What's Shaking...
As usual, there are a lot of stories in the world of boxing. Here's a few highlights:
Ronald "Winky" Wright and Jermain Taylor are said to have signed for a fight on June 17. HBO has not put this on their schedule yet, though. I think that Wright will defeat Taylor, unless Taylor looks better than he did against Hopkins (of course Hopkins makes a lot of people look bad).
Arturo "Stuck Pig" Gatti has had surgery to re-attach a ligament in his frequently fractured hand. He says he'll start boxing again this Summer. I'd like to see him fight Baldomir, and I'm sure that's what'll happen. Money makes the match-ups.
The plans to make tons of money on a Pacquiao v Morales rematch are not yet set. Pacquiao, who beat the frijoles out of Morales on January 21, is refusing to fight at an arbitrarily set weight of 132, and insisting on fighting their third bout, as the two previous, at 130 lbs (super-flyweight). Morales says that he had trouble making this weight for their last fight. Some folks speculate that this is a ploy by Morales to avoid losing face (and blood) by avoiding another thrashing at Pacquiao's hands. If Manny fights Erik at the higher weight, Manny (who is naturally around 128-130) would be at a distinct disadvantage. Story here.
The Wladmir Klitschko v Chris Byrd fight will be on HBO Championship boxing----meaning, no PPV. I'll definitely watch this, and you guys are all invited....I might even throw another hunka pig on the fire.
A guy named Dan Colgan thinks that Oscar de la Hoya can beat Floyd Mayweather, Jr. I don't know what he's smoking. I like the Golden Boy and all, but "Pretty Boy Floyd" will murderize him. I don't know why Oscar is even considering this, but he is. Story here.
Nikolay "Holy Crap He's Big" Valuev will be defending the WBA crown he won from Johnny "Louise" Ruiz against Owen "What the Heck" Beck on April 1. Beck hasn't exactly been a top contender lately, but he is a Don King fighter, and that, combined with his expected harmlessness, is probably why he's being used as another "tune-up" for Valuev (Don King recently became a "promotional partner" of Valuev's team as a part of the deal for the Ruiz fight). This article has some good info on Valuev, and provides some interesting trivia on other 7-footers from boxing history. It also posits that, after disposing of Beck, Valuev will be matched up (possibly against Kevin "snicker" McBride) on HBO in September, but that the real goal is a Klitschko v Valuev Aryan championship fight in Germany.
Ronald "Winky" Wright and Jermain Taylor are said to have signed for a fight on June 17. HBO has not put this on their schedule yet, though. I think that Wright will defeat Taylor, unless Taylor looks better than he did against Hopkins (of course Hopkins makes a lot of people look bad).
Arturo "Stuck Pig" Gatti has had surgery to re-attach a ligament in his frequently fractured hand. He says he'll start boxing again this Summer. I'd like to see him fight Baldomir, and I'm sure that's what'll happen. Money makes the match-ups.
The plans to make tons of money on a Pacquiao v Morales rematch are not yet set. Pacquiao, who beat the frijoles out of Morales on January 21, is refusing to fight at an arbitrarily set weight of 132, and insisting on fighting their third bout, as the two previous, at 130 lbs (super-flyweight). Morales says that he had trouble making this weight for their last fight. Some folks speculate that this is a ploy by Morales to avoid losing face (and blood) by avoiding another thrashing at Pacquiao's hands. If Manny fights Erik at the higher weight, Manny (who is naturally around 128-130) would be at a distinct disadvantage. Story here.
The Wladmir Klitschko v Chris Byrd fight will be on HBO Championship boxing----meaning, no PPV. I'll definitely watch this, and you guys are all invited....I might even throw another hunka pig on the fire.
A guy named Dan Colgan thinks that Oscar de la Hoya can beat Floyd Mayweather, Jr. I don't know what he's smoking. I like the Golden Boy and all, but "Pretty Boy Floyd" will murderize him. I don't know why Oscar is even considering this, but he is. Story here.
Nikolay "Holy Crap He's Big" Valuev will be defending the WBA crown he won from Johnny "Louise" Ruiz against Owen "What the Heck" Beck on April 1. Beck hasn't exactly been a top contender lately, but he is a Don King fighter, and that, combined with his expected harmlessness, is probably why he's being used as another "tune-up" for Valuev (Don King recently became a "promotional partner" of Valuev's team as a part of the deal for the Ruiz fight). This article has some good info on Valuev, and provides some interesting trivia on other 7-footers from boxing history. It also posits that, after disposing of Beck, Valuev will be matched up (possibly against Kevin "snicker" McBride) on HBO in September, but that the real goal is a Klitschko v Valuev Aryan championship fight in Germany.
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