman stole the show and won the USBA Light Welterweight Championship by taking a close but well-deserved decision.   And then in October 2010, Coleman was again considered the underdog in a bout against well-regarded Patrick Lopez… Three rounds and two knockdowns later, he was a KO winner.   “I know I’m supposed to come in here and lose against Cayo, but I’m not going to do what they want. I’m a fighter who steps up and then steps over the level of competition,” explains the likeable 26-year-old Baltimore native.   Regarding Cayo, Coleman says he shouldn’t have too many problems. “He’s got a very small frame for this weight class and I doubt he’ll be strong enough to keep me off of him. And his defense isn’t so good. He doesn’t move his head enough. I know he’ll come out blazing, but I’ll just box him and keep coming forward until I wear him down and score a late KO.”   It’s this powerful belief in himself that has allowed Coleman to spring the series of upsets that have led to being on the verge of a world title shot. “I have an excellent core group that keeps me grounded and gives me the confidence I need to win. My father, Tim Coleman Sr. and my best friend Raymond Zabeti are always there for me.”   Interestingly for someone so often pegged as an underdog, the hard-working Coleman had approximately 200 amateur fights, is trained by Roger Mayweather, promoted by Gary Shaw Productions and has been in camp with notables including Oscar De La Hoya, Ricky Hatton, Cory Spinks, Alfredo Angulo, and Steve Forbes among many others.   When his turn came at the mic, Coleman looked out into the crowd and saw that Judah had already left, so instead he said a few respectful words about Cayo and left it at that.   But until the boxing world stops underestimating him, Tim Coleman will continue to look for opportunities to do the wrong thing.

 

BOXING LINKS (3-25-11)

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Boxing: Weighing his options Journal Inquirer By Sherman Cain ATLANTIC CITY, NJ — No one has ever won a Super Bowl and a world heavyweight boxing title. Having just finished his second season with the Baltimore Ravens, Tom Zbikowski plans to do both. Don’t think he’s serious? … See all stories on this topic »

Pacquiao’s angles to put Mosley in trouble ABS CBN News MANILA, Philippines – Boxing trainer Freddie Roach said one of the strategies of Manny Pacquiao against the power-punching American “Sugar” Shane Mosley is the use of angles. “Manny knows all the combinations already,” the venerable coach told The Ring … See all stories on this topic »

Man with a plan: Gamboa looking to get his medal back USA Today By Bob Velin, USA TODAY One night in December 2006, three Cuban national boxersslipped away from their hotel in Venezuela, where they were training for the Pan American Games, crossed the border into Colombia and eventually signed with a German boxing … See all stories on this topic » USA Today

It’s ‘Lights Out’ for Boxing Drama on FX New York Times (blog) The FX network hit the cancellation button on its boxing drama “Lights Out” Thursday, a move that surprised few in the television business. The show, which tracked the comeback attempt of a fictional heavyweight fighter, won some favorable reviews for … See all stories on this topic » New York Times (blog)

ESPN2 Friday Night Fights TV Cheat Sheet- Mar. 25, 2011 Maxboxing By Marty Mulcahey No boxing series has chronicled the rise of Cuban boxers as well as ESPN2’s “Friday Night Fights,” a trend that continues tonight with co-main events highlighting two more aspiring Cuban expatriates. Erislandy Lara and Yudel Jhonson, … See all stories on this topic »

From gangland to high society: He was a champion boxer, East End gangster … Daily Mail Former boxer George Walker, who has died of a heart attack aged 82 in the South of France, certainly left his mark on the British scene. He will be forever remembered as the man who invented the shopping centre — he gave birth to the pioneering but … See all stories on this topic » Daily Mail

Remillard-Garcia a fight worth having Journal Inquirer “I never encouraged Mikey to get into boxing. He grew up around boxing, just like my own kids, but my kids aren’t fighters. It’s a tough game. But Mikey wanted to try it when he was 14. He knew how to fight. And he was a natural at it. … See all stories on this topic »

Smith: Kirkland gets third shot at fight plan New York Daily News Maybe the author of “The Great Gatsby” didn’t know many boxers, because the sport is full of men living out second, third and sometimes fourth acts in life. Just ask James Kirkland, who was living out his second life in boxing, a step or two away from … See all stories on this topic » New York Daily News

Atwater boxing club gives youths a fighting chance Merced Sun-Star By KEITH A. JONES ATWATER — Andrew Rhinehart weighed 350 pounds when he met boxing coach Ralph Parga six months ago. A former high school athlete, his weight had spiraled out of control after he graduated and went off to Fresno City College. … See all stories on this topic » Merced Sun-Star

Boxing tourney set for NLR Polaskinews.net By Times Staff The Mid-South Golden Gloves Boxing Association and the North Little Rock Parks and Recreation Center will host the Mid-South Golden Gloves Championship Tournament on Thursday through Saturday at the North Little Rock Community Center. … See all stories on this topic »

 

Blogs

FX cancels boxing drama ‘Lights Out’ – From Inside the Box – Zap2it By Tierney Bricker FX will not be moving forward with a second season of the critically acclaimed drama series ‘Lights Out,’” a rep for the network says in a statement. From Inside the Box – http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/

Tom Zbikowski Trained for Next Boxing Game | Cheap NFL Jeresys … By nflcustom The NFL lockout has allowed Tom Zbikowski to pursue his passion for boxing. He already has won one fight this year and now he has being trained by a Hall of Famer for his next bout. Tom Zbikowski, standing, defeated Richard Bryant in … Cheap NFL Jeresys,Custom NFL… – http://www.zjyys.com/

 

Web

Peeved boxing hero Pacquiao deletes Twitter account – Yahoo! News Philippine boxing hero Manny Pacquiao has thrown in the towel on Twitter after coming off worse for wear in a bruising scrap with online critics. news.yahoo.com/s/afp/…/peopleinternettwitterboxphipacquiao

Hayden Panettiere: Boxing Babe | GossipCenter – Entertainment News … Hayden Panettiere at the Klitschko fight (March 19). gossipcenter.com/…/hayden-panettiere-boxing-babe-489482

 

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