“Big” George Foreman Discusses The Possibility Of Bernard Hopkins Breaking His Record As The Oldest Fighter In Boxing History To Win A Significant World Title
“You must get a knockout. This fight and the record will not be broken on a unanimous decision. There must be a knockout.
“He is the last, truly, thinking man’s fighter, boxer and puncher. That’s what makes Bernard unique. He thinks in the ring.
“I’ll be watching HBO. Can you imagine? HBO was there when I knocked out Joe Frazier as the inauguration of their fighting program on television. Now, if they’re able to televise Bernard Hopkins breaking the record of George Foreman-man, what a milestone.
[On his own record and career] “I thought such a record would last a lot longer than it has lasted because 45 is phenomenal and just think, Bernard Hopkins is 46. He’s probably the only one who could break such a record because not only does he possess this big punch to get a knockout, but he’s also a good boxer and at times, a counter-puncher. He can pull it off, no doubt about it.
“I think if Bernard has any idea of how great an opportunity this is not only for boxing, but for all sports. Once I became champion again, it pushed other athletes in other sports to even drive and do things at a later age. If Bernard is able to win this thing and do it decisively, it’s going to help boxing. I don’t think guys should be looking at their career as over just because they’re 35. You need time to pursue other things, like get a college education, be a movie star, and then come back, lick your fingers and be a champion again.
[On the similarities between Foreman and Hopkins] “It’s all about pride. That’s about it. It’s not limited to just pride in yourself, but also your community, your family, and boxing. Those are the similarities we have. He looks in the mirror and he still sees a young kid. Bernard Hopkins-he still thinks he’s a kid, you know? I did the same thing.
“You step into the ring at 46, you just got to understand that you are just a kid like the other guy across the ring. You can’t look at yourself as a 46-and that’s a challenge, too. It is a challenge because you walk in the ring. Everybody you know-all your buddies and friends got gray hair. You’re going to have to just get over there and say, ‘I’m not one of those guys!’
“After I lost the title to Muhammad Ali and then [lost to] Jimmy Young, I had so much time off. If I had made up my mind to continue, I think that I could have been champion, regained the title and the reign would have lasted all the way into ’94. Time helped me, but not as much as if I’d been active, I could’ve done it a lot easier.
“Larry Holmes once told me when I made up my mind to get back into boxing, he said, ‘George, you can do it.’ He said, ‘If I had your punch, there wouldn’t be any question about it.’ He encouraged me more than anyone. Muhammad Ali was always, ‘Keep punching. You can do it.’ Joe Frazier-he had a little faith in me. So, from the days back, the previous guys did encourage me in their own way.
“It was so hard to come back after 10 years. I was out there relaxing and enjoying-eating and sleeping when I wanted to. Desserts were on the menu, something I didn’t do previously. To stop all of that and then pursue boxing, go to bed early when babies are crying around the house. I didn’t have that originally. It was rough. It became a job.
“In the first time around, I had this dynamite program with reflexes. I could stop punches before they’d get there, catch them in the air, just before you hit me, I’d hit you; I had this dynamic program of reflexes. Coming back in the gym, I found out, that’s not going to work. So, I had to change my style, set my defense exactly where a guy is going to hit me and not move them around too much. I would have to go longer distance because I knew people would try to extend me because of my age. So, from three and a half miles, I had to add 10 miles to my program of running.
[Staying in shape past 40] “A great obstacle that a lot of people don’t understand is that as you get older, you start looking at young people as if to say, “Oh, that kid.” You can’t do that. That’s the obstacle. Make certain that you look and see-every guy that you see is not a kid. Though he’s 21, 22, or 23, it’s an obstacle to not look at them as competitors equal to you when that bell rings. It’s great.
[On being 45 and setting the age record] “You find yourself at open houses with your children. Then, all of a sudden, you realize you have a grandchild. I had a grandchild. I was having grandkids. Then, you think, ‘Is that possible? I’m the heavyweight champion of the world, a grandfather?’ It did start to sink in. I wondered, ‘I don’t think anyone would ever do this.’ That’s why it’s very important. I’ll be watching anxiously to see how this will turn out because grandpas are competing now.
[On Pascal] “He’s a great fighter. He’s from a great country that has great boxers. He understands that this fight is not only going up to defend his title, but at the same time, he’s got pride in what he’s doing.
[On Pascal's chances of winning on points in Montreal] “Well, one thing you got to understand is that hometown thing. It gives you an extra something in your body that you generally don’t have. I mean, it gives you more courage. It gives you more speed. He is able to land shots that Bernard Hopkins is not able to land. Bernard is a decisive, good, crisp puncher. He doesn’t waste time on throwing nothing shots. The champion-he doesn’t mind. Any shot is a point and I think he’s better equipped to win because he’s not looking for a knockout. It’s a point system and he is better equipped to win this fight on the point system [in Montreal].
[On Hopkins] “The last time I had a chance to communicate with Bernard, he was at a competitive age. He was just doing what he was supposed to do. Of course, he was a veteran fighter, but at this point, we’ve never had a chance to talk about it. He’s one of those guys who just continuously goes out and does what he’s going to do. Probably recently, he’s starting to say, ‘I’m a senior here. This is going to have to be undertaken as a feat,’ but I’ve never had such a conversation with him.
“My hope is that he’ll go out there and put on a good fight. Understand that these fights generally are not won by decisions. In the latter rounds; he should look for a knockout like I did. There was no way I could have been in the record books without that one-two knockout punch. Bernard Hopkins-he’s got it, but he’s going to have to get it by way of knockout.
“Bernard is a thinking man’s fighter. I didn’t realize that until he fought Trinidad. I had no idea. I always considered him a good, rough-and-tough fighter, but with the Trinidad fight, he took his time. He measured the ring. He measured the fighter, used his jab, and threw his right hand from a distance until the time for the knockout. He is the last, truly, thinking man’s fighter, boxer and puncher. That’s what makes Bernard unique. He thinks in the ring. Most people, even myself, were overtaken with that moment. You get excited. A guy hits you in the eye. You got to get him back. You got to get payback. This man thinks. He doesn’t wait for the corner to tell him what’s going on. He thinks while he’s active in the ring.
[On Pascal vs. Hopkins I] “I was just sitting there on the edge, hoping that he’d pull it off, but Bernard has to realize, as I did when I fought Michael Moorer, you must get a knockout. This fight and the record will not be broken on a unanimous decision. There must be a knockout.
[On Pascal vs. Hopkins II] “It is important to appeal to the youthful pride. Meet in the middle of the ring and say, ‘Let’s fight. What are you running from? C’mon.’ [If you do that] you appeal to all of the boxers, ex-boxers and all the fans who want boxing back in its proper position.
“Bernard has to understand that this guy, the champion, could land one punch, two punches, three punches that mean nothing to him, but they could be points in the bag. That’s why I expecting Bernard to load up in the latter end of the fight, and go for the knockout, break that record, and break it fair and square where everybody can see it.
“The first fight is going to have to be erased. The decision was not of quality. The second time around, Bernard will get a knockout.
“I’ll be watching HBO. Can you imagine? HBO was there when I knocked out Joe Frazier as the inauguration of their fighting program on television. Now, if they’re able to televise Bernard Hopkins breaking the record of George Foreman-man, what a milestone..
Foreman Introduces Hopkins:
“Bernard Hopkins-probably the only man that stands a chance to break all records, one that’s going to set and stay there for a long time. Ladies and gentlemen, enjoy the great one.”
Hopkins:
“Thank you, Big George. I’d like to say to everybody that’s listening before we start, this is a bittersweet opportunity for me because George Foreman has always been a guy that we came up on-I say “we”-my era with the Ali’s, the Joe Frazier’s, the George Foreman’s. So, I’m going to represent history very well come next Saturday, May 21st. There are not too many fighters able to have this kind of opportunity. So, I will not sneeze at this. I will take this title. I will become the oldest champion. So, thank you, George. Again, I would like to tell everybody it’s a bittersweet opportunity for me because of George’s legacy, but it’s in good hands, George.”
Foreman:
“All records were set to be broken. I’m just hoping someone will come back and do it at 65 so I can come back again.”
Hopkins:
“I will be right behind you…hopefully.”
“Dynasty II: Pascal vs. Hopkins” is presented by GroupeYvon Michel and Golden Boy Promotions and sponsored by Casino de Montreal, Videotron and Coors Light. The 12-round WBC, WBC Diamond and Ring Magazine Light Heavyweight World Championship fight will take place Saturday, May 21 at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada and will be televised live on HBO’s World Championship Boxing beginning at 10:00 p.m. ET/7:00 p.m. PT in the United States and distributed live on pay-per-view in Canada on Canal Indigo, Bell TV, Shaw TV, Viewer’s Choice and Sasktel in French and English beginning at 7:00 p.m. ET. A 12-round light heavyweight bout between former World Champions Chad Dawson and Adrian Diaconu will also be featured on the telecast. Dawson vs. Diaconu is presented in association with Gary Shaw Productions and InterBox.
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Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Boxing Legend Bernard Hopkins' Attempt To Break Foreman's Record To Become The Oldest Fighter In History To Win A Significant World Title When He Face
Boxing Legend Bernard Hopkins' Attempt To Break Foreman's Record To Become The Oldest Fighter In History To Win A Significant World Title When He Faces WBC & Ring Magazine Light Heavyweight World Champion Jean Pascal on May 21
BERNARD HOPKINS SPECIAL INTERNATIONAL MEDIA CONFERENCE CALL
Q
Bernard, I think we all know that you should have already made history, back in December. It was not a good decision. I think most of us know that you won that fight. That said, what would this mean to you to break George’s record? What would it mean to boxing overall?
B. Hopkins
For me, personally, it’s a great achievement to be still doing what I do at a high level and to be able to do it and make history at the same time. Now that I’m here, it’s more appreciated to me to last this long in the game. This is a game where if you get 10 years out of this sport, you’re considered lucky. So, to get two decades and come upon history at least four or five times in my career with the defenses as a middleweight and of course, I beat Tarver to become the only middleweight to become a light heavyweight champion. I mean, you put all this stuff together and then you look at what I’m ready to do now, next Saturday, with the opportunity to surpass George Foreman with 190 days outside of when he beat the Michael Moorer. As Jim Lampley said, “It happened; it happened on HBO.”
I mean, you say Archie Moore, you say Bernard Hopkins. I consider it-and he was one of the greats also that accomplished a great achievement in his forties. So it is surreal that Archie Moore, if you know anything about history, which I believe you do, fought in Montreal, Canada and he fought Durelle in Canada for the championship after getting knocked down once or twice. He came back and won that fight. Archie Moore was victorious.
I get a chance to follow those footsteps. For anybody who’s listening, do your research. You’ll see I’m correct. I’m a veteran. I know how to have patience through the next ten days of [preparation for] combat. So I’m ready. I’m ready mentally; I’m ready physically. I can’t worry about what they did last fight. That’s the past, but it’s the reminder that I’ve been down this road before. I get a chance to-not redeem myself, but I get a chance to make their wrong become my right.
Q
I don’t know if you were listening to George’s comments before you came on to the call, but he talked about that…no judges. You need a knock-out to win the fight. He seemed pretty adamant about the fact that you need to go for the knock-out. Don’t leave it in the judge’s hands. I know you probably knew that was the case last time with what happened in the first fight. What are your thoughts about the possibility that you might need to get the knock-out just to make sure there’s absolutely zero question about what will happen to this fight next Saturday?
B. Hopkins
I would love to go in there and get my knockout. That would stop my drought. The last time I had a knockout was Oscar de la Hoya. I’ve been in a drought for many years, but I’ll take a good beat-down, sort of like a William Joppy type of beat-down. It’d probably be better for Pascal to get knocked out than take a 12-round beating because we know that everybody that fought, well, not everybody, but most of the young fighters that were in the ring with me for more than eight to ten rounds weren’t the same after that. I don’t have to mention any names, we know who they are.
My thing is to execute. If I win every round and fight every round, it’s like you win the fight. You win the fight. Beat this guy up. You just make it seem one-sided. I’m looking to put that type of performance on. The only way to do that is to put the pressure on Pascal. I don’t believe he can fight backing up. I believe that, when you’re going to a target, things can happen. I’m aware of that.
As you said, the last fight when we talked-to let you know I remembered-you said, “Why didn’t you fight like that a long time ago?” I said, “I wouldn’t be here if I did.” I tell you what. You’re going to see, I take that as an honest question because, at the end of the day, I’m at that point now where I’m going to bring on some Philadelphia fight to that town in that ring in Montreal. I’m going to press and I’m going to back him up. I’m going to make him fight and that’s why this fight is going to be one of the best fights that HBO had on World Championship Boxing. I know they’re going to do major ratings because it’s going to be a fight that people are going to talk about between now and then.
After last Saturday, I think the boxing fans deserve a nice knockdown, drag out fight. I’m willing to do my part. That’s all I can say to everybody who’s listening. I know you all heard promises and what people are going to do. I’ve been part of that, but my style is my style, but I promise, that what you all will see next Saturday, like last fight, it’s going to be way out of character. That doesn’t mean I’m not going to be smart, I’m not going to stick to the game plan, but you’re going to see the old Philadelphia Bernard Hopkins, old Philadelphia history from the Benny Driscoll, to Willy “The Worm” [Monroe], the Cyclone of Hearts-and I could go on and on and on. That’s going to be next Saturday. You all are going to enjoy a great, historic fight.
Q
Bernard, I wanted to ask you one thing about your training camp situation. Nazim Richardson, obviously, your trainer has been with Shane Mosley for many weeks, getting him ready for last week’s fight with Pacquiao. I talked to him when I was in Las Vegas. He said he kept in touch with [assistant trainer] Danny [Davis] on the telephone. He paid a visit to the training camp during the course of the camp, but how was it to go through the camp and not have him back until these last two weeks? I mean, was there anything, and he says you’re such a veteran it didn’t make a difference, but what are your thoughts about having Naazim away from most of your training camp?
B. Hopkins
I told Naazim I’m going to give him my cell phone bill because he called me every other day. So, I got a cell phone bill for over five G’s. So, Naazim and I have done this more than one time. Naazim knows, and you know, I run my own ship. I mean, it’s no secret to people that have known me for boxing. You’ve known me over 10 years. I basically run my own thing. I was comfortable with it.
Naazim had an opportunity to fight on that big stage like that. Of course, physically, he can’t go in and fight, but he’s here now. Trust me; if you saw my cell phone bill. I don’t know what Danny’s cell phone bill will look like and I’m not paying for it, but I know that Naazim’s been making sure that I don’t overdo it and making sure, because you know I say I run three miles and I run five. So, it’s been good.
We add a little adjustment here, a little adjustment there. Again, you used the word veteran. I would never put my situation there where I know everything, but I keep it honest with me and my mind and my mental state, but I know how to take orders from a person that I respect because you have to respect him. I’ll be fine. We’ll be fine. Everything was good.
Q
You seem to have developed a pretty healthy dislike for Pascal based on some of the things he said. Is that a real dislike or is that just hype for the fight? Can you talk about that?
