Airing right now on NBC Sports (formerly VERSUS), Ronald Cruz (16-1) of Puerto Rico is in a pretty good fight with Prenice Brewer (16-1) of Ohio.

Boxing on NBC Sports results:

147 lbs.- Ronald Cruz (P.R.; 17-1) def. Prenice Brewer (OH; 16-2) by decision
175 lbs.- Sergey Kovalev (RUS; 18-0-1) def. Darnell Boone (19-19-3) by TKO in the 2nd (Kovalev lives here in North Carolina now and has competed in both boxing and MMA)
154 lbs.- Gabriel Rosado (PA; 20-5) def. Sechew Powell (NY; 26-5) by TKO in the 5th

UFC "The Ultiimate Fighter" Finale on FX results:

155 lbs.- Justin Lawrence (MO; 4-0) def. John Cofer (GA; 7-3) by TKO in the 3rd
145 lbs.- Max Holloway (HI; 5-1) def. Pat Schilling (MN; 5-2) by unanimous decision
145 lbs.- Charles Oliveira (BRA; 16-2) def. Jonathan Brookins (OR; 14-5) by Submission in the 2nd
155 lbs.- Michael Chiesa (WA; 8-0) def. Al Iaquinta (NY; 5-2-1) by Submission in the 1st
170 lbs.- Martin Kampmann (DEN; 20-5) def. Jake Ellenberger (NE; 27-6) by TKO in the 2nd

MMA is redneck trash.

Kampmann continues to be impressive. Also glad to see Chiesa win the TUF final and shut up Iaquinta.

DrunkAtCarterFinley wrote: MMA is redneck trash.

+216. wasnt it mccain that called it human ****-fighting

slickrick00 wrote: Boxing on NBC Sports results:

147 lbs.- Ronald Cruz (P.R.; 17-1) def. Prenice Brewer (OH; 16-2) by decision
175 lbs.- Sergey Kovalev (RUS; 18-0-1) def. Darnell Boone (19-19-3) by TKO in the 2nd (Kovalev lives here in North Carolina now and has competed in both boxing and MMA)
154 lbs.- Gabriel Rosado (PA; 20-5) def. Sechew Powell (NY; 26-5) by TKO in the 5th

UFC "The Ultiimate Fighter" Finale on FX results:

155 lbs.- Justin Lawrence (MO; 4-0) def. John Cofer (GA; 7-3) by TKO in the 3rd
145 lbs.- Max Holloway (HI; 5-1) def. Pat Schilling (MN; 5-2) by unanimous decision
145 lbs.- Charles Oliveira (BRA; 16-2) def. Jonathan Brookins (OR; 14-5) by Submission in the 2nd
155 lbs.- Michael Chiesa (WA; 8-0) def. Al Iaquinta (NY; 5-2-1) by Submission in the 1st
170 lbs.- Martin Kampmann (DEN; 20-5) def. Jake Ellenberger (NE; 27-6) by TKO in the 2nd

he's a tough guy, just keeps coming & is fun to watch. I never even recall seeing him until earlier this year when he stopped Soto-Karass on NBC Sports.

rowdy2000 wrote:

DrunkAtCarterFinley wrote: MMA is redneck trash.

+216. wasnt it mccain that called it human ****-fighting

Well McCain is a human ****** nozzle so I guess they're about even.

Anyway, as long as NASCAR is still around, rednecks will be too busy with that.

Boxing on SHOWTIME results (top ten ranked boxers indicated in bold):

- 118 lbs.- Leo Santa Cruz (MEX; 20-0-1) def. Vusi Malinga (S.A.; 20-4) by unanimous decision
- 168 lbs.- Sakio Bika (CAM; 30-5) def. Dyah Davis (FL; 21-3-1) by TKO in the 10th
- 154 lbs.- Austin Trout (NM; 25-0) def. Delvin Rodriguez (CT; 26-6-3) by unanimous decision
- 154 lbs.- Peter "Kid Chocolate" Quillen (IL; 27-0) def. Ronald "Winky" Wright (FL; 51-6-1) by unanimous decision
- 200 lbs.- Antonio "Magic Man" Tarver (FL; 29-6-1) and Lateef Kayode (NIG; 18-0-1) fight to a DRAW

wolfpack87 wrote: Kampmann continues to be impressive. Also glad to see Chiesa win the TUF final and shut up Iaquinta.

