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(AP)" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130415064820im_/http://sicounterpunch.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/nonito-donaire-guillermo-rigondeaux.jpg?w=600&h=400" width="600" height="400"/><p class="wp-caption-text">Nonito Donaire (left) and Guillermo Rigondeaux size each other up ahead of their April 13 fight. (AP)</p></div> <p>NEW YORK — Sporting a red sweatsuit and a toothy smile, and with a palpable confidence that seemed to radiate from him, Guillermo Rigondeaux paraded around the lobby of the Theatre at Madison Square Garden Wednesday like a man who had already won. He walked up to his promoter, Bob Arum, who also promotes Nonito Donaire, the man Rigondeaux will face Saturday night in a super bantamweight unification fight at Radio City Music Hall (HBO, 11 p.m.) and a fighter Arum has significantly more invested in and said, “You better have a Plan B.” Later, he glad-handed an HBO executive and declared, “Next time, you owe me some money.”</p> <p>Saturday night is a big opportunity for Rigondeaux (11-0), a man with a sparkling résumé — two Olympic gold medals, two World Championship titles and a full-fledged world champion in just his ninth pro fight — but perhaps more anonymity than any top fighter in the sport. A language barrier — Rigondeaux speaks Spanish — a dull style and the fact that most of his greatest achievements came while fighting for Cuba contributes to that.</p> <p>“Obviously,” Rigondeaux said, “the public does not respect me because of the number of [professional] fights I have had.”</p> <p>Beating Donaire — SI.com’s <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130415064820/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/mma/news/20121228/nonito-donaire-is-the-fighter-of-the-year/" target="_blank">2012 Fighter of the Year</a> and one of the top pound for pound fighters in boxing — would go a long way towards gaining that respect. Donaire is Top Rank’s Golden Boy, an HBO staple with a bright — and lucrative — future.</p> <p>For Rigondeaux, a win would put him in the same conversation Donaire is in.</p> <p>“The amateur accomplishments that I have had, I want to repeat on a professional level,” Rigondeaux said. “Beating Nonito would be beating the best in the division. I have great respect for Nonito and I think he is a great fighter. Beating him would be a great accomplishment in itself. He can stop talking about me as an amateur.”</p> <p>“It would be a huge accomplishment to add to my amateur accomplishments. A victory over Nonito would show the world that I can compete against the best in the world in a professional capacity.”</p> <p>Donaire has a reputation as an action fighter, willing to absorb some punches to get his opponent to engage. That philosophy has significantly increased Donaire’s popularity. Despite some questioning his chin — Rigondeaux has been knocked down and wobbled in recent fights — Rigondeaux says he intends to stand in with Donaire on Saturday.</p> <p>“In this fight I will try to engage more than I have in the past,” Rigondeaux said. “I want to give the fans what they want to see. Nonito is an aggressive boxer and I will be coming for him. I expect the same from Nonito. He is a great boxer and a great technician. I think there are going to be a lot of fireworks.”</p> <p style="text-align:right;"><b><i>– Chris Mannix</i></b></p> <div id="jp-post-flair" class="sharedaddy sd-like-enabled sd-sharing-enabled"></div> <br/> </div> </div> <div class="post-bottom"> <li>Published On <span>Apr 11, 2013</span></li> <li id="right"><span><div><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130415064820/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2013/04/11/nonito-donaire-vs-guillermo-rigondeaux/#comments" title="Comment on Nonito Donaire fight is Guillermo Rigondeaux’s chance to break through"><span data-lf-article-id="4950" data-lf-site-id="308691" class="livefyre-commentcount">Read 3 Comments</span></a></div></span></li> </div> </div> <div class="post-wrap"> <div class="post-top"></div> <div class="post" id="post-4775"> <h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130415064820/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2013/03/22/ross-greenburg-floyd-mayweather-showtime/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Ex-HBO exec. Ross Greenburg following Floyd Mayweather to Showtime">Ex-HBO exec. Ross Greenburg following Floyd Mayweather to Showtime</a></h1> <div class="category"> <a href="/web/20130415064820/http://mma-boxing.si.com/category/boxing/">Boxing</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130415064820/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2013/03/22/ross-greenburg-floyd-mayweather-showtime/#comment"><span class="js-kit-comments-count" exclude-sources="Twitter" include-sources="Comments" uniq="/2013/03/22/ross-greenburg-floyd-mayweather-showtime/"></span> Comments </a> </div> <div class="entry"> <div id="cnnSCFontButtons"> <div id="cnnSCFontLabel"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130415064820im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize.gif"/></div> <div id="cnnSCFontMinusBtn" onclick="setActiveStyleSheet2('default'); return false;"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130415064820im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_minus_d.gif" alt="Decrease font" title="Decrease font" class="cnnDecreaseFont"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130415064820im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_minus_l.gif" alt="Decrease