RESULTS FROM BROOKLYN: Ali remains undefeated

BROOKLYN, NY (October 27, 2012) – 2008 U.S. Olympian Sadam “World Kid” Ali (16-0, 10 KOs) stopped Ronnie “The Natural Warrior, Jr. (13-8-1, 4 KOs) in the second round of Saturday night’s main event at the Aviator Sports Complex in Brooklyn, New York, United States.
“Rising Olympian Star In The Big Apple,” presented by Ali’s World Kid Promotions, was distributed in the United States on pay-per-view by Integrated Sports Media.
Undefeated welterweight prospect Ali shined bright at home on a show that he also promoted. The well-rounded boxer took control in the opening round, dropped Warrior midway through the second with a short left, and finished him off with a perfectly thrown right at 2:59.
“I worked hard for this and I want to thank everybody for this opportunity,” Ali said after the fight. “I hope I’m eligible to do more television events. I’m trying to get better opponents but sometimes fights fall out (Ali’s original opponent Jermaine White was replaced by Warrior on two days notice). The better fighters cost a lot of money and I’m not in that position yet. I’m ready to step up.
“I want to keep my promotional company going, enhance my career and stay busy. I also want to help other fighters because I know how hard it is getting fights without a promoter.”
In a non-title fight, WBC FECARBOX cruiserweight champion Santander “Cha-Cha” Silgado (23-0, 18 KOs) defeated Joell Godfrey (15-9-1, 6 KOs) for the second time in two months. Silgado won an eight-round decision over Godfrey this past August and repeated that outcome in the co-feature against his late replacement.
Colombia-native Silgado, now residing in Brooklyn, is rated No. 8 by the World Boxing Council (WBC) and No. 10 in the World Boxing Association (WBA). Godfrey has never been stopped in 25 professional fights.
Three-time Egyptian Olympian Ramadan “Holy Man” Yasser (8-0, 5 KOs) engaged in an old-fashioned brawl with Philadelphia cruiserweight Tim Johnson (4-2, 2 KOs). Yasser, who now lives in New York City, dropped Johnson in the first and fifth rounds en route to unanimous six-round decision to remain undefeated.
One-fisted Queens (NY) cruiserweight Michael Costantino, who was born without a right hand, won his pro debut by second-round technical knockout of Nathan Ortiz (0-3). Costantino hurt Ortiz with several strong lefts until Ortiz, turned his back, signaling his corner that he didn’t want to continue fighting.
Manhattan light middleweight Stevie Gamache (4-0, 1 KO) kept his unbeaten record intact, taking all four rounds from a game Jose Angel Ortiz (4-11-1, 1 KO). Gamache is trained by his father, two-time, two-division world champion Joey Gamache.
Boxers in attendance supporting the show included Paulie Malignggi, Junior Jones, Luis Colazzo, Vinny Maddalone, Maureen Shea, Gary Stark, Gabriel Bracero and Will Rosinsky.
Brooklyn bantamweight Jennifer Santiago (2-0) pitched a shutout, winning all four rounds against Ivan “Boo Boo” Coleman (0-3). Light middleweight Shawn Cameron (3-0, 2 KOs) won a battle of previously unbeaten Brooklyn fighters with a four-round decision over Mamadou Doumbia (1-1).
Go online to www.SadamAliBoxing.com for more information about Sadam Ali or follow him on Twitter @realworldkidali.

Should pound for pound boxing lists have a tie?

For as much as I love Ring Magazine and have for a very long time, there are just so many reasons why having a tie is wrong.
First off and foremost, this is a cop out. The pound for pound list is not suppose to be easy. Just recently, I had a very hard time choosing the number ten spot for our boxing rankings, but I eventually chose a suitable fighter. I could have had 3-4 fighters in the number ten spot and been ok with it, but you just cannot have a tie. Once you start including ties in the top ten world pound for pound list you open up a huge can of worms. Now you can have a tie whenever you run into a tough decision between two equally qualified fighters. There are 17 divisions. Imagine having ties included on those lists as well?
Looking at the current p4p list, the only tie I could understand would be Pacquiao and Marquez. Where you place them on the list is an entirely different debate, but one could argue they could in fact be tied no matter what number you place them at. Boxing Society has Marquez at four and Pacquiao at five. I can honestly say that if I believed that boxing pound for pound lists should included ties, I would have Pacquiao and Marquez dead even at four. Eventually I chose Marquez ahead of Pacquiao because I believe Juan has maintained his p4p status in his last few fights vs Pacquiao who I feel may have slipped a little.
Another item of interest is Pacquiao being as high as two in the first place. Sergio Martinez and Andre Ward have both made huge leaps up the pound for pound ladder based on their most recent fight performances. Looking at Pacquiao’s last few fights plus Martinez’ and Ward’s, Boxing Society has Martinez and Ward ahead of Pacquiao.
I may love THE RING, and that will never change, however, I have often found their pound for pound list to be very subjective. That is fine with me, but having Mayweather and Pacquiao stuck in a tie at number two is about as bad as it gets.

Emanuel Steward dies at 68, all of boxing mourns

Hall of Fame trainer Emanuel Steward died Thursday. He was 68. Steward trained several boxing greats such as Thomas Hearns, Lennox Lewis and Wladimir Klitschko. Read more about this story below.
“I think that, in my opinion, Emanuel Steward was the best trainer that ever lived. There is no other trainer who made so many fighters into champions.” – Thomas Hearns

Super Freak Willie Nelson plays waiting game

ST. LOUIS (October 22, 2012) – Standing 6′ 4″ with an incredible 81″ reach and six-percent body fat, newly crowned North American Boxing Federation (NABF) Super Welterweight champion Willie “The Great” Nelson (19-1-1, 11 KOs) is a physical freak in the 154-pound division.
Prospect killer Nelson earned his boxing bones, so to speak, with impressive back-to-back victories by 10-round decisions over previously unbeaten fighters, two-time Cuban National champion Yudel Jhonson (12-1) on ShoBox, and World Boxing Council (WBC) Youth champion John “Dah Rock” Jackson (13-1, 12 KOs), for the vacant North American Boxing Federation (NABF) super welterweight title, on the September 15th Sergio Martinez-Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. HBO Pay-Per-View event.
“I still have a lot of growing to become a complete fighter,” a humble Nelson said. “I’m working hard with (head trainer) Jack (Loew) to stand behind my jab, use my reach and length, and take less shots. I need to knock-off a few more top fighters to get a world title shot. I just fight and leave who I fight up to my coaches, promoters and manager. I would like to fight next for the vacant WBC Silver title, which would put me in good position for a world title fight against (WBC champion (Saul) ‘Canelo’ Alvarez. He makes a lot of mistakes and, even though he’s only 22, he’s at his peak because he had so many fights, so early. I’ve improved a lot since Jack has been training me. I’m only 25 and know that I will continue to improve, but I’m ready to fight the best 154-pounders in the world right now.”
The gifted fighter from Cleveland, who is trained by Loew in Youngstown, Ohio, is now rated No. 6 in the world by the WBC, ranked behind, in order, Erislandy Lara (Cuba), Vanes Martirosyan (Armenia), Damion Jonack (Poland), Emanuele Della Rosa (Italy) and Sergey Rabchenko (Bellarussia).
“If Lara and Martirosyan are fighting in the WBC final eliminator,” Loew noted, “there is no doubt in my mind that Willie is right there. He’s one of the two or three best American 154-pounders and top 5 or 6 in the world. He deserves his No. 6 ranking in the WBC. No more last minute fights for Willie. He took the Jhonson fight on two week’s notice and his opponent changed for his last fight. But I know it’s a waiting game; I’ve been there with Kelly (Pavlik). We waited until he got (Edison) Miranda. We have to be ready when Willie’s Miranda comes up. I can’t wait to see how Willie does when they throw a big dog in front of him. I’d love to see him fight (Alfredo) Angulo or (James) Kirkland to see what we really have in Willie. They’re punchers but that’s all they do.
“Alvarez will think Willie can’t take his punch because he’s been down a few times, but Willie has a good chin and he’s gotten up to control fights. Against (Vincent) Arroyo (2011 in Nelson’s only loss as a pro), Willie was down twice but he got up and came back to lose a majority decision. Willie took one of the most vicious punches I’ve ever seen against Jhonson. I thought it was all over but Willie got up and controlled the rest of the fight. Any other 154-pounder would have been knocked out. Willie caught Jhonson later and almost knocked him out.”

