By David Mayo, The Grand Rapids Press
The biggest issue with Floyd Mayweather's inevitable tongue-wagging at Shane Mosley has taken the form of the older, more experienced fighter accepting it exactly how he should. If Mosley keeps it up 10 more days, he wins round one, even if the scorecards never reflect it.
This stretch run to the welterweight megafight coincides with the period when Mayweather believes his deflating debating often wins fights before opening bell.
And so it has, against some weak-minded opponents, most notably the late Diego Corrales and the late Arturo Gatti, both of whom withered under the verbal assault and mentally were beaten in huge fights long before absorbing the follow-up physical beatdowns.
As for Mosley, he takes the sticks-and-stones approach to Mayweather's schtick-and-drone strategy, blanching neither at the May 1 fight's magnitude, nor Mayweather's biting platitudes.
The sniping has taken a recognizable form, as in every big Mayweather fight.
Steroids, which Mosley used for a brief period in 2003 -- unwittingly, he claims -- are at the center of it.
Yet, Mosley dismisses that as the 7-year-old non-issue it is, which in turn provides him some immunity to the Grand Rapids native's rants, which he said are designed "to get a reaction out of you and see what happens, see what you do."
"That's probably part of his plan, or his strategy, before the fight -- the fighting before the fight," Mosley said. "He just says what's on top of his head to get a reaction out of you. If he gets a reaction out of you, he's done a good job. He's won."
No Mayweather opponent ever assessed the pre-fight tactic better.
Against the lesser opposition of his past, Mayweather limited the chatter to his own greatness.
Against better opponents, he brought out heavier weaponry by finding a painful truth and picking the scab like a playground bully.
When it works, he wins.
His constant harping about beating Corrales "on behalf of battered women everywhere," with the Californian facing a trial that sent him to prison for a year, had that fight won long before the five-knockdown virtuoso.
Mayweather's repeated claim that Gatti was a "straight-up bum" who earned their fight with wins against second-tier opponents and undue support from HBO led the promoter to demand separate pre-fight press conferences -- and when Mayweather crashed Gatti's, the fight effectively ended before the six-round assault began.
Against Zab Judah, Mayweather focused on how Don King was taking virtually the challenger's entire paycheck. When the fight soured, Judah sparked a foul-filled brouhaha, prompting an array of suspensions and fines.
Against Oscar De La Hoya, the focus was how Floyd Mayweather Sr., who trained De La Hoya for six years, jumped camps when the big fight materialized.
Mosley has interacted with Mayweather enough outside the ring to know that his opponent isn't the same with cameras off and a big fight not forthcoming.
"You probably can see some good qualities that Floyd has," he said. "He can charm up a little bit and be more friendly, whatever. It's just that when the fight happens, he just starts getting a little crazy and goes back to the things he's used to doing."
Mosley has taken minor shots of his own, confined to the fight's outcome, particularly his oft-repeated vow of a knockout victory, as part of a pick-his-spots strategy on countering Mayweather's mouth, which he described as "check him here or there, get him back to thinking."
Mostly, his approach is to treat the steroid rant dismissively, ignore the rest and wait for fight night to respond -- something many other Mayweather foes should have done.
"I know that me not reacting to his antics, that's just me blocking all that stuff out and wanting to fight," Mosley said. "I don't really care about the different things that are being said, because that doesn't matter. What matters is the fight and what happens in the fight. So that's my whole interest and I kind of block all that other stuff out."
E-mail David Mayo: dmayo@grpress.com and follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/David_Mayo
Source: mlive.com
Wednesday, 21 April 2010
Kostya Tszyu rates Vic Darchinyan as Australia's best boxer -- FOXSports
By Max Abbott, foxsports.com.au
Boxing legend Kostya Tszyu rates Vic Darchinyan as Australia's best pound-for-pound boxer, despite the recent success of Danny Green and Anthony Mundine.
Speaking on the Fox Sports News' Long Lunch, Tszyu said that Darchinyan had proven that he could fight on the world stage.
"He is fighting not in his territory," Tszyu said.
"He is fighting in the States on US television and I think from that point of view he is a bigger star than Danny or Anthony."
Tszyu also hinted that his decorated boxing career may not be over, suggesting that a big enough offer could lure him back into the ring.
"Something big, something (with) big interest that I would talk to my family and they will say ‘look Kostya you are not ready to retire, do it’ and then I will say yeah I will," he said.
"Maybe fight against big names, maybe, that can be exciting,"
"We’ll see this weekend Floyd Mayweather against Shane Mosely, this can be good challenge for me, you never know."
Despite Australia’s recent boxing success, Tszyu said more financial support was needed from the government to allow the sport to continue to flourish.
"We have to create a system where kids can train for free.
"If we do this then more kids come for boxing, more kids going to go away from the street
"It is important for us to do it."
Tszyu suggested maybe he might night need to push envelope in parliament to get the wheels in motion.
"Maybe one day I go and put the suit and tie on and go and do it," he said.
Source: foxsports.com.au
Boxing legend Kostya Tszyu rates Vic Darchinyan as Australia's best pound-for-pound boxer, despite the recent success of Danny Green and Anthony Mundine.
Speaking on the Fox Sports News' Long Lunch, Tszyu said that Darchinyan had proven that he could fight on the world stage.
"He is fighting not in his territory," Tszyu said.
"He is fighting in the States on US television and I think from that point of view he is a bigger star than Danny or Anthony."
Tszyu also hinted that his decorated boxing career may not be over, suggesting that a big enough offer could lure him back into the ring.
"Something big, something (with) big interest that I would talk to my family and they will say ‘look Kostya you are not ready to retire, do it’ and then I will say yeah I will," he said.
"Maybe fight against big names, maybe, that can be exciting,"
"We’ll see this weekend Floyd Mayweather against Shane Mosely, this can be good challenge for me, you never know."
Despite Australia’s recent boxing success, Tszyu said more financial support was needed from the government to allow the sport to continue to flourish.
"We have to create a system where kids can train for free.
"If we do this then more kids come for boxing, more kids going to go away from the street
"It is important for us to do it."
Tszyu suggested maybe he might night need to push envelope in parliament to get the wheels in motion.
"Maybe one day I go and put the suit and tie on and go and do it," he said.
Source: foxsports.com.au
Tszyu hints at boxing return -- FightNews
By Craig Watt, FightNews.com
Former undisputed Jr-welterweight champion Kostya Tszyu
was a special guest on the Long Lunch today in Australia on Fox Sports News. During a twenty minute interview he hinted that he may be enticed into a ring return – if the right opportunity came along. He stated, “I have not officially retired – even after the loss to Ricky Hatton I have never stated that I am retired from the sport completely. I have not ruled out a return to the boxing ring but the opportunity would have to be right. It would have to be something big. It would take me about six months to get myself back into shape to compete again so it would have to be something different. A fight against big named boxers would be the only thing that would excite me to push my body into the pain. Let’s look at this weekend’s boxing fight between Floyd Mayweather and Shane Mosely – that would be a good challenge for me to fight the winner. Also Manny Pacquiao is the best fighter in the world and he is in my division. You never know what can happen in boxing but it is these types of fights that could entice me back to the boxing ring.” Tszyu has not fought since his 11th round retirement to Ricky Hatton in Manchester in 2006 and has spent recent years developing boxing gyms for young fighters in his native Russia.
