Bautista will surprise Ruiz

Rey “Boom-Boom” Bautista will not fallback for his fight with the Mexican opponent, Heriberto Ruiz, and even he wanted to surprise his opponent whent they fight at the ring of the Pinoy Pride 6: Grudge Rematch on June 11.

 

Based on the PhilBoxing.com, if Ruiz believes that “Boom-Boom” did not change since their 2008 bout, then the Mexican is in for a surprise, said by Bautista.

“I am not the same fighter whom he headbutted, and who was not armed with two hands in our previous fight,” said Bautista. “And even if I was bloodied after that headbutt, I still fought my heart out.”

Bautista loose on Ruiz in their bout at 2008 on a way of unanimous decision.

But this time, Bautista is determined to make sure that the fight will end differently.

He said that he plans to put pressure on Ruiz for 12 rounds.

Ruiz arrived in Cebu Monday evening, accompanied by his father and handler.

The Mexican fighter is confident that he will repeat his triumph over Bautista, saying that “Boom-Boom should be man enough to accept defeat.”

In the undercard, Filipino welterweight Jason Paraga will face his first ever Mexican opponent, Juan Carlos Gallegos, while Edrin Dapudong will face undefeated Indonesia Benja Loemoli.

Chavez defeated Zbik in major decision

Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. won over  Germany’s Sebastian Zbik by majority decision on Saturday to win the WBC middleweight title, taking a major step toward establishing his own legacy while his famous father looked on.

Two judges scored the fight for the Mexican, 115-113 and 116-112, while the third had it a draw.

“My father came to the Wild Card and told me, ‘This is where you win the fight, not down the street at Staples Center,”’ Chavez said of the gym of his trainer, Freddie Roach, who also works with Manny Pacquiao. “Work hard, listen to Freddie Roach. This is how you win titles.”

Chavez's father won the title in the same city in 1984, when he stopped by Mario Martinez to win the WBC junior lightweight title to Olympic Auditorium.

His 25 year old son was behind early against Zbik (30-1), which was faster fighter and landed earlier time. But Chavez continued to come forward to fight hard body punches that seemed to slow his German opponent down.

Fighters, apparently believing that the battle could go either way, came out the last round of shooting. Chavez seemed to him an enemy of punctuation Outwork constantly.

“Zbik had a lot of heart,” Roach said. “He came to win, he fought hard. But Junior was in the best condition ever. He simply outlasted Zbik.”Zbik believed that the cards will go on for the final.

"I won the first five or six laps," he said. "I am very far away. But I was struck by the body shots and started getting tired. ... My corner told me I had to win the final and I thought. The judges gave Chavez, all close to the turns."

 

 

Mosley want to surrender in his match with Pacquiao

The boring match last May 7 between pound-for-pound king Manny "Pacman" Pacquiao and "Sugar" Shane Mosley earned a lot of judgment because the fight turned out to be a bit boring.

Pacquiao gave Mosley a first knockdown in their match up at third round, after Mosley taste the force or punches of Pacquiao he acted differently. He used to ind himself in a defensive mode as the fight goes until it end.

But new details about the match – and what happened between the rounds – are coming to light with Showtime's release of the epilogue of Fight Camp 360°: Pacquiao vs. Mosley.

Examiner.com published an article that features a half minute episode and it shows how Mosley acted on their match:

Shane Mosley, in between the rounds of his bout with Pacquiao, wanted to quit.

The video shows Mosley sitting on a stool, pleading with his trainer, Naazim Richardson.

“Come on, you’ve got to stop the fight,” Mosley can be heard telling his trainer.

But Richardson refuses, instead telling his fighter to settle down.

“You’re cut from a different cloth, baby,” Richardson says, trying to encourage his badly overmatched fighter.

Mosley, however, tells his trainer that he can no longer move.

Despite his fighter’s request, Richardson refused to let Mosley quit. He tells the former world champion to “Dig down and fight.”

Mosley has lost the fight by unanimous decision.

More details about the fight will come on June 4 when Showtime releases the full episode.

