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Floyd “Pretty Boy” Mayweather VS Ricky “The Hitman” Hatton: Prediction

Saturday, December 8th at The MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Floyd “Pretty Boy” Mayweather (38-0 (24 KOs), Grand Rapids, Michigan) will take on Ricky “The Hitman” Hatton (43-0 (31 KOs), Manchester, England) in the biggest fight between undefeated Welterweights since Oscar de la Hoya and Felix Trinidad back in 1999.

Stylistically the fighters couldn’t be more different. Mayweather is the slick boxer. Hatton is the hard charging brawler. Personality wise, the fighters couldn’t be more different either. Mayweather is all Muhammad Ali- Nouveau with a hip-hop twist. Hatton is all fried fish and chips, pubs and pints with his mates. This is what makes for an interesting fight.

The keys for Mayweather are simple. Keep the jab pumping, use ring generalship, superior hand and foot speed, keep the fight in the center of the ring, use defense, and frustrate Hatton.

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Hatton’s keys to victory are simple as well. Pressure Floyd, make it a street fight, foul if need be, rough up Floyd, bully him, intimidate him, and hit the body no one has ever hit the body before.

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A classic match-up if I have ever seen one.

Floyd is a special fighter that comes along not too often. And his game is perfect to beat a guy like Hatton. Hatton is the one that needs to fight a perfect fight to beat Floyd. Personally, I think it is going to be more difficult for Floyd to win than many are anticipating. Hatton does have power, plenty of heart, and does have speed. But I have thought people have had speed before, and when they jump in the ring with Mayweather, they look slow.

Some factors that should be considered in the fight are that Hatton gains alot of weight between fights. We saw what happened to Fernando Vargas last Friday against Mayorga. Also, I heard that Mayweather was on some kind of Dancing with Celebrities type show. Going Hollywood never helps a fighter.

I really think this fight could end up being a very good one. But I have been around the fight game a long time and I grew up with kids like Floyd and Ricky. The one thing I can remember is that the kids like Floyd won. I also think Floyd will win in Las Vegas. Clear cut decision. But I will be watching to see if any different will happen.

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Ricardo Mayorga defeats Fernando Vargas in a Majority Decision

Notes from ringside…

Round 1: Ricardo starts fast and unloads a flurry on Vargas. Mayorga is trying to take Vargas to the streets of Managua. Vargas responds with a borderline low blow. Vargas keeps his hands high. Mayorga lands a chopping overhand right and Vargas goes down. Mayorga, 10-8

Round 2: Mayorga continues the attack and continues to knock Vargas off balance. Vargas lands a good counter hook. Vargas’ legs not there. Mayorga, 10-9

Round 3: Mayorga lands a good chopping right. Blood leaks from Vargas. Good back and forth action. Vargas lands a low blow and some other good shots. I can’t help but think that Vargas at 29 years old looks more shot than Mayorga at 34 years old. Mayorga, 10-9

Round 4: Mayorga lands a good hook to the body. Vargas lands a great combo in the middle of the ring. Vargas, 10-9

Round 5: Good flurries from Mayorga. Mayorga, 10-9

Round 6: Solid right by Vargas, Good left hook by Mayorga. Vargas finds his rhythm. Vargas, 10-9

Round 7: All Mayorga. Mayorga, 10-9

Round 8: Mayorga out hustles and out works Vargas. Mayorga lands solid after the bell. Mayorga, 10-9

Round 9: Both men exchange good combos. Vargas does better. Vargas, 10-9

Round 10: Even. 10-10

Round 11: Mayorga seems to tire. Then in closing seconds of the round, Mayorga lands a big overhand right sending Vargas to the canvas for the second time in the fight. Mayorga, 10-8

Round 12: Mayorga comes out confidence with the fight in the bag. Mayorga lands the better shots. Mayorga, 10-9

The G Manifesto scorecard: 117-110 winner Mayorga.

Offical scorecards: One judge had Mayorga winning 115-111 and another had it 114-112. The third judge scored it 113-113.

Mayorga smokes cigarette after the fight. Who says you can’t be a smoker and go 12 rounds?

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Machismo: Fernando “El Feroz” Vargas VS Ricardo “El Matador” Mayorga

Next Friday, November 23, Fernando “El Feroz” Vargas (26-4, 22 KO’s) from Oxnard, California will meet Ricardo “El Matador” Mayorga (28-6-1, 23 KO’s, 1 NC), from Managua, Nicaragua at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, in a fight where both boxers don’t like each other too much. This fight is interesting for a number of reasons. First off, the fight will be fought at 166 pounds, and neither man has fought at weight above 160. The fight has already been postponed once when El Feroz was diagnosed with anemia. Both fighters have exchanged harsh words, and hard punches at press conferences. And Mayorga has been puffing on cigarettes all the way.

Vargas, the star of La Colonia Gym, is coming off a two fight losing streak to “Sugar” Shane Mosley. The last outing was pretty brutal. And truth be told, Vargas has not looked impressive in victory since his win over Ghanaian legend Ike Quartey. And that was in 2000! In between, Vargas fought very inspired in devastating losses to Oscar De La Hoya and Felix “Tito” Trinidad.

Although Fernando has seemed to come up short in most of his big fights, he always comes to fight and has tons of heart. That is why he is destined to make The G Manifesto’s Hall of Fame. He is a very entertaining fighter to watch and has great boxing style. That is one of the reasons he never has a problem packing the house. He is a very athletic boxer with good defense and heavy hands. Vargas has got a solid jab and can land vicious hooks and uppercuts.

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Mayorga is also coming off a defeat at the hands of De La Hoya. El Matador has also not really looked great in a win since he blasted out Vernon “The Viper” Forrest twice in 2003.

