You’re retarded and or have Bi-Polar lol.
Cotto vs Alvarez is November 21st.
if im squared away by then ill put a hundred on canels
I’m fairly confident Canelo is going to be a decent favourite on this fight in Vegas.
He’s younger and bigger, so yeah. The more I think about it, it’s less about who’s gonna win and more about will Cotto be able to make it to a decision.
…of course, after saying that, Cotto is probably gonna win by KO or something lol
Just wanted to quote this because it’s so fucking true. People sleep on the Klitschko’s because they’re not American, but Wlad has been the surest bet in boxing for over a decade now.
Got a big Feeling Canelo gets smoked for 6 rounds
Just to get the hype started before the fight, I think the biggest thing is will Cotto be able to actually box Saul or will he get bullied like most of the other people Canelo has fought. Cotto is going to need to dance real well and he’s really going to have to work his cross and jab well. Exchanges in the pocket even though cotto has great hooks isn’t going to be what he wants. So its going to be a great match. Great styles make great matches. Just thinking about this fight is getting me hype!
Cotto better win because I’m not about to put up with all these Mexicans here on the border.
I really do not want a UD as the outcome of this fight. My wish is for Cotto to win but the whole power Canelo brings in his fights just makes me doubtful. I also think that Cotto is not only victim to age but i still don’t think any boxer can recover 100% of that shit that happened against Margarito… that had to give some serious long term damage regardless of any visible signs. Canelo is just too young, very strong, and he just gets better and better after every fight.
November Boxing schedule.
Spoiler
Nov. 4
At Kazan, Russia: Alexander Povetkin vs. Mariusz Wach, 12 rounds, heavyweights; Denis Lebedev vs. Lateef Kayode, 12 rounds, for Lebedev’s WBA cruiserweight title; Rakhim Chakhkiev vs. Ola Afolabi, 12 rounds, cruiserweights; Cesar Cuenca vs. Eduard Troyanovsky, 12 rounds, for Cuenca’s IBF junior welterweight title; Dmitry Kudryashov vs. Olanrewaja Durodola, 12 rounds, cruiserweights; Svetlana Kulakova vs. Ana Laura Esteche, rematch, 10 rounds, female
Nov. 5
At Washington, D.C.: Javier Flores vs. Jaime Herrera, 10 rounds, welterweights
Nov. 6
At Las Vegas (Showtime): Antoine Douglas vs. Les Sherrington, 10 rounds, middleweights; Taras Shelestyuk vs. Aslanbek Kozaev, 10 rounds, welterweights; Keenan Smith vs. Benjamin Whitaker, 8 rounds, welterweights; O’Shanique Foster vs. Samuel Teah, 8 rounds, lightweights; Adam Lopez vs. TBA, 8 rounds, junior featherweights; Fedor Papazov vs. Miguel Gonzalez, 8 rounds, lightweights; Jeremy Nichols vs. Isaac Freeman, 4 rounds,welterweights; Hector Frometa vs. Abraham Calderon, 4 rounds, welterweights
At Los Angeles (Estrella TV/Ringtv.com): Martin Honorio vs. Miguel Angel Huerta, 10 rounds, junior welterweights; Joet Gonzalez vs. Marcos Rios, 8 rounds, featherweights; Jonathan Navarro vs. Shaun Henson, 6 rounds, junior welterweights; Hector Tanajara Jr. vs. Tyshawn Sherman, 4 rounds, lightweights; Damon Allen vs. Oscar Santana, 6 rounds, lightweights
Nov. 7
At Las Vegas (HBO): Timothy Bradley Jr. vs. Brandon Rios, 12 rounds, welterweights; Vasyl Lomachenko vs. Romulo Koasicha, 12 rounds, for Lomachenko’s WBO featherweight title; Ryota Murata vs. Gunnar Jackson, 10 rounds, middleweights; Miguel Marriaga vs. Guillermo Avila, 8 rounds, featherweights; Mike Reed vs. Oscar Cortes, 8 rounds, junior welterweights; Egidijus Kavaliauskas vs. Jake Giuriceo, 8 rounds, welterweights; Jesse Garcia vs. TBA, 4 rounds, junior middleweights
