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Jermall Charlo: 100% I'm One of Most Avoided Fighters at 160!
By Lem Satterfield

WBC interim middleweight champion Jermall Charlo was getting his powerful hands wrapped by trainer, Ronnie Shields, during a recent session at the Houston, Texas-based Plex Gym, when the 28-year-old “Hit Man” took time to address Shields’ assertion that he is the most feared 160-pounder in boxing.

Charlo (27-0, 21 KOs) agrees with Shields’ contention that division counterparts Canelo Alvarez, Jermall Charlo and Gennady Golovkin are “afraid” to face him, owing to the 6-foot-1 boxer-puncher’s blend of speed, power and relative youth.

“I agree with Ronnie 100 percent that I’m one of the most avoided fighters in the division because of the fact that I’m young, I’m strong, I’m hungry. Everything my trainer has given me, I’ve given it right back to him. They see the freight train and [his promotional company] ‘Lions Only’ coming, and everybody’s getting out of the way. We’re unstoppable for anybody," said Charlo.

“Otherwise, the fights would have been made already if that wasn’t the case. So I’m aware of the attention, but from the beginning, this is where Ronnie Shields and I wanted to be. Overall, our main focus is to attack whoever has the championship belts, so we’re going to continue to move on from there on our quest to dominate the division.”

Charlo is after his first defense and fourth straight stoppage victory against southpaw two-time title challenger Willie Monroe (23-3, 6 KOs) at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, on December 22. Also on the Showtime-televised card, Charlo’s twin brother, Jermell (31-0, 15 KOs), defends his WBC junior middleweight crown against repeat title challenger Tony Harrison (27-2, 21 KOs).

In victory over Monroe, Charlo has been mandated by the WBC to face the 36-year-old Golovkin (38-1-1, 34 KOs), who lost his IBO, WBC and “super” WBA 160-pound titles by split-decision last month to Alvarez (50-1-1, 34 KOs) in a rematch of their draw from September 2017.

Alvarez, who signed a $365 million multi-fight deal with the streaming service DAZN, will pursue a third crown in as many divisions on December 15 against 168-pound Rocky Fielding, but retains his middleweight championships.

The switch-hitting Jacobs (35-2, 29 KOs) has won three straight, including unanimous decisions in November and April against previously unbeatens Luis Arias and Maciej Sulecki since falling by disputed unanimous decision in March 2017 to Golovkin in a bout that ended “GGG’s” 23-fight, nine-year stoppage streak.

In his last fight on October 27, the 31-year-old Jacobs earned his third straight victory by split-decision over Russian-born Ukrainian stablemate Sergiy Dervyanchenko (12-1, 10 KOs) for the IBF’s vacant crown at New York’s Madison Square Garden.

The other newly crowned champions are 30-year-old southpaw Demetrius Andrade (26-0, 16 KOs) of the WBO and 28-year-old Rob Brant (24-1, 16 KOs), the “regular” WBA titleholder.

“Canelo Alvarez is afraid of Jermall, Triple-G [Gennady Golovkin] is afraid of Jermall, and Danny Jacobs is doing all of this talking, but Danny Jacobs is afraid of him, too. They see that Jermall is a big, strong, skilled fighter who takes a good shot, and that he’s always in condition and ready to fight. That’s something they’re afraid of,” said Shields.

“Jermall is one helluva fighter and one tough fight for anybody that’s walking around on this planet right now, and it’s a simple as that. I believe that Triple-G is going to avoid fighting Jermall, and then, we’ll go straight to Canelo. Then I think Canelo’s going to avoid Jermall, and, according to the rules, he’ll have to give up his belt. And let’s see who Danny chooses to fight, next.”

Before his fight with Derevyanchenko, Jacobs’ trainer, Andre Rozier, listed Charlo, left-handed ex-champ Billy Joe Saunders, Alvarez, Golovkin and [WBA ‘regular’ champ] Rob Brant, in order, as the next men he wanted “The Miracle Man” wanted to face.

