By Zo Crooks, Real Combat Media Chicago Boxing Correspondent
What up boxing world! We are back with another edition of Real Combat Media Weekly Boxing Report “Split Decision Edition”. I told you that we would keep you up to date weekly on what’s going on in the sport of boxing. This week’s edition will break down Ronda Rousey and her incredible knockout streak. Danny Garcia debut at 147 against Paulie Malignaggi, the wild ending to a great start in Danny Jacobs and Sergio Mora, as well as news and updates on Keith Thurman, Sugar Shane Mosley makes the cut, and much much more! And finally the official announcement that you’ve all been waiting for!!!! We ready!!!
Danny Garcia made his successful move to 147 against Paulie this weekend on PBC’s ESPN card. Ok this is my assessment on this fight and Danny’s move up. This fight he looked a bit stronger than usual. He struggled to make 140 recently and maybe hasn’t looked as dominant at 140 after Lucas Matthysse but on Saturday night against Malignaggi he looked good! His right hand was strong and poppin! Malignaggi looked over matched. Overall it was a one-sided fight. Danny stopped him in the 9th round! I thought it was a good stoppage myself.
Danny Garcia has a lot of competition at the 147 division. Some people are already throwing DSG in the Floyd Mayweather hat for a future bout…that is if Money decides to keep fighting after September. I think that’s a bit premature but a couple of big names are available in the division like Keith Thurman, Errol Spence, Kell Brook, Boo Boo Andrande and more. Anyway DSG is here to make some damn noise!
Paulie hinted after the fight that he may retire. Paulie has had a helluva run…standing ovay!!! Not a bad career. The Magic Man always had heart and would fight anyone in a New York minute! He still getting paid though because his career as a ring announcer has taking off nicely.
That fight between Daniel Jacobs and Sergio Mora was the shit for a round and a half!!! That first round was off the chain. First Jacobs dropped Mora with a short right hand and then Mora returned the favor with a nasty left. Back and forth action had me like “HELL YEAH”!!!! This had to be round of the year. On #FREETV at that. #ThankyouAlHaymon! I didn’t expect a round like that at all! They came out aggressive again in the second round. Jacobs caught Mora and he went down awkwardly on his right leg or ankle or both! He complained of a broken ankle afterwards. He was definitely injured and the way that he went down was scary. The result was a second round TKO for Jacobs. A rematch would be embraced!!!
Also on the PBC ESPN card we had Prichard Colon taking on Michael Finney. Can you say #EZWORK!!!! Colon, the undefeated Puerto Rican junior middleweight, put hands on that boy like Finney stole something from him. Finney from Alabama was out of there in second round of the six round bout. Colon is now 15-0-12 KOs!
PBC on Bounce TV featured former Olympians Rau’shee Warren against Juan Carlos Payano. Both fighters came into the bout undefeated but one “0” had to go! Payano, a two-time olympian from the DR (Dominican Republic) made his first title defense against three-time olympian Warren from the Nati (Cincinnati). This fight was close throughout with both fighters seeming to be off target for the most part. It was a rugged hard fought bout with point deductions everywhere. First in the third round Payano was docked with a point for hitting Warren behind the head and then in the ninth round Warren was docked 2 points for hitting Payano while he was down, or so it seem. I didn’t agree with the Warren point deductions. It was a close fight throughout with Warren scoring a knockdown of Payano in the 12th round. Payano was awarded the “Split Decision” victory. I actually had Warren winning the fight. There were a lot of close rounds that were extremely hard to score. The two point deductions hurt Warren but even with that I had him winning.
Ronda Rousey is on some Mike Tyson sh##! I normally don’t go into MMA much but this chick is on one! Stopping females in less than 60 seconds. This weekend Rousey stopped fellow UFC bantamweight fighter Bethe Correia at UFC 190 in 34 seconds. Her last 3 fights have lasted a total of 1:04. That’s crazy as hell!!! However there is one female out there that is waiting on her chance to get it on with Rousey, and that’s Cris “Cyborg” Justino. Cyborg is the damn truth!!! Instead of Rousey calling out Floyd, she need to be calling out Cyborg! My money is on Cyborg all day!
I love Keith Thurman interviews! One thing about “One Time” is that he truly speaks his mind. This weekend he was in rare form too. When asked about fighting Errol Spence, Thurman snapped! This is what Thurman had to say about Spence, “Errol “The Truth” Spence, what his name is, if you’re the truth, I speak the truth. I got no problem fighting you. You, me, Al Haymon, we can all sit down at a table. I got no problem fighting you. Bring your uncle Floyd, and let’s negotiate that the winner automatically fights him [Mayweather] so that he proves to the world that he will fight any undefeated fighter, not just Latino fighters, which have a certain style that he’s accustomed to since the amateurs. Please stop with questions because I’m getting heated, and I keep it real and I keep it honest. No more about Spence.” As you can see Thurman is tired of the talks of himself fighting Spence. I would love to see the matchup myself which should be a great fight. Thurman also went in on Amir Khan too. One Time speaks his mind and you have to respect that!!!
Sugar Shane Mosley wants avenge all of his losses! Sugar Shane put it out there that he believes that he is still the best fighter in the world! He called out Mayweather, Miguel Cotto, Winky Wright, Canelo Alvarez and Manny Pacquiao. As he put it, “My mindset is to beat all of the guys that beat me.” Mosley feels that he still has it, but even he is impressive in his next bout against Ricardo Mayorga on August 29th, I doubt he will get that shot with any of the names about unless Wright decides to come out of retirement. Gotta love the confidence of the future HOF fighter!
Miguel Cotto and Canelo Alvarez are still working out the small details! Their much anticipated fight is scheduled to take place at the Mandalay Bay in Vegas on November 21st and they are ironing out the final details for the bout. One of the last sticking points is a Rematch Clause. Golden Boy’s Oscar De La Hoya claims that Cotto’s manager Gaby Penagarciano is holding up the deal by refusing to strike an agreement on purse-split portion of a rematch clause. From my understanding Roc Nation and Golden Boy are both on board, just waiting on Cotto’s manager to Penagarciano to give the approval. I believe this fight will happen but I don’t know if a rematch clause is necessary. What about Gennady Golovkin waiting on the winner of this bout? GGG is next in line to fight the winner or Cotto and Canelo. GGG is the mandatory but if a rematch clause is in place then what happens with GGG having winners? I guess we will just have to see what happens.
IT’S OFFICIAL: MONEY MAYWEATHER VS ANDRE BERTO ON SHOWTIME PPV!!! This fight will take place on September 12th at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. This is Mayweather’s last fight of his contract, a six fight deal with Showtime and possibly his last of his career. To me Berto is an underrated fighter. He has great hand speed and is always exciting because he comes to fight! I believe Money deserves to fight who he wants after a long 19 year career in which he has reigned supreme! I’m just glad that it is finally announced and set to go. I know the undercard will be crazy as well. “I’m ready to get back in the ring on Sept. 12 and prove again to the whole world why I’m the best ever,” Mayweather said. “I always bring my A-game, and this fight against Andre Berto is no exception. He’s a young, strong fighter who is hungry to take down the best. Forty-eight have tried before, and on Sept. 12, I’m going to make it 49.”
Well that’s it for this week’s edition of “Split Decision”. If you have any questions or comments please feel free to email me at [email protected] or hit me on twitter @ZoManyStylez. Thanks for following!!!!
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