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| KEVIN CUNNINGHAM HAIKU ON ALEXANDER-JUDAH
By G. Leon
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Although he's not as poetically renowned as one Floyd Mayweather Sr, Kevin Cunningham, manager and trainer of undefeated WBC/IBF junior welterweight champion Devon Alexander "The Great" presented Boxingtalkers with his latest Haiku on Zab Judah
If Zab Comes Back Tha Lou
His Career Will Be Through
We're going to smoke his ass
like a St. Louis Summer Barbeque
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| CHAMBERS ON KLITSCHKO FIGHT: "I WILL WIN HANDILY!"
By G. Leon
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GL: We're ten days away from your big fight with Wladimir Klitschko in Germany. Can you give us some thoughts on how everything has gone in camp and tell us what we can expect to see from you on March 20? "Training camp has gone really, really well. I worked very hard in camp, I prepared the right way and did everything that was necessary to get ready for this huge challenge against Wladimir Klitschko."
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| EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: DANNY GARCIA
By G. Leon
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GL: Congrats on your recent win over Ashley Theopane. Can you give us some thoughts on your performance? "First of all, thank you. He's a good experienced fighter. I learned a lot that night, probably because of his style. You know styles make fights. I thank God for the victory and it's time to move on to the next step."
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| | LORENZO ALL SET FOR RETURN TO ESPN
By Socrates Palmer Jr
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Middleweight contender Giovanni “El Chico Malo” Lorenzo makes his return to the ring on Friday March 12th as part of a card emanating from Puerto Plata, in the Dominican Republic . It’s a homecoming for Lorenzo, who is a native of San Cristobal , D.R. but he does not expect a warm reception when he meets journeyman Wilmer Gonzalez 17-8 (11 KO’s) of Nicaragua . Lorenzo is currently ranked #3 by the IBF and is looking to bounce back into the title picture after this tune up bout. Lorenzo hopes to get a crack at the winner of Sebastian Sylvester and Roman Karmazin. Sylvester is scheduled to make his second title defense against the former junior middleweight champion Karmazin. The two are scheduled to meet within the next two months. On September 19, 2009 Lorenzo traveled to Germany to face Sylvester for the then vacant crown. Lorenzo was on the short end of a 12 round split decision loss to the hometown hero and saw his record dip to 27-2 (KO 19). Lorenzo and Gonzalez are scheduled to meet for 10 rounds or less, and the former world title challenger is looking to make it a short night.
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| JUDAH EAGER TO TAKE MORE FROM SHOW ME STATE'S FINEST
By G. Leon
Alexander-Judah coming soon?
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Former two division champion Zab "Super" Judah is ready, willing and able to improve to 2-0 with 2 stoppage victories over "the best that St. Louis has to offer." Judah, who stopped then undisputed welterweight champion Cory Spinks in nine rounds in front of a capacity crowd exceeding 22,000 St. Louisans in February 2005 is ready to put on a repeat performance. "I'm ready to do it again," said Judah, "Devon might have two belts, but everybody in tha Lou knows I'm their boss of boxing. Devon looked good against Urango, but I'm not Urango and I don't see him going more than 5 rounds with me. I'm going to make it a real early night in tha Lou. I'm going to make it do what it do and take his belts just like snatched Cory's. I already told Timothy Bradley to stay away from my meat. After I feed on Devon, then Tiny Tim is allowed to mention my name if wants to take his first L fighting for two new belts."
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| | EL CUERVO EAGER TO CHALLENGE PORTER
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PRESS RELEASE: Jose “EL CUERVO” Gonzalez has accepted the fight against undefeated prospect Shawn “SHOWTIME” Porter, but it appears the highly regarded Cleveland based junior middleweight is having second thoughts.
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| BOXINGTALK'S DAILY BREAD
By Stephen Edwards
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I read this morning that Vitali Klitscho will be fighting a Polish fighter named Sonsonki (or something like that). Do you think this is only happening because the powers that be are building a fight between Vitali and Adamek? Adamek has his hands full against Arreola, but I see his boxing skills giving him the edge. Your thoughts?