B. Hopkins
I said a lot of things about my opponents to get in their head, but I never said an opponent cheated. I never said a person did anything to win a fight, outside of the ring or inside of the ring, but that becomes a part of the game, but it’s just part of a person’s being intimidated or just not knowing what to say. A lot of it had to do with this…you have to say something to justify what you didn’t do, but there are repercussions. I mean, when you’re younger, you say things. Your parents will smack you on your hand or give you a punishment or something like that, but we are accountable for what we say and what we do. Come May 21st, I will take care of the physical part of it and then, I’ll let my people take care of the other part of it.
I don’t have to tell you what that means and I don’t want to get into it, but at the end of the day, I’ve always been a guy that speaks about health awareness and speaks about how if you take care of your body yesterday, you’ll have something tomorrow. You take care of your money now; you’ll have something in the future. It’s the same concept. If you’re a guy that likes to spend, eventually you’re going to be broke.
So, it’s no different than the way I treat my life in the way I act, in the way I think, in the way I deal with my family. It’s the same thing. When things are being questioned about what I have done for all of these years and my credibility and my hard work, there are repercussions beyond that. I’m going to take care of business next Saturday and then we deal with the other stuff later.
Q
How much tougher is it to train for a fight at 46 than it was at 36 or 26?
B. Hopkins
For me, it isn’t tough at all. Just, basically, they have to pull me back. Naazim Richardson continued to call me from [Big Bear and] Vegas. We had an alternate guy that came up with Naazim in his late fifties named Moses who was sort of like Danny’s eyes and ears. He trained also in Philadelphia, but he never got the notoriety because he never had the athlete to take him that far to get it.
I’ve been in good hands with Danny Davis, but the only thing is to have me not overdo what I have loved to do for two decades. I like to train. I like to run. I like to eat the right foods. This is a habit. It’s a good when you’ve got good habits, it makes everybody’s job easier. Of course, sometimes I have aches and pains or I have a lot of rub-in muscle cream in my medicine cabinet, but other than that, 20 years of boxing as a professional since I was nine years old as an amateur, you’re going to have these things as time goes on.
I think 50 percent of me, and that’s not knocking any other fighter; I’m only speaking for myself, is 100 percent in today’s world of athletics. People in any sport; football, basketball, hockey, I don’t care, golf, I think that people look at me; they should think I’m not the norm. I’m glad to say I’m not the norm doing everything right and everything by the book.
The way I took care of my body after leaving the penitentiary twenty-something years ago, it is discipline, never taking anyone lightly, never having an excuse for not being in shape, not being 20, 30 pounds over my weight and I’m fighting light heavyweight and I’m weighing 205 pounds and I have to train to get the weight off and then train for the fight. That’s not me. I’m letting everybody know there’s no secret out there on me. It’s just discipline and sometimes it’s hard for others and sometimes, it’s not. For me, it’s not.
Q
When will you know when it’s time for you to hang it up?
B. Hopkins
When I get beat up.
Q
I wondering if you watched Mosley/Pacquiao this weekend and like to take on Mosley’s performance, a lot of people are busting his chops really hard saying that they don’t think you really fought to win. I’d like your take on it.
B. Hopkins
I think that at the end of the day, he talked a really good game and he fought. I just think that he would have went out as a winner if he just showed effort to win and not touch gloves every round. So everything works for different people and when people see me in the streets of Philadelphia and they see me coming in again and they see me now, they say “You see the fight Bernard? Why did he keep touching gloves every round?” This is a legitimate question, because that’s strange to average people. These aren’t hard-core boxing people. I say, “That’s a sign of submission.”
It’s called body language and I’m not bragging my upbringing. I was sort of like George but I was a guy in the street when I had that mentality. Some would call it a bully. I don’t brag about being that, and I speak against that now, but when I was younger, they’d see me coming up the street, everybody would go into their houses. Part of that body language of submission is to praise the guy. You don’t want that bully that’s around that corner to take your watch or take your chain or take your wallet. So, you want to be friends with him. You want to be nice with him. So, translate that to boxing. Translate that to the match Saturday.
Listen, if Pascal starts trying to shake my hand every round, I know I got him mentally and now I’ve got to make it happen physically because at the end of the day, we’re fighting. That’s what we do. That’s what changes our lives and my family’s live…to be able to do things for them because we are fighters. So, the referee says, “Shake hands and come out fighting.” He doesn’t say, “Every round shake hands.”
So, when the guy wants to be friends and fight at the same time, everybody else sees it. He submitted early in the fight after the knock down. Something happened and he submitted after that.
Q
You made some comments earlier in this call talking about the accusations that Pascal made concerning what he talked about and charged you with. Do you sort of-I don’t want to say sympathize, but do you have a better understanding of how Manny Pacquiao might have felt when people where talking about what he might or not be doing?
B. Hopkins
I think it’s probably the same. I can say that I hope the other fighters don’t use that as a cop-out to justify what they did or didn’t do the night they fought or the night that they lost. If you win, of course, there’s no room-nobody will make that statement or comment, but I just hope that it doesn’t become a trend for people to punk out of just manning up saying, “Hey, I got a draw and that wasn’t my choice. The judges called it,” and you do it again. That’s fine. I can live with that. You can live with that. But, when the guys start saying, “You cheated, you cheated, you cheated,” with no merit, with no proof, you start thinking…where did you get this?
Q
I’ve been doing some research and one of the things that I found is that you’ve been on the pound-for-pound list for probably 12 years and nobody around has been on that list. I know it’s a subjective list and everybody has their own list, but in doing the research, you’ve been on somebody’s pound per pound list since 1998 or 1999. I mean, they’re not talking about it but how do you feel about that? I mean everybody’s come and gone and you’re still on that list.
B. Hopkins
I feel great about being in that elite group because it took some thought for somebody to analyze all the fighters that are still fighting, maybe not at 40, maybe not in their 30′s, and somehow some had me there and it took some work for me to be there. It took some winning and it took some longevity, but it’s good. I haven’t looked at the pound-for-pound list, to be honest with you in a long time because I think at the end of the day, people have their opinion. On some people’s lists I’m not even there and one of them I believe, is Ring Magazine and that’s probably one of the elite and credible pound-for- pound lists that’s out there now, but, I’m still cool with that. If you stay in the game long enough, there are so many achievements if you are lucky and blessed enough and then you achieve a lot of stuff and you’ll find more and sometimes, you’ll run out.
Like in my case, I hadn’t ran out of finding historic moments to look forward to and one is coming May 21st with the attempt to pass George Foreman’s record. So, it’s an honor to know that our work will still be here and still to be on people’s lists and still be talked about without embarrassing my legacy, embarrassing myself and my family. I really am honored to know that I can still represent in a respectful way.
Q
I would like to know how big is the extra pressure that comes with the fact of trying to beat Foreman’s record.
B. Hopkins
It is very important to me to win the fight first and then let everything else fall in. That’s the first and most important thing that’s on my mind is winning the fight and not the record, because you can’t get the record, if you can’t win the fight. So at the end of the day, I don’t put the cart in front of the horse, I get the horse in front of the cart. Right now, that horse is 12 rounds, if it goes that far, with Pascal in Montreal.
Q
What will be the song that will play when you step into the ring in Montreal? Will it be “My Way”again? And, why?
B. Hopkins
I will be playing one of my traditions that I have been playing for the last six, seven, eight fights and that’s “My Way” by Frank Sinatra. To play that song, there has to be a history behind that person that plays that song.
Q
George spoke of something earlier about the knockout. Is that something that you are definitely going to try to do? Is that part of your fight plan or do you plan to maybe just be in it for the distance?
B. Hopkins
Well, even though I’m a 46-year-old guy in shape, if I can get a guy out of there within one or two rounds, yes, but I mean our coaches always tell us, you don’t go in a fight looking for a knockout because not every punch is a knockout punch. You set these things up and they come as time goes on.
Again, when I go in that ring, I know about being a 20-something year veteran, I know I got a guy hurt. Trust me. I won’t back up and let him survive. I won’t take it easy on him. I won’t just throw punches just to win the round. I want to get the guy out of there. That’s that instinct. You create the knock-out. You make the guy knock himself out by doing things that you want him to do without him knowing it. That’s the seasoned veteran. That comes with time. That comes with education. That comes with experience in the ring and that comes with knowing that knockouts are not forced. Knockouts are created.
Q
On the HBO Face-Off, Jean Pascal claimed you didn’t respect him. Was there anything that he did in the first fight that impressed or even surprised you?
B. Hopkins
At the end of the day, respect is not given. Respect is earned. I’m not going to respect anybody because he signed up and got a license to be a fighter. I’m not going to respect anybody because the only recognizable name he has on his record is Chad Dawson and that happened because of a head butt and they went to the scorecards and he happened to be winning after it looked like he was going to be knocked out.
So, when you say about respect, compared to what I’ve done in the game and what he’s done in the game, he should be paying homage to me. It’s the opposite. He’s not respecting his elder. I am the elder on the block. He’s a young guy that’s on the block and he’s disrespecting the block and I’m telling him to pick the trash up and he’s telling me, “Old man, get in the house and mind your business.” So, I have to come out, take my slippers off, put my teeth in and spank him. That is the respect of the young and the old.
You’ve got to remember this, and anybody that’s past 40 will understand this or older, the old is always threatened by the young. I don’t give a damn if it’s boxing. I don’t care if it’s in your business. We all are victim of that as long as we live to see old or certain age. Sometimes the young win and sometimes the old win, but in my case, May 21st-you will see the old win.
Q
All of us here know that you are the grand master of head games. Have you sensed a crack in Pascal’s mindset during all the media buildup to this fight?
B. Hopkins
I think he showed it himself. I think he’s showed it himself by bringing up something that can cost him a lot of money later on and that’s allegations that totally is from way out north, but just by that in itself, this stuff from the first fight, that completely had me saying, “Wait a minute, this guy, is he serious?” Or is he just that ignorant? Is he just that green?” I’ve been blessed to have been around all kinds of people. I’m around young people all day in the gym, so I understand certain mentalities, but I’m not shocked to a point where I see these things because I understand the different era. I’m in a different era. Even in the streets of Philadelphia, the young are totally different than when I was coming up. It’s a whole new different mindset in today’s world from the boxing world through society. We all know that.
I just take it as the guy that’s really scared to death, but dangerous, but in the same token, because of ignorance, he can be extremely dangerous. So, I do not underestimate him. I do not look at it as an easy fight. I look at it as a scared, young guy who is high on himself and he wants to be great, but he doesn’t want to pay the time.
Q
You were talking about if you win, should you win, which most of us believe you will, you have a three fight deal with HBO and you were going to name, in addition to Chad Dawson, other guys you would like to fight. Is that accurate first of all and then also could you name guys beyond Chad Dawson you would try to fight?
B. Hopkins
Yes, that’s definitely accurate. The winner of Chad Dawson-Adrian Diaconu fight would be a fight that would happen in the fall. Then, I would love to fight, if he is done with his contract over there at Showtime, I’d love to go back to Canada and I’d love to fight Bute and then if there’s another optional fight there, maybe the winner of the Super Six. That would be over by then and I assume the winner of that would be freed up to do something. To me, that will be really representing Archie Moore in a big way.
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BERNARD HOPKINS SPECIAL INTERNATIONAL MEDIA CONFERENCE CALL
Q
Bernard, I think we all know that you should have already made history, back in December. It was not a good decision. I think most of us know that you won that fight. That said, what would this mean to you to break George’s record? What would it mean to boxing overall?
B. Hopkins
For me, personally, it’s a great achievement to be still doing what I do at a high level and to be able to do it and make history at the same time. Now that I’m here, it’s more appreciated to me to last this long in the game. This is a game where if you get 10 years out of this sport, you’re considered lucky. So, to get two decades and come upon history at least four or five times in my career with the defenses as a middleweight and of course, I beat Tarver to become the only middleweight to become a light heavyweight champion. I mean, you put all this stuff together and then you look at what I’m ready to do now, next Saturday, with the opportunity to surpass George Foreman with 190 days outside of when he beat the Michael Moorer. As Jim Lampley said, “It happened; it happened on HBO.”
I mean, you say Archie Moore, you say Bernard Hopkins. I consider it-and he was one of the greats also that accomplished a great achievement in his forties. So it is surreal that Archie Moore, if you know anything about history, which I believe you do, fought in Montreal, Canada and he fought Durelle in Canada for the championship after getting knocked down once or twice. He came back and won that fight. Archie Moore was victorious.
I get a chance to follow those footsteps. For anybody who’s listening, do your research. You’ll see I’m correct. I’m a veteran. I know how to have patience through the next ten days of [preparation for] combat. So I’m ready. I’m ready mentally; I’m ready physically. I can’t worry about what they did last fight. That’s the past, but it’s the reminder that I’ve been down this road before. I get a chance to-not redeem myself, but I get a chance to make their wrong become my right.
Q
I don’t know if you were listening to George’s comments before you came on to the call, but he talked about that…no judges. You need a knock-out to win the fight. He seemed pretty adamant about the fact that you need to go for the knock-out. Don’t leave it in the judge’s hands. I know you probably knew that was the case last time with what happened in the first fight. What are your thoughts about the possibility that you might need to get the knock-out just to make sure there’s absolutely zero question about what will happen to this fight next Saturday?
B. Hopkins
I would love to go in there and get my knockout. That would stop my drought. The last time I had a knockout was Oscar de la Hoya. I’ve been in a drought for many years, but I’ll take a good beat-down, sort of like a William Joppy type of beat-down. It’d probably be better for Pascal to get knocked out than take a 12-round beating because we know that everybody that fought, well, not everybody, but most of the young fighters that were in the ring with me for more than eight to ten rounds weren’t the same after that. I don’t have to mention any names, we know who they are.
My thing is to execute. If I win every round and fight every round, it’s like you win the fight. You win the fight. Beat this guy up. You just make it seem one-sided. I’m looking to put that type of performance on. The only way to do that is to put the pressure on Pascal. I don’t believe he can fight backing up. I believe that, when you’re going to a target, things can happen. I’m aware of that.
As you said, the last fight when we talked-to let you know I remembered-you said, “Why didn’t you fight like that a long time ago?” I said, “I wouldn’t be here if I did.” I tell you what. You’re going to see, I take that as an honest question because, at the end of the day, I’m at that point now where I’m going to bring on some Philadelphia fight to that town in that ring in Montreal. I’m going to press and I’m going to back him up. I’m going to make him fight and that’s why this fight is going to be one of the best fights that HBO had on World Championship Boxing. I know they’re going to do major ratings because it’s going to be a fight that people are going to talk about between now and then.
After last Saturday, I think the boxing fans deserve a nice knockdown, drag out fight. I’m willing to do my part. That’s all I can say to everybody who’s listening. I know you all heard promises and what people are going to do. I’ve been part of that, but my style is my style, but I promise, that what you all will see next Saturday, like last fight, it’s going to be way out of character. That doesn’t mean I’m not going to be smart, I’m not going to stick to the game plan, but you’re going to see the old Philadelphia Bernard Hopkins, old Philadelphia history from the Benny Driscoll, to Willy “The Worm” [Monroe], the Cyclone of Hearts-and I could go on and on and on. That’s going to be next Saturday. You all are going to enjoy a great, historic fight.