At Miami (NBC Sports Net): Fredrick Lawson vs. Kevin Bizier, 12 rounds, IBF welterweight eliminator; Walter Castillo vs. Keita Obara, 12 rounds, IBF junior welterweight eliminator; Slam Kanat vs. Francisco Castro, 10 rounds, junior middleweights; Yuandale Evans vs. TBA, 6 rounds, featherweights; Breidis Prescott vs. Claudinei Lacerda, 8 rounds, welterweights; Courtney Jackson vs. Elijah Linder, 4 rounds, welterweights; Victor Darocha vs.Yendris Rodriguez, 4 rounds, super middleweights; Bruno Bredicean vs. Clifford Gray Jr., 4 rounds, welterweights
At Monte Carlo: Ruslan Provodnikov vs. Jesus Alvarez Rodriguez, 10 rounds, junior welterweights; Yonfrez Parejo vs. Zhanat Zhakiyanov, 12 rounds, for Parejo’s WBA interim bantamweight title; David Avanesyan vs. Charlie Navarro, 12 rounds, for vacant WBA interim welterweight title; Youri Kalenga vs. Roberto Bolonti, 10 rounds, cruiserweights; Amor Beladhj Ali vs. Qiu Xiao Jun, 12 rounds, junior featherweights
At Liverpool, England: Callum Smith vs. Rocky Fielding, 12 rounds, for vacant British super middleweight title; Scotty Cardle vs. Sean Dodd, 12 rounds, for Cardle’s British lightweight title; Ricky Burns vs. Josh King, 12 rounds, lightweights; Tom Doran vs. Rod Smith, 10 rounds, middleweights; Ryan Mulcahy vs. TBA, 4 rounds, flyweights; Mark Leach vs. TBA, 4 rounds, bantamweights
At Dublin, Ireland: Jamie Conlan vs. TBA, 12 rounds, junior bantamweights; Jamie Cox vs. Ferenc Albert, 12 rounds, super middleweights; Vijender Singh vs. Dean Gillen, 4 rounds, middleweights; Peter McDonagh vs. Dean Byrne, 10 rounds, welterweights; Ian Tims vs. Michael Sweeney, 10 rounds, cruiserweights; Declan Garaghty vs. TBA, 10 rounds, junior lightweights; Jamie Kavanagh vs. TBA, 8 rounds, lightweights
Nov. 8
At TBA, South Africa: Moruti Mthalane vs.TBA, 12 rounds, flyweights
Nov. 10
At Austin, Texas (Fox Sports 1): Alejandro Gonzalez Jr. vs. Karim Guerfi, 10 rounds, bantamweights; Miguel Flores vs. Alfred Tettah, 10 rounds, featherweights; Mario Barrios vs. TBA, 8 rounds, junior lightweights; Alan Castano vs. TBA, 8 rounds, junior middleweights; Javier Maciel vs. TBA, 10 rounds, junior middleweights
At Boulogne-sur-Mer, France: Romain Jacob vs. Juli Giner, 12 rounds, for Jacob’s European junior lightweight title
Nov. 11
At Melbourne, Australia: Anthony Mundine vs. Charles Hatley, 12 rounds, junior middleweights; Darren Askew vs. Tim Hunt, 6 rounds, welterweights
Nov. 13
At Biloxi, Miss. (PBC on Spike TV): Edwin Rodriguez vs. Michael Seals, 10 rounds, light heavyweights; Thomas Williams vs. Humberto Savigne, 10 rounds, light heavyweights
At Las Vegas (CBS Sports Net): Zab Judah vs. Juan Carlos Salgado, 10 rounds, junior welterweights; Joseph Agbeko vs. TBA, 8 or 10 rounds, junior featherweights; Jesus “Chuy” Gutierrez vs. TBA, 8 or 10 rounds, junior welterweights; Ava Knight vs. TBA, 8 rounds, female flyweights
At Ottawa: James Toney vs. Eric Martel Bahoeli, 8 rounds, heavyweights
Nov. 14
At Las Vegas (Showtime): Gary Russell Jr. vs. Oscar Escandon, 12 rounds, for Russell’s WBC featherweight title; Frank Galarza vs. Jarrett Hurd, 10 rounds, junior middleweights; Bermane Stiverne vs. Derric Rossy, 10 rounds, heavyweights; Gervonta Davis vs. TBA, 8 or 10 rounds, lightweights; Antonio Russell vs. TBA, 6 rounds, junior featherweights; Charvis Holifield vs. TBA, 4 rounds, junior welterweights; Sanjarbek Rahkmannov vs. TBA, 6 rounds, welterweights; Trakwon Pettis vs. TBA, 6 rounds, lightweights
At El Paso, Texas: Oscar Valenzuela vs. Demond Brock, 10 rounds, lightweights; Carlos Villa vs. Pablo Torres, 8 rounds, junior welterweights; Joshua Enriquez vs. Ernesto Hernandez, 4 rounds, welterweights; Evan Torres vs. Nick Gonzalez, 4 rounds, super middleweights; Gabriel Gutierrez vs. Adam McGurk, 4 rounds, junior lightweights; Irvin Torres vs. Santino Rivera, 4 rounds, welterweights