font" title="Decrease font" class="cnnIncreaseFont"></div> <div id="cnnSCFontPlusBtn" onclick="setActiveStyleSheet2('LargeFont'); return false;"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130415064820im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_plus_d.gif" alt="Enlarge font" title="Enlarge font" class="cnnIncreaseFont"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130415064820im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_plus_l.gif" alt="Enlarge font" title="Enlarge font" class="cnnDecreaseFont"></div> </div> <div id="attachment_4779" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 610px"><img class="size-full wp-image-4779 " alt="Ross Greenburg speaks with Bill Russell at SI's 2010 Sportsman of the Year party. (Jemal Countess/Getty Images)" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130415064820im_/http://sicounterpunch.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/ross-greenburg.jpg?w=600&h=400" width="600" height="400"/><p class="wp-caption-text">Ross Greenburg speaks with Bill Russell at SI’s 2010 Sportsman of the Year party. (Jemal Countess/Getty Images)</p></div> <p>If you are familiar with the boxing industry, the following sentence will sound strange: Ross Greenburg is working for Showtime.</p> <p>Greenburg, of course, was the President of HBO Sports from 2000 to 2011 — and an executive producer at the network for nearly two decades before that — before being forced out in the summer of 2011. With Showtime, Greenburg will produce a one-hour documentary that will air on CBS chronicling the last year in the life of Floyd Mayweather, including his time in prison. In addition, Greenburg will work on Showtime’s <i>All Access</i> reality show, a carbon copy of the the <i>24/7</i> series Greenburg created at HBO in 2007, that will air in the weeks leading up to Mayweather’s fight against Robert Guerrero on May 4th.</p> <p>“This has always been in my blood,” Greenburg told SI.com. “I have always been a producer at heart. I love telling stories. It’s refreshing. There are not a lot of headaches. I didn’t have to put out too many fires. I really enjoyed the people I work with.”</p> <p>Since leaving HBO, Greenburg has worked closely with NBC, producing documentaries on Earl Campbell (which was nominated for a Sports Emmy), the 1972 Summit Series between Canada and the Soviet Union, the 1952 U.S. Open and the 1991 Ryder Cup. Greenburg also worked on <i>Costas Tonight</i> on NBC Sports Network — including Mayweather’s appearance on the show last year — and consulted for the NHL, Discovery Channel and Under Armour.</p> <p>Now, Greenburg is back in boxing, working with the archrival of the network that he had a big hand in turning into a powerhouse.</p> <p>“I guess I feel like [Kevin] Youkilis and [Johnny] Damon going into the [Yankees] locker room,” Greenburg said. “I’m just interested in helping [Showtime Executive Vice President] Stephen [Espinoza] as much as I can. It’s been very easy for me. They have welcomed me like family. It’s like Jeter putting arm around Youkilis. I’m back doing what I want to do. I have to take care of my family. I’ll always remember and cherish the glorious past. I had a wonderful 33 years [at HBO].”</p> <p>It’s been comfortable for Greenburg to work with Mayweather, who he maintained a close relationship with during his time with HBO. And despite the fact that since Mayweather became a star on <i>24/7</i> in 2007 his story has been told repeatedly, Greenburg believes the events of the last year have left a rich tale to tell.</p> <p>“There is the evolving relationship between Floyd, Roger [Mayweather] and Floyd Sr.,” Greenburg said. “Floyd himself spent 62 days in solitary. It changed his whole point of view on life. We spent the last three or four days with Floyd in the gym. Floyd and Roger are both there. Floyd Sr. is very involved. It’s an interesting evolution of that relationship. Floyd and his father are very close. The time he spent in prison did change him.”</p> <p>Greenburg wouldn’t say if his relationship with Showtime could last beyond this fight (“We’ll see,” Greenburg said) but said he had no regrets about his time at HBO.</p> <p>“No, not at all,” Greenburg said. “I did my job. The HBO sports department is something I will always remember. I think we built a hell of a franchise and a brand. The boxing program when I left it was as strong as it ever was. I have no regrets whatsoever. I took a lot of criticism, most of it unwarranted, but that is OK. I’m a big boy. I’ll pick myself back up. I have so many great memories. All fond memories.”</p> <p>Well, almost all. Greenburg admits he still wishes he could have made the mega fight between Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao.</p> <p>“It’s funny, there weren’t that many times that I couldn’t make a fight,” Greenburg said. “I tried twice and got very close. To this day, I’m not going to put the blame on anyone because I couldn’t figure out why it didn’t happen. But I think boxing can recover. It didn’t happen, and it was not meant to be. It’s unfortunate because it probably would have been an epic buildup, even though I’m not sure it would have been a good fight. I know Floyd has moved on. He continues to be asked about Pacquiao and his attitude is much like mine, that if it was meant to be, fine. He believes his third act, over the next couple of years, is going to be special.”