Q
Bernard, I wanted to ask you one thing about your training camp situation. Nazim Richardson, obviously, your trainer has been with Shane Mosley for many weeks, getting him ready for last week’s fight with Pacquiao. I talked to him when I was in Las Vegas. He said he kept in touch with [assistant trainer] Danny [Davis] on the telephone. He paid a visit to the training camp during the course of the camp, but how was it to go through the camp and not have him back until these last two weeks? I mean, was there anything, and he says you’re such a veteran it didn’t make a difference, but what are your thoughts about having Naazim away from most of your training camp?
B. Hopkins
I told Naazim I’m going to give him my cell phone bill because he called me every other day. So, I got a cell phone bill for over five G’s. So, Naazim and I have done this more than one time. Naazim knows, and you know, I run my own ship. I mean, it’s no secret to people that have known me for boxing. You’ve known me over 10 years. I basically run my own thing. I was comfortable with it.
Naazim had an opportunity to fight on that big stage like that. Of course, physically, he can’t go in and fight, but he’s here now. Trust me; if you saw my cell phone bill. I don’t know what Danny’s cell phone bill will look like and I’m not paying for it, but I know that Naazim’s been making sure that I don’t overdo it and making sure, because you know I say I run three miles and I run five. So, it’s been good.
We add a little adjustment here, a little adjustment there. Again, you used the word veteran. I would never put my situation there where I know everything, but I keep it honest with me and my mind and my mental state, but I know how to take orders from a person that I respect because you have to respect him. I’ll be fine. We’ll be fine. Everything was good.
Q
You seem to have developed a pretty healthy dislike for Pascal based on some of the things he said. Is that a real dislike or is that just hype for the fight? Can you talk about that?
B. Hopkins
I said a lot of things about my opponents to get in their head, but I never said an opponent cheated. I never said a person did anything to win a fight, outside of the ring or inside of the ring, but that becomes a part of the game, but it’s just part of a person’s being intimidated or just not knowing what to say. A lot of it had to do with this…you have to say something to justify what you didn’t do, but there are repercussions. I mean, when you’re younger, you say things. Your parents will smack you on your hand or give you a punishment or something like that, but we are accountable for what we say and what we do. Come May 21st, I will take care of the physical part of it and then, I’ll let my people take care of the other part of it.
I don’t have to tell you what that means and I don’t want to get into it, but at the end of the day, I’ve always been a guy that speaks about health awareness and speaks about how if you take care of your body yesterday, you’ll have something tomorrow. You take care of your money now; you’ll have something in the future. It’s the same concept. If you’re a guy that likes to spend, eventually you’re going to be broke.
So, it’s no different than the way I treat my life in the way I act, in the way I think, in the way I deal with my family. It’s the same thing. When things are being questioned about what I have done for all of these years and my credibility and my hard work, there are repercussions beyond that. I’m going to take care of business next Saturday and then we deal with the other stuff later.
Q
How much tougher is it to train for a fight at 46 than it was at 36 or 26?
B. Hopkins
For me, it isn’t tough at all. Just, basically, they have to pull me back. Naazim Richardson continued to call me from [Big Bear and] Vegas. We had an alternate guy that came up with Naazim in his late fifties named Moses who was sort of like Danny’s eyes and ears. He trained also in Philadelphia, but he never got the notoriety because he never had the athlete to take him that far to get it.
I’ve been in good hands with Danny Davis, but the only thing is to have me not overdo what I have loved to do for two decades. I like to train. I like to run. I like to eat the right foods. This is a habit. It’s a good when you’ve got good habits, it makes everybody’s job easier. Of course, sometimes I have aches and pains or I have a lot of rub-in muscle cream in my medicine cabinet, but other than that, 20 years of boxing as a professional since I was nine years old as an amateur, you’re going to have these things as time goes on.
I think 50 percent of me, and that’s not knocking any other fighter; I’m only speaking for myself, is 100 percent in today’s world of athletics. People in any sport; football, basketball, hockey, I don’t care, golf, I think that people look at me; they should think I’m not the norm. I’m glad to say I’m not the norm doing everything right and everything by the book.
The way I took care of my body after leaving the penitentiary twenty-something years ago, it is discipline, never taking anyone lightly, never having an excuse for not being in shape, not being 20, 30 pounds over my weight and I’m fighting light heavyweight and I’m weighing 205 pounds and I have to train to get the weight off and then train for the fight. That’s not me. I’m letting everybody know there’s no secret out there on me. It’s just discipline and sometimes it’s hard for others and sometimes, it’s not. For me, it’s not.
Q
When will you know when it’s time for you to hang it up?
B. Hopkins
When I get beat up.
Q
I wondering if you watched Mosley/Pacquiao this weekend and like to take on Mosley’s performance, a lot of people are busting his chops really hard saying that they don’t think you really fought to win. I’d like your take on it.
B. Hopkins
I think that at the end of the day, he talked a really good game and he fought. I just think that he would have went out as a winner if he just showed effort to win and not touch gloves every round. So everything works for different people and when people see me in the streets of Philadelphia and they see me coming in again and they see me now, they say “You see the fight Bernard? Why did he keep touching gloves every round?” This is a legitimate question, because that’s strange to average people. These aren’t hard-core boxing people. I say, “That’s a sign of submission.”
It’s called body language and I’m not bragging my upbringing. I was sort of like George but I was a guy in the street when I had that mentality. Some would call it a bully. I don’t brag about being that, and I speak against that now, but when I was younger, they’d see me coming up the street, everybody would go into their houses. Part of that body language of submission is to praise the guy. You don’t want that bully that’s around that corner to take your watch or take your chain or take your wallet. So, you want to be friends with him. You want to be nice with him. So, translate that to boxing. Translate that to the match Saturday.
Listen, if Pascal starts trying to shake my hand every round, I know I got him mentally and now I’ve got to make it happen physically because at the end of the day, we’re fighting. That’s what we do. That’s what changes our lives and my family’s live…to be able to do things for them because we are fighters. So, the referee says, “Shake hands and come out fighting.” He doesn’t say, “Every round shake hands.”
So, when the guy wants to be friends and fight at the same time, everybody else sees it. He submitted early in the fight after the knock down. Something happened and he submitted after that.
Q
You made some comments earlier in this call talking about the accusations that Pascal made concerning what he talked about and charged you with. Do you sort of-I don’t want to say sympathize, but do you have a better understanding of how Manny Pacquiao might have felt when people where talking about what he might or not be doing?
B. Hopkins
I think it’s probably the same. I can say that I hope the other fighters don’t use that as a cop-out to justify what they did or didn’t do the night they fought or the night that they lost. If you win, of course, there’s no room-nobody will make that statement or comment, but I just hope that it doesn’t become a trend for people to punk out of just manning up saying, “Hey, I got a draw and that wasn’t my choice. The judges called it,” and you do it again. That’s fine. I can live with that. You can live with that. But, when the guys start saying, “You cheated, you cheated, you cheated,” with no merit, with no proof, you start thinking…where did you get this?
Q
I’ve been doing some research and one of the things that I found is that you’ve been on the pound-for-pound list for probably 12 years and nobody around has been on that list. I know it’s a subjective list and everybody has their own list, but in doing the research, you’ve been on somebody’s pound per pound list since 1998 or 1999. I mean, they’re not talking about it but how do you feel about that? I mean everybody’s come and gone and you’re still on that list.
B. Hopkins
I feel great about being in that elite group because it took some thought for somebody to analyze all the fighters that are still fighting, maybe not at 40, maybe not in their 30′s, and somehow some had me there and it took some work for me to be there. It took some winning and it took some longevity, but it’s good. I haven’t looked at the pound-for-pound list, to be honest with you in a long time because I think at the end of the day, people have their opinion. On some people’s lists I’m not even there and one of them I believe, is Ring Magazine and that’s probably one of the elite and credible pound-for- pound lists that’s out there now, but, I’m still cool with that. If you stay in the game long enough, there are so many achievements if you are lucky and blessed enough and then you achieve a lot of stuff and you’ll find more and sometimes, you’ll run out.
Like in my case, I hadn’t ran out of finding historic moments to look forward to and one is coming May 21st with the attempt to pass George Foreman’s record. So, it’s an honor to know that our work will still be here and still to be on people’s lists and still be talked about without embarrassing my legacy, embarrassing myself and my family. I really am honored to know that I can still represent in a respectful way.
Q
I would like to know how big is the extra pressure that comes with the fact of trying to beat Foreman’s record.
B. Hopkins
It is very important to me to win the fight first and then let everything else fall in. That’s the first and most important thing that’s on my mind is winning the fight and not the record, because you can’t get the record, if you can’t win the fight. So at the end of the day, I don’t put the cart in front of the horse, I get the horse in front of the cart. Right now, that horse is 12 rounds, if it goes that far, with Pascal in Montreal.
Q
What will be the song that will play when you step into the ring in Montreal? Will it be “My Way”again? And, why?
B. Hopkins
I will be playing one of my traditions that I have been playing for the last six, seven, eight fights and that’s “My Way” by Frank Sinatra. To play that song, there has to be a history behind that person that plays that song.
Q
George spoke of something earlier about the knockout. Is that something that you are definitely going to try to do? Is that part of your fight plan or do you plan to maybe just be in it for the distance?
B. Hopkins
Well, even though I’m a 46-year-old guy in shape, if I can get a guy out of there within one or two rounds, yes, but I mean our coaches always tell us, you don’t go in a fight looking for a knockout because not every punch is a knockout punch. You set these things up and they come as time goes on.
Again, when I go in that ring, I know about being a 20-something year veteran, I know I got a guy hurt. Trust me. I won’t back up and let him survive. I won’t take it easy on him. I won’t just throw punches just to win the round. I want to get the guy out of there. That’s that instinct. You create the knock-out. You make the guy knock himself out by doing things that you want him to do without him knowing it. That’s the seasoned veteran. That comes with time. That comes with education. That comes with experience in the ring and that comes with knowing that knockouts are not forced. Knockouts are created.
Q
On the HBO Face-Off, Jean Pascal claimed you didn’t respect him. Was there anything that he did in the first fight that impressed or even surprised you?
B. Hopkins
At the end of the day, respect is not given. Respect is earned. I’m not going to respect anybody because he signed up and got a license to be a fighter. I’m not going to respect anybody because the only recognizable name he has on his record is Chad Dawson and that happened because of a head butt and they went to the scorecards and he happened to be winning after it looked like he was going to be knocked out.
So, when you say about respect, compared to what I’ve done in the game and what he’s done in the game, he should be paying homage to me. It’s the opposite. He’s not respecting his elder. I am the elder on the block. He’s a young guy that’s on the block and he’s disrespecting the block and I’m telling him to pick the trash up and he’s telling me, “Old man, get in the house and mind your business.” So, I have to come out, take my slippers off, put my teeth in and spank him. That is the respect of the young and the old.
You’ve got to remember this, and anybody that’s past 40 will understand this or older, the old is always threatened by the young. I don’t give a damn if it’s boxing. I don’t care if it’s in your business. We all are victim of that as long as we live to see old or certain age. Sometimes the young win and sometimes the old win, but in my case, May 21st-you will see the old win.
Q
All of us here know that you are the grand master of head games. Have you sensed a crack in Pascal’s mindset during all the media buildup to this fight?
B. Hopkins
I think he showed it himself. I think he’s showed it himself by bringing up something that can cost him a lot of money later on and that’s allegations that totally is from way out north, but just by that in itself, this stuff from the first fight, that completely had me saying, “Wait a minute, this guy, is he serious?” Or is he just that ignorant? Is he just that green?” I’ve been blessed to have been around all kinds of people. I’m around young people all day in the gym, so I understand certain mentalities, but I’m not shocked to a point where I see these things because I understand the different era. I’m in a different era. Even in the streets of Philadelphia, the young are totally different than when I was coming up. It’s a whole new different mindset in today’s world from the boxing world through society. We all know that.
I just take it as the guy that’s really scared to death, but dangerous, but in the same token, because of ignorance, he can be extremely dangerous. So, I do not underestimate him. I do not look at it as an easy fight. I look at it as a scared, young guy who is high on himself and he wants to be great, but he doesn’t want to pay the time.
Q
You were talking about if you win, should you win, which most of us believe you will, you have a three fight deal with HBO and you were going to name, in addition to Chad Dawson, other guys you would like to fight. Is that accurate first of all and then also could you name guys beyond Chad Dawson you would try to fight?
B. Hopkins
Yes, that’s definitely accurate. The winner of Chad Dawson-Adrian Diaconu fight would be a fight that would happen in the fall. Then, I would love to fight, if he is done with his contract over there at Showtime, I’d love to go back to Canada and I’d love to fight Bute and then if there’s another optional fight there, maybe the winner of the Super Six. That would be over by then and I assume the winner of that would be freed up to do something. To me, that will be really representing Archie Moore in a big way.
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BERNARD "The Executioner" HOPKINS,
George Foreman,
Jean Pascal
Welterweight contender Joel "Love Child" Julio takes on tough Antoine Smith when Brick City Boxing Series May 20th
Main Events CEO, Kathy Duva, confirmed a May 20th junior middleweight bout featuring Joel Julio (36-4, 31KOs) vs. Antwone Smith (20-2-1, 12KOs). The fight will be the main event in the next installment of the Main Events Brick City Boxing Series, held in the intimate boxing club environment of Prudential Center's AmeriHealth Pavilion, Newark, New Jersey. The fight will be broadcast on ESPN 2, 9-11pm EST. The fight is promoted by Main Events in association with DiBella Entertainment. Local fighter favorites to be featured on the undercard include: Sadam "World Kid' Ali of Brooklyn, NY; Jose "Mangu" Peralta of Jersey City, NJ; Vinny O'Brien of East Hanover, NJ; and Tyrone Luckey of Middletown, NJ.
"Julio and Smith is a perfect fight to headline the next installment of the Brick City Boxing Series at Prudential's AmeriHealth Pavilion," said Duva."Two extremely popular fighters who are at a crossroads in their careers will meet in a significant bout that might very well determine both of their futures. The winner likely will go on to challenge for the world title in what has become a wide open welterweight division. A great deal is on the line and, as always, the fans can expect another great night of Brick City excitement and entertainment in the ring."
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"Julio and Smith is a perfect fight to headline the next installment of the Brick City Boxing Series at Prudential's AmeriHealth Pavilion," said Duva."Two extremely popular fighters who are at a crossroads in their careers will meet in a significant bout that might very well determine both of their futures. The winner likely will go on to challenge for the world title in what has become a wide open welterweight division. A great deal is on the line and, as always, the fans can expect another great night of Brick City excitement and entertainment in the ring."
