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Godoy defeats Baldomir

Unbeaten middleweight Billi Godoy (25-0, 13 KOs) won a spirited ten round unanimous decision over 40-year-old former welterweight champion Carlos Baldomir (48-14-6, 14 KOs) on Saturday night at the Estadio Ruca Che in Neuquen, Argentina. Scores were 99-91, 97-93, 98-93.

Fury, Eubank Jr. Victorious

6’8 heavyweight Tyson Fury (18-0, 13 KOs) scored a fifth round KO over 40-year-old former Prizefighter winner Martin Rogan (14-3, 7 KOs) to claim the vacant Irish heavyweight title on Saturday night at the Odyssey Arena in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Fury surprisingly fought from a left-handed stance and was largely ineffective. Rogan, a Belfast cab driver who came out of nowhere to win the Prizefighter tournament then defeat Audley Harrison and Matt Skelton before two defeats to Sam Sexton, pressed the action early. Fury floored Rogan in round three with a straight left hand and finished him with a body shot in round five. Time was 3:00.

Middleweight Chris Eubank Jr (3-0, 2 KOs) scored a fourth round TKO over Paul Allison (5-1-1, 1 KO). A barrage of punches prompted a referee’s stoppage at :43.

 

Mensah Defeats Katsidis

Jr welterweight Albert “Tornado” Mensah (20-3-1, 7 KOs) scored a ten round majority decision over former two-time interim lightweight world titlist Michael Katsidis “The Great” (28-6, 23 KOs) on Friday night at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. As usual, Katsidis applied non-stop pressure from the opening bell. Mensah threw less punches but did enough to win on two cards 98-92 and 96-94. The third card was 95-95. Katsidis has now lost four of his last five.

Welterweight Alan “El Pugas” Sanchez (10-2-1, 4 KOs) avenged a previous loss to Artemio “The King” Reyes (15-2, 12 KOs), scoring a first round KO. A barrage of punches put Reyes on the deck as the bout was waved off. Time was 2:08.

 


 

Marquez Claims WBO Interim Title

Three-division world champion Juan Manuel Márquez (54-6-1, 39 KOs) scored a twelve round unanimous decision over Sergey Fedchenko (30-2, 13 KOs) to claim the vacant interim WBO jr welterweight title on Saturday night in front of 22,492 fans at the New Arena Mexico in Mexico City. Marquez scored a clear points victory, but was unable to get the knockout his hometown fans wanted. Scores were 119-109, 118-110, 118-110.

Highly regarded welterweight prospect Daniel Sandoval (27-2, 27 KOs) scored a fifth round TKO over veteran Michael Rosales (32-5, 26 KOs).

Mexican middleweight Saul Roman (35-9, 29 KOs) won a ten round unanimous decision over Colombian Richard Gutierrez (26-9-1, 16 KOs) by scores of 98-92, 97-93 and 98-93.

Luis “Bailarina” Vázquez (5-2-2 2 KOs) surprised previously unbeaten Alonso “Finito” López (12-1, 5 KOs), taking a four round split decision. Lopez is the son of Mexican ring legend Ricardo “Finito” Lopez.

Japanese lightweight Shoky Sakai (11-2, 7 KOs) scored a third round TKO over Mexican Alfonso Cibrián.

 

Jeff Mayweather launches MMA site

In an effort to serve fans of both boxing and mixed martial arts better, Jeff Mayweather will be launching a new site entirely focused will be on mma. Pro MMA Insider has now launched and we invite all our mma fans to check it out. PBInsider will discontinue its mma coverage from this point forward. By splitting the sites, we will be able to better cover each sport.



 

Upcoming fights

April 4

At Yokohama, Japan: Koki Kameda vs. Noudly Manakane, 12 rounds, for Kameda's WBA "regular" bantamweight title

At Myakinino, Russia: Denis Lebedev vs. Shawn Cox, 12 rounds, for Lebedev's WBA interim cruiserweight title

April 5

At Brno, Czech Republic: Lukas Konecny vs. Salim Larbi, 12 rounds, for vacant WBO interim junior middleweight title

April 6

At Tokyo: Shinsuke Yamanaka vs. Vic Darchinyan, 12 rounds, for Yamanaka's WBC bantamweight title; Takahiro Ao vs. Terdsak Jandaeng, 12 rounds, for Ao's WBC junior lightweight title; Hozumi Hasegawa vs. Felipe Carlos Felix, 10 rounds, featherweights

At Ontario, Calif.: Darley Perez vs. Alain Hernandez, 8 rounds, lightweights; Jose Reynoso vs. James Hope, 8 rounds, junior welterweights; Jonathan Arellano vs. Jose Angel Cota, 8 rounds, junior featherweights; Joshua Conley vs. Eduardo Herrera, 4 rounds, welterweights

