As fight fans know, the great Miguel Cotto – arguably THE greatest Puerto Rican fighter in history – is just one fight away from retirement. Cotto will face Sadam Ali on December 2 and then, that’s it the four-weight king has said many times. Cotto’s trainer Freddie Roach feels the timing is just about perfect and, as quoted by fighthype.com, he feels his other star fighter Manny Pacquiao might want to follow Cotto’s lead and retire also.
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Danny Jacobs: 100-percent I win the rematch with GGG
Former WBA middleweight ruler Danny Jacobs still believes, and he is still hoping. “The Miracle Man” fully believes he executed the perfect game-plan when he boxed world champ Gennady Golovkin back in March and that the 12 round decision that went to GGG should have gone to him – or, worst case scenario, the fight was a draw.
Jacobs, 33-2(29) in speaking with Premiere Boxing Champions, as quoted by RingTV.com, said he is absolutely certain he wins the rematch with the unbeaten Triple-G if there is one.
Tyson Fury wastes no time in calling out Bellew after Haye return is called off
Tyson Fury has wasted zero time in calling out Tony Bellew. In light of how the December 17 return bout between “Bomber” Bellew and David Haye has been called off due to (yet another) injury suffered by Haye (it’s his arm, actually his bicep, this time for those fans who are keeping tab of the body parts Haye has suffered injury to during his amateur and pro career), Fury has offered his considerable services for the new date that is being worked on: May 5.
David Haye has pulled out of Tony Bellew return; Haye suffers arm injury
Just days after being assured by all concerned that David Haye is “100-percent and ready to go” into his December 17 rematch with Tony Bellew, we get another report that says Haye is indeed injured and that the fight is OFF.
As per a man with all the news – almost all of it reliable – Dan Rafael of ESPN.com reports how “a source with direct knowledge of the situation” informs how Haye has pulled out with an arm injury. The ESPN report says Haye is set to undergo surgery on his arm soon.
“Let’s get this party started!” Tyson Fury lists the TEN heavyweights he wants to fight in his ring return
Although it must be pointed out once again, how it means nothing until he successfully obtains a licence to box again, Tyson Fury has been spending more time on social media; this time kindly listing for us the ten heavyweights he wants to fight in his anticipated ring return next year.
It’s an interesting list to be fair; with some obvious choices along with some less obvious names included on the former heavyweight champ’s list.
Veteran former champs Tomasz Adamek, Guillermo Jones pick up wins at the weekend
Once big names who pulled in large crowds and enjoyed big TV coverage, former world champions Tomasz Adamek and Guillermo Jones picked up wins that by and large flew under the radar this past weekend. Fighting in his homeland of Poland, former light-heavyweight and cruiserweight champ Adamek, now aged 40, pulled out a ten-round UD over tricky spoiler Fred Kassi.
Can Carl Frampton become a world champion again?
Carl Frampton got the job done last night in winning an exciting and hard-fought ten round decision over tough and game Mexican Horacio Garcia. “The Jackal,” having his first fight in a number of months and his first fight under new trainer, former European, British and Commonwealth champ Jamie Moore, overcame some tough spots; even being knocked down (the call proving with the aid of replay to be a bad one – Frampton having slipped in the seventh-round).
De La Hoya says “we’re working for Cinco de Mayo of next year,” Canelo vs GGG II “gonna be huge”
Although Oscar De La Hoya recently said that talks regarding the demanded return fight between middleweight king Gennady Golovkin and Canelo Alvarez were “slow going,”it was a more upbeat De La Hoya who spoke with TMZ Sports yesterday. The Golden Boy head said that the fight the whole world wants to see “is definitely gonna happen” and that the rematch will take place at the exact same venue as the first fight: The T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
Jerwin Ancajas stops a brave but outgunned Jamie Conlan in six-rounds, retains IBF super-flyweight title
Tonight in Belfast, reigning IBF super-flyweight champion Jerwin Ancajas proved to be too strong, too powerful and too good for a gutsy Jamie Conlan. The southpaw from The Philippines who is co-promoted by the great Manny Pacquiao scored multiple knockdowns, hurting Conlan to both head and body, before finally getting the TKO at the :52-second mark of round-six.
11-second KO! Zolani Tete retains WBO bantamweight belt with vicious one-punch KO over Siboniso Gonya
Tonight in Belfast, reigning WBO bantamweight king Zolani Tete may well have made boxing history by scoring the quickest KO win in any world title fight. The South African iced his countryman challenger Siboniso Gonya in just 11-seconds of the opening round. Walking towards his opponent, Tete unleashed a stinging right hook that landed flush, sending Gonya down hard.