Marquez- Casamayor and Bradley – Cherry Recaps

Posted in Uncategorized on September 17th, 2008 by admin

BY: Diane Bennett

Let’s take a few seconds to go through last Saturdays fights. The big one of course was Juan Manuel Marquez 11th round TKO over Joel Casmamayor. With the win Marquez claimed the WBO Lightweight Championship. Marquez looked great in beating down Casamayor, he was systematic in his attack and beat Casamayor to the punch the whole night. Marquez who never stopped punching landed a few big shots in the 10th round which helped him establish complete control going into the 11th round. In the 11th round Casamayor tried to fight back but it was the tough Marquez who landed a big right with about 30 seconds left in the round send Casamayor to the canvas. Casamayor was able to beat the count but the relentless Marquez nailed him again with another right several seconds later and Casamayor once again was on his back. After the second knockdown referee Tony Weeks stopped the fight. Marquez improved to 49-4-1, 36 KOs

Marquez

Marquez

www.Diamond Boxing.com “The Bling of the Ring” was on target with this one predicting a late round knockout by Marquez.

Marquez vs Casamayor

Marquez vs Casamayor

We were totally off track in the WBC Super Lightweight clash between Champion Timothy Bradley and Edner Cherry. Diamond Boxing “The Bling of the Ring” was looking for an upset in this one calling for a Cherry Bomb knockout over Bradley. However, it was the dominating Bradley landing and landing punch after punch. Bradley floored Cherry in the 8th round with an over hand right to the face. Cherry recovered from the knockout but could not mount any sort of attack the remainder of the fight. Bradley easily won on all three judge’s cards to retain his title.   

The anticipated fight between Joan Guzman and Nate Campbell was called off when Guzman who had trouble making the 135 pound lightweight limit became ill. Guzman who was 3.5 pounds overweight at Fridays weigh-in refused to fight telling his promoters that he was not healthy enough to go into the ring with Campbell. Guzman who has issued an apology blaming only himself for coming in overweight. Guzman thought he would be able to make weight based on previous training camps were he would come in overweight and then slim down by fight time. We will have to hold on for a while to see what will be next for Campbell.

Campbell - Guzman Face-off

Campbell - Guzman Face-off

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Lightweight Weekend ” Our Thoughts” “Campbell, Marquez and Cherry”

Posted in Uncategorized on September 12th, 2008 by admin

 

Face off Campbell vs Guzman

Face off Campbell vs Guzman

Lightweight Weekend “Our Thoughts”

On the slate this weekend is another set of Lightweight thrillers. After last weekends Breidis Prescott surprising first round upset knockout over Amir Khan what can possible happen on Saturday night. The Bling of the Ring was caught off guard as most the boxing world was with Prescott’s 54 second victory.

We thought this would be a walk in the park for Khan and another stepping stone up the lightweight ladder, Instead Khan and trainer Rubio now have to go back to the drawing board and continue to develop this youngster’s defensive skills, as his chin is desirable.

Last weekend we also saw The Baby Bull Juan Diaz get back on the winning track and capture the IBO Lightweight belt at the same time. Diaz looked good in a well executed fight plan, picking his spots to explode on the slower Michael Katsidis and coming away with a split decision victory.

Diaz was short changed by judge Glen Hamada who scored the fight 115 – 113 for Kasidis while the two other judges had it 115 – 133 and 116 -112 Diaz. Diamond Boxing “The Bling of the Ring” scored the fight 116 – 112 the way of Diaz. With the win Diaz is right back in the mix for a major title bout perhaps facing the winner of Saturday Casamayor – Marquez battle. Let’s move on to this weekends Lightweight match ups.

Joel Casamayor vs Juan Manuel Marquez

They are set and roaring to go “The Challenge” is on Saturday night September 13th Joel Casamayor (36-3-1, 22 KOs) will take on Juan Manuel Marquez (48-4-1, 35 KOs) for the Ring Magazine World Lightweight title. Casamayor coming off his March 22nd 10th round knockout victory over Michael Katsidis will be challenged by the crafty veteran Marquez. Through the years of facing the likes of Pacquiao, Berrera and John in title bouts, Marquez will not be fazed by the scrappy Casamayor. This bout should not go to the cards look for the heavy favorite Marquez to take Casamayor out by TKO in the latter rounds. This bout will be broadcasted on HBO PPV starting at 9PM EST.

