2008-07-07T18:30:02Z TalkingBoxing urn:uuid:60a76c80-d398-11d9-b93C-0003939e0af6 urn:uuid:7uh9c199-c999-9olq-asfu-12da124y6z88 2008-12-19T19:30:02Z

ANDRES ANTONIO CARRIEDO - By early 2004, Daniel 'The Haitian Sensation' Edouard had begun to establish himself as a fan favorite with his television friendly fighting style. He'd won his first 15 professional bouts and was starting to build up a fan following. At the time, though he had an undefeated record and had begun to move up the professional rankings, he was not quite able to commit fully to boxing. But he was held in solid regard by fans and the television networks. So, bigger opportunities began to present themselves to Team Edouard over the course of the next year.

urn:uuid:7uh9c199-c999-6iqq-asfu-12da124y6z88 2008-09-18T19:30:02Z

ANDRES ANTONIO CARRIEDO - After a dry five week spell (that featured only a disappointing Olympic tournament and a handful of decent ESPN2 and Telefutura cards) between the competing Joshua Clottey-Zab Judah, Dimitri Kirilov-Vic Darchinyan cards and the Juan Diaz-Michael Katsidas card, it's time for the stretch run of the boxing year. Saturday night featured a compelling matchup between Juan Manuel Marquez and Joel Casamayor on HBO PPV.

urn:uuid:6uh9c199-c999-6tyh-asfu-12da124y6z99 2008-09-03T19:30:02Z

BUSTER PARIS - Blood spattered from Miguel Cotto's face in ways that it never has before, and most likely, never will again. "Manny Pacquiao is considered the best fighter in boxing today and I always want to fight the best..." - Oscar De La Hoya. Margarito grins, sneers, and continues to pound away at one of boxing's finest and most skilled fighters. All the while he takes big shots, and beautiful combinations...

urn:uuid:4gh9c127-c999-6tyh-asfu-12da124y6z9l 2008-07-24T19:30:02Z

ANDRES ANTONIO CARRIEDO - With 45 seconds left in the ninth round of his fight Wednesday night against Epifanio Mendoza at the Morongo Resort and Casino in Cabazon, CA, Jeff Lacy looked like a tired and beaten fighter. Lacy had started strong and stung Mendoza many times in the first five rounds. However, Mendoza had also hit Lacy repeatedly with right crosses and uppercuts and hurt Lacy badly in the second, sixth and eighth rounds.

urn:uuid:1a00c127-c668-6iol-asfu-14da124y6z9l 2008-07-24T19:30:02Z

ANDRES ANTONIO CARRIEDO - It's not often that a fighter makes a big name off of all the fighters he hasn't fought, but that's what Antonio Margarito has done. The list of fighters who've decided against fighting Margarito in favor of more lucrative paydays is a who's who of the 147 lb. division. The names include, Ricardo Mayorga, Cory Spinks, Zab Judah, Shane Mosley and Floyd Mayweather Jr. The fact that some of the division's bigger names have passed when Margarito was willing to fight them plays into his stengths as a rugged and determined fighter. However, in the buildup to his fight against Cotto, it's important to keep that in proper perspective when determining Margarito's chances of ending Cotto's winning streak.

urn:uuid:1a00c127-c668-6tyh-asfu-12da124y6z9l 2008-07-23T19:30:02Z

ANDRES ANTONIO CARRIEDO - Originally, it looked like Kelly Pavlik was going to fight a respectable non-160 lb. opponent in a WBC and WBO 160 lb. title defense in Atlantic City, NJ on HBO's 9/27 World Championship Boxing telecast and that HBO was going to run two PPV shows with fairly weak headlining bouts (Joel Casamayor-Juan Manuel Marquez on 9/13 and Shane Mosley-Ricardo Mayorga on 10/11) by traditional PPV standards against strong Showtime Championship Boxing cards (featuring Nate Campbell-Joan Guzman on 9/13 and Antonio Tarver-Chad Dawson, Sam Peter-Vitali Klitchko on 10/11). Now, it appears as though Top Rank has backed down from their vow to keep Pavlik off of PPV and away from aging veterans.

