SAN DIEGO, September 29, 2012 - Our boxer briefs this week include the return of HBO’s Boxing Immediately after Dark series for that Drop 2012 period, and news (or sounds) in the larger names in the sports activities sounding off.

Fights from Foxwood on HBO’s Negative: The autumn period of HBO’s “Boxing Immediately after Dark” collection which characteristics up and coming fighters will get underway from the MGM Grand Theater at Foxwoods Resort Casino in Connecticut on Saturday night, September 29, at 9:thirty p.m. Eastern/Pacific. The Lou DiBella Amusement present is called “Road to Glory,” with all fighters in the lineup hoping to generate an excellent impression and progress their occupations.

Three fights from the entire card will probably be aired live, led by a 10-round super middleweight battle between Edwin “La Bomba” Rodriguez (21-0, 14 KOs) from Jason “Monstruo” Escalera (13-0-1, 12 KOs). Each are northeastern fighters; Rodriguez from Massachusetts and Escalera from New Jersey, so lots of followers should be within the residence. The fighters not all that nicely matched. Rodriguez has an substantial novice profession. Despite the fact that Escalera has 12 knockouts in his 13 fights, his opponents weren’t much of a obstacle. He’s only fought 39 expert rounds of boxing at age 27. Nonetheless, he is a huge brawling puncher and anybody could get lucky (see Julio Caesar Chavez Jr., round twelve on September fifteen).

The co-feature around the display is Luis Del Valle (16-0, 11 KOs) as opposed to the veteran Vic Darchinyan (37-5-1-, 27 KOs) within a 10-round super bantamweight fight. Tough to think the 36-year-old veteran champion Darchinyan has never ever fought on HBO just before. Also about the card is welterweight Antonin Decarie (26-1, 7 KOs) from Quebec in opposition to Alex Perez (16-0, 9 KOs) from New Jersey.






All of the fighters created excess weight, all stated the proper things at their news convention about instruction hard, getting excited with regards to their fights, and putting on a superb show. They are fortunate Right here Comes Honey Boo Boo is not on or I may well be viewing via DVR delay. Nevertheless, anytime Max Kellerman and Roy Jones Jr. are about entertaining me with their discussion, I’m prepared to examine it out.

Bienvenido a Miami, Bradley: Timothy Bradley Jr. will not get his rematch with Manny Pacquiao, but Leading Rank promoter Bob Arum introduced that Bradley will headline a card on Saturday, December 15 at Marlins Park in Miami, the first boxing card at any time held there. Arum claims the stadium will keep the ring within the baseball infield and be configured for between twenty,000 and 25,000 fans.

The opponent has not been called. Arum promised “a leading welterweight” and reportedly informed Yahoo! Sports it could be previous champion Andre Berto. But Chris Mannix of Sports activities Illustrated reviews that Berto (28-1-0, 22 KOS) is close to finalizing a offer to fight Cornelius Bundrage on HBO November 24 within a junior middleweight title bout. It’s been rough for Berto recently. He lost to Victor Ortiz in Apri 2011, and was set to get a rematch until he examined positive for steroids and was dropped in the bout. That didn’t function out too well for Ortiz, either; swap Josesito Lopez broke Ortiz’ jaw and won himself the likelihood to battle Canelo Alvarez two weeks ago.

Arum mentioned he may also function Cuban fighters like WBA super bantamweight champion Guiermo Rigondeaux.

Pacquiao declined the alternative to get a rematch with Bradley in favor of the fourth fight with Juan Manuel Marquez Jr. Tickets went on sale Friday and a reported 10,000 tickets have currently been offered.

Miguel Cotto and Austin Trout draw a crowd at their general public information meeting in Puerto Rico this week. Photograph: Tom Casino/Showtime.



Cotto, Trout make the scene: Miguel Cotto and Austin Trout appeared in New york on Monday and Puerto Rico on Wednesday to encourage their approaching globe title fight at Madison Square Garden on Saturday, December 1. Reports conferences with popular Puerto Rican fighters like Cotto are quite a sensation. This a single was held outdoors in the Anfiteatro Paseo De Las Artes Calle Padial in Caguas. The public was invited plus they enthusiastically acknowledged, packing the location to support Cotto. The presser was broadcast live on Showtime, that will air the battle. Trout declared his intention to win; Cotto assured a victory: "Thank you all for coming today. We're quite happy to find out you all and (I thank you for) your great help. I are only able to claim that I will practice as tough as I can like I usually do, and on December one, I will grow to be world champion once again. I will guarantee you all that I'll return to Puerto Rico being a champion."

So significantly for Manny Pacquiao laying off the layups throughout instruction for any battle. BoxingScene.com published a series of photos such as this 1 Friday from the Philippines.

Pacman shoots hoops: The website BoxingScene.com published photos Friday of Manny Pacquiao capturing hoops after his education session at Calumpang Sports Complex in general Santos Metropolis, Philippines, having a few friends. Pacquiao will battle Juan Handbook Marquez for the fourth time December eight in Las vegas. Pacquiao won a slim selection more than Marquez in their last battle, and trainer Freddie Roach blamed Pacquiao’s extreme basketball taking part in periods for leg cramps that hampered Pacquiao for the duration of that battle. He experienced reportedly offered up taking part in basketball throughout instruction. But Roach also mentioned throughout a information meeting before Pacquiao’s battle with Timothy Bradley that boxing was not Pacquiao’s favored activity, it’s basketball.