</p> <p style="text-align:right;"><em><strong>– Chris Mannix</strong></em></p> <div id="jp-post-flair" class="sharedaddy sd-like-enabled sd-sharing-enabled"></div> <br/> </div> </div> <div class="post-bottom"> <li>Published On <span>Mar 22, 2013</span></li> <li id="right"><span><div><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130415064820/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2013/03/22/ross-greenburg-floyd-mayweather-showtime/#comments" title="Comment on Ex-HBO exec. 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(Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC)" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130415064820im_/http://sicounterpunch.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/lavar-johnson.jpg?w=600&h=400" width="600" height="400"/><p class="wp-caption-text">Lavar Johnson tested positive for elevated testosterone levels after his UFC 157 fight. (Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC)</p></div> <p>The Nevada State Athletic Commission Steroid and Drug Testing Advisory Panel is reevaluating the state’s drug testing policy which allows athletes a testosterone-to-<b> </b>epitestosterone<b> </b>level of 6-to-1, compared with the World Anti-Doping Agency’s allowable limit of 4:1.</p> <p>The panel made recommendations Thursday to begin researching the baseline testosterone-to-<b> </b>epitestosterone levels of combat sports participants, including boxers, mixed martial artists, and kickboxers. The panel recommended anonymously testing a collection of past samples taken from athletes competing in Nevada to develop a profile of hormone levels specific to fighters. The idea, says Nevada State Athletic Commission Executive Keith Kizer, is to gather data specific to the average fighter rather than the population at large.</p> <p>If the commission is not able to test the samples collective from previous fights, the panel suggested using samples from future fights to create the baseline.</p> <p>The information could be the first step in lowering Nevada’s allowable levels, which are higher than those permitted in Olympic sports and by Major League Baseball.</p> <p>The advisory panel will meet in late April to begin discussing its marijuana policies. All recommendations by the panel are just that — recommendations — and require adoption by the full Nevada State Athletic Commission.</p> <p style="text-align:right;"><em><strong>– Melissa Segura</strong></em></p> <div id="jp-post-flair" class="sharedaddy sd-like-enabled sd-sharing-enabled"></div> <br/> </div> </div> <div class="post-bottom"> <li>Published On <span>Mar 21, 2013</span></li> <li id="right"><span><div><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130415064820/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2013/03/21/commission-to-reevaluate-nevadas-drug-testing-policy/#respond" title="Comment on Commission to reevaluate Nevada’s drug testing policy for fighters"><span data-lf-article-id="4766" data-lf-site-id="308691" class="livefyre-commentcount">Add A Comment</span></a></div></span></li> </div> </div> <div class="post-wrap"> <div class="post-top"></div> <div class="post" id="post-4701"> <h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130415064820/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2013/03/17/timothy-bradley-takes-out-ruslan-provodnikov-in-tremendous-welterweight-fight/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Timothy Bradley takes out Ruslan Provodnikov in welterweight fight">Timothy Bradley takes out Ruslan Provodnikov in welterweight fight</a></h1> <div class="category"> <a href="/web/20130415064820/http://mma-boxing.si.com/category/boxing/">Boxing</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130415064820/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2013/03/17/timothy-bradley-takes-out-ruslan-provodnikov-in-tremendous-welterweight-fight/#comment"><span class="js-kit-comments-count" exclude-sources="Twitter" include-sources="Comments" uniq="/2013/03/17/timothy-bradley-takes-out-ruslan-provodnikov-in-tremendous-welterweight-fight/"></span> Comments </a> </div> <div class="entry"> <div id="cnnSCFontButtons"> <div id="cnnSCFontLabel"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130415064820im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize.gif"/></div> <div id="cnnSCFontMinusBtn" onclick="setActiveStyleSheet2('default'); return false;"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130415064820im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_minus_d.gif" alt="Decrease font" title="Decrease font" class="cnnDecreaseFont"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130415064820im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_minus_l.gif" alt="Decrease font" title="Decrease font" class="cnnIncreaseFont"></div> <div id="cnnSCFontPlusBtn" onclick="setActiveStyleSheet2('LargeFont'); return false;"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130415064820im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_plus_d.gif" alt="Enlarge font" title="Enlarge font" class="cnnIncreaseFont"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130415064820im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_plus_l.gif" alt="Enlarge font" title="Enlarge font" class="cnnDecreaseFont"></div> </div> <div id="attachment_4702" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 610px"><img class="size-full wp-image-4702" alt="Timothy Bradley improved his record to 30-0 with a 12-round unanimous decision over Ruslan Provodnikov. (Jae C. Hong/AP)" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130415064820im_/http://sicounterpunch.