Source: fightnews.com
Former undisputed Jr-welterweight champion Kostya Tszyu was a special guest on the Long Lunch today in Australia on Fox Sports News. During a twenty minute interview he hinted that he may be enticed into a ring return – if the right opportunity came along. He stated, “I have not officially retired – even after the loss to Ricky Hatton I have never stated that I am retired from the sport completely. I have not ruled out a return to the boxing ring but the opportunity would have to be right. It would have to be something big. It would take me about six months to get myself back into shape to compete again so it would have to be something different. A fight against big named boxers would be the only thing that would excite me to push my body into the pain. Let’s look at this weekend’s boxing fight between Floyd Mayweather and Shane Mosely – that would be a good challenge for me to fight the winner. Also Manny Pacquiao is the best fighter in the world and he is in my division. You never know what can happen in boxing but it is these types of fights that could entice me back to the boxing ring.” Tszyu has not fought since his 11th round retirement to Ricky Hatton in Manchester in 2006 and has spent recent years developing boxing gyms for young fighters in his native Russia.Source: fightnews.com
Evander Holyfield Q 'n' A-Part I -- The Sweet Science
By Zhenyu Li, The Sweet Science
Father Time has been known as a merciless killer who diminishes the water supply to a fighter's fountain of talent with every tick of hand. Yet, when it comes to the Real Deal, the edge of time has been only blunted.
The fight was televised live in China by CCTV, the nation's largest TV network, and probably well over a billion people watched the bout.
The well-preserved Holyfield finished Botha impressively for a 47-year-old, despite harsh criticism and sarcastic reports being aimed at the event, in the US and everywhere else, for that matter.
I also saw the aging warrior came close to winning his fifth recognized heavyweight world title when he courageously fought against the much-bigger Russian giant and WBA reigning champion Nicolai Valuev in 2008.
I give him credit for soldiering on, for still holding on to the dream, and still competing at a solid level.
I was privileged to sit down quietly with the four-time heavyweight champion of the world and talked for half an hour with no interruption during the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.
Although this interview was conducted over a year ago, it spoke a mouthful for the newly-crowned WBF champion, and the material has never been published elsewhere, only on TheSweetScience.com.
Part I
"There's something special to be a man. I become the man who I am because I learned to work hard and not to quit." —— Evander Holyfield
In the first episode of this interview, Holyfield talked with me about his seemingly endless reservoir of inspiration, his take on the pound for pound king Manny Pacquiao, his warrior mentality when facing tough oppositions like Mike Tyson, how he was influenced by the world-renowned Chinese Kung Fu master Bruce Lee and lots more.
Zhenyu Li: How are you, Evander?
Holyfield: Everything is just fine. Thank you, Bruce.
Zhenyu Li: Alright, let's get started. Actually, I've been watching and writing about you since 1996. You've had an outstanding, illustrious career, winning the world heavyweight champion titles four times, becoming the first universally recognized world cruiserweight champion, dethroning the mighty Mike Tyson. You've already gotten nothing to prove. At an advanced age, why do you still keep punching?
Holyfield: Well, you know, I got to say it based on my own experiences. I'll say it’s because my story is to inspire people.
I came up poor. My mother only had a fourth-grade education. My dad didn't have any education at all. But they were very structured. They worked hard. You know, they didn't complain. They didn't murmur. And they believe in Christ. My mother taught me, you know, in believing in Christ, that you not be prejudice; you treat people the way they wanted to be treated; be honest, do a great work and not to quit.
My mother told me that there's something special to be a man. You got to work your whole life. When you work, you'll find yourself always happy. My mother said, if you are busy, you'll find yourself happy, you'll find yourself accomplished.
In that theory, I see that it separates people. Some people try to work as less as possible, and they find themselves unhappy. People who work a lot find themselves always happier. You know, I became the man who I am because I learned to work and not to complain.
The difference between me and somebody else could be just that I work a lot harder than that guy, not because he comes as if it is a choice he makes. People who make the choice to study, work hard or do whatever they endeavor is to give it the max on themselves to reach to the top level. And you have the people who get envy and jealous, yet are not willing to put that work in, and they want to get the same praise.
Zhenyu Li: You've put on a string of epic battles that would long be remembered, your trilogy with Riddick Bowe, your two fights against Lewis, your trilogy with John Ruiz. I saw that you were a man of will. Some say that you are loved because of your pure grit. You really experienced difficulties during those fights, but you weathered the storms. How did you make that happen? What's your mentality at that time?
Holyfield: In a time when somebody does something that you do not expect, he kills you mentally. When a person hit you hard, bang, one or two shots, he wants to get you out of there, and you got to tell that man, nope! You have to get up and make the adjustment.
When you get hit, there'll be a reaction of your body, and the first thing on your mind is that I am hurt, so what do we do? Recover, your hands come up, and it becomes a sight game.
A sight game is that I am hurt, but I am to make you believe I am not even hurt, and with this confidence appearing on my face, I don't panic, otherwise your opponent will know that you are hurt. That's the whole art game in boxing. You gotta have the ability to properly show your emotions. If your opponent knows much about your thinking, he'll control you. So the whole big thing is not to put yourself in a position where your opponent can control you.
The whole thing is about, can you concentrate, can you focus, can you handle the atmosphere, and not cut it out; it's all this concentration thing that takes to be successful.
I am hurt, who knows it, but me, unless I'll let you know. If I let you know that I am hurt, you'll hurt me a lot harder; if not, you gotta think I am not going to waste a lot of those energy. Like my fight with Mike Tyson, he hit really hard. He wanted to get me knocked out. You know, it's a mind game, about concentration; it's about your mind, of what it takes to win. I have to use what I have to the best of my ability.
Zhenyu Li: Talking about concentration and mind game, you know, Sugar Ray Leonard once commented about Bruce Lee, that he respected Bruce Lee, firstly because of his mental stability. Have you heard of Bruce Lee, the Chinese Kung Fu master?
Holyfield: Oh, of course, he was... he was pretty much the star, ALL poor people, at least, LOVE Bruce Lee.
Zhenyu Li: Have you seen any of his movies?
Holyfield: Oh, Enter the Dragon and all that, you know, that's our favorite, it was just so fascinating.
The main thing about Bruce Lee is that, he was a little guy. And you know, his quickness, his aggressiveness, his explosive power, you have to be a great athlete to have all these, his body, his look, you know, all these things have to do with discipline and structure. He was able to go against the biggest guy, regardless of who he was. He can do so because of his confidence; his confidence is bigger than the stature, the size of the person; he makes you believe that size doesn't make a difference; what really matters are the confidence and your ability to make adjustment.
It works not only for Kung Fu; that what is life is all about. Life is not about size, or the skin color, it is about how good and how well-prepared you are to pass the test. Bruce Lee showed this to us.
There were a lot of karate people, but Bruce Lee stood high above everybody.