Broadway Boxing returns to FIGHT NOW TV

‘Broadway Boxing’ returns to FIGHT NOW TV Wednesday night featuring undefeated prospect “Irish” Seanie Monaghan.
NEW YORK (October 22, 2012) – DiBella Entertainment’s popular “Broadway Boxing” series returns to FIGHT NOW TV- America’s only 24-hour combat sports and entertainment channel – this Wednesday night (Oct. 24), starting at 9 p/m/ ET, live from the famed Roseland Ballroom in midtown Manhattan.
The 10-round main event showcases popular Long Island light heavyweight “Irish” Seanie Monaghan (15-0, 10 KOs) defending his World Boxing Council (WBC) Americas title against gatekeeper Rayco “War” Saunders (22-17-2, 9 KOs).
“We’re thrilled to be airing another ‘Broadway Boxing’ show for our FIGHT NOW TV viewers in America,” said FIGHT NOW TV Co-Founder & General Manager Mike Garrow. “Lou DiBella and his team consistently put on competitive, entertaining fights featuring rising stars such as Seanie Monaghan. Another great night of boxing will shine once again on Broadway.”
Undefeated Monaghan stopped George Armenta in the third-round of their August 2nd fight, which was the co-feature on the first “Broadway Boxing” show that aired on FIGHT NOW TV. Monaghan is now world rated at No. 24 by the WBC. He has prepared for this fight by serving as a sparring partner in the United Kingdom for world-ranked Tony Bellow. Battle-tested veteran Saunders has defeated World Boxing Organization (WBO) title challenger Tommy Karpency (DEC8) and fought a draw with three-time world title challenger Danny Santiago.
The eight-round co-feature matches former North American Boxing Federation (NABF) light welterweight champion and Brooklyn favorite, Gabriel “Tito” Bracero (19-1 (3 KOs), against former WBC Youth World title-holder Eric “La Maquina” Cruz (13-10-3, 13 KOs).
Some of the other fights on the card that may be televised on FIGHT NOW TV, pending time availability, include Italian lightweight Floriano Pagliara (13-4-2, 7 KOs) vs. Jeremy McLaurin (9-4, 5 KOs) in an eight-round bout, highly-touted unbeaten junior middleweight Delen “Sniper” Parsley (8-0, 2 KOs) vs. Ibahiem King (10-7, 4 KOs) in a six-rounder, light heavyweight Travis Peterkin (4-0, 3 KOs) vs. Hamid Abdul-Mateen (3-2-2) and super bantamweight Heather Hardy (1-0) vs. pro debuting Unique Harris in a pair of four-round fights.
FIGHT NOW TV is available on Cablevision channel 464 as part of the iO Sports & Entertainment Pak!
About FIGHT NOW TV:
With offices in New Jersey, Las Vegas and Toronto, FIGHT NOW TV is a cross-platform media company that creates and distributes content through its television, video on demand, and online outlets.
Founded by Channel Zero, Inc. and media entrepreneur Mike Garrow, FIGHT NOW TV is the only 24-hour-a-day, seven-days-a-week combat sports channel in the nation. The network’s mandate is to bring the best battles, fiercest fights and stunning knockouts to America. FIGHT NOW TV caters to fight fans of every genre, giving them a front row seat to compelling coverage of MMA, boxing, wrestling/grappling, Muay Thai, kickboxing and other combat sports. FIGHT NOW TV is the place for the best analysis, live and current events, documentaries and news coverage of the biggest PPV events and match-ups from around the globe.
FIGHT NOW TV has also enlisted one of the fight game’s biggest names to join its camp, 5-time UFC champion and MMA legend Randy Couture, who serves as both spokesperson and analyst for the channel.
For more information about FIGHT NOW TV go on line at www.fightnow.com, or follow on Twitter @fightnowtv and Facebook.com/fightnowtv.

Sadam Ali/Brooklyn PPV: Media Fight Week Schedule

RISING OLYMPIAN STAR IN THE BIG APPLE Featuring 2008 U.S. OLYMPIAN SADAM ALI.
Aviator Sports Complex.
Brooklyn, NY.
Sat., October 27, 2012.
Live on Pay Per View – 9:00 PM/ET 6:00PM/PT.
Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012 – Open Workouts (public invited)
1:00-3:00 p.m. ET – World Kid Sports/Sadam Ali Boxing Center, 6825 5th Ave., Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, NY.
Friday, Oct. 26, 2012 – Official Weigh-In
1:00 p.m. ET – New York State Athletic Commission, 123 Williams, St., New York, NY.
Saturday, Oct. 27, 2012 – Fight Night
6:00 p.m. ET – Doors Open
7:30 p.m. ET — Opening Bout
9:00 p.m. ET – First PPV fight
Tickets, priced at $150.00, $100.00 and $50.00, are on sale and available to purchase by calling 917.807.3630 or 917.655.5254 in Brooklyn and Queens, 718.744.8855 in Manhattan, or 201.914.9392 in Staten Island and New Jersey.
“Rising Olympian Star In The Big Apple” will be distributed in the United States by Integrated Sports Media for live viewing at 9:00 p.m. ET/6:00 p.m. PT on both cable and satellite pay per view via iN Demand, DISH Network and Avail-TVN for a suggested retail price of only $29.95.
For more information about “Rising Olympian Star In The Big Apple,” go online to www.SadamAliBoxing.com or www.integratedsportsnet.com. Sadam Ali can be followed on Twitter @realworldkidali.

