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?

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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.

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Saul “Canelo” Alvarez handed Miguel Cotto his fifth professional career loss. Canelo (46-1-1, 32 KO’s) defeated Cotto (40-5, 33 KO’s) via unanimous decision at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas via scores of 117-111, 119-109, 118-110.

The fight was MUCH CLOSER than what those scores reflected. 117-111 means that Cotto won only three rounds. 119-109 means that Cotto won only one round. 118-110 means that Cotto won only two rounds.

Really? Seriously? There is no way that Canelo won as many rounds as those scores reflected. Canelo may have won the fight by a score of 115-113 (which is what ESPN’s Dan Rafael scored it as), but none of the actual scores made any sense at all.

Clearly, Miguel was disgusted by those numbers and he left the ring immediately and headed to his dressing room, where his promoter, Jay Z, congratulated him on a great fight. Trainer, Freddie Roach, stated that the fight was much closer than those numbers and that Cotto fought tremendously and that his defense was unbelievable.

I couldn’t agree more.

Per Yahoo Sports: Cotto actually out-landed Alvarez, 629-484, but that was largely due to an inordinate number of jabs. Cotto threw 374 jabs to Alvarez’s 186, so he stockpiled the punches.

But Alvarez was raking him with lead right hands, uppercuts and hooks throughout the fight. CompuBox statistics had Alvarez connecting on 118 of 298 power shots, while Cotto landed just 75 of 255.

Even a 114-114 draw would have been okay but I would be more content with a 115-113 Canelo win. These scores should remind us all of the corruption that still exists in boxing today. It’s just sad.

But Canelo absolutely deserves credit for fighting a great fight and agreeing to face Gennady “GGG” Golovkin in 2016. That should be an incredible fight for as long as it lasts. Golovkin is the most terrifying middleweight in all of boxing right now and you can rest assure that judges won’t be needed on fight night. GGG will most likely easily knock out the red-headed Mexican when they meet. But the fight should be highly entertaining for as long as it goes.

As for Miguel Cotto, he didn’t look like a 35 year old man when he faced the 25 year old Canelo. Both men looked great and they entertained fans as everyone had expected. The 11,200 strong in the arena and the millions watching around the world were treated to elite-level boxing for 12 rounds. Therefore, the fans were the true winners.

If Miguel Cotto would like to continue to box, then the welterweight division or junior middleweight division might be the way to go. He is still a top notch fighter but he needs to face guys who aren’t much bigger than he is.

As for the other fights on the pay per view, here are the results (per Fightnews.com):

In a brutal fight, unbeaten super featherweight Francisco “El Bandido” Vargas (23-0-1, 17 KOs) dethroned WBC champion Takashi Miura (29-3-2, 22 KOs) with a ninth round TKO on Saturday night at the Mandalay Bay Hotel & Casino Events Center in Las Vegas. Vargas got off to a great start and rocked Miura in round one. Miura came back to knock down Vargas hard in round four. Miura staggered Vargas at the end of round eight. Vargas then dropped Miura early in round nine then viciously battered the champ. Referee Tony Weeks finally stopped it, although the game and hurt Miura was still fighting. Time was 1:31. Vargas was behind on two scorecards at the time of the stoppage.

Unbeaten former world super bantamweight champion, two-time Olympic gold medalist and P4P candidate Guillermo Rigondeaux (16-0, 10 KOs) pitched a one-sided ten round virtual shutout against Drian Francisco (28-4-1, 22 KOs). A dominating, tactical, very slow-paced performance from Rigo, that left the fans booing. Scores 100-90, 100-90 and somehow 97-93.

Featherweight Ronny Rios (26-1, 10 KOs) won a ten round unanimous decision over previously unbeaten former world title challenger Jayson Velez (23-1-1, 16 KOs). Velez got off to a good start. Rios was deducted a point for a low blow in round five, but took over the fight after that. Scores 97-92, 95-94, 96-93.

What were your thoughts on tonight’s main event? Was Canelo’s win really one sided in your opinion? Or was it a lot closer than the judges had it?

TRENDING FIGHTERS: Miguel Cotto, Canelo Alvarez, Oscar De La Hoya, Shane Mosley

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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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The Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York certainly hosted a boxing event that the fans appreciated.  In the main event, Danny Garcia (30-0, 17 KO’s) kept his perfect undefeated record intact against rugged Lamont Peterson (33-3-1, 17 KO’s) via majority decision in a special 143 pound catchweight free live boxing event.

