The Two Lives of Miguel Cotto

Commentary by P.H. Burbridge

Miguel Angel Cotto is in a great position to achieve what he craves most. His one time conqueror, Antonio Margarito has been disgraced for attempting to cheat against “Sugar” Shane Mosley and ended up taking one of the most humbling beatings we’ve seen in a long, long time. What a difference a year makes. In that time Cotto has rebuilt his career and signed an extension with Top Rank Boxing. He signed that extension because Bob Arum was able to deliver an opportunity to achieve the thing he craves most. READ MORE

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Miguel Cotto

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Ralph Rimpell’s “Pound for Pound” Best Fighters in Boxing IV

By Ralph Rimpell, IronBoxing.com

It has been 14 months and for another boxing website when last I wrote my view of who I felt were the 10 best fighters in the world of boxing at the time. Mayweather was still retired, the Margarito-Cotto match was almost a reality, and De La Hoya was still a welterweight contender. Quite a few things have happened since then. Before I begin, I would like first thank Ironboxing’s Webmaster, Norman Lucas, and Editor, John Martinez, for giving me a forum for where I can express my pure unadulterated views as a boxing writer/reporter. For those that are not familiar with my articles, you will find that I may at times be controversial, but I back up my claims with proof. Shall we begin? The ten best fighter’s “Pound for Pound” (P4P) are: READ MORE

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Manny Pacquiao throws a punch at Oscar de la Hoya (file)

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Jimmy Lennon Jr Interview: On Mayweather, Pacquiao vs Cotto, Tyson, Holyfield and so Much More!

By David Tyler, Doghouse Boxing

Jimmy Lennon Jr. is the regular Showtime Boxing Ring Announcer. Both he and his late Father, Jimmy Lennon Sr., are members of Boxing’s Hall of Fame. Ladies and Gentlemen, it’s Showtime!

David Tyler – Jimmy, I was a big fan of your Father’s work with boxing here in Los Angeles where he was the main announcer for boxing and wrestling events at the Olympic Auditorium. Is that why and how you got started in the business? READ MORE

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Jimmy Lennon Jr.

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Exclusive Interview: Max Kellerman

By Michael Gonzalez, BoxingTalk.com

Q. Was Shane Mosley's appearance in your post-fight interview with Floyd Mayweather Jr. this past Saturday premeditated? READ MORE

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Max Kellerman

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Manny can’t KO Cotto?

By Edi Aznar, SunStar.com.ph

FREDDIE Roach is expecting the Manny Pacquiao vs. Miguel Cotto fight on Nov. 14 to go the distance.

“We’re going in there looking for 12 hard rounds. You can’t look for the knockout with this guy because he’s very resilient,” said Roach in a report posted at GMANews.tv. READ MORE

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Freddie Roach

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Manny Pacquiao will beat Floyd Mayweather on speed says Amir Khan

By Gareth Davies, Telegraph.co.uk

Amir Khan returns to Los Angeles in October where he has been training under Freddie Roach, sparring with Manny Pacquiao, and improving his all-round game. Revealing on Monday that there are definite talks ongoing for him to defend the WBA 140lb gong against Dmitry Salita in December, sometime, somewhere…Khan also spoke out in favour of his gym mate Pacquiao. READ MORE

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Amir Khan

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Relive Hopkins vs Jones Jr 1

By BoxingNewsWorld.blogspot.com

The second fight between Bernard Hopkins and Roy Jones Jr is almost certain next year. Boxing fans like me were waiting for this fight to happen long time ago. But it's good that it is finally made.

The first Hopkins-Jones fight was in May 1993. They fought for the vacant IBF Middleweight title. Watch the fight (clips by starjammerboxing2):

Jones-Hopkins: It might not be too late for a good show

By William Dettloff, The RING

To many, it’s no big news that Bernard Hopkins and Roy Jones have finally come to terms for a rematch to their May 1993 middleweight title fight.

If it had come in, say, 2003, before Jones was sent snoring deep into the night by Antonio Tarver and then Glen Johnson, and when Hopkins was still younger than Methuselah, its reception almost certainly would have been universally positive. READ MORE
 

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Hopkins & Jones Jr (Photo by TheBlueCorner.Wordpress.com)

Edwin Valero should live alone

Boxing News World

A report by USAToday.com said that Edwin Valero, the hard hitting WBC lightweight champion from Venezuela, was arrested by Venezuelan police sometime last week on domestic violence (allegedly hitting his mother and a sister during “a family dispute”).

If this report is true, this will certainly off my respect for the hard hitting boxer. Hitting a woman is already a no no to me. Striking your mother or your sister is totally unacceptable to me no matter how you put it. If you can’t control your temper, stay away from your family. Live alone.

- Marshall N. B., marx7204@lycos.com

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Edwin Valero (Photo by BoxingRepublic.com)

Max Kellerman right to shut off Floyd Mayweather Jr.

By George Kimball, Boston Herald

HBO’s Max Kellerman has taken some heat from people who ought to know better for pulling the plug on a scheduled in-ring interview with Floyd Mayweather Jr. in the aftermath of last weekend’s mismatch with Juan Manuel Marquez. The contretemps developed only after Mayweather, having already declined to answer the one question anybody cared about - his having come in two pounds over the 144-pound contractual weight, thereby costing him a reported $600,000 - tried to wrest the microphone away from Kellerman. READ MORE