At Bristol, England: Nick Blackwell vs. Elliott Matthews, 12 rounds, for Blackwell’s British middleweight title; Hughie Fury vs. TBA, 8 or 10 rounds, heavyweights; Ryan Wheeler vs. TBA, 4 rounds, junior lightweights
At Comerio, Puerto Rico: Luis Del Valle vs. TBA, 8 rounds, junior featherweights
Nov. 20
At Las Vegas (truTV): Gilberto Ramirez vs. Gevorg Khatchikian, 10 rounds, super middleweights; Saul Rodriguez vs. Ivan Najera, 10 rounds, lightweights
At Las Vegas (Estrella TV/Ringtv.com): Horacio Garcia vs. Raul Hidalgo, 10 rounds, featherweights; Roy Tapia vs. Erik Ruiz, 8 rounds, junior featherweights; Jason Quigley vs. TBA, 6 rounds, middleweights; Hector Tanajara Jr. vs. TBA, 6rounds, junior lightweights; Francisco Esparza vs. TBA, 4 rounds, featherweights
At Philadelphia: Frank De Alba vs. Jesus Lule, 6 rounsd, junior lightweights; Antowyan Aikens vs. James Johnson, 6 rounds, super middleweights; Christopher Brooker vs. Mike Rodriguez, 4 rounds, super middleweights; Terrence Williams vs. Edgar Perez, 4 rounds, super middleweights; Ryan Bivins vs. Daryl Bunting, 4 rounds, super middleweights; Hafiz Montgomery vs. Devon Mosley, 4 rounds, cruiserweights; Tyrell Colston vs. Yuwshua Zadok, 4 rounds, cruiserweights; Ely Mendez vs. Roberto Irrizarry, 4 rounds, featherweights; Corey Morley vs. Brian Donahue, 4 rounds, heavyweights; Scott Kelleher vs. Kevin Garcia, 4 rounds, lightweights
At New York: Chris Galeano vs. Shawn Cameron, 10 rounds, middleweights
At Belfast: Conrad Cummings vs. Alfredo Meli, 10 rounds, middleweights; Marc McCullough vs. Jon Slowey, 10 rounds, featherweights
Nov. 21
At Las Vegas (HBO PPV): Miguel Cotto vs. Canelo Alvarez, 12 rounds, for Cotto’s WBC middleweight title; Andre Ward vs. Alexander Brand, 10 rounds, light heavyweights; Takashi Miura vs.Francisco Vargas, 12 rounds, for Miura’s WBC junior lightweight title; Jayson Velez vs. Ronny Rios, 10 rounds, featherweights; Randy Caballero vs. Lee Haskins, 12 rounds, for Caballero’s IBF bantamweight title
At Manchester, England (AWE): Darleys Perez vs. Anthony Crolla, rematch, 12 rounds, for Perez’s WBA lightweight title; Chris Jenkins vs. Tyrone Nurse, rematch, 12 rounds, for vacant British junior welterweight title; Ryan Burnett vs. Jason Booth, 12 rounds, for vacant British bantamweight title; Isaac Lowe vs. Ryan Doyle, 10 rounds, featherweights; Charlie Edwards vs. Phil Smith, 10 rounds, flyweights; Hosea Burton vs. Tony Hill, 12 rounds, light heavyweights; Brian Rose vs. TBA, 10 rounds, junior middleweights
At Hannover, Germany: Arthur Abraham vs. Martin Murray, 12 rounds, for Abraham’s WBO super middleweight title; Tyron Zeuge vs. Eduard Gutknecht, 12 rounds, super middleweights; Patrick Wojcicki vs. TBA, 4 rounds, super middleweights
At Paris: Cedric Vitu vs. Roberto Santos, 12 rounds, for Vitu’s European junior milddleweight title; Hassan N’Dam vs. Avtandil Khurtsidze in France, 12 rounds, IBF middleweight eliminator; Mehdi Amar vs. Hakim Zoulikha, 12 rounds, for Amar’s European light heavyweight title
Nov. 24
At Chonburi, Thailand: Wanheng Menayothin vs. Young Gil Bae, 12 rounds, for Menayothin’s WBC strawweight title
Nov. 25
At Hialeah, Florida (PBC on ESPN/ESPN Deportes): Erislandy Lara vs. Jan Zaveck, 12 rounds, for Lara’s WBA “regular” junior middleweight title; Emmanuel Rodriguez vs. Eliezer Aquino, 10 or 12 rounds, bantamweights; Yudel Jhonson vs. Daquan Arnett, 10 rounds, junior middleweights; John Wesley Nofire vs.Yasmany Consuegra, 10 rounds, heavyweights
Nov. 28
At Dusseldorf, Germany (HBO): Wladimir Klitschko vs. Tyson Fury, 12 rounds, for Klitschko’s WBA/WBO/IBF heavyweight title; Cecilia Braekus vs. Ramona Kühne, 10 rounds, female welterweights
At Quebec City (Showtime): James DeGale vs. Lucian Bute, 12 rounds, for DeGale’s IBF super middleweight title; Isaac Chilemba vs. Eleider Alvarez, WBC light heavyweight eliminator
