Este finde viene petado hasta los topes de combatazos, echádle una ojeada:

Octubre 1

En Atlantic City, N.J. (HBO): Sergio Martínez vs. Darren Barker, 12 rounds, por el título Ring magazine peso mediano de Martínez; Brian Vera vs. Andy Lee, revancha, 10 rounds, peso mediano; Thomas DuLorme vs. se anunciará, 8 rounds, peso welter
En Bayamón, Puerto Rico (Integrated Sports PPV): Juan Manuel López vs. Mike Oliver, 12 rounds, peso pluma; Rocky Martinez vs. Ramon Maas, 12 rounds, peso ligero Jr.; Jonathan Oquendo vs. Sod Looknongyantoy, 12 rounds, WBO junior featherweight eliminator
En Las Vegas (Fox Deportes): Toshiaki Nishioka vs. Rafael Márquez, 12 rounds, por el título peso pluma Jr. CMB de Nishioka; Román González vs. Gilberto Keb Bass, 12 rounds, por el título peso mosca Jr. AMB de Gonzalez; Jesús Soto Karass vs. Yoshihiro Kamegai, 10 rounds, peso welter
En Neubrandenburg, Alamania: Sebastian Sylvester vs. Grzegorz Proksa, 12 rounds, por el título vacante Europeo peso mediano; Steve Cunningham vs. Yoan Pablo Hernández, 12 rounds, por el título peso crucero FIB de Cunningham; Karo Murat vs. Gabriel Campillo, revancha, 12 rounds, peso semipesado

Casi todos esos combates son must see, colgaremos los más destacados.

González expone corona mundial



Chocolatito González, der., enfrentará al octavo rival mexicano de su carrera

MANAGUA -- El bicampeón mundial, el nicaragüense Román Chocolatito González, viajó a Estados Unidos para el combate ante el mexicano Omar Lobito Soto, en la defensa del título mosca Jr. el próximo sábado.
González, campeón de las 108 libras de la Asociación Mundial de Boxeo (AMB), declaró a El Nuevo Diario que realizó una preparación "tremenda" para el compromiso ante el mexicano, quien "será una buena prueba".
La pelea se efectuará en el hotel MGM Grand de Las Vegas, Nevada. El centroamericano tiene un récord de 29-0 (24 KO), y Soto, de 31 años de edad y que inició su carrera en el año 2000, tiene balance de 22-7-2 (15 KO).
Soto es el octavo rival mexicano que Chocolatito González enfrentará en su carrera profesional.

“ Cotto no quiere enfrentarse conmigo. Va a poner la excusa del dinero, o que tal o cual día le viene mal, o que mis calcetines no le gustan, cualquier cosa, no sé. Últimamente puso como excusa el dinero. Hay que decirle a Cotto que si lo único que le interesa es el dinero, si me gana yo le prometo que le doy mi dinero, sin problemas. Eso lo firmo cuando quiera y donde sea. Pero sé que Cotto tiene miedo de pelear conmigo, no importa lo que diga.
” -- Sergio Martínez

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Badr Hari retiring from kickboxing to start a boxing career.

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It's Showtime - Official website

Badr Hari retires from kickboxing and will be heading to the US for a boxing career


September 28, 2011 -

Badr Hari has decided to retire from kickboxing to start a new career as a boxer. On January 28, 2012, Badr Hari will fight his last kickboxing match on the IT’S SHOWTIME event in WTC Expo in Leeuwarden, The Netherlands. After this fight, he will go to the United Stated to fully work on his boxing career.

This announcement will be a shock to the millions of kickboxing fans all around the world, but the sport of boxing will welcome and embrace this charismatic fighter.

In the U.S., many see Badr Hari as the man to relaunch the popularity of boxing, and he’s being seen as a mix of Muhammad Ali and Mike Tyson.

Badr doesn’t just want to say goodbye to kickboxing and therefore he has chosen Gökhan Saki as his last opponent in kickboxing. Many millions of fans of combat sports have been waiting for this fight for years, and now they have the opportunity to see it.

If K-1 will host a World Grand Prix this year, Badr will also participate to that. The Grand Prix Final is scheduled for December 10 in China. If this World Grand Prix will take place, depends if K-1 will be able to pay its debts to IT’S SHOWTIME and others. If not, the fight on January 28 will be Badr’s only remaining fight as a kickboxer.

An amazing combat sports arena will be built in the WTC Expo venue in Leeuwarden, in which all spectators have the feeling they are in the ring themselves. Unfortunately, only 5000 people can watch this event live in the venue. The presale starts October 15, and only on this day, the € 125 tickets will be available for € 100.