Garcia, who is from Philadelphia, has become a son to the Barclays Center and is typically the crowd favorite.  For those of you who believe that Danny was given a gift by the judges are sadly mistaken.  Garcia clearly dominated the first six rounds of the fight and won two rounds in the second half of the fight.  We saw the fight as an eight rounds to four victory but the judges scored the bout as follows: 114-114, 115-113, and 115-113.

Peterson’s IBF junior welterweight championship title is now vacant.

Although Lamont came on strong during the second half of the fight and busted up Garcia, we saw Garcia as an undeniable winner due to his control of the fight and relentless pressure.

To be honest, after that bullshit decision win that Peterson had over Amir Khan in Washington D.C. in December 2011, it’s great to see Peterson on the short end of the decision.

What do you think? Did the right man win? Or was Peterson ripped off?

Trending Fighters: Danny Garcia, Amir Khan, Lamont Peterson, Peter Quillin, Adrien Broner

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The WBC (World Boxing Council) must be pretty darn proud!! Gennady “GGG” Golovkin (31-0, 28 KO’s) added their interim middleweight title around his waist as he defeated rugged veteran, Marco Antonio Rubio (59-7-1, 51 KO’s) at the Stub Hub Center in Carson, California before a sold out crowd of 9,300 plus.

Round one started with both men setting up their jabs followed up by some solid punches.  There was no feel out period.  Both men landed some great shots on each other in the first round but it was Golovkin’s devastating right hand that snapped Rubio’s head back a few times.  (As a side note: Rubio couldn’t make weight on Friday at the weigh ins so he forfeited $100,000 to Golovkin; Rubio also weighed in at 183 pounds at fight time)

Round two started out pretty fast and it took just 1:19 for Golovkin to knock down Rubio “Mexican Style” with a solid left hand to the forehead.  The referee saw that Rubio was in no shape to stand up after the 10 count so he waved it off.  Although Rubio complained and protested, it was a good stoppage as Marco was still on the canvas when the referee counted to eight.

The knockout artist from Kazakhstan was very humble and gracious in victory.  When Max Kellerman asked “GGG” who he was hoping to face as his next opponent, “GGG” called out Miguel Cotto and also expressed interest in facing Canelo Alvarez and Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr. as well.  But without a doubt, he wanted to face Cotto next as he’s a fan of his and thinks that that would be the most lucrative bout at the moment.  As boxing fans, we can only hope for that fight to get made but we doubt that it will happen anytime soon as Cotto is trying to get a shot against Canelo.

In the co-main event, Nicholas Walters (25-0, 21 KO’s) became the first man to knock out Nonito Donaire (33-3, 21 KO’s) in the six round of their fight with just one second left in the round.  Walters fought a brilliant fight by keeping his jab active and mixing up his offense.  He dropped Donaire in round three with a solid uppercut down the middle.  With both eyes cut, Donaire was slowly slipping away from the victory and was just out gunned by a superior fighter.  Donaire was very classy in defeat and Walters was equally classy in victory.  Vasyl Lomachenko would most likely be the man to face Walters for the WBA featherweight title.  Without a doubt, that would be an outstanding match up.

TRENDING FIGHTERS: Gennady Golovkin, Miguel Cotto, Canelo Alvarez, Nonito Donaire, Vasyl Lomachenko

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Without a doubt, Mayweather defeated Maidana in the not so anticipated rematch of their May 2014 clash. Although Marcos Maidana did land a decent number of clean shots on the defensive wizard, it wasn’t enough for him to walk away with the victory.

Their first match up was five months ago and it turned out to be one hell of a roller coaster ride for Mayweather. Maidana came out swinging for the fences and beat up Mayweather from pillar to post in what many fans thought was a match that Maidana clearly won. As is the case in Vegas, the judges handed the victory to Mayweather via split decision regardless of what Maidana accomplished that night.

The rematch, however, left little doubt that Floyd Mayweather was the superior boxer. Although the Argentinian slugger felt that he did enough to win tonight, the only controversy that was truly present was the fact that Floyd Mayweather blamed Marcos Maidana of biting him on his hand in the eighth round. After watching several replays, there was absolutely no way that Maidana did any biting.