Yeah, he really weathered the storm and finished Ellenburger.  Very impressive performance.  Chiesa needs to work on his stand up, but, he is tough and really good on the ground.

Not necessarily a great night of action in boxing but not terrible on SHOWTIME. At least one televised matchup tonight from another channel ended before going to the scorecards.

Boxing results from Las Vegas and Uruguay (top ten ranked boxers indicated in bold):

- 175 lbs.- Beibut Shumenov (KAZ; 13-1) def. Enrique Ornelas (MEX; 33-8) by unanimous decision

- 154 lbs.- Acelino "Popo" Freitas (BRA; 39-2) def. Michael Oliveira (BRA; 17-1) by TKO in the 9th

Free MMA this Friday, June 8th on FX from the BankAtlantic Center in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida (top ten ranked fighters indicated in bold):


- 125 lbs.- Demetrious Johnson (KY; 14-2) vs. Ian McCall (CA; 11-2-1) *Winner gets shot at new Flyweight world title
- 170 lbs.- Erick Silva (BRA; 13-2) vs. Charlie Brenneman (PA; 15-3)
- 135 lbs.- Scott "Young Guns" Jorgenson (UT; 13-5) vs. Eddie Wineland (IN: 18-8-1)
- 170 lbs.- Mike "Quicksand" Pyle (TN; 22-8) vs. Josh Neer (IA; 33-10)
- 170 lbs.- Carlos Eduardo Rocha (BRA; 9-1) vs. Mike Pierce (WA; 13-5)
- 185 lbs.- Lance Benoist (MO; 6-0) vs. Seth Baczynski (HI; 15-6)
- 145 lbs.- Matt Grice (IL; 14-4) vs. Leonard Garcia (TX; 19-8-1)
- 155 lbs.- Tim Means (OK; 17-3-1) vs. Justin Salas (WY; 10-3)
- 185 lbs.- Caio "Hellboy" Magalhaes (BRA; 5-0) vs. Buddy Roberts (TX; 11-2)
- 155 lbs.- Bernardo Magalhaes (BRA; 11-2) vs. Henry Martinez (NM; 8-2)
- 170 lbs.- Jake Hecht (MO; 11-3) vs. Sean Pierson (CAN; 11-6)
- 135 lbs.- Jared Papazian (CA; 14-7) vs. Dustin Pague (PA; 10-6)

slickrick00 wrote:
Not necessarily a great night of action in boxing but not terrible on SHOWTIME. At least one televised matchup tonight from another channel ended before going to the scorecards.

Boxing results from Las Vegas and Uruguay (top ten ranked boxers indicated in bold):

- 175 lbs.- Beibut Shumenov (KAZ; 13-1) def. Enrique Ornelas (MEX; 33-8) by unanimous decision

- 154 lbs.- Acelino "Popo" Freitas (BRA; 39-2) def. Michael Oliveira (BRA; 17-1) by TKO in the 9th

you are really on top of this slick!

I agree, those were 4 boring fights on Showtime.

This Satuday night, June 9th, on PPV live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena (top ten ranked boxers indicated in bold):

- 147 lbs.- Manny "Pac Man" Pacquiao (PHI; 54-3-2) vs. Tim "Desert Storm" Bradley (CA; 28-0)
- 147 lbs.- Mike Jones (PA; 26-0) vs. Randall Bailey (FL; 42-7)
- 122 lbs.- Guillermo "The Jackal" Rigondeaux (CUB; 9-0) vs. Teon Kennedy (17-1-2)
- 122 lbs.- Jorge Arce (MEX; 60-6-2) vs. Jesus Rojas (18-1-1)

Predictions for Saturday? I'll take:

- Bradley by very close decision.
- Jones by TKO in the 10th after he settles in.
- Rigondeaux by unanimous decision. This dude may be one of the elite pure boxing talents around, but at his age he's got to get all the title fights in that he can.
- Rojas by decision

I hope I'm wrong in picking so many decisions. Boxing only gets a few heavily watch pay-per-views a year and could really use a card where a few guys close the show. I think Arum is hoping to puch Mike Jones as a future challenger for the winner of the main event.

slickrick00 wrote: Predictions for Saturday? I'll take:

- Bradley by very close decision.
- Jones by TKO in the 10th after he settles in.
- Rigondeaux by unanimous decision. This dude may be one of the elite pure boxing talents around, but at his age he's got to get all the title fights in that he can.
- Rojas by decision

I hope I'm wrong in picking so many decisions. Boxing only gets a few heavily watch pay-per-views a year and could really use a card where a few guys close the show. I think Arum is hoping to puch Mike Jones as a future challenger for the winner of the main event.

