SERGIO “THE LATIN SNAKE” MORA EXCITED ABOUT FIGHT WITH PROKSA ON JUNE 28TH IN JACKSONVILLE ON ESPN’S FRIDAY NIGHT FIGHTS‏

On Friday night, June 28^th former WBC Super Welterweight champion, Sergio “The Latin Snake” Mora will take on former Middleweight world title challenger Grzegorz Proksa (29-2, 21 KO’s) at Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Florida.  The show, which will headline ESPN’s Friday Night Fights is promoted by Banner Promotions.

Mora (23-3-2, 7 KO’s) of East Los Angeles, California expects a great fight and a tough challenge from the former European Middleweight champion.

“Proksa is a solid fighter who fights with a lot of confidence”, said Mora.

“We have similar styles so it should be a chess match.  Because we both have a great will to win, it should make for an excellent fight.”

Mora feels he has been on the wrong end of decisions with Brian Vera and a draw with Shane Mosley knows that judging of the fight is very important and can have huge implications in a fighter’s career.

“I hope the real winner gets the decisions.  I felt I was wronged in the Vera fight and that spring boarded him to a fight with Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.  I just hope the judges clearly see who is the effective aggressor, ring general and who has the better defense on June 28^th”.

With stalwarts of the Middleweight division Sergio Martinez being injured and Chavez possibly moving up in weight, the winner will see himself in prime position for a title shot.

“There’s IBF champion Daniel Geale, Felix Sturm, The winner of Gennady Golovkin and Matthew Macklin as well as the only American of the bunch being WBO champion Peter Quillin, so the winner of this fight should fight for a title.”

Mora, who rose to fame by winning the Inaugural “Contender” competition has been a little under the radar since his draw with Mosley in 2010

“I don’t know why that has been.  An opponent has never beaten me up.  I just never have had a promoter or network to build me.  I come to win and what I have learned is that I have to evolve with the game to become relevant.  This fight is a re-establishment fight for me.  This is my 5^th fight on ESPN and I am glad to be back and ready to put on a show.”

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WBA/IBO champ Gennady "GGG" Golovkin vs Irelands Matthew "Mack The Knife" Macklin On June 29

Gennady "GGG" Golovkin

"This has been a terrific camp, the weather in Big Bear has been very good throughout.  Training has been great and I've had some very good sparring."

"My only focus is on Matthew Macklin on Saturday, June 29, nothing else."

"It's always exciting to fight. I'm thankful to all my fans for their support.

I'm looking forward to putting on another good show."

"I know that Chavez Jr., Geale and Sturm have fights coming up. I will fight any of them. I want to fight the best and challenge myself always."

WBA/IBO champion Gennady "GGG" Golovkin (26-0, 23KO's) meets Ireland's top-rated former world title challenger Matthew "Mack The Knife" Macklin (29-4, 20KO's) in their much-anticipated middleweight championship showdown at the MGM Grand Theater at Foxwoods ® Resort Casino in Mashantucket, Connecticut.  The championship matchup will be the main event on the HBO Boxing After Dark triple-header, which will be televised live on HBO^®beginning at 9:45 p.m. ET/PT.

In the HBO televised co-feature bout, red-hot super middleweight contender and IBO Champion Thomas "Tommy Gun" Oosthuizen (21-0-1, 13KO's) puts his undefeated record on the line against fellow undefeated contender Brandon "Flawless" Gonzales(17-0, 10KO's) while top-rated junior middleweight NABF champion Willie "The Great" Nelson (20-1-1, 12KO's) squares off against Luciano Cuello (32-2, 16KO's) in the televised opener.  Both bouts are scheduled for 10 rounds.

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No Holds Barred: Almost Glorious, with Keisha Morrisey and Stephen Quadros

On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman spoke with our correspondent Keisha Morrisey (http://twitter.com/KCMorrisey) and "The Fight Professor" Stephen Quadros (http://twitter.com/StephenQuadros).

