Casamayor-Marquez, Mora-Forrest Trainer Quotes
Punches in bunches, stay off the ropes, move your head, hands up….” These are the words four of boxing’s best trainers—Roger Bloodworth, Ignacio Beristain, Dean Campos and Buddy McGirt—are saying these days as they prepare their respective pugilists—Joel Casamayor, Juan Manuel Marquez, Sergio Mora and Vernon Forrest—for their upcoming bouts.
Casamayor vs. Marquez – “The Challenge,” a 12-round bout for Casamayor’s Ring Magazine World Lightweight Championship, is presented by Golden Boy Promotions in association with Romanza Boxing Productions and sponsored by Cerveza Tecate, Cazadores Tequila and Southwest Airlines. Mora-Forrest II is the 12-round co-featured bout presented by Golden Boy Promotions in association with Tournament of Contenders, Gary Shaw Productions and Fight Knight, LLC. The double header will take place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas and will be distributed live by HBO Pay-Per-View, beginning at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT. Read more
Video: Antonio Margarito Post Fight Presser
It’s a special edition of HBO BOXING AFTER DARK when HBO Sports presents the exclusive replay of the highly anticipated welterweight championship fight MIGUEL COTTO VS. ANTONIO MARGARITO this SATURDAY, AUG. 2 (9:30 p.m. ET/PT) on HBO. The HBO Sports team, which was ringside for the live event at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, will call all the action. The replay will be available in HDTV. Read more
Cotto Margarito Weigh In Video
Miguel Cotto 147 vs Antonio Margarito 147
Giovanni Segura 108 vs Cesar Cancila 108)
Mike Alvarado 142 vs Cesar Bazan 141
Bernabe Concepcion 123.5 vs Adam Carrera 124
Kid Diamond 138.5 vs Ivan Valle 139
Venue: MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas
Promoter: Top Rank TV: HBO PPV (9PM ET/6PM PT). Read more
Video: Miguel Cotto ESPN Interview
Two days to go! Miguel Cotto, Caguas, Puerto Rico and Antonio ‘The Tijuana Tornado’ Margarito, Tijuana, Mexico took part in the final press conference at the MGM Grand Hotel for their upcoming Welterweight championship showdown on Saturday, July 26 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. This Top Rank promoted show titled “The Battle-La Batalla” will be televised live on HBO Pay-Per-View. Read more
Cotto-Margarito Official Weigh-In Open to Public
The public is invited to witness the Official Weigh-in for what the media has dubbed “A Fight for the Ages.” Undefeated WBA welterweight champion MIGUEL COTTO and two-time welterweight champion ANTONIO MARGARITO will step on the scale Tomorrow! Friday, July 25 in the MGM Grand Garden Arena. Doors open at 1 p.m. PT with Cotto and Margarito stepping on the scale, in their final face-to-face meeting before their fight, at 2:30 p.m. PT. The undercard weigh-in will follow at approximately 3 p.m. PT. Promoted by Top Rank, “The Battle!” — the four-fight pay-per-view extravaganza headlined by the Cotto-Margarito world championship rumble between welterweight superpowers — takes place This Saturday! July 26, at MGM Grand, and will be produced and distributed live by HBO Pay-Per-View, beginning at 9 p.m. EST / 6 p.m. PST. Read more
Cotto-Margarito HBO Video
Watch a behind-the-scenes look at the highly anticipated July 26, 2008 HBO PPV fight between Miguel Cotto and Antonio Margarito. For more information on HBO Boxing, log onto HBO.com Read more
Antonio Margarito Open Work-Out Interview Before Cotto
Video by Pound4Pound.com: It was his last day to make his final preparations in Los Angeles and for this one IBF Welterweight Champ Antonio Margarito invited the media, and of course Pound4Pound was there to capture all the action. Not only do we give you a sneak peek at “Tony’s” workout but we get a chance to hear what he has to say about the upcoming fight. Read more
Miguel Cotto Training Video
Videos by BoxeoMundial.com - The Cotto vs. Margarito pay-per-view telecast, beginning at 9 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. PT, has a suggested retail price of $49.95, will be produced and distributed by HBO Pay-Per-View and will be available to more than 71 million pay-per-view homes. The telecast will be available in HD-TV for those viewers who can receive HD. HBO Pay-Per-View is the leading supplier of event programming to the pay-per-view industry. For Cotto vs. Margarito fight week updates, log on to www.hbo.com. Read more
Cotto vs Margarito on Saturday
MIGUEL COTTO: This is just another fight for me. It’s a fight that Margarito wants to take my title – and that makes it big enough for me. Margarito is a great fighter. I have trained to win this fight and that is all that’s on my mind right now – win this fight. I feel the same right now, in this fight with Margarito, as I do going into most of my fights.