Rozier said Jacobs’ zeal to battle Charlo stems from a face-to-face confrontation in March between the fighters in at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, while in attendance for heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder’s stoppage victory over Luis Oriz.

“Jermall Charlo was talking (to reporters) about fighting Danny in the hallways of Barclays Center when Danny walked up on Charlo and directly addressed him. Charlo then seemed to go from being very adamant to losing steam and energy,” said Rozier.

“So Danny’s saying he still wants to fight him and they can get it on after he beats Sergey. Forgetting all of the politics involved, going 1-through-5, Danny’s list of future fights is Jermall Charlo, Billy Joe Saunders, Canelo Alvarez, Gennady Golovkin and Rob Brant.”

Charlo also sees Jacobs as a priority.

“Right now, I definitely want the Jacobs fight. He’s one of the fighters who has been on my mind and that I’ve been look at,” said Charlo. “Right now, I wanna take care of business against Willie Monroe, and then we’ll worry about the rest later.”
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Gam they gonna make sure nothing happens to Floyd and he winning ...this just a money grab....Asians spend crazy money on pop culture shit and they ll definitely kick in for this fight
 
Koltrain said:
I see what you saying but a loss is a loss. Part of the Mayweather deal is the undefeated record. Getting choked out would hurt his brand long term. I know nothing about the guy he fighting, so it might be fixed ...but on the surface, I don't like this nice even if it is a money grab.
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Only haters really going to give a fuck and hold it against Floyd if loses in a mma fight.

Floyd has plenty of haters but its still not going to be looked at as the same as Floyd losing a boxing ring.
 
That rooster kid fights again this week....

I think I'm actually gonna put money on him... No odds.... But he made a fan last time
 
I think Floyd is kinda tainting his legacy with these fights, the Mcgregor fight was a circus and this Rizin things is a circus... Yeah it keeps him in the media as its an event and it keeps him paid but it almost makes you forget his actual great boxing career...

I dont think Floyd is broke, but he prolly needs money to maintain his standard of living...
 
Koltrain said:
I see what you saying but a loss is a loss. Part of the Mayweather deal is the undefeated record. Getting choked out would hurt his brand long term. I know nothing about the guy he fighting, so it might be fixed ...but on the surface, I don't like this nice even if it is a money grab.
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No way I see Floyd getting choked out, it will surely be a modified rules event... I think Rizin have even had different combats in differnt rounds before, for instance maybe boxing and kick boxing in alternate rounds... But if so I hazard a guess and say the other dude will be encouraged to throw weak, half hearted kicks if so!!!

Think about it, Floyd had to change his style later on in his career and stay on the ropes more and had a noticeable lack of movement, so I really cant see him dodging takedowns all that other MMA schitt that...
 
http://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/...er-says-never-agreed-official-fight-kickboxer

Floyd Mayweather says he never agreed to official fight with kickboxer


If you're a Floyd Mayweather fan, don't go booking your trip to Japan for the New Year's Eve return to the ring that he announced Monday at a news conference in Tokyo.

Mayweather on Wednesday pulled back from his announcement, posting on Instagram that he had never agreed to a formal bout with Japanese kickboxing phenom Tenshin Nasukawa and that he and his team were "completely derailed" by the magnitude of the event announced.

"Now that I am back on U.S. soil after a long and disappointing trip to Tokyo, I now have the time to address you, my fans and the media in regard to the upcoming event on December 31st that was recently announced," Mayweather wrote. "First and foremost, I want it to be clear that I, Floyd Mayweather, never agreed to an official bout with Tenshin Nasukawa. In fact (with all due respect) I have never heard of him until this recent trip to Japan."

Mayweather, the 20-year-old Nasukawa, Mayweather business associate Brent Johnson -- who helped put the deal together -- and executives from the Rizin Fighting Federation -- a Japanese promotional company founded in 2015 that puts on MMA and kickboxing events -- appeared at Monday's news conference and announced the fight for Dec. 31 at the 37,000-seat Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan, about a half hour drive outside of Tokyo.

