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Juama Lopez injures ankle!

Sickle — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 17:51:59 -0000

Juama Lopez injures ankle!

He appears to be in "ok" condition to continue training. The only problem is that he won't be running for a couple of days to avoid any more pressure on it. Juan Manuel Lopez is scheduled to headline a bout with Steven Luevano at the MSG Wamu Theater.
El Nuevo Dia is reporting that Lopez hurt his ankle going down steps of his house. The fight has yet to be postponed.
ENDI - link in spanish

WTF? Pavlik vs Espino Set For December 19, Top Rank PPV

Sickle — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 03:33:15 -0000

WTF? Pavlik vs Espino Set For December 19, Top Rank PPV

WBC/WBO Middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik has, according to various reports, recovered from his staph infection and plans to defend his titles against Miguel Espino of "The Contender" fame on December 19 in the headline bout of a show that takes place in his backyard of Youngstown, Ohio. Pavlik had been scheduled to face Paul Williams on December 5 but withdrew, for the second time, with the lingering staph infectionon his left hand. Williams will now face Sergio Martinez on the same date.

Boxingscene.com

Chris John is Hospitalized With Dengue Fever.

Sickle — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 22:05:32 -0000

Chris John is Hospitalized With Dengue Fever.

Boxingscene.com

Juan Carlos Salgado destroys Jorge Linares in round 1.

Sickle — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 14:49:57 -0000

Juan Carlos Salgado destroys Jorge Linares in round 1.

Pavlik vs Williams Tuesday presser. Folks over at Boxingscene.com took a snapshot of Pavlik's...

Sickle — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 00:14:52 -0000

Pavlik vs Williams Tuesday presser.

Folks over at Boxingscene.com took a snapshot of Pavlik's hand injury. That looks pretty freaking serious!

Valuev-Haye Press Conference at Nuremberg

Sickle — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 17:32:10 -0000

Valuev-Haye Press Conference at Nuremberg

Cotto-Pacquiao Yankee Stadium Press Conference - Pictures Edition

Sickle — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 20:14:19 -0000

Here are some images I took while attending the Cotto-Pacquiao Yankee Stadium Press Conference. I would also like to add that Paulie Malignaggi is a real cool dude. When he showed up the fans showed a lot of love and he did the same. Jashua Clottey was no different. What I found very interesting about Paulie were scars on his right hand. I had completely forgotten about the number of injuries he received during his previous fights. On the other hand it was pretty funny how the first round of Cotto-Clottey was shown everyone within the crowd just started slamming on him after Cotto knock him down. No pun intended though, fans showed him respect. I asked Paulie about the rematch with Diaz his response was: All set for January at least that's the contract I signed.

At the end of the I was able to get an autograph from Clottey and asked him what's going on with the Mosley bout. His response: The deal is almost finalized just unsure on the exact date for December.

Also, I gotta mention this... the Diamond Belt was being exhibited on the conference table. What a crock of shit. If it looks horrific in pictures, it is truly a formidable nightmare from 50 feet away. It almost looks like one of those Latino whatever whatever belts. When it was taking out from it Glass case the crowd just booed. Only thing missing were tomatoes.

Oh before I forget, Roach looks a lot better fit wise than how he is exposed on TV.

via i705.photobucket.com

Roman Martinez wants Robert Guerrero or Humberto Soto

Sickle — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 01:47:30 -0000

FanPost promoted by SC

Recently, a video was posted by El Nuevo Dia featuring Roman "Rocky" Martinez (22-0-1, 13 KO's) discussing his upcoming PPV bout on Saturday against Vicente Martin Rodriguez, and also talked about who he might want to face next should he win on the 12th

Martinez mentioned both Humberto Soto (48-7-2, 31 KO's) and Robert "The Ghost" Guerrero (25-1-1, 17 KO's), each making for potential unification clashes at 130 pounds. While Soto is fighting this Saturday in Mexico and has been heavily rumored to move up to 135 against Edwin Valero on November 14, Robert Guerrero had this to say:

"Bring it. If Martinez gets past his next opponent, I would love to fight him. He is a worthy champion that says he never refuses to fight anyone, anywhere, well if that is the case, than let's do this! A unification bout between Martinez and me is great for our sport and the fans deserve these types of fights."

Guerrero-Martinez would be a terrific fight, a continuation of the age-old Mexico-Puerto Rico boxing war.

"Being that I'm Mexican-American, a fight against Martinez brings two cultures together for a fabulous night of boxing. He says nobody can stop him, we'll see if he can handle the heat that's going to be coming from my fists. I believe in myself and the great team around me. If he steps in the ring with me, he'll find out real quick that he's in a battle. Martinez is a good fighter, but I believe God has blessed me with the more superior attributes. I hope this fight happens."

Considering that Martinez has changed his style of fighting, I would wait until this Saturday to see how good he looks, and how ready he looks for a test against Guerrero. I truly hope this fight does happen. I doubt it will happen this year, but perhaps in early 2010. Who knows? Maybe it could be paired on HBO with the rumored Juan Manuel Lopez-Celestino Caballero fight for January.

Just finished catching the promo for their upcoming bout on the 26th of this month and it...

Sickle — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 15:51:58 -0000

Just finished catching the promo for their upcoming bout on the 26th of this month and it was great.

Areola-Klitskho Promo was Awesome!

Sickle — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 03:01:11 -0000

Areola-Klitskho Promo was Awesome!

Just finished catching the promo for their upcoming bout on the 26th of this month and it was great. It should be shortly up on youtube or somewhere soon enough. Maybe even before I finish writing this...