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Haye-Klitschko: Who will salvage this deal?

P.H. Burbridge - Well, the David Haye - Wladimir Klitschko fight is in serious jeopardy. At this point it’s near impossible to know one way or the other if this fight is going to come off. According to various reports Adam Booth, David Haye’s manager/trainer has said that the Klitschko’s are asking for too large a percentage of the UK PPV receipts which Booth believes should largely fall into David Haye’s bucket..

Bernd Boente, Klitschko’s manager has publicly stated that Haye’s team has shown a lack of professionalism and are too inexperienced to effectively negotiate this deal. They have also said that Team Haye is fueled largely by greed. I’m not sure that’s a fair statement when it comes to professional boxing because everyone is trying to get the best possible deal for their fighter. After all isn’t that what Boente is trying to do for the Klitschko’s? From a fans perspective, who knows what’s going on… Unless you’re sitting in the room and listening to both sides then you really have no clue as to how much of this is negotiating through the press or actually genuine hard core fact. Frankly, if Haye really wants this fight and I think he does then he might as well resign himself to the fact that he’s going to end up with the short end of the stick. He’s NOT the mandatory challenger and he’s also not the first fighter to have to deal with this kind of a situation. Being manipulated is part of the whole experience in professional boxing. Look at the deal that Joe Louis’ handlers agreed to so he could get the first crack at Jim Braddock ahead of Max Schmeling. Louis’ handlers agreed to pay the Cinderella Man 10% of the gross for all of Joe’s fights for the next ten years! Now, that’s a BAD deal.

Pavlik won't find a pushover in Rubio

By Graham Houston Special to ESPN.com - Throughout history, fighters have suffered heavy defeats and have come back to reach new heights.

Middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik plans to do the same. Soundly beaten by Bernard Hopkins in October, Pavlik returns to the ring Saturday, when, in front of his local fans in Youngstown, Ohio, he takes on mandatory challenger Marco Antonio Rubio.

Everything was going so well for Pavlik. His popularity was on the rise as a crowd-pleasing fighter built up as a sort of blue-collar champion. He was unbeaten and looking almost unbeatable at 160 pounds. Then, moving up in weight to meet Hopkins at 170, he was outboxed, outpunched and outclassed by the amazing veteran.

Upcoming Pavlik fight has Youngstown buzzing

Associated Press - YOUNGSTOWN — Bars are setting up big screens, local singers are competing to sing the national anthem and the mayor is asking downtown businesses to leave their lights on as a way of welcoming out-of-town boxing fans.

Blue-collar Youngstown, which has struggled from decades of job losses, is preparing to put its best foot forward for Saturday night’s sold-out title fight between hometown champ Kelly Pavlik (34-1) and Mexico’s Marco Antonio Rubio (43-4-1).

Freddie Roach - "Hatton Is Kind Of A Rough Fighter Who Will Come In With Shoulders And Elbows"

James Slater - Gifted trainer of Manny Pacquiao, Freddie Roach, has no doubt at all his man will win the upcoming May 2nd battle with Britain's Ricky "Hitman" Hatton - Roach is also dead sure the fight will be both tough and gruelling for both men. As an article in The Manchester Evening News has reported, the trainer is somewhat concerned the fight may get more than a little bit rough and that it will be Hatton's "dirty" style of fighting that will make it this way.

Hatton has a come forward, aggressive approach, and in the past his style of fighting has led some people to claim he uses borderline illegal moves, such as using his elbows and his shoulders when in close. Roach is one of these people, and he says he expects a much stiffer contest for "Pac-Man" in May compared to what he was faced with back in December, when he squared off with a weight drained, some say shot, Oscar De La Hoya.

Margarito gets 1-year ban for illegal wraps

GREG BEACHAM, AP Sports Writer - Antonio Margarito’s boxing license was revoked for at least one year Tuesday by the California State Athletic Commission for the illegal wraps discovered on the former welterweight champion’s hands before his loss last month to Sugar Shane Mosley.

The commission’s decision effectively bans Margarito, a California-born fighter who lives in Mexico, from boxing in the U.S., since other states generally uphold such suspensions under federal law. Margarito’s trainer, Javier Capetillo, also lost his license for at least one year despite claiming he made an innocent mistake while wrapping Margarito’s hands.

Farewell Joe Calzaghe

Michael Klimes - In my spare time, and there is not much of it these days, I imagine fights that never took place. I wonder how Sugar Ray Leonard would have confronted Sugar Ray Robinson over fifteen rounds for the welterweight championship of the world. I think that Ali’s fight against Parkinson’s may have been easier if he had retired after defeating Joe Frazier in 1975. I think of Joe Louis’s flawless punching and how Jack Dempsey would have responded if they were launched at his face. Thankfully, there are some bouts that have occurred where I was an insignificant yet very impressed observer. I witnessed the just-retired Joe Calzaghe produce one of the best performances seen in any boxing ring against Jeff Lacy in March 2006. It was my first fight that I ever went to and my entry into live boxing was, one could say, a good one. Calzaghe was fulfilling the very important role of being a brilliant ambassador for the sport by being a punch perfect pugilist.