urn:uuid:1a99c127-c668-6tyh-asfu-12da987y6r9q 2008-07-23T19:30:02Z

LUKE CALLAHAN - Making his first title defense, Nate Campbell will risk his newly acquired International Boxing Federation, World Boxing Organization and World Boxing Association lightweight titles against undefeated two-division world champion Joan Guzman on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2008, live on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING at 9 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast).

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Marylyn Aceves - What do you think about your last fight against Quintana? Paul Williams, "The last fight I knew I had something to get up for and not get caught off guard ever again... of course it was more than something I had to prove in the ring. I had to show that I had could take on a fellow who just beat me and virtually destroy him once the bell rang. I proved he didn’t have my number. The media was saying I would have no answer...

urn:uuid:8v67c127-c668-6tyh-asfu-12da987efa6f 2008-07-21T19:30:02Z

FRANK GONZALEZ JR. - The current WBA Welterweight champion, Miguel Cotto (32-0, 26 KO's) of Caguas, Puerto Rico has been skillfully managed, and not only built up his record and confidence, but actually gave him the incremental, slow cooked experience to become the very well rounded 'fighter' he is today. There are many schools of thought on how fighters in boxing should be brought up and Cotto's is a story of great success in that everyone involved has made money...

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urn:uuid:6v67c127-c668-4ebb-asfu-12da987efa6f 2008-07-13T19:30:02Z

FRANK GONZALEZ JR. - On Saturday at the Color Line Arena in Hamburg Germany, WBO #1 contender Tony Thompson (31-2, 19 KO's) of the USA, fought IBF/IBO/WBO Heavyweight Champion, Wladimir Klitschko (51-3, 45 KO's) for eleven tough rounds, scoring more punches against Klitschko than anyone I've seen and yet lost by knockout in the eleventh round, compliments of a Klitschko right hand that put him down, seeing him barely make it up at ten and waved out by the referee, Joe Cortez.

urn:uuid:8n67c887-c668-4ebb-asfu-12da567efa6f 2008-07-11T19:30:02Z

ANDRES ANTONIO CARRIEDO - Perhaps I'm something of a masochist, but not only am I a dedicated and fervent fan of boxing, but also an avid open wheel racing fan. To the mainstream, these are the antithesis, or red-headed step children (if you will), of the two most recent "fastest growing sports" in America, mixed martial arts and stock car racing. Open wheel racing began its downfall in 1996 when the Owner of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Tony George, and the owners of the major racing teams (CART) split and their drivers raced in two separate leagues.

urn:uuid:8n67c887-c668-4ebb-asfu-80da344efa6f 2008-07-09T19:30:02Z

ANTONIO ANDRES CARRIEDO - In the aftermath of WBC 135 lb. titlist Manny Pacquiao's title winning effort against former titlist David Diaz, many boxing fans and pundits alike have proclaimed the Filipino icon the new king of the pound for pound rankings. The combination of Pacquiao's five division title holding resume, his national hero following in the Philippines and his budding popularity here in the United States have catapulted him to the top of many pound for pound rankings.

urn:uuid:8n67c658-c668-4ebb-asfu-80da344efa6f 2008-07-08T19:30:02Z

JAMES STILLERMAN - Manny Pacquiao (47-3-2, 35KO) destroyed David Diaz (34-2-1, 17KO) last Saturday night at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, en route to an impressive ninth round stoppage. Pacquiao dominated every single round and outperformed Diaz, who was fighting in his second defense of the title and displayed a gutsy performance, refusing to give up.

