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Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Notes from the Housecat: Manny Pacquiao, Bernard Hopkins and more


I can't wait for Nov.14 because of Manny Pacquiao vs. Miguel Cotto!
* Like my Uncle Ed says, "A good cheesecake doesn't need a fruit topping.". So let's do this fight without the belts! I'm thinking Cotto makes it look close early, but Pacquiao overwhelms him and blows him out eventually.
* I have turned against the September 19 Mayweather - Marquez promotion because promoters have add the often - disgraced Zab Judah to the televised card. See my column on this very subject dated Monday.
* I don't pay attention on TV or on line when those punch stats starts rolling. If you tell me they draw in new viewers, fine. However ratings continue to fall the last two decades and their accuracy and how they are interpreted just can't be accurate. It's a gimmick!

Boxing is not a statistical sport. You have fighters that can rattle off four and five punch combinations in one second and be countered by the same and if you miss just one punch, well, it's 20%. Probing punches count as much a a serious offensive jab. There is just two much of a human element involved that accuracy of these statistics are impossible.

* Nobody should be holding their head high after Saturday nights Diaz - Malignaggi fight in Houston. Even Malignaggi has to admit he took the big payday and knew what he thought was going to happen. If he can show me in writing all the promises he said he recieved from the Texas commission in advance, well, I would send them to the International Boxing Hall of Fame in Canastota, NY.

Others are saying Paulie didn't speak to Texas but to Golden Boy, who said they would pass it along.

* DirecTV, citing poor ratings, may give the boot to the Versus Channel, Ratings continue to be poor but Versus is requesting even more money in latest negotiations. Could happen by mid September. This would not affect Versus being on cable channels though.

* Is anybody else getting tired of all the exposure Bernard Hopkins is getting? He's overexposed and doesn't have much of interest to say anyway. I don't get the appeal. Less is more, Bernard.
* Former two-time world champion Paulie Ayala of Fort Worth, Texas is about ready to throw his hat in the ring as a promoter. I'm expecting an official announcement very soon. I don't know what his plans are, but if character and integrity have anything to do with it, Paulie and wife Leti have a fighter's chance at succeeding in this brutal business. Unfortuneately, they don't.
* Why do we need vacant and / or interim titles to be filled if there is a current champion?

Only a severe injury that ties a champion up for more than six months is an acceptable reason for either a vacant or interim title. Under six months, you have to put the title on ice and respect the champions injury.

If the answer is that the current champion has said he is either going to retire or vacate and move up or down in weight to challenge for another title, we should just mandate the top two available challengers to fight and wait it out until the champion steps down. The above steps eliminate more than half of these bogus titles.

* Too many Mickey Mouse titles out there confuses the public and leads to lots of
trickeration. And, to add insult to injury, these contenders sometime time can't
make the weight anyway and they fight at a catch weight. Now there is a universal
title for catchweight fights.
* Only if a champion is severely hurt or announces he's moving up in weight and voluntarily vacates the title should an interim title fight of the top available contenders be sanctioned. Otherwise it's just for the money. The claim that the top contenders will bolt for other titles if their opportunity is delayed is possible but a crock as a reason.
* Vacant and interim titles, along with catch weight fights, emeritus titles, too many sanctioning groups and lousy writers and media coverage might ruin this sport one day.
* An injured shoulder has failed to heal sufficiently and the December heavyweight bout between champion Wladimir Klitschko and American challenger Eddie Chambers has been pushed to spring 2010. Chambers weighing options of a tune up fight.
* Dr. Elias Cordoba, Jr, 92, passed away at his home in Panama City Panama. Dr. Cordoba was a two -time WBA President and was named Honorary President for Life.

# 154 lbs. Danny Jacobs had a few rough patches but overall was impressive over useful Ishe Smith Saturday night. Jacobs has a little Donald Curry / Late Vernon Forrest thing going on which I like.
# I have an exclusive two - part interview with controversial international boxing agent / matchmaker Don Majeski coming up later in the week. Majeski gives thorough, in-depth answers to questions that affect boxing fans.

Source: http://www.examiner.com/x-11372-Dallas-Boxing-Examiner~y2009m8d26-Notes-from-the-Housecat-Manny-Pacquiao-Bernard-Hopkins-and-more

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