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Antwone Smith,
Joel Julio,
Kathy Duva,
Sadam "World Kid' Ali,
Tyrone Luckey,
Vinny O'Brien
Friday, May 13, 2011
LIGHTWEIGHT PROSPECTS SHARIF BOGERE, RAY BELTRAN; HEAVYWEIGHTS SETH MITCHELL, EVANS QUINN ON DISPLAY FRIDAY May 13 Live on SHOWTIME, 11:05 p.m
Up-and-coming and unbeaten lightweight prospect Sharif “The Lion” Bogere (19-0, 12 KOs) of Las Vegas, Nev., weighed in at 134 pounds and his opponent “Sugar” Raymundo Beltran (24-4, 16 KOs) of North Hollywood, Calif., at 135 pounds during Thursday’s weigh in from Buffalo Bill’s Star of the Desert Arena in Primm, Nev., just a day before they battle in a 10-round lightweight matchup Friday, May 13, LIVE on ShoBox: the New Generation on SHOWTIME (11:05 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West coast).
In the co-feature, American heavyweight Seth “Mayhem” Mitchell (21-0-1, 15 KOs) of Bradywine, Md., and Nicaraguan Evans “The Sandman” Quinn (20-5-1, 18 KOs) of Bluefields, Nicaragua, had to be separated when the two squared off because Quinn shoved his fist near Mitchell's face. The former Michigan State University linebacker Mitchell, who weighed in at 245 pounds, will take on Quinn, who tipped the scales at 217 pounds, in a 10-round heavyweight affair.
The card is presented by Golden Boy Promotions and is sponsored by Corona and DeWalt Tools. Doors open at 5:30 p.m PT, the first bell rings at 6:30 p.m PT and the ShoBox broadcast begins at 11:05pm ET / PT.
What the fighters had to say on Thursday:
SHARIF BOGERE
"I know Beltran's tough. I know he trains with Manny (Pacquiao). But I don't care. I'm going to take it tomorrow.”
RAY BELTRAN
"Coming in as the opponent feeds my motivation. This is a challenge and it's time to prove what I can do. They take me lightly. Manny people have.
“I've been knocking on doors. A lot of us fighters have been. So I'll show the world that we've been disrespected. I'll show them they are wrong. This is my shot on SHOWTIME, on national TV.”
SETH “MAYHEM” MITCHELL
“I'm focused on business, on taking care of my opponent. But I understand that I need to look good on SHOWTIME.
“(Quinn's) head games will not affect my game plan. It gets me going.
“I am honored to for the title (of best American heavyweight prospect). But I take it in stride. My success thus far hasn't surprised me.”
EVANS “THE SANDMAN” QUINN
"Nicaraguans are fighters. We are warriors. That's why I am the way I am.
“I always keep my game plan. I don't take away that (Mitchell) could be an American hero. He could be whatever he wants to be. I just plan to take away the fight. I will win.”s
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In the co-feature, American heavyweight Seth “Mayhem” Mitchell (21-0-1, 15 KOs) of Bradywine, Md., and Nicaraguan Evans “The Sandman” Quinn (20-5-1, 18 KOs) of Bluefields, Nicaragua, had to be separated when the two squared off because Quinn shoved his fist near Mitchell's face. The former Michigan State University linebacker Mitchell, who weighed in at 245 pounds, will take on Quinn, who tipped the scales at 217 pounds, in a 10-round heavyweight affair.
The card is presented by Golden Boy Promotions and is sponsored by Corona and DeWalt Tools. Doors open at 5:30 p.m PT, the first bell rings at 6:30 p.m PT and the ShoBox broadcast begins at 11:05pm ET / PT.
What the fighters had to say on Thursday:
SHARIF BOGERE
"I know Beltran's tough. I know he trains with Manny (Pacquiao). But I don't care. I'm going to take it tomorrow.”
RAY BELTRAN
"Coming in as the opponent feeds my motivation. This is a challenge and it's time to prove what I can do. They take me lightly. Manny people have.
“I've been knocking on doors. A lot of us fighters have been. So I'll show the world that we've been disrespected. I'll show them they are wrong. This is my shot on SHOWTIME, on national TV.”
SETH “MAYHEM” MITCHELL
“I'm focused on business, on taking care of my opponent. But I understand that I need to look good on SHOWTIME.
“(Quinn's) head games will not affect my game plan. It gets me going.
“I am honored to for the title (of best American heavyweight prospect). But I take it in stride. My success thus far hasn't surprised me.”
EVANS “THE SANDMAN” QUINN
"Nicaraguans are fighters. We are warriors. That's why I am the way I am.
“I always keep my game plan. I don't take away that (Mitchell) could be an American hero. He could be whatever he wants to be. I just plan to take away the fight. I will win.”s
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“Sugar” Raymundo Beltran,
Evans “The Sandman” Quinn,
Seth “Mayhem” Mitchell,
Sharif “The Lion” Bogere
Thursday, May 12, 2011
Andre Ward vs. Arthur Abraham: The Super Six Semifinals featuring Ward vs. Abraham fight will air LIVE Saturday May 14th on SHOWTIME® @10 p.m
The Super Six Middleweight Tournament continues this weekend with a featured matchup between 2004 Olympic Gold Medalist Andre Ward and the German, hard-punching Arthur Abraham.
Ward (23-0, 13 KO) defeated Mikkel Kessler and Allan Green to earn a spot in the semifinals of the Showtime tournament. Abraham (32-2, 26 KO) rebounded from his two-fight losing streak to Carl Froch and Andre Dirrell to earn a win against an overmatched opponent earlier this year. His knockout win over Jermain Taylor in 2009 is his lone tournament victory.
The winner of this fight will face the winner of June's bout between Carl Froch and Glen Johnson.
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Ward (23-0, 13 KO) defeated Mikkel Kessler and Allan Green to earn a spot in the semifinals of the Showtime tournament. Abraham (32-2, 26 KO) rebounded from his two-fight losing streak to Carl Froch and Andre Dirrell to earn a win against an overmatched opponent earlier this year. His knockout win over Jermain Taylor in 2009 is his lone tournament victory.
The winner of this fight will face the winner of June's bout between Carl Froch and Glen Johnson.
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Allan Green,
Andre Ward,
Arthur Abraham,
Mikkel Kessler
Ward vs. Abraham Presser Ward’s Trainer To Abraham: “Your promoters have lost confidence in you.” Abraham To Ward’s Camp: “Talk Doesn’t Matter – I’m
The final press conference for the kickoff of the Semifinals of the Super Six World Boxing Classic turned tense on Wednesday at Arnie Morton’s The Steakhouse in Burbank, Calif., just three days before tournament favorite Andre Ward defends his WBA super middleweight title against former world champion Arthur Abraham, LIVE on SHOWTIME® (10 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast) from The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif.
In a detailed and lengthy speech, Ward’s trainer, Virgil Hunter, told Abraham that his trainer and promoters are displaying a lack of confidence in him to win on Saturday by demanding neutral judges and officials for the Semifinal showdown. Abraham’s promoter responded that they were trying to protect their fighter and claimed that the referee in the Ward-Mikkel Kessler Group Stage 1 bout did not fairly officiate the match.
The Ward-Abraham winner advances to the tournament Final against the winner of the Carl Froch-Glen Johnson Semifinals showdown. The tournament champion earns the inaugural Super Six World Boxing Classic Cup and global recognition as the world’s No. 1 168-pound fighter.
The 2004 Olympic Gold Medalist, Ward (23-0, 13 KOs), of Oakland, Calif., has emerged as the tournament favorite after impressive triumphs in Group Stage bouts over Kessler and Allan Green, as well as Sakio Bika.
Abraham (32-2, 26 KOs) entered the Super Six as a favorite alongside Kessler. But after emerging from Group Stage 1 as the points leader with a knockout over Jermain Taylor, he is now trying to bounce back from consecutive tournament losses to Andre Dirrell and Froch in Group Stages 2 and 3, respectively.
ANDRE WARD:
“I’m born and raised here in America and I don’t talk that much. I think everyone in this room understands that. There’s not much else to say. I’ve prepared the way I’m supposed to prepare, the way a champion is supposed to prepare.
“I respect Arthur Abraham, it’s going to be a tough fight. I want to be a great fighter, but I’m not there yet. These are the kind of fights that you have to take and you have to win to be a great fighter.
“I won’t hear the crowd, I won’t hear anybody on Saturday night. I’m locked in. I’m here to defend my belt and to keep my belt right here in America.”
“My first goal is to win and I know winning in this sport takes care of a lot of problems.
“Sugar Ray Leonard came from a totally different time. Fighting on the network that he fought on, having Howard Cosell, it was just a totally different ballgame. Oscar De La Hoya had the Hispanic community and different things like that, so you have to look at those situations because I’m in a different time. It might be a little bit harder to get the exposure and the just due.”
“At the end of the day, the way my father raised me was to put my nose down to the grindstone and keep working and allow God to open those doors in due season. So I’ve never begged for it and I’ve never demanded it. I just have to understand that I have to keep working and it will come. ”
“I appreciate everyone who attends the fights, but it comes down to going home and kissing my wife and kids, keeping my title and moving on with my career. But with that being said, I think I take the risks I’m supposed to take. I think I do what I’m supposed to, but if you get enough people saying one thing, people start to believe it. I think my fight with Kessler was a very entertaining fight but it’s not me taking punishment so people think it’s not entertaining. From a little boy, I was never taught to get the best bout trophy, I was always taught to get the best fighter of the night. That’s the way it is because whoever I am when my career is said and done, nobody’s going home with me.”
“My coach has always taught me from day one, he’s always wanted me to be a master and masters are able to fight into their late 30s and early 40s like Bernard Hopkins and Glen Johnson. I’m just going to continue to naturally evolve and I hope everyone enjoys my fights. But, ultimately, it’s about winning in this sport. “
ARTHUR ABRAHAM:
“I don’t have to speak much. We just want to perform in the ring and we don’t have to do much talking. We’re here to win in the ring.
“Of course my trainer and my promoter respect me. There’s no question of that. In Europe, we don’t talk very much. I’m here to win.
“I have a lot of respect for Andre Ward. He’s a technically sound boxer. But that talk doesn’t matter when we get in the ring on Saturday. I’m here to win and I’m here to destroy him.
“I’m very happy to be part of this tournament. This tournament started well for me and it will end well.
“I had to make some adjustments to my style for moving from middleweight to super middleweight and then we had to make some more after the losses. We have made the necessary adjustments.”
VIRGIL HUNTER, Ward’s Trainer:
“I’ve been appalled as some of the things that have happened to this point. If Andre wasn’t perceived as a threat, I don’t believe we would have ever heard complaints about the referees like we have. Andre Ward still to this point has not gotten the recognition that he deserves.
“Arthur, this is to you: By complaining about the officials, your promoters are saying they have lost confidence in you. Don’t let anyone speak to you about the officials. Your promoters have lost confidence in you. It’s as simple as that.”
JAMES PRINCE, Ward’s Manager:
“We have respect for Arthur Abraham and his accomplishments in boxing, but come Saturday it’s going to get real hot in the ring. You were a great fighter at 160 pounds but I feel like your advisors have tricked you into placing you into a different weight division where you don’t belong. I want to extend my warmest hospitality and welcome you to the States, but that’s where it ends.”
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In a detailed and lengthy speech, Ward’s trainer, Virgil Hunter, told Abraham that his trainer and promoters are displaying a lack of confidence in him to win on Saturday by demanding neutral judges and officials for the Semifinal showdown. Abraham’s promoter responded that they were trying to protect their fighter and claimed that the referee in the Ward-Mikkel Kessler Group Stage 1 bout did not fairly officiate the match.
The Ward-Abraham winner advances to the tournament Final against the winner of the Carl Froch-Glen Johnson Semifinals showdown. The tournament champion earns the inaugural Super Six World Boxing Classic Cup and global recognition as the world’s No. 1 168-pound fighter.
The 2004 Olympic Gold Medalist, Ward (23-0, 13 KOs), of Oakland, Calif., has emerged as the tournament favorite after impressive triumphs in Group Stage bouts over Kessler and Allan Green, as well as Sakio Bika.
Abraham (32-2, 26 KOs) entered the Super Six as a favorite alongside Kessler. But after emerging from Group Stage 1 as the points leader with a knockout over Jermain Taylor, he is now trying to bounce back from consecutive tournament losses to Andre Dirrell and Froch in Group Stages 2 and 3, respectively.
ANDRE WARD:
“I’m born and raised here in America and I don’t talk that much. I think everyone in this room understands that. There’s not much else to say. I’ve prepared the way I’m supposed to prepare, the way a champion is supposed to prepare.
“I respect Arthur Abraham, it’s going to be a tough fight. I want to be a great fighter, but I’m not there yet. These are the kind of fights that you have to take and you have to win to be a great fighter.
“I won’t hear the crowd, I won’t hear anybody on Saturday night. I’m locked in. I’m here to defend my belt and to keep my belt right here in America.”
“My first goal is to win and I know winning in this sport takes care of a lot of problems.
“Sugar Ray Leonard came from a totally different time. Fighting on the network that he fought on, having Howard Cosell, it was just a totally different ballgame. Oscar De La Hoya had the Hispanic community and different things like that, so you have to look at those situations because I’m in a different time. It might be a little bit harder to get the exposure and the just due.”
“At the end of the day, the way my father raised me was to put my nose down to the grindstone and keep working and allow God to open those doors in due season. So I’ve never begged for it and I’ve never demanded it. I just have to understand that I have to keep working and it will come. ”
“I appreciate everyone who attends the fights, but it comes down to going home and kissing my wife and kids, keeping my title and moving on with my career. But with that being said, I think I take the risks I’m supposed to take. I think I do what I’m supposed to, but if you get enough people saying one thing, people start to believe it. I think my fight with Kessler was a very entertaining fight but it’s not me taking punishment so people think it’s not entertaining. From a little boy, I was never taught to get the best bout trophy, I was always taught to get the best fighter of the night. That’s the way it is because whoever I am when my career is said and done, nobody’s going home with me.”
“My coach has always taught me from day one, he’s always wanted me to be a master and masters are able to fight into their late 30s and early 40s like Bernard Hopkins and Glen Johnson. I’m just going to continue to naturally evolve and I hope everyone enjoys my fights. But, ultimately, it’s about winning in this sport. “
ARTHUR ABRAHAM:
“I don’t have to speak much. We just want to perform in the ring and we don’t have to do much talking. We’re here to win in the ring.
“Of course my trainer and my promoter respect me. There’s no question of that. In Europe, we don’t talk very much. I’m here to win.
“I have a lot of respect for Andre Ward. He’s a technically sound boxer. But that talk doesn’t matter when we get in the ring on Saturday. I’m here to win and I’m here to destroy him.
“I’m very happy to be part of this tournament. This tournament started well for me and it will end well.
“I had to make some adjustments to my style for moving from middleweight to super middleweight and then we had to make some more after the losses. We have made the necessary adjustments.”
VIRGIL HUNTER, Ward’s Trainer:
“I’ve been appalled as some of the things that have happened to this point. If Andre wasn’t perceived as a threat, I don’t believe we would have ever heard complaints about the referees like we have. Andre Ward still to this point has not gotten the recognition that he deserves.
“Arthur, this is to you: By complaining about the officials, your promoters are saying they have lost confidence in you. Don’t let anyone speak to you about the officials. Your promoters have lost confidence in you. It’s as simple as that.”
JAMES PRINCE, Ward’s Manager:
“We have respect for Arthur Abraham and his accomplishments in boxing, but come Saturday it’s going to get real hot in the ring. You were a great fighter at 160 pounds but I feel like your advisors have tricked you into placing you into a different weight division where you don’t belong. I want to extend my warmest hospitality and welcome you to the States, but that’s where it ends.”