Zhenyu Li: Speaking of Asian fighters, what is your impression about them?
Holyfield: You know what, Thailand has some good fighters. There's a kid who is a champion now, Pacquiao (actually Pacquiao is from the Philippines). Oh, boy, he is big in America now. It thrills me that boxing has become what it is as a world sport. Once, you got world champions all from America, now you got them from all around the globe. You got some Russians, you got some Germans, you got one guy from Africa, and this Pacquiao. You got all these personalities coming in, and possibly, future champions from China. The sport is going global.
Zhenyu Li: From your fighter's perspective, what do you think are the reasons that Pacquiao stand far taller than the rest of the Asian pro boxers?
Holyfield: Well, you know, he has what is called determination.
Zhenyu Li: You just mentioned world champions from Russia, take Wladimir Klitschko for example, he is recognized as the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world, a position that you once took. But unlike you who always come forward, has an iron will and are difficult to be stopped, Klitschko won his matches all with a defensive, cautious style. He has never weathered a storm, like you. Some say that he has a glass chin. Why is such a big difference?
Holyfield: You know, what you believe is what you fight for. And what you believe is what you die for too. I die for what I believe. Some would say that this person is genetically better than another one. I don't think much of it. I think it's all about what you believe and what you've been trained to do.
Check back for Part II.
Source: thesweetscience.com
Father Time has been known as a merciless killer who diminishes the water supply to a fighter's fountain of talent with every tick of hand. Yet, when it comes to the Real Deal, the edge of time has been only blunted.
The aging warrior Evander Holyfield 
(43-10-2, 28 KOs) proved himself to be the greatest ring legend ever in history at 47, in my opinion, by stopping a bigger and stronger veteran title holder - Francois "White Buffalo" Botha (47-5-3, 28 KOs) on April 10 in Las Vegas.
(43-10-2, 28 KOs) proved himself to be the greatest ring legend ever in history at 47, in my opinion, by stopping a bigger and stronger veteran title holder - Francois "White Buffalo" Botha (47-5-3, 28 KOs) on April 10 in Las Vegas.The fight was televised live in China by CCTV, the nation's largest TV network, and probably well over a billion people watched the bout.
The well-preserved Holyfield finished Botha impressively for a 47-year-old, despite harsh criticism and sarcastic reports being aimed at the event, in the US and everywhere else, for that matter. I also saw the aging warrior came close to winning his fifth recognized heavyweight world title when he courageously fought against the much-bigger Russian giant and WBA reigning champion Nicolai Valuev in 2008.
I give him credit for soldiering on, for still holding on to the dream, and still competing at a solid level.
I was privileged to sit down quietly with the four-time heavyweight champion of the world and talked for half an hour with no interruption during the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.
Although this interview was conducted over a year ago, it spoke a mouthful for the newly-crowned WBF champion, and the material has never been published elsewhere, only on TheSweetScience.com.
Part I
"There's something special to be a man. I become the man who I am because I learned to work hard and not to quit." —— Evander Holyfield
In the first episode of this interview, Holyfield talked with me about his seemingly endless reservoir of inspiration, his take on the pound for pound king Manny Pacquiao, his warrior mentality when facing tough oppositions like Mike Tyson, how he was influenced by the world-renowned Chinese Kung Fu master Bruce Lee and lots more.
Zhenyu Li: How are you, Evander?
Holyfield: Everything is just fine. Thank you, Bruce.
Zhenyu Li: Alright, let's get started. Actually, I've been watching and writing about you since 1996. You've had an outstanding, illustrious career, winning the world heavyweight champion titles four times, becoming the first universally recognized world cruiserweight champion, dethroning the mighty Mike Tyson. You've already gotten nothing to prove. At an advanced age, why do you still keep punching?
Holyfield: Well, you know, I got to say it based on my own experiences. I'll say it’s because my story is to inspire people.
I came up poor. My mother only had a fourth-grade education. My dad didn't have any education at all. But they were very structured. They worked hard. You know, they didn't complain. They didn't murmur. And they believe in Christ. My mother taught me, you know, in believing in Christ, that you not be prejudice; you treat people the way they wanted to be treated; be honest, do a great work and not to quit.
My mother told me that there's something special to be a man. You got to work your whole life. When you work, you'll find yourself always happy. My mother said, if you are busy, you'll find yourself happy, you'll find yourself accomplished.
In that theory, I see that it separates people. Some people try to work as less as possible, and they find themselves unhappy. People who work a lot find themselves always happier. You know, I became the man who I am because I learned to work and not to complain.
The difference between me and somebody else could be just that I work a lot harder than that guy, not because he comes as if it is a choice he makes. People who make the choice to study, work hard or do whatever they endeavor is to give it the max on themselves to reach to the top level. And you have the people who get envy and jealous, yet are not willing to put that work in, and they want to get the same praise.
Zhenyu Li: You've put on a string of epic battles that would long be remembered, your trilogy with Riddick Bowe, your two fights against Lewis, your trilogy with John Ruiz. I saw that you were a man of will. Some say that you are loved because of your pure grit. You really experienced difficulties during those fights, but you weathered the storms. How did you make that happen? What's your mentality at that time?
Holyfield: In a time when somebody does something that you do not expect, he kills you mentally. When a person hit you hard, bang, one or two shots, he wants to get you out of there, and you got to tell that man, nope! You have to get up and make the adjustment.
When you get hit, there'll be a reaction of your body, and the first thing on your mind is that I am hurt, so what do we do? Recover, your hands come up, and it becomes a sight game.
A sight game is that I am hurt, but I am to make you believe I am not even hurt, and with this confidence appearing on my face, I don't panic, otherwise your opponent will know that you are hurt. That's the whole art game in boxing. You gotta have the ability to properly show your emotions. If your opponent knows much about your thinking, he'll control you. So the whole big thing is not to put yourself in a position where your opponent can control you.
The whole thing is about, can you concentrate, can you focus, can you handle the atmosphere, and not cut it out; it's all this concentration thing that takes to be successful.
I am hurt, who knows it, but me, unless I'll let you know. If I let you know that I am hurt, you'll hurt me a lot harder; if not, you gotta think I am not going to waste a lot of those energy. Like my fight with Mike Tyson, he hit really hard. He wanted to get me knocked out. You know, it's a mind game, about concentration; it's about your mind, of what it takes to win. I have to use what I have to the best of my ability.
Zhenyu Li: Talking about concentration and mind game, you know, Sugar Ray Leonard once commented about Bruce Lee, that he respected Bruce Lee, firstly because of his mental stability. Have you heard of Bruce Lee, the Chinese Kung Fu master?
Holyfield: Oh, of course, he was... he was pretty much the star, ALL poor people, at least, LOVE Bruce Lee.
Zhenyu Li: Have you seen any of his movies?
Holyfield: Oh, Enter the Dragon and all that, you know, that's our favorite, it was just so fascinating.
The main thing about Bruce Lee is that, he was a little guy. And you know, his quickness, his aggressiveness, his explosive power, you have to be a great athlete to have all these, his body, his look, you know, all these things have to do with discipline and structure. He was able to go against the biggest guy, regardless of who he was. He can do so because of his confidence; his confidence is bigger than the stature, the size of the person; he makes you believe that size doesn't make a difference; what really matters are the confidence and your ability to make adjustment.