At Dallas (NBC): Jermall Charlo vs. Wilky Campfort, 12 rounds, for Charlo’s IBF junior middleweight title; Errol Spence Jr. vs. Alejandro Barrera, 12 rounds, welterweights
At Sendai City, Japan: Pedro Guevara vs. Yu Kimura, 12 rounds, for Guevara’s WBC junior flyweight title; Carlos Cuadras vs. Koki Eto, 12 rounds, for Cuadras’ WBC junior bantamweight title; Gamaliel Diaz vs. Takahiro Ao, rematch, 10 rounds, lightweights
At Hyannis, Mass.: Jesse Barboza vs. Francisco Mireles, 8 rounds, heavyweights; Paul Gonsalves vs. Jose Humberto Corral, 8 rounds, light heavyweights
I see that Arthur Abraham is fighting some dude that’s never fought outside of England. Easy money.
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW!
*Rios looked B. A. D. *
Rios has been bad for a while now
They fed that poor kid to manny too early. I feel so bad for that kid and i hope his life doesn’t go to depression because of this, he did not have the proper career growth at all.
Nah rios was fucked before pacquiao they handled him like a dudebro “yeah man lets go smash each others faces in haha” now hes slurred and retarded
The only thing i remember about Rios pre pac was that he was just an undercard kid trying to break through the sport. Nigga was too young in the profession to be given such events.
[details=Spoiler]This letter, written by Oscar de la Hoya, appears in the December 2015 issue of Playboy Magazine.
Dear Floyd:
You did it. You made it to the 49–0 mark, a milestone that you like to say only the great Rocky -Marciano reached but that was actually achieved by others, including my idol Julio César Chávez—but who’s counting? And now you’re retiring. Again. (The first time was after our fight in 2007.) This time you say it’s for real. You’re serious about hanging up the gloves. On to bigger and better things. So I’m writing to you today to wish you a fond farewell. Truth be told, I’m not unhappy to see you retire. Neither are a lot of boxing fans. Scratch that. MOST boxing fans. Why? Because the fight game will be a better one without you in it.
Let’s face it: You were boring. Just take a look at your most recent performance, your last hurrah in the ring, a 12-round decision against Andre Berto. How to describe it? A bust? A disaster? A snooze fest? An affair so one-sided that on one judge’s card Berto didn’t win a single round? Everyone in boxing knew Berto didn’t have a chance. I think more people watched Family Guy reruns that night than tuned in to that pay-per-view bout. But I didn’t mind shelling out $75 for the HD broadcast. In fact it’s been a great investment. When my kids have trouble falling asleep, I don’t have to read to them anymore. I just play them your Berto fight. They don’t make it past round three.
Another reason boxing is better off without you: You were afraid. Afraid of taking chances. Afraid of risk. A perfect example is your greatest “triumph,” the long-awaited record-breaking fight between you and Manny Pacquiao. Nearly 4.5 million buys! More than $400 million in revenue! Headlines worldwide! How can that be bad for boxing? Because you lied. You promised action and entertainment and a battle for the ages, and you delivered none of the above. The problem is, that’s precisely how you want it. You should have fought Pacquiao five years ago, not five months ago. That, however, would have been too dangerous. Too risky. You’ve made a career out of being cautious. You won’t get in the ring unless you have an edge. Sure, you fought some big names. But they were past their prime. Hell, even when we fought in 2007—and I barely lost a split decision—I was at the tail end of my career. Then later you took on Mexican megastar Saúl “Canelo” -Álvarez, but he was too young and had to drop too much weight.