Bread’s Response: I just put a similar but not exact plan of attack in my last mailbag for building a Bradley/Alexander fight. I say yes good move. Boxing is an ethnic and regional sport and it should be marketed that way. I think you will see more of that in the near future. Adamek has a large following from the Polish community. If Vitali beats a Polish fighter with a good record then the Polish will want Adamek to get revenge. Brilliant! I love it. Every fight has an angle, good promoters and managers just have to find it. This has been done before. Remember Roger Mayweather started beating a lot of Mexican fighters. He secured a rematch with Chavez on that angle. They are attempting to market a Alexander/Judah fight from the same angle since Judah kod Spinks in the LOU.Adamek /Arreola is going to be a tough fight. I cant give my winner now I have to watch Adamek/ Estrada again.
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| | MAYFIELD A FREE AGENT
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PRESS RELEASE: Boxing's undefeated welterweight sensation, Karim "Hard Hitta" Mayfield (11-0-1, 7 KO's), is now a free agent after his managerial contract with Jackie Kallen has concluded. Mayfield, a rising star from San Francisco, is looking to explore his options with other managers. "I want to thank Jackie Kallen for her guidance and insight while she was managing my career these past three years," said Mayfield. "I've honored my obligations as a fighter and now I feel its time to look at other opportunities. Everyone knows I've been tested against several undefeated fighters in their own backyards and came out victorious. I'm a hard worker who's hungry to get to the top. I'm excited about my next fight scheduled for March 19, 2010 in Reno NV, under the "Let's Get It On" promotional banner. If given the chance, I feel I have the talent to become a world champion."
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| | EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: PRENICE BREWER
By Doveed Linder
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DL: You’re an undefeated junior welterweight (14-0-1, 6 KOs) from Cleveland , Ohio , you’re on a hot streak… Tell us a little bit about yourself. "I been boxing since I was about 12 years old. And so it’s been about 10 years now and it’s been a long 10 years of hard work and it’s finally paying off. "
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| | EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: DANNY MCDERMOTT
By Doveed Linder
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DL: You’re well known in your hometown Jersey City , NJ . Tell the rest of the boxing world about yourself. "I started boxing when I was 12 years old. I fought in New Jersey and New York City . I was on the national team in 2004. I turned pro in 2005. I trained under Mickey Skoronski, who was 2nd assistant trainer of Arturo Gatti. I also trained under Buddy McGirt. I started my professional career in 2005 and built my record up to 8-1-1."
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| | KLITSCHKO TO FACE EUROPEAN CHAMP
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PRESS RELEASE: Current European heavyweight champion, Albert "The Dragon" Sosnowski (45-2-1, 27KO) will have the opportunity to fulfill a life- long dream of becoming heavyweight champion of the world, when he takes on WBC heavyweight king, Vitali Klitschko (39-2, 37KO) on May 29th at Veltins Arena, in Gelsenkirchen, Germany
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| | ASSOCIATE OF FLOYD MAYWEATHER JR ARRESTED
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According to the Las Vegas Review Journal a known associate of Floyd Mayweather Jr has been arrested for an August shooting at a skating rink in Las Vegas, Nevada. The alleged shooter was extradited to Vegas from Chicago, but managed to post bail before police could interview him.
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| | LATIMORE READY FOR REPEAT VICTORY OVER POWELL
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PRESS RELEASE: Junior middleweight contender Deandre “BULL” Latimore is in full force of his training camp in St. Louis, Missouri as he prepares for an ESPN2 televised rematch with New York City’s Sechew Powell on Friday March 19th at The Durant Choctaw Event Center at the Choctaw Casino Resort in Durant, Oklahoma.
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| BOXINGTALK'S DAILY BREAD
By Stephen Edwards
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Breadman REAL TALK...Devon Alexander showed a good fight on saturday but if he goes against ZAB, BRADLEY or even HATTON he will lose, If URANGO was a little faster and moved his head more there would have been a different outcome. DA's problem is that if you watch the fight again he pulls back on some of his punches and when you go up against one of the cream of the crop jr welters that will be a big mistake in combination with the fact that he is not a good counter puncher I find it hard to believe that he can stop one of the top juniors. He's strong, powerful and fast but he really needs to put pressure on some of these guys to stop them and I just don't see that, he fights with hesitation whether it's mental or physical that will be a big problem when he's toe to toe.
