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Sunday, May 16, 2010

No Holds Barred: Keisha Morrisey and Bob Carson Critique Strikeforce
and HBO Boxing, and Analyze Shine Fights Cancellation

On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman had a late
night discussion with two of our correspondents, Keisha Morrisey
(http://www.bloodlineboxing.blogspot.com) and Bob Carson (http://
carsonscorner.podomatic.com), about the fight festivities from
Saturday night, May 15. Right after these shows concluded, we spoke
about the Strikeforce card from St. Louis shown on Showtime, the HBO
boxing card from New York headlined by the Amir Khan-Paulie Malignaggi
fight, and the cancellation of the Shine Fights mixed martial arts
card which was supposed to feature former champion boxer Ricardo
Mayorga against mixed martial arts veteran Din Thomas.

Who is chiefly to blame for the cancellation of the Shine Fights card
following an injunction granted to Don King against this card because
of a claim that his company has exclusive rights to promote the fights
of Mayorga? Which card was better between the Strikeforce-Showtime
card and the HBO boxing card? Will Strikeforce heavyweight champion
Alistair Overeem, who stopped Brett Rogers in the first round of their
fight Saturday, ever fight top heavyweight Fedor Emelianenko? Should
fighters in mixed martial arts and boxing insist on drug testing based
on the protocols of the World Anti-Doping Agency? What do we think of
the various athletic commissions, which use different tests if any at
all? Are fighters with steroid-laden bodies effective or even sexy?
What is next for Strikeforce? How impressive was Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
great Roger Gracie, who submitted Kevin Randleman in the second round
of their fight with a rear naked choke, in his Strikeforce and
American debut? Why is the promotion of boxing to the public so awful?

These and other key questions are answered in our discussion, which is
almost like hanging out after the fights and chatting with our trio of
combat sports aficionados.

You can play or download No Holds Barred at
http://nhbnews.podOmatic.com/entry/2010-05-16T03_38_28-07_00.

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Saturday, May 1, 2010

Mayweather vs. Mosley: Who R U Picking? TONITE LIVE ON HBO-PPV

Mayweather vs. Mosley: Who R U Picking? is promoted by Mayweather Promotions and Golden Boy Promotions, and sponsored by Cerveza Tecate, AT&T, DeWALT Tools and StubHub. The 12-round welterweight battle is set for Saturday, May 1 at MGM Grand in Las Vegas and will be produced and distributed live on HBO Pay-Per-View® beginning at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT.

Seven of the MGM MIRAGE properties will host closed circuit viewing of Mayweather vs. Mosley. Tickets for the closed circuit telecasts at all venues are priced at $50, not including applicable service charges and handling fees are on sale now. All seats will be general admission and will be available at each individual property's box office outlets and at all Las Vegas Ticketmaster locations (select Smith's Food and Drug Centers and Ritmo Latino). To charge by phone with a major credit card, call Ticketmaster at (800) 745-3000, or visit www.mgmgrand.com or www.ticketmaster.com. Ticket sales are limited to 20 per person.

The Mayweather vs. Mosley pay-per-view telecast, beginning at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT, has a suggested retail price of $54.95, will be produced and distributed by HBO Pay-Per-View® and will be available to more than 71 million pay-per-view homes. The telecast will be available in HD-TV for those viewers who can receive HD. HBO Pay-Per-View®, a division of Home Box Office, Inc., is the leading supplier of event programming to the pay-per-view industry.

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THE PRESSURE OF A PERFECT RECORD; WHEN SOMEONE'S "0" JUST MIGHT GO‏

THE PRESSURE OF A PERFECT RECORD; WHEN SOMEONE'S "0" JUST MIGHT GO

Boxing is not a sport that readily lends itself to statistics, but one set of numbers is as elemental as a left-right combination: a fighter's wins, losses and draws. We often overvalue a good record and misinterpret a mediocre one; there are dozens of 10-loss veterans who are better than young fighters with only one or two defeats.

Nothing, however, catches our eye like a perfect record and when one or both undefeated fighters square off, you can count on either the ring announcer or the TV commentators declaring, "Somebody's '0' has got to go!" or "Maybe tonight his '0' might just go!"

Yet the fascination with a fighter who's never lost remains strong. For instance, the appeal of Floyd Mayweather, who's "0" is on the line against Sugar Shane Mosley on May 1 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas and live on HBO Pay-Per-View®, can be attributed to his sustained excellence and his star power, but there's something more. Over the course of his 15-year career, Mayweather's engaged in 40 fights, and each time he's proven himself the better man.

Maybe we focus on a perfect record more than the fighters do...

