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De La Hoya should be leaving the ring, not Mayweather 2007-01-24 21:55:05
By Jon Saraceno, USA TODAY LAS VEGAS — He entered the ring dressed like Speedy Gonzalez, wearing a snazzy white-and-silver sombrero, and Floyd Mayweather
Jr., who donned the black hat for months, proceeded to mostly run circles around the Mexican-American superstar.
Speed kills, of course, and the challenger’s superiority enabled him to set more mousetraps than Oscar De
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Mayweather vs. De La Hoya a crowning achievement? 2007-01-16 16:23:04
By Chuck Johnson, USA TODAY LAS VEGAS — Floyd Mayweather
Jr., the new WBC super welterweight champion, expects boxing’s biggest fight in years to top 2 million buys “easy” for a new pay-per-view record.
The pound-for-pound king used the same word to describe his split-decision victory against fan favorite Oscar De La Hoya before a star-studded capacity crowd of 16,700
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Mayweather-De La Hoya II looms large 2007-01-13 20:28:29
LAS VEGAS — Floyd Mayweather
Jr. had been looking forward to Sunday morning for months. He was confident he would wake up that day as an unbeaten, retired champion who could take his four kids out for pizza in peace any time he wished.
Mayweather said he was done with boxing, content to retire at 30 after winning a competitive split decision over Oscar De La Hoya on Saturday night in
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JUST AS I PREDICTED, "OSCAR HAD NO CHANCE", IT WAS OBVIOUS FROM … - EastsideBoxing.com 2007-01-04 15:13:07
06.05.07 - By
Wray Edwards
: Lampley must have read my projection that Floyd would play “the matador to Oscar’s bull” or perhaps “great minds think alike”. In a laughable display of highschoolish, amateur windmill flurries, Oscar De La Hoya attempted to busy himself to a decision victory. DLH would bulldoze Mayweather to the ropes and proceed to flail away with extremely humorous body shot attempts, including an occasional forearm and elbow thrown in for good measure.
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Willi Fischer Serious About RIng Return - EastsideBoxing.com 2006-12-25 12:27:21
Fight Production today announced the signing of former WBO world heavyweight title challenger Willi Fischer, who hopes to start the comeback he has quietly been preparing for for almost a full year with his new management this summer. For Fight Production, who have mostly handled foreign boxers over the last few years, the cooperation with Fischer constitutes a return to its German roots and manager Olaf Schroeder said: We are happy that after long and thorough
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Sharkie's Machine: "The Fight That Could Have Saved Boxing?" - EastsideBoxing.com 2006-12-14 16:18:00
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Frank Gonzalez Jr.
- May 5th, 2007: WBC Super Welterweight Champion, Oscar de la Hoya (38-5, 30 KO’s) lost a Split Decision and his Title to WBC Welterweight Champion, Floyd Mayweather Jr. (38-0, 24 KO’s) Saturday night in Las Vegas. It was a good, close fight and the two under card bouts were competitive and entertaining. Was it worth $55 bucks? That’s for you to decide.
Floyd’s hand speed, accuracy and defense proved a winning formula over Oscar’s
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De La Hoya-Mayweather - Aftermath And Looking Ahead - EastsideBoxing.com 2006-12-11 08:38:30
06.05.07 - By
James Slater
: Well, the biggest fight in recent years came and went last night - and a good, engrossing fight it was. Not a classic for the ages by any means, but a fine and well boxed exhibition of the sweet science. I always feel as sense anticlimactic after such a huge fight, and the exciting build-up leading towards, it is over. In this case, perhaps even more so. Like many other fans, I worry what the boxing world has left in store for us,
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Sombrero Sporting Mayweather Lands 57% - EastsideBoxing.com 2006-12-02 06:36:59
06.05.07 - By
Yero Moody
: Dominating! Boxing clinic! Wow! These are all adjectives to describe the performance of Pretty Boy Floyd Mayweather
, Jr. on Cinco de Mayo vs, the Golden Boy Oscar De La Hoya. What stands out in my mind is the compubox statistics. For they tell the tale of the fight better than any writer or observer could ever tell. 43% of Mayweather’s punches connected compared to only 21% of De La Hoya’s and the power punch numbers clearly define what really
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Mayweather beats De La Hoya by split decision 2006-11-19 22:43:26
By Chuck Johnson, USA TODAY LAS VEGAS — Oscar De La Hoya’s quest to beat the best came up short against pound-for-pound king Floyd Mayweather
Jr., whose speed and ring mastery carried him to a methodical but unpopular split
-decision
victory Saturday night at the MGM Grand.
GALLERY:
Relive the fight with a ringside view
On Cinco de Mayo, a festive
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Calzaghe eyes September return 2006-11-16 01:31:37
Super middleweight king Joe Calzaghe says his broken hand means a September
fight is more likely than July.
The WBO champion is waiting for an X-ray on the left hand he injured during his win over Peter Manfredo Jr.