It works not only for Kung Fu; that what is life is all about. Life is not about size, or the skin color, it is about how good and how well-prepared you are to pass the test. Bruce Lee showed this to us.
There were a lot of karate people, but Bruce Lee stood high above everybody.
Zhenyu Li: Speaking of Asian fighters, what is your impression about them?
Holyfield: You know what, Thailand has some good fighters. There's a kid who is a champion now, Pacquiao (actually Pacquiao is from the Philippines). Oh, boy, he is big in America now. It thrills me that boxing has become what it is as a world sport. Once, you got world champions all from America, now you got them from all around the globe. You got some Russians, you got some Germans, you got one guy from Africa, and this Pacquiao. You got all these personalities coming in, and possibly, future champions from China. The sport is going global.
Zhenyu Li: From your fighter's perspective, what do you think are the reasons that Pacquiao stand far taller than the rest of the Asian pro boxers?
Holyfield: Well, you know, he has what is called determination.
Zhenyu Li: You just mentioned world champions from Russia, take Wladimir Klitschko for example, he is recognized as the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world, a position that you once took. But unlike you who always come forward, has an iron will and are difficult to be stopped, Klitschko won his matches all with a defensive, cautious style. He has never weathered a storm, like you. Some say that he has a glass chin. Why is such a big difference?
Holyfield: You know, what you believe is what you fight for. And what you believe is what you die for too. I die for what I believe. Some would say that this person is genetically better than another one. I don't think much of it. I think it's all about what you believe and what you've been trained to do.
Check back for Part II.
Source: thesweetscience.com
Kostya Tszyu urges Anthony Mundine to take on Danny Green -- Daily Telegraph
By Nick Walshaw, The Daily Telegraph
AUSTRALIAN boxing legend Kostya Tszyu
has urged Anthony Mundine to forgo the scales and accept the one bout every Aussie sports fan wants to see - a rematch with Danny Green.
Among the most popular fighters this nation has ever produced, Tszyu yesterday told The Daily Telegraph Mundine should ignore the 10kg separating him from the IBO world cruiserweight champion.
"Because it would be a great fight, great for Australian boxing," Tszyu insisted.
"But to see what he did against Roy Jones, then the way he knocked out Manny Siaca ... it shows Danny Green is now capable of doing great things."
Asked about the obvious sticking point of weight, Tszyu added: "I don't want to see Danny lose weight because to drop weight as you get older, it's not natural. Not right.
"And I think they can still make the fight. Anthony needs to put some quality opposition against himself again.
"He's already fighting here in Australia and doing a good job for himself."
The Daily Telegraph can reveal the rival Green and Mundine camps have already spoken several times without success since the Perth brawler's comprehensive three-round win against Puerto Rican Siaca.
"Because it seems like Choc is content to keep chasing fights at light middleweight and middleweight," Green's manager Justin Manolikos conceded.
"To be honest I can't see why there would be any fuss about weight anyway.
"When Anthony played for the Dragons he was up around 95kg wasn't he?
"And after Dan beat Roy Jones Jr he came out to say he'd fight him at cruiserweight. Fight him at heavyweight.
"But if nothing changes, so be it. We'll keep chasing names like Roy Jones Jr while he keeps chasing cab drivers named Roy."
An undisputed junior welterweight champion in his prime, Tszyu now splits his year evenly between Australia and his homeland, Russia - where he boasts both a series of business interests and charity programs for underprivileged children.
The Thunder from Down Under was back in Sydney yesterday to help launch a limited edition Kostya Tszyu watch range - with each of his 270 limited edition pieces going for a cool $9900 each.
Source: dailytelegraph.com.au
AUSTRALIAN boxing legend Kostya Tszyu
has urged Anthony Mundine to forgo the scales and accept the one bout every Aussie sports fan wants to see - a rematch with Danny Green. Among the most popular fighters this nation has ever produced, Tszyu yesterday told The Daily Telegraph Mundine should ignore the 10kg separating him from the IBO world cruiserweight champion.
"Because it would be a great fight, great for Australian boxing," Tszyu insisted.
"We've always known Danny is big hitter. Has a strong punch.
"But to see what he did against Roy Jones, then the way he knocked out Manny Siaca ... it shows Danny Green is now capable of doing great things."
Asked about the obvious sticking point of weight, Tszyu added: "I don't want to see Danny lose weight because to drop weight as you get older, it's not natural. Not right.
"And I think they can still make the fight. Anthony needs to put some quality opposition against himself again.
"He's already fighting here in Australia and doing a good job for himself."
The Daily Telegraph can reveal the rival Green and Mundine camps have already spoken several times without success since the Perth brawler's comprehensive three-round win against Puerto Rican Siaca.
"Because it seems like Choc is content to keep chasing fights at light middleweight and middleweight," Green's manager Justin Manolikos conceded.
"To be honest I can't see why there would be any fuss about weight anyway.
"When Anthony played for the Dragons he was up around 95kg wasn't he?
"And after Dan beat Roy Jones Jr he came out to say he'd fight him at cruiserweight. Fight him at heavyweight.
"But if nothing changes, so be it. We'll keep chasing names like Roy Jones Jr while he keeps chasing cab drivers named Roy."
An undisputed junior welterweight champion in his prime, Tszyu now splits his year evenly between Australia and his homeland, Russia - where he boasts both a series of business interests and charity programs for underprivileged children.
The Thunder from Down Under was back in Sydney yesterday to help launch a limited edition Kostya Tszyu watch range - with each of his 270 limited edition pieces going for a cool $9900 each.
Source: dailytelegraph.com.au
Trainer Richardson on Mosley's camp -- FOXNews
FoxSports
FOXSports.com will be speaking to Shane Mosley's trainer Naazim Richardson each week before the May 1 fight with Floyd Mayweather Jr. (HBO Pay-Per-View). This is the first of a three-part series.
FOXSports.com: How's training going?
Richardson: Training is going pretty good. I think we're hitting all cylinders. Once we get the media things out of the way, we'll the work we need to finish up.
FOXSports.com: How's your relationship with Shane going?
Richardson: I appreciate the dedication and commitment he makes to the camp and to the particular project we're working on. A trainer always appreciates when an athlete gives 100 percent.
FOXSports.com: How are you trying to adjust Shane's style as he's getting older?
Richardson: It's not so much adjusting his style. It's just eliminating wasteful moves and implementing what's important and emphazing on the necessary.
FOXSports.com: Can we have an example?
Richardson: If you can make a move in two steps, why do four? Why shake and bake? Get directly to the project. It's just adding those things.
FOXSports.com: Shane hasn't fought since January 2009. Are you afraid of ring rust?
Richardson: Ring rust is something we'll have to deal with. It's there and there's nothing we can do about it. The guy stays at the gym and he has boxing as a lifestyle. It shouldn't be too much of a problem. He should be able to adjust fairly quickly.