Estrada & Alfonso Nov. 10 in Providence

PROVIDENCE (October 16, 2012) — “Big Things” features a pair of highly-decorated heavyweights, 2004 U.S. Olympian Jason “Big Six” Estrada (19-4, 5 KOs) and 2008 Cuban Olympian Robert Alfonso in his pro debut, on November 10 at the Rhode Island Convention Center in Providence.
BIG THINGS Featuring
2004 U.S. Olympian Jason “Big Six” Estrada
Nov. 10, 2012
R. I. Convention Center
Providence, RI.
Longtime Providence favorite Estrada faces veteran Galen “Bad Boy” Brown (38-20-1, 23 KOs) in the eight-round main event. Estrada has won his last three fights against Alex Gonzales, Dominique Alexander and Joseph Rabotte. Brown has been against former world champion Hasim Rahman, world title challenger Mariusz Wach, and former Russian titlist Andrey Fedosov.
“We’re very happy to cap our first year as a promotional company with the ‘Big Things’ card on November 10th,” Big Six Entertainments president Artie DePinho said. “We’ve brought back entertaining, competitive boxing to Providence. Jason is getting closer and closer to a big fight. He’s making some noise in the heavyweight division. Jason has developed into a more complete fighter, showing improved power that complements his great boxing skills. Alfonso’s pro debut, the return of top prospect Toka Kahn-Clary, and an undercard made up of fan favorites complete a solid top-to-bottom card.”
The 25-year-old Alfonso is a 6′ 4″, 220-pound 2007 & 2008 Cuban National champion, who captured gold medals at the 2008 AIBA World Cup and 2009 Pan-American Games. He fights an opponent to be determined soon in a four-rounder.
Also fighting on the “Big Things” card against opponents to be determined are Top Ranked-signed Pawtucket (RI) lightweight Clary (2-0, 2 KOs), a 2010 National Golden Gloves champion, in a four-round bout, as well as unbeaten Pawtucket (RI) welterweight Diego Periera (7-0-1, 2 KOs) in the six-round co-feature.
Scheduled to fight on the undercard in four-round bouts are Providence welterweight Josh “Bam Bam” Beeman (4-11-3, 2 KOs) vs. Robert Hunt (0-2), of Hyannis (MA), Hyannis heavyweight Jesse Barbosa (4-1-1, 3 KOs) vs. TBA, Hyannis light heavyweight Paul Gonsalves (4-2, 3 KOs), of Harwich (MA), vs. Ahmad Mickens (1-2-1), former Irish National amateur champion Michael McLaughlin (2-1-1), fighting out of Boston, vs. TBA, Providence middleweights Kevin Harrison and Pubilo Pena make their pro debuts against each other, and Springfield super middleweight Reinaldo Graceski (2-0) vs. Michael Mitchell (0-1).
Tickets, reasonably priced at $40.00, $60.00 and $100.00, are available to purchase by calling Big Six Boston at 1.617.312.5059, Big Six Providence at 1.401.241.3490 (RI), going on line at www.bigsixentertainment.com or www.ticketmaster.com, and at the Rhode Island Convention Center box office.

Barthelemy Homecoming vs. Usmanee

On Friday, January 4, 2013, Warriors Boxing and Bad Dog Productions in association with the Magic City Casino will proudly present the year's debut broadcast of the popular professional boxing series ESPN's Friday Night Fights (10 PM Eastern on ESPN2 and ESPN Deportes, online through WatchESPN.com, and on smartphones and tablets via the WatchESPN app.) live from Stage 305 in the Magic City Casino in Miami, Florida.

The 12-round super featherweight main event will feature towering Cuban dynamo Rances "Kid Blast" Barthelemy (17-0, 11 KOs), currently ranked #5 in the world by the IBF, who will look to continue his undefeated run against fellow undefeated prospect and Afghani-Canadian Arash Usmanee (20-0, 10 KOs), who is ranked #8 in the world by the WBA.

In the co-featured televised bout, a couple of tough junior middleweight contenders will tangle, when young Puerto Rican powerhouse Jonathan "Mantequilla" Gonzalez (15-0-1, 13 KOs) takes on highly regarded Philadelphian Derek "Pooh" Ennis (23-3-1, 13 KOs).

Cuban-born 26-year-old hometown favorite Barthelemy is one of three Barthelemy brothers who are now professional fighters. His younger brother Leduan (2-0, 2 KOs) and his older brother, 2004 Olympic Gold medalist Yan (12-3, 4 KOs), are both fighting in the Super Bantamweight division. Standing an imposing 5' 11" for a 130-lb fighter, Barthelemy's size is a huge obstacle for opponents to overcome. In the biggest fight of his career last March in Las Vegas, and televised on ESPN, Barthelemy took a unanimous decision over formerly undefeated fellow prospect Hylon Williams, prevailing by scores of 80-72 and 79-73 twice.

30-year-old Arash Usmanee is a five-time national amateur champion in his adopted home of Canada. He was born in Kabul, Afghanistan, and moved to the Canadian Province of Alberta when he was only three years old, after his father was killed in a bombing. World rated Usmanee has already won the NABA and WBC Continental Americas Championships as a professional. He has relocated his base of operations to Montreal, Quebec.

23-year-old Gonzalez is a former amateur standout and a 2008 Olympic representative for Puerto Rico. As a professional, the heavy-handed slugger has already won the NABO and WBA Fedelatin Junior Middleweight Championships. Identified as one of boxing's hottest young prospects, and ranked #6 in the world by the WBA and #10 by the WBC, Gonzalez has continued doing well in the ring while stepping up the competition. In his last fight, the San Juan native fought to a disputable draw with recent world light middleweight champion Serhiy Dzinziruk (37-1-1). The fight was broadcast nationally on HBO and further established Gonzalez as a top 154-lb contender.

32-year-old Ennis won the USBA Light Middleweight Championship in 2009 with a furious 12-round decision over Nigerian Olympian Eromosele Albert. Ennis has collected three "Fight of the Year" accolades in the Philadelphia boxing scene, most notably his vanquishing of current IBF#1, Philly's Gabe Rosado in a 12-round instant classic. With lightning-quick hands that crack like thunder, Ennis can be elusive, but has been known to win grueling brawls.

"We are really excited to start off our 16th season of Friday Night Fights on January 4 with a solid main event down in Miami, which will be a hub of excitement leading up to the BCS a few days later," said Doug Loughrey, director of programming and acquisitions at ESPN.

"It is an honor to be putting on this year's premier broadcast and, clearly, it's a solid night of action-packed boxing between four world-class fighters hungry to step up to the next level. The Magic City Casino is a beautiful destination in Miami and we're looking forward to putting on an unforgettable night of boxing," said Leon Margules, President of Warriors Boxing.

"Magic City Casino is thrilled to be the host site for the season opening event of ESPN's Friday Night Fights. The new venue will be packed and the main event featuring two world ranked undefeated fighters is sure to be a battle to remember," said Scott Savin, Chief Operating Officer of Magic City Casino.

"We are delighted to showcase "Kid Blast" in Miami once again and to inaugurate the first sporting event at the spectacular new venue at the Magic City Casino" said Richard Dobal, managing member of Bad Dog Productions." Barthelemy has had success at their outdoor facility, but the new indoor arena is a sight to behold. Bad Dog and Warriors Boxing expect 'Stage 305' at the Magic City Casino to become the 'Mecca for boxing' in Miami."

The undercard, which will be announced shortly, will feature several young local and international rising stars.

Tickets go on sale today and can be bought on the Magic City Casino website www.magiccitycasino.com as well as in person at the Magic City Players Club. They are priced at $100, $75, $50 and $35.

Doors open at 7:30 pm and the first bell is at 8:00.

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"Tommy Gun" Thomas Oosthuizen retains title

New York, NY/ Gauteng, SA (11/10/12) - Earlier tonight, 24-year-old red-hot undefeated super middleweight contender Thomas "Tommy Gun" Oosthuizen (21-0-1, 13KO's) retained his IBO super middleweight championship with a dominate twelve round unanimous decision over four-time world title challenger Fulgencio Zuniga (25-6-1, 22KO's) at the Emperor's Palace in Gauteng, South Africa.