April 7

At Anaheim, Calif. (Telefutura): Ronny Rios vs. Guillermo Sanchez, 8 rounds, junior lightweights; Hugo Centeno vs. Gerardo Prieto, 8 rounds, junior middleweights; Johnny Reyes vs. Jose Garcia, 4 rounds, junior lightweights; Julian Ramirez vs. Salvador Cifuentes, 4 rounds, featherweights; Xavier Montelong vs. TBA, 4 rounds, junior lightweights

At Southaven, Miss.: James Toney vs. Bobby Gunn, 12 rounds, heavyweights

At Cancun, Mexico: Edgar Sosa vs. Wilbert Uicab, 12 rounds, flyweights; Humberto Soto vs. Claudinei Lacera, 10 rounds, junior welterweights

At Montreal: Ali Nestor Charles vs. Martin Avila, 10 rounds, middleweights; Tony Luis vs. Ferenec Szabo, 8 rounds, junior welterweights

April 12

At Costa Mesa, Calif.: Steve Forbes vs. Emanuel Augustus, 10 rounds, junior welterweights; Alexander Flores vs. Giavanni Sarran, 6 rounds, heavyweights;

At London: Tony Conquest vs. Stephen Simmons, 10 rounds, cruiserweights; Michael Walsh vs. TBA, 8 rounds, featherweights

April 13

At Las Vegas (ESPN2/ESPN3): Michael Katsidis vs. Albert Mensah, 10 rounds, junior welterweights; Artemio Reyes vs. Alan Sanchez, 10 rounds, welterweights

At Kissimmee, Fla. (Telemundo): Jose Nieves vs. Alejandro Delgado, 12 rounds, junior featherweights

At Hatillo, Puerto Rico (WAPA America): Miguel Soto vs. Gadiel Andaluz, 6 rounds, junior lightweights; Angel Fret vs. Eduardo Melendez, 6 rounds, junior featherweights; Cano Vazquez vs. Javier Pérez, 6 rounds, junior welterweights

At Cologne, Germany: Felix Sturm vs. Sebastian Zbik, 12 rounds, for Sturm's WBA middleweight title

At Liverpool, England: Tony Bellew vs. Danny McIntosh, 12 rounds, for Bellew's British light heavyweight title

April 14

At Las Vegas (HBO PPV): Brandon Rios vs. Richard Abril, 12 rounds, for vacant WBA lightweight title; Mike Alvarado vs. Mauricio Herrera, 10 rounds, junior welterweights; Mercito Gesta vs. TBA, 10 rounds, lightweights

At Mexico City (HBO PPV): Juan Manuel Marquez vs. Sergey Fedchenko, 12 rounds, for vacant WBO interim junior welterweight title

At Chicago (Telefutura): Edner Cherry vs. Juan Carlos Martinez, 10 rounds, lightweights; Lamar Russ vs. Dionisio Miranda, 8 rounds, middleweights; Adrian Granados vs. TBA, 6 rounds, junior welterweights; Luis Santiago vs. TBA, 4 rounds, welterweights; Dimar Ortuz vs. TBA, 4 rounds, cruiserweights; Tracy Rollins vs. TBA, 4 rounds, super middleweights; Juan Bustamante vs. TBA, 4 rounds, junior lightweights; Curtis Tate vs. TBA, 4 rounds, heavyweights

At Atlantic City, N.J. (gofightlive.tv): Garrett Wilson vs. Andres Taylor, 12 rounds, cruiserweights; Osnel Charles vs. Chris Finley, 6 rounds, lightweights; Naim Nelson vs. Dontre King, 6 rounds, junior welterweights; Tommy Garcia vs. Joshua Reyes, 4 rounds, featherweights; Julio DeJesus vs. Korey Sloane, 4 rounds, junior welterweights; Gabriel Pham vs. Michael Mitchell, 4 rounds, super middleweights; Ronnie Lawrence vs. Todd Unthank-May, 4 rounds, light heavyweights

At TBA, Mexico: Victor Terrazas vs. Simpiwe Vetyeka, 12 rounds, WBC junior featherweight eliminator

At Neuquen, Argentina: Carlos Baldomir vs. Billi Godoy, 10 rounds, middleweights

At Miami: Joey Hernandez vs. Shakir Ashanti, 10 rounds, junior middleweights; Marcus Oliveira vs. TBA, 8 rounds, light heavyweights; Azea Augustama vs. TBA, 6 rounds, light heavyweights; Juan Ubaldo Cabrera vs. TBA, 6 rounds, middleweights; Amir Imam vs. TBA, 4 rounds, junior welterweights; Trevor Bryan vs. TBA, 4 rounds, heavyweights