"I don't think about the '0'," said Mayweather, whose last loss came on July 22, 1996, at the Olympic Games in Atlanta. "I think about winning. Everything takes care of itself if you win.

"Of course it's a great thing to be undefeated, but I don't consciously think about it when I'm preparing for the next fight."

The record against which all others are judged is former heavyweight champion Rocky Marciano's mark of 49-0. In September 1985, then-WBC titlist Larry Holmes was 48-0 when he lost to Michael Spinks.

"I was always tying records, breaking records; it didn't mean [expletive] to me," Holmes said. "I didn't care. What was important was making money, keeping the title, and proving people wrong.

"The undefeated record meant I wasn't getting beaten up, and that meant a lot to me."

In November 2008, super middleweight/light heavyweight champion Joe Calzaghe fought for the last time. He retired with a record of 46-0. What made Calzaghe different from most unbeaten fighters is that his toughest tests, vs. Jeff Lacy, Bernard Hopkins and Mikkel Kessler, came toward the conclusion of his hall of fame career.

"I never really dwelled on the '0' until close to the end, when I realized I had only a couple of fights left, I was undefeated and I could retire that way," Calzaghe said. "I always hated to lose, and when I did so as an amateur, it burned me up inside and created my motivation for winning.

"Taking big fights wasn't a risk for me because I believed in myself and went for it. I can say, however, that it was a relief when it was all over and I finished undefeated and ahead of the game."

Calzaghe certainly fought the best available opposition, as did unbeatens Marciano and Ricardo Lopez (51-0-1), but in today's boxing world, there are four major titles per division and, as a result, champions can protect their records more easily than in the past. That's largely why alphabet titlists like junior welterweight Terry Marsh (26-0-1), welterweight Michael Loewe (28-0) and junior featherweight Ji Won Kim (16-0-2) were able to retire without having lost. Marsh and Loewe defended their respective titles only once each.

The question remains...is a perfect record a sign of perfection or does an imperfect record reveal anything at all? Consider the following:

*Ninety-nine percent of boxing historians rank Sugar Ray Robinson as the best fighter in history. He lost 19 times.

*Muhammad Ali was "The Greatest" despite losing five fights. In fact, he arguably gained more respect in his first loss, to Joe Frazier, than in building a record of 31-0.

*Since 1900, eight world champions have retired-and stayed retired-without having lost a fight. Even at their respective peaks, five of them never made the pound-for-pound top 10.

*Among today's elite, Bernard Hopkins lost his professional debut and Manny Pacquiao lost to an opponent who went 2-4-1 in his next seven fights.

*Robinson's only loss in his first 132 bouts

In evaluating recent champions, then, we must look at their body of work, and not just their records. The resume of five-division titlist Mayweather is impressive, making his perfect record all the more eye-popping. Maybe, just maybe, remaining undefeated and keeping his "0" means more than he'll acknowledge.

"No one wants to lose their '0'," said Floyd Mayweather Sr., a top trainer and Mayweather's father. "I'm sure he thinks about it and it motivates him. Fortunately for my son, it's so far so good and I don't see anyone taking that '0' away from him either."

Boxing superstar and six-time World Champion Floyd "Money" Mayweather and welterweight mega-star, five-time World Champion and current WBA Welterweight World Champion Sugar Shane Mosley, are set to meet on Saturday, May 1 at MGM Grand in Las Vegas in a spectacular bout which will be produced and distributed live on HBO Pay-Per-View® beginning at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT.


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Mayweather vs. Mosley Fight Night Undercard Preview To Be Shown By Cable Providers & Satellite Distributors‏

...With the Mayweather vs. Mosley: Who R U Picking? mega-fight this Saturday, fans now have something extra to look forward to on fight night, as a free undercard preview will be broadcast by several satellite and cable providers, including DirecTV, Dish Network, inDEMAND and TVN. The "free-view" will feature two of the exciting non-televised undercard fights before the pay-per-view telecast begins. The special one and a half-hour show will begin at 7:00 p.m. ET / 4:00 p.m. PT.

The two fights included in the broadcast will be Mayweather Promotions' fast-rising star Jesse Vargas (9-0, 4 KO's) vs. Arturo Morua (25-13-1, 14 KO's) in an eight round junior welterweight fight and Golden Boy Promotions' undefeated junior lightweight prospect Eloy Perez (16-0-2, 4 KO's) vs. Gilberto Leon (23-7-2, 7 KO's) in a ten round NABO title fight. The free telecast will feature color commentary by "The Colonel" Bob Sheridan and Dave Botempo.

