MAY, 2006
Hatton to Challenge Winner of Castillo/Corrales III
WED May 31 - WBA Welterweight Champion Ricky Hatton will sit ringside in Las Vegas next Saturday for the third bout between Jose Luis Castillo and Diego Corrales, intending to challenge the victor...
Fight To The Finish | Tarver v Hopkins – Coming June 10 2006
TUE May 30, BUSTER PARIS - Ring Magazine’s (and the IBO’s) Light Heavyweight Champion Antonio “Magic Man” Tarver (24 wins - 18 ko's and 3 losses) and Bernard “the Executioner” Hopkins (46 Wins - 32 ko's, 4 losses and 1 draw) are lacing them up and getting ready to do battle for more than just the IBO and NBA crowns and belts – this one’s for the record books and a place in history...
Valuev Discusses Klitschko, First Defends WBA Title vs. Beck
TUE May 30 - Nikolai Valuev is one of those, who made their dreams come true. In December 2005 he won the heavyweight world championship as the first heavyweight from Russia and the first being promoted by Sauerland. Moreover he is the tallest boxing champion with his 7 ft and 150 kg of weight. On the 3rd of June Valuev will defend his title for the first time... courtesy of boxen.com
VIDEO: Montiel, Gonzalez Discuss Title Fight on HBO 'Boxing After Dark'
FRI May 26 - HBO's Boxing After Dark features a 12-round bantamweight showdown tomorrow night, May 27th starting at 10PM EST, as world-class competitors Jhonny Gonzalez, 32-4, 28 KOs, and Fernando Montiel, 32-1-1, 24 KOs, both from Mexico, square off in a contest that promises big action. TalkingBoxing caught their final press conference as both show mutual respect for one another. Also Daniel Ponce De Leon speaks about his off-TV title fight with unbeaten Alejandro Barrera.
With Cotto in his Face, Can Malignaggi Pull the Upset?
THU MAY 25, JULIUS STECKER - Junior welterweight contender Paulie "The Magic Man" Malignaggi, 21-0, brings a sort of swagger and bravado each and every time he enters the ring. Either you love the loquacious speedster or you hate the man. Malignaggi is super slick with amazingly fast hand speed, but his abilities are often over shadowed by his loud and outlandish personality...
VIDEO: Q&A's with Jose Luis Castillo & Diego Corrales
TUE May 23 - Saturday, June 3rd at 9:00 PM ET on SHOWTIME, WBC lightweight champion Diego Corrales and former two-time WBC lightweight champion Jose Luis Castillo square off for a third time in what will be another epic encounter. Their first battle was history making as Corrales stopped Castillo, but Castillo got revenge in the second match. Who will take the lead in the trilogy on June 3rd? TalkingBoxing caught up with both combatants to get their take on the upcoming showdown.
>> VIDEO: One-on-one Interviews with Castillo & Corrales [.wmv] | Download Castillo-Corrales I on iTunes
Rocky Juarez -- Ready and Able
MON May 22, BUSTER PARIS - Emmanuel Steward wasn’t kidding when he said Rocky Juarez is the biggest puncher that Marco Antonio Barrera has ever faced...
I'm thinking what about Erik Morales.. what about Manny Pacquiao? I stopped thinking about them during round 4 when I realized that Barrera's face was red, puffy and swelling - as if he'd already been through 15 rounds...
� McManus: Barrera and Juarez Display Fine Art
Barrera and Juarez Display Fine Art
SUN May 21, RICHARD McMANUS - Last night's fight on HBO Championship Boxing was vicious warfare, it was stunning art. Marco Antonio Barrera's (62-4) face swelled, contorted and puffed in ways we haven't seen before. Rocky Juarez (25-2) was challenged and pushed and out-fought for half the fight.
The early rounds were dominated by Barrera's jab and crisp right hands. Juarez stalked Barrera while landing meaningful shots at a sporadic rate...
Grading Ricky Hatton
THU May 18, BUSTER PARIS - I can’t make up my mind and I’ve been back and forth with it ever since I drove out of the parking garage at the TD Banknorth Garden in Boston, MA May 13th 2006 - I was at the fight – sitting in the Press section - row 5, seat 3 - watching Ricky Hatton challenge Luis Collazo for the WBA Welterweight title...