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BUSTER PARIS - "They talk about Kelly Pavlik, a white fighter, like he's the second coming. Or they go crazy over Manny Pacquiao. But I'm a black fighter..." Just some of what Floyd Mayweather Jr. said to The Grand Rapids Press on Friday, July 4th 2008. He went on to say, "Is it racial? Absolutely. They praise white fighters; they praise Hispanic fighters, whatever. But black fighters, they never praise."

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ANTONIO ANDRES CARRIEDO - The third weekend of June was a big one for Showtime and the 160/68 lb. weight range. Despite facts that prove otherwise, many within the boxing community claim that the weight range is relatively barren of formidable opposition for Undisputed 160 lb. champion Kelly Pavlik. Pavlik recently dismissed the immediate possibility of facing the likes of, among others, German based Armenian born IBF 160 lb. titlist Arthur Abraham in part because of his anonymity here in the US. On June 7th, at the time of Pavlik's comments, that may have been true. It's no longer true.

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ANTONIO ANDRES CARRIEDO - Lou DiBella was recently quoted proclaiming that the Andre Berto era may begin this weekend. Should Berto win his fight this Saturday night at the FedEx Forum in Memphis, TN against Miki Rodriguez he'll claim the WBC 147 lb. crown recently vacated by Floyd Mayweather Jr. A win on Saturday night could, potentially, thrust Berto into the limelight. It would also be the first major title claimed by a U.S. based 2004 Olympian.

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ANTONIO ANDRES CARRIEDO - Shane Mosley knows what he did and what he didn't do. He says he took steroids, but that he didn't know they were steroids when he was taking them. Infamous BALCO founder Victor Conte and former Mosley conditioning coach Derryl Hudson say otherwise. If the Trevor Graham and Marion Jones trials are any indication of how former BALCO witnesses (Mosley is among this group) will fare in US District Court against the San Francisco District Attorney's Office then Mosley may be in for a much tougher fight than any he expected to have this year.

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ANTONIO ANDRES CARRIEDO - Creating great match ups and big events in boxing are not always a mutually exclusive propositions; it just seems that way sometimes. Part of this stems from the disproportionate popularity of Oscar De la Hoya within mainstream culture compared to every other figure in boxing. Anything involving De la Hoya or his Golden Boy Promotions outfit carries added mainstream significance which usually leads to more money and mainstream recognition.

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JAMES STILLERMAN - WBC and current top rated Ring Magazine light middleweight champ Vernon "The Viper" Forrest, 40-2, is less than a week away from a showdown with former 'Contender' star Sergio Mora. Forrest, who was the 2002 fighter of the year when he beat 'Sugar' Shane Mosley twice to win the world welterweight title, is coming back from elbow surgery, which kept him out of the sport for nearly two years. Since returning, Forrest is 5-0 and along the way has beaten top fighters Ike Quartey and Carlos Baldomir. This Saturday on Showtime Championship Boxing, June 7th at 9pm/EST, Forrest looks to beat another great fighter in WBC #8 ranked middleweight Mora as the two boxers collide in Connecticut at the Mohegan Sun Arena.

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JAMES STILLERMAN - Season one Contender winner, Sergio "The Latin Snake" Mora, 20-0-1, is less than one week away from putting his undefeated record on the line against WBC jr. middleweight champion Vernon "The Viper" Forrest on Showtime Championship Boxing, June 7th at 9PM/EST.

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JAMES STILLERMAN - WBO welterweight champion Carlos Quintana, 25-1, is less than two weeks away from a highly anticipated rematch with Paul Williams on Showtime Championship Boxing, June 7th at 9PM/EST.

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ANTONIO ANDRES CARRIEDO - Ricky Hatton and Paulie Malignaggi have plans to fight each other. If they'd been ready to do so they'd have probably fought each other on HBO's World Championship Boxing series last Saturday night in what would have been a much anticipated fight pitting arguably the top two 140 lb. fighters in the world. Hatton's need for a tune-up fight, in...