Fight card January 28, 2012 in Leeuwarden, The Netherlands:

Badr Hari vs Gökhan Saki
Daniel Ghita vs Hesdy Gerges (IT’S SHOWTIME world title heavyweight)
Tyrone Spong vs Melvin Manhoef
Errol Zimmerman vs Rico Verhoeven
Ben Edwards vs Ricardo van den Bos
Murat Direkçi vs Robin van Roosmalen
Lhoucine ‘Aussie’ Ouzgni vs Yohan Lidon (IT’S SHOWTIME world title 73kg max)
Gago Drago vs Hinata Watanabe
Chahid Oulad El Hadj vs Harut Grigorian
Danyo Ilunga vs Mourad Bouzidi
Michael Duut vs Anderson ‘Braddock’ Silva
Henry van Opstal vs Hafid el Boustati

Lo vi en las noticias en portada y me da pena,porque era de lo mejorcito sin duda,daba gusto verle pelear,pero las pelas mandan y lo tiene clarísimo...una pena pero logico.

Badr Hari vs Gökhan Saki
Daniel Ghita vs Hesdy Gerges (IT’S SHOWTIME world title heavyweight)
Tyrone Spong vs Melvin Manhoef

3 grandes peleas que no se puede uno perder.

pankra,ya se ha hablado algo,pero yo no me acuerdo jejeje¿como ves tu a hari en boxeo a medio plazo?yo no lo veo claro,pero el mieda éste es muy talentoso e igual me sorprende...

Hari tal como está ahora ni media posibilidad.Pero ese es el error en el que muchos caen, tenerle en cuenta ahora, sin pensar lo mucho que puede mejorar un tipo con el talento atlético e instinto natural de peleador en alguien como Badr Hari.Yo creo que tiene un margen de mejora amplio, su talento natural harán que con unos cuantos años de entrenamiento lo veo ganando a la mayor parte de la división de pesados, veremos.

From over at b o x i n g s c e n e.

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By Chris LaBate

Trainer Freddie Roach is making small changes to the fighting style of WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao. Roach is already training Pacquiao in the Philippines, as they get ready for the scheduled trilogy fight with IBF/WBA lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez. Roach is a little concerned with Marquez's jab and wants Pacquiao to understand just how crafty Marquez can be with that particular punch.

"I will have to make a very small adjustment in his style of fighting," Roach told PhilBoxing.com. "That's a wrong notion [that Marquez doesn't have a good jab]. I told [Pacquiao] that was wrong and what he was doing was wrong. I had to change his style a little and we will continue to change it this week. I had to tell him Marquez is a good jabber. He is one of the best jabbers in boxing today."

Roach, creo que aunque no se lo hayas dicho ya se habrá dado cuenta él mismo...



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Boxing champion Floyd "Money" Mayweather Jr. is in hot water again after he allegedly parked his new car in two handicapped spaces on Wednesday.
An eyewitness said Mayweather rolled up to a Bank of America in the southwest valley (4840 West Cactus Avenue near Southern Highlands Parkway) in a white gull-wing Mercedes-Benz on Wednesday and parked at an angle in the two spots marked for disabled.
The source said Mayweather, who lives nearby in a $12 million mansion, was confronted twice by men who objected to the boxer's parking choice.
Mayweather exchanged some heated words and walked into the bank with a sequined satchel and was seen making a deposit of about 20 packets of $100 bills. The source said it appeared Mayweather banked about $200,000.
Police records indicate they were called to the bank at 11:45 a.m., but it was not clear whether they had contact with the five-division world champ who ran his record to 42-0 on Sept. 17 with a fourth-round knockout of Victor Ortiz.
In July 2008, one of Mayweather's sports cars was photographed parked in a handicapped space. Source

Dios esta velada hay que quedarse a verla sí o sí:

By Dan Rafael
ESPN.com

Junior middleweights Pawel Wolak and Delvin Rodriguez, who battled to a 10-round draw in an exhilarating slugfest at New York's Roseland Ballroom on July 15 in one of the all-time great battles in the history of ESPN2's "Friday Night Fights," are going to do it again -- and on a much bigger stage.

They will meet in a scheduled 10-round rematch in one of the televised bouts on the Miguel Cotto-Antonio Margarito II undercard Dec. 3 (HBO PPV) at New York's Madison Square Garden, adding an expected action-packed fight to an already deep card.

"The rematch is a little sooner than I wanted as I wanted a title to be in place first, but the fans deserve this and this is the right stage," Wolak told ESPN.com on Wednesday night after agreeing to the fight. "You know it will be another classic."

Top Rank, Wolak's promoter, and Joe DeGuardia, Rodriguez's promoter, made a deal Wednesday for the fight. Top Rank also worked out a deal with Wolak and his manager, Cameron Dunkin. Although Rodriguez said he still needs to finalize his side of the fight with DeGuardia, he is excited about the rematch.

"I want the fight. It's a great fight and a great opportunity," Rodriguez said. "It is definitely a tough fight, but I enjoyed our first fight and I know I have to be 150 percent in shape, the best I can be. He brought out the best in me. He's a guy you have to be prepared for to be able to keep up. I see the fight going even better for myself this time."