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Photos: Tom Casino / SHOWTIME
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Allan Green,
Andre Dirrell,
Andre Ward,
Arthur Abraham,
Chris Arreola,
Gary Shaw,
Jermain Taylor,
Mikkel Kessler,
Nagy Aguilera
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Andre Ward will defend his WBA Super Middleweight title against former world champion Arthur Abraham on May 14, LIVE on SHOWTIME® at 10 p.m.
Oakland’s Andre Ward will defend his WBA Super Middleweight title against former world champion Arthur Abraham and Cristobal Arreola looks to catapult toward another World Championship opportunity against Nagy Aguilera on May 14, LIVE on SHOWTIME® at 10 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast) from The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif.
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Andre Ward,
Arthur Abraham
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Bernard Hopkins quotes; "Dynasty II: Pascal vs. Hopkins", Saturday, May 21 at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada and will be televised live on HBO's
Bernard Hopkins quotes
Bernard “The Executioner” Hopkins impressed the sports world last December when he challenged Light Heavyweight World Champion Jean Pascal in an attempt to break George Foreman’s record as the oldest fighter in boxing history to win a significant world title. After Hopkins’ December 18, 2010 fight with Pascal ended in a controversial draw decision, Hopkins is looking to make history again in a rematch with Pascal, but this time he will be 192 days older than Foreman was when he beat Michael Moorer for the Heavyweight World Championship on November 5, 1994.
“This [surpassing of George Foreman's record] is a hell of a milestone. This is something that not any old fighter gets to do, or most athletes from any sport for that matter. I am glad to be able to represent that at this stage of my career. I have been able to reach this milestone because of things I have overcome [in my life] and I am motivated by the legacy I will leave.”
“I am already going in a champion. At the Montreal press conference, Pascal was trying to be cute and he gave me his belts. I never gave them back, so I have them in my possession. I just have to make it official next Saturday because I don’t think anyone should have a belt unless they win in the ring.
“Fifty percent of me is always going to be 100 percent [of someone else] in today’s world of athletics. When people look at me, they should think ‘He is not the norm.’
“I don’t know how accidents happen, most accidents aren’t good. This one [my longevity] is a good accident.
“The only way you can get experience is from the clock. Time works with some people and against some people. Fortunately, the clock has worked in my favor.
“The difference between me in my 20′s and me in my 40′s is that I have learned not to waste a lot of energy. When you are young, you are filled with raw emotions and you want to prove that you are the new young lion in the jungle. Pascal is a new lion, but I am the old lion.
“We have a lot of healthy things now that we didn’t have years ago. I get my food at Trader Joe’s and Whole Foods. Joe Louis didn’t have Trader Joe’s. Ali didn’t have Whole Foods. Society is paying attention to what is healthy as compared to what we had years ago and I am taking advantage of that.
“For me, this fight is more about the history than redemption.
“I am the professor and Pascal is the student. Sometimes the student thinks he knows more than the professor. Every now and then, you have to show them that because you know a little doesn’t mean you know as much as the teacher. I think he respects what I have done. He would be a fool not to.
“Fans can expect drama this time around. I am going to throw a lot of punches. I am going to be out of character in the way I fight this fight. It won’t be the Bernard Hopkins people have seen the last couple of years.
“I am going in there with one objective…to win by any legal boxing means necessary and then get out of there with the record broken and the titles won.
“I have been training in downtown Philadelphia to remind myself that I still have to fight like a hungry man that wants something. I had to go back to where I started.
“Right now, I am the Philly franchise. The Flyers are out. The Sixers are out. The Phillies are playing, but it is early in the season. I am the franchise right now and I have delivered more than I have failed. I am going to bring the championship home.
“When I can no longer perform physically and mentally, then I will know I am ready to leave the sport. It is the same thing that happens at any job. You know when it is time to leave. I have too much pride as a man and too much pride for Philly to embarrass myself by staying in boxing too long.”
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Bernard “The Executioner” Hopkins impressed the sports world last December when he challenged Light Heavyweight World Champion Jean Pascal in an attempt to break George Foreman’s record as the oldest fighter in boxing history to win a significant world title. After Hopkins’ December 18, 2010 fight with Pascal ended in a controversial draw decision, Hopkins is looking to make history again in a rematch with Pascal, but this time he will be 192 days older than Foreman was when he beat Michael Moorer for the Heavyweight World Championship on November 5, 1994.
“This [surpassing of George Foreman's record] is a hell of a milestone. This is something that not any old fighter gets to do, or most athletes from any sport for that matter. I am glad to be able to represent that at this stage of my career. I have been able to reach this milestone because of things I have overcome [in my life] and I am motivated by the legacy I will leave.”
“I am already going in a champion. At the Montreal press conference, Pascal was trying to be cute and he gave me his belts. I never gave them back, so I have them in my possession. I just have to make it official next Saturday because I don’t think anyone should have a belt unless they win in the ring.
“Fifty percent of me is always going to be 100 percent [of someone else] in today’s world of athletics. When people look at me, they should think ‘He is not the norm.’
“I don’t know how accidents happen, most accidents aren’t good. This one [my longevity] is a good accident.
“The only way you can get experience is from the clock. Time works with some people and against some people. Fortunately, the clock has worked in my favor.
“The difference between me in my 20′s and me in my 40′s is that I have learned not to waste a lot of energy. When you are young, you are filled with raw emotions and you want to prove that you are the new young lion in the jungle. Pascal is a new lion, but I am the old lion.
“We have a lot of healthy things now that we didn’t have years ago. I get my food at Trader Joe’s and Whole Foods. Joe Louis didn’t have Trader Joe’s. Ali didn’t have Whole Foods. Society is paying attention to what is healthy as compared to what we had years ago and I am taking advantage of that.
“For me, this fight is more about the history than redemption.
“I am the professor and Pascal is the student. Sometimes the student thinks he knows more than the professor. Every now and then, you have to show them that because you know a little doesn’t mean you know as much as the teacher. I think he respects what I have done. He would be a fool not to.
“Fans can expect drama this time around. I am going to throw a lot of punches. I am going to be out of character in the way I fight this fight. It won’t be the Bernard Hopkins people have seen the last couple of years.
“I am going in there with one objective…to win by any legal boxing means necessary and then get out of there with the record broken and the titles won.
“I have been training in downtown Philadelphia to remind myself that I still have to fight like a hungry man that wants something. I had to go back to where I started.
“Right now, I am the Philly franchise. The Flyers are out. The Sixers are out. The Phillies are playing, but it is early in the season. I am the franchise right now and I have delivered more than I have failed. I am going to bring the championship home.
“When I can no longer perform physically and mentally, then I will know I am ready to leave the sport. It is the same thing that happens at any job. You know when it is time to leave. I have too much pride as a man and too much pride for Philly to embarrass myself by staying in boxing too long.”
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BERNARD "The Executioner" HOPKINS,
Jean Pascal
Saturday, May 7, 2011
MAY 7th; Tonight: Pacquiao vs. Mosley Live on PPV, WORLD WELTER WEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP
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MANNY "Pac Man" PACQUIAO,
Sugar Shane Mosley
MIKE TYSON, LAILA ALI, AND JAMIE FOXX AMONG CELEBRITIES ATTENDING PACQUIAO VS. MOSLEY
MIKE TYSON, LAILA ALI, AND JAMIE FOXX AMONG CELEBRITIES ATTENDING PACQUIAO VS. MOSLEY
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JAMIE FOXX,
Laila Ali,
Manny Pacquiao,
Mike Tyson,
Sugar Shane Mosley
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Countdown to PacMosley; Manny Pacquiao vs Shane Mosley, The Battle for Supremac
With the Manny Pacquiao vs. Shane Mosley fight less than a week away, it's safe to say that this could be one of the best fights of the year.
Manny Pacquiao defends his WBO Welterweight title against "Sugar" Shane Mosley Saturday, May 7th at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.
While many see Manny Pacquiao as the heavy favorite in this fight (and rightly so), don’t count out “Sugar” Shane Mosley.
Mosley has nothing to lose at 39-years old—he's just trying to shock the world with what could be one of the most devastating upsets in boxing history.
Pacquiao is considered the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world, but this fight could be a trap. His life's been a roller coaster ride—taking Mosley lightly would be a bad mistake.
May 7 isn't just about Pacquiao vs. Mosley! Wilfredo Vazquez Jr. (20-0-1, 17 KOs) vs. Jorge Arce (56-6-2, 43 KOs) should be an exciting title fight, plus the return of Kelly Pavlik (36-2, 32 KOs) & some strong fighters with just one loss among them in Alfonso Lopez (21-0, 16 KOs), Mike Alvarado (29-0, 21 KOs) & Ray Narh (25-1, 21 KOs)! Should be a great night of boxing.
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Manny Pacquiao defends his WBO Welterweight title against "Sugar" Shane Mosley Saturday, May 7th at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.
While many see Manny Pacquiao as the heavy favorite in this fight (and rightly so), don’t count out “Sugar” Shane Mosley.
Mosley has nothing to lose at 39-years old—he's just trying to shock the world with what could be one of the most devastating upsets in boxing history.
Pacquiao is considered the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world, but this fight could be a trap. His life's been a roller coaster ride—taking Mosley lightly would be a bad mistake.
May 7 isn't just about Pacquiao vs. Mosley! Wilfredo Vazquez Jr. (20-0-1, 17 KOs) vs. Jorge Arce (56-6-2, 43 KOs) should be an exciting title fight, plus the return of Kelly Pavlik (36-2, 32 KOs) & some strong fighters with just one loss among them in Alfonso Lopez (21-0, 16 KOs), Mike Alvarado (29-0, 21 KOs) & Ray Narh (25-1, 21 KOs)! Should be a great night of boxing.
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Labels:Boxing, Events, Fight Sports, MMA,
Bob Arum,
Jorge Arce,
KELLY "The Ghost" PAVLIK,
MANNY "Pac Man" PACQUIAO,
Naazim Richardson,
Ray Narh,
Sugar Shane Mosley,
Top Rank Boxing
Monday, April 25, 2011
Peter ‘Kid Chocolate’ Quillin used ‘Torture’ machine to prepare for Apr. 29 title fight against Jesse Brinkley
Prior to leaving for his Big Bear training camp in final preparation for his April 29th showdown against Jesse Brinkley, undefeated prospect Peter “Kid Chocolate” Quillin used a Vortex machine at his strength-and-conditioning coach Brad Bose’s Anatomy gym in Santa Monica in order to increase his arm strength and power punching.
The 27-year-old Quillin (23-0, 17 KOs), born in Chicago and raised in Grand Rapids (MI), moved a year ago from Brooklyn to LA, where he hooked-up with Roach and started training at his famed Wild Card Gym, in addition to signing an exclusive promotional contract with Golden Boy Promotions.
“Kid Chocolate” headlines an April 29 show against former world title challenger Brinkley (35-6, 22 KOs) in Reno, Nevada, airing on Telefutura in a 10-round bout for the vacant USBO super middleweight title.
The Vortex, according to Bose (www.bosemangement.com), is an intimidating machine to look at, about 6-feet wide and 4 to 5 feet deep. Bose trains a lot of celebrities at his gym, some on The Vortex, including Robert Downing, Jr. for the movie, Ironman, as well as many mixed-martial-arts fighters. Boxers from the Wild Card like Quillin have started taking advantages of this functional training machine.
“The Vortex is unique in that it helps train athletes in more of a sports specific way,” Bose explained. “A lot of training in boxing is kind of old fashioned. The machine can be weighed down with 30 pounds for boxers who throw 1600 to 1800 punches within a five to 12 minute span. It increases their punching strength and speed, as well as get them ready for the later rounds, when a boxer’s arms are fatigued and they can barely hold them up.
“’Kid’ worked on it for six weeks before going to train in high altitude, where this training will also help his body recover faster. I saw quite a difference in him from the first day when he started with 15 pounds on his arms. After six weeks he made it up to 45 pounds for each arm, throwing 200 punches without a rest. A fighter may average 600 punches thrown in a fight. Training on this machine they have 45 pounds for each arm, throwing 200 punches in two minutes, for 20 minutes without resting. Throwing punches in the ring is no big deal because their arms won’t get tired.”
“The Vortex is like a torture machine,” Quillin remarked. “Brad had me throwing 1200 punches with 30-pound weights. I noticed a big difference. I really feel stronger. I’m up at Big Bear now to get used to the altitude for the fight in Reno. Freddie’s my trainer but he’s with Manny (Pacquaio), so I’m working with his assistant, Eric Brown. I work a lot with him and Freddie still oversees everything.”
Brinkley, who is coming off a ninth-round knockout last October in an IBF super middleweight title fight against champion Lucian Bute, will be fighting Quillin at home in Reno. The 34-year-old Brinkley is, perhaps, best known as a participant in the The Contender, Season One reality television show. His most notable victories have been against Otis Griffin, Curtis Stevens, and Joey Gilbert.
“This is the biggest fight of my life,” the personable Quillin remarked. “Brinkley’s coming off his world title fight against Bute and I wanted to find-out how I’d do against Jesse Brinkley. He’s strong, tough and always comes to fight. I want to campaign as a middleweight but walk around between fights weighing like a super middleweight. I took this fight because I couldn’t say no to my first title fight.
“I’m as sharp as a razor. He’s going to have to watch-out for me punching from every angle. I can hurt him with punches to the head or body. Once he punches, I’ll counter-punch. Boxing is a lot like poker, spades or dominos – it can fall either way. I’ll be trying to knockout Jesse Brinkley, but anything can happen, so I’m training to just win and prove that I belong at the elite level.”
For more information about Peter “Kid Chocolate” Quillin go online to www.TheKidChocolate.com or follow him on Twitter @/Kid Chocolate.
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Jesse Brinkley,
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Sunday, April 24, 2011
BERNARD MILLER; MY GRANDPA
Read more about the prizefighter-pugilist and professional trainer at;
http://www.myspace.com/bernardberniemiller
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Bernard Miller,
Keisha Morrisey
Friday, April 22, 2011
The Super Six Semifinals Continue! Carl Froch vs. Glen Johnson on June 4 from Atlantic City on SHOWTIME
THE SEMIFINALS CONTINUE! WBC CHAMPION CARL FROCH DEFENDS AGAINST FORMER WORLD TITLIST GLEN JOHNSON LIVE on SHOWTIME® Saturday, June 4, at 9 p.m.
An opportunity to compete for the inaugural Super Six World Boxing Classic Cup will be on the line when Carl “The Cobra” Froch (27-1, 20 KOs) defends his World Boxing Council (WBC) super middleweight title against former world champion Glen “The Road Warrior” Johnson (51-14-2, 35 KOs) of Miami, Fla., in the last Semifinal of the Super Six World Boxing Classic on Saturday, June 4, live on SHOWTIME® (9 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast) from Adrian Philipps Ballroom of Atlantic City’s Boardwalk Hall.