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/timbradley_031613_blog_final.jpg?w=600&h=451" width="600" height="451"/><p class="wp-caption-text">Timothy Bradley (left) improved his record to 30-0 with a 12-round unanimous decision over Ruslan Provodnikov. (Jae C. Hong/AP)</p></div> <p>Three thoughts on Timothy Bradley’s wildly entertaining win over Ruslan Provodnikov:</p> <p><b>Who saw this coming?</b></p> <p>Bradley, the defending champion who has spent his career competing against top competition, was a heavy favorite coming in against Provodnikov, a 140-pounder best known for being Manny Pacquiao’s sparring partner. But from the opening bell, it was clear this was no mismatch. Both Provodnikov and Bradley came out aggressive, but while Bradley landed the higher volume of punches, Provodnikov’s carried more steam behind them. Provodnikov had Bradley rocked multiple times in the first two rounds, including a shot in the first that appeared to knock Bradley down, to the point where he stumbled twice just trying to get up. Referee Pat Russell ruled it a slip, and Bradley recovered to control the action until the 12th round, when an aggressive Provodnikov swarmed him with power punches and put him down with less than 20 seconds to go. The final scores (114-113, twice, and 115-12) were right, given that judges are handcuffed by what the referee calls. But if Russell had ruled a first-round knockdown, the fight would have been scored a draw.</p> <p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130415064820/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2013/03/17/timothy-bradley-takes-out-ruslan-provodnikov-in-tremendous-welterweight-fight/#more-4701" class="more-link">Read More…</a></p> <div id="jp-post-flair" class="sharedaddy sd-like-enabled sd-sharing-enabled"></div> <br/> </div> </div> <div class="post-bottom"> <li>Published On <span>Mar 17, 2013</span></li> <li id="right"><span><div><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130415064820/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2013/03/17/timothy-bradley-takes-out-ruslan-provodnikov-in-tremendous-welterweight-fight/#comments" title="Comment on Timothy Bradley takes out Ruslan Provodnikov in welterweight fight"><span data-lf-article-id="4701" data-lf-site-id="308691" class="livefyre-commentcount">Read 13 Comments</span></a></div></span></li> </div> </div> <div class="post-wrap"> <div class="post-top"></div> <div class="post" id="post-4576"> <h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130415064820/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2013/03/06/keith-thurman-jan-zaveck-hbo/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to In prime time, Keith Thurman hopes knockouts beget respect">In prime time, Keith Thurman hopes knockouts beget respect</a></h1> <div class="category"> <a href="/web/20130415064820/http://mma-boxing.si.com/category/boxing/">Boxing</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130415064820/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2013/03/06/keith-thurman-jan-zaveck-hbo/#comment"><span class="js-kit-comments-count" exclude-sources="Twitter" include-sources="Comments" uniq="/2013/03/06/keith-thurman-jan-zaveck-hbo/"></span> Comments </a> </div> <div class="entry"> <div id="cnnSCFontButtons"> <div id="cnnSCFontLabel"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130415064820im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize.gif"/></div> <div id="cnnSCFontMinusBtn" onclick="setActiveStyleSheet2('default'); return false;"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130415064820im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_minus_d.gif" alt="Decrease font" title="Decrease font" class="cnnDecreaseFont"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130415064820im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_minus_l.gif" alt="Decrease font" title="Decrease font" class="cnnIncreaseFont"></div> <div id="cnnSCFontPlusBtn" onclick="setActiveStyleSheet2('LargeFont'); return false;"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130415064820im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_plus_d.gif" alt="Enlarge font" title="Enlarge font" class="cnnIncreaseFont"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130415064820im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_plus_l.gif" alt="Enlarge font" title="Enlarge font" class="cnnDecreaseFont"></div> </div> <div id="attachment_4578" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img class="size-full wp-image-4578" alt="AP Photo/Jae C. Hong" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130415064820im_/http://sicounterpunch.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/keith-thurman.jpg?w=610&h=450" width="610" height="450"/><p class="wp-caption-text">Keith Thurman lands a punch in his TKO victory over Carlos Quintana last November. (Jae C. Hong/AP)</p></div> <p>NEW YORK — Over the last year, Keith Thurman has become a poster boy for what’s wrong with boxing. Here was a young, unknown, inexperienced prospect with no resumé to speak of being gift wrapped prime HBO slots. Why? Because his manager is Al Haymon, the shadowy power broker who networks bend over backwards to appease. When Thurman was added to a show, promoters and managers howled at the unfairness of it.