The Best Trainers in World Boxing?

Just interested to see who people rate as some of the top trainers in Boxing.

Freddy Roach - Works with so many different guys constantly on the go. Pacquiao, Hopkins, Bautista, Penalosa etc.

Enzo Calzaghe- Great stable including son Joe, Maccarinelli, Rees, Lockett, Pryce etc.

Robert Garcia - Works out of Oxnard gym where he fought out of has Luevano, Mikee Garcia (his younger brother i think)

Manny Stewart - Has a great history from the Kronx gym. Currently has Klitschko, Banks, Lee.

Nacho Beristain - The Marquez Bros & Mares.

Floyd Mayweather Snr - Trained his son from a young age though currently not talking. Trains ODLH & Guzman.

Germany Michael Timm (Erdei, Sturm, Dzindziruk, Kotelnik, Sidorenko), Fritz Sdunek.

There are loads of others fell free to add them.

Felix Sturm v Jamie Pittman, WBA Middleweight Titlefight!

German based Bosniak Adnan Catic, 28-2-1 (12) or as he is known "Felix Sturm" will attempt to make his 3rd consecutive defense of his WBA title (which he won in 2007 in a 12 rd UD over Javier Castillejo), against Jamie Pittman, 16-0 (7) the affectionately dubbed "Mr Business" from Australia.

STURM, 29, is a very skilled boxer who employs high guard, and nice straight punching with the right cross and jab. Sturm has a great jab, which he has showed in his fights with DLH (L 12), Alcoba (W 12), Cherifi (KO 3), and Castillejo rematch (W 12).

PITTMAN, 26, had an impressive amateur career of roughly 130 fights, culminating into a spot at the 2004 Olympics. As a pro, Pittman has some decent wins to his credit, but nothing against any world-class or "name" opposition. The best fights on his record would most likely be Nonoy Gonzales (W 12), and William Gare (W TD 9). Pittman is somewhat of an unknown factor due to his limited pro career.

THE FIGHT, Some people say that Felix Sturm is a "spent fighter" since his TKO loss to Castillejo, and he's never fought the same since. The glimpses of brilliance that Sturm showed against DLH, Cherifi, and Masoe seem to be: Gone. Still others say that Sturm can rejeuvenate his career, after all, hes only 29, and he certainly has the tools and experience.

Can Sturm revitalize his career against Pittman? Or will Pittman pull off the big upset and win the WBA? Whats your opinion?

Khan & Peterson title shots? / Ring title mess

Lightweight prospects Amir Khan and Anthony Peterson could be close to title shots. Peterson is WBO#1 and Khan is taking on WBO#3 Kristiansen this weekend. Improbable that either could be challenging for a world belt this early.

Will Khan go for Casamayor and Peterson go for Campbell, perhaps? Or is it just too early for both these raw talents?


What does everyone think about this? IMO lightweight is a mess. It's all fine having Casa as Ring Champ but there is another claimant out there Nate Campbell who beat Juan Diaz for 3 of the 4 main titles according to the sanctioning bodies.

Anyone remember what Hopkins did when there was 1 more claimant out there - he went and punished Joppy. Ditto with Bob Foster who was pissed off that Vincente Rondon was calling himself champ. Ring Champs shouldn't be allowed to rest on their laurels.

The WBO says Casa has to take on Campbell to settle whom their champ is as Campbell has the WBO proper and Casa holds the Interim version.

If sanctioning body belts don't matter, are irrelevent, as Ring expect us to think by accepting their abstract title, then why has Casa been paying sanctioning fees in Interim title fights to the WBO and WBC?

Vernon Paris pulls out against Stevie Johnston

19/20 year old Paris has been brought along at a fast pace...but even his people knew he would probably have gotten schooled by Johnston last night. good pull out
His promoter said he would be ready for a title shot at the end of 2008.
no chance......no reason.......he has time to improve.

Why Bernard Hopkins will slay the Italian Dragon

PHILADELPHIA – We all know Bernard “The Executioner” Hopkins 48 -4 -1 (32 KO’s) the fighter, but to know the man, you only need to take a stroll through any of the economically depressed sections of North Philadelphia. It is where he was born, where he learned to fight and where he was eventually arrested for strong arm robbery when he was in just 11th grade and sentenced for up to 18 years. At age 17, he was officially a statistic. While most athletes find out who they are in college or in amateur competition, Hopkins was discovering the colder, harder side of life. He was a kid in prison with killers, and he wasn’t fighting for a belt, he was fighting for his life.