Oosthuizen, who is promoted by Rodney Berman's Golden Gloves and DiBella Entertainment, dominated the action throughout, seemingly having his way with the much more experienced Zuniga, winning by scores of 120-108, 119-109, 119-109.  Oosthuizen is expected to return action stateside sometime in early 2013

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Fight Report and Scorecards: Klitschko vs Wach

DR STEELHAMMER DOMINATES DR IRON CHIN

Tonight in Hamburg Germany Wladimir Klitschko was made to go the distance in a World Heavyweight Title defence for only the 3rd time as he pounded out an unanimous 12 rounds points win against over-matched but Iron Chinned Mariusz Wach. Klitschko won 35 of the 36 rounds on the judges cards, this easily showed how dominant a performance this was from the long time champ.

This was Klitschko's first fight since the death of legendary trainer Manny Steward. It was also the first time in 6 foot 6 Klitschko fought an opponent that was bigger than him. Wach Born in Poland but now fighting out of New jersey USA stood a massive 6 foot 7 and a half inches. Could Wach use his height and reach advantage to cause the upset??. NO, Wladimir took control from the first bell as he fired jab after jab at the slower Wach followed by hard right hands that were Knocking the bigger man's head back. The fight continued the same way with Klitschko moving around the ring landing at will with his jab and right hand. The only problem was that Wach was still there taking shot after shot.
Near the end of the 5th round Wach landed a huge straight right that put Wladimir to the ropes. Wach went for the kill but Wladimir showed all his experience by easily tying Wach up and seeing out the round. The crowd and the watching millions then expected Wach to go after the champion in the 6th. It wasnt the case as Dr Steelhammer came out faster landing even more jabs and straight right hands. In the 8th round Wladimir gave Wach that much of a beating it looked like American Ref Eddie Cotton might stop the fight. Wladimir battered Wach that much in round 8 that many press and fans scored the round 10-8. On my fightscorecollector card i gave Klitschko the extra point.
The 9th was a slower paced round as Wladimir probably feeling the effects of his efforts was content to jab and land the occasional straight right. Its at this point that i think Wladimir realised that Wach was not going to be stopped. Rounds 11 and 12 were mirror images as Kitschko moving around the ring well for a big guy (247lbs) landed his favorite combination , the 1-2 time after time. Wach was now a punching bag, his work rate dropping round after round. Wach in the last 2 rounds must have thrown less than 10 punches. When the final bell rang there was no doubt who the winner was. Wladimir Klitschko will now look for a viable challenger whilst Wach will probably land more big fights due to his durability.
Below is my scorecard along with all the press and fan scores i was able to collect for this fight.
Fightscorecollector's Scorecard

Round 1.... 10-9 Klitschko
Round 2.... 10-9 Klitschko
Round 3.... 10-9 Klitschko
Round 4.... 10-9 Klitschko
Round 5.... 10-9 Klitschko
Round 6.... 10-9 Klitschko
Round 7.... 10-9 Klitschko
Round 8.... 10-8 Klitschko
Round 9.... 10-9 Klitschko
Round 10.. 10-9 Klitschko
Round 11.. 10-9 Klitschko
Round 12.. 10-9 Klitschko
TOTAL : 120-107 KLITSCHKO

Mayweather and Pacquiao Settle

Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao agreed to settle a federal defamation case in Las Vegas, Mayweather’s lawyer said. That move clears a key hurdle to a long-awaited bout between them. Terms of the deal are confidential, said the lawyer, Malcolm LaVergne. Pacquiao had sought damages based on allegations that Mayweather defamed him by suggesting he used performance-enhancing substances.

Klitschko Beats Wach on Points to Retain Titles

His older brother Vitali Klitschko holds the WBC crown.

"It was a very tough fight and Mariusz had to take a lot of punches," Klitschko said in a ringside interview. "I thought that Wach would go down but he fought on."

Klitschko also remembered late coach Emanuel Steward who died on October 25.

"On July 7 after our last fight we sang happy birthday to him. We miss you, we love you, you are always here in the ring, thank you Emanuel," said Klitschko.

With Hollywood actor Sylvester Stallone, who is co-producing 'Rocky - the Musical' with the Klitschko brothers, making a pre-fight appearance in the ring for the 16,000 fans in the O2 arena, Klitschko set the pace from the first round.

Wach may be the first opponent taller than Klitschko, who is 1.98 metres, but he lacked the speed of the Ukrainian.

The Pole did get one chance in the fifth round, pummelling his opponent after a huge right to the head but the Ukrainian was saved by the bell.

It was back to form in the following rounds and Klitschko, who improved his record to 59 wins from 62 fights, pinned Wach to the ropes in the seventh and eighth but failed to knock him down.

Instead Klitschko dished out painful punishment in the final rounds with the eyes of fans on referee Eddie Cotton to see whether he would put an end to it.

The three judges gave Klitschko a 120-107 120-107 119-109 victory.

(Reporting by Karolos Grohmann; Editing by Ian Ransom)

John Retains W.B.A. Title

Chris John made a 17th defense of his WBA super world featherweight title, unanimously outpointing Chonlatarn Piriyapinyo in a slugfest in Singapore. The bout featured all-out attack by two undefeated boxers intent on fighting on the inside.

Carmen Basilio Dies at 85; Took Title From Robinson

His first title fight came in 1953, when he scored a second-round knockdown of the welterweight champion Kid Gavilan but lost a 15-round decision.

He won the welterweight championship in June 1955 with a 12th-round knockout of Tony DeMarco, then stopped DeMarco again in Round 12 of a rematch. He lost the crown on a decision to Johnny Saxton in March 1956, then regained it and defended it against Saxton, knocking him out each time.

After his second match with Robinson, he fought only occasionally and made three unsuccessful bids to win a middleweight title again, losing twice on knockouts to Gene Fullmer and on a decision to Paul Pender in 1961, his last fight.

He had a career record of 56 wins (27 by knockout), 16 losses and 7 draws.

The International Boxing Hall of Fame was built in part as a tribute to Basilio and his nephew Billy Backus, who held the welterweight title in the early 1970s. The Hall contains bronze busts of Basilio and of Backus, who is not an inductee.

After retiring from boxing, Basilio, a high-school dropout, taught physical education at Le Moyne College in Syracuse. He also worked in public relations for the Genesee Brewing Company. Basilio’s wife, Josie, traced his decline in health to heart bypass surgery in 1992, The Associated Press reported. A magnetic resonance imaging scan revealed no brain damage from his prizefighting days, she said.

In May 2009, Canastota High School, where Basilio was once a member of the boxing team, presented him with a diploma in recognition of his achievements.

Basilio is survived by his wife, four children and many grandchildren and great-grandchildren, The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle said.

Basilio said he had no regrets, despite all the tattooing his face and body took.

“I don’t enjoy getting hurt, waking up with a puffed eye and pain, stiff all over,” he told Sports Illustrated as he neared the end of his career. “But you have to take the bitter with the sweet. The sweet is when guys recognize you on the street, say, ‘Hello, champ,’ know who you are. It will always be sweet for me.”

A Title Defended in Japan

Shinsuke Yamanaka of Japan stopped Mexico’s Tomas Rojas 36 seconds into the seventh round to retain the World Boxing Council bantamweight title in Sendai, Japan. Yamanaka (17-0-2, 12), making his second defense of the title he won in April, sent Rojas (39-14-1) to the canvas with a left.

