Agbeko Out, Vic Darchinyan vs. Yonnhy Perez Still on!
LOS ANGELES (April 21, 2011)–An untimely back injury sustained by IBF Bantamweight World Champion Joseph Agbeko earlier this week has forced him out of Saturday’s scheduled title defense—and the SHOWTIME Bantamweight Tournament Final—againstAbner Mares. The co-main event bout featuring former world champions Vic Darchinyan vs. Yonnhy Perez will go on as planned for the vacant IBO Bantamweight Championship this Saturday, April 23, at Nokia Theatre televised live on SHOWTIME at 10:30 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast).
Agbeko and Mares plan to attend Thursday’s Bantamweight Tournament Final press conference to address members of the media—at ESPNZone L.A. LIVE at Noon local time.
The Bantamweight Tournament Final: Winner Takes All is promoted by Don King Productions, Gary Shaw Production, Golden Boy Promotions and Thompson Boxing Promotions and is sponsored by Corona and DeWalt Tools.
Ricky Hatton offered Return fight against Erik Morales
According to Multiple sources in the UK, former world Champion Ricky “The Hitman” Hatton has been offered a return fight against Erik Morales. Hatton, who has not fought since his being knocked out by pound for pound king Manny Pacquiao, is currcntly reviewing the offer.
“Ricky against Morales would be a wonderful fight in Las Vegas, a great event, a meeting of two real legends of the sport,” said Golden Boy promotions onwer Oscar De La Hoya. “Fight fans all over the world will want to see that.“Erik has shown Ricky that it can be done. He was away for three years but has returned to have three fights before putting on a beautiful performance against Marcos Maidana.”
More to come.
Action Heroes April 9th card in Vegas STACKED!
“Action Heroes,” featuring Erik Morales vs. Marcos Maidana in a 12-round junior welterweight bout, Robert Guerrero vs. Michael Katsidis in a 12-round bout for the vacant WBA and WBO Interim Lightweight Championships, James Kirkland vs. Nobuhiro Ishida in an 8-round middleweight bout and Paul Malignaggi vs. Jose Miguel Cotto in a 10-round welterweight bout, is presented by Golden Boy Promotions in association with Erik Morales’ Box Latino and Universum Box Promotions and sponsored by Cerveza Tecate, AT&T, DeWalt Tools and Tres Generaciones Tequila. Guerrero vs. Katsidis is presented in association with Sampson Boxing. The bouts will be produced and distributed live on HBO Pay-Per-View® beginning at 9:00 p.m. ET/6:00 p.m. PT.
Tickets for “Action Heroes,” priced at $350, $250, $150, $75, $50 and $25, are on sale now. To charge by phone with a major credit card, call Ticketmaster at (800) 745-3000. Tickets also are available for purchase at www.mgmgrand.com or www.ticketmaster.com.
Fight Camp 360 – Pacquiao vs. Mosley premieres April 2nd
NEW YORK (March 29, 2011)—The FIGHT CAMP 360°: Pacquiao vs. Mosley camera crews are embedded and filming in the Philippines with Manny Pacquiao and Big Bear, Calif. with “Sugar” Shane Mosley, capturing the most intimate training camp moments as both fighters prepare for their May 7 showdown on SHOWTIME PPV®.
Prior to joining both camps, the FIGHT CAMP 360° camera crews were allowed unfiltered access to the promotion’s coast-to-coast press tour and inside the Top Rank headquarters in Las Vegas.
The four-part series produced by SHOWTIME Sports, FIGHT CAMP 360° will present all the compelling moments from each man’s unique journey to the ring on May 7 – from the serenity of running the hills in Big Bear, to the fan hysteria enveloping the world’s No. 1 fighter in his homeland, to Pacquiao’s trip to Washington D.C. for a private meeting with President Barack Obama.
The series premieres on Saturday, April 2 on CBS (Noon ET/9 a.m. PT) before the Network’s coverage of the NCAA Men’s Final Four.
