2010 Official Boxing Thread

naturalborn103 · Post by **naturalborn103** » Wed Dec 22, 2010 9:46 am

Looks like Pac is going to face Mosely.

Versive · Post by **Versive** » Wed Dec 22, 2010 10:49 am

mud wrote:It's such bullshit that Pascal can get away with dodging a rematch, if a fight is a draw there should be rematch within 6 months every time.

Definitely, but if you think about it Hopkins really has nothing to prove after that fight. I know he's a warrior and he wants to be the oldest champ in history, but there would be no shame in retiring with that 12th round as your last.

ADR · Post by **ADR** » Wed Dec 22, 2010 2:25 pm

naturalborn103 wrote:Looks like Pac is going to face Mosely.

Pacquiao-Mosley on for May 7

Fightnews.com has confirmed that Manny Pacquiao will face Shane Mosley on May 7. The bout will be for Pacquiaoגs WBO welterweight title (no catch weight) and will take place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Mosley officially signed to do the fight today. Promoter Bob Arum said he turned to Mosley after Floyd Mayweather Jr. was unresponsive to doing the fight. Mosley, a partner with Oscar De La Hoya and Bernard Hopkins in Golden Boy Promotions, went rogue and negotiated the fight on his own against the wishes of Golden Boy, which preferred to have Juan Manuel Marquez face Pacman.

Source

I think nothing of this fight. It'll take one hell of a 24/7 to get me interested in this.

I usually buy Pac fights but I think I'll pass.

mud · Post by **mud** » Thu Dec 23, 2010 6:22 pm

Disgraceful fight.

Hurry up and croak Bobby.

Versive · Post by **Versive** » Wed Dec 29, 2010 3:46 pm

Ring Magazine 2010 Fan Poll Results
Note: These are not the official RING awards. Those will be announced next month in the magazine.

Fight of the Year: Marquez-Katsidis
http://www.ringtv.com/blog/2641/2010_ri ... _the_year/

KO of the Year: Sergio Martinez KO 2 Paul Williams
http://www.ringtv.com/blog/2638/2010_ri ... _the_year/

Round of the Year: Khan-Maidana 10
http://www.ringtv.com/blog/2628/2010_ri ... _the_year/

Prospect of the Year: Saul "Canelo" Alvarez
http://www.ringtv.com/blog/2629/2010_ri ... _prospect/

Comeback of the Year: Juan Manuel Marquez
http://www.ringtv.com/blog/2631/2010_ri ... _the_year/

Upset of the Year: Jason Litzau-Celestino Caballero
http://www.ringtv.com/blog/2633/2010_ri ... _the_year/

Event of the Year: Pacquiao-Mayweather failed negotiations
http://www.ringtv.com/blog/2635/2010_ri ... _the_year/

ADR · Post by **ADR** » Wed Jan 05, 2011 5:13 pm

I'm anticipating this just as much, if not more than Bradley/ Alexander. Thankfully no PPV, straight HBO. I love the fight, but there's no way it's going past 4 or 5 rounds.

naturalborn103 · Post by **naturalborn103** » Fri Jan 07, 2011 2:11 pm

Bernard Hopkins may get rematch
By Dan Rafael
ESPN.com
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The WBC on Thursday ordered a rematch between light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal and former champion Bernard Hopkins, three weeks after they fought to a highly disputed draw.

"The WBC board of governors has voted in favor of ordering the immediate rematch between WBC champion Jean Pascal and emeritus champion Bernard Hopkins for the WBC light heavyweight championship of the world," WBC president Jose Sulaiman wrote to the camps. "The winner of this fight has the obligation to fight Chad Dawson immediately without any intervening contest."

Under the order, Pascal and Hopkins have 30 days to negotiate a deal. If they do not reach an agreement, a purse bid will be ordered for Feb. 4 at the WBC offices in Mexico City.

"This is a great thing for boxing and hopefully fans will get to see another great fight with Pascal and I," Hopkins said in a statement. "I'm looking forward to starting off the New Year by making history as the oldest athlete to win a major championship in any sport."

"I'm very happy the WBC did the right thing," Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer, Hopkins' promoter, told ESPN.com. "I think Bernard clearly deserves the immediate rematch. I feel very strongly that Bernard Hopkins won the fight. Now we just need to get it on again. I am sure that Bernard will leave no doubt that he is the light heavyweight champion. I'm going to be talking to [Pascal promoter] Yvon Michel and, based on the conversations I've had with him in the last few days, he and Jean Pascal are interested in the fight."

The WBC's ruling, however, could mean that Pascal, also the lineal champion, could be stripped of his alphabet title because he may have to fight Dawson in a rematch of their August fight.

When Pascal defeated Dawson by 11th-round technical decision last summer, Dawson had a rematch clause in his contract in the event of a loss.

The contract allowed both fighters to take interim bouts before the rematch was due. Dawson (29-1, 17 KOs) did not take one. However, Pascal did -- and fought to the draw with Hopkins (51-5-2, 32 KOs) on Dec. 18.

If Pascal (26-1-1, 16 KOs) opts to fight the rematch with Dawson, it means he would be stripped of his WBC belt based on the organization's order. If he goes ahead with the rematch against Hopkins, he could face a lawsuit from the Dawson camp.

Gary Shaw, Dawson's promoter, refused to comment when reached by ESPN.com.

However, immediately after Pascal-Hopkins, Shaw and Michel both acknowledged that the Pascal-Dawson rematch clause was contingent on a network paying at least the same or more than HBO did for the August fight. Sources told ESPN.com that a network would have to offer least $2 million for the rematch clause to remain intact.

"We have signed an agreement to fight Chad Dawson if HBO or Showtime is willing to pay a license fee the same or higher than the last time. So I don't know," Michel said after the Pascal-Hopkins fight, when asked which rematch they would pursue.

Showtime, the only other American network that spends seven-figure money for fights, is not interested in Pascal-Dawson II. It is unclear whether HBO is interested in the rematch, at least at that price.

Showtime televised Pascal-Hopkins and has an option on a rematch, Schaefer said. He also said that Showtime boxing chief Ken Hershman told him he is interested in Pascal-Hopkins II.

"Ken Hershman told me the fight was the highest-rated boxing event on Showtime in over three years," Schaefer said. "The fact that this fight generated tremendous ratings on Showtime means there is a spot for Bernard Hopkins on Showtime. They are excited about having Bernard Hopkins. Bernard showed against Pascal that you can't count out the older guys."

Hopkins, who turns 46 on Jan. 15, was bidding to become the oldest world champion in boxing history when he faced Pascal on his turf in front of 16,500 fans in Quebec City last month.

Pascal scored a flash knockdown in the first round and a knockdown in the third round, but Hopkins appeared to dominate most of the rest of the fight against a man 18 years younger than him.

In the end, one judge had it 114-112 for Hopkins while the two others had it even 114-114 and 113-113.

Hopkins campaigned for a rematch immediately after the fight, saying, "If this guy has a backbone and wants to walk around with any kind of dignity and self-worth, the only thing he can do is fight me again. If that was me I know that is the only way I could really live with myself.

"If I were him, I would want to redeem myself and my reputation immediately after what happened."

Dan Rafael covers boxing for ESPN.com. Follow him on Twitter.

Versive · Post by **Versive** » Fri Jan 07, 2011 4:19 pm

Good stuff... I Hope they don't stip Pascal of his title first thogh. That would be lame.