In another bout, Toshiyuki Igarashi (17-1-1, 10) of Japan outpointed Argentina’s Nestor Narvaes (19-1-2) in his first defense of his W.B.C. flyweight title.

Yamanaka Beats Rojas in W.B.C. Bantamweight Bout

SENDAI, Japan (AP) — Shinsuke Yamanaka of Japan stopped Mexico's Tomas Rojas 36 seconds into the seventh round on Saturday to retain the WBC bantamweight title.

Yamanaka (17-0-2, 12 KOs), making his second defense of the title he won in April, sent the challenger to the canvas with a left and Rojas (39-14-1) was unable to move for several minutes but left the ring under his own power.

In another bout, Japan's Toshiyuki Igarashi (17-1-1, 10 KOs) outpointed Argentina's Nestor Narvaes (19-1-2) in his first defense of his WBC flyweight title.

In This Corner, a Much-Needed Distraction

By Wednesday morning, the match was the biggest news in the capital. Ahmad Noor, 42, a construction company manager, quipped that Mr. Rahimi’s fame now equaled that of President Hamid Karzai and Mullah Muhammad Omar, the Taliban leader. (Mr. Omar surely would have been displeased with the comparison, since he banned boxing when the Taliban ruled Afghanistan.)

Adel, 30, a street-side snack vendor who uses only a single name, said Mr. Rahimi’s victory was better than Id al-Adha, a major Islamic holiday that ended a few days ago. In American terms, that would be like saying it was better than Christmas.

If anything, the late summer and autumn of 2012 may well be remembered by Kabulis as the time when Western-style professional sports finally came to their city. The boxing match, as well as a string of soccer games, gave many a good reason to forget, at least for a few hours, the Taliban, the foreigners, the warlords and every other unwelcome group or unsavory character that has inflicted pain and suffering here.

Afghanistan has long had an active amateur sports scene, and Afghan athletes have competed internationally in the last few years. But many of those efforts — a women’s boxing team, for instance — often seemed to be at least partly geared toward Westerners eager to see how their countries’ efforts were changing Afghanistan.

This season’s big sports events, in contrast, were aimed squarely at Afghans themselves. Before the Fight 4 Peace came the Afghan Premier League, a well-organized professional soccer league that concluded its inaugural season a few weeks ago.

Both the boxing match and the soccer league had the trappings of big-time American or European sports events, with corporate sponsorships and live television broadcasts. Each was easily as big a story to Afghans as the events here that grabbed the Western news media’s attention, like the end of the American surge, which played out during the Premier League season.

“Why do I have to think about the Taliban or Obama when I watch a game? What do you think about?” snapped Muhammad Ishaq Geran at a Premier League match in late September when asked a few too many questions about watching soccer under Taliban rule.

Mr. Geran, 48, an administrator at the Ministry of Public Health, said the Taliban had nearly ruined soccer for him. Back when they were in power, games were often turned into propaganda spectacles with executions and amputations at half time.

He hated it. But with television, music, dancing and a host of other entertainment options banned, the soccer games “were the only entertainment we had,” he said. So he closed his eyes during the executions.

Now that Afghanistan had the Premier League, he could finally find the same escape in sports that fans do all over the world, he said. The cheap tickets — 30 afghanis, or $0.60, a seat — and live television broadcasts helped, too.

The Squabble in Kabul provided the same escape but at a steeper price. Tickets were 3,000 afghanis, about $60, and scalpers were selling them for as much as 12,000 afghanis, or nearly $240.

The ring was set up inside what is known as the loya jirga tent, a large concrete conference hall originally built for Afghan leaders to meet and decide matters of national importance, like whether to sign a strategic partnership deal with the United States.

No one was debating international affairs on Tuesday night. First came the mullah, who recited a prayer that he said the Prophet Muhammad spoke before conquering Mecca. Then came blaring pop music of a decidedly un-Islamic bent — “give me what you got in store, girl, I’m begging for more” — and the other opening acts.

The roughly 3,000 men at the tent were riled up by the time the fight got under way. Mr. Mbelwa, who had to know he did not have a fan in the house, quickly embraced the role of the villain, theatrically pumping his fists at the crowd between rounds.

The fighters each got in their punches until early in the seventh round when Mr. Rahimi hit Mr. Mbelwa in the shoulder. The Tanzanian retreated to his corner, gripping the shoulder with his glove. The fight was over.

The crowd went wild at the announcement Mr. Rahimi had won. Even Mr. Mbelwa appeared to get caught up in the moment. He grabbed the new champion, who is now marketing an energy drink here, and lifted him into the air — and spawned Afghanistan’s latest conspiracy theory: that of the rigged boxing match.

“I think it was fixed,” said Arash, 27, a money exchanger who uses only a single name. “His rival grabbed him and raised him even though he was defeated.”

This article has been revised to reflect the following correction:
Correction: November 3, 2012

The Kabul Journal article on Thursday, about a professional championship boxing match in Kabul, Afghanistan, misspelled the surname of the contender from Tanzania. He is Said Mbelwa, not Mbwela.

Steward, who eventually owned the gym, trained more than 30 world champions there and elsewhere, among them Julio César Chávez, a six-time world champion in three different weight classes; Oscar De La Hoya, who won 10 world titles in six classes; the former heavyweight champion Leon Spinks; and, most recently, Klitschko, the reigning heavyweight champion. Among Steward’s crowning achievements as a trainer were Holyfield’s upset of Riddick Bowe to regain the world heavyweight title in 1993 and Lewis’s eighth-round knockout of Mike Tyson in 2002 for the heavyweight crown. Steward was also a longtime commentator for HBO Sports. A genial, fatherly presence in a sport not known for soft speech, Steward had an eye for up-and-coming fighters and a Balanchinian skill at molding movement. “I keep things simple, and I give everybody their own individuality,” Steward told The Commercial Appeal of Memphis in 2007. “You never see all my fighters fight the same way. I find the best punches and movements that are the most natural for the coordination of their body types.” Steward was by his own account as interested in what made a fighter tick outside the ring as in it. He typically visited boxers in their homes or took them to live in his. If he determined that they were not eating well enough, he cooked for them. He even tried to confer a sartorial advantage on his fighters. When Lewis first came to him, one of the changes Steward made immediately was to jettison the black shoes he wore in the ring. “You can’t feel quick in black shoes,” Steward told The Orange County Register in 2000. Emanuel Steward was born on July 7, 1944, in Bottom Creek, W. Va., and began boxing at 8 after receiving a pair of Jack Dempsey gloves for Christmas. When he was about 11, his parents divorced, and he moved with his mother and sisters to Detroit. Fighting as a bantamweight, Steward compiled a 94-3 record as an amateur boxer, winning the national Golden Gloves championship in 1963. He was considered a contender for the 1964 Olympic team, but, needing to support his family, he left boxing and became an electrician for Detroit Edison. Then, in the early 1970s, Steward’s teenage half-brother, James, came from West Virginia to live with him. James wanted to box, and the two of them found their way to Kronk, where James became Emanuel’s first disciple. Soon other fighters were coming to the gym to train with Steward, and before long he was driving the Kronk team to bouts around the country. Those were lean years: Steward once had to sell his watch to buy gasoline. His illustrious stable — the trainer gets a percentage of the fighter’s purse — would eventually make him wealthy. Over time, Steward owned Rolls-Royces, a Lincoln and a Jaguar. (In 1998, he was obliged to pay the Internal Revenue Service more than $1 million in back taxes, penalties and interest.) Steward’s marriage to Marie Steele ended in divorce. Besides Ruiz, the executive director of the Kronk Gym Foundation, his survivors include two daughters, Sylvette Steward and Sylvia Steward; and two sisters, Diane Steward-Jones and Laverne Steward. The Kronk Gym closed in 2006; Steward continued training fighters elsewhere in Detroit. Steward, who was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1996, appears to have retained his eye for talent to the end. As Steward-Jones told The Detroit Free Press on Thursday, he spent much of his recent hospital stay trying to sign the male nurses he encountered there to fight for him.