  Nate Campbell (32 -5-1, 25 KOs) vs Juan Guzman (28 -0, 17KOs)

Ok he is trained by Floyd Mayweather Senior, Ok now Guzman could not weight today missing the 135 pound limit, Ok now no titles will be on the line Saturday night. Does this play into the hands of the cagy Nate Campbell of course of course. We see this as a Nate Campbell victory and once again Campbell who this time is almost a two to one underdog will pull off the upset. Look for Campbell to score a unanimous decision victory in this one. And as Nate says it will be Guzman 28 and Nate referring to Campbell’s last victory over previously undefeated Juan Diaz.  The Campbell –Guzman bout will be shown on Showtime starting at 9PM EST.        

Super Knockout Special Prediction tomorrow night in the Timothy Bradley (22-0, 11KOs) – Edner Cherry (25-5-2, 12KOs) WBC light welterweight title bout. Edner Cheery will land one of his Cherry bombs to take out Champion Timothy Bradley and capture the belt. Cherry is listed as an 8 to 1 underdog.   

  

 

 

 

 

 

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Lightweights Go At It In September

Posted in Uncategorized on September 3rd, 2008 by admin

Khan lands uppercut

Khan lands uppercut

BY: Diane Bennett

September will be the month for the lightweights to show their stuff. The fun begins on September 6th when we have The Baby Bull Juan Diaz (33- 1, 17 KOs) going up against knockout artist Michael Katsidis (23-1, 20KOs). The bout will be shown on HBO Boxing after Dark live from the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas. Diaz is coming off a devastating defeat by the hands of Nate Campbell. In that bout which was Diaz’s first defeat he also lost his world titles. Diaz who is now ranked anywhere between 3 and 4 depending which governing body you follow will be looking to get back on the winning track. However, he must figure out how to stay away from Katsidis’s power, Diaz will need to stick to a game plan of landing combinations and moving which he got away from in the Campbell fight. He can not get lured into a slugging match with Katsidis who is ranked 5th by the WBO and has one punch knock out power. Look for Diaz to get back to his boxing ways and to win this battle by unanimous decision.
Hours earlier on the 6th in Manchester England up and coming British Boxing star Amir Khan will be facing undefeated Colombian Breidis Prescott. Khan who is also undefeated and ranked 2nd by the WBO, 5th by the WBC and 10th by the IBF should be able to handle Prescott who only days ago was announced as Khans opponent. This is being classified as Khans biggest challenge aren’t they all and is Khans first under his new trainer Jorge Rubio. Look for Khan who under Rubio has been working on his defensive skills in order to become a complete boxer to take over the fight in the middle rounds and put Prescott away.
Lets now fast forward one week to September 13th which on this Saturday night we will be treated a lightweight triple header a HBO PPV clash between Joel Casamayor (36-3-1,22KOs) VS Juan Manuel Marquez (48-4-1,35KOs). On the same night Showtime will broadcast World Champion Nate Campbell who will defend his titles against Juan Guzman (28-0,17KOs). Campbell will be in a tough test against Guzman who has been able to beat the likes of Humberto Soto and Jorge Barrios. Campbell’s experience should help him through this one and we are projecting a unanimous decision victory for Campbell. Getting back to the Casamoyor – Marquez matchup our money goes on Marquez by TKO turn out the lights, it should be all Marquez in this one.
Lets not forget on the Campbell- Guzman undercard more lightweights will be pitted against one and another when Edner Cherry “Bomb” takes on Timothy Bradley. This match will be for Bradley’s WBC belt which he captured back on May 10th by upsetting Junior Witter in a bout held in Nottingham Arena in the UK. Don’t discount the Cherry Bomb from landing one of his original bombs and taking the title away from Bradley. So look for September to be the beginning of the who’s who in the lightweight division. With their eyes set on a Pac Man bout next year. Also look for Khan to set up camp next year in the US and make a championship run. He is going to need a few more bouts and some more seasoning under Rubio before he can step it up and challenge the likes of Diaz and Campbell.
 

 

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