The Froch-Johnson winner will advance to the Final against the victor of the May 14 Semifinal between World Boxing Association (WBA) champion Andre Ward (23-0, 13 KOs) of Oakland, Calif., and former world champion Arthur Abraham (32-2, 26 KOs), of Berlin, Germany, by way of Armenia. Ward-Abraham will be shown live on SHOWTIME (10 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast) from The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif.
Froch and Johnson are seeded Nos. 2 and 3, respectively, entering the Super Six Semifinals. Ward is seeded No. 1, Abraham No. 4.
In his last start on Nov. 27, 2010, the 33-year-old Froch, of Nottingham, England, manufactured perhaps a career-best performance, recapturing the then-vacant WBC 168-pound crown with a one-sided 12-round decision over Abraham in the final Group Stage 3 bout from Helsinki, Finland. There were no knockdowns but Froch dominated en route to tallying up the lopsided scores of 120-108 twice and 119-109.
Froch is 2-1 in the Super Six. In addition to dismantling Abraham, he won a split decision over Andre Dirrell in Group Stage 1 and lost a tight decision – along with the WBC title – to Mikkel Kessler in back-and-forth Fight of the Year candidate in Group Stage 2.
The Jamaican-born Johnson, a tournament replacement for the injured Mikkel Kessler, advanced with an eighth-round knockout over Allan Green in a Group Stage 3 fight on Nov. 6, 2010, in Las Vegas.
Johnson, 42, a former world light heavyweight champion who was making his first start at 168 pounds in 10 years, was ahead by three points on one of the scorecards and behind by one on the others when a left hook to the body followed by an overhand right to the side of head finished Green at 0:36 in the eighth.
Following Group Stage 3, Froch called Johnson an “old wise fox” and said he expected nothing less than a strong performance from a “great” fighter like Johnson.
"Glen Johnson is a blue-collar fighter who always gives his best and is a gentleman outside of the ring,” said Froch. “He commands respect and I give him respect.”
And the respect is mutual. Johnson offered, “The guy is a two-time champion. You do it once then you can say maybe it’s a little luck but to do it twice you know he deserved it. I have tremendous respect for Carl Froch.”
But the kind words will cease when the bell rings for what should be a fiercely contested 12-round affair. Johnson said of Froch, “I know he has a few weaknesses and I have every intention of exploiting those. I really feel like I’m the favorite right now. I just have to take it one fight at a time.”
Froch added, "I don't just plan on beating him, but I plan on halting him in style. Our styles gel very well for a competitive battle for as long as it lasts and I'm looking forward to it. I have a date in the final of the Super Six and I won't be overlooking Johnson in any shape or form – which will spell bad news for Glen.
"It will be another win for the Cobra, maybe by stoppage as I plan on making another big statement for the SHOWTIME fans."
Both fighters hold the tournament in high regard and covet the value of emerging victorious. Froch opined, “I could win this tournament and retire – that’s what it means. I can win this and say, ‘You know what? I’ve done it. I don’t need to fight anymore.’ I wouldn’t do that – I’ve got a couple of years left in me and there’s some big fights out there for me – but that’s how big this tournament is.”
Johnson recalled, “I know when this [tournament] was first put together I remember thinking to myself, ‘Man, I wish I was a super middleweight.’ But I’m in right now and I’m here to win the entire tournament. I believe I’m in it for a reason and that’s to win it.”
“Glen Johnson and Carl Froch are two of the most fan friendly fighters in boxing, said promoter Lou DiBella. “Both are proven winners who have earned fans the ole fashioned way, by entertaining fans fight after fight. Glen is known as ‘The Road Warrior’ because he isn’t afraid to go to someone else’s turf for a big fight, and Carl’s biggest wins have come outside the UK. Everyone knows that both men will leave it all in the ring in Atlantic City for the right to advance to the Super Six final.”
The event is promoted by DiBella Entertainment, Warriors Boxing and Carl Froch.
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An opportunity to compete for the inaugural Super Six World Boxing Classic Cup will be on the line when Carl “The Cobra” Froch (27-1, 20 KOs) defends his World Boxing Council (WBC) super middleweight title against former world champion Glen “The Road Warrior” Johnson (51-14-2, 35 KOs) of Miami, Fla., in the last Semifinal of the Super Six World Boxing Classic on Saturday, June 4, live on SHOWTIME® (9 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast) from Adrian Philipps Ballroom of Atlantic City’s Boardwalk Hall.
The Froch-Johnson winner will advance to the Final against the victor of the May 14 Semifinal between World Boxing Association (WBA) champion Andre Ward (23-0, 13 KOs) of Oakland, Calif., and former world champion Arthur Abraham (32-2, 26 KOs), of Berlin, Germany, by way of Armenia. Ward-Abraham will be shown live on SHOWTIME (10 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast) from The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif.
Froch and Johnson are seeded Nos. 2 and 3, respectively, entering the Super Six Semifinals. Ward is seeded No. 1, Abraham No. 4.
In his last start on Nov. 27, 2010, the 33-year-old Froch, of Nottingham, England, manufactured perhaps a career-best performance, recapturing the then-vacant WBC 168-pound crown with a one-sided 12-round decision over Abraham in the final Group Stage 3 bout from Helsinki, Finland. There were no knockdowns but Froch dominated en route to tallying up the lopsided scores of 120-108 twice and 119-109.
Froch is 2-1 in the Super Six. In addition to dismantling Abraham, he won a split decision over Andre Dirrell in Group Stage 1 and lost a tight decision – along with the WBC title – to Mikkel Kessler in back-and-forth Fight of the Year candidate in Group Stage 2.
The Jamaican-born Johnson, a tournament replacement for the injured Mikkel Kessler, advanced with an eighth-round knockout over Allan Green in a Group Stage 3 fight on Nov. 6, 2010, in Las Vegas.
Johnson, 42, a former world light heavyweight champion who was making his first start at 168 pounds in 10 years, was ahead by three points on one of the scorecards and behind by one on the others when a left hook to the body followed by an overhand right to the side of head finished Green at 0:36 in the eighth.
Following Group Stage 3, Froch called Johnson an “old wise fox” and said he expected nothing less than a strong performance from a “great” fighter like Johnson.
"Glen Johnson is a blue-collar fighter who always gives his best and is a gentleman outside of the ring,” said Froch. “He commands respect and I give him respect.”
And the respect is mutual. Johnson offered, “The guy is a two-time champion. You do it once then you can say maybe it’s a little luck but to do it twice you know he deserved it. I have tremendous respect for Carl Froch.”
But the kind words will cease when the bell rings for what should be a fiercely contested 12-round affair. Johnson said of Froch, “I know he has a few weaknesses and I have every intention of exploiting those. I really feel like I’m the favorite right now. I just have to take it one fight at a time.”
Froch added, "I don't just plan on beating him, but I plan on halting him in style. Our styles gel very well for a competitive battle for as long as it lasts and I'm looking forward to it. I have a date in the final of the Super Six and I won't be overlooking Johnson in any shape or form – which will spell bad news for Glen.
"It will be another win for the Cobra, maybe by stoppage as I plan on making another big statement for the SHOWTIME fans."
Both fighters hold the tournament in high regard and covet the value of emerging victorious. Froch opined, “I could win this tournament and retire – that’s what it means. I can win this and say, ‘You know what? I’ve done it. I don’t need to fight anymore.’ I wouldn’t do that – I’ve got a couple of years left in me and there’s some big fights out there for me – but that’s how big this tournament is.”
Johnson recalled, “I know when this [tournament] was first put together I remember thinking to myself, ‘Man, I wish I was a super middleweight.’ But I’m in right now and I’m here to win the entire tournament. I believe I’m in it for a reason and that’s to win it.”
“Glen Johnson and Carl Froch are two of the most fan friendly fighters in boxing, said promoter Lou DiBella. “Both are proven winners who have earned fans the ole fashioned way, by entertaining fans fight after fight. Glen is known as ‘The Road Warrior’ because he isn’t afraid to go to someone else’s turf for a big fight, and Carl’s biggest wins have come outside the UK. Everyone knows that both men will leave it all in the ring in Atlantic City for the right to advance to the Super Six final.”
The event is promoted by DiBella Entertainment, Warriors Boxing and Carl Froch.
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Lou DiBella
STRIKEFORCE® ANNOUNCES HARD-HITTING CARD IN DALLAS ON JUNE 18
GRAND PRIX HEAVYWEIGHT TOURNAMENT QUARTERFINALS:
ALISTAIR OVEREEM vs. FABRICIO WERDUM BRETT ROGERS vs. JOSH BARNETT
OTHER HEAVYWEIGHT ATTRACTIONS: DANIEL CORMIER vs. SHANE DEL ROSARIO
VALENTIJN OVEREEM vs. CHAD GRIGGS PLUS, THE RETURN OF SUPERSTAR GINA GARANO
STRIKEFORCE: OVEREEM vs. WERDUM
SATURDAY, JUNE 18 AMERICAN AIRLINES CENTER – DALLAS, TEXAS
Live on SHOWTIME® at 10 p.m. ET/PT (Delayed on West Coast)
TICKETS ON SALE – Friday, April 15 at 10 a.m. CT
Four of the sport’s most talented heavyweights are set to collide when STRIKEFORCE® heads to American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas on Saturday, June 18 for the quarterfinals of its Grand Prix Heavyweight Tournament. STRIKEFORCE®: OVEREEM vs. WERDUM will air LIVE on SHOWTIME® at 10 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast).
STRIKEFORCE heavyweight champion Alistair “The Demolition Man” Overeem (34-11, 1 NC) squares off against Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt Fabricio Werdum (14-4-1) in the highly-anticipated main event, while former UFC heavyweight champion Josh Barnett (29-5) will battle heavy-handed knockout artist Brett “The Grim” Rogers (11-2).
Two additional, non-tournament heavyweight clashes are also scheduled for the card, as former U.S. Olympic wrestler Daniel Cormier (7-0) will face fellow undefeated budding star Shane Del Rosario (11-0) and Valentijn Overeem (29-25), the elder brother of Alistair, will take on streaking Chad Griggs (10-1).
Plus, women’s mixed martial arts superstar Gina Carano (7-1) returns to action with her sights set on taking the STRIKEFORCE championship.
“We are really excited to head to Dallas with two outstanding quarterfinal heavyweight Grand Prix fights,” Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker said. “With Overeem vs. Werdum, Rogers vs. Barnett, as well as the return of Gina Carano, STRIKEFORCE is bringing one of its best cards ever to American Airlines Center.”
Tickets for STRIKEFORCE®: OVEREEM vs. WERDUM are priced at $350, $225, $125, $75, $50 and $30, not including applicable service charges, and go on sale Friday, April 15 at 10 a.m. CT. Tickets can be purchased at the American Airlines Center Box Office, all Ticketmaster Outlets, by calling 800-745-3000, or by visiting Ticketmaster.com.
UFC® Fight Club™ members will have the opportunity to purchase tickets to this event on Wednesday, April 13 at 10 a.m. CT via the website www.ufcfightclub.com. A special Internet ticket pre-sale will be available to newsletter subscribers on Thursday, April 14, starting at 10 a.m. CT. To access this presale, users must register for the UFC newsletter through UFC.com .
The main event between 30-year-old Alistair Overeem (fighting out of Amsterdam, The Netherlands) and the 33-year-old Fabricio Werdum (fighting out of Porto Alegre, Brazil) pits the two superstars against one another nearly five years after Werdum submitted Overeem on a PRIDE® Fighting Championship card at Osaka Dome in Osaka, Japan on May 5, 2006.
Since their initial encounter, the 6-foot-5, 260 pound Overeem has become the first fighter in history to simultaneously hold both a major mixed martial arts (STRIKEFORCE) title and a K-1 Heavyweight Grand Prix championship. Meanwhile, Werdum has wreaked havoc on the heavyweight division, including his submission over Fedor “The Last Emperor” Emelianenko in June, which was considered 2010 Upset of the Year.
Josh Barnett (fighting out of Seattle, Wash.) is a former UFC heavyweight champion who owns victories over the likes of Randy Couture, Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, Pedro Rizzo and Gilbert Yvel. The 33-year-old heads to Dallas with hopes of derailing his opponent and advancing in the Grand Prix. To do so, he must defeat the heavy-handed Brett Rogers (fighting out of St. Paul, Minn). The 6-foot-5 powerhouse reeled off 10 straight wins to start his professional career and holds knockout victories over the likes of former UFC champion Andrei Arlovski and PRIDE vet James Thompson.
A former Division I All-American at Oklahoma State University Daniel Cormier (fighting out of San Jose, Calif.) is unbeaten in seven fights. Training alongside the likes of UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez and welterweight stars Jon Fitch and Josh Koscheck, Cormier’s blend of wrestling and power could pose problems for his opponent in Texas. With an unblemished record in 11 professional bouts, Shane Del Rosario (fighting out of Irvine, Calif.) remains unfazed by the hype surrounding his opponent. Coming off an impressive submission win over Lavar Johnson in February, the 27-year-old Del Rosario has finished every fight and expects nothing less when he meets Cormier on June 18.
A seasoned veteran riding a three-fight winning streak, Valentijn Overeem (fighting out of Amsterdam, The Netherlands) believes a win on June 18 could propel him into contention in the STRIKEFORCE heavyweight division. Thus, expect fireworks when he meets free-swinging Chad Griggs (fighting out of Tucson, Ariz.), who has won five straight, including a stoppage of Bobby Lashley.
This loaded event also marks the return of former STRIKEFORCE title contender Gina Carano (fighting out of Las Vegas, Nev.), who will take on an opponent to be announced in the weeks to come. The fierce striker, who turns 29 this Saturday, will train for this fight under the tutelage of renowned coach Greg Jackson, who has trained elite athletes such as UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones and UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre. A rising star in the acting world, Carano is eager to get back to her first love and impress in her first bout since Aug. 2009.
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ALISTAIR OVEREEM vs. FABRICIO WERDUM BRETT ROGERS vs. JOSH BARNETT
OTHER HEAVYWEIGHT ATTRACTIONS: DANIEL CORMIER vs. SHANE DEL ROSARIO
VALENTIJN OVEREEM vs. CHAD GRIGGS PLUS, THE RETURN OF SUPERSTAR GINA GARANO
STRIKEFORCE: OVEREEM vs. WERDUM
SATURDAY, JUNE 18 AMERICAN AIRLINES CENTER – DALLAS, TEXAS
Live on SHOWTIME® at 10 p.m. ET/PT (Delayed on West Coast)
TICKETS ON SALE – Friday, April 15 at 10 a.m. CT
Four of the sport’s most talented heavyweights are set to collide when STRIKEFORCE® heads to American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas on Saturday, June 18 for the quarterfinals of its Grand Prix Heavyweight Tournament. STRIKEFORCE®: OVEREEM vs. WERDUM will air LIVE on SHOWTIME® at 10 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast).
STRIKEFORCE heavyweight champion Alistair “The Demolition Man” Overeem (34-11, 1 NC) squares off against Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt Fabricio Werdum (14-4-1) in the highly-anticipated main event, while former UFC heavyweight champion Josh Barnett (29-5) will battle heavy-handed knockout artist Brett “The Grim” Rogers (11-2).