Ring Magazine MAY edition? WTF????

This is odd. I bought the Ring magazine today, it sounds like it is current as of about late January. The ratings are for the period "Ended January 21st, 2008. " stories, previews etc seem to focus on "upcoming" fights in Feb or early March.

So why is it called the MAY edition? Whats that all about?

I know some magazines call themselves the month-after edition (so as to appear "new" throughout their shelf life - eg a mag that is monthly and comes out on Feb 10th might be the "March" edition. But May? For a magazine that came out in late Jan/early feb? How do they work that one out?

Urbano Antillon

Ive been raving about this guy for about a year now. Everyone called me "crazy" and "out of touch", but since about a year ago I touted Urbano Antillon as what I said would be a next champion someday. And I think against Pacquiao he proved it.

Ive always known this guy was sik and thats why since last year I predicted he would be a world champ. This dude is sik. Off the wall, off the hook man. He looked AMAZING versus Wilson Alcorro, then he just looked AMAZING against Bobby Pacquiao. He KTFO them both, and these are the types of guys who usually give top fighters good fights.

Urbano Antillon, hes some1 for all boxing fans to keep an eye on!

Pacquiao wins over Marquez

Pacquiao is the harder puncher, but JMM does a great job neutralizing Manny's offense for long stretches, other than the two rounds in which he was knocked down.

Pacquiao gets more credit for being aggressive, and I think wins some close rounds he doesn't really deserve to win.

Even tonight, Emanuel Steward kept mentioning how strong Manny looked, and most of those comments were during the middle rounds where JMM was actually in control.

Both are great fighters. JMM is smarter, and Manny is the harder hitter, but more one-dimensional.

Styles make fights, and this was a great fight. I just thought JMM controlled more of the action, landed more effective punches, and eked out a close win.

IF Calzaghe loses/ B Hop Loses.... Where does it Leave them?

What status would each boxer have if they lose after their Match up.

Keep it Short and Simple...

Joe Calzaghe - i feel he has a lot more to lose. His critics say he has failed to get Big wins at the the right time. Although Great boxer, many feel his 10 year Span is under-mined by the fact he always fought in Britain etc. etc. Losing to B-Hop will render him as the guy who lost to an old-timer when he was in his Prime.

Bernard Hopkins - i feel he has a lot LESS to lose. He is 43, although looking very strong and will take most contenders pretty easily, Calzaghe is not just another Boxer. At 43, no matter how good he is, you have to consider he is passed his best and going into this fight a slight under-dog etc. etc.

i personally feel Hopkins' career will not suffer much if he loses. Depending on how he performs in the fight, one can always suggest he may have won had it been in back in HIS day.

I feel Calzaghe must win since this fight has happened already too late he cannot afford to lose

Israel Vazquez- Manny Pacquaio Sparring

Israel was Manny main sparring partner leading
up to his first fight with Barrera. Israel and
Manny sparred a lot at the Wild Card. Well....
I thought you might like seeing it.....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYD3DQ_OwTQ

Chris Byrd at Light-Heavy?

Chris Byrd gave an interview on Boxingtalk that he was skipping cruiser to drop all the way down to 175 to fight at light-heavy. He is almost at the weight already apparently "just by running".

If it actually happens, I am curious as to how much punching power he would have at this weight? I have heard of punchers losing power as they go up in weight, but is the inverse true? With his boxing skills and good chin, if you threw in punching power I think he would make a dangerous opponent for anyone at 175.

How would he do against Tarver, Woods, Erdei, Dawson, and Green?

Bobby Pacquiao vs Urbano Antillon

Pretty interesting fight on tonight's Versus Fight Night undercard, certainly more interesting than the Tye Fields main event. Antillon is a pretty good prospect, but B-Pac is a big step up for him. They have a common opponent in Fernando Trejo, who Bobby stopped in 2007 and Antillon won a close split decision against in 2005.

Any thoughts on this fight? I think I'll take Pacquiao in a close one.

Vasquez won a SD against Marquez

Scores:
114-111 vazquez
114-111 marquez
113-112 vazquez



I had it 114-111 for Vasquez
Vasquez just seemed more durable throughout the fight. Might of had something to do with a combination of his bodywork and the fact that he was physically bigger/stronger. I had him behind most of the fight until after the 11th which put him up one point. Then the 10-8 score for the 12th round made him win by 3 points on my card.

I didn't agree with showtimes commentators scoring AT ALL.
At one point in the fight they had Vasquez down by 5 points.