Brook wasn't exactly lighting up the streets either... His opp isoutside of Porter...
I'd rather lose 116-112 to Mayweather than claim a victory over Jo Jo and Bizzyier
But, I do see your point
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Beltran vs. Maicelo in Play For HBO Card, May 20 in Newark
By Keith Idec
Jonathan Maicelo hoped that his impressive victory over lightweight contender Jose Felix Jr. would lead to another significant fight.
A month after flooring Felix five times on a his way to a unanimous-decision win, Maicelo might be on the verge making his HBO debut. Bob Arum’s Top Rank Inc. is considering putting a bout between Peru’s Maicelo (25-2, 12 KOs, 1 NC) and Mexican veteran Ray Beltran (32-7-1, 20 KOs, 1 NC) on a May 20 card in Newark, New Jersey, that’ll feature Terence Crawford in the main event.
Butch Sanchez, Maicelo’s co-trainer, told BoxingScene.com that negotiations are progressing to make the Maicelo-Beltran bout the opener of HBO’s doubleheader from Newark’s Prudential Center, home of the NHL’s Devils. Maicelo, a crossover star in his native Peru, lives in nearby North Bergen, New Jersey, when he comes to the United States to train for his fights.
Crawford (30-0, 21 KOs), the WBC and WBO super lightweight champion, is expected to face either former Dominican Olympian Felix Diaz (19-1, 9 KOs) or Amir Imam (19-1, 16 KOs) in the main event May 20. Imam, of Albany, New York, has won just one tune-up fight since he was stopped by Adrian Granados (18-5-2, 12 KOs) in the eighth round of their November 2015 fight in Quebec City, Canada, yet is the mandatory challenger for Crawford’s WBC 140-pound championship.
“To me, this feels like the Cuban that comes to America and plays Major League Baseball,” Maicelo told BoxingScene.com through a translator. “To have a chance to be on HBO and be on a card with one of my favorite fighters, Terence Crawford, it’s almost surreal. I hope it happens because it would be a dream come true. I would be the first Peruvian to fight on HBO. It seems like everything I’ve been dreaming of is about to become a reality now.”
The 33-year-old Maicelo has re-established himself as a lightweight contender following his 12-round, unanimous-decision loss to Colombia’s Darlys Perez (33-2-2, 21 KOs) in their fight for the interim WBA world lightweight title two years ago in Santa Ynez, California. He is 4-0 since then, including his five-knockdown win against Mexico’s Felix (35-2-1, 27 KOs) on February 17 in El Paso, Texas, and a 10-round, unanimous-decision victory over Cincinnati’s Brandon Bennett (19-2, 8 KOs) in August 2015 in Washington, D.C.
Beating Beltran, 35, would at least move Maicelo into position to possibly fight for a lightweight world title again.
“I respect Beltran a whole lot as a person and as a fighter,” Maicelo said. “I would love to put my talents up against Beltran’s. I know it would be a very exciting fight for HBO. It would be an action-packed fight. I have a lot of respect for Beltran, but if it does happen May 20th it will be a fan-friendly fight because we’re both real busy fighters. I just hope and pray it happens.”
interesting little doubleheader in newark of all places
The axe murderer
For I am death and I ride on a pale horse
Overrated by rabid fans and fukkboy journalist (:pacspit dougie) but still exceptional in my eyes. Greater boxers than him have been in close matches and had controversal decisions. When you step up it happens.
Danny Jacobs I admit I criminally underrated. Stock went up in the boxing world and really impressed. Lesser men would have been ktfo by that uppercut.
I really can't discredit either. BJS talkin all that shyt but he forgetting GGG will want to make a statement.
Talkin about Imma wait for him to get old
This ain't Akanov breh
He forgets that he was having campfire horror stories of GGG talking about ''he'd beat both me and chris eubank on the same night''
Danny Jacobs I admit I criminally underrated. Stock went up in the boxing world and really impressed. Lesser men would have been ktfo by that uppercut.
I really can't discredit either. BJS talkin all that shyt but he forgetting GGG will want to make a statement.
