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Dude all that let the fight build up stuff really should be translated hopefully he'll fight a couple more people and lose. It's funny how Thurman thinks he's a superstar or a draw now and somebody has to build up to be able to fight him. Dude knows the Spence is the future that division and he doesn't want to be the first sacrificial lamb. Punk stuff!These cats on this "the fight has to build up" bullshit. I'm basing this off of a recent 'Keiff' Thurman's interviews every time they mention Errol Spence to him. His reasoning is, he didn't get Floyd when he called him out before he had a belt so why should he give Errol Spence a chance, just cause his name is buzzing?I see where they're coming from from a business standpoint but the fans are losing.
With the Porter-Thurman match and the potential matches to follow, there's some talk of doing a Welterweight version of a super 6 like tournament because its like 6+ guys who have a media buzz right now: Thurman, Porter, Garcia, Brook, Khan, Spence, Vargas and you can throw in Broner since he said his next fight is going to be at 147.
Al make it happen.
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Joshua already has this bum shook before the fight. 
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Alexander Povetkin tests positive for meldonium; fight vs. Deontay Wilder in question
Wilder (36-0, 35 KOs), 30 -- a 2008 U.S. Olympic bronze medalist from Tuscaloosa, Alabama, who has made three title defenses -- was expected to face Povetkin on May 21 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, but when the camps could not make a deal, the fight was put up for a purse bid, which Ryabinsky won with an offer of $7.15 million. That beat DiBella's offer of $5.1 million.
If the fight is canceled, it will cost Wilder the biggest purse of his career. Under the purse bid, he is due $4,504,500 to Povetkin's $1,930,500. Ten percent of the winning bid, $715,000, is supposed to go into escrow and go to the winner of the fight.
Alexander Povetkin tests positive for meldonium; fight vs. Deontay Wilder in question
Wilder (36-0, 35 KOs), 30 -- a 2008 U.S. Olympic bronze medalist from Tuscaloosa, Alabama, who has made three title defenses -- was expected to face Povetkin on May 21 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, but when the camps could not make a deal, the fight was put up for a purse bid, which Ryabinsky won with an offer of $7.15 million. That beat DiBella's offer of $5.1 million.
If the fight is canceled, it will cost Wilder the biggest purse of his career. Under the purse bid, he is due $4,504,500 to Povetkin's $1,930,500. Ten percent of the winning bid, $715,000, is supposed to go into escrow and go to the winner of the fight.
Them Russians and other Europeans stay on that juice
The videos over the last 24 hours from the bruhs in the YTBC have had me crying laughing about Alexander PoPEDkin. Dreamchasingboxing had me laughing just like that guy in the background.
This has just been a great week in the YTBC. Shady Slim getting exposed earlier this week and now PoPEDkin.
This has just been a great week in the YTBC. Shady Slim getting exposed earlier this week and now PoPEDkin.
Damn I really wanted to see this shit...
Two reports assert Alexander Povetkin took meldonium after ban
After ESPN first reported on Friday that Povetkin tested positive for meldonium in an April 27 urine test conducted by the Voluntary Anti-Doping Association in Chekhov, Russia, promoter Andrey Ryabinsky of World of Boxing told the Russian TASS news agency that "traces of extremely low concentration of meldonium have been found in his blood. He consumed it in September last year. He has not taken it since Jan. 1. The situation is ambiguous. The blood sample was taken in April this year. We have been in contact with the World Boxing Council, which is to decide if Povetkin's boxing bout against Deontay Wilder will take place or not."
Deontay Wilder-Alexander Povetkin title fight postponed
4:13 PM ET
Heavyweight titleholder Deontay Wilder's defense against mandatory challenger Alexander Povetkin was called off Sunday in the wake of Povetkin's positive test for the banned substance meldonium.
Wilder and Povetkin were scheduled for their much-anticipated fight on May 21 at the Khodynka Ice Palace in Moscow, but in a Voluntary Anti-Doping Association urine test conducted April 27 in Chekhov, Russia, Povetkin tested positive for meldonium. The test results came to light Friday when the VADA sent letters to both camps and the WBC, whose title Wilder holds, disclosing them.