Meanwhile, Pacquiao’s agent Michael Koncz told Examiner.com that Team Pacquiao was not aware of Mosley’s attempt to quit.

“I was not aware of it and neither was Manny,” said Koncz. He adds that Richardson should have complied with Mosley’s wishes.

“Why wouldn’t the trainer do what the fighter asks him to do?” he said. “I wonder why Richardson did not follow the instructions from his fighter.”

Pacquiao added that if he wanted a fight was stopped, have been followed.

 “This is a decision that the great fighters get to make. In this kind of case, I’d have to say that the fighter knows best,” said Koncz.

Boom-Boom Bautista vs. Ruiz

Rey "Boom-Boom" Bautista's will face the Mexican fighter Heiberto Ruiz who has a full of confidence. The fight is the rematch between the two fighter on June 11 titled Pinoy Pride 6: Grudge Rematch.

Heriberto Ruiz is determined to defeat Bautista anew and get back to the world title picture, according to a report from PhilBoxing.com.

"I beat him before and I will beat him again," declared the Mexican fighter.

To win over the Filipino fighter will give the Mexican fighter Heriberto Ruiz a good opportunity to earn a world title fight.

"He (Bautista) is my stepping stone to another crack for a world championship fight," said Ruiz.

Ruiz defeated Bautista via unanimous decision during their November 22, 2008 fight in Las Vegas.

Bautista earned a wrist injury on their first match which contributes to his defeat at Las Vegas. But the Filipino boxer has fully recovered and is on a roll, having won his last 4 bouts.

But Ruiz has also won 6 of his last 9 fights, 5 of which were by knockout.

"Beating Bautista again will be tough," admitted Ruiz. "But I know I have what it takes to beat him."

The Pinoy Pride 6: Grudge Rematch. will be held at the Cebu Waterfront Hotel and Casino. It  is presented by ALA Promotions and ABS-CBN Sports.

 

Donaire is in Top Rank

LAS VEGAS - Top Rank won the first hurdle in the struggle for the right to promote budding superstar Nonito Donaire.

Referee Daniel Weinstein, a former judge of the Superior Court of California ruled Monday that Golden Boy Promotions has violated a prior agreement with Top Rank did not poach each other combatants in signing Donaire, the World Boxing Council / World Boxing Organization bantamweight champion, a promotion agreement of 16 March.

Weinstein informed the parties of his decision on Monday and expected to issue its written decision shortly.

"We had an arbitration under an agreement currently exists between Top Rank and Golden Boy that disputes should be submitted to arbitration in front of the Honorable Daniel Weinstein different," said Top Rank's lawyer, Daniel Petrocelli. "He listened to our request that Golden Boy had violated an agreement between Top Rank and Golden Boy to sign an endorsement deal Donaire, although [Donaldson] was still under contract with Top Rank.

"The judge decided that the Golden Boy is a breach of contract and issued an order that the Golden Boy has ordered, sober, which presumably promotes Donaire at the moment. They can not continue under the contract at this time."

Golden Boy has signed after Donaire Donaire had indicated that he was a free agent and available to sign a promoter of his choice. Donaire was taken of the Nevada court, claiming that he is free from Top Rank, Top Rank, but argues that it is not the case. Petrocelli said the overriding cause is still served Nevada's Donaire.

Reached by telephone, said Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer, who currently leads the continent on a promotional tour, the company is not yet ready to respond. "I come and I am unable to comment now," he said.

Top Rank Donaire signed a three-year contract with an option of one year June 26, 2008. But Donaire doctor was suspended for more than 300 days in the first year of the contract. Top Rank says there is a clause in his contract with Donaire that adds time to the market every time a boxer can not perform due to suspension. This time is a common clause in contracts for many fighters.

Consequently, Top Rank argues that his three years hence extends to early June 2012 and the one-year option, which is exercised, Donaire in June 2013.

Weinstein competence is the result of a settlement that Top Rank and Golden Boy agreed in a 2007 case involving the rights to superstar Manny Pacquiao. Pacquiao signed with Golden Boy and Top Rank and sides pursued each other. They agreed to mediate the dispute with Weinstein, who ruled that belonged Pacquiao Top Rank, Golden Boy, but that is entitled to a share of profits fighting Pacquiao.