</p> <p>On Saturday, Thurman (19-0) is back on the network, matched up with Jan Zaveck (32-2) on the undercard of Tavoris Cloud’s light heavyweight title defense against Bernard Hopkins at the Barclays Center (9:30 ET, HBO). It will be his third straight fight on HBO and while Thurman says he understands the criticism of him, he believes his performances–back-to-back knockouts–should be weighed into opinions.</p> <p>“To a certain extent [the criticism] is fair because people didn’t know much about me,” Thurman told SI.com. “But I’m a rare fighter. I’m 19-0 with 18 knockouts. The reason I’m on HBO is because I have knockout potential. I’m here to give everybody a great, tremendous fight. I’m always trying to dismantle my opponent. That deserves respect.”</p> <p>“My plan is to gather as many fans with every fight, to get more respect with every fight and more recognition. Pretty soon, we’re going to turn some of the critics. I believe I do belong here.”</p> <p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130415064820/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2013/03/06/keith-thurman-jan-zaveck-hbo/#more-4576" class="more-link">Read More…</a></p> <div id="jp-post-flair" class="sharedaddy sd-like-enabled sd-sharing-enabled"></div> <br/> </div> </div> <div class="post-bottom"> <li>Published On <span>Mar 06, 2013</span></li> <li id="right"><span><div><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130415064820/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2013/03/06/keith-thurman-jan-zaveck-hbo/#respond" title="Comment on In prime time, Keith Thurman hopes knockouts beget respect"><span data-lf-article-id="4576" data-lf-site-id="308691" class="livefyre-commentcount">Add A Comment</span></a></div></span></li> </div> </div> <div class="post-wrap"> <div class="post-top"></div> <div class="post" id="post-4536"> <h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130415064820/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2013/02/19/floyd-mayweather-jr-s-next-opponent-announced-robert-guerrero/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s next opponent announced: Robert Guerrero">Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s next opponent announced: Robert Guerrero</a></h1> <div class="category"> <a href="/web/20130415064820/http://mma-boxing.si.com/category/boxing/">Boxing</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130415064820/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2013/02/19/floyd-mayweather-jr-s-next-opponent-announced-robert-guerrero/#comment"><span class="js-kit-comments-count" exclude-sources="Twitter" include-sources="Comments" uniq="/2013/02/19/floyd-mayweather-jr-s-next-opponent-announced-robert-guerrero/"></span> Comments </a> </div> <div class="entry"> <div id="cnnSCFontButtons"> <div id="cnnSCFontLabel"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130415064820im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize.gif"/></div> <div id="cnnSCFontMinusBtn" onclick="setActiveStyleSheet2('default'); return false;"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130415064820im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_minus_d.gif" alt="Decrease font" title="Decrease font" class="cnnDecreaseFont"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130415064820im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_minus_l.gif" alt="Decrease font" title="Decrease font" class="cnnIncreaseFont"></div> <div id="cnnSCFontPlusBtn" onclick="setActiveStyleSheet2('LargeFont'); return false;"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130415064820im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_plus_d.gif" alt="Enlarge font" title="Enlarge font" class="cnnIncreaseFont"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130415064820im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_plus_l.gif" alt="Enlarge font" title="Enlarge font" class="cnnDecreaseFont"></div> </div> <div id="attachment_4538" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130415064820/http://sicounterpunch.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/dan-guerrero.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-4538 " alt="Robert Guerrero (right) last fought in Nov. 2012, when he defeated Andre Berto. (AP)" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130415064820im_/http://sicounterpunch.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/dan-guerrero.jpg?w=610&h=476" width="610" height="476"/></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Robert Guerrero (right) last fought in November 2012, when he defeated Andre Berto. (AP)</p></div> <p>Pound for pound king Floyd Mayweather Jr. will defend his WBC welterweight title against Robert Guerrero on May 4, Mayweather announced on Tuesday. The fight will be televised on Showtime Pay Per View.</p> <p>Mayweather’s deal with Showtime is a comprehensive, groundbreaking agreement that requires Showtime to collaborate with parent company CBS to promote Mayweather’s fights. The agreement provides opportunities for Mayweather to fight as many as six times over the next 30 months.</p> <p>The deal with Showtime ends a 23-fight run for Mayweather fighting on HBO.</p> <p style="text-align:right;"><em><strong>– Chris Mannix</strong></em></p> <p><strong><a title="MANNIX: With Showtime getting Mayweather-Guerrero, what happens to HBO?" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130415064820/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/mma/news/20130219/floyd-mayweather-robert-guerrero-showtime/">MANNIX: With Showtime getting Mayweather-Guerrero, what happens to HBO?