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Show and tell​

After Hall of Famer Erik Morales stopped Pablo Cesar Cano in the 10th round to win the vacant WBC junior welterweight title, making him the first Mexican to claim titles in four divisions, he didn’t opt for a soft touch in his first defense. The 35-year-old Morales, in the twilight of his legendary career, gave 24-year-old rising contender Danny Garcia a shot. They met in an HBO main event at Houston’s Reliant Arena before a largely Mexican crowd there to support Morales against Garcia, who is of Puerto Rican background. Morales was stripped of the title the day before the fight for missing the 140-pound limit by two pounds, so only Garcia could claim the belt.

Morales fought valiantly but got knocked down in the 11th round and didn’t have enough in his worn-out body, losing 118-111, 117-110 and 116-112. Garcia moved to 23-0, claimed his first world title en route to unifying two belts, knocking out Morales in a rematch to send him into a retirement and eventually also winning a welterweight title. Morales-Garcia I, which I covered at ringside, was on March 24, 2012 — 11 years ago on Friday. Here is a limited edition HBO poster and a poster advertising a closed circuit broadcast of the fight in Houston in my collection.

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[Tanahashi Coates]

 

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Real unfortunate...was looking forward to that fight

 

[patscorpio]

That mbili vs gongora fight was straight crack..I rewatched it this morning....the bombs both guys landed and absorbed was nuts. That fight should have been a 12 rounder. Mbili would have prolly put away gongora in the next round if he didn't eat another uppercut and get put on queer street again

 

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Claressa Shields Will Not Be Facing Marshall or Jonas Next, Says Shalom​

BY BOXINGSCENE STAFF
Published Fri Mar 24, 2023, 12:42 PM EDT
Promoter Ben Shalom of Boxxer has indicated that undisputed middleweight champion Claressa Shields will not face Savannah Marshall or Natasha Jonas in her next fight.
Shields was in action back in October, when she picked up the biggest win of her career with unanimous decision win over Marshall to unify the middleweight division.
There was initially talk of having an immediate rematch between the two - but there was also talk of Shields dropping back to 154-pounds, to face Jonas for her WBO, WBC, IBF titles.
According to Shalom, Shields is not interested in having her next fight take place in the UK.
"We offered her a rematch [with Marshall] in the UK, she doesn't want to fight in the UK which is fair enough," Shalom told Sky Sports.
"I think that they're looking at an option in the US, hopefully on Sky. It won't be Jonas and it won't be Marshall. We made the offer that we needed to for her to come back for the rematch and it was turned down. I think the general point is she doesn't want to fight in the UK next."
Shalom still expects a Shields vs. Marshall rematch to happen down the line.
"It will happen. To be fair she [Shields] feels it isn't the right time," Shalom said. "It's not the natural time for it. Maybe the rematch is at 168lbs where it's a bit more even. We are likely to announce a big fight for Savannah in the next week."
Shalom will also be finalizing a fight for Jonas, for a date in May or June.
"She will have another fight," he said. "We think we've got a big fight for her. Probably announce that within the next week. We will have big news for both of them [Marshall and Jonas] in the next week or so."

 

[FreedMind]

Smh @ Inoue Fulton being targeted for July. Inoue's hand won't be 100% until September, but whatever.

 

[patscorpio]

Smh @ Inoue Fulton being targeted for July. Inoue's hand won't be 100% until September, but whatever.

He only dislocated a knuckle

 

[FreedMind]

He only dislocated a knuckle

September is a better month, Pat.

 

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I'm all for this because I know joyce, should he beat fury, would love to run it back with usyk..esp with all the belts on the line

 

[theflyest]

How many more loses from either side is it gonna take for a Wilder-Joshua fight to happen?

I was hoping after these nyggas took a couple of losses, promoters would be willing to make the fight. However, their backers came to the realization that despite the losses, people wanna see these nyggas against anyone, and there is money to be made. As a result, the fight needs to marinate.

Maybe they'll fight in a big money retirement fight.

 

[Adonis]

How many more loses from either side is it gonna take for a Wilder-Joshua fight to happen?

I was hoping after these nyggas took a couple of losses, promoters would be willing to make the fight. However, their backers came to the realization that despite the losses, people wanna see these nyggas anyone, and there is money to be made. As a result, the fight needs to marinate.

Maybe they'll fight in a big money retirement fight.

They'll fight after Wilder-Fury IV and Joshua-Usyk III

 

[theflyest]

They'll fight after Wilder-Fury IV and Joshua-Usyk III

The Flyest presents "Marinate" card in 2028

Mayweather vs Jimmy "Jumpercable" Jones, the winless MMA fighter from Iowa
Fury vs Usyk
Spence vs Crawford
Wilder vs AJ

All four round fights! The most expensive exhibition card of all time.