Golden Boy has filed a federal lawsuit against Top Rank, Top Rank pulled under-reporting income on the fighting and Pacquiao owes more money. This trial is still its way into the system. But as part of the colony in 2007, Pacquiao, Top Rank and Golden Boy has agreed to let Weinstein arbitration disputes which have arisen between them.

 

Denis Lebedev knocked out Roy Jones Jr.
Mood:  celebratory

Denis Lebedev knocked out Roy Jones Jr. in the final round of his fight non-title cruiserfight  in Moscow on Saturday, delivering his third straight America.

With seconds in the 10th round landed Lebedev four hard leftists with Jones on the ropes, where he had been too much of the game. Jones, the world's best pound-for-pound fighter, bowed and shook his head before taking a final right hook from Russia and fall on the canvas.

Many had predicted a much faster fight, but Jones managed to avoid the Russian, ranked greatest Cruiserweight in the world, combining the swagger and the counter-attack that has become the hallmark of such an advanced stage, 42-year career .

Jones is 54-8, but Lebedev improved to 22-1.

Jones, the biggest name who fought in Russia, said that the reception of the crowd at the Dynamo stadium is "one of the most exciting episodes of my career."

There was no reason in the game, but the victory could give another name for a shot Lebedev. The loss of her career was just a waste of controversial points of Marco Huck in Germany last year.

The struggle was the attempt by Jones to save a bit of glory in the twilight of his career. He had lost his last two fights, against Danny Green and Bernard Hopkins last year. Observers have speculated his retirement is imminent.

Saturday, a fight, he showed flashes of his former power and showboated in the first round and the audience appreciates, theater and dance, shaking his head back to his corner of the bell. But he was outmaneuvered and outpunched the end his younger opponent.

The 31-year Lebedev spent nearly every 10 knockout rounds to soften Jones in pursuit of America around the ring and force him into a defensive position on the rope to burst Lebedev missed at every turn .

Jones severely shaken Lebedev only once in the ninth round, when he broke away from the strings, and a top left jab right hook combination.

 

Hopkins wins over Pascal

Ten years ago, a poor Bernard Hopkins ran through the streets of his hometown in North Philadelphia to evade the police, or someone who was trying to catch him for something he had just done.

A couple decades later, Hopkins ran those same streets again as a multi-millionaire boxer intent upon making history.

He did just that on Saturday when he pounded out a unanimous decision over Jean Pascal before 17,560 fans at the Bell Centre to become, at 46 years, four months and six days, the oldest man to ever win a world boxing championship. With the win, Hopkins claims the World Boxing Council light heavyweight belt more than 16 years after he won his first world title, earning it by scores of 116-112, 115-113 and 115-114.

Hopkins was the master craftsman throughout the fight. Pascal wound up hard, trying to take Hopkins’ head off with just about every punch. Hopkins, though, either made him miss entirely or was able to neutralize much of its power.

Pascal was unable to seriously hurt Hopkins, who said he thrives on dismantling the attack of young, aggressive fighters such as his opponent.

“He loads up on every shot and I know Pascal does that,” Hopkins said. “He loads up on those shots because he knows he’s a puncher. He thinks he’s a puncher and he wants to blow the house down, like the big, bad wolf. … He gets so excited and he has the testosterone going so high. He’s like, ‘Boom. Boom. Boom,’ and me, the old fox, wanted him to do that. I just leaned here, I leaned there and leaned there and you have a couple of misses.”

Nobody in boxing is more slick than Hopkins, who said he opted to train for the rematch against Pascal in his old haunts in North Philadelphia. He said he wanted to remind himself of old times, when life was a struggle and everything came hard.

When he does, it seems great things happen. He wouldn’t put a limit on how long he’ll fight but did point out that he won’t become an opponent and wind up taking beatings.

Bernard Hopkins vs Pascal: but who is Hopkins

The Executioner," Bernard Hopkins, has done it all in his 23 year Hall of Fame career.