Me? I got into this business to take chances. I took on all comers in their prime. The evidence? I lost. Six times. After 31 wins, my first loss was to Félix Trinidad, and I learned a valuable lesson that is true both in the ring and in life: Don’t run. I didn’t stop taking on the best of the best. After beating Derrell Coley, I took on “Sugar” Shane Mosley at the height of his powers—undefeated and considered by many to be the pound-for-pound best in the world. Again, I lost. After four wins against more top-ranked fighters I took on Mosley again. We can debate who actually won the rematch, but the judges had me losing that one as well.
Did I go easy after that? No. I moved up to middleweight to win a belt and faced one of the greatest middleweights of all time, Bernard Hopkins. After a body shot that I’m still feeling took me out of the fight, I took on two more guys at the height of their power who, many years later, would finally face each other at the ages of 36 and 38—Manny Pacquiao and you. When fighters do that—when they risk losing—that’s when everyone wins. The mantra of my firm Golden Boy Promotions is simple: the best taking on the best. It’s too bad you didn’t do the same.
You took the easy way out. When you weren’t dancing around fading stars (show idea for you: Dancing Around the Fading Stars), you were beating up on outclassed opponents. A lot of your opponents were above-average fighters, but they weren’t your caliber. You’re a very talented fighter, the best defensive fighter of our generation. But what good is talent if you don’t test it? Muhammad Ali did. Sugar Ray Leonard did. You? Not a chance. You spent 2000 to 2010 facing forgettable opening acts like Victoriano Sosa, Phillip N’dou, DeMarcus Corley, Henry Bruseles and Sharmba Mitchell. There were guys out there—tough scary opponents like Antonio Margarito and Paul Williams—but you ran from them. Were you ever on the track team in high school? You would have been a star.
Boxing will also be a better place without the Mouth. Your mouth, to be precise, the one that created “Money” Mayweather. I know you needed that Money Mayweather persona. Before he—and Golden Boy -Promotions—came along, nobody watched your fights. You couldn’t even sell out your hometown of Grand Rapids, Michigan. The Mouth made you money. More money than you could spend in a lifetime. (Wait, I’ve seen those episodes of 24/7. You probably will spend it all.) But the Mouth doesn’t have a place in boxing; save it for the WWE. Unless you’re someone like Ali, whose fights were as scintillating as his banter, the all-talk, no-entertainment model cheapens our sport. Boxers should speak with their fists and with their hearts. They don’t have to say anything to prove themselves. You’re going to have a legacy. You’ll be remembered as the guy who made the most money. As for your fights? We’ve already forgotten them.
Now that you’re stepping aside, attention can be turned to the sport’s real stars: the brawlers, the brave, the boxers who want nothing more than to face the best and therefore be the best. There’s Canelo, Kazakh KO sensation Gennady Golovkin, ferocious flyweight Román González, slugger Sergey Kovalev and a host of up-and-comers including Terence Crawford, Vasyl Lomachenko and Keith Thurman. Want to see what a monster fight looks like? Canelo takes on Miguel Cotto on November 21. It won’t do 4.4 million in PPV buys, but everyone who watches it will be thrilled. And that’s no empty promise.
You’re moving on to a new phase of life now, a second act. I’m sure it will be nice not to have to train year-round. To get out of the gym and spend time with your family. But I’m wondering what you’re going to do. You have a lot of time and, at the moment, a lot of money. Maybe you’ll put your true skills to work and open a used-car dealership or run a circus. Or maybe you’ll wind up back on Dancing With the Stars. It’s a job that’s safe, pays well and lets you run around on stage. Something you’ve been doing for most of your career.[/details]
I can honestly say that I’ve enjoyed watching Mayweather lame it out. Its one of those skills that are really hard to appreciate. Not sure I can commentate on a lot of this since I didn’t follow the sport all that closely (i.e. at all) while Mayweather was rising.
24/7 Cotto v Canelo.
De la Hoya is an overrated petty as boxing personality now. And I don’t buy the Floyd was so boring crap everyone likes to spew. A lot of people like to see a opponent technically dismantled on a masterful level. Lara is boring… And his viewership and buys show as much. I dislike Floyd the person very much but I love his boxing. My guess on why all the hate? He is a stupid dick who prolly beat the fuck and embarrassed your favorite current boxer…