Two additional, non-tournament heavyweight clashes are also scheduled for the card, as former U.S. Olympic wrestler Daniel Cormier (7-0) will face fellow undefeated budding star Shane Del Rosario (11-0) and Valentijn Overeem (29-25), the elder brother of Alistair, will take on streaking Chad Griggs (10-1).
Plus, women’s mixed martial arts superstar Gina Carano (7-1) returns to action with her sights set on taking the STRIKEFORCE championship.
“We are really excited to head to Dallas with two outstanding quarterfinal heavyweight Grand Prix fights,” Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker said. “With Overeem vs. Werdum, Rogers vs. Barnett, as well as the return of Gina Carano, STRIKEFORCE is bringing one of its best cards ever to American Airlines Center.”
Tickets for STRIKEFORCE®: OVEREEM vs. WERDUM are priced at $350, $225, $125, $75, $50 and $30, not including applicable service charges, and go on sale Friday, April 15 at 10 a.m. CT. Tickets can be purchased at the American Airlines Center Box Office, all Ticketmaster Outlets, by calling 800-745-3000, or by visiting Ticketmaster.com.
UFC® Fight Club™ members will have the opportunity to purchase tickets to this event on Wednesday, April 13 at 10 a.m. CT via the website www.ufcfightclub.com. A special Internet ticket pre-sale will be available to newsletter subscribers on Thursday, April 14, starting at 10 a.m. CT. To access this presale, users must register for the UFC newsletter through UFC.com .
The main event between 30-year-old Alistair Overeem (fighting out of Amsterdam, The Netherlands) and the 33-year-old Fabricio Werdum (fighting out of Porto Alegre, Brazil) pits the two superstars against one another nearly five years after Werdum submitted Overeem on a PRIDE® Fighting Championship card at Osaka Dome in Osaka, Japan on May 5, 2006.
Since their initial encounter, the 6-foot-5, 260 pound Overeem has become the first fighter in history to simultaneously hold both a major mixed martial arts (STRIKEFORCE) title and a K-1 Heavyweight Grand Prix championship. Meanwhile, Werdum has wreaked havoc on the heavyweight division, including his submission over Fedor “The Last Emperor” Emelianenko in June, which was considered 2010 Upset of the Year.
Josh Barnett (fighting out of Seattle, Wash.) is a former UFC heavyweight champion who owns victories over the likes of Randy Couture, Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, Pedro Rizzo and Gilbert Yvel. The 33-year-old heads to Dallas with hopes of derailing his opponent and advancing in the Grand Prix. To do so, he must defeat the heavy-handed Brett Rogers (fighting out of St. Paul, Minn). The 6-foot-5 powerhouse reeled off 10 straight wins to start his professional career and holds knockout victories over the likes of former UFC champion Andrei Arlovski and PRIDE vet James Thompson.
A former Division I All-American at Oklahoma State University Daniel Cormier (fighting out of San Jose, Calif.) is unbeaten in seven fights. Training alongside the likes of UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez and welterweight stars Jon Fitch and Josh Koscheck, Cormier’s blend of wrestling and power could pose problems for his opponent in Texas. With an unblemished record in 11 professional bouts, Shane Del Rosario (fighting out of Irvine, Calif.) remains unfazed by the hype surrounding his opponent. Coming off an impressive submission win over Lavar Johnson in February, the 27-year-old Del Rosario has finished every fight and expects nothing less when he meets Cormier on June 18.
A seasoned veteran riding a three-fight winning streak, Valentijn Overeem (fighting out of Amsterdam, The Netherlands) believes a win on June 18 could propel him into contention in the STRIKEFORCE heavyweight division. Thus, expect fireworks when he meets free-swinging Chad Griggs (fighting out of Tucson, Ariz.), who has won five straight, including a stoppage of Bobby Lashley.
This loaded event also marks the return of former STRIKEFORCE title contender Gina Carano (fighting out of Las Vegas, Nev.), who will take on an opponent to be announced in the weeks to come. The fierce striker, who turns 29 this Saturday, will train for this fight under the tutelage of renowned coach Greg Jackson, who has trained elite athletes such as UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones and UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre. A rising star in the acting world, Carano is eager to get back to her first love and impress in her first bout since Aug. 2009.
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Fabricio Werdum,
Gina Carano,
Josh Barnett,
Strikeforce
Thursday, February 17, 2011
“Relentless” Pride of PR, MIGUEL COTTO defending his WBA super welterweight title against 2-division world champion RICARDO “El Matador” MAYORGA
“Relentless” features the Pride of Puerto Rico, MIGUEL COTTO defending his World Boxing Association (WBA) super welterweight title against two-division world champion RICARDO “El Matador” MAYORGA, on Saturday, March 12, at MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nev. Cotto vs. Mayorga will be produced and distributed LIVE on SHOWTIME PPV®, beginning at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT.
MIGUEL COTTO: “Welcome to the first press conference where Ricardo Mayorga talks. I am a professional fighter and I know what my job is. My job is to fight in the ring and make good fights because nobody wins a fight with their mouth.
“Yesterday I was with him and he was playful and serene but today I guess he gets excited with all the lights and cameras on. When we get to the fight there will be lots of cameras on there also, but you will have to fight to back up your words.
“I didn't interrupt you so don't interrupt me – the door is over there if you want to leave. With those little pants I beat Shane Mosley. Do you remember him? Shane Mosley?
RICARDO MAYORGA:
“I made a promise to Don that I will never fail him. Don is the best promoter in the world and Bob is a close second. I will prove to everyone on March 12 that I am the man and you are the woman.
“That belt you are holding, polish it up for me because I will be taking it on March 12. I will make a promise here today that I will knock him out in four rounds.
“I have been watching all of your fights for the past two months, you are punch drunk – you can't take a punch anymore and I will retire him. You and your trainer will fail.
“Like Margarito after the Pacquiao fight, you will be thinking about retiring when I am done with you. I will make you think twice about getting in the ring again. Don't let your mom or your family suffer anymore by watching you get in the ring. I will knock him out and prove to the people in Nicaragua and here that I am better than you in that ring.
“This is the first time I will fight someone that is as small as a kid. I think my pants are taller than you.
“Christy, it is an honor to be fighting on the same card as you the way you have always stood up for women's rights. I don't even have tapes of all of my fights but I have all of yours.
“Buy the pay-per-view so you can watch the retirement party for Miguel. Your hands are like a woman's. Look at my hands – they are man's hands. You came to Nicaragua and talked smack and told everyone I was a nobody. On March 12, all the Puerto Ricans are going to be wearing black for your wake. You will pay for what you said.
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MIGUEL COTTO: “Welcome to the first press conference where Ricardo Mayorga talks. I am a professional fighter and I know what my job is. My job is to fight in the ring and make good fights because nobody wins a fight with their mouth.
“Yesterday I was with him and he was playful and serene but today I guess he gets excited with all the lights and cameras on. When we get to the fight there will be lots of cameras on there also, but you will have to fight to back up your words.
“I didn't interrupt you so don't interrupt me – the door is over there if you want to leave. With those little pants I beat Shane Mosley. Do you remember him? Shane Mosley?
RICARDO MAYORGA:
“I made a promise to Don that I will never fail him. Don is the best promoter in the world and Bob is a close second. I will prove to everyone on March 12 that I am the man and you are the woman.
“That belt you are holding, polish it up for me because I will be taking it on March 12. I will make a promise here today that I will knock him out in four rounds.
“I have been watching all of your fights for the past two months, you are punch drunk – you can't take a punch anymore and I will retire him. You and your trainer will fail.
“Like Margarito after the Pacquiao fight, you will be thinking about retiring when I am done with you. I will make you think twice about getting in the ring again. Don't let your mom or your family suffer anymore by watching you get in the ring. I will knock him out and prove to the people in Nicaragua and here that I am better than you in that ring.
“This is the first time I will fight someone that is as small as a kid. I think my pants are taller than you.
“Christy, it is an honor to be fighting on the same card as you the way you have always stood up for women's rights. I don't even have tapes of all of my fights but I have all of yours.
“Buy the pay-per-view so you can watch the retirement party for Miguel. Your hands are like a woman's. Look at my hands – they are man's hands. You came to Nicaragua and talked smack and told everyone I was a nobody. On March 12, all the Puerto Ricans are going to be wearing black for your wake. You will pay for what you said.
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Labels:Boxing, Events, Fight Sports, MMA,
Miguel Cotto,
RICARDO MAYORGA
Monday, January 24, 2011
WBC super lightweight champion Devon Alexander vs WBO junior welterweight champion Timothy Bradley
WBC super lightweight champion Devon Alexander (21-0, 13 KOs), of St. Louis, and WBO junior welterweight champion Timothy Bradley (26-0, 11 KOs), of Palm Springs, collide in “The Super Fight,” This Saturday! January 29, at the Silverdome in Pontiac, Mich. Their world title unification will be televised live on HBO World Championship Boxing, beginning at 10 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. PT.
Mike Brudenell, Detroit Free Press: "Super Fight Pits Two Undefeated Boxers at the Silverdome"
http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20110123/SPORTS18/101230520/1356/SPORTS/Silverdome-Super-Fight-packs-quite-a-punch&template=fullarticle
Tom Timmermann, St. Louis Post-Dispatch: "The Man Behind the Champs"
http://www.stltoday.com/sports/other/article_fe5b7b1e-e819-55cf-8db4-27d08fbcbef4.html
Tom Gerbasi, BoxingScene.com: "Kevin Cunningham and the Boy Who Lived"
http://www.boxingscene.com/kevin-cunningham-boy-who-lived--35015
Mike Brudenell, Detroit Free Press: "Sunday Q&A with Boxing Promoter Don King"
http://www.freep.com/article/20110123/SPORTS18/101230532/1356/SPORTS/Sunday-Q+A-with-boxing-promoter-Don-King
Lem Satterfield, AOL Fan House: "Devon Alexander: Tim Bradley is a Road Block to 'Mega' Stardom"
http://boxing.fanhouse.com/2011/01/23/devon-alexander-tim-bradley-is-a-road-block-to-mega-stardom/
Dan Rafael, ESPN.com: "Alexander, Bradley Wind Down Training"
http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/columns/story?columnist=rafael_dan&id=6044263
Lem Satterfield, AOL Fan House: "King Eyes Pacquiao, Mayweather if Alexander Beats Bradley"
http://boxing.fanhouse.com/2011/01/22/king-to-pursue-pacquiao-mayweather-if-alexander-beats-bradley/
Bob Velin, USA Today: "Promoters for Alexander-Bradley: Why Not Detroit?"
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/boxing/2011-01-19-box-detroit-silverdome_N.htm
Lem Satterfield, AOL Fan House: "Tim Bradley, WBC Bury Hatchet Before Devon Alexander Fight"
http://boxing.fanhouse.com/2011/01/22/tim-bradley-wbc-bury-hatchet-before-devon-alexander-fight/
Rick Reeno, BoxingScene.com: "Bradley-Alexander: WBC Title at Stake for Both Sides"
http://www.boxingscene.com/bradley-alexander-wbc-title-stake-both-sides--35052
Michael Rosenthal, The Ring: "Bradley-Alexander: It's the Fight, Not the Site, Stupid"
http://www.ringtv.com/blog/2697/bradleyalexander_its_the_fight_not_the_site_stupid/
Mike Brudenell, Detroit Free Press: "Kronk Boxer Vernon Paris Battles -- In and Out of the Ring"
http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20110120/SPORTS18/101200521/Kronk-boxer-Vernon-Paris-battles----in-and-out-of-ring&template=fullarticle
Mike Brudenell, Detroit Free Press: "Super Fight Gets Famed Referee Frank Garza"
http://www.freep.com/article/20110123/SPORTS18/101230613/1066/SPORTS18/Super-Fight-gets-famed-referee-Frank-Garza
Mike Brudenell, Detroit Free Press: "Split Decision in 1986 Turned Ugly at Silverdome"
http://www.freep.com/article/20110123/SPORTS18/101230534/1066/SPORTS18/Split-decision-in-1986-turned-ugly-at-Silverdome
Mike Brudenell, Detroit Free Press: "Big Boxing Nights in Detroit Becoming Rare"
http://www.freep.com/article/20110116/SPORTS18/101160592/Big-boxing-nights-in-Detroit-becoming-rare
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Mike Brudenell, Detroit Free Press: "Super Fight Pits Two Undefeated Boxers at the Silverdome"
http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20110123/SPORTS18/101230520/1356/SPORTS/Silverdome-Super-Fight-packs-quite-a-punch&template=fullarticle
Tom Timmermann, St. Louis Post-Dispatch: "The Man Behind the Champs"
http://www.stltoday.com/sports/other/article_fe5b7b1e-e819-55cf-8db4-27d08fbcbef4.html
Tom Gerbasi, BoxingScene.com: "Kevin Cunningham and the Boy Who Lived"
http://www.boxingscene.com/kevin-cunningham-boy-who-lived--35015
Mike Brudenell, Detroit Free Press: "Sunday Q&A with Boxing Promoter Don King"
http://www.freep.com/article/20110123/SPORTS18/101230532/1356/SPORTS/Sunday-Q+A-with-boxing-promoter-Don-King
Lem Satterfield, AOL Fan House: "Devon Alexander: Tim Bradley is a Road Block to 'Mega' Stardom"
http://boxing.fanhouse.com/2011/01/23/devon-alexander-tim-bradley-is-a-road-block-to-mega-stardom/
Dan Rafael, ESPN.com: "Alexander, Bradley Wind Down Training"
http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/columns/story?columnist=rafael_dan&id=6044263
Lem Satterfield, AOL Fan House: "King Eyes Pacquiao, Mayweather if Alexander Beats Bradley"
http://boxing.fanhouse.com/2011/01/22/king-to-pursue-pacquiao-mayweather-if-alexander-beats-bradley/
Bob Velin, USA Today: "Promoters for Alexander-Bradley: Why Not Detroit?"
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/boxing/2011-01-19-box-detroit-silverdome_N.htm
Lem Satterfield, AOL Fan House: "Tim Bradley, WBC Bury Hatchet Before Devon Alexander Fight"
http://boxing.fanhouse.com/2011/01/22/tim-bradley-wbc-bury-hatchet-before-devon-alexander-fight/
Rick Reeno, BoxingScene.com: "Bradley-Alexander: WBC Title at Stake for Both Sides"
http://www.boxingscene.com/bradley-alexander-wbc-title-stake-both-sides--35052
Michael Rosenthal, The Ring: "Bradley-Alexander: It's the Fight, Not the Site, Stupid"
http://www.ringtv.com/blog/2697/bradleyalexander_its_the_fight_not_the_site_stupid/
Mike Brudenell, Detroit Free Press: "Kronk Boxer Vernon Paris Battles -- In and Out of the Ring"
http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20110120/SPORTS18/101200521/Kronk-boxer-Vernon-Paris-battles----in-and-out-of-ring&template=fullarticle
Mike Brudenell, Detroit Free Press: "Super Fight Gets Famed Referee Frank Garza"
http://www.freep.com/article/20110123/SPORTS18/101230613/1066/SPORTS18/Super-Fight-gets-famed-referee-Frank-Garza
Mike Brudenell, Detroit Free Press: "Split Decision in 1986 Turned Ugly at Silverdome"
http://www.freep.com/article/20110123/SPORTS18/101230534/1066/SPORTS18/Split-decision-in-1986-turned-ugly-at-Silverdome
Mike Brudenell, Detroit Free Press: "Big Boxing Nights in Detroit Becoming Rare"
http://www.freep.com/article/20110116/SPORTS18/101160592/Big-boxing-nights-in-Detroit-becoming-rare
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Labels:Boxing, Events, Fight Sports, MMA,
Devon Alexander “The Great”,
Don King,
Timothy Bradley
'THE SUPER FIGHT' - TRAINING CAMP NOTES
'THE SUPER FIGHT' - TRAINING CAMP NOTES
Devon Alexander ‘The Great’ & TIMOTHY BRADLEY Training Camp Notes
“We are in the heart of our training camp. I’m here in Las Vegas sleeping in Mike Tyson’s old bed in Don King’s house at night, pounding the pavement for six miles every morning and in the gym every afternoon for training and sparring.