</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a title="GALLERY: Floyd Mayweather's greatest hits" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130415064820/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/multimedia/photo_gallery/1004/floyd.mayweather.greatest.hits/content.1.html">GALLERY: Floyd Mayweather’s greatest hits</a></strong></p> <div id="jp-post-flair" class="sharedaddy sd-like-enabled sd-sharing-enabled"></div> <br/> </div> </div> <div class="post-bottom"> <li>Published On <span>Feb 19, 2013</span></li> <li id="right"><span><div><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130415064820/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2013/02/19/floyd-mayweather-jr-s-next-opponent-announced-robert-guerrero/#comments" title="Comment on Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s next opponent announced: Robert Guerrero"><span data-lf-article-id="4536" data-lf-site-id="308691" class="livefyre-commentcount">Read 13 Comments</span></a></div></span></li> </div> </div> <div class="post-wrap"> <div class="post-top"></div> <div class="post" id="post-4317"> <h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130415064820/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2013/01/24/after-injury-foreman-eases-back-into-boxing-with-win/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to After injury, Foreman eases back into boxing with win">After injury, Foreman eases back into boxing with win</a></h1> <div class="category"> <a href="/web/20130415064820/http://mma-boxing.si.com/category/boxing/">Boxing</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130415064820/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2013/01/24/after-injury-foreman-eases-back-into-boxing-with-win/#comment"><span class="js-kit-comments-count" exclude-sources="Twitter" include-sources="Comments" uniq="/2013/01/24/after-injury-foreman-eases-back-into-boxing-with-win/"></span> Comments </a> </div> <div class="entry"> <div id="cnnSCFontButtons"> <div id="cnnSCFontLabel"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130415064820im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize.gif"/></div> <div id="cnnSCFontMinusBtn" onclick="setActiveStyleSheet2('default'); return false;"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130415064820im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_minus_d.gif" alt="Decrease font" title="Decrease font" class="cnnDecreaseFont"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130415064820im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_minus_l.gif" alt="Decrease font" title="Decrease font" class="cnnIncreaseFont"></div> <div id="cnnSCFontPlusBtn" onclick="setActiveStyleSheet2('LargeFont'); return false;"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130415064820im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_plus_d.gif" alt="Enlarge font" title="Enlarge font" class="cnnIncreaseFont"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130415064820im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_plus_l.gif" alt="Enlarge font" title="Enlarge font" class="cnnDecreaseFont"></div> </div> <div id="attachment_4318" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 308px"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130415064820/http://sicounterpunch.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/foremanyuri.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-4318" alt="Yuri Foreman returned with a victory after 22 months away from boxing. (Getty Images)" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130415064820im_/http://sicounterpunch.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/foremanyuri.jpg?w=298&h=400" width="298" height="400"/></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Yuri Foreman returned with a victory after 22 months away from boxing. (Getty Images)</p></div> <p>NEW YORK — A few hundred fans turned out for Yuri Foreman’s comeback fight Wednesday at B.B. King Blues Club & Grill in Times Square, a six-round, unanimous-decision win over someone named Brandon Baue that amounted to little more than a workout for a former champion easing back into boxing after 22 months away.</p> <p>The turnout was a far cry from the more than 20,000 that flocked to Yankee Stadium the last time Foreman fought in New York in June 2010. That night, Foreman — then undefeated and the WBA junior welterweight champion — lost his title to Miguel Cotto after suffering a knee injury that would require major reconstructive surgery.</p> <p>A native of Belarus who relocated to Park Slope several years ago, Foreman brought a lot to that promotion. He was an undefeated titleholder with a fascinating second life — he’s an Orthodox rabbi-in-training — who was said to be the first Jewish world champion since the 1930s. Foreman’s unique backstory helped make the Yankee Stadium fight HBO’s highest-rated non-pay-per-view event of 2010.</p> <p>Yet a hasty return from ACL surgery contributed to a demoralizing sixth-round stoppage loss to Pawel Wolak in March 2011. (That a heavy-handed swarmer like Wolak was chosen for Foreman’s first opponent after a major knee procedure speaks to matchmaking that can only be described as negligent.) Foreman then retired — or at least thought awfully hard about it. Either way, he’d been out of the ring for nearly two years until Wednesday’s fight.