Bread’s Response: Wow your really hard too impress. I thought Devon did an excellent job. If you have observed the criticism of Andre Dirrell. Most in the know say he looks like he is running when he is BOXING. Well you never get that impression from Devon. Dirrell’s people should have him watch that tape of Devon. I guess the judges of the fight were hard too impress also. One judge had Devon up by 1 round and another had Urango up. Authorities should put a watch on both judges bank accounts for large cash deposits. Im serious when I say that. I actually text Greg Rowe and G. Leon as the fight was going on and stated that Devon should pin his left hand on his temple because he was getting caught with that right hook. So I understand the kid didn’t fight a perfect fight but he did a Great job against a quality guy that has never been stopped. There are a few things Devon does that I don’t like but he is still improving. Right now as he sits, I favor him to stop both Zab and Hatton and he and Bradley are even money brother. Devon is top 20 p4p in the world and we should appreciate him.
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| | BROWN-GRANO II SET FOR FRIDAY IN FOXWOODS
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Press Release: New Jersey heavyweight Mark “Oak Tree” Brown plans on proving to Tony “TNT” Grano that lightning can indeed strike twice when the two battle Friday night in the ten-round main event on a card presented by Jimmy Burchfield’s Classic Entertainment & Sports, Inc. (CES), in Fox Theater at Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket, Conn. Brown-Grano is a rematch of their Sept. 27, 2008 bout in which Brown (15-2, 7 KOs) overcame two knockdowns to stop Grano (16-1-1, 13 KOs) in the eighth round. A 2005 U.S. National Championships winner and National Golden Gloves Tournament runner-up, the Hartford-based Grano is coming off of a career-changing knockout of previously-undefeated Travis Kauffman (18-0) last September. The eight-round co-feature pits Hartford super bantamweight Mike “Machine Gun” Oliver (22-2, 7 KOs), against former 2-time world titlist Kermin Guardia (37-11, 21 KOs) of Miami, Fla.
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| | ADAM RICHARDS ENDURES DIFFICULT FLIGHT TO GERMANY
But cruiserweight says he is ready for Marco Huck
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Press Release: WBO cruiserweight champion Marco “Captain” Huck, his challenger Adam Richards, heavyweight contender Alexander Povetkin as well as cruiserweight hopefuls Alexander Frenkel and Yoan Pablo Hernandez all participated in a public work-out today in Berlin's famous Axel-Springer-Passage. All fighters will be in action on Saturday night when Captain Huck makes a second defense of his WBO title. His opponent presented himself in strong shape on Tuesday afternoon despite a horror trip from Houston, which had left him stranded in Amsterdam after missing his connecting flight. After a long wait, Richards (23-2, 15 KOs) made it to Berlin and eventually to his downtown hotel on late Monday night. “Everything is fine now,” he said. “It was a long journey but I am here and that is all that matters. I will be ready for Huck. It will be an exciting fight with two bulls going forward all the time.”
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| | EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: TIMOTHY BRADLEY
By G. Leon
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GL: What's the latest and greatest? Is there any update on your next opponent? "I'm not sure yet. I'm not sure what my promoter has planned. I saw that fight last night and Devon Alexander looked good and that fight looks pretty nice to me. It should be my next fight."
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| EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: BERNARD HOPKINS
By G. Leon
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GL: I spoke with Roy Jones, Jr. recently and he had quite a bit to say about you. I'm sure you caught the interview. Can you give us some thoughts on what Roy had to say? Bernard Hopkins: "Well, what he said is that he's going to be absolutely ready. He wants to rejuvenate his career and he wants to do it off of me, so I got to make sure that doesn't happen. I'm looking for it to be a tough fight on both ends because we both have something to prove. Now that he has two hands that's good, because he always says he had a bad hand when he beat me. But now he has two hands and hopefully they stay healthy, so he can try and do what he said he would have done the first time. I'm excited. I'm training hard and we're a few weeks away and I'm just having fun here training. I enjoy doing what I do and I love my job, so this is nothing but fun to me."
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| LINDER'S LOOK: DEVON ALEXANDER LEADS REVITALIZED ST. LOUIS BOXING SCENE
By Doveed Linder
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Born in 356 BC, Alexander III Philippou Makedonon, also known as Alexander the Great, was an ancient Greek king who ruled with an iron fist. 2,366 years later, another man named Alexander also goes by the name “The Great”. He is Devon Alexander “The Great” (20-0, 13 KOs) of St. Louis , Missouri , the WBC and IBF junior welterweight champion of the world.