As he heads into one more title fight this Saturday, at the age of 46, here's a look at the five fights that defined his status as one of the modern masters:

Bernard Hopkins TKO 12 Felix Trinidad

September 29, 2001 (Madison Square Garden, New York, NY)

In a contest that was to be held just four days after the September 11th terrorist attack on the US, this middleweight unification bout was moved back two weeks, but still carried the heavy burden of being boxing's first major show since the tragedy. A 2-to-1 underdog, Hopkins put his IBF and WBC middleweight titles up against Trinidad's WBA belt. The final bout of Don King's middleweight tournament, which saw Hopkins beating then-WBC champ Keith Holmes and Trinidad crushing William Joppy for the WBA belt to get to the finals, was a fairly one-sided affair. Hopkins outclassed and out-boxed the offense-minded Puerto Rican to wear down the former three-division champ en route to a twelfth round corner stoppage from Trinidad's side of the ring.

Bernard Hopkins UD 12 Kelly Pavlik

October 18, 2008 (Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, NJ)

After a dismal performance against Joe Calzaghe, just six months prior, most expected the heavy-handed middleweight champion, Kelly Pavlik to send the 43-year old Hopkins into retirement, even though the bout was scheduled to be contested at a catchweight of 170 lbs., ten pounds above the middleweight limit. What ensued was a one-sided boxing clinic from "The Executioner" that left the 26-year old slugger demoralized and his career stalled. 

Bernard Hopkins MD Jean Pascal

December 18, 2010 (Pepsi Coliseum, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada)

Following a late-career pattern, not many people gave a 45-year old "B-Hop" much of a chance against the light heavyweight division's top dog in a bout held in the champion's own adopted home town. Early in the fight, the experts seemed on-target as a sluggish Hopkins was dropped in the first and third rounds to put him way behind the defending champion. However, from rounds four to twelve, Hopkins turned things around drastically and was in complete control for most of the rest of the contest. Most thought he deserved the win, but Hopkins left Quebec with the majority draw.

Bernard Hopkins TKO 10 Antwun Echols

December 1, 2000 (Venetian Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, NV)

In an even uglier, dirtier rematch to an ugly first bout, Hopkins established his willingness to display street fighting tactics and old fashioned toughness alongside his vast technical skills. This Hopkins title defense saw Echols deducted two points, "B-Hop" deducted one, and the fight nearly degenerate into an alley brawl on several occasions. Hopkins would also be slammed to the canvas in the sixth round, dislocating his shoulder. Rather than take the DQ win, though, the defending champ decided to go on with the fight and would stop his challenger four rounds later.

Bernard Hopkins TKO 7 Segundo Mercado

April 29, 1995 (US Air Arena, Landover, MD)

Hopkins' first bout with Mercado was a frustrating draw for the vacant IBF middleweight title in an Ecuadorian bull ring in which Hopkins would hit the canvas twice. In the rematch, held in Landover, Maryland, Hopkins displayed total dominance over the top-ranked middleweight from Ecuador, stopping Mercado in seven one-sided rounds to win his first world title.

Trilogy forMArquez and Pacquiao

Mexican boxer Juan Manuel Marquez has accepted the offer to fight against eight division world champion Manny Pacquiao in Las Vegas, Nevada, November 12.

According www.boxingscene.com, Top Rank promoter Bob Arum said he sent to Mark on the morning of Monday the revised offer includes $ 5 million guaranteed prize money and catch weight of 144 pounds.

"I'm going to take the offer. It's the battle I'm waiting and I want to fight him," said Marquez quotes from the site.

On Monday, the Philippine boxing champion Arum confirmed that was the conclusion of his trilogy with the 38-year-old World Boxing Association / World Champion Boxing Organization (WBA / WBO) lightweight.

Pacquiao has had two memorable fights, but the controversy with Marquez in 2004 and 2008.

Their first meeting ended in a draw with Marquez, while Pacquiao won the second game with a split decision to close.

Sunday, Pacquiao completely outclassed Shane Mosley more than 12 shots to score his 14th consecutive win and retain his WBO welterweight crown at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. He began the battle to slow down and sent tissue Mosley quickly, abruptly left at the end.