“The doctor initially said the worst case scenario would see my career over, but it’s a minor fracture at worst. It won’t stop me,” said Calzaghe, 35.
The Welshman says a September super fight against Jermain Taylor or Mikkel Kessler remains a strong
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Lightweight champ balances books, bouts 2007-05-15 03:09:29
HOUSTON — Before Juan Diaz was born, his father had it all worked out. If the baby were a boy, Fidencio Diaz told his wife, he would be a champ
ion boxer. And a lawyer.
Twenty-three years later, the plan is on course.
Juan “Baby Bull” Diaz has a 32-0 record and has won two lightweight belts, mostly recently defeating Acelino Freitas last month to win the WBO lightweight crown. In
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Spartacus relishes Oakey battle 2007-05-14 18:58:13
Steve Spartacus
meets Tony Oakey for the vacant British light heavyweight crown in London on Friday as part of a three-day showcase of combat sports.
The bout will take place at the ExCeL Arena in Docklands, with an undercard that includes former British light welterweight champion Lenny Daws.
“We’re really going to push the boat out,” said Ipswich’s Spartacus.
“I always wear the gladiator outfit, but as I’m challenging for the British title I’ll make this a bit
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Alfonso Gomez on Fighting Arturo Gatti: "He is Passing the Torch … - EastsideBoxing.com 2007-05-14 18:48:57
Los Angeles, Cal., May 14, 2007 As he begins the most intense training camp of his career, Alfonso S. Gomez
(16-3-2, 7 KOs) took time out to speak about his upcoming match against rugged blood-and-guts veteran Arturo
Gatti (40-8, 31 KOs). The 10-round bout takes place July 14 in Atlantic City as part of a triple-header welterweight event on HBOs World Championship Boxing.
More than anything, I feel privileged to be able to fight him, Gomez says.
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Steve "USS" Cunningham media day quotes - EastsideBoxing.com 2007-05-14 18:37:55
Philadelphia (May 14, 2007)A slew of media
showed up at The James Shular Memorial Gym in West Philadelphia this past Saturday to watch number-one ranked cruiserweight, Steve
USS Cunningham
take part in a workout as he prepares for anticipated rematch with IBF Cruiserweight champion, Krzysztof Wlodarczyk that will take place on May 26 in Warsaw, Poland.
The first fight was clouded in controversy as Cunningham dropped a disputed split decision in a bout where
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Spartacus vows to kick-off Seni in style - EastsideBoxing.com 2007-05-14 18:30:28
14.05.07 - Modern day gladiator Spartacus
has promised to open the seni07 Combat Sports Show being staged at ExCeL London in Docklands this weekend in style. The 30-year-old from Ipswich meets Portsmouths Tony Oakey this Friday for the vacant British Light Heavyweight Championship on the Hennessy Sports SENI:BOX promotion, the launch event of the three-day showcase of Combat Sports, Martial Arts and Extreme Fitness.
The pair headline the Sky Sports covered bill
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The Best To Never Win A Title - EastsideBoxing.com 2007-05-14 18:22:01
14.05.07 - By
James LB:
Last night I was in the mood to watch a good movie, so I settled for a great teleplay. I popped Rod Serling’s television version of “Requiem for a Heavyweight” into my VCR and watched one of the finest boxing plays ever written. Former Army Bantamweight Champ Serling gave us a great story about a washed up heavyweight trying to redefine his life. It was near the end of the play when a young prospect is brought to the crusty old trainer, played by
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Walker returns at welterweight - EastsideBoxing.com 2007-05-14 18:09:24
14.05.07 - David Kid Dynamite Walker
believes he can still be a force to be reckoned with as he makes his comeback at welterweight on the Hennessy Sports SENI:BOX event at ExCeL London in Docklands on Friday, May 18th. The Hennessy Sports boxer was last in action against Manchesters Jamie Moore in a fourth round stoppage loss for the British Light-middleweight Title in September 2005.
But Walker is returning a division down and is refreshed after his
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Bernie Hall: 1927-2007 - EastsideBoxing.com 2007-05-14 11:51:24
13.05.07 - By
Tony Nobbs:
Australian boxing lost one of it’s treasured Old Brigade on May 6 with the passing of former top line welterweight and trainer/promoter Bernie
Hall, 19 days before his 80th birthday. Hall had been in bad health for more than a decade and over the years there were premature reports of his death. His final years were spent in a Nursing Home in Sydney.