In a country where politics in recent years has focused almost entirely on the bitter rivalry between President Yanukovich and the jailed former prime minister, Yulia V. Tymoshenko, Mr. Klitschko, 41, is emerging as a serious force.

The acronym for Mr. Klitschko’s party, Udar, spells the word “punch” in Ukrainian, and polls show it surging into second place, ahead of the opposition coalition that includes Ms. Tymoshenko’s party, Fatherland, but still trailing the governing Party of Regions and its allies.

The precise makeup of Parliament, called the Verkhovna Rada, will not be known until weeks after Sunday’s voting because half of the 450 seats will be filled by individual candidates not required to declare a party affiliation. The other half are filled proportionally through voting for party lists.

The election is being watched closely as a gauge of democracy in Ukraine, a former Soviet republic of 45 million, once viewed as on a steady track toward integration with Europe after the Orange Revolution of 2004.

But the country has become increasingly isolated since Mr. Yanukovich’s election in a runoff with Ms. Tymoshenko in 2010.

Control of Parliament will also be a major factor in the higher-stakes presidential contest in 2015.

Mr. Yanukovich’s government has taken aggressive steps to show the elections as fair, even installing Web cameras in more than 30,000 polling stations.

Officials say that Ukraine is being unfairly maligned in the West, largely based on the case of Ms. Tymoshenko, who they insist was legitimately convicted on charges related to the alleged rigging of natural gas contracts with Russia.

Sergey Tigipko, a vice prime minister, said in an interview that Mr. Yanukovich’s administration had steered Ukraine out of the financial crisis, with solid growth since 2010, improvements in social services, and increases in pensions.

Mr. Tigipko said that record would help the Party of Regions win support not just from its base, in the Russian-speaking predominantly east and south of the country, but also in the center and the Ukrainian-speaking west.

“The economic growth and the improvement in social standards should convince people,” Mr. Tigipko said.

But financial analysts say that the country’s economy is in trouble again as a result of flagging demand in Europe, particularly for steel, Ukraine’s main export.

Critics, including senior Western leaders, say Mr. Yanukovich’s government has a long way to go to prove its commitment to democracy.

In an opinion column inThe New York Times this week, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Catherine Ashton, the European Union’s high representative for foreign affairs, described “worrying trends” in Ukraine, including “reports of the use of administrative resources to favor the ruling party candidates.”

But no critic has been as harsh as Ms. Tymoshenko, who looms large in Ukraine’s political life, even from prison.

Emanuel Steward Dies at 68; Trainer of Boxing Champions

He typically visited boxers in their homes or took them to live in his. If he determined that they were not eating well enough, he cooked for them.

He even tried to confer a sartorial advantage on his fighters. When Lewis first came to him, one of the changes Steward made immediately was to jettison the black shoes he wore in the ring.

“You can’t feel quick in black shoes,” Steward told The Orange County Register in 2000.

Emanuel Steward was born on July 7, 1944, in Bottom Creek, W. Va., and began boxing at 8 after receiving a pair of Jack Dempsey gloves for Christmas. When he was about 11, his parents divorced, and he moved with his mother and sisters to Detroit.

Fighting as a bantamweight, Steward compiled a 94-3 record as an amateur boxer, winning the national Golden Gloves championship in 1963. He was considered a contender for the 1964 Olympic team, but, needing to support his family, he left boxing and became an electrician for Detroit Edison.

Then, in the early 1970s, Steward’s teenage half-brother, James, came from West Virginia to live with him. James wanted to box, and the two of them found their way to Kronk, where James became Emanuel’s first disciple.

Soon other fighters were coming to the gym to train with Steward, and before long he was driving the Kronk team to bouts around the country. Those were lean years: Steward once had to sell his watch to buy gasoline.

His illustrious stable — the trainer gets a percentage of the fighter’s purse — would eventually make him wealthy. Over time, Steward owned Rolls-Royces, a Lincoln and a Jaguar. (In 1998, he was obliged to pay the Internal Revenue Service more than $1 million in back taxes, penalties and interest.)

Steward’s marriage to Marie Steele ended in divorce. Besides Ruiz, the executive director of the Kronk Gym Foundation, his survivors include two daughters, Sylvette Steward and Sylvia Steward; and two sisters, Diane Steward-Jones and Laverne Steward.

The Kronk Gym closed in 2006; Steward continued training fighters elsewhere in Detroit.

Steward, who was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1996, appears to have retained his eye for talent to the end. As Steward-Jones told The Detroit Free Press on Thursday, he spent much of his recent hospital stay trying to sign the male nurses he encountered there to fight for him.

A Hollow Sporting Footnote in Apartheid-Era South Africa

This was the first time black South Africans were allowed into Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria’s temple of white sport, for anything other than cleaning the stands or tending the grass. They were among 81,000 mostly white spectators, the biggest crowd for a boxing event in more than 50 years.

I was 6 and could not watch the fight live on television in South Africa. Although the country wanted the fight so badly that it agreed to change the apartheid laws to allow blacks and whites to sit together, the national broadcaster decided not to show it.

The match was of such national importance, it attracted Prime Minister P. W. Botha, his entire cabinet, Miss World and 1,000 police officers, but not the money for live broadcast rights.

For the first three rounds, there was little danger for either boxer. Then, at the end of the fourth, a good left from Coetzee connected with Tate and his legs buckled. The cheering intensified, but Coetzee, called the Bionic Hand after a series of operations left his right in a permanent fist, waited calmly for his opponent to come back to him.

Tate had eliminated Kallie Knoetze, a former police officer who once shot a black teenager, so almost all of white South Africa was behind Coetzee. But not me.

It was from a love of American culture rather than a precocious moral awareness — seeing Tate’s head over the Stars and Stripes on the promotional stickers resonated with my admiration for Superman, American movies and the toys I coveted from the pages of Archie comics.

Coetzee felt the isolation, too.

“South Africa is the other end of the world from the United States, the bottom of Africa, right in the corner of the world,” he once said.

By 1973, Arthur Ashe had made the first high-profile call for a sports boycott against South Africa. When news of the 1976 Soweto uprising reached the world, apartheid could no longer be ignored. Politically and economically isolated, we were excluded from the Olympics, soccer’s World Cup and even netball.

That the fight took place at all was a testament to the pliability of the W.B.A. In 1979, South Africa was the world’s top gold producer. The rand was worth more than the dollar, and the principal dealmakers saw a gold mine of their own.

In my small town in the far north of the country, the prevailing feeling was that the sports boycott was unfair. It was simply political meddling when all we wanted was a chance to show the world what a champion we had in Coetzee.