 We were all at the Glory 9 kickboxing card, which took place Saturday, June 22, at the Hammerstein Ballroom at the Manhattan Center in New York.

Keisha Morrisey also shuttled between this event and the boxing card at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, headlined by the Adrien Broner-Paulie Malignaggi fight. This provided her an unparalleled opportunity to compare both live shows. Right after the fights, we had a short discussion with Stephen Quadros, who was a TV commentator for Glory 9, about the highs and lows of this card, including the three victories by Tyrone Spong to win the eight-man, light heavyweight tournament. We spoke with Keisha Morrisey Sunday by phone about how she evaluated these two events. "Just in walking into the Glory event, you automatically felt the illumination in the room, the energy of the fans. The music was beautiful, the ambiance, everything about the setting was right on point," she said in this interview. As far as the boxing at the Barclays Center, she added, "It's unreal the energy that you do not have at a boxing event there." We discussed why Glory 9 was by far the better event, the future of boxing and kickboxing in the combat sports world, and much more.

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HOTTEST TICKETS IN RECENT BOXING HISTORY GO ON SALE TUESDAY, JUNE 25 AT 1:00 P.M ET/10:00 A.M. PT FLOYD MAYWEATHER VS. CANELO ALVAREZ SUPER WELTERWEIGHT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP MEGA-BOUT SET FOR SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 AT THE MGM GRAND GARDEN ARENA IN LAS VEGAS

 It all started with a Tweet on May 29...

 

"I chose my opponent for September 14," wrote Floyd "Money" Mayweather, "and it's Canelo Alvarez.  I'm giving the fans what they want.  It will be at the MGM Grand."

With that, the biggest fight of 2013 became a reality, as Mayweather, boxing's reigning pound for pound king, will put his perfect 44-0 record on the line against Mexican superstar and undefeated Canelo in a Super Welterweight World Championship Unification bout.  Tickets for the highly anticipated mega-fight go on sale Tuesday, June 25 at 1:00 p.m. ET/10:00 p.m. PT.

Tickets will be priced at $2,000, $1,500, $1,000, $600 and $350, not including applicable service charges, with a total ticket limit of 12 per person, a limit of 10 per person at the $2,000, $1,500, $1,000, $600 and $350 price levels and a limit of two per person at the $350 price level. To charge by phone with a major credit card, call Ticketmaster at (800) 745-3000.  Tickets will also be available for purchase at www.mgmgrand.com or www.ticketmaster.com.

Mayweather vs. Canelo, a 12-round fight for Canelo's WBC, WBA and Ring Magazine Super Welterweight World Championships and Mayweather's WBA Super Welterweight Super World Championship taking place Saturday, Sept. 14 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, is promoted by Mayweather Promotions, Golden Boy Promotions and Canelo Promotions and sponsored by Corona, O'Reilly Auto Parts and Valvoline.  The mega-event will be produced and distributed live by SHOWTIME PPV^® beginning at 9:00 p.m. ET/6:00 p.m. PT.  The event can be heard in Spanish using secondary audio programming (SAP).

THE PREFIGHT TALE OF THE TAPE

HOME COUNTRY

Mayweather: United States

Canelo: Mexico

WINS

Mayweather: 44

Canelo: 42

KNOCKOUTS

Mayweather: 26

Canelo: 30

LOSSES

Mayweather: 0

Canelo: 0

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

Mayweather: 8

Canelo: 3

WORLD TITLE FIGHT WINS

Mayweather: 21

Canelo: 7

COMMON OPPONENTS

Shane Mosley: Mayweather W12/Canelo W12

Carlos Baldomir: Mayweather W12/Canelo KO6

AGE

Mayweather: 36

Canelo: 22

TWITTER FOLLOWERS

Mayweather: 4,024,541 (as of Friday, June 21)  

Canelo: 231,164 (as of Friday, June 21)  