Photo Credit
Mosley: Esther Lin/SHOWTIME
Pacquiao: Jason Bowers/SHOWTIME
KELLY “The Ghost” PAVLIK returns on Pacquiao vs. Mosley Undercard.
LAS VEGAS, NEV (March 28, 2011) – Former World Middleweight Champion KELLY “The Ghost” PAVLIKwill make his long-awaited return to the ring when he takes on undefeated World Boxing Council (WBC) Continental Americas super middleweight champion ALFONSO “El Tigre” LOPEZ, Saturday, May 7, at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nev. The 10-round Pavlik-Lopez rumble will headline the Manny Pacquiao vs. Shane Mosley World Boxing Organization (WBO) welterweight championship undercard. Promoted by Top Rank, in association with MP Promotions, Sugar Shane Mosley Promotions, Tecate and MGM Grand, the four-fight Mosley-Pacquiao pay-per-view extravaganza will be produced and distributed live on SHOWTIME PPV®.
The pay-per-view card will also feature WBC lightweight champion HUMBERTO SOTO (55-7-2, 33 KOs), of Los Mochis, México, defending his title against URBANO ANTILLON (28-2, 20 KOs), of Maywood, Calif., in a rematch of their 2010 Yahoo! Sports Fight of the Year, which took place in December. The pay-per-view broadcast will open with WBO junior featherweight champion WILFREDO VAZQUEZ, JR. (20-0-1, 17 KOs), of Bayamon, Puerto Rico, in his Las Vegas debut, making his third title defense, against five-time world champion JORGE ARCE (56-6-2, 43 KOs), of Los Mochis, México.
Cotto vs. Mayorga ticket Information
Sugar Shane and Manny to hit NYC
LAS VEGAS, NEV (February 11, 2011) – Congressman MANNY “Pacman” PACQUIAO and “Sugar” SHANE MOSLEY will conclude their coast-to-coast U.S. media tour, for their mega world championship fight, with a New York News Conference Luncheon This Monday! February 14, in the The Lighthouse at Chelsea Piers – Pier 61 (23rd Street at the Hudson River, New York, NY 10011). The report time will be at 10:30 a.m. ET with the news conference beginning at 11:00 a.m. ET. The Media Lunch will be served at the conclusion of the news conference at approximately Noon ET. One-on-one interviews will take place after the news conference.
The news conference will be open to the public.
Bernard Hopkins Jean Pascal Review
Last night, Bernard “The Executioner” Hopkins, age 45, took and Canadian Jean Pascal who has been regarded as the top light-heavyweight fighter by most observers. Pascal who is the current champion and is coming off of his impressive victory over top contender Chad Dawson scored two early knock-downs in rounds one and four. Hopkins was not hurt by either punch. After round four, Hopkins seemed to take over the fight. Hopkins neutralized nearly everything that Pascal was throwing by landing punishing left body shots that appeared to disable Pascal. Hopkins looked fresh, was throwing combinations and was chasing Pascal down. Pascal had nothing to fire back.
Hopkins was rightly upset at the decision draw and had the following things to say: ”I’m going to stand up because my legs are fresh. I’m a fifteen round fighter, but they don’t have that no more, it was abandoned 15-20 years ago. People asked before I came up to Canada, ‘Bernard, are you worried about the judges?’ I said no because I believe when you put on a show, no matter what I think, the world and the fans will see what they see. It doesn’t matter whether you’re from Canada, but there comes a time, no matter who you are, where you have to say that Bernard fought a hell of a fight and he believe’s he won. It’s alright to say that. It’s no crime speaking your mind. Your counterparts might not like it, but it’s okay. There’s one thing about TV. People from around the world, when they see what they see, it is what it is. Why would I (come back). Forget the age thing, although that’s impressive, I could hang my hat on that and say nothing after that. That’s impressive. I’m from the States, I come and fight a guy that’s 28 years old, young, strong, from Canada, in his home town, and I get a draw?
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