As he moved in closer to follow up with his bionic right, his foot slipped on the canvas in front of his corner, still damp in patches from an earlier downpour. In Round 7, Coetzee slipped again, to his knees this time, and Tate punched him as he dropped. But Coetzee rose and delivered a firm uppercut to Tate’s jaw.

While white South Africa was behind Coetzee, for black South Africans, the choice was more fraught. At 6 feet 4 inches and as the proud owner of an Olympic bronze medal, Tate was just the guy to symbolically, and not so symbolically, triumph over the white man.

The first problem, though, was that by breaking the sports boycott and entering the country, he had shown a disregard for the plight of black South Africans. Throughout his stay in a mansion in a well-to-do white Johannesburg suburb, Tate refused to express his views on apartheid. The authorities turned a blind eye to his transgression of the Group Areas Act, the law which decreed separate areas for racial groups and restricted entry for nonwhites into white suburbs.

The second problem was that Coetzee was far from an ideal villain. He had spoken out several times against apartheid, perhaps safe in his position as the country’s golden boy.

Tate’s entourage, the self-proclaimed Knoxville Hillbillies, shouted encouragement.

“Chop wood with him!” Miller called from Tate’s corner.

Tate looked more aggressive with each round, and Coetzee more worn out.

While Coetzee was struggling in Pretoria, the Rev. Jesse Jackson was leading a protest in New York against CBS, the broadcaster of the fight in the United States. The South African authorities had bent over backward to comply with the promoters’ insistence on mixed-race seating. But Jackson said, “The world won’t know it’s for one night only.”

The crowd was almost silent by Round 11, and Tate looked as if he was only beginning. He landed two blows to Coetzee’s jaw, leaving him dazed and weakened.

“Get that cut for apartheid, John!” Miller shouted in the 15th and final round.

Blood was streaming down Coetzee’s cheek from a gash below his left eye. His strength was sapped, and he slipped three more times before the end.

Tate, by contrast, seemed fresh. He harried Coetzee relentlessly, ending with a combination to the head and a cracking right hook. Slowly, Tate had stifled the excitement and expectations of the entire country, earning a unanimous decision.

Everyone went home — whites to the suburbs, blacks to the townships. Tate left with the W.B.A. crown, which he lost five months later. (Coetzee eventually won the title in 1983 and lost it, like Tate, in his first defense.) The Coetzee-Tate fight was finally televised in South Africa three or four days later. Few watched the midweek broadcast because it was old news, and not good news at that. Perhaps that explains why 33 years later, few recall the bout.

Nevertheless, it deserves to be remembered, if not for the boxing, then for the improbability of its taking place and the hypocrisy of an apartheid government hungry for a homegrown champion.

Brooklyn Welcomes Back Title Fights

In the other main event, Philadelphia’s Danny Garcia (25-0) knocked out Mexico’s Erik Morales (52-9) in the fourth round to retain the W.B.A. Super World and World Boxing Council light-welterweight titles.

The first fight of the night was between junior welterweights from Brooklyn, Boyd Melson (9-1-1) and Jason Thompson (5-6-2), who fought to a six-round draw.

“I know I won that fight because I was the busier fighter who landed more punches,” Melson said afterward. “But, hey, I can always say that I was the first guy in this new building to get punched in the face.”

Also on the undercard, two junior middleweights from Brooklyn, Luis Collazo (32-5) and Dmitriy Salita (23-1), thrilled the crowd with victories by unanimous decision. Collazo defeated Philadelphia’s Steven Upsher (24-2-1) in eight rounds. Salita turned aside Brandon Hoskins of Hannibal, Mo., (16-3-1) in six.

The Bronx was also represented as Eddie Gomez (11-0), a junior middleweight, knocked out Saul Benitez of Phoenix (2-3) in the first round.

After the Gomez bout, a buzz began building throughout the thickening crowd for the arrival of Daniel Jacobs, a super middleweight from Brooklyn. Jacobs was found to have spinal cancer in May 2011 and was temporarily paralyzed below the waist.

Jacobs, 25, sent the crowd into hysteria with a vicious first-round knockout of Josh Luteran: a sweeping left followed by a crushing right that sent Luteran to the canvas.

“It was left-right and nighty-night,” a smiling Jacobs (23-1) said. “A year and a half ago, I couldn’t walk or feed myself, so to come back from all of that and be able to do what I did tonight makes this the greatest and most memorable moment of my life.”

Before his fight, Malignaggi, 31, said that his family and friends had bought $50,000 worth of tickets.

Steve Farhood, a Showtime boxing analyst and historian, said the last world title fight in Brooklyn took place on Aug. 5, 1931, when the defending light-heavyweight world champion Maxie Rosenbloom outpointed Jimmy Slattery over 15 rounds at Ebbets Field. From the late 1800s until the Rosenbloom-Slattery bout, there were 37 world title fights in Brooklyn.

The middleweight champion Harry Greb fought in Brooklyn in 1917, and Jack Dempsey fought an exhibition bout in 1918. Long before those bouts, the heavyweight champion John L. Sullivan fought in Brooklyn in 1882.

“Most of those early fights were fought in athletic clubs around Brooklyn,” Farhood said. “But when the new Madison Square Garden opened in 1925, most of the title fights went there. After 1931, any other championship fight in New York was held at either Yankee Stadium, the Polo Grounds or a building in Queens called the Madison Square Garden Bowl.”

Malignaggi, Farhood said, is one of 17 Brooklyn-born boxers who won world championships, the most famous of whom is Tyson. Others include the heavyweights Riddick Bowe, Shannon Briggs and Michael Moorer; the middleweight Joey Giardello; the welterweight Mark Breland; and the junior welterweight Zab Judah.

Through the years, Farhood said, other marquee names fought in Brooklyn, including Tony Canzoneri 47 times, Rocky Graziano 18 times, and Benny Leonard 14 times.

“It’s a thrill for me to have been a part of all of this great history of Brooklyn boxing,” Jacobs said after the fight with nary a scratch. “I’m ready to do it again next week.”

Mayweather - Ortiz Bout Set for September

It is official! Floyd Mayweather is set to face off against WBC welterweight champion Victor Ortiz in September. Mayweather, who has not fought since he won a bout by unanimous decision over Shane Mosley on May 1, 2010, has accepted this bout despite repeated offers to fight Manny Pacqiuao, who most recently fought and defeated Mosley in May in a lopsided decision that lasted 12 rounds.
This is also his first match after taking time off to take care of legal troubles. Mayweather faces felony charges following a domestic argument wth an ex-girlfriend and his children. He also faces harassment charges filed by the officers of his homeowners association in Las Vegas.
Mexican boxer Victor Ortiz is still a formidable opponent, however. He is riding a six-match streak, most recently against Andre Berto whom he fought in April to win the WBC crown.
“I am ready to return to the ring and give my fans a fantastic night of boxing by fighting the best out there for me; that is Victor Ortiz,” Mayweather told the press. “At this stage of my career, these are the challenges I look for, a young, strong, rising star looking to make his mark in boxing by beating me.”
“Trust me, I will be ready,” Mayweather added.
Ortiz who is equally confident about his chances with Mayweather said, “I’m a world champion for a reason and I am not going to let go of my title any time soon. This is going to be a great fight, but I will remain a world champion for many years to come.”