At Belfast, Northern Ireland: Tyson Fury vs. Martin Rogan, 12 rounds, heavyweights; Chris Eubank Jr. vs. TBA, 6 rounds, middleweights; John O'Donnell vs. TBA, 8 rounds, junior middleweights; Ciran Healy vs. TBA, 8 rounds, light heavyweights; Michael Sweeney vs. Darren Corbett, 8 rounds, cruiserweights; Dee Walsh vs. Tommy Tolan, 6 rounds, middleweights; Mark McCullough vs. Paul Griffin, 4 rounds, featherweights; Conor Carmichael vs. Moses Matovu, 4 rounds, heavyweights; Jamie Conlan vs. TBA, 4 rounds, flyweights

At Hartford, Conn.: Addy Irizarry vs. vs. Sarah Kuhn, 8 rounds, female welterweights; Jair Ramos vs. TBA, 4 rounds, junior welterweights; Reinaldo Graceski vs. TBA, 4 rounds, light heavyweights; Tylon Burris vs. TBA, 4 rounds, light heavyweights; Chazz McDowell vs. TBA, 4 rounds, lightweights; Ramiel Shelton vs. Jose Angel Ortiz, 4 rounds, super middleweights; Marva Dash vs. TBA, 4 rounds, female welterweights; Charles Foster vs. TBA, 4 rounds, super middleweights

April 20

At Montreal (ESPN2/ESPN3): Adonis Stevenson vs. Noe Gonzalez, 12 rounds, super middleweights; Antonin Decarie vs. TBA, 10 rounds, welterweights

At Biloxi, Miss. (Showtime): Jermain Taylor vs. Caleb Truax, 10 rounds, middleweights; Erislandy Lara vs. Ronald Hearns, 10 rounds, middleweights; Fernando Guerrero vs. TBA, 8 rounds, middleweights

April 21

At El Paso, Texas (Showtime): Abner Mares vs. Eric Morel, 12 rounds, for vacant WBC junior featherweight title; Anselmo Moreno vs. David De La Mora, 12 rounds, for Moreno's WBA "super" bantamweight title; Gary Russell Jr. vs. Dat Nguyen, 10 rounds, featherweights

At Morelia, Mexico: Cristian Mijares vs. Cruz Carvajal, 12 rounds, junior featherweights; Marvin Quintero vs. Al Sabaupan, 12 rounds, IBF lightweight title eliminator

At TBA, Argentina: Omar Narvaez vs. Jose Cabrera, 12 rounds, for Narvaez's WBO junior bantamweight title

At Fort Worth, Texas: Brian Vera vs. Taronze Washington, 8 rounds, middleweights; Miguel Buendia vs. Rasool Shakoor, 6 rounds, junior lightweights; Manuel Rey Rojas vs. TBA, 6 rounds, junior lightweights; Samuel Clarkson vs. Terence Anderson, 6 rounds, super middleweights; Arthur Trevino vs. Raul Carrillo, 4 rounds, junior lightweights; John Vera vs. Ubaldo Torres, 4 rounds, welterweights; Joel Hernandez vs. Guadalupe Perez, 4 rounds, junior featherweights; Abel Hernandez vs. TBA, 4 rounds, super middleweights

At Schwerin, Germany: Karoly Balzsay vs. Dimitri Sartison, 12 rounds, for Balzsay's WBA "regular" super middleweight title; Jürgen Brähmer vs. TBA, 10 rounds, light heavyweights; Rakhim Chakhkiev vs. TBA, 10 rounds, cruiserweights; Ina Menzer vs. TBA, 8 rounds, female featherweights; Marcel Meyerdiercks vs. TBA, 12 rounds, featherweights; Juan Carlos Gomez vs. TBA, 8 rounds, heavyweights

At Oldham, England: Anthony Crolla vs. Derry Matthews, 12 rounds, for Crolla's British lightweight title; Matt Askin vs. Jon-Lewis Dickinson, 10 rounds, cruiserweights; Ryan Burnett vs. TBA, 4 rounds, junior bantamweights

At Frederikshavn, Denmark: James DeGale vs. Cristian Sanavia, 12 rounds, for DeGale's European super middleweight title; Patrick Nielsen vs. Gaston Alejandro, 12 rounds, middleweights; Andreas Evensen vs. Tomas Villa, 12 rounds, featherweights; Cecilia Braekhus vs. Anne-Sophie Mathis, 10 rounds, female welterweights

April 26

At Panama City, Panama: Carlos Tamara vs. Ricardo Nunez, 12 rounds, IBF flyweight eliminator

April 27

At Austin, Texas (ESPN2/ESPN3): Ismayl Sillakh vs. Denis Grachev, 10 rounds, light heavyweights; Javier Fortuna vs. Yuandale Evans, 10 rounds, lightweights

