Juan Diaz defeats Michael Katsidis by Split Decision
Juan Diaz 34-1 (17 KO’s) defeats Michael Katsidis 23-2 (20 KO’s) in Houston, Texas by Split Decision.
Juan Diaz out worked the rough and tumble Aussie in a fight that wasn’t really that close. Diaz jab and combination punching proved the difference. Katsidis never really got started.
In a fight that many thought could be an easy candidate for “Fight of The Year”, Diaz used class and superior boxing talent to regain his status as one of the worlds top Lightweights.
The Rest is Up to You…
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Floyd Mayweather Robbed of $7 Million in Jewelry at Las Vegas Home
Mayweather confirmed that the jewelry is estimated to be valued at $7 million and was taken from one of his Las Vegas homes. The offense occurred on August 17, between 7:00 and 9:00 p.m. The thieves apparently broke his bedroom window and entered while he was out of the house.
No one was hurt and security is working around the clock to ensure that cameras and professional guards are posted. Only the jewelry was observed to be missing.
Mayweather has issued a 100 thousand dollar reward for information leading to the return of the property.
I actually called this one back in the day:
“I really don’t think Floyd has been the smartest guy in the world for walking around his house with $100,000 cash on national TV. There are plenty of heist men out there. Ski Masks and Mack 11’s with silencers.”
De La Hoya to pay $ 3 million for every pound over 147
Oscar De La Hoya is dead-certain of tipping the scales at 147 lbs or even less during the official weigh-in on the eve of his Dec. 6 brawl with Manny Pacquiao.
“I have already talked with Bob Arum and he told me that Oscar has agreed that the penalty will be $ 3 million for every pound or a fraction thereof in excess of 147 lbs (during the weighin),”said Pacquiao lawyer Franklin Gacal yesterday.
Gacal had batted for the inclusion of that agreement in the official fight contract to prevent De La Hoya from gaining more advantage as he is naturally the bigger boxer.
“Oscar is the bigger boxer, is taller (at 5-10 as to Pacquiao who is 5-6) and has the reach advantage,” said Gacal, noting that the Golden Boy will have to sweat it out to make the welterweight limit.
In his last two fights — against Floyd Mayweather and Steve Forbes—De La Hoya came in at 150 lbs.
“Well, I think first of all a lot of people are going to be very surprised when we’re standing next to each other. Size really isn’t going to be that much of a big difference. It’s not going to be like Roy Jones against John Ruiz with the size differential,” said De La Hoya during a teleconference call from Los Angeles.
“I also have to keep in mind that Manny Pacquiao is a southpaw. So in the past the southpaw fighters that I have fought I really haven’t done very well with, so this is not going to be an easy fight I have no intentions of taking it easy in the gym. I have no intentions of looking for this fight to be easy,” said De La Hoya in the teleconference.
By all indications, the superfight between Manny Pacquiao and Oscar De La Hoya won’t be just another blockbuster boxing event, but a global spectacle as well.
Top Rank president Bob Arum, who represents Pacquiao and will co-promote the Dec. 6 bout at the MGM Grand, said the fight will be bigger than the De La Hoya-Floyd Mayweather Jr. bout last year which is considered the richest fight in history.
The fight, which Mayweather won by split decision, reportedly grossed $120 million from the pay-per-view revenues that reached a staggering 2.4 million buys.
MGM Grand started the lines for De La Hoya at -155, meaning a wager of $155 for the Golden Boy will yield $100. Pacquiao’s number is +135, meaning a $100 bet on Pacman will return $135.
Very surprised they are doing this. Hard to see Pac Man winning. Although, Freddie Roach seems pretty confident on a Pacquiao win.
The Rest is Up to You…
Michael Porfirio Mason
AKA The Peoples Champ
AKA The G you should have Killed last year
AKA The Only One
The Guide to Getting More out of Life
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The United States sent nine boxers to the Olympics. After four days of competition, five remain. There are a few viable medal contenders within that group, but the team is reeling after Rau’shee Warren, the reigning flyweight world champion and the team’s best hope of winning gold, lost his opening bout, 9-8, to Lee Ok-Sung of South Korea.
Warren, 21, the only returning boxer from the 2004 Olympics, passed up a potentially lucrative professional career after his first-round light flyweight loss in Athens in an effort to fulfill his promise to his mother, Paulette, of placing a gold medal around her neck. His future, like his team’s, is now in flux.
Once a boxing superpower, the United States has had a turbulent few months, with Warren’s loss ranking as perhaps the most disappointing moment of its time here. The coach Dan Campbell went so far Tuesday night to say that the bizarre circumstances surrounding the outcome of Warren’s match, which he said was scored unfairly, threatens to dent the confidence of the remaining boxers.
Washington D.C.’s Gary Russell Jr., also a medal favorite, collapsed in a desperate final effort to make weight and was disqualified. It continued Sunday and Monday, when Javier Molina and Sadam Ali were defeated handily in their Olympic debuts. And it reached its peak Tuesday when Warren, who fell behind by a point with about 55 seconds remaining, presumed he was winning until the final 15 seconds, when he realized he needed to stop dancing around the edge of the ring and start throwing punches.