Known as a tough man to deal with both in the ring and out, the Silver Fox
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Corrie Sanders Decisions Bispo - EastsideBoxing.com 2007-05-14 11:40:09
13.05.07 - CorrieSanders
(42-3, 31 KOs) had a tough time while winning a 10-round unanimous decision over Daniel Bispo on Saturday night at the Emperors Palace Casino, in South Africa. The final judges scores were 100-91, 100-91 and 100-91. Sanders, 41 started out strong, knocking Bispo about with ease in the first round and totally outclassing him despite Corries advanced age. However, in the process, Sanders injured his left hand and was unable to use it for the
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De La Hoya vs. Mayweather: The Experience - EastsideBoxing.com 2007-05-14 11:10:39
13.05.07 - By
John Howard:
There’s nothing like the electricity in Vegas in the days prior to a big fight. I’ve been here many times over the past twenty-five years and nothing has compared to the buildup of De La Hoya vs. Mayweather
. The last star-studded event that came close was Tyson’s comeback fight against the infamous “Hurricane” Peter McNeeley in August of ‘95. At that time, I paid $600 for my seat in section L205, row E, seat 16, at the MGM Grand Garden. With
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Spinks out to dent Taylor record 2007-05-18 19:36:19 Cory Spinks is following in big boxing footsteps
IBF light middleweight champion Cory Spinks expects to spring a surprise when he steps up in weight to fight Jermain Taylor
in Memphis on Saturday.
Taylor, who is being lined up for a 2007 showdown with Joe Calzaghe, is favourite to defend his WBC middleweight title and unbeaten record.
But Spinks believes he will emulate his father Leon - who dethroned
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Edison Miranda - “God has a plan for everyone. Mine is boxing.” - EastsideBoxing.com 2007-05-18 19:18:52
18.05.07 - By
James Slater:
Edison
Pantera Miranda
is one tough fighting man. In fact, he has been all his life. Subsequently, following a childhood that was unimaginably bleak and hard, nothing the Twenty-six year old Columbian encounters in the boxing
ring is going to be too much for him to handle. His heartbreaking formative years have been well documented by my fellow boxing scribes, indeed there
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Glen Johnson & Montell Griffin Put Mayweather and De La Hoya to Shame - EastsideBoxing.com 2007-05-18 19:11:58
17.05.07 - By
Wray Edwards:
Photo Wray Edwards/ESB. Up on the apron to shoot the victory photos, we agreed with Referee Jorge Alonso who offered that this was “One hell of a fight.” Throughout eleven crowd-pleasing rounds Glen Johnson
and Montell Griffin
boxed and slugged their way to a satisfactory conclusion. The entertainment value of their contest was head and shoulders above the Mayweather
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Mtagwa vs. Valtierra for NABF title in Philly - EastsideBoxing.com 2007-05-18 19:01:30
Philadelphia, PAThe North American Boxing Federation (NABF) featherweight title will be the prize when Rogers Mtagwa, of Philadelphia, PA, and Aldo Valtierra, of Mexico City, meet over 12 rounds for the vacant belt on Friday evening, July 20, at the New Alhambra, Swanson & Ritner Streets, next to Forman Mills, in South Philadelphia. First of seven fights at 7.30 p.m.
Telefutura/Univision will televise the Mtagwa-Valtierra championship fight as part of a
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Champ Taylor takes no guff as Spinks awaits 2007-05-18 13:36:11
By Chuck Johnson, USA TODAY MEMPHIS — Just in case anyone needed a reminder that he’s the middleweight champion of the world, Jermain Taylor
made an emphatic statement Thursday that he’s nobody’s chump.
Taylor,
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Playful Hopkins vows to send Wright missing 2007-05-18 13:08:53
By Bob Velin, USA TODAY WASHINGTON — Bernard Hopkins
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Down 3-0, Buffalo still believes 2007-05-18 01:42:59
By Kevin Allen, USA TODAY When the Buffalo
Sabres were scrambling mightily to hold their one-goal lead after two periods in Game 4, coach Lindy Ruff’s message to his players was to trust in their own force.
“Just stick with the system; trust it,” Ruff said Wednesday night between periods.
That could be the same message when the Sabres, down 3-1 in the best-of-seven
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Skelton urges Haye to bide time 2007-05-18 00:26:23 By Mark Barden
The veteran Skelton could one day be a ring rival for Haye
Matt Skelton says David Haye should take care of business at cruiserweight before any move up to heavyweight.
Haye’s quick win over Pole Tomasz Bonin in his first top-weight fight convinced him he can thrive in the division.
But Commonwealth champion Skelton said: “If you move up a division and call out its
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Skelton eyes world stage 2007-05-18 00:06:30 By Mark Barden
Whatever the shortcomings of the current British heavyweight scene, it’s certainly not lacking in ‘must-win’ bouts at the business end of division.
I want to get Sprott out of the way then I want to fight for a world title
Matt Skelton
Danny Williams kept his career alive by relieving Scott Gammer of the British title in March, while Audley
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Oganov to Green “I’ll fight for free!” - EastsideBoxing.com 2007-05-17 23:53:50
17.05.07 - World rated Light heavyweight Victor Oganov has offered to step in for the injured Manny Siaca who was scheduled to face Danny Green
on May 30 in Perth. To make the decision a little easier for him, Victor who is sick of people avoiding him has offered to fight
for free! Further to this his trainer Jeff Fenech has offered a wager of $50,000.
We rang Dannys management as soon as it was reported to offer Victor as an economically viable option for them,
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