Pacquiao triumps

Many Pacquiao takeovers the fight night. Pacquiao continues punching Shane Mosley the night fight making him chasing Mosley the entire fight. Mosley has one thing to do and that is to defense himself. The former pound for pound king, Mosley, did have not time make a move to knockdown Pacquiao.

The fight ended in a unanimous decision in Favor of Manny Pacquiao. The fight became not thrilling cause Mosley refuses to exchange punches with Manny Pacquiao.

Pacquiao won every round on two ringside scorecards in extending the remarkable run that has made him the most exciting fighter in the sport.

He also won the ungrudging respect of a veteran fighter who has been in with some of the best in the world.

Pacquiao knocked down Mosley with a left hook in the third round, a punch that sapped Mosley's willingness to engage. Pacquiao ran after Mosley the rest of the fight, but the former champion who has never been stopped in 18 years in the ring managed to stay away enough to finish the 12th round upright.

Pacquiao won 120-108 on one scorecard, 120-107 on a second and 119-108 on the third. The Associated Press had him winning 118-110.

For Mosley, the fight was strikingly similar to his bout a year ago against Floyd Mayweather Jr. — except this time Mosley didn't even land a big punch like he did early on against Mayweather. Mosley's biggest moment on this night came when referee Kenny Bayless mistakenly ruled that Mosley knocked Pacquiao down in the 10th round when he didn't even hit him with a punch.

The knockdown that wasn't spurred Pacquiao on as he went after Mosley the rest of the round and again in the 11th. By then the crowd was cheering "Knock him out! Knock him out!" but Pacquiao — bothered by a cramp in his left leg since the fourth round — didn't have enough to finish him off.

The closest Mosley got to Pacquiao all night came at the beginning of the 12th round when he hugged Pacquiao before the two went about finishing their business. That took some of the fire out of Pacquiao, who didn't really go after the knockout in the final round.

Promoter Bob Arum defended putting Mosley in the ring against Pacquiao despite signs in Mosley's last two fights that his reflexes were slipping."Nobody can really perform against him," Arum said. "Some of these guys are pretty good fighters, but nobody in their whole experience has ever faced somebody like Pacman. Everybody is going to look the same way."

Pacquiao (54-3-2, 38 knockouts) was a 7-1 favorite and also the favorite of the crowd that gathered expecting to see another one of his thrilling performances. That he couldn't deliver was the only bad part of the night for a fighter who doubles as a congressman in his native Philippines.

Mosley (46-7-1-1) said he thought he did a good job despite losing round after round, and wouldn't blame his bad performance on the fact he is 39 and has been fighting ever since he was a child.

Mosley was tentative from the opening bell, moving backward and unwilling to engage Pacquiao. With good reason, because a left hook by Pacquiao found its mark with a minute left in the third round and put Mosley on the canvas for only the third time in his 18-year pro career.

Mosley was up at the count of five, and managed to survive the final minute of the round despite Pacquiao's best efforts to take him out. Pacquiao didn't come close to stopping him after that, but landed enough punches to the head that Mosley's right eye was nearly swollen shut in the late rounds and the left side of his face was puffy, too.

Pacquiao pressed the fight most of the night, but he, too, didn't take many chances, which trainer Freddie Roach said was because of the muscle cramp that his corner tried to massage between rounds.

Perhaps, but the sellout crowd of 16,412 came to see more, and booed repeatedly in the late rounds. The boos were directed at Mosley, not Pacquiao, but it was clear early on this would not be a classic fight.

Mosley came into the ring with the song "Mama Says Knock You Out," but what would have been more appropriate if he had found a song called "Mama Says Don't Knock Me Out."

Mosley fought as if trying to protect his legacy of having never been stopped and, if that was his strategy, it succeeded. But it made for a lackluster fight and did nothing to burnish the legacy that the Filipino champion has built with 14 straight wins over the last six years — including some over some of the biggest names in the game.

Pacquiao, who wore yellow gloves as a symbol of solidarity in the fight against poverty in his country, made a minimum of $20 million for the fight. Mosley, who has now won only two of his last six fights, was guaranteed $5 million.