This is going to be a battle in the ring. Everyone that shows up is going to see a real battle because he is trying to take my title away. Read more
Video: Povetkin KOs Sykes
Alexander Povetkin warmed up for Wladimir Klitschko with a fourth-round KO victory over Taurus Sykes. Fighting in front of 4,000 enthusiastic fans in his home city of Chekhov, the 28-year-old Russian dominated from the first bell on and left his American opponent without a chance. Read more
Video: Gamboa KOs Seeger
Once more Cuban phenomenon Yuriorkis Gamboa backed up all experts who see him as one of the up and coming superstars in boxing. At the “Star of the Desert”-Arena at Terrible’s Casino Resort in Primm, Nevada, the 2004 Olympic gold medallist destroyed former world title contender Al Seeger in only 2:30 minutes in the 1st. Read more
Video: James Toney vs Hasim Rahman
James Toney stopped Hasim Rahman in the third round Wednesday after Rahman could not continue because of a cut over his left eye. Rahman was cut after colliding heads with Toney, and referee Ray Corona ended the rematch of former heavyweight champions at Rahman’s request. Read more
Toney vs Rahman
On July 16th, 2008, the boxing world will have the rematch of a lifetime - literally. The long-awaited “Last Chance” for Hasim “Rock” Rahman (45-6-3, 36 KOs) to be considered a heavyweight contender as he once again faces the living legend James “Lights Out” Toney (70-6-3, 43 KOs) at Pechanga Resort & Casino in Temecula, CA.
The scheduled 12-round NABO Heavyweight Championship Bout — presented by Goossen Tutor Promotions and Don King Productions, in association with Top Rank, Inc. – will see the two fighters meet again after their March 18, 2006 matchup that saw Rahman fight Toney to a draw after 12-rounds in Atlantic City, leaving Rahman retaining the WBC heavyweight title (he then lost the title later that year to Oleg Maskaev). Both fighters say they are training hard to go the distance for this showdown. Read more
Povetkin vs Sykes
Alexander Povetkin (15-0, 11 KOs) claimed he is taking one step at a time ahead of this weekend?s fight against Taurus Sykes. The 2004 Olympic gold medal winner faces “The Bull” in his home city of Chekhov, Russia on Saturday night. If Povetkin defeats his American opponent, he will be in for a showdown with IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko. Read more
Bob Foster Interview
By Shawn M. Murphy
Recently I had the great pleasure to speak to former Light Heavyweight Champion Bob Foster. Without question he was one of the greatest Light Heavyweights of all time, and there are those that say he may in fact be the greatest. Foster had limited success as a Heavyweight, but he owned the Light Heavyweight division. He beat Dick Tiger in 1968 for the world title. He was stripped by the WBA of his title in 1971, but kept on defending his WBC portion. In 1972 Foster unified the title, beating Vincente Rondon by a second round KO. Throughout his career he would defend his title fourteen times. He would fight twice for the Heavyweight title, losing to Joe Frazier and Muhammad Ali. Foster retired in 1974, but came back in 1975 and fought seven more times, winning five. He retired for good in 1978 and was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1990. Read more
Polls
Manny Pacquiao vs De La Hoya, Who Wins
- Pac by KO (43%, 83 Votes)
- De La Hoya by KO (26%, 50 Votes)
- Pac by points (18%, 34 Votes)
- De La Hoya by points (10%, 20 Votes)
- Draw (2%, 4 Votes)
Total Voters: 191
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