</p> <p>Foreman entered the ring in black trunks with gold lettering — and, notably, no knee brace. By his side was Joe Grier, the longtime trainer with whom he’d split and since reunited. Elusive as always, he pawed his way through the first three rounds against a limited opponent, picking up the pace marginally in the later rounds, occasionally putting combinations of punches together. Baue landed shots but never came close to winning a round.</p> <p>“More nervous than usual,” Foreman said of his return. “I was just happy to shed some of the rust and get some rounds in.”</p> <p>All three judges scored it 60-54, lifting Foreman’s pro ledger to 29 wins in 31 fights. Afterward, Foreman discussed his recent signing with Lou DiBella, who promoted Wednesday’s show. When current 154-pound titleholders Austin Trout and Canelo Alvarez were brought up, Foreman seemed enthused about the prospect of facing them within the next two years.</p> <p>Yet Wednesday’s first step served only one practical purpose — eradicating the specter of injury — and to that end it was a success.</p> <p>“The knee is out of my head,” he said.</p> <p style="text-align:right;"><em><strong>–Bryan Armen Graham</strong></em></p> <div id="jp-post-flair" class="sharedaddy sd-like-enabled sd-sharing-enabled"></div> <br/> </div> </div> <div class="post-bottom"> <li>Published On <span>Jan 24, 2013</span></li> <li id="right"><span><div><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130415064820/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2013/01/24/after-injury-foreman-eases-back-into-boxing-with-win/#comments" title="Comment on After injury, Foreman eases back into boxing with win"><span data-lf-article-id="4317" data-lf-site-id="308691" class="livefyre-commentcount">Read 3 Comments</span></a></div></span></li> </div> </div> <div class="post-wrap"> <div class="post-top"></div> <div class="post" id="post-4267"> <h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130415064820/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2013/01/15/quick-jabs-manny-pacquiao-in-no-rush-to-fight-glazkov-scott-card-could-be-unwatchable-more/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Quick Jabs: Manny Pacquiao in no rush to fight, Glazkov-Scott card could be unwatchable, more">Quick Jabs: Manny Pacquiao in no rush to fight, Glazkov-Scott card could be unwatchable, more</a></h1> <div class="category"> <a href="/web/20130415064820/http://mma-boxing.si.com/category/boxing/">Boxing</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130415064820/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2013/01/15/quick-jabs-manny-pacquiao-in-no-rush-to-fight-glazkov-scott-card-could-be-unwatchable-more/#comment"><span class="js-kit-comments-count" exclude-sources="Twitter" include-sources="Comments" uniq="/2013/01/15/quick-jabs-manny-pacquiao-in-no-rush-to-fight-glazkov-scott-card-could-be-unwatchable-more/"></span> Comments </a> </div> <div class="entry"> <div id="cnnSCFontButtons"> <div id="cnnSCFontLabel"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130415064820im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize.gif"/></div> <div id="cnnSCFontMinusBtn" onclick="setActiveStyleSheet2('default'); return false;"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130415064820im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_minus_d.gif" alt="Decrease font" title="Decrease font" class="cnnDecreaseFont"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130415064820im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_minus_l.gif" alt="Decrease font" title="Decrease font" class="cnnIncreaseFont"></div> <div id="cnnSCFontPlusBtn" onclick="setActiveStyleSheet2('LargeFont'); return false;"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130415064820im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_plus_d.gif" alt="Enlarge font" title="Enlarge font" class="cnnIncreaseFont"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130415064820im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/story/textsize_plus_l.gif" alt="Enlarge font" title="Enlarge font" class="cnnDecreaseFont"></div> </div> <div id="attachment_4283" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 228px"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130415064820/http://sicounterpunch.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/manny-pacquiao-blog.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-4283 " alt="Manny Pacquiao" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130415064820im_/http://sicounterpunch.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/manny-pacquiao-blog.jpg?w=218&h=300" width="218" height="300"/></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Despite rumors, Manny Pacquiao probably will not be fighting in April. (AP)</p></div> <p><i>• </i>Speculation has been rampant in the boxing industry that Manny Pacquiao could return to the ring in April, possibly in a fight in Singapore, Macau or Abu Dhabi. Yet I’m told that there is no sense of urgency to rush Pacquiao back into the ring.</p> <p>Pacquiao’s trainer, Freddie Roach, told SI.com recently that he prefers that Pacquiao — who was brutally knocked out by Juan Manuel Marquez last month — stay out of the ring until September. Pacquiao’s promoter, Top Rank, isn’t pushing to make the fight, partly because getting a $10-million site fee secured in the next two months would not be easy, and partly because Top Rank, like Roach, doesn’t see any need to rush back in the ring, not with another $30 million payday coming Pacquiao’s way in a potential fifth fight with Marquez. Most of the talk of a comeback fight is coming from Pacquiao’s business advisor, Michael Koncz, who will need the full support of Top Rank to make the fight happen. And right now, he doesn’t have it.