Sergey Kovalev, the best light heavyweight fighter today, lost his titles in another Las Vegas robbery decision via unanimous scores of 114-113. Referee, Robert Byrd, was an accomplice to the crime since he didn’t do what he was paid to do: call the fight down the middle and warn for illegal holding or any other illegal tactics.

We have covered Andre Ward’s dirty fighting tactics in many other articles. If illegal holding and sometimes headbutting is allowed, then how can any boxer win a fight? Isn’t it the referee’s job to call a fighter for holding and grabbing? In Ward’s fight against Mikkel Kessler, Ward held Kessler 88 times! That’s right: 88 times!! The only warnings issued were to Kessler. That fight took place in Oakland, California, Ward’s home town. There was obviously home cooking going on there. But this fight was supposed to be on neutral ground but that’s clearly not the case.

The fans booed the decision loudly. Kovalev dropped Ward in the second round with a clean, straight right hand to Ward’s nose. He pummeled the American against the ropes after Ward made the 10 count.

Sergey clearly won 8 rounds tonight, with the second round being a 10-8 round in his favor after that solid knockdown. Even USA Today scored the fight for Kovalev, Sherdog MMA scored it for Kovalev, as well.

This was a disgusting robbery that needs to be examined more carefully. Kathy Duva, Sergey Kovalev’s promoter, will exercise the rematch clause. Andre Ward agreed to a rematch but was non-commital on specifics.

We think the fair thing to do would be to order a rematch in Russia, in Sergey’s home country. Let’s see if Ward is able to pull out the decision there. If you are crying foul over this idea, then consider what Kovalev did for this title defense. We believe that you have to beat the champion clearly to win his titles. That was not what happened in this fight, yet the American was handed the victory on a silver platter.

R-O-B-B-E-R-Y!!!!!!!!!!

We would love to hear your feedback about this fight. How did you score it? Would you agree that this was another boxing screw job?

Trending Fighters: Sergey Kovalev, Andre Ward, Oscar De La Hoya, Manny Pacquiao, Floyd Mayweather

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Pacquiao vs Vargas

Manny “Pac Man” Pacquiao scored a unanimous decision victory over the once beaten Jessie Vargas at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas before 16,000 plus fans. Two judges scored the fight 118-109, which sounds about right, and one judge inexplicably scored it 114-113 for Manny. That 114-113 score had to have been the most concerning part of the evening!

Although Pac Man dropped Vargas with a clean, straight left to the chin in round 2, he was the kind-hearted nice guy that no longer goes in for the kill. So a fight where the Manny Pacquiao from 2009 or 2010 would have finished any man in devastating fashion as quickly as possible, lasted 12 lop-sided rounds. Pacquiao landed 147 of 409 total punches with rabid fans in attendance. Others in attendance were none other than Floyd “Money” Mayweather, jr and Terrence Crawford.

Regardless of what anyone says, we believe that a rematch between Mayweather and Pacquiao would still generate more buys than any pay per view in boxing since their last fight. But is Pacquiao a man who can really compete at an elite level?

Manny is an excellent boxer who would still beat almost any welterweight fighter out there but the man is a senator in the Phillipines and he trained in his spare time for this fight. Sure, that was enough for him to beat Jessie Vargas but a full training camp would be in order for him to rematch Floyd and certainly to take on the future of boxing, Terrence Crawford. And days away from his 38th birthday, Pacquiao should face opponents that he has a good chance of beating. Guys like Amir Khan, Kell Brook, and Canelo Alvarez would be good stylistic fights for Manny Pacquiao.

Terrence Crawford, Kieth Thurman, Errol Spence, and Danny Garcia are nightmare match ups for the Filipino icon. Even Freddie Roach would agree. There is a reason why Floyd has not taken on any of those guys. Pacquiao should learn from Mayweather. At the end of the day, Manny is a human being and age is catching up to him.