That's a bold pick!

I saw yesterday that Manny blamed his last performance on trouble with his wife. He claimed he had to beg her to come to the arena to watch his fight & she'd also wanted to serve him with divorce papers.

My buddy Scott Sigmon (22-3) out of Virginia fights former world champ Kelly Pavlik (38-2) in Las Vegas this Friday on ESPN's Friday Night Fights. It's a huge step up in the caliber of opponents for Sigmon.

blwall1416 wrote: My buddy Scott Sigmon (22-3) out of Virginia fights former world champ Kelly Pavlik (38-2) in Las Vegas this Friday on ESPN's Friday Night Fights. It's a huge step up in the caliber of opponents for Sigmon.

He got that fight with Pavlik by calling him out - good for him & good luck to your friend!

Yeah, he actually did have a contract signed by Top Rank to fight Pavlik on April 14. Pavlik himself never signed it, so Scott was pissed when Pavlik "backed out". Scott started calling him, pissed off Pavlik, and now he has his fight. Hope it's worth it.

blwall1416 wrote: Yeah, he actually did have a contract signed by Top Rank to fight Pavlik on April 14. Pavlik himself never signed it, so Scott was pissed when Pavlik "backed out". Scott started calling him, pissed off Pavlik, and now he has his fight. Hope it's worth it.

yeah Pavlik's been doing that a lot lately, I think he was going to fight Bute & then squawked @ the amount they were going to pay him. Too bad for him, maybe he could have exposed Bute's chin - which Froch did in England last month.

Pavlik also backed out of a Showtime fight last August.

My concern for this fight is that it seems Pavlik has problems with more technical fighters. Scott is not that. He's a brawler.

Here's a video they just put out about Scott. At the 7 minute mark, it shows the gym we train in & another talented 13 year old amateur fighter.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StHKCFncscg

blwall1416 wrote: My concern for this fight is that it seems Pavlik has problems with more technical fighters. Scott is not that. He's a brawler.

Here's a video they just put out about Scott. At the 7 minute mark, it shows the gym we train in & another talented 13 year old amateur fighter.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StHKCFncscg

thanks, I'll check it out.

Yes, Hopkins & Sergio really schooled him. Hopkins is a bigger man but Sergio's small for 160 & he gave Kelly a boxing lesson.

Just received word that Dos Santos vs. Mir a couple of weeks ago had a buyrate of 570,000.

Former boxer "The Raging Bull" Pawel Wolak (29-2-1) mentioned yesterday in an interview that he is making the jump to MMA. Wolak was born in Poland but raised in New Jersey, where he was a good high school wrestler. At 30-years-old, he's one of a few former world ranked athletes from boxing in recent years that has discussed this jump due to having a legit background in grappling (Kermit Cintron and Enzo Maccaranelli being two others). At the time of Pawel's final boxing match several months ago, he was ranked in the top seven in the world in the 154 lbs. division by every major sanctioning body (#3 WBA, #4 WBC, #5 WBO, #7 IBF).

Junior middleweight contender Erislandy Lara (16-1-1, 11KOs) will take a stay-busy fight on June 30th against Freddy Hernandez (30-2, 20KOs). The fight will be televised by Showtime from the Fantasy Springs Casino in Indio, California. Hernandez returns from last October's upset decision over former champion Luis Collazo.