The addition of the fight to the Dec. 3 card makes it one of the most stacked pay-per-views in recent years. In addition to Cotto-Margarito II and Wolak-Rodriguez II, the televised card will also include all-action lightweight titlist Brandon Rios in a title defense against an opponent to be determined and a welterweight match between crowd-pleasing top-10 contenders Mike Jones and Sebastian Lujan. Plus, light heavyweight prospect Mike Lee, the Notre Dame graduate who brings a significant crowd, is also on the untelevised part of the show.

"It's turning out to be, on paper, the perfect night," Top Rank president Todd duBoef said. "What a way to come back to the Garden after not having a big fight there for a while. There is a slow process that occurs when making matches but for this one, everything ended falling into place perfectly."

The first Wolak-Rodriguez fight was an instant classic, so good that for the first time ever ESPN2 replayed the bout the following week as part of the regular edition of "Friday Night Fights."

Rodriguez (25-5-3, 14 KOs), a former welterweight title challenger who was moving up to 154 pounds, and Wolak (29-1-1, 19 KOs) battled nose to nose throughout the fight with the crowd roaring throughout. By the seventh round, Wolak's right eye was grotesquely swollen and virtually closed, but he refused to quit and continued marching forward. Rodriguez, 31, a native of the Dominican Republic who grew up in Danbury, Conn., looked like he might have pulled it out by winning the late rounds big when Wolak could not see out of the busted up eye. But two judges scored the fight 95-95 while the third judge saw it 97-93 for Rodriguez, resulting in a majority draw.

Fight fans called for a rematch immediately, but it looked like it would not happen at first. Wolak wanted to fight for a title first instead of the rematch. With no title fight available, Top Rank planned to put him on Dec. 3, but against a lesser opponent off television for a small purse.

But the mandatory fight between junior featherweight titlist Rico Ramos and interim titleholder Guillermo Rigondeaux, which was originally planned for the pay-per-view, broke up last week over a significant disagreement over the purses between Dan Goossen, Ramos' promoter, and Top Rank, Rigondeaux's promoter. Top Rank then took another stab at trying to make the Wolak-Rodriguez rematch.

Wednesday, Top Rank's Carl Moretti worked it out with Dunkin and DeGuardia while Ramos-Rigondeaux is headed for a purse bid.

"Adding this fight to the card, they're going to need a renovation from the renovation with the place being so crazy," Moretti said, referring to the ongoing overhaul at Madison Square Garden. "Delvin brings a crowd, the Polish fans will be there to support Wolak and you have a big main event, it is going to be crazy. It's going to be a special night at the Garden."

Dunkin originally resisted the idea of the fight, but came around.

"The money changed. Top Rank is paying Wolak extremely well. It is by far his biggest payday and he's very happy," Dunkin said, although the purses were not disclosed. "Carl got it done. I'm really happy and excited. I think it's a sensational fight for (Wolak). It's a fight he can win, but he's going to have to be ready. As great as this show is, this fight makes it greater."

The fighters made purses of about $20,000 apiece for the first fight. Their purses for the rematch likely will come close to or touch six figures.

Wolak, 30, of Rockaway, N.J., but originally from Poland, would have preferred a world title bout before facing Rodriguez again, but that was simply not in the offing.

"My feeling was a meaningful title should be on the line, but no titleholder was willing to fight me," Wolak said. "I really wanted (Cornelius) Bundrage, but he is chilling in his old-age home with dust collecting on his belt. (Canelo) Alvarez and (Julio Cesar) Chavez (Jr.) still aren't interested.

"People say I won (the first fight), I lost, I'm great, I'm terrible. But they all say they were entertained and that is what I listen to the most. I am very excited and appreciative of Top Rank, Cameron and Delvin for this."

Both fighters said they have heard from fans regularly since the summer fight. Some have compared it to the first legendary battle between the late Arturo Gatti and Micky Ward.

"Gatti and Ward reborn, no higher compliment in my mind," Wolak said.

"People want the fight. This fight needs no promotion," Rodriguez said. "Fighting under Cotto-Margarito, I know the crowd will be jumping. People have been waiting for this fight since right after the first fight. Everyone keeps asking, 'When is the rematch?' It's something people keep telling me about, something boxing needs."

