Kermit Cintron is appealing the ruling made in his recent fight against Paul Williams.  He wants to overturn the split decision on the grounds that the judges were incompetent and that the California doctor did not allow him to get up after he fell out of the ring in the fourth round. 

 

The doctor who stopped the fight has claimed that Cintron said he could not continue while Cintron maintains that he wanted to fight but was not allowed to get up because the doctor told him he might have a "punctured lung".  Its a case of Cintron's word against the doctors and the California athletic commission will hear the case on July 26. 

 

Since this fight was a part of the fantasy league, it will remain in "Pending" status until the California Commission makes a final ruling on the appeal.  Some of you may remember there was a similar appeal in the Nate Campbell vs Tim Bradley fight last season that was overruled.  So this time we want to wait for a final decision.

Three-time World Champion ISRAEL “MAGNIFICO” VAZQUEZ, two-division World Champion RAFAEL MARQUEZ participated in a media conference call to discuss their upcoming fights on Saturday, May 22 at STAPLES Center on Showtime.  The fight is in the fantasy league so be sure to get your predictions in before fight time. 

Liverpuncher.com caught up with Israel for a one on one interview which we will post very soon.  Here’s what the fighters had to say on Tuesday:

ISRAEL VAZQUEZ

Is it an advantage to have fought three times before?  Read on for more…

By Sal V

Manny Pacquiao wins election for seat in congress.  Many athletes have entered politics in the past.  Kevin Johnson formally of the Suns and Cavs is now the mayor of Sacramento for example.  Never have we seen an athlete while still at the top of game throw his hat in the political arena until now.

Manny Pacquiao is indeed a champion of the people but not just in the boxing sense.  He hopes to make everyday lives of his countrymen better.  Winning a political battle was not very different from winning a fight in the ring.  He went up against the billionaire Chiongbian family that has been ruling the area for nearly 30 years….that is until

Leonard Ellerbe confirmed that the Shane Mosley vs. Floyd Mayweather fight sold a whopping 1.4M pay-per-view buys according to a report from AOL Fanhouse.  This means that Floyd Mayweather will earn $40 million for the fight - one of the highest grossing paychecks in all of sports today.  This paycheck, combined with what Mayweather could earn in a match up with Manny Pacquiao later this year would most certainly make “Money” Mayweather number one on Forbes list of highest paid athletes of 2010.

  
Comparatively, Manny Pacquiao vs. Joshua Clottey sold 700,000 pay per view buys earlier this year.  However Clottey was much less popular than Shane Mosley.  Nonetheless, these pay-per-view buy rates will be used by Team Mayweather and Team Pacquiao during negotiations of a possible match up between the two fighters.

 

Where are the MMA critics that said boxing was dead?  Anyone else notice that the UFC decided to stage their event 1 week after Mayweather vs Mosley?  Last time they made the mistake of going head to head with Mayweather vs Marquez and the UFC buy rate suffered as a result.

Manny V – Ringside – Paul Williams vs Kermit Cintron had one of the craziest endings to a boxing match in recent memory. I provided a round by round analysis plus spoke to Ronnie Shields just after his fighter, Kermit Cintron fell through the ropes in the middle of the fourth round and could not continue to fight.  Cintron was ahead on my score card however the offical cards gave the fight to Paul Williams.  Also provided in this video are reactions from promoter Dan Goosen and Paul Williams.  Goosen provides his reasons for not wanting to do a rematch, and Williams talks about his game plan for the fight...view the video and read on for more... 

 

AGUASCALIENTES, Mexico -- Antonio Margarito won a unanimous decision over Roberto Garcia on Saturday in his first fight in more than 15 months following a one-year suspension.

Margarito outclassed Garcia, who absorbed most of the punishment and was knocked down in the first round of the 10-round bout by a right-left-right combination.

Lennox Lewis retired from boxing with a win, but was knocked out as a commentator by HBO.  According to the network Lennox Lewis was let go from his post this week when his commentating contract expired.  They released a statement saying, "After four years with HBO's 'Boxing After Dark,' Lennox Lewis will be leaving his post as commentator to begin fundraising efforts for his international training academy.  Lennox is looking forward to developing a state of the art training facility for young boxers to improve their competitiveness in professional competition. Lewis also continues to explore innovative business ventures and film and television projects."  Several insiders say it was not Lewis decision to leave, but that HBO was critical of his work.  Rumors throughout the internet are speculating that Freddie Roach may step in to fill the role.

Three-time world champion ANTONIO “Tony” MARGARITO  will take on ROBERTO “Amenaza” GARCIA in the main event of Latin Fury 14, Top Rank's championship extravaganza this Saturday.  If you have never seen Garcia fight, read on to see a video of him...this guy can bang and is no push over for Margarito.  Garcia has the tools to upset Margarito's plans to face Manny Pacquiao later this year.  Read on for more...