FOXSports.com: Are you guys afraid of overtraining, considering the Andre Berto fight was scrapped late and you took the Mayweather fight pretty quickly?
Richardson: We took a break. We went on vacation, and he was sparring while he was on vacation. That's just who he is. It's like I said, it's a lifestyle for him.
FOXSports.com: How difficult is it to go from Berto to Mayweather?
Richardson: There are some difficulties in it, but they can be surmounted. There's nothing that can't be surmounted. We were going to fight a young, fast athlete. Now we're going to fight a man who's pretty quick, pretty agile. When you're a veteran you've got to expect those kinds of things. You've got to make adjustments. Boxing is a sport of adjustments.
FOXSports.com: The issue with Floyd and Shane seems to be personal. Is that a good or bad thing for training?
Richardson: It seems personal but the only personal attacks I heard of come from the Mayweather camp. Mayweather is all over the place. He's talking about Shane's hair, he's talking about his suits. ... The insults are trying to get Shane on an emotional level. But Shane is too professional to feed into that.
FOXSports.com: How do you guys handle the pressure? Big money is on the line here.
Richardson: Shane's no stranger big money and he's no stranger to big fights. The media is categorizing that he's out of his element. He wins this fight and it puts him back in a place he's been before.
Source: foxnews.com
FOXSports.com will be speaking to Shane Mosley's trainer Naazim Richardson each week before the May 1 fight with Floyd Mayweather Jr. (HBO Pay-Per-View). This is the first of a three-part series.
FOXSports.com: How's training going?
Richardson: Training is going pretty good. I think we're hitting all cylinders. Once we get the media things out of the way, we'll the work we need to finish up.
FOXSports.com: How's your relationship with Shane going?
Richardson: I appreciate the dedication and commitment he makes to the camp and to the particular project we're working on. A trainer always appreciates when an athlete gives 100 percent.
FOXSports.com: How are you trying to adjust Shane's style as he's getting older?
Richardson: It's not so much adjusting his style. It's just eliminating wasteful moves and implementing what's important and emphazing on the necessary.
FOXSports.com: Can we have an example?
Richardson: If you can make a move in two steps, why do four? Why shake and bake? Get directly to the project. It's just adding those things.
FOXSports.com: Shane hasn't fought since January 2009. Are you afraid of ring rust?
Richardson: Ring rust is something we'll have to deal with. It's there and there's nothing we can do about it. The guy stays at the gym and he has boxing as a lifestyle. It shouldn't be too much of a problem. He should be able to adjust fairly quickly.
FOXSports.com: Are you guys afraid of overtraining, considering the Andre Berto fight was scrapped late and you took the Mayweather fight pretty quickly?
Richardson: We took a break. We went on vacation, and he was sparring while he was on vacation. That's just who he is. It's like I said, it's a lifestyle for him.
FOXSports.com: How difficult is it to go from Berto to Mayweather?
Richardson: There are some difficulties in it, but they can be surmounted. There's nothing that can't be surmounted. We were going to fight a young, fast athlete. Now we're going to fight a man who's pretty quick, pretty agile. When you're a veteran you've got to expect those kinds of things. You've got to make adjustments. Boxing is a sport of adjustments.
FOXSports.com: The issue with Floyd and Shane seems to be personal. Is that a good or bad thing for training?
Richardson: It seems personal but the only personal attacks I heard of come from the Mayweather camp. Mayweather is all over the place. He's talking about Shane's hair, he's talking about his suits. ... The insults are trying to get Shane on an emotional level. But Shane is too professional to feed into that.
FOXSports.com: How do you guys handle the pressure? Big money is on the line here.
Richardson: Shane's no stranger big money and he's no stranger to big fights. The media is categorizing that he's out of his element. He wins this fight and it puts him back in a place he's been before.
Source: foxnews.com
Shane Mosley Jabs at Media After Steroids Question -- FanHouse
By Lem Satterfield, FanHouse
The usually calm Shane Mosley briefly gave in to an angry moment during a Tuesday conference call when he lashed out in response to a reporter's question concerning the Olympic style drug testing in correlation to his admitted steroid use in 2003, which he claims was inadvertent.
"It's ridiculous now that the media wants to make me the poster boy of steroids," said Mosley. "If you guys want to continue to put that out there, so be it. You guys know the truth."
Mosley has contended that he was initially unaware that the steroids, "the cream" and "the clear," which he admitted injecting, were illegal.
Mosley had obtained the drugs from BALCO founder Victor Conte through a relationship with his former trainer, Daryl Hudson.
"I've always been a clean fighter, and I've been knocking out everyone since 2003 and before 2003. I don't feel that I should be condemned for something that I never tested positive for. I just told the truth about what happened," said the 38-year-old Mosley (46-5, 39 knockouts), who will meet the undefeated 33-year-old Floyd Mayweather (40-0, 25 KOs) on May 1 at The MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
"The truth was brought to me by the federal people that took me to court and who brought me up as a witness. So the truth was revealed to me there," said Mosley. "There's this man [Conte] that I had seen one time in my whole entire life, and at the deposition, that was the second time that I saw him."
In another development, Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer, whose company is promoting Mayweather-Mosley, said that the clash is a non-title bout.
"It looks like the fight will not be for Shane's WBA title," said Schaefer. "Floyd's not fighting for the WBA title, but Shane is."
It appears that Mosley will defend his WBA welterweight (147 pounds) crown, but only in victory. The situation developed because Mayweather did not pay the WBA's necessary sanctioning fee.
"I don't know what to think about that. Everybody grows up wanting to fight for a belt and wanting to be a world champion. For him to dismiss it like, 'Oh, I'm bigger than this belt,' that just doesn't seem like he's in this sport for the sport," said Mosley.
"He's in it just for the money. Which is good, I mean, if he's in it for the money, to each his own," said Mosley. "I love the glory and the legendary status of being a champion and winning belts, and beating the best guys out there. If you do that, then, the money's going to come regardless."
Mayweather, said Schaefer, can not win the crown, but it is unclear whether or not Mosley will have to vacate it in defeat.
"This is not a WBA championship fight. But on a separate side, we are currently discussing with the WBA, for Shane, that Shane would be defending his belt," said Schaefer. "But for the purpose of this call, it's basically a non-WBA fight. It's the two best fighters fighting each other, that's what's at stake here."
Source: boxing.fanhouse.com
The usually calm Shane Mosley briefly gave in to an angry moment during a Tuesday conference call when he lashed out in response to a reporter's question concerning the Olympic style drug testing in correlation to his admitted steroid use in 2003, which he claims was inadvertent.
"It's ridiculous now that the media wants to make me the poster boy of steroids," said Mosley. "If you guys want to continue to put that out there, so be it. You guys know the truth."
Mosley has contended that he was initially unaware that the steroids, "the cream" and "the clear," which he admitted injecting, were illegal.
Mosley had obtained the drugs from BALCO founder Victor Conte through a relationship with his former trainer, Daryl Hudson.