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| EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: THE BOBFATHER
By G. Leon
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GL: Can you give us some final pre-fight thoughts about The Event, Manny Pacquiao vs. Joshua Clottey at Dallas Cowboys Stadium on March 13? Bob Arum: "I think everybody is anticipating a terrific fight. Clottey is in the best shape he's ever been in. I was with Pacquiao the last couple of days and his training is absolutely phenomenal. I brought Julio Jr to the training session yesterday to show Julio what it means to train hard, to become a world class fighter and Julio Jr couldn't believe what he was seeing. Tickets are great, we're on track for a sellout. If we don't sell out it will be very, very close, but I really think it will be sold out. The PPV reports are very, very good and we look to do very big numbers, equal to what we did with Manny Pacquiao's last fight against Miguel Cotto."
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| | GOLDEN BOY PROMOTIONS MAKES SHOBOX DEBUT ON APRIL 2ND
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Press Release: On Friday, April 2nd, live on Showtime, Golden Boy Promotions is proud to present its first event on ShoBox: The New Generation. Undefeated Cuban junior middleweight Erislandy Lara puts his perfect record on the line against the inactive but dangerous Danny Perez in a ten-round main event and Puerto Rican featherweight Carlos Velasquez returns in the co-feature at The Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas.
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| BOXINGTALK'S MONDAY MAILBAG
By Doveed Linder
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I agree with you in the fact that I am also picking Mosley to defeat mayweather. Everybody that defeated Shane Mosley had a rough time doing so. it dosent matter how good a fighter is. If the fighter is not picking his opponents, and that fighter is fighting the best opposition their will come a time in that fighters career where his skills won't matter. It will be about nuts and guts. I believe Mosley will be Mayweathers 1st gut check opponent. Ray Williams
Linder’s Response: Vernon Forrest and Winky Wright didn’t have a rough time with Mosley the first time they faced him, but I also think that Mosley is capable of a little bit more than what he showed in those fights. Yes, this is Mayweather’s first gut check and I agree that this fight will come down to heart and determination, opposed to skills.
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| | KEVIN JOHNSON CLAIMS: "I BUSTED KLITSCHKO OPEN!"
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Press Release: Many of my fans have been wondering where I’ve been since my fight against Vitali Klitschko, so I just want to let them know that the Kingpin is back and looking to conqueror the heavyweight division in 2010. First off, I was able to go the distance with a man who has stopped almost everyone that he’s been in there against. I make no excuses, my fight against Vitali wasn’t my best performance but I think that I showed that I belonged in the ring fighting for the world title. Vitali never layed hand on me, while I was able to bust him open. If I was at my best that night, who knows what might have happened?"
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| | BRADLEY NOT OPPOSED TO FIGHTING ALEXANDER "IF THE NUMBERS ARE RIGHT"
By G. Leon
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WBO junior welterweight champion Timothy Bradley made it crystal clear to Boxingtalk.com that he is ready, willing and able to face WBC/IBF champ Devon Alexander in his next fight. Bradley added that he would fight Alexander in St. Louis as long as the "numbers were right." Full interview with Bradley to follow shortly, until then remember where you heard it first! 7:36 PM ET
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| KASSIM OUMA A FREE AGENT
By G. Leon
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Former IBF junior middleweight champion Kassim "The Dream" Ouma informed Boxingtalk.com that he is now a promotional and managerial free agent.
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| POST-FIGHT INTERVIEW: DEVON ALEXANDER
By G. Leon
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GL: Congrats on a great victory, can you give us some thoughts on your performance? "Aw man, we did what was worked on in the gym. We followed the game plan and Kevin told me the uppercut was going to be there and we worked on that shot the whole training camp."
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| | EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: KEVIN CUNNINGHAM
By G. Leon
Alexander ready to take on Bradley IN JUNE
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GL: Congrats on a great victory. Can you give us some thoughts on Devon's performance? "I thought he did well except for some of the early rounds where he was pulling out high into some of Urango's wide shots. Other than that, I feel he did exactly what we wanted him to do. Devon did what we worked on and he sent the other guys in the division notice that he's really the best 140 pounder in the world. Tim Bradley is talking all this junk that he ain't got no opponent, well he does now, if he's still looking to fight in June, we'll be ready to fight him in June. If he thinks he's the best, let's make it happen."