In the main event, IBF 154-pound champion Cornelius Bundrage will defend his title in a rematch with ex-champion Cory Spinks.

slickrick00 wrote: Free MMA this Friday, June 8th on FX from the BankAtlantic Center in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida (top ten ranked fighters indicated in bold):


- 125 lbs.- Demetrious Johnson (KY; 14-2) vs. Ian McCall (CA; 11-2-1) *Winner gets shot at new Flyweight world title
- 170 lbs.- Erick Silva (BRA; 13-2) vs. Charlie Brenneman (PA; 15-3)
- 135 lbs.- Scott "Young Guns" Jorgenson (UT; 13-5) vs. Eddie Wineland (IN: 18-8-1)
- 170 lbs.- Mike "Quicksand" Pyle (TN; 22-8) vs. Josh Neer (IA; 33-10)
- 170 lbs.- Carlos Eduardo Rocha (BRA; 9-1) vs. Mike Pierce (WA; 13-5)
- 185 lbs.- Lance Benoist (MO; 6-0) vs. Seth Baczynski (HI; 15-6)
- 145 lbs.- Matt Grice (IL; 14-4) vs. Leonard Garcia (TX; 19-8-1)
- 155 lbs.- Tim Means (OK; 17-3-1) vs. Justin Salas (WY; 10-3)
- 185 lbs.- Caio "Hellboy" Magalhaes (BRA; 5-0) vs. Buddy Roberts (TX; 11-2)
- 155 lbs.- Bernardo Magalhaes (BRA; 11-2) vs. Henry Martinez (NM; 8-2)
- 170 lbs.- Jake Hecht (MO; 11-3) vs. Sean Pierson (CAN; 11-6)
- 135 lbs.- Jared Papazian (CA; 14-7) vs. Dustin Pague (PA; 10-6)

That Flyweight main event is gonna be outstanding.

blwall1416 wrote: My buddy Scott Sigmon (22-3) out of Virginia fights former world champ Kelly Pavlik (38-2) in Las Vegas this Friday on ESPN's Friday Night Fights. It's a huge step up in the caliber of opponents for Sigmon.

I saw the pic of you friend Scott standing next to Kelly - Pavlik's a big man! Looking @ them, you'd never guess Kelly was the middleweight moving up to super middle.

BlackRazor wrote:

Junior middleweight contender Erislandy Lara (16-1-1, 11KOs) will take a stay-busy fight on June 30th against Freddy Hernandez (30-2, 20KOs). The fight will be televised by Showtime from the Fantasy Springs Casino in Indio, California. Hernandez returns from last October's upset decision over former champion Luis Collazo.

In the main event, IBF 154-pound champion Cornelius Bundrage will defend his title in a rematch with ex-champion Cory Spinks.

If Hernandez is in shape, he can give Lara a real test.  Unfortunately, he's not been terribly active lately.

slickrick00 wrote:
Not necessarily a great night of action in boxing but not terrible on SHOWTIME. At least one televised matchup tonight from another channel ended before going to the scorecards.

Boxing results from Las Vegas and Uruguay (top ten ranked boxers indicated in bold):

- 175 lbs.- Beibut Shumenov (KAZ; 13-1) def. Enrique Ornelas (MEX; 33-8) by unanimous decision

- 154 lbs.- Acelino "Popo" Freitas (BRA; 39-2) def. Michael Oliveira (BRA; 17-1) by TKO in the 9th

Finally got around to watching all of the fights from last weekend.  Anyone watch the Telefutura card?  Sadly, Rocky Juarez, who once seemed a sure pick to win a world title, lost yet again.  Juarez has been matched fairly tough throughout his career, and now at age 32, he was knocked down several times against a guy who had never fought a world class opponent.  Juarez is now 28-10-1 and has lost 6 in a row.  Probably time for him to call it a career.

As far as Shumenov goes... the guy should fight a real contender.  Ornelas is a journeyman at 168, so it's a bit of a stretch for him to be fighting for a world title.  Before him, Shumenov fought Danny Santiago, a guy who got cut from The Contender for being out of shape, and a 40 year old William Joppy who had lost two in a row and drew with a journeyman before fighting Shumenov.

Good win for Freitas, but I hope he goes back in to retirement.  He's simply not a big enough guy to fight at 154.

Zhuge1 wrote:

BlackRazor wrote:

Junior middleweight contender Erislandy Lara (16-1-1, 11KOs) will take a stay-busy fight on June 30th against Freddy Hernandez (30-2, 20KOs). The fight will be televised by Showtime from the Fantasy Springs Casino in Indio, California. Hernandez returns from last October's upset decision over former champion Luis Collazo.