"I've always been a clean fighter, and I've been knocking out everyone since 2003 and before 2003. I don't feel that I should be condemned for something that I never tested positive for. I just told the truth about what happened," said the 38-year-old Mosley (46-5, 39 knockouts), who will meet the undefeated 33-year-old Floyd Mayweather (40-0, 25 KOs) on May 1 at The MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
"The truth was brought to me by the federal people that took me to court and who brought me up as a witness. So the truth was revealed to me there," said Mosley. "There's this man [Conte] that I had seen one time in my whole entire life, and at the deposition, that was the second time that I saw him."
In another development, Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer, whose company is promoting Mayweather-Mosley, said that the clash is a non-title bout.
"It looks like the fight will not be for Shane's WBA title," said Schaefer. "Floyd's not fighting for the WBA title, but Shane is."
It appears that Mosley will defend his WBA welterweight (147 pounds) crown, but only in victory. The situation developed because Mayweather did not pay the WBA's necessary sanctioning fee.
"I don't know what to think about that. Everybody grows up wanting to fight for a belt and wanting to be a world champion. For him to dismiss it like, 'Oh, I'm bigger than this belt,' that just doesn't seem like he's in this sport for the sport," said Mosley.
"He's in it just for the money. Which is good, I mean, if he's in it for the money, to each his own," said Mosley. "I love the glory and the legendary status of being a champion and winning belts, and beating the best guys out there. If you do that, then, the money's going to come regardless."
Mayweather, said Schaefer, can not win the crown, but it is unclear whether or not Mosley will have to vacate it in defeat.
"This is not a WBA championship fight. But on a separate side, we are currently discussing with the WBA, for Shane, that Shane would be defending his belt," said Schaefer. "But for the purpose of this call, it's basically a non-WBA fight. It's the two best fighters fighting each other, that's what's at stake here."
Source: boxing.fanhouse.com
Shane Mosley contradicts statements regarding use of BALCO's drugs, saying he's a 'clean fighter' -- New York Daily News
By Nathaniel Vinton, New York Daily News
Maybe boxer "Sugar" Shane Mosley is trying to change his nickname to "sugarcoat."
But in a sworn deposition last Oct. 27, one of the very first questions Mosley faced was about the performance-enhancing drugs Conte sold him on July 26, 2003, a few months before Mosley beat Oscar De La Hoya in 12 rounds.
"Would it be fair to say in the weeks prior to that fight you took steroids?" asked Conte's attorney, Tom Harvey.
"The weeks, yes," said Mosley.
"Okay," said Harvey. "And would it be fair to say that you took performance-enhancing drugs in the weeks prior to the fight with Oscar De La Hoya in September, 2003?"
"Yes," Mosley testified.
Mosley in fact used BALCO's designer drugs "the clear" (the then-undetectable steroid THG) and "the cream" (a masking substance), and took a tutorial from Conte on how to self-inject EPO, a potent endurance booster. But unburdened by any oath yesterday, Mosley denied it yesterday.
"I never did that stuff," he said. "I never was on it really like that. I've always been a clean fighter."
Mosley also pointed out he never tested positive (the drug regimen Conte put him on was designed for exactly that purpose).
The vast gulf between Mosley's contradictory statements is the battleground of the $12 million suit that the fighter filed against Conte two years ago, right after Conte said he planned to publish a book that would prove Mosley knew exactly what he was getting that day at BALCO.
Their bitter legal war exploded last week after Conte left a failed settlement conference and posted to YouTube a video of Mosley's deposition showing Mosley admitting he knew the substance Conte sold him was EPO.
Mosley seemed annoyed by drug questions yesterday. Asked if it felt different to fight without BALCO's drugs, Mosley said it was a “stupid question.” His answer was gentler on Dec. 11, 2003, when he appeared before the grand jury investigating BALCO. A transcript of that testimony reviewed by the Daily News shows Mosley was asked the same question by a grand juror.
"I wasn't bruising a lot," Mosley answered. "And the impact of the punches were - I really didn't feel the impact of his punches."
Judd Burstein, the attorney representing Mosley who was present on the conference call, said that the quotes in Conte’s video posting were taken out of context, but other video segments that Burstein himself posted the next day don't seem to alter the message much.
"There's no point in talking about this," Burstein said, echoing Mosley's claim that the issue was seven years old.
Mosley, however, is the plaintiff in the case, and Burstein has helped him pursue it for two years, successfully derailing Conte's promised tell-all.
"The objective, the entire time, in my opinion, has been to drain me financially," says Conte. "Is that what justice is about? That he who has the deepest pockets wins, despite who's right and who's wrong?"
Source: nydailynews.com
Maybe boxer "Sugar" Shane Mosley is trying to change his nickname to "sugarcoat."
In a conference call Tuesday to publicize his May 1 fight against Floyd Mayweather Jr., Mosley said he had "always been a clean fighter," even though he has long admitted to using BALCO's drugs, most recently admitting as much last fall in a deposition for his libel suit against BALCO
boss Victor Conte.
boss Victor Conte."It's ridiculous now that the media wants to make me the poster boy of steroids, when I don't even know nothing about all that stuff," Mosley said.
But in a sworn deposition last Oct. 27, one of the very first questions Mosley faced was about the performance-enhancing drugs Conte sold him on July 26, 2003, a few months before Mosley beat Oscar De La Hoya in 12 rounds."Would it be fair to say in the weeks prior to that fight you took steroids?" asked Conte's attorney, Tom Harvey.
"The weeks, yes," said Mosley.
"Okay," said Harvey. "And would it be fair to say that you took performance-enhancing drugs in the weeks prior to the fight with Oscar De La Hoya in September, 2003?"
"Yes," Mosley testified.
Mosley in fact used BALCO's designer drugs "the clear" (the then-undetectable steroid THG) and "the cream" (a masking substance), and took a tutorial from Conte on how to self-inject EPO, a potent endurance booster. But unburdened by any oath yesterday, Mosley denied it yesterday.
"I never did that stuff," he said. "I never was on it really like that. I've always been a clean fighter."
Mosley also pointed out he never tested positive (the drug regimen Conte put him on was designed for exactly that purpose).
The vast gulf between Mosley's contradictory statements is the battleground of the $12 million suit that the fighter filed against Conte two years ago, right after Conte said he planned to publish a book that would prove Mosley knew exactly what he was getting that day at BALCO.
Their bitter legal war exploded last week after Conte left a failed settlement conference and posted to YouTube a video of Mosley's deposition showing Mosley admitting he knew the substance Conte sold him was EPO.
Mosley seemed annoyed by drug questions yesterday. Asked if it felt different to fight without BALCO's drugs, Mosley said it was a “stupid question.” His answer was gentler on Dec. 11, 2003, when he appeared before the grand jury investigating BALCO. A transcript of that testimony reviewed by the Daily News shows Mosley was asked the same question by a grand juror.
"I wasn't bruising a lot," Mosley answered. "And the impact of the punches were - I really didn't feel the impact of his punches."
Judd Burstein, the attorney representing Mosley who was present on the conference call, said that the quotes in Conte’s video posting were taken out of context, but other video segments that Burstein himself posted the next day don't seem to alter the message much.
"There's no point in talking about this," Burstein said, echoing Mosley's claim that the issue was seven years old.