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| | BOXINGTALK'S SCORECARD
By Alex Stone @ Ringside
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Devon Alexander TKO8 Juan Urango – Tonight at Mohegan Sun Casino in Uncasville, CT. Devon Alexander scored a brutal knockout over Juan Urango to successfully defend his WBC 140-pound title and, in addition, take Urango's IBF title as well. The fight was great while it lasted, and featured some great back and fourth action up until the stoppage. Alexander controlled the first round with his crisp jab and was simply the busier fighter. The second round featured some great right hooks by Urango as he seemed to take the round In the third, Urango was cut over the left eye but again seemed to control the action of the round and land some clean power shots. The fourth round showed Urango again landing some good shots, but it was clear that Alexander was beginning to time the right hook of Urango and make him pay with series of clean straight lefts. In round five, Urango began to establish a very good body attack, as it seemed to temporarily slow down Alexander.
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| | SHIELDS UPSETS LANGE
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Chase Shields W12 Jimmy Lange... Houston’s Chase “The White Tiger” Shields (30-3-1) won a unanimous 12-round decision (115-111 on all three official scorecards) over hometown boixer Jimmy Lange of Great Falls, VA Saturday night at the Patriot Center before 5,123 fans. The lights above the ring suddenly went out in the ninth round, halting the action for nearly six minutes. After the lights were restored, Lange (31-4-2), seemingly lost his momentum and was not able to pick up where he left off. Meanwhile, Shields regained his composure during the break in action and came back to score knockdowns in the tenth and eleventh rounds. source: press release
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| | HBO POST FIGHT RING QUOTES
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PRESS RELEASE: Devon Alexander: “My coach told me to stay focused when Urango started bleeding [from the nose in the third round]. My coach said, ‘Don’t stand there and get hit.’ His [Urango’s] punches did not hurt at all. I was surprised by that. Speed kills everything and that’s what I have.
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| | DANNY MCDERMOTT RETURNS TO NORTH BERGEN 3/25
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Press Release: Lightweight Danny "Little Mac" McDermott returns to action on Thursday, March 25 at Schuetzen Park in North Bergen, NJ. The fight will be McDermott's first eight-round assignment, headlining Pound for Pound Promotions' "March Badness" card. McDermott's opponent will be announced shortly. "It's an honor to fight for my first professional championship in front of my hometown fans," said McDermott, 8-1 (3 KO) at the Irish eatery The Quays in Hoboken. "Ever since I was a kid I dreamed of being called 'champion'. This is just a start but I can't look past the task in front of me. 2010 is going to be my breakout year."
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| | DAVID DIAZ READY FOR WAR AGAINST HUMBERTO SOTO
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PRESS RELEASE: Ex-WBC lightweight titlist David Diaz held an open workout for fans and media Friday at JABB Boxing Gym in Chicago. Diaz is finishing preparations for his showdown with Humberto Soto for the vacant WBC lightweight title on Saturday, March 13th at Cowboys Stadium in Dallas, Texas, on the Pacquaio-Clottey undercard. Soto (50-7-2, 32 KOs), of Los Mochis, Mexico, captured the vacant WBC super featherweight in December 2008, winning a lopsided decision over Francisco Lorenzo. Soto successfully defended the title three times in 2009
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| ROY JONES JR INTERVIEW FREE FOR ALL
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Our most recent interview with living legend, and future hall of famer Roy Jones Jr is now available to all Boxingtalkers. It's a MUST READ, enjoy.
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| | HONORIO SCORES DECISION VICTORY
The Boxingtalk Scoreboard
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Martin Honorio W12 Wilton Hilario... Before a packed house and ESPN2 television audience, Mexico City’s Martin “El Brochas” Honorio (28-4-1, 14 KOs) routed Wilton “Pretty Warrior” Hilario (12-1-1, 9 KOs) in the main event at the Pechanga Resort & Casino in Temecula, CA. The bout was the main event telecast on ESPN2’s “Friday Night Fights”.
Rico Ramos TKO4 Cecilio Santos... In the scheduled eight-round television opener, Rico “Sauvecito” Ramos (15-0, 9 KOs) scored a fourth-round knockout of [badly faded] Cecilio Santos (24-13-3, 14 KOs). Ramos, from Los Angeles, CA, dominated from the opening bell with combinations to the head and body and finished the Mexican challenger with a left to the torso at 1:14 of the fourth round.source for both results: Goossen Tutor Promotions
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