Why David Beats Goliath

09.02.09 - By Loren Robinson: The boxing fans just craned their necks and gawked, or melted into nervous grins as the gargantuan sized man made his way toward the ring. There have been several of these goliath sized boxers throughout the history of the sport such as Nicolay Valuev, Lance Whitaker, Justin Long, Jim Cully and John Rankin. These boxers are truly goliath such as John Rankin was listed at 7-4 inches tall. But, why do smaller more skilled fighters continuously beat these gargantuan sized boxers?

The goliath boxers lack elite athleticism. For instance, Nicolay Valuev in his last boxing match versus Evander Holyfield was extremely slow and looked lethargic. He is tremendously strong; however he lacks the hand and foot speed necessary to beat the best heavyweight boxers. Lance Whitaker at 6-8 250 pounds lacks good hand and foot speed as well and that has leaded him to a few losses. Likewise, Jim Cully a 7-2 fighter out of Ireland lacked good athleticism which is one of the reasons that he had a short career that ended with more losses then wins. He got knocked out in two of his last three fights in 1948. So despite their great size goliath boxers still lose many fights.

A few words with Tommy “The Duke” Morrison

Benny Henderson Jr., Doghouse Boxing - Former WBO heavyweight title holder Tommy “The Duke” Morrison 48-3-1 (42) returns to the ring January 31st when he takes on hometown journeyman Corey Williams 7-9-2 (4) in a scheduled six round heavyweight match-up at the Albany Fair Grounds in Laramie, Wyoming.

Morrison, whose return to the ring February of 2007 produced not only controversy for the now forty year old fighter, but back-to-back knockout victories in his quest to once again become a top tier fighter.

Drumond plans to KO Chagaev or punish him for 12 rounds

Marc Abrams - HOBOKEN, N.J. (January 14, 2009) – WBA No. 10 rated and undefeated heavyweight contender, Carl Davis Drumond, plans to shock the boxing world February 7th when he fights WBA “Champion in Recess” Ruslan “White Tyson” Chagaev, live on pay-per-view in the United States from Rostock, Germany.

“The Champion Returns” card, presented by Universum Boxing-Promotion, will also feature on PPV the WBA light welterweight title fight between title holder Andreas Kotelnik and undefeated No. 1 contender Marcos Rene “El Chino” Maidana, as well as hot Russian prospect Denis Boytsov against a challenger to be determined for the vacant WBA Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship.

Arum: Pacquiao-Hatton dispute being resolved

Michael Rosenthal - The Manny Pacquiao-Ricky Hatton negotiations are back on track, according to Pacquiao’s promoter, Bob Arum.

Arum spoke with Pacquiao’s advisors and said a disagreement over the split of the purse – Pacquiao wants 60-40, Hatton 50-50 – is being resolved and he expects the fight to take place on May 2.

“Everything is going ahead,” Arum said calmly a day after he had set a deadline of Wednesday to finalize a deal. “We’re working toward resolving it. Everything is good. It’ll be 50-50.

Rankings: Pac-man falls into the Oscar trap

Kevin Iole, Yahoo! Sports - Beating Oscar De La Hoya will do wonders for a fighter’s career, but there often is a malaise that comes with a victory over the Golden Boy.

De La Hoya has long been boxing’s most popular fighter and biggest attraction. Yet Felix Trinidad didn’t usurp him after his controversial 1999 win over De La Hoya in a battle between then unbeaten welterweight champions.

Nor did Shane Mosley, who defeated De La Hoya twice.

Is Darchinyan being dissed?

Michael Rosenthal - Promoter Gary Shaw says that Vic Darchinyan isn’t getting the respect he deserves.

Shaw pointed to the fact that Darchinyan isn't on THE RING's Top 10 pound-for-pound list and espn.com has him at No. 19.

Is Darchinyan being dissed?

The Armenian, who defends his unified junior bantamweight title against Jorge Arce on Saturday in Anaheim, Calif., is 31-1-1, with 25 knockouts. Without question, he’s one of the biggest-punching little men in recent memory.

Boxing’s last Golden Boy?

Tom Van Riper, Forbes.com - Manny Pacquiao pounded Oscar De La Hoya toward retirement in front of 15,001 people last month in Las Vegas.

Each wobbling, backpedaling step, every shot to the face, to the swollen left eye, brought the end nearer. The crowd at the MGM Grand was on its feet when De La Hoya briefly rallied in the fifth round, but the younger Pacquiao’s jabs were too much. When the bell rang for the ninth round, De La Hoya declined and it was over. While he’s made no official announcement yet, everyone in the house knew that the king of the boxing business was probably done fighting.

It was the best thing to happen to the sport in years.

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