Cotto Vs. Canelo - Superfight tonight! Bradley Sends Rios To Retirement.

Boxing fans should rejoice.  This may actually be their real Superbowl.  Mayweather vs Pacquaio disappointed many fans of the sport.  I actually enjoyed it, but it definitely did not live up to the hype or talk from both opposing teams.  The difference here are the fighters.  Canelo is tough and he knocks out people.  Cotto is tough and he knocks out people as well.  That alone should get people excited as many fans have a bad taste in their mouth from Mayweather's final fight.

 I made a Canelo beats Cotto prediction months back.  I'll stick with it.  I have not really followed the lead up to this fight.  I 've read a few things here and there about Cotto and some belt, but to me that's not interesting. 

What is interesting is to see if Cotto still has it as he gets older.  He's trained by Freddie Roach, who is well known in the sport and he seems to have confidence in his trainer.  In fact I think if Cotto manages to edge out Canelo, it would have to be with some kind of master game plan.  It's possible that may occur, but I can't see it happening.  I predict Canelo will hurt Cotto at some point in the fight.  If it is the other way around, I would be shocked.  I think it will be action packed.

Lastly, Tim Bradley sent Brandon Rios into retirement.  I did not see that coming.  I knew they had a fight, i didn't watch it.  I saw clips of Rios hurt in the fight though.  I was very surprised at him being hurt by Bradley who isn't really known as a big puncher, but has surprised tough opponents in the past.  What's next for Bradley?  I would love to see a Bradley vs Broner, Bradley vs Khan, Bradley vs Porter.

Mayweather Is Fighting Pacquiao!?!? Not So Fast...

I've been reading and hearing about how pacquiao vs mayweather is nearly a done deal.  Apparently all Floyd has to do is sign on the dotted line.  Multiple news sources are reporting that Manny has agreed to Floyd's terms and that Floyd now has to just sign off on that.  Ok, first things first.  Both are old.  Both are at the end of their careers.  Both aren't exciting as they used to be.  Both should have fought each other around 5 years ago.  Why drag this out.  Stop reporting about non stories such as Floyd has to sign the deal and its a go.  When its for real and inked, then lets hear about it.


Now my thoughts as I prefaced earlier.  Not really excited. There's tons of fights in boxing that are more exciting than this. The problem is, those are not happening either.  That's the problem with this sport.  Guerrero vs Thurman?  Good.  Broner vs Molina?  Who gives a crap.  Just like Pacman vs. undefeated Algieri or whatever his name was.  How many of you honestly were following this undefeated Pacman opponent before he fought Manny.  Exactly.


  I'm going to give some points that this fight needs to have in order to be worth it.


1.) action


2.) knockout


3.) interesting lead up


By the way, if they do fight, Mayweather wins.

Brandon Rios Comeback Fight: More Like Come'on...

Brandon Rios is an exciting fighter.  He hung in there in his fight with Manny Pacquiao, but didn't win.  This fight was supposed to be his comeback fight and it was hindered by a DQ.  Rios, if I remember correctly was complaining that Chaves was sticking his thumb in his eye during clinches.  Well, the referee listened to the complaints and DQ'd Chaves.  The fight was so close to the end, you'd wish the ref would've just let them fight it out for the last 3 rounds.  Rios did not want the fight to end this way, he looked angry and pissed off about the DQ even though he had won.  Who's next for Brandon?  I don't know, but I hope it's a bigger name than someone like Chaves.  I would love to see Rios Vs. Broner.  I honestly believe Broner would give Rios problems, but the fight would still be a competition between both.

Mayweather Vs Maidana 2: Rematch is on!

Ok, I haven't been watching too much boxing lately.  The last fight I saw was the first Mayweather vs. Maidana match.  Floyd Mayweather won that one.  I think he lost the first couple of rounds, but he won the rest convincingly.  I think he will win the rematch even easier.  I remember reading a Mayweather getting knocked out prediction on a boxing blog(Xerndro Boxing) that had a poll up that suggested Floyd would get KO'd.  It didn't have too many votes and still doesn't.  I wonder why. My question to anyone reading this is this.  How many of you think Floyd will have it easier this time against Marcos?  He's been in this position before.  I'm not even sure if I'm willing to pay money to see this one.  I'm expecting a repeat tilted with Mayweather looking more impressive.  I almost wish Floyd would have fought someone different since I keep hearing about him only having a few more fights.  Why waste it on someone you beat convincingly?  That's my 2 cents.  Oh, I should also mention that Cotto looked superb against Martinez.  I'd rather see a rematch with Cotto and Floyd.