</p> <p><i>• </i>Last week, Main Events announced that heavyweight prospect Vyacheslav “Czar” Glazkov would headline an NBC Sports Network <em>Fight Night</em> show against undefeated Malik Scott on February 23. Now there has been some backlash to the choice of Scott. Despite good size (6-foot-3) and an unblemished record, Scott is rarely, if ever, in an entertaining fight, preferring to jab his way to lopsided wins on the outside against inferior opposition. It’s how his career has gone and, at 32, it’s likely how his career is going to be.</p> <p>Certainly Scott wasn’t the promoters’ first choice. Main Events thought it had a deal with heavy-handed heavyweight Magomed Abdusalamov before he backed out. They it turned to Joe Hanks, Jason Estrada, Travis Kauffman, David Rodriguez, Justin Jones and Franklin Lawrence. Each turned the offer down.</p> <p>There is plenty of upside for Glazkov (14-0). Beating Scott (35-0) would be a nice feather in his cap. The fear though is that Scott, as he has done his whole career, will use his length, box on the outside and win a boring, unwatchable decision. And for Main Events, which has made <em>Fight Night</em> a success largely by putting together exciting fights, that would be a disaster.</p> <p><i>• </i>Shane Mosley, whose skills have deteriorated significantly in recent years and who retired following a lopsided decision defeat to Saul Alvarez last May, is coming out of retirement to challenge welterweight titleholder Paulie Malignaggi at the Barclays Center in April. Putting aside that Mosley, 41, whose declining motor skills have been noticeable to reporters who have interviewed him the last few years, has reached the point where just fighting is especially dangerous, there is almost no way that can be an entertaining fight.</p> <p><i>• </i>British promoter Frank Warren announced a terrific card to be held March 16 at Wembley Stadium in London. Headlining will be lightweight titleholder Ricky Burns, who will attempt to unify the 135-pound titles against fellow titleholder Miguel Vazquez. In addition, light heavyweight champion Nathan Cleverly will defend his belt against mandatory challenger Robin Krasniqi, super middleweight prospect George Groves will face Mouhamed Ali Ndiaye, and Dereck Chisora, who has not fought since being knocked out by David Haye last summer, will face an undetermined opponent.</p> <p>Chisora’s participation in the show is contingent on him being relicensed by the British Boxing Board of Control, which suspended Chisora’s license indefinitely after he provoked an ugly brawl with Haye last year.</p> <p>The card will be televised in the U.S. on Epix and EpixHD.com.</p> <p><i>• </i>Heavyweight contender Tomasz Adamek will likely have to deal with charges stemming from an arrest for driving under the influence in upstate New York last week, but physically Adamek emerged from the three-car wreck unscathed. Adamek reportedly crashed his car into a parked vehicle, which was pushed into another parked car, while driving late Saturday night near Lake Placid, N.Y.</p> <p>Adamek is hoping to face Kubrat Pulev later this year in a fight that will determine the next mandatory challenger for Wladimir Klitschko.</p> <p>“Fortunately, he’s fine,” said Adamek’s promoter, Kathy Duva, in an email. “This will not affect his next fight.”</p> <p><i>• </i>Undefeated heavyweight Denis Boytsov, who is recovering from elbow surgery, has resumed training again. I’ll care when the oft-injured Boytsov starts fighting again.</p> <p><i>• </i>Lightweight Adrien Broner’s impressive stoppage of Antonio DeMarco last November has many clamoring to see him in more big fights, including some at junior welterweight, one of the deepest divisions in boxing. However Broner, 23, has no plans to move up in weight anytime soon.</p> <p>“That’s what everybody wants you to do,” Broner said. “They have just seen me dominate and put on a great performance… but I just moved up to this weight [135 pounds]. I still make the weight [by] eating steak and potatoes every night at training camp. I make the weight comfortably, so I’m going to stay here for a lot of good fights that I still can have at 135-pounds. So, I’m going to flush out this lightweight division and then we can go up to the light welterweight and crush their dreams. We’re going to stay here for a while.”</p> <p><i>• </i>An interesting fight under discussion for the spring: Steve Cunningham, the former cruiserweight titleholder coming off a controversial loss to Tomasz Adamek last month, against Tyson Fury, the big (6-foot-8) heavyweight prospect who has been looking for name opponents.</p> <p style="text-align:right;"><strong>-Chris Mannix</strong></p> <div id="jp-post-flair" class="sharedaddy sd-like-enabled sd-sharing-enabled"></div> <br/> </div> </div> <div class="post-bottom"> <li>Published On <span>Jan 15, 2013</span></li> <li id="right"><span><div><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130415064820/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2013/01/15/quick-jabs-manny-pacquiao-in-no-rush-to-fight-glazkov-scott-card-could-be-unwatchable-more/#comments" title="Comment on Quick Jabs: Manny Pacquiao in no rush to fight, Glazkov-Scott card could be unwatchable, more"><span data-lf-article-id="4267" data-lf-site-id="308691" class="livefyre-commentcount">Read 8 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