Mosley, however, is the plaintiff in the case, and Burstein has helped him pursue it for two years, successfully derailing Conte's promised tell-all.
"The objective, the entire time, in my opinion, has been to drain me financially," says Conte. "Is that what justice is about? That he who has the deepest pockets wins, despite who's right and who's wrong?"
Source: nydailynews.com
The facts behind the toughest fight of Manny Pacquiao's life -- Telegraph
By Gareth A Davies, Telegraph.co.uk
Manny Pacquiao’s battle for election in the province of Sarangani, on the southern tip of The Philippines, is far tougher than any championship fight he has ever faced in the ring. Why ? The power base of the ruling political family, the Chiongbians, is both vast and established.
Pacquiao’s political rival for the single congressional seat is Roy Chiongbian, running for the first time, whose mother was a Governor, and whose father was its first Congressman.
Chiongbian, a US-educated businessman, launched his campaign by celebrating his 61st birthday at his family’s 2,718-acre plantation near Kiamba. Sarangani remains a family affair. The current congressman is his brother and the vice-governor his nephew.
The family owns Eastern Shipping Lines. They are old money, and have strong support from the indigenous people’s organisation in that province. They could be compared to the Kennedy family in the US.
The seven weight world champion Pacquiao has already lost in one campaign (2007) to Darlene Antonio-Custodio. In February 2007 Pacquiao had announced that he would run for congress under President Arroyo’s party. It caused widespread dismay from both his fans and the general public.
Arroyo had become president in 2004 in controversial circumstances, following vote-rigging allegations. These have contributed to the unrest in Mindanao where, in a 2008 survey, 58 per cent of citizens said they felt Arroyo had cheated in the election. On May 17 2007 Pacquiao was defeated in the congressional elections by Antonino-Custodio, running for the Nationalist People’s Coalition, who received 139,061 votes to Pacquiao’s 75,908. Pacquiao had funded his campaign with his own money. It has been claimed that much of the funds were siphoned off by his own supporters. Pacquiao’s support for a controversial president appeared to have cost him victory.
His campaign this time is being trumpeted as a success.
This time around, Pacquiao has the support of tycoon Senator Manny Villar, a presidential candidate.
Yet he faces fierce opposition, with its own loyal following.
The Legislative District of Sarangani has one seat in the Philippine House of Representatives. Sarangani was part of the representation of South Cotabato until 1995, when it was first granted its own representation. The province was created by Republic Act No. 7228 on March 16, 1992, penned by the late Congressman, James L. Chiongbian. His wife, Priscilla L. Chiongbian is the retired Governor of Sarangani. They are the parents of his rival.
While the Sarangani population (2007 census) was 475,514, the voting population (again, 2007 census) is just over 222,000. A look down the previous Congressional representatives is a clear indication of his battle with an immoveable object.
Reps: 1995-98 James L Chongbian
2001-2010 (3 terms) Erwin L Chongbian
Chongbian represents the Lakas Kampi CMD (Lakas-Kabalikat ng Malayang Pilipino-Christian Muslim Democrats), a centrist political party, and the current ruling party in the country. Pacquiao, supported by has set up the People’s Champ Movement.
Sarangani’s capital is Alabel and borders South Cotabato to the north and Davao del Sur to the east. Pacquiao lives in the heavily urbanized city of General Santos (in a walled compound with armed guards 24 hours a day).
Pacquiao sees poverty everywhere and finds it difficult to refuse queues of people handouts from his home.
He is currently funding 250 children through school in his neighbourhood, through a foundation set up several years ago. Some are orphans, others have parents who have requested his help. He has organised the export from the United States of 350 American-built hospital beds destined for wards around the General Santos region, a fire engine and an ambulance, and is overseeing the rebuilding of the L & M Gym in Manila into an apartment complex, incorporating a boxing gym in the basement. While his philanthropy continues, the area he seeks votes in is outside the remit of his generosity. His supporters say he is blessed, that he has been given the touch from above. He may need some of that if he is to win this election. Pacquiao is promising a “landslide win”, for God and country, yet most of his ardent fans really just want to see him get the better of another rival, Floyd Mayweather Jnr, in a boxing ring.
Facts about Sarangani:
Population Growth Rate 3.476 per cent per annum
Per Capita Income Php 15,350.00 (£225)
Literacy Rate 92 per cent
Labour Force 181,000 (54.1 per cent)
Minimum Daily Wage: £3.
Major Industries:
Agriculture: coconut, fruit and vegetable contract growing, rice and corn
Aquaculture: Prawn, Milkfish, Tilapia, Grouper, Sergeant fish
Natural Resources:
Commercial Deposits of gold, iron, ore,copper, marble, cement lime, limestone, guano, fishing ground, agricultural lands and mangrove eco-cultural sites.
Source: blogs.telegraph.co.uk
Manny Pacquiao’s battle for election in the province of Sarangani, on the southern tip of The Philippines, is far tougher than any championship fight he has ever faced in the ring. Why ? The power base of the ruling political family, the Chiongbians, is both vast and established.
Pacquiao’s political rival for the single congressional seat is Roy Chiongbian, running for the first time, whose mother was a Governor, and whose father was its first Congressman.
Chiongbian, a US-educated businessman, launched his campaign by celebrating his 61st birthday at his family’s 2,718-acre plantation near Kiamba. Sarangani remains a family affair. The current congressman is his brother and the vice-governor his nephew.
The family owns Eastern Shipping Lines. They are old money, and have strong support from the indigenous people’s organisation in that province. They could be compared to the Kennedy family in the US.
The seven weight world champion Pacquiao has already lost in one campaign (2007) to Darlene Antonio-Custodio. In February 2007 Pacquiao had announced that he would run for congress under President Arroyo’s party. It caused widespread dismay from both his fans and the general public.
Arroyo had become president in 2004 in controversial circumstances, following vote-rigging allegations. These have contributed to the unrest in Mindanao where, in a 2008 survey, 58 per cent of citizens said they felt Arroyo had cheated in the election. On May 17 2007 Pacquiao was defeated in the congressional elections by Antonino-Custodio, running for the Nationalist People’s Coalition, who received 139,061 votes to Pacquiao’s 75,908. Pacquiao had funded his campaign with his own money. It has been claimed that much of the funds were siphoned off by his own supporters. Pacquiao’s support for a controversial president appeared to have cost him victory.
His campaign this time is being trumpeted as a success.
This time around, Pacquiao has the support of tycoon Senator Manny Villar, a presidential candidate.
Yet he faces fierce opposition, with its own loyal following.
The Legislative District of Sarangani has one seat in the Philippine House of Representatives. Sarangani was part of the representation of South Cotabato until 1995, when it was first granted its own representation. The province was created by Republic Act No. 7228 on March 16, 1992, penned by the late Congressman, James L. Chiongbian. His wife, Priscilla L. Chiongbian is the retired Governor of Sarangani. They are the parents of his rival.
While the Sarangani population (2007 census) was 475,514, the voting population (again, 2007 census) is just over 222,000. A look down the previous Congressional representatives is a clear indication of his battle with an immoveable object.