Why I Was Right About Collazo vs. Hatton
MON May 15, JASPREET PANCHHI - As I pondered who would win this fight and how, I thought of Ricky Hatton's ability to exert relentless pressure but such thoughts were fairly quickly overtaken by the feelings about the American and his style, thus prompting me to forecast that Luis Collazo would halt the British express and establish a defense via an unanimous decision.
Hatton New WBA Welterweight Champ, But For How Long?
MON May 15, BILL CALOGERO - Ricky "Hitman" Hatton became the new WBA Welterweight Champion by winning a unanimous decision over Luis Collazo in front of a sold-out crowd broadcast live from Boston, Massachusetts by HBO. "Hitman" improves to 41-0 (30 KOs), while the game Collazo drops to 26-2 (12 KOs)...
� Gonzalez: Hatton Gets A Gift In His American Debut
Hatton Gets A Gift In His American Debut
SUN May 14, FRANK GONZALEZ -
Frank Gonzalez Jr. May 13th, 2006 - Saturday night in Boston, former Light Welterweight Champion and the pride of Manchester England, Ricky "The Hitman" Hatton made his debut in the USA, facing Brooklyn's own, 147-pound WBA Champion Luis Collazo.
Ricky Hatton is one of my favorite fighters and I hate to say it but he proved fairly one dimensional against the slick boxing, veteran Welterweight Luis Collazo, who got floored early...
Talking Boxing Staff Picks Hatton/Collazo
SAT May 13, STAFF - The British are coming and the staff at Talking Boxing have alot to say about it...
Floyd Patterson: A Legend Who is Still Alive in Our Hearts and Minds
SAT May 13, JASPREET PANCHHI - Former heavyweight champion (55-8-1, 40 KO’s) Floyd Patterson died on May 11th, 2006 aged 71. The Hall of Fame fighter was suffering from Alzheimer’s disease and prostate cancer...
Floyd Patterson | January 4th 1935 – May 11th 2006
SAT May 13, BUSTER PARIS - Floyd Patterson has passed away – at the age of 71. For those of you who didn’t know of Floyd do yourself a favor and Google him today – he was a really interesting guy, a great fighter and an integral part of boxing’s history...
Because He Has To - DLH Beats Mayorga
WED May 10, BUSTER PARIS - The world completely stunned – our collective jaws drop open and our eyes widen in utter disbelief. It was totally unexpected – at least at this juncture of only a minute having gone by in the first round – but there it was – Ricardo Mayorga dropped violently hard by a picture perfect left hook...
Hatton Invasion Arrives Saturday Night in Boston
TUE May 9, JASPREET PANCHHI - Ricky “The Hitman” Hatton (40-0-0, 30 KO’s) is now venturing into
American territory since his very first fight by taking on Luis Collazo at welterweight. Hatton captured the IBF title by stopping Kostya Tszyu and soon after the Englishman halted Carlos Maussa. Hatton was initially thought to have agreed to fight Carlos Baldomir, but...
De La Hoya Takes Out The Trash-Talking Mayorga
SAT May 7, FRANK GONZALEZ Jr. - Las Vegas, Nevada - After a fairly long layoff, Oscar De La Hoya returned to the ring in top form, made a ton of Pay-Per-View money and proved that being a gentleman should never be confused with being weak. These days, just about every high profile fight is hyped as, 'sworn enemies' and other over-exaggerated labels that fade as soon as the fight is over...
>> SHOWTIME REPORT: Rivera Drops Garcia Five Times to Win Decision and WBA Title
Fighters Picks: De La Hoya Vs Mayorga
TUE May 2, LOS ANGELES - The stage is set and the world will be watching May 6 when “The Golden Boy” Oscar De La Hoya returns to the ring to challenge dangerous World Boxing Council super welterweight champion Ricardo “El Matador” Mayorga.
When The Weather Report is Wrong
MON May 1, ROGER GORDILLO - We’ve all experienced it before you hear a report of an oncoming weather change and plan accordingly only to be left waiting like an uninvited girl hoping to receive a prom date. Unfortunately for me I was the Nicolas Cage (The Weatherman) at fault this time. After all, if all us sportswriters were right all the time we wouldn’t write, we‘d be sitting at the sportsbook at the MGM making thousands daily...
Andre Ward - Better Than Ever
MON May 1, BUSTER PARIS - To some extent he’s been living up to his hype and potential. I know he’s undefeated and I know that only 8 fights does not a career make, but the kids an Olympic Gold Medallist (2004 Light Heavyweight Gold) and we’re all expecting great things…greater things from him...
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