However, several key details were not announced, including the specific rules of the bout, the number of rounds, the weight limit, how the fight broadcast would be distributed and what type of gloves they would wear. Nor did Mayweather, who usually gets into detail about how much money he would earn, discuss his pay for the fight. Earlier in the day, Mayweather posted a photo of himself on social media wearing Rizin MMA gloves.

But in his social media post, Mayweather backtracked, even though he spent several minutes at the news conference lauding his opponent and answering questions about the event and his decision to come out of retirement for the fight.

"Ultimately, I was asked to participate in a 9 minute exhibition of 3 rounds with an opponent selected by the Rizen Fighting Federation," Mayweather wrote. "What I was originally informed of (it) by Brent Johnson of One Entertainment was that this was to be an exhibition put on for a small group of wealthy spectators for a very large fee. This exhibition was previously arranged as a 'Special Bout' purely for entertainment purposes with no intentions of being represented as an official fight card nor televised worldwide."

Mayweather went on to say that he was surprised by the announcement of the fight as anything other than that at the news conference.

"Once I arrived to the press conference, my team and I were completely derailed by the new direction this event was going and we should have put a stop to it immediately," he said. "I want to sincerely apologize to my fans for the very misleading information that was announced during this press conference and I can assure you that I too was completely blindsided by the arrangements that were being made without my consent nor approval.

"For the sake of the several fans and attendees that flew in from all parts of the world to attend this past press conference, I was hesitant to create a huge disturbance by combating what was being said and for that I am truly sorry. I am a retired boxer that earns an unprecedented amount of money, globally, for appearances, speaking engagements and occasional small exhibitions."

Since his retirement, there has been no record of Mayweather participating in boxing or any other combat sports exhibitions. Mayweather (50-0, 27 KOs), 41, of Las Vegas, came out of a two-year retirement in August 2017 and knocked out UFC superstar Conor McGregor in the 10th round of a massively hyped boxing match in what became the second-highest grossing event in combat sports history behind only Mayweather's 2015 victory over Manny Pacquiao.

In September, Mayweather said he planned to come out of retirement again and announced he would face Pacquiao in a rematch in December. While Mayweather still has said he plans to fight Pacquiao again, that fight likely would not happen until at least the spring while Pacquiao plans to defend his secondary welterweight title against Adrien Broner in January.

In the meantime, Mayweather announced that he would fight the much smaller Nasukawa, who is 27-0 with 21 knockouts in kickboxing and 4-0 with two knockouts in MMA fighting mainly as a featherweight and junior featherweight.
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If Floyd really was duped he needs to have a strong word with his team because that should never of happened to someone as big as him... I think Rizin may of insisted on some kicking being involved and he was like hell nah...
 
Tuesday, November 6, 2018
Young Neeco Macias takes on veteran Jesus Soto Karass in Golden Boy on ESPN card
By Nigel Collins
ESPN.com

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Neeco Macias. right, headlines a Golden Boy on ESPN card against veteran Jesus Soto Karass on Thursday.

Cock-a-doodle-doo! Undefeated junior middleweight Neeco Macias lives up to his "Rooster" nickname by ground scratching, wing flapping, and crowing during the fighter introductions. But the fun doesn't stop there. Once the opening bell rings, his exciting, all-action style takes over.



Thursday, at the Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio, California, Macias takes on veteran warhorse Jesus "Renuente" Soto Karass in the headline bout of a Golden Boy on ESPN card.

Neeco Macias vs. Jesus Soto Karass


Where: Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio, California
When: Thursday
TV: ESPN2, ESPN Deportes 11 p.m. ET



Macias, 27, of Tehachapi, California, tallied his most impressive win to date in his most recent bout, when he stopped out previously undefeated Marvin Cabrera in the sixth round on Sept. 1. Macias's relentless, rapid-fire attack wore down Cabrera, who stayed on his stool at the end of the sixth round.



Cabrera wasn't the first unbeaten prospect to suffer his maiden defeat at the hands of Macias. In September 2016, the "Rooster" knocked down Roland Garza in the fifth round, and even though Garza beat referee Jay Nady's count, he was deemed unfit to continue.