Talkin about Imma wait for him to get old
This ain't Akanov breh
He forgets that he was having campfire horror stories of GGG talking about ''he'd beat both me and chris eubank on the same night''
GREENandYELLOW
2x...and defending
BJS is a fool. He also in on record in the past saying that GGG could beat he and Eubank on the same night. After the GGG-Jacobs fight he said that Jacobs was a bum and he could beat Jacobs.
GREENandYELLOW
2x...and defending
I guess my opinion largely is based on the media, rather than my opinion, because I was much closer to being accurately rated, and the media we know is just crazy.
The media had GGG overrated. No matter how many times they see a puncher, they assume that they can run through everyone. History shows us that is not true. If we were to properly rate GGG we would acknowledge he is a great puncher, excellent chin, and has good boxing skills, but not in the fashion of a pure boxer. My opinion was more of acknowledging GGG's strengths and flaws. I knew Jacobs speed would present a problem, I also felt GGG had enough boxing skills that people who thought GGG was defensively poor would be proven that he also uses that as a strategy sometimes to just walk through guys and we saw a GGG vs. Jacobs who was defensively responsible that he never really got caught with anything to be worried about.
Jacobs I think is slightly underrated, with that being magnified and heavily underrated by the media vs. GGG. You can see the GGG-Jacobs thread to see that I stuck up for Jacobs a lot early on. I think the Pirog fight is overrated and it seems that everyone who criticizes Jacobs brings that up as the reason to question him. He has great power, good speed, and good boxing skills. I think he still is mostly an offensive fighter who does want to be aggressive and the GGG fight showed it. He wanted to box and control the ring in that fight and I don't think he was able to do so. He doesn't have the pure boxing skills of other fighters who can control a fight by being that pure boxer (Ward, Loma, Rigo, Floyd), he more has those Thurman"ish" boxing skills, where it doesn't look entirely natural, he looks more comfortable being focused on his offense, but can move and box enough vs. most opponents to not be an issue.
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King P
Legends Never Die
Those were all facts.
Knicksman20
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and that's probably the inflated number
just wait til these canelo-chavez numbers come back
I think Jacobs can take a rematch with GGG alot cleaner if he fights Southpaw from the jump...particularly, when in the middle of the ring. If yall noticed...Jacobs lowered GGG's Jab accuracy & output everytime he switched Southpaw...Jacobs using his lead hand from the Southpaw stance to parry the jab (and occassionally countering G's jab with the overhand left) was gving GGG all sorts of issues in establishing his jab...can't believe Roy couldn't see this and kept complaining about him switching SP...i didn't see Jacobs corner complaining about it, so evidently it was a tactic they planned beforehand...
Take away G's jab...and you take away his ability to set up any sort of meaningful offensive attack.
Take away G's jab...and you take away his ability to set up any sort of meaningful offensive attack.
krackdagawd
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I get what youre saying but he was doing just fine right handed n didn't get knocked down doing it.
reservoirdogs
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I can't be happy for boxing events producing bad numbers. Maybe except if a complete mismatch tried to being sold as PPV which this was not.and that's probably the inflated number
just wait til these canelo-chavez numbers come back
That's some backward ass logic no matter how you like or dislike a fighter
That's just the other half of the Steve Kim, Doug Fischer represented coin.
krackdagawd
Inspire.
I can't be happy for boxing events producing bad numbers. Maybe except if a complete mismatch tried to being sold as PPV which this was not.
That's some backward ass logic no matter how you like or dislike a fighter
That's just the other half of the Steve Kim, Doug Fischer represented coin.
Well friend when nikkas pricing themselves out 15 million dollars n I'll make 154 for Mayweather n the Ward shyt.
I ain't saying I'm glad at the low numbers n trash performance but I ain't mad at them.
He also was eating jabs like crazy while orthodox...and was against the ropes when he got clipped in the 4th when he went southpaw.
When he was in the center of the ring from the southpaw stance....GGG couldn't do shyt with him at all. Couldn't land jabs. Couldn't do anything.
Jacobs was only at risk for GGG's slow ass lead right hands & left hooks while southpaw...which he saw coming a mile away and easily slipped.
I'll take that calculated risk and banking on Jacobs to be able to regularly avoid them shots...then allowing GGG establish his jab and be able to avoid what eventually comes behind that.
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