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FRANK GONZALEZ JR. - In 2005, after retiring Kostya Tszyu after 11 rounds, Ricky Hatton was on top of the World. He was at his best. After Tszyu, Hatton fought Carlos Maussa (20-2) and won by TKO in nine. When Ricky Hatton fought Luis Collazo two years...

urn:uuid:1a25c658-c568-4ebb-asfu-80da7y4e8u8u 2008-04-23T18:30:02Z

ANTONIO ANDRES CARRIEDO - An oft-repeated criticism of current pound for pound kingpin, Floyd Mayweather Jr. in recent years revolves around his chosen career path. Mayweather is fighting less frequently and against non-welterweights at a

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FRANK GONZALEZ JR. - Undisputed Super Middleweight Champion, Joe Calzaghe made his debut fight in the USA, as a Light Heavyweight Saturday night at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas, against America's legendary, former

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ANTONIO ANDRES CARRIEDO - For the better part of the last year, WBC 175 lb. titlist Chad Dawson has been calling for a fight with former linear 175 lb. champion Antonio Tarver. Unlike the 147 lb. cat and mouse game being played out on HBO's airwaves

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ANTONIO ANDRES CARRIEDO - On the same night that Showtime featured two significant 175 lb. fights, HBO took a stab at doing the same with the 147 lb. division. The problem was that HBO's card featured a mismatch and a rematch of a

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FRANK GONZALEZ JR. - Saturday night in Atlantic City , New Jersey , Miguel Cotto (32-0, 26 KO's) made easy work of Alphonso Gomez (19-3-2, 8 KO's) winning by TKO after the fifth round when the

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FRANK GONZALEZ JR. - Saturday night at the St. Pete's Forum in Tampa Florida, WBC Light Heavyweight champion Chad Dawson (26-0-1 NC, 17 KO's) defended his title against one of the toughest guys in all boxing,

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After cleaning up on Saturday's HBO Championship Boxing scoring impressive knockouts, WBA welterweight champion Miguel Cotto and newly crowned IBF champ Antonio Margarito discuss

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Undefeated WBC light heavyweight champ Chad Dawson defends this Saturday on SHOWTIME..

urn:uuid:1a90c658-c668-4ebb-asfu-80da344efa6f 2008-04-10T18:30:02Z

The International Boxing Federation has granted Heavyweight Champion Wladimir Klitschko an exception to fight Tony Thompson...

urn:uuid:1225c658-c668-4ebb-asfu-80da344efa6f 2008-04-07T18:30:02Z

ANTONIO ANDRES CARRIEDO - Many ideas have been thrown around over the years about how to improve the sport of boxing. One that I'd like to address is the subject of weight in fights.

urn:uuid:1225c658-c9b8-4ebb-asfu-80da344efa6f 2008-04-04T18:30:02Z

ANTONIO ANDRES CARRIEDO - I hate to rain on the reality television series, "The Contender's" parade. However, even in light of the recent wins by "Contender" alums Brian Vera over much-hyped 160 lb.

urn:uuid:1225c658-cfb8-4ebb-asfu-80da344efa6f 2008-04-01T18:30:02Z

MICHAEL HERRON - The definition of prizefighting is simple; a match fought between professional fighters for money. Fortunately, Floyd "Money" Mayweather, the best Pound-for-Pound fighter in the sport, understands the meaning.

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FRANK GONZALEZ JR. - On ESPN's Friday Night Fights this week, the guest fighter at the talk table with Robert...

urn:uuid:1225c675-cfb8-4ebb-asfu-80da344efa6f 2008-03-25T18:30:02Z

MICHAEL HERRON - In boxing, and life in general, the chances you take can often be described as a risk/reward ratio. More often than not, we hear of prize fighters accepting or declining fights

urn:uuid:1225c676-cfb8-4ebb-asfd-80da344efa6f 2008-03-25T18:30:02Z

BUSTER PARIS - One of the great things about boxing is that it's rich history, in combination with the theory that 'styles make fights', can often gives us insight into it's future.