In 2017 Macias (17-0, 10 KOs) was diagnosed with plantar fasciitis in his left heel, a painful condition that involves inflammation of a thick band of tissue that runs across the bottom of the foot and connects the heel bone to your toes.



"It's because we do so much roadwork," Macias said. "We had to let it heal for 10 weeks. It kind of slowed me down and I couldn't fight for almost a year."



The Soto Karass bout will be Macias's third since returning from the heel injury.



Considering the setbacks he's had in recent years, it's surprising that the 37-year-old Soto Karass is still fighting.

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Veteran brawler Jesus Soto Karass hasn't won a fight since a TKO victory over Andre Berto more than 5 years ago.
His skid began following the biggest win of his career, a 12th-round TKO of Andre Berto in July 2013. Soto Karass has gone 0-5-1 since then, including stoppage losses to Keith Thurman, Yoshihiro Kamegai and Juan Carlos Abreu, in his most recent match.



Soto Karass, of North Hollywood, California, said that he would retire after the Macias fight. "Whatever the outcome, a defeat, a victory or a draw, I will say goodbye to boxing."



If he keeps his word, Soto Karass (28-13-4, 18 KOs) will have a number of significant wins to look back on with pride, including victories over Selcuk Aydin, Carson Jones, David Estrada and Michel Rosales, who was undefeated when Jesus stopped him in October 2006.

Total punches average
Fighter Total Jabs Power
Macias (last 3 fights) 49.8 of 137.5 (36%) 2.5 of 13.9 (18%) 47.4 of 123.5 (38%)
Soto Karass (last 7 fghts) 23.8 of 89.6 (27%) 5.1 of 33.4 (15%) 18.7 of 56.3 (33%)
Division avg. 16.9 of of 56.4 (30%) 4.8 of 23.6 (20%) 12.1 of 32.8 (37%)
-Courtesy of CompuBox
"A lot of people are telling me, 'Oh, Soto Karass is old. You're going to stop him.' It's like, in one ear and out the other," said Macias. "These guys don't know. I've seen Soto Karass get knockouts in the 12th round. He's not going anywhere. He's so tough. I just think it's going to be awesome -- ESPN and two Mexican-style fighters. It's going to be great!"



As is always the case, popular brawler Soto Karass is going to give his very best, but going in, it sure seems like the "Rooster" will be the one doing the crowing when the fight is over.



In the co-feature, Manny "Chato" Robles III faces Jose Santos "El Torito" Gonzalez in a featherweight bout scheduled for 10 rounds.



Like the main event, the match features unbeaten prospect Robles (16-0, 8 KOs) against a battle-tested veteran in Gonzalez (23-7, 13 KOs).



Robles, 24, of Lake Elsinore, California, recorded his most notable win in his most recent bout, a ninth-round knockout of previously undefeated Edgar Valerio on June 14, 2018. Even so, he's not taking Gonzalez for granted.



"I look at film. I checked my opponent out a couple of times," Robles said. "Gonzalez has been fighting for a while, has a lot of fights. He's a good boxer, he switches to southpaw, as well, but it's nothing I've never seen before.



"I'm prepared mentally and physically for this fight. I've had a good camp, good sparring, and I'm ready to go on November 8."



Gonzalez, 28, of Guadalajara, Mexico, fought most of is career as a bantamweight and junior bantam. He only moved up to featherweight in his last bout, an eight-round decision loss to Ruben Villa in August.



Gonzalez has lost four of his five most recent bouts, but one of those defeats was a majority decision to undefeated Duke Micah in November 2017. Micah got off to a fast start and built an early lead, but Gonzalez rallied in the mid and late rounds to earn a draw on one of the judge's scorecard.



Only one of Gonzalez's seven losses came via knockout, so don't be surprised if he's still on his feet, fighting hard, when the final bell rings.
 
I want to support but $75 for Wilder vs Fury is too much IMO for that fight. Especially with Fury long ass lay off.
 
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