VIC DARCHINYAN always talking smack!

JOSEPH AGBEKO & VIC DARCHINYAN

MEDIA CONFERENCE CALL QUOTES

Two of the hardest-hitting boxers in the world participated in a media conference call Tuesday to discuss their upcoming world title fight on Saturday, July 11, live on SHOWTIME at 9 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the west coast) from the BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise, Fla.

IBF Bantamweight champion Joseph “King Kong” Agbeko and two division world champion Vic “Raging Bull” Darchinyan both possess eye-popping knockout percentages. Agbeko (26-1, 22 KOs) of Accra, Ghana, now fighting out of Bronx, N.Y., has knocked out more than 81 percent of his opponents while Darchinyan (32-1, 26 KOs), of Sydney, Australia, by way of Armenia, is right behind him at 76 percent.

Darchinyan, an Aussie bomber who is a four-time world champion at flyweight and super flyweight, will leave his IBF, WBC and WBA titles at 115 pounds behind to move up to the 118-pound limit to face the dangerous Agbeko.  If victorious, Darchinyan will become a three-division world champion.

Arthur Abraham vs. Giovanni Lorenzo

The IBF today sent a letter to Sauerland Event, promoter of IBF middleweight champion Arthur Abraham, advising them that negotiations should start immediately for a fight between Abraham and mandatory challenger Giovanni Lorenzo (27-1, 19 KOs). Rumors are swirling that Abraham, who defended his title successfully on Saturday night against Mahir Oral, will move up in weight class. In that case, the IBF would order Lorenzo, the #1 contender, to fight Sebastian Sylvester, an Abraham stablemate who earned the #2 IBF ranking when he soundly defeated Lajuan Simon on Saturday night. “I’ll fight either one,” the low key Lorenzo stated. “If Abraham won’t fight me, I’ll knock out Sylvester to win the title instead. I’ll fight either one of them right in Germany if I have to. Now it’s my turn and I’m going to come home with the title. I’m just waiting for them to tell me the date.”

HAVOC AT THE HARD ROCK II

Sometimes on your way to the ring, life gets in the way.  For Chula Vista, CA’s Angel Estrada (3-0-1, 2KO), the

obstacle of life kept him out of the squared circle for over two years but Estrada feels its all part of the master plan.

“I am trying to beat the stereotype, you know, of a boxer not having anything to fall back on,” the reserved but eloquent Estrada stated.  “I have been attending UCSD.  I began with a major in structural engineering but had a change of heart and decided I want to be a doctor so I switched to psychology.  I’m graduating next year.”

Anybody who might have witnessed Estrada as an amateur would have never of guessed that the boy who began to fight at seven years old and had his first amateur fight a year later at age eight would have done anything else but box.  As a highly decorated amateur, Estrada amassed more than 125 bouts with only twelve defeats within them on his way to capturing multiple titles including the Silver Gloves three times and the Ringside National Tournament twice.

Rocky Juarez is the loser!

I am a huge fan of Kevin Iole because his straightforward type of guy whom doesn’t hold back.

By Kevin Iole, Yahoo! Sports

Victor Ortiz was tagged with the defeat, but the real loser on Saturday was Rocky Juarez.

Juarez was supposed to have faced classy featherweight Chris John in a rematch as the co-main event of the HBO-televised card. John and Juarez fought an entertaining bout in Juarez’ hometown of Houston in February, which most observers thought John won, but was inexplicably was scored a draw. The rematch was postponed last week, though, when John withdrew because of illness.

HBO wanted to keep Juarez on the card. So, too, did Golden Boy. There was less than a week remaining and there weren’t a lot of options available. But Juarez declined to fight Mario Santiago, a serviceable though hardly great fighter who was offered as a replacement and was acceptable to both Golden Boy and HBO.

Can Ortiz bounce back?

This weekend was not exactly the coming out party both Golden Boy and HBO were looking to deliver. Young Victor Ortiz was touted as the next face of boxing. The, “he has it all” type of guy. The problem was his opponent, hard hitting Marcos Maidana. If you didn’t know, Maidana stopped Ortiz in round 6 in a 5 knockdown war. Marcos hits hard and his record is now 26-1 with 25 KO’s. No joke when you get to 25 KO’s no matter who you are fighting. Ortiz is now 24-2-1 with 19 KO’s but his record is not the concern, it is his will to go to war at all costs that people will now question for at least one more fight.

