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Blog by John Krause  - On December
3, 1981, Joe Frazier fought his final fight against Floyd Cummings. The bout
ended in a majority draw, and Frazier left boxing forever
The fight
against Cummings was Frazier’s first fight in over five years; Frazier had
previously lost a 5th round TKO stoppage against George Foreman during their
1976 rematch.
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Two-time
BWAA Trainer of the Year Freddie Roach is confident that his charge Manny
Pacquiao, a five-division champion, will not only beat “The Golden Boy” Oscar
De La Hoya, but will knock him out within nine rounds.
“Oscar is 35 and a part-time fighter. It’s obvious that father time is catching up
with him,” said Roach. “Look at his face
after his fight against Stevie Forbes who is a light hitter. I’ve never seen Oscar’s face look like that
against opponents who were bigger, stronger and better...
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Update by Mario415  - Promoter Bob Arum revealed today that Top Rank is planning a major pay-per-view telecast on February 21 featuring WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik defending his title, plus two division champion Miguel Cotto fighting for the world title. The telecast will be split between two locations. Pavlik is expected to face Marco Antonio Rubio, while Cotto is expected to face Michael Jennings for the WBO welterweight belt vacated by Paul Williams. Go Cotto!!!
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1. Everyone been watching 24/7 series on HBO? This week the Pacman was seen handing out
Turkeys in
Southern California and doing some Road Work with his dog “Pacman”. The dog then tried to attack a squirrel to the delight of team Pacquiao. High energy and ready to attack…..like owner like dog.
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Blog by babyfaceassasin  - This
the babyface assasin here with your report for last nights action at the
Citizen's bank arena in
Ontario,
California. Boxerharris 86
and I arrive pretty early to the arena, and wow we see Pepino Cuevas! We ask
him about Grady Brewer's performance against K-9. He quickly replies with
"He looked like s##t!". Hahaha yes! Cuevas is extremely friendly and
seems genuinely excited to meet us. Now its time to go inside.
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by boxerharris86  - The
Citizens Bank Business Arena staged their first boxing event Saturday night, as
Paul Williams headlined against Verno Phillips. Thousands of
Riverside
natives packed the house to see their hero Chris Aerrola battle Travis Walker
on the under card, and were treated to an action packed night. With a full card
of talent, Gossen Tutor mixed prospects with champions to delight the boxing
fanatics in attendance. Along with Williams and Aerrola, 2008 Olympian Shawn
Estrada made his pro debut and prospect Mike Dallas Jr was featured in a six
rounder. Little did the fans know that the new arena would be christened with
Nightmares & Punishment.
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Update by Mario415 - On the undercard of the De la hoya vs. Pacquiao on Dec. 6 ,WBO junior featherweight champion JUAN MANUEL “Juanma” LOPEZ defends his crown against Top-10 contender and Argentinian National super bantamweight champion SERGIO “Rocky” MEDINA. Lopez (23-0, 21 KOs), from Caguas, Puerto Rico, will be making his second world title defense. The 2004 Puerto Rican Olympian has not had an opponent go the distance with him in over two years. He captured the world title in June, knocking out defending champion Daniel Ponce De Leon in the first round. I'll Be there to see it!! Go Juanma!!! |
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by John Krause - When a
champion suffers his first defeat, his handlers often match him against a
relatively soft opponent in order to help the fallen champion rebuild his
confidence through a comeback fight. In April, 1975, George Foreman took part
in the most amazing comeback fight in the history of boxing. Returning to the
ring for the first time since his defeat in
Zaire,
George Foreman entered the ring in
Toronto to face five separate opponents in an attempt
to rebound impressively from his only defeat against Muhammad Ali.
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Thanksgiving is upon us and we have lots to be thankful for…
With the site up and running and many fight fans representing from around the world, its YOU the fans who make this all possible. Here at LP we believe in fight fans having a chance to sound off and make their voices heard. Thanks for being a part of the action! Have fun tonight with your family and friends and we here want to give YOU the thanks for your support!
As we say here at LP, the fight fans are the experts!
Keep them Liverpunches flyin’!
- Liverpuncher.com Team
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by babyfaceassasin - After years of mud-slinging and hurling insults at one another, Vic Darchinyan and Jorge Arce are finally going to butt heads on Feb. 7th. These two have been calling each other out for years and after revamping their respective resumes, they will meet at a site to be determined. If u recall, these two were on a collision course two years ago, but Nonito Donaire and Cristian Mijares quickly changed those plans. On Feb. 7th we will find out if Vic is just a baby bull or if Jorge really is a Farce.
If this fight is local, i say a bunch of us liverpuncher members meet up, get hammered, and argue about Williams and Margarito some more!
Till next time
P.S. If u get a chance, check out Kevin Johnson's open letter to David Haye on fightnews.com. Classic!
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Blog by Swodogg 
In case you haven’t heard, the economy is in a funk…and my 401k is turning into a 104k. Well, boxing is even getting hit. I read that Calzaghe Jones didn’t do so great and HBO took a hit
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All the
Mexicans want to help Pacquiao,” said Arum in a report posted on
PhilBoxing.com. “They want to walk him into the ring.” Arum, who once promoted
de la Hoya, said among the Mexican boxers supportive of Pacquiao are WBC
Continental Americas light middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., WBO
welterweight champion Antonio Margarito, Mexican legend Erik “El Terrible”
Morales and WBA super flyweight interim champion Jorge “Travieso” Arce.Pacquiao
was once dubbed by boxing writers as the "Mexecutioner" because of
his demolition of Mexican legends Morales, Marco Antonio Barrera, and Juan
Manuel Marquez. He also defeated the likes of Jorge Solis, Hector Velasquez,
Emmanuel Lucero and Gabriel Mira.The Filipino lefty, however, refused the
"Mexecutioner" tag in respect to his Mexican opponents.He eventually
gained popularity in Mexico because of his brand of fighting style similar to
Mexicans.“Pacquiao is more popular in
Mexico than de la Hoya,” said Arum.
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In this exclusive interview the two time trainer of the year talks about Shane vs Margarito, why Mosley vs Mayweather never happened, Oscar vs Manny, and what’s new in his career as he is now promoting MaxGXL a health supplement which can be found at www.jackmosley.net Read on to see the full interview.
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A big question before the De La Hoya vs Pacquiao fight was made was: Can Oscar get down to 147 again? He took some time to describe his eating habits, including eating such things as kangaroo meat, has helped him maintain his weight and what Nacho Beristain thinks of the approach. Read on to find out more...
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Rumors are right! The fight is back on!
The money had to be right for Margarito. The 2 million offer and 50-50 split wasn't enough in the eyes of the "Tornado"....now that HBO stepped up with the funds, fight fans are going to see some fireworks in Jan!!
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