Pacquiao is either slipping in skills or he intentionally cruised to an easy victory against Vargas. Regardless of what it was, is Pacquiao still able to compete against boxing’s best welterweights? More importantly, should he?
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Manny Pacquiao

Manny “Pac Man” Pacquiao (58-6-2, 38 KO’s) defeated Timothy “Desert Storm” Bradley (33-2-1, 13 KO’s) at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas before a packed house of almost 15,000 fans, in their rubber match and captured Bradley’s WBO welterweight title. Pacquiao knocked down Timmy twice; once in round 7 and once in round 9. This was the first time that Bradley was knocked down twice by anyone and Manny is the only fighter to defeat Bradley (which he has done twice).

Personally, I thought it was an entertaining fight with some great tactical action but if you were looking for a killer Pacquiao knockout victory, this was not a fight for you to watch. Manny is clearly a very compassionate man and was not remotely willing to stop his foe. Pacquiao probably could have stopped Tim anytime in the fight but a combination of his compassion and his cautiousness since the fourth Marquez fight wouldn’t allow him to do so.

Bradley did a great job in round 8 by brawling with Manny and landing a bunch of shots on him. He may have even hurt the Filipino icon in that round but Manny smiled and welcomed it and even whispered something to Timmy after the exchange. Pacquiao was sporting a bruise below his left eye after that exchange. But the dominance of Tim was short-lived because his aggressiveness opened him up to clean shots by Manny. The knockdown in round 9 saw Bradley flip backwards on his way down. His eyes were clearly glazed and his legs were temporarily gone but it was Manny’s compassion that allowed Timmy to survive the fight.

Teddy Atlas, Timothy Bradley’s trainer, took the blame for Bradley’s loss. Sorry folks, but I don’t buy it. The trainer should not be blamed for the loss. Manny is an anomaly in the sport of boxing. His speed, power, and intelligence is beyond special; there is nothing that Bradley could have done to win this fight. Absolutely nothing!! Atlas is a very good trainer but unless he had the power to give Bradley some Divine intervention in the ring, no one is to blame. Manny is just too good in the ring.

After the fight, Max Kellerman asked Manny if he would be interested in a match up against Canelo Alvarez (a fight that Freddie Roach would love to train Manny for) or a rematch with Floyd Mayweather, but Pacquiao remained adamant about this being his last fight. He did state that he would think about it but for now, he would like to devote himself to the Filipino political system as a senator (if he wins the election).

Should Pacquiao face Canelo Alvarez? If so, when? How would the fight end? Would sports betting have Pacquiao as the favorite to win the fight? Please share in the comments section below. We would love to hear from you.

Trending fighters: Manny Pacquiao, Floyd Mayweather, Canelo Alvarez, Timothy Bradley

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HBO boxing, the top boxing league out there, has done a HORRIBLE job of promoting the second top fight in pro boxing! The first one was obviously Mayweather vs Pacquiao in May of this year.  And that was promoted beautifully.  But the promotion for Cotto vs Canelo has been abysmal and that’s being nice.

Buffalo Wild Wings, which is known for showing combat sports on the regular, isn’t showing the fight.  Dave and Busters near me isn’t showing the fight.  Sure, Hooters is showing it, but most other places that I called aren’t even aware of it, let alone, showing it.

How can a fight of this magnitude be down played so horribly?

Combat sports generate lots of money and Cotto and Canelo are both cash cows.  Each man has his own legion of fans and with both men facing each other, this should be a pay per view that generates over 2 million buys.  Jay Z, who promotes Miguel Cotto via his Roc Nation banner, and Oscar De La Hoya, who promotes Saul “Canelo” Alvarez via his Golden Boy Promotions, have clearly been busy with other things.  And that’s sad because they are leaving millions of dollars at the table.

There are internet trolls everywhere who put boxing down and insist that mixed martial arts are the next big thing and that boxing is dead.  We are starting to see why they may have a point.

