SAN DIEGO, September 29, 2012 - Our boxer briefs this month protect the return of HBO’s Boxing Following Dark collection for your Drop 2012 season, and news (or noise) from the larger names inside the sports sounding off.

Fights from Foxwood on HBO’s Poor: The autumn time of HBO’s “Boxing Following Dark” collection which characteristics up and coming fighters gets underway from your MGM Grand Theater at Foxwoods Resort Casino in Connecticut on Saturday evening, September 29, at nine:thirty p.m. Eastern/Pacific. The Lou DiBella Amusement demonstrate is known as “Road to Glory,” with all fighters within the lineup hoping to produce an excellent impression and advance their careers.

Three fights from the whole card will likely be aired live, led by a 10-round super middleweight battle between Edwin “La Bomba” Rodriguez (21-0, 14 KOs) towards Jason “Monstruo” Escalera (13-0-1, 12 KOs). Both are northeastern fighters; Rodriguez from Massachusetts and Escalera from New Jersey, so a lot of followers should be in the home. The fighters not all that properly matched. Rodriguez has an considerable beginner profession. Although Escalera has twelve knockouts in his thirteen fights, his opponents weren’t considerably of the obstacle. He’s only fought 39 professional rounds of boxing at age 27. Nevertheless, he can be a massive brawling puncher and any person could possibly get fortunate (see Julio Caesar Chavez Jr., spherical 12 on September fifteen).

The co-feature on the demonstrate is Luis Del Valle (16-0, eleven KOs) as opposed to the veteran Vic Darchinyan (37-5-1-, 27 KOs) within a 10-round super bantamweight fight. Hard to believe that the 36-year-old veteran champion Darchinyan has never fought on HBO prior to. Also to the card is welterweight Antonin Decarie (26-1, seven KOs) from Quebec against Alex Perez (16-0, nine KOs) from New Jersey.





All of the fighters created fat, all mentioned the best items at their information meeting about coaching hard, becoming fired up regarding their fights, and putting on a good present. They’re lucky Right here Arrives Honey Boo Boo isn’t on or I may be viewing through DVR delay. Nonetheless, anytime Max Kellerman and Roy Jones Jr. are about entertaining me with their conversation, I’m prepared to examine it out.

Bienvenido a Miami, Bradley: Timothy Bradley Jr. will not get his rematch with Manny Pacquiao, but Top rated Rank promoter Bob Arum declared that Bradley will headline a card on Saturday, December fifteen at Marlins Park in Miami, the initial boxing card ever held there. Arum claims the stadium will keep the ring inside the baseball infield and be configured for between twenty,000 and twenty five,000 supporters.

The opponent hasn’t been referred to as. Arum promised “a top welterweight” and reportedly told Yahoo! Sports activities it may be previous champion Andre Berto. But Chris Mannix of Sports activities Illustrated reviews that Berto (28-1-0, 22 KOS) is close to finalizing a deal to fight Cornelius Bundrage on HBO November 24 within a junior middleweight title bout. It’s been rough for Berto lately. He misplaced to Victor Ortiz in Apri 2011, and was established to get a rematch till he examined positive for steroids and was dropped in the bout. That didn’t perform out also properly for Ortiz, possibly; substitute Josesito Lopez broke Ortiz’ jaw and won himself the chance to fight Canelo Alvarez two weeks back.

Arum stated he will even function Cuban fighters for example WBA super bantamweight champion Guiermo Rigondeaux.

Pacquiao declined the choice for a rematch with Bradley in favor of the fourth fight with Juan Manuel Marquez Jr. Tickets went on sale Friday and a reported 10,000 tickets have already been sold.

Miguel Cotto and Austin Trout draw a crowd at their general public information meeting in Puerto Rico this week. Photograph: Tom Casino/Showtime.



Cotto, Trout make the scene: Miguel Cotto and Austin Trout appeared in New york on Monday and Puerto Rico on Wednesday to promote their forthcoming world title fight at Madison Square Backyard garden on Saturday, December 1. Information conferences with common Puerto Rican fighters like Cotto are very a sensation. This 1 was held outdoors in the Anfiteatro Paseo De Las Artes Calle Padial in Caguas. The general public was invited plus they enthusiastically acknowledged, packing the location to help Cotto. The presser was broadcast live on Showtime, that will air the battle. Trout declared his intention to win; Cotto guaranteed a triumph: "Thank you all for coming nowadays. We are extremely content to determine you all and (I thanks for) your excellent help. I can only claim that I'll prepare as challenging as I'm able to like I always do, and on December one, I'll turn out to be globe champion again. I will guarantee you all that I will return to Puerto Rico like a champion."

So much for Manny Pacquiao laying from the layups throughout coaching for a battle. BoxingScene.com revealed a number of photographs like this 1 Friday from the Philippines.

Pacman shoots hoops: The web site BoxingScene.com printed photographs Friday of Manny Pacquiao capturing hoops following his coaching session at Calumpang Sports Complex normally Santos City, Philippines, having a few buddies. Pacquiao will battle Juan Handbook Marquez for your fourth time December eight in Las vegas. Pacquiao won a narrow choice more than Marquez within their final fight, and trainer Freddie Roach blamed Pacquiao’s extreme basketball taking part in periods for leg cramps that hampered Pacquiao throughout that battle. He experienced reportedly given up playing basketball for the duration of training. But Roach also said in the course of a information convention before Pacquiao’s battle with Timothy Bradley that boxing wasn’t Pacquiao’s preferred activity, it’s basketball.

Ricky Hatton Returns: Well-liked English boxer Ricky Hatton retired immediately after a brutal defeat by Manny Pacquiao 3 as well as a 50 % years in the past. But the Hitman is ending his retirement on November 24 for any bout with previous WBA welterweight champion Vyacheslav Senchenko in Manchester. Senchenko lost his initial skilled fight to Paulie Malignaggi. In spite of his layoff, Hatton is still rated the quantity five welterweight contender by the WBA, with 21 knockouts to his credit.

Women Very first: The very best boxing Saturday evening on television might not be on HBO. Televisa and FOX Deportes will air the Golden Boy/Canelo Promotions WBC women’s silver bantamweight title bout among Zulina “La Loba” Munoz of Mexico and Gabriela Bouvier of Uruguay at eleven p.m. Eastern/8 p.m. Pacific from Morelia, Mexico. Munoz, 34-1-2, 23 KOs, is actually a 25-year-old powerhouse, boxing professionally because she was sixteen. Bouvier is only 8-2-1, with 2 KOs, but is coming off a very first round knockout win. She's just 20 years old, enthusiastic and keen. Whilst Munoz is expected to gain, it is planning to be an action packed, exciting fight. Allow the ladies show you what they're able to do.