Referee Kenny Baylis did deduct a point from Maidana in the tenth round for using his elbow to push down Mayweather. The fact that Maidana was not warned prior to the point deduction raised some eyebrows. Especially since Floyd was never warned for blatant holding throughout the fight.

To Mayweather’s credit, he used a lot of lateral movement and clinching to halt Maidana’s predictable offense. He was able to dodge and counter his opponent effectively throughout the fight. All three judges awarded Floyd with the win via scores of 115-112, 116-11, and 116-111. Floyd successfully defended his WBC and WBA boxing titles and improve his record to (47-0, 26 KO’s).

Showtime boxing analyst, Jim Gray, asked Floyd Mayweather about a future bout against the one and only Manny Pacquiao and Mayweather surprisingly showed interest in making the fight happen. He’s throwing the ball back into Pacquiao’s court and insisting that he doesn’t duck anyone so let’s see what happens. The best thing to happen would be for Pacquiao to defeat Chris Algieri in November then immediately challenge Floyd to a showdown in May 2015. Whether or not that happens remains to be seen.

Regardless of what people thought about Floyd’s performance tonight, we have to give the man his just due. He defeated a very tough opponent tonight and he did so pretty convincingly. It certainly wasn’t as entertaining as their first encounter but he got the job done.

Unfortunately, the entire event was horribly unentertaining and we are sure that those who paid $74.95 for it must have felt ripped off.

In other bouts on the pay per view boxing event, Leo Santa Cruz knocked out former sparring partner and friend, Manuel Roman in the second round. Mickey Bey defeated Miguel Vazquez via split decision in a very disappointing IBF lightweight championship bout. In a major surprise of the night, James De La Rosa defeated super tough Alfredo Angulo in a ten round slugfest. De La Rosa actually dropped Angulo in round two. This was definitely De La Rosa’s greatest victory. Angulo is clearly on a downward spiral as this was his third straight loss. And Humberto Soto outworked John Molina, Jr in their junior welterweight contest.

All in all, there should hopefully be many more match ups to be made for Showtime boxing in the near future. But if the next Mayweather fight is not against Manny Pacquiao, Miguel Cotto or Amir Khan, then I hope that the boxing world will just boycott the event and send a strong message to the promoters.

Would such a tactic send a strong enough message and force those major fights to finally take place? If so, will Floyd be able to walk away undefeated against lightning quick opponents like Pacquiao, Cotto and Khan? If Mayweather took so much punishment from a super slow Maidana, can he truly dodge Manny’s, Cotto’s and Amir’s punches in bunches? Can he walk away with those victories and retire undefeated?

Trending fighters: Floyd Mayweather, Marcos Maidana, Manny Pacquiao, Miguel Cotto, Amir Khan, Kieth Thurman

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Floyd Mayweather vs Marcos Maidana

Mayweather beats Maidana via judges decision.

Santa Cruz vs Manuel Roman

Santa Cruz beat Roman in the 2nd round via TKO.

James De La Rosa vs Alfredo Angulo

James De La Rosa pulled an upset over Alfredo Angulo winning a 10 round unanimous decision.

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Marco “Captain” Huck (38-2-1, 26 KO’s) handed formerly undefeated Mirko Larghetti 21-1, 13 KO’s) his very first pro boxing defeat on Saturday night, August 30^th, 2014 in Germany.  Huck’s win was historic because he tied Johnny Nelson’s 13 title defenses at the cruiserweight division.

Johnny Nelson was at the boxing event to watch both men face off and watched, possibly with envy, as Huck systematically took apart Larghetti.

Although Larghetti put forth a strong effort, Marco Huck was just too tough and too skilled and ended up nearly knocking out Mirko.  Huck’s final combinations at the bell dropped Larghetti but the referee stated that since Larghetti dropped after the bell sounded, the fight went to the scorecards.

Judges all scored the bout for Marco Huck via scores of 116-112, 116-112, and 118-110.

Is there anyone at cruiserweight that can defeat Huck? Could a current heavyweight drop down to cruiserweight and take on Huck? Please share your comments below.

Trending Fighters: Marco Huck, Evander Holyfield, Mirko Larghetti, Joe Luis, Felix Trinidad

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