Two reports assert Alexander Povetkin took meldonium after ban
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Dan RafaelESPN Senior Writer
After ESPN first reported on Friday that Povetkin tested positive for meldonium in an April 27 urine test conducted by the Voluntary Anti-Doping Association in Chekhov, Russia, promoter Andrey Ryabinsky of World of Boxing told the Russian TASS news agency that "traces of extremely low concentration of meldonium have been found in his blood. He consumed it in September last year. He has not taken it since Jan. 1. The situation is ambiguous. The blood sample was taken in April this year. We have been in contact with the World Boxing Council, which is to decide if Povetkin's boxing bout against Deontay Wilder will take place or not."
Deontay Wilder-Alexander Povetkin title fight postponed
4:13 PM ET
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Dan RafaelESPN Senior Writer
Heavyweight titleholder Deontay Wilder's defense against mandatory challenger Alexander Povetkin was called off Sunday in the wake of Povetkin's positive test for the banned substance meldonium.
Wilder and Povetkin were scheduled for their much-anticipated fight on May 21 at the Khodynka Ice Palace in Moscow, but in a Voluntary Anti-Doping Association urine test conducted April 27 in Chekhov, Russia, Povetkin tested positive for meldonium. The test results came to light Friday when the VADA sent letters to both camps and the WBC, whose title Wilder holds, disclosing them.
I LOVE IT!!!
CANELO ALVAREZ DROPS WBC BELT!!!!
STATEMENTS FROM CANELO ALVAREZ AND OSCAR DE LA HOYA
LOS ANGELES (May 18, 2016) – Ring Magazine and Lineal Middleweight World Champion Canelo Alvarez today issued the following statement:
“After much consideration, today, I instructed my team at Golden Boy Promotions to continue negotiating a fight with Gennady ‘GGG’ Golovkin and to finalize a deal as quickly as possible. I also informed the WBC that I will vacate its title.
For the entirety of my career, I have taken the fights that no one wanted because I fear no man. Never has that been more true than today. I will fight ‘GGG,’ and I will beat ‘GGG’ but I will not be forced into the ring by artificial deadlines.
I am hopeful that by putting aside this ticking clock, the two teams can now negotiate this fight, and ‘GGG’ and I can get in the ring as soon as possible and give the fans the fight they want to see.”
Golden Boy Promotions Chairman and CEO Oscar De La Hoya today issued the following statement:
“There is no denying that Canelo is the biggest star in the sport of boxing. He is eager to get in the ring with ‘GGG’ to show the world that he is also the best pound for pound fighter in the sport, but we won’t negotiate under a forced deadline.
Now that the WBC title is off the table, I am hopeful that ‘GGG’ and his promoter K2 Promotions will come to the table in good faith and get this deal done.”
STATEMENTS FROM CANELO ALVAREZ AND OSCAR DE LA HOYA
LOS ANGELES (May 18, 2016) – Ring Magazine and Lineal Middleweight World Champion Canelo Alvarez today issued the following statement:
“After much consideration, today, I instructed my team at Golden Boy Promotions to continue negotiating a fight with Gennady ‘GGG’ Golovkin and to finalize a deal as quickly as possible. I also informed the WBC that I will vacate its title.
For the entirety of my career, I have taken the fights that no one wanted because I fear no man. Never has that been more true than today. I will fight ‘GGG,’ and I will beat ‘GGG’ but I will not be forced into the ring by artificial deadlines.
I am hopeful that by putting aside this ticking clock, the two teams can now negotiate this fight, and ‘GGG’ and I can get in the ring as soon as possible and give the fans the fight they want to see.”
Golden Boy Promotions Chairman and CEO Oscar De La Hoya today issued the following statement:
“There is no denying that Canelo is the biggest star in the sport of boxing. He is eager to get in the ring with ‘GGG’ to show the world that he is also the best pound for pound fighter in the sport, but we won’t negotiate under a forced deadline.
Now that the WBC title is off the table, I am hopeful that ‘GGG’ and his promoter K2 Promotions will come to the table in good faith and get this deal done.”
Canelo is a pussy of the highest magnitude. All pics of him should be moved to Slam's red headed bitch thread.
Man the worst thing they could've done was to let Shannon Briggs win a fucking fight and legitimize him.
I fucking love it. Hope he gets to where he thinks he deserves to be. Let's go champ!
I fucking love it. Hope he gets to where he thinks he deserves to be. Let's go champ!
I hope so.