"Mayweather Promotions and Golden Boy Promotions both have young talent featured on this show that we feel deserve a chance to showcase their talent," said Leonard Ellerbe, CEO of Mayweather Promotions. "Both of these fights are expected to be competitive and exciting, and will be a great start to what is going to be the biggest night in boxing this year."

"May 1 is going to be a great night of boxing from start to finish," said Richard Schaefer, CEO of Golden Boy Promotions. "The Mayweather vs. Mosley undercard is so packed with talent, we wanted to give fans a chance to see even more than what is already being offered on the pay-per-view telecast."

The Mayweather vs. Mosley pay-per-view telecast, beginning at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT, has a suggested retail price of $54.95, will be produced and distributed by HBO Pay-Per-View® and will be available to more than 71 million pay-per-view homes. The telecast will be available in HD-TV for those viewers who can receive HD. HBO Pay-Per-View®, a division of Home Box Office, Inc., is the leading supplier of event programming to the pay-per-view industry. For Mayweather vs. Mosley fight week updates, log on to www.hbo.com.

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MAYWEATHER VS MOSLEY—A POUND FOR POUND FIGHT

So, you ask……..Who is the best? Is it the Mosley who defeated Oscar De La Hoya twice and recently dismantled Alfredo Margarito or Mayweather who hasn’t been beaten in 40 professional fights? The mythical pound-for-pound title will belong to one of them Saturday night. Manny Pacquiao will not be able to claim the title with wins over Miguel Cotto and a Ricky Hatton who was previously knocked out by Mayweather before Pac-man took the Hit-Man on. This title will belong to one of Saturday night’s contestants.

I attended the last big welterweight showdown in Las Vegas in 1981 when Sugar Ray Leonard took on Thomas Hearns. That was one of the biggest fights in my adulthood until now. The welterweight division is now the ‘money’ division with even more competition as more junior welters will be moving up to the ‘cash’ division.

Golden Boy Promotions would like none other than their partner, Sugar Shane Mosley, to win this fight although Golden Boy is also doing the negotiations for Mayweather. Mayweather still remains independent and not is promotional tied down so the consensus is that Mosley is their ‘wish’ to win.

Come to think of it, I don’t know of many recent fights where Mayweather competed that he wasn’t really the opponent of sorts. It never did matter as he continued to dominate. The question is, “Will Mayweather dominate against a strong tough welterweight like Mosley or will he be in his first ‘real war’?”

Don’t kid yourself folks. This is a mega-fight. Are we going to see a super busy Mosley throwing punches at a defensive minded Mayweather giving Mosley the edge in punch output? Or will we see a Mayweather letting his hands go instead? I believe after round 4 we will see a very busy Mayweather throwing punches in bunches. Question is, “Is it going to be enough to win?”

The Mayweather/Mosley fight will be Saturday night, May 1st, 9pm Eastern on HBO PPV. This event may be the best selling PPV in history with an estimated sale of 70 to 80 million homes at a cost of $54.95.

I’ve received numerous texts on who will win this fight and wanted to share those thoughts with you.

AARON NAVARRO, TRAINER, HOUSTON, TEXAS, LOU SAVARESE GYM

“I see Floyd’s safety first style squeaking out a decision.”

DR. ERIC PRATHER, CHIROPRACTOR TO ATHLETES, LAFAYETTE, LA

Mayweather wins via majority decision, 115-113 is my score with a rope-a-dope and shoulder roll defense early then starts timing a tiring Mosley with slick and speedy angle counters in the later rounds. Mayweather’s ultra fast straight right hand starts finding its home in round 7. My heart is with Mosley though.”

JAY DEAS, TRAINER/MANAGER, ALABAMA

“It is a good fight and almost certainly a distance fight. Shane is in his late 30’s and has been off a year and a half and I think that is the difference. I think Mayweather is a little too fresh and a little too young for Shane. In a close fight, 115-133 Mayweather.

BEAU WILLIFORD, TRAINER/CUT MAN, LAFAYETTE, LA

“Mosley by late TKO or decision. Too smart for Mayweather.”

AHMAD ALAAJIY, PROMOTER, DALLAS, TEXAS

“This is a hard call because both are very good at what they do. I have to give the edge to Mayweather because he is better at developing a strategy to win and knows how to follow his plan perfectly.”

JEFF HORCHAK, SPORTSCASTER, KLFY-TV LAFAYETTE, LA

“For Mosley to win he will have to use his power. Mayweather, I feel, will get the fight to the later rounds and tire Mosley and win a decision.”