Without hesitation, Dana White, the president of UFC, would have promoted the hell out of Cotto vs Canelo if he was a boxing promoter.  Bob Arum, the promoter of Top Rank (which promotes Manny Pacquiao), would most likely have promoted this fight a lot better as well.

We are located in New York City.  This city has everything in excess and nothing is hard to find.  We are curious to know how the fight promotion is by your area.

Will you be ordering the fight?  What are your thoughts on the promotion of this fight?  Besides the 24/7 show that HBO boxing did, was there anything else that you felt they did well for this fight?

Please comment below.  We would love to get some input from boxing fans in other places.

TRENDING FIGHTERS: Miguel Cotto, Oscar De La Hoya, Canelo Alvarez, Manny Pacquiao, Floyd Mayweather

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The full fight card for tonight’s Miguel Cotto vs Saul “Canelo” Alvarez fight card with the weigh in results:

PPV Fights:
Miguel Cotto 153.5 vs. Canelo Alvarez 155
(WBC middleweight title)

Takashi Miura 130 vs. Francisco Vargas 129.5
(WBC super featherweight title)
Guillermo Rigondeaux 121.5 vs. Drian Francisco 121
Jayson Velez 125.5 vs. Ronny Rios 125.5

Live Stream Fights:
FIGHT CANCELLED: Randy Caballero 123.5 vs. Lee Haskins 117.5
(IBF bantamweight title)
Caballero was 5.5 pounds heavy and lost his title on the scale. Haskins, the IBF interim titleholder, will now be elevated to the full world title.

Zhilei Zhang 264.5 vs. Juan Goode 244
Alberto Machado 130.5 vs. Tyrone Luckey 128.5
Jose Martinez 114.5 vs. Oscar Mojica 114.5
Hector Tanajara 131.5 vs. Jose Naranjao 128

Venue: Mandalay Bay Events Center, Las Vegas
Promoter: Roc Nation/Golden Boy
TV: PPV

Miguel Cotto was stripped of his WBC middleweight title on Tuesday, Nov 17^th, because he refused to pay the WBC the $300,000 title sanctioning fee.  Cotto also refused to pay the $800,000 “step-aside-fee” for Gennady Golovkin to stay off to the sidelines.  Oscar De La Hoya, Canelo’s promoter, blasted Miguel for refusing to pay those fees.  I love Oscar but Cotto had every right to refuse to pay the $1.1 million total that was asked of him.  He gave the WBC belt back and instead kept his money.

Smart man!!

When pressed to explain himself, Cotto stated: “I am not disappointed by the WBC’s decision, It was all about money. The fee for this fight was absurd to me and I prefer to keep the money in my account. I don’t need to pay attention to Oscar De La Hoya’s opinion. He should take care of his own business. And I will take care of mine. I don’t stick my nose in Oscar’s business. The organizations wants four champions in every division just to earn a percentage from everybody. Then we have to pay for their mistakes. This is not fair to me. The WBC told me my offer was not reasonable to them. They told me I was not going to be the champion anymore. I don’t need their belt. I have enough belts in my house and with the money I saved, I can buy any belt I want. I can be the champion of whatever I want in my house.”

TRENDING FIGHTERS: Miguel Cotto, Canelo Alvarez, Oscar De La Hoya, Gennady Golovkin, Shane Mosley, Bernard Hopkins

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HBO Boxing will present a solid main event this Saturday night, Nov 21^st, from Las Vegas where Puerto Rico’s Miguel Cotto will take on Mexico’s Saul “Canelo” Alvarez.  Despite the fact that Canelo is a 3:1 favorite to win on most sports betting sites, Freddie Roach, the trainer of Cotto, believes that his fighter will prevail on Saturday night.

Is that what makes Freddie insane?  No!!!!!!

For those who follow the sport of boxing and most notably, the career of Alvarez, you will have to admit that Vegas is the city of screw jobs and when Canelo is a favorite to win, the judges will make sure that he will win.  If they award the decision to the underdog, then the casinos will have huge sums of money to pay out.  The performance of the fighters won’t matter.