106: Louis Curtis, Washington, D.C.
112: Leo Randolph, Tacoma, Wash. (1st)
119: Charles Mooney, Army (2nd)
125: Davey Lee Armstrong, Puyallup, Wash.
132: Howard Davis Jr., Glen Cove, N.Y. (1st)
139: Ray Leonard, Palmer Park, Md. (1st)
147: Clinton Jackson, Nashville, Tenn.
156: Charles Walker Jr., Mesa, Ariz.
165: Michael Spinks, St. Louis, Mo. (1st)
178: Leon Spinks, St. Louis, Mo. (1st)
+178: Johnny Tate, Knoxville, Tenn. (3rd)
or an 1984 U.S. Olympic Boxing Team:
106: Paul Gonzales, Los Angeles, Calif. (1st)
112: Steve McCrory, Detroit, Mich. (1st)
119: Robert Shannon, Edmonds, Wash.
125: Meldrick Taylor, Philadelphia, Pa. (1st)
132: Pernell Whitaker, Norfolk, Va. (1st)
139: Jerry Page, Columbus, Ohio (1st)
147: Mark Breland, Brooklyn, N.Y. (1st)
156: Frank Tate, Detroit, Mich. (1st)
165: Virgil Hill, Williston, N.D. (2nd)
178: Evander Holyfield, Atlanta, Ga. (3rd)
201: Henry Tillman, Los Angeles, Calif. (1st)
+201: Tyrell Biggs, Philadelphia, Pa. (1st)
Hell, looking back, the 1988 U.S. Olympic Boxing Team was pretty sick too:
106: Michael Carbajal, Phoenix, Ariz. (2nd)
112: Arthur Johnson, Minneapolis, Minn.
119: Kennedy McKinney, Killeen, Texas (1st)
125: Kelcie Banks, Chicago, Ill.
132: Romallis Ellis, Ellenwood, Ga. (3rd)
139: Todd Foster, Great Falls, Mt.
147: Kenneth Gould, Rockford, Ill. (3rd)
156: Roy Jones, Pensacola, Fla. (2nd)
165: Anthony Hembrick, Army/Ft. Bragg, N.C.
178: Andrew Maynard, Army/Ft. Carson, Colo. (1st)
201: Ray Mercer, Army (1st)
+201: Riddick Bowe, Brooklyn, N.Y. (2nd)
Even 1992 U.S. Olympic Boxing Team
106: Eric Griffin, Broussard, La.
112: Timothy Austin, Cincinnati, Ohio (3rd)
119: Sergio Reyes, Marines/Camp Lejeune, N.C.
125: Julian Wheeler, Navy/Virginia Beach
132: Oscar De La Hoya, Los Angeles, Calif. (1st)
139: Vernon Forrest, Augusta, Ga./NMU
147: Pepe Reilly, Glendale, Calif.
156: Raul Marquez, Houston, Texas
165: Chris Byrd, Flint, Mich. (2nd)
178: Montell Griffin, Chicago, Ill.
201: Danell Nicholson, Chicago, Ill.
+201: Larry Donald, Cincinnati, Ohio
1996 U.S. Olympic Boxing Team
106: Albert Guardado, Topeka, Kan.
112: Eric Morel, Madison, Wis.
119: Zahir Raheem, Philadelphia, Pa.
125: Floyd Mayweather, Grand Rapids, Mich.
132: Terrance Cauthen, Philadelphia, Pa.
139: David Diaz, Chicago, Ill.
147: Fernando Vargas, Oxnard, Calif.
156: David Reid, Philadelphia, Pa. (1st)
165: Rhoshii Wells, Riverdale, Ga.
178: Antonio Tarver, Orlando, Fla.
201: Nate Jones, Chicago, Ill.
+201: Lawrence Clay-Bey, Hartford, Conn
and 2000 U.S. Olympic Boxing Team
106: Brian Viloria, Waipahu, Hawaii
112: Jose Navarro, Los Angeles, Calif.
119: Clarence Vinson, Washington, D.C.
125: Ricardo Juarez, Houston, Texas
132: David Jackson, Seattle, Wash.
139: Ricardo Williams, Jr., Cincinnati, Ohio
147: Dante Craig, Cincinnati, Ohio
156: Jermain Taylor, Little Rock, Ark.
165: Jeff Lacy, St. Petersburg, Fla.
178: Olanda Anderson, Ft. Carson, Colo./Army
201: Michael Bennett, Chicago, Ill.
+201: Calvin Brock, Charlotte, N.C.
Weren’t too bad.
2004 and 2008 are the weakest yet.
Got to love the ’76 and ’84 though. And ’60 because of Muhammad Ali.
I am young, I am handsome, I am fast, I am pretty and can’t possibly be beat either.
The Rest is Up To You…
Michael Porfirio Mason
AKA The Peoples Champ
AKA The Game Doctor Spock
The Guide to Getting More out of Life http://www.thegmanifesto.com
Juan Diaz defeats Michael Katsidis by Split Decision
