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This is our OFFICIAL Boxing discussion thread for ALL things Boxing. All discussion about boxing go here.

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I've been watching the HBO specials about Bradley here lately.... He seems determined and seems like a good challenge to Pac-Man. But I think Pacquiao is gonna go down as one of the greatest of all time. I'm talking Ali/Tyson/Frazier levels. Moreso than Floyd even, when it's all said and done.

Anyway, I'm tempted to buy this fight to see how it all plays out. I think Manny will end up winning ultimately, but it looks like a fun fight nonetheless.
 
#86 ·
Miguel Cotto vs Austin Trout for 1st December at MSG

via BoxingScene-

Former three division world champion Miguel Cotto has announced that he will be facing undefeated WBA "regular" champion Austin Trout (25-0, 14KOs) on December 1st at New York's Madison Square Garden.

"I officially announce that my fight on December 1st at MSG will be with the undefeated WBA super welterweight champion Austin Trout," Cotto announced.

The announcement by Cotto (37-3, 30KOs) will certainly rule him out as possible opponent for Manny Pacquiao, who is also scheduled to return in early December. It also cements the claims of Juan Manuel Marquez, who in several recent reports on BoxingScene expressed his confidence in being the frontrunner to face Pacquiao.

Cotto was last seen in the ring in the month of May, losing a spirited twelve round decision to Floyd Mayweather Jr. at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

Trout is managed by Al Haymon and promoted by Greg Cohen. He won the vacant WBA title last February with a twelve round decision over Rigoberto Alvarez, the older brother of WBC champion Saul "Canelo" Alvarez. He then defended the title with dominating decisions over Frank LaPorto, David Lopez and in June he defeated Delvin Rodriguez.

Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer had previously revealed to BoxingScene that his company is planning to co-promote the event with Cotto, a promotional free agent since his contract expired with Top Rank on Decembe 31 of last year.
Didn't feel Cotto/Pacquiao II, this is a good, winnable fight for Cotto.
 
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Ricky Hatton to announce boxing return...

The Mayweather and Pacman fights really was a turning point for em. Best of luck in his return.

The Hitman is back in business. Ricky Hatton, the British boxer that fought for twelve years in the welterweight and light welterweight circuits before retiring last year, is expected to announce his return to the sport in a Friday press conference, according to a report from Sky Sports.

Hatton’s career included WBA and IBF championships at Light Welterweight in addition to a WBA Welterweight championship. He amassed a 45-2 record over the course of his career, but is perhaps better known in the United States for the two fights he lost – to Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao.

The 10th round knockout loss to Mayweather in 2007 served as the beginning of the end of “Hitman” Hatton’s career in the ring. Hatton won two more fights in 2008, then was knocked out twice in the first round against Manny Pacquiao in 2009. Hatton has not fought since, and announced his retirement in July of 2011. Since then, he was worked primarily as a boxing promoter, though he has continued to train.

Sky reports a comeback fight could take place at the MEN Arena in Hatton’s hometown of Manchester this November. Paulie Malignaggi is cited as a possible opponent.


http://tracking.si.com/2012/09/11/ricky-hatton-announce-boxing-return/?xid=si_mma
 
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I can imagine, lol.

I don't buy Boxing PPV's, unless it's Floyd/Pacquiao so I'm gonna watch the free one, plus Canelo is being labeled as the future of Boxing, easy choice for me.
 
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I just miss jcc Sr. On paper Jr didn't have a chance in hell, but I wanted to see that old style. Walk forward and just destroy the body.

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Bernard Hopkins vs Tavoris Cloud

SPOILER!














http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2013/3/10/4085142/cloud-vs-hopkins-results-bernard-hopkins-tavoris-cloud-hbo-boxing

Bernard Hopkins defeats Tavoris Cloud by unanimous decision (116-112, 117-111, 116-112)

Bernard Hopkins may not always be everyone's favorite fighter, but he turned in an absolute clinic tonight. Over the course of 12 rounds, Hopkins showed what makes him great, using brilliant movement and skills to defeat Tavoris Cloud. And he did it all at the age of 48 years old. With this win, Hopkins becomes the IBF Light Heavyweght champion, breaking his own record as the oldest man to win a major world title in boxing.

Hopkins managed to do what he does best - draw Cloud into his style of fight. The younger Cloud saw his punch output significantly reduced by Hopkins's style, but the real difference maker was the defense from Hopkins. In the end, Cloud managed to land only 21% of his punches, compared to 41% by Hopkins. Still, Cloud had his moments, landing some solid punches on Hopkins at times. He just couldn't put them together enough to get things consistently working.

A bit of drama came in round 6 as Cloud suffered a cut just above his left eye. Cloud called it an elbow, referee Earl Brown ruled in an accidental headbutt, but replays showed it was a legal punch. Luckily, Cloud's corner took care of the cut and it became a non-factor as the fight progressed.

In his post-fight speech, Hopkins mentioned fighting for 5 more years, which would place him at an astonishing 53 years old. That sounds absurd. And yet when you watch him put on this kind of performance - a boxing clinic for the ages - it suddenly isn't absurd at all.
 
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Tommy Morrison, former WBO heavyweight champion and co-star of Rocky V, passed away Sunday night in an Omaha, Nebraska hospital.

Morrison was a Olympic hopeful in his amateur days, losing a split decision at the Olympic trials to Ray Mercer who would go on to win gold at the Seoul games. He would go on to turn pro in October of 1988 and run off 28 consecutive wins, only seeing the scorecards in four of those bouts. Among his victims during his early career run was faded former heavyweight champ Pinklon Thomas.

One of his biggest breaks came when Sylvester Stalone wrote a starring role for him in Rocky V. Morrison would play Tommy "The Machine" Gunn, a young fighter mentored by Rocky before turning his back on the former champion.

Back in the real world, "The Duke" would get a chance at revenge against Mercer, now WBO champ, in October of 1991. Mercer would hand Morrison his first professional loss, knocking him out in the fifth round.

Morrison would win heavyweight gold in 1993, picking up his biggest career win by beating George Foreman during his legendary career revitalization. Two fights later unheralded Michael Bentt stopped Morrison in the first round, taking his WBO title.

Morrison went on another run before running into Lennox Lewis and suffering the third loss of his career, a sixth round TKO.

In February of 1996, a pre-fight blood test diagnosed Morrison with HIV, making him one of the most prominent early figures publicly diagnosed with the disease. Morrison would take responsibility for his contraction of the illness by stating "I lived a permissive, fast and reckless lifestyle," and effectively retiring from boxing. The retirement was likely not up to him as his license was revoked by the Nevada State Athletic Commission for safety reasons.

Later in life, Morrison would insist that the HIV test in '96 was a false positive and would provide several tests showing he did not have the illness, though the legitimacy of those tests was long disputed. He would have two more fights, one in 2007 in West Virginia and one in 2008 in Mexico.

An attempt to fight in Quebec in 2011 fell through when the commission asked Morrison to take a supervised blood test to ensure that the blood used in the HIV test would be his as many claimed that his "negative" tests were not Morrison's own blood. Morrison declined to take the test under those conditions.

His wife, Tricia Morrison, told ESPN earlier this year that Morrison suffered from Guillain-Barre Syndrome, not HIV, and was bed-ridden and badly ill for over a year, though many others insisted to the network that Tommy and Tricia were in denial.

The family declined to release a cause of death, with Morrison's promoter stating "I don't know what the official cause of death at the hospital will be."
 
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