ANTHONY CAVAZOS, PROMOTER, MCALLEN, TEXAS

Mosley upsets Mayweather and makes history. Mosley by decision.”

ISAAC MEDINA, FAN, CORPUS CHRISTI, TX

“Mosley has a chance if he beats Mayweather to the punch and avoids Mayweather’s counters. I have to go with Mayweather, however. Close fight.”

BRAD SOLOMON, UNDEFEATED JR WELTERWEIGHT PROSPECT, LAFAYETTE, LA

“Mayweather much too smart for Mosley.” Mayweather easily.”

SPARKY MCDUFFIE, FORMER PRO FIGHTER, TRAINER, WEST MONROE, LA

“Mayweather by decision. Speed about the same but I like Mayweather’s movement and youth.”

RONNIE SHIELDS, TRAINER, HOUSTON, TEXAS

“Floyd by 12 round decision.”

ACE MILLER, TRAINER, TENNESSEE

“It’s hard to go against Mayweather. I have to go with him. The kid can fight.”

TERMITE WATKINS, FORMER PRO BOXER AND OLYMPIC BOXING COACH, HOUSTON, TEXAS

“Mayweather in eight to ten rounds. He stops Mosley.”

RUDY SILVA, TRAINER, HOUSTON, TEXAS

Mayweather wins even though I am a huge fan of all the ‘Sugars’ including Shane. Mayweather is too smart inside the square circle and his jab and defense will control the pace. I think Mosley’s age will show up in this fight. But I’m still pulling for Shane.”

DAMIEN ST. PIERRE, PROMOTER, LOUISIANA

“I think as fast as Mosley is that Mayweather is faster. Mosley will be Mayweather’s toughest test to date but his aggressive style will work against him. Mayweather by close decision.”

There you have it. Order the fight. This is one worth paying for.

Keep Punching.

Kerry Daigle


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WEIGHTS ARE IN FOR MAYWEATHER VS. MOSLEY MAY 1 SUPER FIGHT‏






RED CORNER BLUE CORNER

MAIN EVENT - WELTERWEIGHTS - 12 ROUNDS

Floyd MAYWEATHER vs. Shane MOSLEY

Grand Rapids, MI Pomona, CA

40-0 (25 KO's) 46-5 (39 KO's)

Weight: 146 lbs Weight: 147 lbs

JUNIOR MIDDLEWEIGHTS - 10 ROUNDS

Saul ALVAREZ vs. Jose Miguel COTTO

Guadalajara, MEX Caguas, PR

31-0-1 (23 KO's) 31-1-1 (23 KO's)

Weight: 150 lbs Weight: 149 lbs

WBC LATINO FEATHERWEIGHT TITLE - 10 ROUNDS

Daniel Ponce DE LEON vs. Cornelius LOCK

Cuauhtemoc, MEX Detroit, MI

38-2 (32 KO's) 19-4-1 (12 KO's)

Weight: 125 lbs Weight: 125 lbs

WELTERWEIGHTS - 10 ROUNDS

Hector SALDIVIA vs. Said OUALI

Chubut, ARG Las Vegas, NV

31-1 (24 KO's) 26-3 (18 KO's)

Weight: 147.5 lbs Weight: 146 lbs

SWING BOUT - JUNIOR WELTERWEIGHTS - 4 ROUNDS

Daniel REECE vs. Angel SOTO

Las Vegas, NV Las Vegas, NV

Pro Debut Pro Debut

Weight: 136 lbs Weight: 137 lbs

WELTERWEIGHTS - 8 ROUNDS

Jesse VARGAS vs. Arturo MORUA

Las Vegas, CA Guadalajara, MEX

9-0 (4 KO's) 25-13-1 (14 KO's)

Weight: 142 lbs Weight: 141 lbs

NABO JUNIOR LIGHTWEIGHT TITLE - 10 ROUNDS

Eloy PEREZ vs. Gilberto LEON

Salinas, CA Mexicali, MEX

16-0-2 (4 KO's) 23-7-2 (7 KO's)

Weight: 129 lbs Weight: 130 lbs

SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHTS - 8 ROUNDS

Dion SAVAGE vs. Tommie SPELLER

Flint, MI Philadelphia, PA

7-0 (5 KO's) 5-3 (3 KO's)

Weight: 168 lbs Weight: 166 lbs

JUNIOR WELTERWEIGHTS - 8 ROUNDS

Luis RAMOS vs. Allen LITZAU

Santa Ana, CA St. Paul, MN

14-0 (7 KO's) 13-4 (7 KO's)

Weight: 136 lbs Weight: 137 lbs

(Bout Card and Order Subject to Change)



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