In the main event, IBF 154-pound champion Cornelius Bundrage will defend his title in a rematch with ex-champion Cory Spinks.

If Hernandez is in shape, he can give Lara a real test.  Unfortunately, he's not been terribly active lately.

Lara's an impressive fighter to me, I can see why the champs avoid him!

Zhuge1 wrote:

slickrick00 wrote:
Not necessarily a great night of action in boxing but not terrible on SHOWTIME. At least one televised matchup tonight from another channel ended before going to the scorecards.

Boxing results from Las Vegas and Uruguay (top ten ranked boxers indicated in bold):

- 175 lbs.- Beibut Shumenov (KAZ; 13-1) def. Enrique Ornelas (MEX; 33-8) by unanimous decision

- 154 lbs.- Acelino "Popo" Freitas (BRA; 39-2) def. Michael Oliveira (BRA; 17-1) by TKO in the 9th

Finally got around to watching all of the fights from last weekend.  Anyone watch the Telefutura card?  Sadly, Rocky Juarez, who once seemed a sure pick to win a world title, lost yet again.  Juarez has been matched fairly tough throughout his career, and now at age 32, he was knocked down several times against a guy who had never fought a world class opponent.  Juarez is now 28-10-1 and has lost 6 in a row.  Probably time for him to call it a career.

As far as Shumenov goes... the guy should fight a real contender.  Ornelas is a journeyman at 168, so it's a bit of a stretch for him to be fighting for a world title.  Before him, Shumenov fought Danny Santiago, a guy who got cut from The Contender for being out of shape, and a 40 year old William Joppy who had lost two in a row and drew with a journeyman before fighting Shumenov.

Good win for Freitas, but I hope he goes back in to retirement.  He's simply not a big enough guy to fight at 154.

No, I'm sick of Juarez but you're right about him.

I heard Hopkins might be interested in fighting Shumenov & Santiago goes Down Under to fight Danny Green next month.

Rumor I heard was that tomorrow's Pacquiao fight still has lots of tickets unsold. MGM will likely grab up what isn't sold but it's really raised a lot of eyebrows in Vegas this week from what I hear.

Bradley looks like he trained like a fiend for this fight. Should be a good one.

Not a great week in Vegas between this "megafight" and losing the chance to make I'll Have Another money

I'll be surprised if Bradley makes it six rounds.  To paraphrase Clubber Lang, he is predictable and stupid and comes straight ahead.  That might be a problem for Manny if Bradley had any power, but he doesn't.

slickrick00 wrote: Bradley looks like he trained like a fiend for this fight. Should be a good one.

For die hard boxing fans, Telefutura also has a televised card this weekend Saturday at midnight.  It's pretty much a showcase double header for the Arroyo twins (McWilliams and McJoe) against a couple of journeymen fighters.

Also, anyone planning to buy the PPV this weekend should be aware of this:

http://www.fightnews.com/Boxing/save-40-on-pacquia o-bradley-ppv-117399#more-117399

Supposedly no beer purchase is required in NC so it's a free $40 back.

Theres a Kelly Pavlik main event on ESPN2/ESPN3 later.

Results from the BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise, Florida:

- 125 lbs.- Demetrious Johnson (KY; 15-2) def. Ian McCall (11-3-1) by unanimous decision
- 170 lbs.- Erick Silva (BRA; 14-2) def. Charlie Brenneman (PA; 15-4) by Submission in the 1st
- 170 lbs.- Mike Pyle (TN; 23-8) def. Josh Neer (IA; 33-11) by TKO in the 1st
- 135 lbs.- Eddie Wineland (TX; 19-8-1) def. Scott Jorgenson (UT; 13-6) by TKO in the 2nd

Demetrious beat him down tonight. Just methodically picked his places to strike and even got plenty of takedowns of his own. That Flyweight title fight will be a good one.

Boxing results:

- 168 lbs.- David Lemieux (CAN; 26-2) def. Juadiel Zepeda (MEX; 14-6-1) by TKO in the 2nd

- 168 lbs.- Kelly "The Ghost" Pavlik (OH; 39-2) def. Scott Sigmon (VA; 22-4) by TKO after the 7th round

lol this Sigmon character looks awful confident against a former world champ. Good for him, I wish him the best.