I have a feeling this saga is going to be the gift that keeps on giving.
Hmm. That actually sounds fairly serious. If so, I have to respect him for this. And I'm breathing a sigh of relief, actually. I was dreading the De La Hoya rematch, which had no reason to happen.
I really don't see Oscar fighting Cotto at this late stage of his career. He has to be smart enough to know that Cotto would give him a pretty serious beating. Why does Oscar need that?
Mosley and Oscar are business partners now though. I'm not sure a fight is feasible for that reason.
I'd say the Cotto-Margarito winner would be out of the question. First, they'd be hesitant to throw Berto right in with the guy who will be considered the #1 welter out there. Secondly, and more importantly, I think the Cotto-Margarito winner will have more lucrative options than fighting Berto, be it De La Hoya, Mosley, etc.
Ya, if it were a staring competition, Lockett would be #1 PFP in the world. He must have spent some quality time in front of the mirror working on that gameface.
I was at the fight and Williams just dominated from the getgo. He had that look coming out of the tunnel that he meant business. Forrest looked decent early on but he started to tire in the mid rounds and Mora just punished him the rest of the way.
I believe the #1 and #2 ranked fighters would have to fight for it to be for the Ring belt. The most recent rankings(before this past weekend) in Welterweight are
Ya, I believe you're right about there having to be a #1 vs. #2 matchup in order to win the vacated belt. If Cotto wins, and Oscar chooses not to fight him, I think a Mosley rematch is a very real possibility, so maybe this does get solved rather quickly, just not on the night of Cotto-Margarito.
1. If Oscar does fight Cotto, I'll give him a lot of credit, since I'd make Cotto a very solid favorite in that fight. I hope it comes together, that would be a very big event and a huge PPV seller. Not nearly as big as Oscar-Floyd, but big.
Mosley/Mora is off due to Mora having a mandatory challenger as well as Vernon Forrest using his rematch clause. Instead, we will get Mosley vs. Mayorga. Disappointing that Mosley has to wait 11 months to fight and ends up with Mayorga. That's a win that will do pretty much nothing for him heading forward.
Mayorga sure has cornered the market on being "the guy every star fights when they're coming off a long layoff."
Ya, I'm excited for this one too. Should be a brawl. I'd like to see Abraham win, just because if he's impressive, it will create some momentum and hype for a Pavlik-Abraham fight later this year.
I watched this as well last night. A "brawl" might not even do it justice. Two fighters out to mame each another, without even so much as throwing more than 10 jabs each the entire 12 rounds, was somewhat shocking. It was haymaker city. Not to mention, the balls Abraham showed with that busted jaw from round 4 that swelled to the size of a melon was beyond impressive. Add that to the disgusting tactics from Miranda with more low blows than I've ever seen in a fight,and the intentional headbutt mid-fight, and it was quite a show. I couldn't even believe what I was watching after a short while. It was tranwreck TV...and I loved it. Can't wait for the rematch.
Gomez got two good punches the whole fight. One was a knockdown and the other probably broke a rib. Khan is going to face someone who hits just as hard but is much quicker than Gomez (who was glacial). Frank Warren said today Khan isn't ready and he's right on.
My initial reaction is that it would be on PPV, but it might depend on where the fight is. HBO reportedly doesn't like doing PPVs overseas, so if the fight is in the UK, maybe they'll broadcast it on regular HBO instead. I've almost stopped trying to figure out what's a PPV-worthy fight and what's not these days, since the decisions always seem to hinge more on budgeting/scheduling stuff, as opposed to the simple question of whether it's a big enough fight or not.