“Only in L.A.” Moments After Ortiz Fight

City of Angels rivals Sin City for exciting bouts!

Early fireworks took place during Saturday night’s fight between Victor Ortiz and Marcos Maidana. The instant classic upset gave the crowd six rounds of dramatic action that had the audience on their feet. No one knew what to expect, and when the brawl was over those in the arena were left shocked and stunned.

While Vegas is the undisputed “Mecca” of boxing, the City of Angels has already had two huge battles this year at the Staples Center in downtown L.A. People will continue to talk about the weekend’s Ortiz-Maidana war and the earlier Mosley-Margarito match that took place in January for a long time.

As a native Angeleno, I can’t really say that I choose to roam around the downtown streets of L.A. very often. Panhandlers aplenty seem to own the area, and I’m reminded of that ’80s tune by the Missing Persons, the one with the lyrics, “Walkin’ in L.A., nobody walks in L.A.!”

Ted Gullick

One of the better heavyweights to come out of the Northeast Ohio area in the 70′s was hard punching Ted Gullick. Ted turned professional after an outstanding amateur career. He made his debut in Akron stopping journeyman Mack Harrison in two rounds. One month later Al Hughly went out in the first. One month after that Wild Bill Hardney also exited in one round. Ted made his Cleveland debut on October 29th stopping the usual durable Lee Estes in the first. Ted returned to Cleveland November 29th to halt Fred Askew in the second round. Five months and five knockouts, Gullick was on his way.

Ted was then seemingly overmatched against highly regarded light-heavyweight Ray Anderson. On December 11th again in Cleveland, Anderson outboxed Gullick in the early going but as the bout wore on Ted’s heavier punches began to take their toll on Anderson. Many felt the longer the fight went that Ted, who was a novice would tire. Instead it was Anderson who seemed spent. Ted just wore him down and stopped Ray in the ninth round of a huge upset. Gullick was now considered a top prospect and he was even featured in Ring Magazine.

Edgar’s Miscellaneous Ramblings

As I am driving to the Staple Center this past Saturday to see the Victor Ortiz fight along side my partner in crime Felipe Leon, we discussed and predicted the outcome of the fight. I personally thought the fight was going to be boring and that Ortiz will win in the first three rounds and with the recent cancellation of Chris John vs. Rocky Juarez, to be completely honest I wasn’t planning to attend since that’s the fight I was hoping to see.

But after seeing Victor Ortiz fight I was glad I did attend though he lost, I was impressed by the way he fought, no questions he will need to work on his defense. I think he will make a dent in boxing, he’s on the right path.

After publishing the Ortiz vs. Maidana results many of you commented and felt Victor Ortiz quit after getting up from tasting the canvas for the second time.

Mike Tyson vs. Snoop Dogg

Posted by Russ Frushtick

Everyone looks pretty dumb when they’re playing video games. Stupid, intense faces with tongues sticking out and eyes all crinched up. Thankfully it seems Snoop Dogg and Mike Tyson are not immune to the looking-dumb-while-playing-games rule.

At a recent press event to promote “Fight Night Round 4,” the pair squared off for the good of charity. Tyson got wrecked, apparently and ended up paying out five grand to Snoop’s Youth Football League. Good thing Snoop didn’t steal his tiger.

Oscar De La Hoya: “Victor was ready to continue”

“I think I got caught with the magnitude,” a surprisingly jubilant Victor Ortiz (24-2-1, 19KO) stated at the post fight press conference after he was stopped in the sixth round in a jr. welterweight bout for the vacant interim WBA strap by Marcos Maidana (26-1, 25KO) Saturday night at the Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles. “It really hit on my way to the ring, the fact that I was the main event and the crowd chanting ‘Victor, Victor’, I didn’t listen to my corner which was my fault.”

Ortiz, who walked into the post fight gathering of the media holding a large bag of ice to his swollen left eye, demonstrated maturity beyond his 22 years as he seemed at peace with the second loss of his career.

“The whole world saw that I brawled and that is not my style,” Ortiz if Oxnard, CA, said. “I fought his fight, he is as strong fighter and a strong fighter should not be fought that way.”

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