Amir Khan Is Officially Fighting Luis Collazo On The Mayweather vs. Maidana Undercard!

I don't like to brag, but if you look back at a post I did on who Amir Khan was going to fight next,  you would see that Luis Collazo was at the top of the list of my likely candidates.  Now its official.  When you think about it, it makes sense.  Luis recently dismantled Victor Ortiz in 2 rounds.  This put him all over the boxing world's radar again.  He hasn't really been making a name for himself ever since the Ricky Hatton loss in my eyes.  This is his big second shot.  How will he fair?  I'll break it down for you from my perspective as a boxing fan.

Luis has a punchers chance.  I believe he can probably hit hard enough to hurt, knockdown or possibly even knock out Amir Khan.  I think if he(Collazo) wins, you are more likely to see a repeat of the Garcia vs Khan fight that happened awhile ago.  You also have to throw in the underdog factor.  There's no doubt about it, Collazo is a huge underdog.

Who do I want to win?  Well, I love underdogs, but I am going to have to go with Amir.   Amir Khan's an exciting fighter and I would much rather see him fight Adrien Broner or Floyd Mayweather, which is what this match up here will probably lead to.  I just don't think Collazo vs. Mayweather would be interesting, although him fighting Broner is another story.  If Khan wins, I believe he will out speed Collazo and beat him to the punch every time and win on points.  I don't see him getting a knock out, maybe a stoppage by the ref though.  Amir just has to watch that chin of his.

Miguel Cotto Definitely Fighting Sergio Martínez: My Predictions

This is going to be one of the top fights of the year.  While more boxing fans will most likely watch Mayweather take on Maidana, this fight will rival it.  Cotto never disappoints when he takes on a big name and neither does Sergio.  My analysis is that Cotto is going to be the underdog in this one.  Sergio has fought at the higher weight class for much longer and Cotto has not looked too good in his last few fights and is probably towards the end of this career.  That being said, Sergio Martínez is no spring chicken and he is getting up there in age as well.  I think he's faster than Miguel and will prove difficult for him.  Other than the age, the only problem is that Martinez tends to keep his hands down a lot.  This has caused issues for him in the past, especially against Julio César Chávez, Jr.  He just narrowly escaped that fight and was nearly knocked out in the very last round.

Can Cotto win?  Possibly.  One thing is certain though, I'm banking on this being an action packed fight.  Both of these fighters are no stranger to them.  The outcome will also raise some very interesting scenarios.  Will Mayweather then fight Sergio?  Cotto is a former Mayweather opponent and discussions have been raised about Mayweather Fighting Martinez in the past.  If Cotto can do it, why can't Mayweather? 

Adrien Broner Starts His Comeback

Hey everyone, I just checked out Adrien Broner's official youtube channel and he's got a new video up.  I guess this marks the beginning of his comeback trail.  I suggest you check out the video weather you are a fan or not because there are some interesting things going on.  Broner looks different with the beard he's now sporting and he seems to look seriously motivated and I doubt he'll be taking his next fight as lightly given what happened last time with Maidana.  It strictly shows him training aside from his intro.  It has none of his usual flashy antics.

 While it's not a long video, the majority of the time he's working on the mitts.  I always thought Broner was a bit annoying, but I'm all for comebacks.  If he can bounce back and get a good win from a good opponent, he'll earn a lot of boxing fans respect and his overall net worth will increase.  I know he's fighting on the undercard of Mayweather vs Maidana, but I still think they haven't found an opponent for him yet.  Lucky for him, I don't think he'll be fighting for low purses yet, so he can still land a few names.  I'm hoping for Amir Khan, but recent statements from Amir might suggest he may not want to fight Borner for one reason or another.  I think it would be a stupid career move for Khan if he didn't though.