Boxing - Will Sumya Anani's loss to Terri Blair hurt or help her chances of fighting the other belt holders?
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There will always be rumors that a fighter turns down a fight that he/she is scared to fight that person, but it almost always just has to do with money. The great thing about losing against Blair is that it gives Anani the chance to fight a rematch and perhaps get a little bit of media coverage for it. If she can get a convincing victory and a little more attention for it, that will definitely help her chances of getting a shot at one of the other belt holders. A match with Martin would be great, and I'm sure you know that Martin isn't afraid of anybody.
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you would most likely have non boxing people in positions to make important decisions for the sport and this is most likely a bad thing. Although fresh perspectives are often nice, there may be a bit of a decrease in the voice of those who are actually in the know so to speak. Also there is the threat that we might regress to the mean in terms of the good state commissions. While many states are likely to have better commission work through a federal commission there are states that probably will have the quality of their work watered down as a result of what would most likely be an increasing bueracracy. Also theres a likelyhood that things will fall through the cracks. The prospect of dealing with a nationwide commission is going to make small time fight cards very difficult to run properly by all the codes because of the sheer volume of fight cards that will need to be dealt with.
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O'Neil Bell, Shannon Briggs, Chris Byrd, Steve Cunningham, Alexander Dimitrenko, Ty Fields and Samuel Peter and one more heavyweight.\n\nYou can find a little more about what's going on at http://www.fightnews.com/greene54.htm
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Ortiz won their first fight watch Spike TV when UFC unleashed is on as they will repeat it to build the hype for the rematch. \n\nOrtiz-Shamrock II is next Sat July 8.\n\nI can't see it being to close Ortiz is in his prime physically, Shamrock while once a great warrior, has not aged gracefully, taken quite a bit of punishment in his last few fights and honestly I can't remember the last time I saw him win a fight
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John Ruiz is one of my favorite boxers but he really has been in a crisis lately and I think that he is going to have his work cut out for him in this match against Ibragimov. But to be honest i believe that whoever wins this fight will stand very little chance of wining against Wladimir. He is in my opinion the best heavyweight in the world at the moment. The way he handled Chris Byrd in his last fight was just awesome and it's really hard for me to see anything else except the winner of this elimination bout ending up in similar fashion.
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Lennox Lewis was the title-holder when he fought Vitali Klitschko so he did not take Klitschko's belt. Their fight ended when Vitali was stopped on cuts. There were no knockdowns.\n\nVitali was disappointed that Lewis retired instead of fighting a rematch, but I don't think they're enemies. They're both very respectful people. Unfortunately, they're never in the same area so we can't see if they get chummy or not.
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I am wondering the same.  He has been doing not so good though.  he's still winning kind of, but not like the TKO man he used to be...
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I've been following Chavez Jr's career for the past couple of years, and have been impressed by his maturity in the ring. However, he hasn't seemed to have learned very much, and I sometimes wonder just how much further he can advance as a professional boxer. \n\nJulito's fight last December against Carlos Molina ended in a draw, and his rematch with him next month (February 18th) will tell us definitely what we can expect from him in the future. My guess is that he will go remain undefeated for the rest of this year against slightly better opponents, but will inevitably get his first loss when he faces much tougher opposition sometime in 2007.
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All these fighters have one thing in common they don't have very good footwork.  Hagler would beat Hopkins.  Hagler was too tough and his boxing skills were more advanced.  Hopkins is a good gym fighter nothing more and Marvin fought alot of good tough bruising middleweights on his way to the title as well as when he was champion.  Alexis would have no problem with Julio.  They were both great lighter weight fighters, I just think that Alexis height and reach advantage would prevail.
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It will be a great night of fights\n\nI hope ken wins but i have to put my money on Tito\nKen has been working on submissions again witch he didn't spend much time on the last time they fought but i will be looking at the same outcome. Ken will retire win or lose.\n\nTim and Andrei will be more of an edge of your seat battle no doubt the fight of the night Tim will be looking for a different game plan I'm guessing he will try to take Andrei down in the first for a little ground and pound then try KO him in the second. Who ever wins hope it is a KO.
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i hope so.....especially in the heavyweight division. It needs someone unafraid of politics and whos not money hungry......just hungry. i, too, would like to see some white boxers to identify with, but hey...people are people. Each and every person who steps into that ring deserves a certain amount of respect, and if you can identify with any boxer, no matter the color, you can identify with each...at least a little.\n\nremember...there are some good white boxers still. just look back a few years and you'll see mickey ward and the likes...
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Tyson-Douglas without a doubt!! I was so sure Tyson would KO him in a round or two that i didn't even watch the fight live. I was getting ready to go out with some friends and was had just gotten out of the shower when my upstairs neighbor came racing down and was knocking frantically on my door, i quickly got dressed and answered the door and she came racing in and started screaming "Tyson got knocked out!" and i was in total shock! I thought she was playing at first so i went up to her apartment where she had been watching the fight with her son and her parents and they were showing the replay of the knockout and i just stood there in total disbelief. Luckily, her father had taped the fight and i canceled my plans to go out and her father and i watched the whole fight again. Other fights that shocked me are, Tarver-Jones 2, Terry Norris-John Mugabi, and John Tate-Mike Weaver just to name a few.
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Honestly...I think that it will not happen until a young up-and-comer named Daniel Marchica gets a few more wins. He is going to be the next big thing, and the person to bring back boxing's popularity.
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I'd like to see the fight. The last fight between them that I saw was shamrock slipping and Ortiz taking the opportunity. \n\nHoping shamrock doesnt go for that kick to the head again then it should be a good fight. \n\nI'd put my money on Ortiz and root for Shamrock. If that makes sense.
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Undercard fights:\nMike Nickels defeats Wes Combs by submission (rear naked choke) \nMatt Hamill defeats Jesse Forbes by TKO \nLuigi Fioravanti defeats Solomon Hutcherson by knockout \nKalib Starnes defeats Danny Abbadi by submission (rear naked choke) \nRory Singer defeats Ross Pointon by submission (triangle choke) \n\nMain Card:\nKeith Jardine defeats Wilson Gouveia by unanimous decision. \nKendall Grove defeats Ed Herman by a close but unanimous decision (Herman still got a contract though)\nMichael Bisping defeats Josh Haynes by TKO (strikes) \nKenny Florian defeats Sam Stout by submission (rear naked choke)
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Floyd Mayweather Jr. is a huge favorite going into the fight. He's not only undefeated, he's the current pound-for pound champion. Mayweather surpasses Judah in speed, skill and power. I'm not sure what Judah could do to win, but if he does it'll be a huge upset in the boxing world.
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I would have loved to see Danny Greene K.O. mundine.Danny seems to be from the "old school", a Rocky type of fighter who just keeps on grinding away at his opponents. Mundine's a great fighter, his natural ability, his fitness, gets him through,BUT,his mouth lets him down. If there is nothing good to say about your opponent, say nothing!I don't know what made him wear that ridiculous outfit to the weigh-in, but he looked like he just stepped out of an old Al Capone movie, a pimp, straight out of the brothel.Bad losers are pathetic but loud mouthed winners are worse!Mundine was the better boxer on the night but Greene will always be a better man!