Something boxing's got. Source

Cotto vigilará vendajes de Margarito




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Hopkins sigue desafiando al tiempo

Si pensabas que el increíble año 2011 de Bernard Hopkins no podía ser mejor, te equivocastes.
A los 46 años, Hopkins ha desafiado a la edad y a la historia con su victoria por decisión unánime sobre Jean Pascal en mayo para reclamar el título linear semipesado, convirtiéndose en el peleador más veterano en ganar una corona mundial. Su próximo combate, una defensa titular ante el ex campeón Chad Dawson (30-1, 17 KOs) el 15 de octubre en Los Angeles, ofrece una nueva oportunidad de hacer historia.
Si Hopkins (52-5-2, 32 KOs) puede vencer a un segundo peleador en su mejor momento en el mismo año, podría ganar muchos votos para convertirse en el Peleador del Año 2011.
Aclaremos algo: una victoria sobre el talentoso, pero a veces no tan espectacular Dawson no será tan fácil para Hopkins. Además, hay otros candidatos que aún no han cerrado sus résumés en el 2011, incluyendo al electrizante peleador gallo Nonito Donaire.
Si no pasa nada extraño en lo que resta del año, una victoria de Hopkins sería más que suficiente para asegurarle el premio.
¿Qué significa eso?
Ring Magazine ha nombrado a su Peleador del Año desde 1928, y durante ese tiempo, sólo cinco peleadores han ganado esa distinción a la edad de 35: Joe Brown (1961), Evander Holyfield (1997), James Toney (2003), Glen Johnson (2004) y Sergio Martínez (2010).
¿Quién fue el más viejo en ganar el premio? Ese honor es para un par de peleadores de 36 años: Muhammad Ali -- que se recuperó para ganar el título pesado contra Leon Spinks en 1978 -- y sí, Bernard Hopkins en el 2001.
Han pasado 10 años desde que Hopkins desafió los pronósticos para detener dramáticamente a Félix Trinidad en una pelea por la unificación del título mediano, la cual muchos pensaban sería la última pelea para el Verdugo. Obviamente que no lo fue, ya que Hopkins logró mejores, históricas e impresionantes victoria luego de cumplir los 40.
Ahora Hopkins tiene la oportunidad de capturar los dos primeros lugares -- 10 años aparte -- en la lista de los peleadores de mayor edad en ganar el equivalente al premio al Jugador Más Valioso.
Eso se llama mejorar con el tiempo.

Emile Griffin killed Benny Kid Paret
Maidana podría buscar a Morales



El argentino Marcos “El Chino” Maidana después de imponerse el pasado viernes al Petr Petrov ya anda buscando su próximo rival para finales de año, se barajan varios candidatos pero entre ellos el que más posibilidades tiene es el mexicano Erik Morales. Después de que Maidana se impusiese en un combate muy parejo a Morales el pasado abril se está hablando de una posible revancha, pese a ganar la imagen dada por el argentino no fue la esperada y Morales se hizo merecedor de la revancha pero Maidana decidió buscar otros rivales pero ahora podría buscar al mexicano aunque ahora mismo Morales es campeón superligero del Consejo Mundial de Boxeo (CMB) y no tendría la necesidad que tenía antes de medirse al argentino para ganarse una oportunidad mundialista.
Maidana declaró:“Le digo a Morales que no le mienta a la gente: nunca le escapé a una revancha. Como dije hace unos días: si Morales cumplía su parte y yo la mía, hacemos la revancha en diciembre. Morales le ganó a Cano y yo cumplí con ganarle a Petrov. Estamos listos. Morales expone su título del WBC y yo el de la AMB y unificamos. Ahora vamos a ver quién quiere pelear y quién no”.
El argentino siempre pidió una revancha al actual súper campeón de la AMB el británico Amir Khan, al respecto manifestó:.
“No perdemos más el tiempo en pedirle la revancha a la ‘Reina’ Khan porque ya sabemos que me tiene miedo. Pero también están Tim Bradley, Humberto (“Zorrita”) Soto, Paul McCloskey. Que me pongan a alguno de ellos en diciembre porque tengo ganas de ir por más”.

Gabriel Campillo vs Karo Murat

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Gran cita para el boxeo español este sábado en Alemania el ex campeón de la AMB el español Gabriel Campillo disputará el título intercontinental semipesado de la Federación Internacional de Boxeo (FIB) frente al alemán de origen turco Karo Murat. El título en juego es lo de menos el verdadero premio es que el ganador del combate será nombrado aspirante oficial semipesado del FIB y disputará el título mundial con el actual campeón el norteamericano Tavoris Clout.
Campillo después de perder su título mundial de la AMB en uno de los robos más lamentables de los últimos años frente a al kazajo Beibut Shumenov y de volver a ser robado por la AMB prometiéndole una revancha y de ver como Shumenov defendió su cinturón hasta en tres ocasiones sin ser obligado a realizar el desquite con Campillo y de no tener noticias del mismo, el español decidió abandonar el organismo más corrupto de los cuatro grandes y buscar el cinturón de la FIB.
Campillo una vez más al igual que todos los grandes combates que ha disputado peleará fuera de España contra el púgil local, recordamos que anteriormente estos púgiles se midieron en 2008 con victoria para Murat en un combate en el que el español mereció mejor suerte.