Pacquiao wins by decision over Marquez

In a gripping fight against Juan Manuel Marquez, Manny Pacquiao fought long and hard until the 12th round where he won via majority decision against Marquez, retaining his welterweight title.
A surprised Pacquiao was declared the victor after two judges found him with more points against Marquez, while the third judge found it to be a draw. Though Pacquiao was the victor, the victory was deemed as a very narrow escape for the boxer as he took in a lot of punishment from Marquez over the 12 rounds.
The said fight was the third time the two boxers met, and was just as close as the last time the two met. In fact, even up to the last round, the outcome of the match was still in doubt. Over the 12 rounds, Pacquiao clearly fought some of the rounds with pure energy and aggressions, whereas Marquez was also able to win rounds with his excellent counterpunching which kept Pacquiao at bay.
Marquez was pretty much the 7-1 underdog, but throughout the match, he was able to slow down Pacquiao with correctly placed punches almost every single time that Pacquiao tried to get in. All he did was throw on a flurry of jabs that landed throughout the fight.
Before the fight between the two boxers started, a 10-count memorial was rung as a tribute to the legendary Joe Frazier who passed away a couple of days ago. During the first round, both players were shown to be observing each other and as punches were thrown, Pacquiao was able to win the round by the time the bell rang.
Over the course of the 12-round fight, both boxers battled it on and Marquez was able to win a number of rounds, while Pacquiao had his share of victories as well.
By the match, Marquez lifted his hands after his excellent conquest, while a rather defeated looking Pacquiao headed over to his corner and knelt down to pray. However, when the results came with two judges favoring Pacquiao at 115-113 and 116-112, while the third judge had it at 114-114, Marquez soon stormed out of the ring.
According to Marquez, “I got robbed… I don’t know what else I can do to win.”
Some of the audience soon started booing when the decision was announced, while some threw cans and bottles towards the ringside. When asked about the crowd’s reaction, Pacquiao said, “Of course they’re unhappy, they’re fans of Marquez… But I clearly won the fight.”
The rather unpopular victory of Pacquiao has prompted promoter Bob Arum to settle the score between the two fighters. Arum said, “I am bound and determined to find a definitive winner… Once and for all. If both fighters agree, I’d like to do the rematch in May 2012.”
According to Pacquiao, “I blocked a lot of his punches. His head butts hurt me… Yes, I want to give him a rematch. Let’s get it on. Let’s make this fight happen.”

Womens Boxing Workout

If you have never exercised before and you are sick of being tired, or if you do exercise and you’re bored of the same old routine, give boxing classes a go! It’s fun and it’s also the fastest way to lose weight.
Typically, boxing workouts exercise every single muscle in your body. At first, you might feel some soreness and exhaustion but after a week of steady workout you will see and feel the difference in your body. You will feel lighter, leaner, and stronger.
Most women think that boxing is for men only. They are concerned that they will get bulky (like Mike Tyson), that they will have to go on the ring and fight (like Manny Pacquiao), or that it’s a mans world (like when you see on tv) and only men can do it.
Guess what, it’s for women too! Women can do it to and gain the benefits of a fitter body and a boost in self-confidence!
It’s a real workout that melts your body fat fast! It is a high impact and cardio exercise that gets your heart rate up and your metabolism working even after you’ve stepped out of the gym.
It is a total body workout that’s fun, exciting and extremely effective!
I encourage you to go to a boxing gym and see for yourself how invigorating the programs are and feel the energy of a boxing workout.
All you need are gloves and hand wraps, these will protect your hands and wrists and proper exercise apparel.
You will be taught the basics of boxing, how to punch properly and all the defense move. Correct instructions are necessary in the beginning because the wrong moves can result to injuries.
Womens boxing for fitness can really help you achieve your desire for a fast yet healthy weight loss and developing a leaner, fitter body!

Real Strength Training For Boxers!

Force Production By Muscles
1) IntraMuscular Coordination.

Motor unit recruitment. All muscle fibers are grouped together as motor units. A motor unit is a nerve and all the muscle fibers innervated by the nerve. All the muscle fibers in a motor unit are the same type. If the fibers are slow twitch in a motor unit the unit is considered a low threshold unit. This unit requires light tension for recruitment. When the fibers are fast within the unit it is considered a high threshold unit. Heavy tension is required for the recruitment of high threshold Mu's. When a motor unit is sufficiently activated the entire pool of fibers contract. If the message from the nerve is too weak nothing happens. This is called the all or none principle. Increasing the number of units recruited greatly increases strength. Beginners usually have little success in recruiting numerous motor units. Advanced athletes have the capabilities of recruiting multiple Mu's, which increases force production.

2) Intramuscular Coordination.

Rate coding. The firing rate of motor units usually increases with training. This is called rate coding. When a muscle fiber is stimulated it twitches. With increasing nervous system stimulation the twitches begin to overlap. When this happens rate coding is in action, which causes increased force production. When intensity levels are between 50-80% of 1RM increased motor unit recruitment is the main contributor to strength increase. When the intensity level reaches between 80-100% of 1RM in a given movement, the main contributor to increasing force production is the increased firing rate of motor units. Calculate your 1RM, click here!

3) Intermuscular Coordination.

This refers to the bodies ability to maximize the synergist effects that varying muscles display in order to perform a movement.

Absolute Strength
The maximum amount of muscoskeletal force that can be generated for one effort (1 RM). According to Tudor Bompa (Romanian strength coach) no visible increase in power takes place without a substantial gain in absolute strength. Absolute strength forms the foundation for increasing speed-strength.
Speed Strength
Strength divided by time, or force x distance divided by time. In Charles Staley's book The Science of Martial Arts Training he lists 3 parts to speed-strength .

1) Starting Strength. The ability to turn on as many muscle fibers as possible at the beginning of a movement. (Examples: coming off the line in sprinting, the javelin throw , throwing a quick knockout punch). 2) Explosive Strength. The ability to leave on the muscle fibers once they are stimulated. Referred to as rate of force development (examples: 100 m sprint, shot-put).
3) Reactive Strength Or Reversible Strength. Refers to the bodies ability to store potential kinetic energy in the eccentric phase, and convert it to actual kinetic energy in the concentric phase. (Example: bending down at the knees and immediately jumping upward, powermetric drills).

What Is A Good Workout For A Boxer?

You are exactly right when you said most bodybuilding programs are not appropriate for athletics. The main reason is that most bodybuilding styles of training do not work on improving maximal strength, speed-strength, strength-speed, etc. These are all important components of overall strength development.
In boxing or any combative sport you need to be aware that large muscles can actually be dangerous. This is because when someone possesses large muscles you can actually see the muscle contract before certain actions take place, like a punch. When you then compete against a skilled opponent they will see these actions coming and make you pay.
Training 3-4 days seems optimal, especially considering the amount of work you want to devote to other forms of training. Therefore, you need to make sure you make the best of your time with weights. Concentrating on compound movements will be of most importance. These lifts not only improve strength most effectively, they also aid in improving the actions of the neuromuscular system for actions in most sporting actions.
There are many ways to design a program. A lot depends on your training history, how much time you have available, your current strengths and weaknesses, and how much time you are devoting to this boxing class. You could end up doing as little as 3-4 lifts, but as long as they are the most appropriate for your goals that is all that matters. Just try to avoid too much traditional hypertrophy methods (training with high reps and low weights) as this will do little to help your performance and has a great chance of making you sore which will impede your skill development.