ATTENDANCE FOR LAST FIGHT

Mayweather: 15,880

Canelo: 39,472

GOAL ON SEPTEMBER 14

Mayweather: Win

Canelo: Win

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Boxing Tonite!!! FNF

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MALIGNAGGI vs. BRONER WEIGH-IN

MALIGNAGGI vs. BRONER WEIGH-IN
Malignaggi 146.4. and Broner weighs in at 146.8 pounds 
WBA Welterweight World Champion Paulie Malignaggi and current WBC Lightweight and Two-Division World Champion Adrien Broner taking place this Saturday, June 22, live on SHOWTIME® (9:00 p.m. ET/6:00 p.m. PT) from Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y.

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Malignaggi vs. Broner Sizzle Video

Malignaggi-Broner Sizzle Video and Tuesday's Media Workout Quotes & Photos For Saturday Night's Showdown from Barclays Center Live on SHOWTIME®

"I'm going to dominate him, punish him and make him quit on his stool" - Paulie Malignaggi "June 22, he's going to wish there's another corner he can run to" - Adrien Broner

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PAULIE MALIGNAGGI vs. ADRIEN BRONER; Live Saturday, June 22, LIVE on SHOWTIME

WBA Welterweight World Champion Paulie "The Magic Man" Malignaggi will defend his belt against undefeated current WBC Lightweight and Two-Division World Champion Adrien "The Problem" Broner on Saturday, June 22, LIVE on SHOWTIME (9:00 p.m. ET/6:00 p.m. PT) from Barclays Center in Brooklyn.

One of Brooklyn's favorite fighting sons, the crafty Malignaggi (32-4, 7 KO's) is a two-division world champion known for his lighting fast hands and even faster mouth. Malignaggi, who has faced Miguel Cotto, Ricky Hatton and Amir Khan, will look to stop the rise of the undefeated Broner a few miles from his home in Brooklyn.

The 23-year-old, Broner (26-0, 22 KO's), of Cincinnati, Ohio, has been called the next Floyd Mayweather. The brash and confident two-division world champion will move up two weight divisions with a shot at becoming just the fourth fighter to win a world title in their first fight after jumping a weight class, joining Roberto Duran, Roy Jones Jr. and Robert Guerrero.

In the co-featured bouts, Johnathon Banks (29-1-1, 19 KO's), of Detroit, Mich., will look to repeat his 2012 upset win over Seth "Mayhem" Mitchell (25-1-1, 19 KO's), of Brandywine, Md., as he defends his NABO and WBC International Heavyweight titles in a 12-round bout and number one rated WBC super middleweight contender Sakio Bika (31-5-2, 21 KO's), of Sydney, Australia, faces number four rated WBC super middleweight contender
Marco Antonio Periban (20-0, 13 KO's), of Mexico City, Mexico, in a 12-round fight for the vacant WBC Super Middleweight World Championship. ABOUT "MALIGNAGGI VS BRONER":
Malignaggi vs. Broner, a 12-round fight for Malignaggi's WBA Welterweight World Championship, will take place Saturday, June 22, 2013 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. The event is promoted by Golden Boy Promotions and R & R Promotions, supported by Golden Boy Promotions' sponsors Corona and AT&T and will be televised live on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING® beginning at 9:00 p.m. ET/6:00 p.m. PT. In the co-featured bouts, Johnathon Banks will look to repeat his 2012 upset win over Seth "Mayhem" Mitchell as he defends his NABO and WBC International Heavyweight titles in a 12-round fight presented in association with K2 Promotions and number one rated WBC super middleweight contender Sakio Bika faces number four rated WBC super middleweight contender Marco Antonio Periban in a 12-round fight for the vacant WBC Super Middleweight World Championship. SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING® is available in Spanish on secondary audio programming (SAP). Preliminary fights will air on SHOWTIME EXTREME at 7:00 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast).

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