At Miami, Okla. (Showtime): Thomas Oosthuizen vs. Marcus Johnson, 10 rounds, super middleweights; Orlando Del Valle vs. Christopher Martin, 10 rounds, junior featherweights; Jose Pedraza vs. TBA, 8 rounds, junior lightweights

At Atlantic City, N.J.: Yusaf Mack vs. Omar Sheika, 12 rounds, light heavyweights

At Linkoping, Sweden: Frida Wallberg vs. Amanda Serrano, 10 rounds, female junior lightweights

April 28

At Atlantic City, N.J. (HBO): Bernard Hopkins vs. Chad Dawson, rematch, 12 rounds, for Hopkins' Ring/WBC light heavyweight title; Seth Mitchell vs. Chazz Witherspoon, 10 rounds, heavyweights

At Albuquerque, N.M. (Telefutura): Fidel Maldonado vs. Fernando Carcamo, 8 rounds, junior welterweights

At TBA, Mexico: Jhonny Gonzalez vs. Elio Rojas, 12 rounds, for Gonzalez's WBC featherweight title

At Mexico City: Juan Carlos Salgado vs. Martin Honorio, 12 rounds, for Salgado's IBF junior lightweight title

At London: Nathan Cleverly vs. Robin Krasniqi, 12 rounds, for Cleverly's WBO light heavyweight title

At Charleroi, Belgium: Alex Miskirtchian vs. Philippes Frenois, 12 rounds, for Miskirtchian's European featherweight title

At Tepic, Mexico: Juan Carlos Sanchez vs. Juan Alberto Rosas, 12 rounds, for Sanchez's IBF junior bantamweight title

April 29

At Donetsk, Ukraine (Integrated Sports PPV): Vyacheslav Senchenko vs. Paulie Malignaggi, 12 rounds, for Senchenko's WBA welterweight title

 

Jeff Mayweather & King Mo Exclusively on PBI Radio

 
 
 

Jeff Mayweather On:

Making The Transition 

by Jeff Mayweather  

 

Lately I have been fortunate to venture into the world of Mixed Martial Arts. My first stint with mma was a smashing success with "King" Mo Lawal. Mo came to me right before his big bout with Roger Gracie.

Mo has a passion for boxing, so his coming to me for help with his stand up and striking was an easy fit. When Mo first told me who he was fighting, to be honest I didn't know much about mma, and had never heard of Roger. But just as if you know nothing about boxing, you would still know something about the name Mayweather, the Gracie name is the same in mixed martial arts.

I knew that King Mo, no matter how great a wrestler he was in college couldn't use his ground game against a Gracie. The only thing Mo did was give me his name and said to look him up on Youtube. The second I saw him it was easy for me to assess what we needed to do in order to give ourselves a realistic chance of emerging victorious.

I taught King Mo the overhand right, the punch that would knock Roger Gracie out, and Mo's stock rose in mma. Ironically so would mine. I'm currently working with Roy Nelson better known as Big Country. Before that, I was supposed to meet with George St. Pierre, but that never materialized. I did work with Vito Belfort for a short time, but our schedules clashed so we had to terminate that relationship.

Since then I have communicated with Rashuad Evans about the possibility of working together. I was most recently hired by Danny Castillo, also a young mma fighter who is very talented.

Before I move forward with my story about my transition from boxing to mma, let me share a few things about Roy Nelson, aka Big Country. This guy is a joy to work with, very funny, but also works very hard. Contrary to popular belief, he has great defensive skills. When I was called to work with him and I told people about it, anyone that knew anything about mma said that this guy is known for taking punching and has a great chin.

So when I first worked with him, I thought "I got my work cut out for me helping this guy with his defensive skills." Low and behold I was shocked that this guy had great defense. But when he gets a little tired his defense falls apart, plus I think he likes giving the fans a show as well.

Until King Mo came into my life, I knew almost nothing about mma. I only knew of Rampage and Anderson Silva. It's funny when I was told that G.S.P wanted to meet up with me, I had no idea who this guy was, but everyone was texting me G.S.P! I said to myself this guy must be huge if he can be recognized by those three letters. At times I would even call him G.P.S, something I was more familiar with. So that was a very funny experience to me.

I'm looking forward to branching out even more to become more of a dual trainer. There's not a huge difference between mma fighters and boxers in regards to my way of teaching. In most cases it just boils down to technique and how fast one can catch onto what I'm trying to get across to them.

Fortunately, I have worked with some of the better known fighters because they already know some form of boxing. I try to tighten up the loose ends and try not to judge them as though they are boxers. However, I do have high expectations from them because I believe in hard work and I also have a very high win to loss ratio which sits at about 90%. This is pretty amazing, but either I have been blessed with talented fighters or my method of training works very well. I like to think it's a combination of both. With that being said I'm still making the transition

 


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