Just look at the fight between Erislandy Lara and Canelo Alvarez from July 2014.  Without a doubt, Lara should have won that fight.  We scored the fight 10 rounds to 2 or maybe 9 rounds to 3 in favor or Erislandy and two of the three judges gave it to Canelo.  It was a very low key robbery in boxing; low key because Erislandy Lara is not a household name and he doesn’t have the loud backing that a top name fighter would have had in such a situation.  But it was one of the biggest robberies in boxing from a clear black and white point of view.

So how is Freddie Roach a potential genius?  He’s clearly insane, right?

Well, Roach is a master of game plans and he studies opponents very carefully.  Freddie has rejuvenated Miguel Cotto in ways that most fighters can only dream of.  Cotto destroyed Sergio Martinez in June 2014 via round 10 stoppage to become the lineal WBC middleweight champion.  We were convinced that Sergio was going to be too big and too skilled for a fading Cotto.  The exact opposite was true.

As a boxing writer and a boxing fan, most experts know that this is a pick ‘em fight.  Freddie Roach must know this too.

Roach is more than just a good speaker.  The man is a master planner and you can count on Cotto surprising the world with his ever-evolving skill set this Saturday night against Alvarez.

Whether or not Cotto wins is another story.  Combat sports are known for screw job decisions, therefore, this Saturday may not be an exception.

Let’s judge Freddie Roach after the fight has ended.  By then, we should know whether he’s a genius or a senile old man or possibly even both.

TRENDING FIGHTERS: Miguel Cotto, Canelo Alvarez, Erislandy Lara, Osdcar De La Hoya, Freddie Roach

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A boxing event unlike any in the history of combat sports will take place on May 02, 2015.  Floyd Mayweather, Jr. will face off against Manny “Pac Man” Pacquiao in a welterweight showdown that the world has been waiting for since December 2008.

For those who have been following Showtime boxing and HBO boxing and their coverage of both pro boxers, anyone can see that Floyd has been adding a lot of muscle on for this fight.  He’s been weight training a lot and he’s been chopping wood as well.  That’s packed on quite a bit of muscle on his 5’8” frame but it’s sure to slow him down.  More muscle equals less speed.

It was Juan Manuel Marquez that used that strategy for his December 2012 showdown with Pacquiao.  It was the fourth time that the Mexican was facing his Filipino rival and he finally landed the perfectly timed right hand to Manny’s chin that saw him finally defeat his rival, by knockout nonetheless.

Floyd is trying to follow in Marquez’ footsteps, no doubt.

There’s a small problem here; Marquez was always willing to engage with Manny and he paid dearly for doing so.  Before Marquez landed that perfectly timed right hand, Pac Man was beating the hell out of Juan.  The Filipino was on his way to maybe even stopping his rival but he got overzealous and went in for the kill and hot knocked out by a perfect right hand.

Freddie Roach has trained Pacquiao to never fall for that again!

Mayweather knows full well that he needs his right hand in this fight.  He will need serious power for this fight.  But what if Manny Pacquiao can avoid Mayweather’s right hand all night? Then what?

Look for Floyd to start off very fast and active in round one.  If Floyd can time Manny and land his right hand at will, then he might be able to win via decision.  But Pacquiao and his trainer, Freddie Roach, have a plan A, B, C, D, and E for what Floyd brings to the fight.

Mayweather knows that he’s the bigger man and that he may have no choice but to use Marquez’ strategy against Manny.  There is no doubt that his new physique is an indication of what Floyd has up his sleeve.  But will he succeed?

Trending Fighters: Manny Pacquiao, Floyd Mayweather, Juan Manuel Marquez, Oscar De La Hoya, Miguel Cotto

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Pro boxers Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather, Jr. weighed in before a crowd of 11,500 at the MGM Grand for their mega-bout.  Mayweather tipped the scale at 146 pounds and Pacquiao weighed in at 145 pounds.