Ricky Hatton Returns: Well-liked English boxer Ricky Hatton retired right after a brutal defeat by Manny Pacquiao three and a 50 % years back. However the Hitman is ending his retirement on November 24 to get a bout with former WBA welterweight champion Vyacheslav Senchenko in Manchester. Senchenko misplaced his very first expert battle to Paulie Malignaggi. In spite of his layoff, Hatton continues to be rated the number five welterweight contender from the WBA, with 21 knockouts to his credit.

Ladies Initial: The best boxing Saturday evening on tv may not be on HBO. Televisa and FOX Deportes will air the Golden Boy/Canelo Promotions WBC women’s silver bantamweight title bout in between Zulina “La Loba” Munoz of Mexico and Gabriela Bouvier of Uruguay at 11 p.m. Eastern/8 p.m. Pacific from Morelia, Mexico. Munoz, 34-1-2, 23 KOs, is a 25-year-old powerhouse, boxing professionally since she was 16. Bouvier is just 8-2-1, with 2 KOs, but is coming off a 1st round knockout get. She's just twenty many years outdated, enthusiastic and keen. Whilst Munoz is expected to get, it’s going to become an action packed, entertaining fight. Let the ladies explain to you what they can do.

Conscious that so a lot is at stake after they face each other for your fourth time in the MGM Grand in Vegas on December eight, "Fighter of the Decade" Manny Pacquiao and Mexican legend Juan Manuel Marquez have begun education early.

A achievable multi-million dollar showdown with Floyd Mayweather Jr will hinge on regardless of whether Pacquiao can beat Marquez nearly as convincingly as Mayweather did in scoring a lopsided twelve spherical unanimous choice more than the Mexican who had to go up in weight to generate the fight.

Pacquiao will also need to shut Marquez up over his persistent promises he won their 3 previous fights but was robbed from the judges even as he requested the Nevada State Athletic Commission to appoint a single decide from Mexico, one from the Philippines plus a 3rd non-Nevada decide.

Pacquiao who does not normally begin instruction almost 10 weeks prior to a battle was in the fitness center of longtime buddy and newbie boxing guru from Common Santos Metropolis, Ray Golingan on whose weekly novice cards Pacquiao fought frequently.

Pacquiao labored on the weighty bag, the speed ball as well as the punch-mitts with Filipino coach and childhood Restituto "Buboy" Fernandez as well as went via his bodily conditioning regimen immediately after jogging.

Boxing writer Gabriel Cordero inside a report on boxingscene.com mentioned Marquez has began his training camp this month at the Romanza Gym with Hall of Fame coach Nacho Beristain and his team. His objective to is to have a lot more velocity to seek and go after Pacquiao and gain convincingly. Marquez is also seeking to mail Pacquiao towards the canvas at the very least when through the battle. If he does it'll be the first time while Pacquiao, however, dropped Marquez 3 occasions inside the opening spherical of their first battle and after inside the second which the Filipino won by a bulk selection.

Beristain stated “This time we'll function placing considerably emphasis on velocity. We seek to sustain the pace in the battle and see the opportunity to place Pacquiao to the canvas and take advantage of that predicament. I am aware how tough the battle will be. Pacquiao can be a robust fighter.”

Marquez said, “I’ll be coming having a large amount of preparation and confidence. The objective is usually to try to get the battle by knockout. Two variables accompany me: Intelligence as well as the encounter.”

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Juan Manuel Marquez doesn’t see himself as being a 39-year-old guy who is within the twilight of the Corridor of Fame profession.

“There is really a biological age and (there is certainly a ) chronological (age),” Marquez informed the Mexican mass media during a personal function not too long ago as he primes himself up for any fouirth showdown with Manny Pacquiao on Dec. 8 in Vegas.

Marquez is so seeking forward to the Pacquiao meeting that he is gunning for an outcome that will not require the scoresheets in the 3 judges.

“I am looking for a knockout and I'm not contemplating a decision,” mentioned Marquez, whose first battle with Pacquiao ended on a split attract and also the next two going the Filipino’s way despite him standing his ground and providing his fancied foe a hell of a time.

Each fighters have in fact started to report for training with Marquez utilizing outdated college strategies, including wood-chopping, and Pacquiao taking part in volleyball and showing up for mild work out generally Santos Town.

Pacquiao’s long-time training assistant Buboy Fernandez is reviewing Marquez’s fights on video and possesses place specific emphasis about the third battle that Pacquiao won by majority selection.

“I am taking a look at the way Marquez was stepping on Manny’s foot,” stated Fernandez. “He did it on objective although it really is a part of the sport so we will try to avoid this within the fourth fight.”

Fernandez mentioned that Marquez was able to catch Pacquiao when it happened.

Nonetheless, Fernandez believes there will not be considered a fifth battle.

“We’ll get him (Marquez) this time,” added Fernandez.