Reps: 1995-98 James L Chongbian
2001-2010 (3 terms) Erwin L Chongbian
Chongbian represents the Lakas Kampi CMD (Lakas-Kabalikat ng Malayang Pilipino-Christian Muslim Democrats), a centrist political party, and the current ruling party in the country. Pacquiao, supported by has set up the People’s Champ Movement.
Sarangani’s capital is Alabel and borders South Cotabato to the north and Davao del Sur to the east. Pacquiao lives in the heavily urbanized city of General Santos (in a walled compound with armed guards 24 hours a day).
Pacquiao sees poverty everywhere and finds it difficult to refuse queues of people handouts from his home.
He is currently funding 250 children through school in his neighbourhood, through a foundation set up several years ago. Some are orphans, others have parents who have requested his help. He has organised the export from the United States of 350 American-built hospital beds destined for wards around the General Santos region, a fire engine and an ambulance, and is overseeing the rebuilding of the L & M Gym in Manila into an apartment complex, incorporating a boxing gym in the basement. While his philanthropy continues, the area he seeks votes in is outside the remit of his generosity. His supporters say he is blessed, that he has been given the touch from above. He may need some of that if he is to win this election. Pacquiao is promising a “landslide win”, for God and country, yet most of his ardent fans really just want to see him get the better of another rival, Floyd Mayweather Jnr, in a boxing ring.
Facts about Sarangani:
Population Growth Rate 3.476 per cent per annum
Per Capita Income Php 15,350.00 (£225)
Literacy Rate 92 per cent
Labour Force 181,000 (54.1 per cent)
Minimum Daily Wage: £3.
Major Industries:
Agriculture: coconut, fruit and vegetable contract growing, rice and corn
Aquaculture: Prawn, Milkfish, Tilapia, Grouper, Sergeant fish
Natural Resources:
Commercial Deposits of gold, iron, ore,copper, marble, cement lime, limestone, guano, fishing ground, agricultural lands and mangrove eco-cultural sites.
Source: blogs.telegraph.co.uk
Mosley Says He's Not Distracted By Latest PED Stuff -- The Sweet Science
By Michael Woods, The Sweet Science
Shane Mosley sounded ready to rock 11 days out from his fight with Floyd Mayweather. Floyd has to hope that Mosley doesn't transfer some of the aggravation he showed on a Tuesday conference call for media asking about the latest layer in his PED saga.
On Thursday, convicted PED chemist/dealer Victor Conte leaked portions of a recent Mosley deposition, from October 2009. Mosley accused Conte and has brought a defamation suit against the rogue chemist, for tricking him into using banned steroids "the cream" and masking agent "the clear" and endurance-booster EPO; Conte counterclaims that the boxer knew quite well he was taking, the PED EPO, leading in to his 2003 bout with Oscar De La Hoya. Mosley contended that he in fact didn't know the true identity of the substance he used.
In the deposition, a questioner asks Mosley if he was aware what he was ingesting, EPO, as he was taking it. He answers in the affirmative, which appears to negate the basis for the case being worked by his attorney Judd Burstein, which is that Conte didn't divulge the illegal nature of the substance he sold Mosley. In a NY Daily News article, Burstein "said that his client had "always admitted to knowingly using EPO," which confounded followers of the sordid saga. The attorney said he'd release the entire deposition to prove that Conte's edits were shady.
On the call, Mosley tried as best he could to bring the discussion into the present.
"I never was on it really like that," he said. "I choose to not even talk about it. 2003 when that stuff happened, so....I've always been a clean fighter. I don't feel I should be condemned for something I never tested positive for...the truth was revealed to me there (at the deposition)...The media wants to make me the poster boy for steroids...You guys want to get that out there, so be it, you guys know the truth."
The attorney, Burstein, was also present on the call. He too tried to focus on the present. "There's no point in talking about it," he said. "Conte edited it, took it out of context. There's nothing more to say about it."
Sadly, drug testing and PEDs has become the story, or at least too significant a subplot, for those who merely want to focus on the action in the ring. Will the focus on the Conte case detract from Mosley's preparation? Impossible for us to know. The fighter said on the call that he tried to steer clear of media, and focus on getting ready for the tussle, but he came off as on edge on the topic. This isn't an optimum state of mind as he tries to ready himself to be the first man to take down Mayweather, to be screamingly obvious.
SPEEDBAG Mosley's WBA welterweight title belt will not be on the line on May 1. If Shane wins, the belt is still his. If Floyd wins, the title will be vacant.
---Promoter Richard Schaefer said the fight is virtually sold out, with only some $600 and $1250 seats left. Closed circuit seating, some 25,000, will open up tomorrow, he said.
Source: thesweetscience.com
Shane Mosley sounded ready to rock 11 days out from his fight with Floyd Mayweather. Floyd has to hope that Mosley doesn't transfer some of the aggravation he showed on a Tuesday conference call for media asking about the latest layer in his PED saga.
On Thursday, convicted PED chemist/dealer Victor Conte leaked portions of a recent Mosley deposition, from October 2009. Mosley accused Conte and has brought a defamation suit against the rogue chemist, for tricking him into using banned steroids "the cream" and masking agent "the clear" and endurance-booster EPO; Conte counterclaims that the boxer knew quite well he was taking, the PED EPO, leading in to his 2003 bout with Oscar De La Hoya. Mosley contended that he in fact didn't know the true identity of the substance he used.
In the deposition, a questioner asks Mosley if he was aware what he was ingesting, EPO, as he was taking it. He answers in the affirmative, which appears to negate the basis for the case being worked by his attorney Judd Burstein, which is that Conte didn't divulge the illegal nature of the substance he sold Mosley. In a NY Daily News article, Burstein "said that his client had "always admitted to knowingly using EPO," which confounded followers of the sordid saga. The attorney said he'd release the entire deposition to prove that Conte's edits were shady.
On the call, Mosley tried as best he could to bring the discussion into the present.
"I never was on it really like that," he said. "I choose to not even talk about it. 2003 when that stuff happened, so....I've always been a clean fighter. I don't feel I should be condemned for something I never tested positive for...the truth was revealed to me there (at the deposition)...The media wants to make me the poster boy for steroids...You guys want to get that out there, so be it, you guys know the truth."
The attorney, Burstein, was also present on the call. He too tried to focus on the present. "There's no point in talking about it," he said. "Conte edited it, took it out of context. There's nothing more to say about it."
Sadly, drug testing and PEDs has become the story, or at least too significant a subplot, for those who merely want to focus on the action in the ring. Will the focus on the Conte case detract from Mosley's preparation? Impossible for us to know. The fighter said on the call that he tried to steer clear of media, and focus on getting ready for the tussle, but he came off as on edge on the topic. This isn't an optimum state of mind as he tries to ready himself to be the first man to take down Mayweather, to be screamingly obvious.
SPEEDBAG Mosley's WBA welterweight title belt will not be on the line on May 1. If Shane wins, the belt is still his. If Floyd wins, the title will be vacant.
---Promoter Richard Schaefer said the fight is virtually sold out, with only some $600 and $1250 seats left. Closed circuit seating, some 25,000, will open up tomorrow, he said.
Source: thesweetscience.com
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