Mayorga has been boxing’s Wildman in recent history. His training regimen has been straight out of The G Manifesto’s playbook; smoking cigarettes, drinking, partying, swooping girls and sparring. He punches like a wrecking ball but is oftentimes off balance and his defense suffers as a result. Not like he really cares. Mayorga seems to like to be hit and fights with Machismo personified. His overhand right is a deadly weapon, but sometimes a razor sharp boxer can expose him. Trinidad and De La Hoya have shown that his granite jaw can be cracked.

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The blueprint to defeating Mayorga has already been laid down by Trinidad and De La Hoya. It is really up to Vargas to execute it. Mayorga is going to do everything in his power to lure Vargas into a slugfest. In fact, everything Mayorga has done so far (insults, taunts, disses) has been done to piss Vargas off and get him out of his game plan. Well, that, and to sell tickets. The fight does have the potential to be a brutal war and could be a classic. I have a feeling that one fighter might just fold before it turns into a bloodbath. Which fighter folds is any ones guess. This is one of the hardest fights of the year to guess who is going to win. I am leaning towards Mayorga (mostly because he smokes cigarettes during training and in the ring after a win), but the Pro-Vargas Staples Center crowd could play a factor. See you at ringside…

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Miguel Cotto defeats Sugar Shane Mosley in a Close Decision

Miguel Cotto defeats Shane Mosley in a Close Decision in a packed house at Madison Square Garden. The fight did not disappoint in any way as it was action packed throughout and provided some twists and turns. Both fighters put on a beautifully violent performance where there were no losers, especially boxing.

Sugar Shane started the fight out fast, opening with a pair of body shots of all things. This foreshadowed the interesting role reversal in the later rounds. The Puerto Rican Star quickly found his mark with his jab and was able to touch Shane pretty consistently.

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Round Two to Round Five were increasing violent as Shane stood flat footed and stayed in the pocket winging single and double overhand rights off Cotto’s brain. Cotto often found his mark with a punishing jab, solid hooks and a vicious straight right. Both fighters showed great chins and incredible resilience to stand up to the punishment.

Round Six saw Mosley switch up the game plan and bounce on his toes with Cotto stalking. Even though Shane has way more experience in big fights, Cotto seemed way more poised. Both fighters continued to land sizzling punches. Cotto’s slightly harder, Mosley’s more flash.

In Round Nine the fight took a shift as Cotto seemed hurt for some reason that wasn’t easily apparent to us at ringside (it was later determined that Cotto suffered a cut inside his mouth and was swallowing blood, much like in the fight with Zab Judah.) Mosley now was the aggressor and Cotto moving and counterpunching.

Rounds Ten and Eleven were more of the same with Mosley stalking and Cotto moving and counter punching. Mosley was throwing with bad intentions and not “shake and baking” like he usually does. The amazing thing was that Cotto was effectively fighting while backing up and landing the cleaner punches on Sugar Shane.

Round Twelve had very little fireworks and possibly kept this fight from becoming a classic. No doubt it was a great fight. The close decision, that truthfully could have gone either way, went to Cotto.

The punch stats for the fight were amazing: each fighter landed 248 punches. Cotto’s were slightly cleaner but depending on what you were looking for, the fight could have been won by either boxer.

Fedoras off to Shane for staying in the pocket and making this a great fight. I have never been the biggest Sugar Shane fan (more a result of so many other good welterweights from his era), but his heart and class and graciousness in defeat won me over. If this is Shane’s last fight, he built quite a legacy for himself, and in my mind he finally deserves the nickname “Sugar”. Cotto has a great future ahead of him and Boxing has another star. You would have to be a fool not to want to see Cotto fight the winner of Mayweather-Hatton.

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“Sugar” Shane Mosley VS Miguel “Junito” Cotto

Next Saturday, November 10th, “Sugar” Shane Mosley (44-4, 37 kos) and Miguel “Junito” Cotto (30-0, 25 kos) will face off at Madison Square Garden in a fight that has the potential for Fight of the Year honors. It is a classic fight between the boxer and the puncher, speed vs power, hand speed vs body punching, and a rising star vs a rare legitimate crossover star.

Shane Mosley has been one of the most visible boxing stars in the last 15 years. Two wins over Oscar De La Hoya have cememted his reputation as a superstar. After those two wins he was considered to be one of the best pound for pound fighters in the world. But after losing twice to Vernon “The Viper” Forrest and losing twice to Ronald “Winky” Wright, Sugar didn’t look too sweet. He has made a nice comeback by twice beating “Ferocious” Fernando Vargas after most experts in boxing had begun to write him off.

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Miguel Cotto is a rising star in boxing on the real. The Caguas, Puerto Rico native is undefeated but his chin has been questionable in some fights. His body punching, however, is some of the most devestating since the days of Julio Ceasar Chavez. His last win, a brutalization of Zab “Super” Judah was very impressive. Cotto has always been able to solve any problems thrown his way.

It is easy to think that Shane will stay out of danger and speed his way to victory. But at 36 years old Shane has been slowing down a little. Still, he will have a big speed advantage over Cotto. Cotto is going to need to do much the same thing he did to Zab Judah- rough him up and throw wrecking ball like punches to the body. Mosley seems to be a better fighter than Judah. But I think Cotto’s hunger and determination will get him a late round win. After all, it would be better for boxing if Cotto can win, as boxing will have another true star. Huge fight with a lot at stake. Also, since the fight will be in Madison Square Garden, expect Cotto to have a huge crowd of Puerto Ricans cheering him on. Either way Mosley VS Cotto shapes up to be a great fight.

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