“You can’t beat a fight town like Vegas to find good sparring partners. It is critical for my preparation. I have guys here who are not just giving me good rounds, they are giving me good looks—the kind of looks I expect to see from Tim Bradley come Jan. 29 at the Silverdome.
“A daunting challenge is when we drive up to Mt. Charleston three times a week to run on the mountain road I call The Monster. It’s one thing to run it in the summer. It’s quite another to face it in the dead of winter.
“I had a TV crew from HBO up there with me on The Monster last week, and we got snowed off the mountain! We are up so high I’m jogging by people who are skiing at the Mt. Charleston Ski Resort. Heck, it snowed two inches in Vegas the other day! So much for fun in the sun….
“My trainer, Kevin Cunningham, has been with me since I was 7. I wouldn’t be where I am today without him. He is an excellent trainer. His goal is to make sure I peak on the night of the fight. We are moving towards that goal every day. I feel like that is exactly where we will be come fight night.
“I can tell you one thing for sure: Timmy Bradley is going to have to deal with what I am preparing for. This isn’t a hobby for me, it’s my job. Bradley is not going to come to Detroit at the end of this month and take what I have worked my whole life to gain.
“He will have to deal with what I am going to bring. I know he’s trying to boast himself up, trying to convince himself of all the things he’s going to do. Well, I remember something Felix Trinidad said when Fernando Vargas was doing a lot of bragging before they fought. He said there is an old Puerto Rican saying that goes like this: ‘It is one thing to call out the devil, and it is quite another to see him coming.’ You’ll see what happens to Timmy Bradley when he sees me coming.”
Timothy ‘Desert Storm’ Bradley Training Camp Notes
“I am still here training at the Boys and Girls club in Indio, California. This is where I have always trained for my fights and what works for me.
“I am ahead of schedule so the following week I will be closing my training camp with my fitness coach and will continue to work in the gym on the game plan.
“My training regimen is more so new school and I have incorporated strength training as of August.
“We are getting closer to the 29th and as that is soon approaching there is more intensity in all that I do and I also start tapering off my workouts.
“At this point in my training camp I feel like every day has a moment like in the Rocky films. When I am sparring or when I’m running and just feel like I have pushed myself to the limit and can’t go any more I start to talk to myself and become the one that tells me to push it.
“I hear a voice within me that tells me to keep going… keep on it, keep pushing. Yeah, I want this for me but also I want this for everyone… my family, the kids I coach and to those whose lives I’ve touched in any way in my work with the community.
“I always have a motto that I follow and take to heart and that is that at the end of that night (fight night) my family will be the one that eats. I know that every man is hungry out there and that is why I need to be the one starving.
“I feel that my motto will not only help me keep mental focused and determined but it also keeps me grounded. I train hard every day because I want to be remembered as one of the best fighters years from now I know this is not an easy thing to accomplish but with God's help I know that I will one day accomplish my goal. Turning in now. Lights out.”
WBC super lightweight champion Alexander (21-0, 13 KOs), of St. Louis, and WBO junior welterweight champion Bradley (26-0, 11 KOs), of Palm Springs, collide in “The Super Fight,” Saturday, January 29, at the Silverdome in Pontiac, Mich. Their world title unification will be televised live on HBO World Championship Boxing, beginning at 10 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. PT.
Remaining tickets, priced from $25-$400, can be purchased at the Silverdome box office, by calling (248) 338-2500 or online at www.silverdometickets.com. Alexander vs. Bradley is promoted by Gary Shaw Productions, Don King Productions, and Thompson Boxing Promotions.
HBO videos on Alexander and Bradley:
HBO Boxing: Ring Life - Devon Alexander
Ring Life takes an intimate look inside the life of Devon Alexander. Alexander vs. Bradley happens Sat., Jan. 29th at 10pm ET/7pm PT on HBO
http://www.youtube.com/hbosports#p/u/1/CCL0CWerL0Q
HBO Boxing: Ring Life - Timothy Bradley
What inspires Timothy Bradley in and out of the ring? Alexander vs. Bradley happens Sat., Jan. 29th at 10pm ET/7pm PT on HBO
http://www.youtube.com/hbosports#p/u/0/YC55PfMm5Es
HBO Boxing: Alexander vs. Bradley Look Ahead
HBO Boxing commentators Jim Lampley, Larry Merchant and Roy Jones preview the upcoming World Championship Boxing telecast. Devon Alexander vs. Timothy Bradley happens Sat., Jan. 29 at 10:00pm ET/7:00pm PT on HBO
http://www.hbo.com/#/boxing/fights/2011/01-29-devon-alexander-vs-timothy-bradley/video/look-ahead.html/
HBO Boxing: Alexander and Bradley Greatest Hits
Take a look at the best moments in the young careers of Devon Alexander and Timothy Bradley. Alexander vs. Bradley happens Sat., Jan. 29th at 10pm ET/7pm PT on HBO
http://www.youtube.com/hbosports#p/a/u/2/C6eXvVN9iOA
HBO “Buzz” piece from the initial New York City press conference
Go with The Buzz as it announces the January 29 fight between Devon Alexander and Timothy Bradley. Alexander vs. Bradley happens Sat., Jan. 29th at 10pm ET/7pm PT on HBO
http://www.youtube.com/hbosports#p/search/0/z-cPnHyM66g
EL Boxing Empress
See you at the Fights and Thank You for your time.
EL Boxing Empress Online @ Twitter http://www.twitter.com/Keishadivineel ©®™ 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 All photos other than specified by "EL Boxing Empress" Keisha Morrisey- Empire Morrisey Photo-Studios, KCKMT for Bloodline Boxing Communications Entertainment and Starlite Boxing's Sweetscience Magnews-Online Publication all rights reserved
Devon Alexander ‘The Great’ & TIMOTHY BRADLEY Training Camp Notes
“We are in the heart of our training camp. I’m here in Las Vegas sleeping in Mike Tyson’s old bed in Don King’s house at night, pounding the pavement for six miles every morning and in the gym every afternoon for training and sparring.
“You can’t beat a fight town like Vegas to find good sparring partners. It is critical for my preparation. I have guys here who are not just giving me good rounds, they are giving me good looks—the kind of looks I expect to see from Tim Bradley come Jan. 29 at the Silverdome.
“A daunting challenge is when we drive up to Mt. Charleston three times a week to run on the mountain road I call The Monster. It’s one thing to run it in the summer. It’s quite another to face it in the dead of winter.
“I had a TV crew from HBO up there with me on The Monster last week, and we got snowed off the mountain! We are up so high I’m jogging by people who are skiing at the Mt. Charleston Ski Resort. Heck, it snowed two inches in Vegas the other day! So much for fun in the sun….
“My trainer, Kevin Cunningham, has been with me since I was 7. I wouldn’t be where I am today without him. He is an excellent trainer. His goal is to make sure I peak on the night of the fight. We are moving towards that goal every day. I feel like that is exactly where we will be come fight night.
“I can tell you one thing for sure: Timmy Bradley is going to have to deal with what I am preparing for. This isn’t a hobby for me, it’s my job. Bradley is not going to come to Detroit at the end of this month and take what I have worked my whole life to gain.
“He will have to deal with what I am going to bring. I know he’s trying to boast himself up, trying to convince himself of all the things he’s going to do. Well, I remember something Felix Trinidad said when Fernando Vargas was doing a lot of bragging before they fought. He said there is an old Puerto Rican saying that goes like this: ‘It is one thing to call out the devil, and it is quite another to see him coming.’ You’ll see what happens to Timmy Bradley when he sees me coming.”
Timothy ‘Desert Storm’ Bradley Training Camp Notes
“I am still here training at the Boys and Girls club in Indio, California. This is where I have always trained for my fights and what works for me.
“I am ahead of schedule so the following week I will be closing my training camp with my fitness coach and will continue to work in the gym on the game plan.
“My training regimen is more so new school and I have incorporated strength training as of August.
“We are getting closer to the 29th and as that is soon approaching there is more intensity in all that I do and I also start tapering off my workouts.
“At this point in my training camp I feel like every day has a moment like in the Rocky films. When I am sparring or when I’m running and just feel like I have pushed myself to the limit and can’t go any more I start to talk to myself and become the one that tells me to push it.
“I hear a voice within me that tells me to keep going… keep on it, keep pushing. Yeah, I want this for me but also I want this for everyone… my family, the kids I coach and to those whose lives I’ve touched in any way in my work with the community.
“I always have a motto that I follow and take to heart and that is that at the end of that night (fight night) my family will be the one that eats. I know that every man is hungry out there and that is why I need to be the one starving.
“I feel that my motto will not only help me keep mental focused and determined but it also keeps me grounded. I train hard every day because I want to be remembered as one of the best fighters years from now I know this is not an easy thing to accomplish but with God's help I know that I will one day accomplish my goal. Turning in now. Lights out.”
WBC super lightweight champion Alexander (21-0, 13 KOs), of St. Louis, and WBO junior welterweight champion Bradley (26-0, 11 KOs), of Palm Springs, collide in “The Super Fight,” Saturday, January 29, at the Silverdome in Pontiac, Mich. Their world title unification will be televised live on HBO World Championship Boxing, beginning at 10 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. PT.
Remaining tickets, priced from $25-$400, can be purchased at the Silverdome box office, by calling (248) 338-2500 or online at www.silverdometickets.com. Alexander vs. Bradley is promoted by Gary Shaw Productions, Don King Productions, and Thompson Boxing Promotions.
HBO videos on Alexander and Bradley:
HBO Boxing: Ring Life - Devon Alexander
Ring Life takes an intimate look inside the life of Devon Alexander. Alexander vs. Bradley happens Sat., Jan. 29th at 10pm ET/7pm PT on HBO
http://www.youtube.com/hbosports#p/u/1/CCL0CWerL0Q
HBO Boxing: Ring Life - Timothy Bradley
What inspires Timothy Bradley in and out of the ring? Alexander vs. Bradley happens Sat., Jan. 29th at 10pm ET/7pm PT on HBO
http://www.youtube.com/hbosports#p/u/0/YC55PfMm5Es
HBO Boxing: Alexander vs. Bradley Look Ahead
HBO Boxing commentators Jim Lampley, Larry Merchant and Roy Jones preview the upcoming World Championship Boxing telecast. Devon Alexander vs. Timothy Bradley happens Sat., Jan. 29 at 10:00pm ET/7:00pm PT on HBO
http://www.hbo.com/#/boxing/fights/2011/01-29-devon-alexander-vs-timothy-bradley/video/look-ahead.html/
HBO Boxing: Alexander and Bradley Greatest Hits
Take a look at the best moments in the young careers of Devon Alexander and Timothy Bradley. Alexander vs. Bradley happens Sat., Jan. 29th at 10pm ET/7pm PT on HBO
http://www.youtube.com/hbosports#p/a/u/2/C6eXvVN9iOA
HBO “Buzz” piece from the initial New York City press conference
Go with The Buzz as it announces the January 29 fight between Devon Alexander and Timothy Bradley. Alexander vs. Bradley happens Sat., Jan. 29th at 10pm ET/7pm PT on HBO
http://www.youtube.com/hbosports#p/search/0/z-cPnHyM66g
EL Boxing Empress
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Labels:Boxing, Events, Fight Sports, MMA,
Devon Alexander “The Great”,
Don King,
Timothy Bradley
Devon Alexander ‘The Great’ Dedicates His Performance Against Timothy ‘Desert Storm’ Bradley on Jan. 29 In Memory of Don Kings Wife Mrs Henrietta King
Devon Alexander(R) ‘The Great’ Dedicates His Performance Against Timothy ‘Desert Storm’ Bradley on Jan. 29 In Memory of Don King’s Wife, Mrs. Henrietta King.
Undefeated World Boxing Council super lightweight champion Devon Alexander ‘The Great’ will dedicate his performance on Jan. 29 to his promoter’s wife of 50 years, Mrs. Henrietta King, who died earlier this month after a lengthy illness at age 87.
Alexander (21-0, 13 KOs), from St. Louis, will face undefeated World Boxing Organization junior welterweight champion Timothy “Desert Storm” Bradley (26-0, 11 KOs), from North Palm Springs, Calif., at the Silverdome in Pontiac, Mich., on Jan. 29 in a long-awaited world championship unification match at the 140-pound weight limit.
“Don King has promoted me since the beginning of my professional career in 2004,” Alexander said from his Las Vegas training camp. “Mrs. King was with Don for over 50 years. Don has always been there for me, and I want to dedicate my performance on Jan. 29 to Mrs. King for always being there for Don.”
Alexander added, “Mrs. King was a great lady and I was honored to have met her. I will honor her with the best performance of my life at the Silverdome in Pontiac."
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Undefeated World Boxing Council super lightweight champion Devon Alexander ‘The Great’ will dedicate his performance on Jan. 29 to his promoter’s wife of 50 years, Mrs. Henrietta King, who died earlier this month after a lengthy illness at age 87.
Alexander (21-0, 13 KOs), from St. Louis, will face undefeated World Boxing Organization junior welterweight champion Timothy “Desert Storm” Bradley (26-0, 11 KOs), from North Palm Springs, Calif., at the Silverdome in Pontiac, Mich., on Jan. 29 in a long-awaited world championship unification match at the 140-pound weight limit.
“Don King has promoted me since the beginning of my professional career in 2004,” Alexander said from his Las Vegas training camp. “Mrs. King was with Don for over 50 years. Don has always been there for me, and I want to dedicate my performance on Jan. 29 to Mrs. King for always being there for Don.”
Alexander added, “Mrs. King was a great lady and I was honored to have met her. I will honor her with the best performance of my life at the Silverdome in Pontiac."
EL Boxing Empress
See you at the Fights and Thank You for your time. EL Boxing Empress Online @ Twitter http://www.twitter.com/Keishadivineel ©®™ 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 All photos other than specified by "EL Boxing Empress" Keisha Morrisey-Empire Morrisey Photo-Studios, KCKMT for Bloodline Boxing Communications Entertainment and Starlite Boxing's Sweetscience Magnews-Online Publication all rights reserved
Labels:Boxing, Events, Fight Sports, MMA,
Devon Alexander,
Don King,
Timothy Bradley
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