This will surely be the biggest boxing event of all time!!

Please note that Pac Man ate a huge lunch earlier in the day and even ate a Butter Finger candy bar right after his staredown with Floyd.

The best part was that when the men faced off, Mayweather kept his game face on and Pacquiao started to giggle a few seconds into the staredown and even said “thank you” to his opponent for finally making this fight happen.

For those who can recall, it was on May 01, 2008 when Manny weighed in against Ricky Hatton and at the staredown, Manny giggled then too.  On May 02, 2008, Pacquiao knocked out Ricky Hatton in the second round of the fight with a violent left hook, prompting referee, Kenny Bayless to call an end to the bout.

As a side note, referee Kenny Bayless will also be the referee for the fight of the century.

Please don’t be fooled by the Filipino’s kind nature.  DO NOT mistake his kindness for weakness.  Manny Pacquiao is a killer shark when he’s in the ring.  Don’t be surprised if he’s courting Mayweather into his mind games, only to destroy him on fight night.

Trending Fighters: Manny Pacquiao, Floyd Mayweather, Ricky Hatton, Oscar De La Hoya, Miguel Cotto

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Betting boxing these days? Well, Bryant “By-By” Jennings (19-0, 10 KO’s) is a 20:1 underdog in most betting circles against his opponent, “Dr. Steelhammer” Wladimir Klitschko (63-3, 54 KO’s).  The American heavyweight will face a monstrous task in the 6’7” Klitschko at Madison Square Garden tonight.

The boxing event is a rare heavyweight card at the Garden since Klitschko hasn’t fought at that arena in seven years, when he defeated Sultan Ibragimov.  NOTE: Ibragimov has not fought since that severe beat down.

HBO boxing shouldn’t expect record breaking numbers since Jennings isn’t a thrilling fighter to watch.  And Klitschko is a safe heavyweight who only goes for the knockout if he sees an opening.

Hayden Pannetierre is the fiancée of Wlad and the couple have a daughter together.  She will most likely be in attendance, as will Wlad’s older brother, retired heavyweight phenom, Vitali Klitschko.

We don’t consider this a title boxing fight since the chances of Jennings winning tonight are slim to none.  It’s a pretty sure bet that Wlad will easily outpoint and maybe even stop Bryant in a not so thrilling main event.

Anything can happen in combat sports and boxing belts change quite often but when it comes to heavyweight boxing, there is none more commanding of his division than the one and only Wladimir Klitschko.

Our official prediction: Wlad Klitschko will probably win by way of ref stoppage in the late rounds.  Sorry, Bryant.  There’s no shame in losing to a Klitschko.

Trending Fighters: Wladimir Klitschko, Vitali Klitschko, Evander Holyfield, Mike Tyson, George Foremen, Bryant Jennings, Joe Louis, Joe Frazier

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After over a year off from fighting, Peter “Kid Chocolate” Quillin (30-0-1, 22 KO’s) returned to the ring against Ireland’s Andy Lee (34-2-1, 24 KO’s).  The fight ended with a majority draw.  We scored the fight seven rounds to five in favor of Quillin but regardless, it was an excellent fight.

Quillin dropped Lee in the first round and then again in the third.  But Lee, being the late starter that he is, came back to drop Quillin in round seven.

Kid Chocolate has some great movement and combinations and that was, what we thought, won him the fight.  However, the fact that Quillin was just looking for the knockout all night might have been his undoing.  There was no jabbing or anything technical.

After the fight, Lee asked for a rematch in Ireland.  Although it would sell out any arena in Europe, the fight clearly belongs in the United States since this is the capital of the boxing world.

How did you score the fight? Did Lee really do enough to earn a draw?

Trending Fighters: Peter Quillin, Andy Lee, Martin Murray, Gennady Golovkin, Sugar Ray Leonard

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