In Case You Missed It Corner from theSweetScience.com

Venezuela’s Patrick Lopez Wins Again In California  [Saturday Nov 7, 2009]
Venezuela’s Patrick Lopez Wins Again In California. Another junior welterweight contender on the move.

Dundee, Richardson, McGirt, Shields Talk Pacquiao-Cotto  [Friday Nov 6, 2009]
Dundee Hedges, Nazim Likes Manny, McGirt Leans To Cotto, Shields Chooses Cotto

Valuev-Haye Travel Log : More Tales of Two Cities  [Friday Nov 6, 2009]
WOOLY: For the victor, it will probably be a far, far better win than they have ever won before.

The Hayemaker's Moment  [Friday Nov 6, 2009]
PREDICTIONS GO HERE! Will The Giant Keep His Title? Or Will The Undersized Haye Topple The Seven Footer?

Pacman Packs Them In On Media Day L.A.  [Thursday Nov 5, 2009]
Pacman Packs Them In On Media Day L.A.. Just one more week.

Litzau Gets The W On Wednesday Night Fights  [Thursday Nov 5, 2009]
Litzau Is Still In Rebuilding Mode After Being Stopped By Guerrero In 2008

Now Is Manny's TIME  [Thursday Nov 5, 2009]
Boxing Is Dead, Huh?

Diaz-Malignaggi II Is On  [Thursday Nov 5, 2009]
DIAZ: “I enjoyed beating Malignaggi the first time and I’m more than willing to do it again."

Pacquiao Must Do Huge PPV Numbers To Deal With Mayweather  [Thursday Nov 5, 2009]
F-LO: If Pacquiao beats Cotto the pressure will be on Mayweather to fight him.

Small Island, Big Stars  [Thursday Nov 5, 2009]
Here's A Quickie Primer On Puerto Rico, Which Has Produced Tons Of Fight-Game Greats

Glen Johnson Has To Make It Ugly This Time  [Thursday Nov 5, 2009]
PUT YOUR PREDICTION HERE! WILL DAWSON DO IT AGAIN, OR WILL JOHNSON GET BETTER WITH AGE?

PINKLON THOMAS: "I Was Praying To God To Let Me Die"  [Thursday Nov 5, 2009]
Thomas Went To Dundee For A Hand Up But Angie Gave Him Tough Love Instead

Chad Dawson Has To Wish It Was 1980  [Thursday Nov 5, 2009]
EM MUHAMMAD: "Chad’s a better boxer than Michael Spinks. He would have outboxed Saad Muhammad or Marvin Johnson."

COTTO: "I'm Completely Recovered From The Margarito Fight"  [Thursday Nov 5, 2009]
COTTO: “We wouldn’t have taken this fight (with a 145-pound catch weight) if we didn‘t think I‘d be at my best.”

Is Fedor MMA’s Best Fighter; Brett Rogers Got Next  [Thursday Nov 5, 2009]
Is Fedor MMA’s Best Fighter; Brett Rogers Got Next and it's on CBS this Saturday.

Just Working On Fighting A Southpaw  [Wednesday Nov 4, 2009]
Dundee Is Picking Cotto To Beat Pacquiao

Andre Ward: No Middle Ground  [Wednesday Nov 4, 2009]
F-LO: If Kessler, who is a very aggressive fighter, is able to reach him, we’ll find out what happens when it’s gut check time for Ward.

Roach Has The Recipe: Don't Allow Cotto To Get Momentum  [Tuesday Nov 3, 2009]
F-LO: Cotto's just not the same fighter who fought Judah mentally or physically.

Haye Causes A Ruckus In Germany  [Tuesday Nov 3, 2009]
MEYER: "Haye talks too much."

TSS As PI: Searching 24/7 For Clues To Cotto-Pacquiao  [Tuesday Nov 3, 2009]
WOODS: A viewer watching this installment might wonder whether Cotto's sparring partners are of a lesser breed than Pacquaio's.

THE KIMBALL CHRONICLES: Waiting For Budd  [Tuesday Nov 3, 2009]
KIMBALL: The script used was not the Oscar-winning screenplay but a version written for a Broadway run a decade and a half ago.

Puerto Rico’s Miguel Cotto Hits A Hot L.A  [Tuesday Nov 3, 2009]
Puerto Rico’s Miguel Cotto Hits A Hot L.A a week before the epic battle.

The Circus Comes To Nuremberg  [Tuesday Nov 3, 2009]
BORGES: Valuev has never been knocked off his size 18 ½ feet and that is a skill in itself that has to be acknowledged and admired.

Andre Ward Aiming To Shock The World  [Monday Nov 2, 2009]
HUNTER:“Let’s just say that my fighter is going to hit Kessler real hard.”

GOOD NEWS FOR COTTO—There Are Precedents  [Monday Nov 2, 2009]
Can Cotto Follow In The Footsteps Of Torres, Ortiz, Benitiz, DeJesus, Gomez, Rosario, Trinidad?

Colombia’s Yonnhy Perez Beats Agbeko In Punch Out  [Sunday Nov 1, 2009]
Colombia’s Yonnhy Perez Beats King Kong Agbeko In Punch Out

Floyd Mayweather Finally Loses  [Sunday Nov 1, 2009]
RA's Opening Salvo=“So Floyd, when you gonna fight somebody your own size in the top two?”

The Caped Crusader And The Boxing Pinoy-Boy Wonder  [Saturday Oct 31, 2009]
Please Supply Your Own Photo Caption In The Comment Section!

TSS Take 1: SWEET FEAT ON HALLOWEEN--Perez Takes Crown From Agbeko  [Saturday Oct 31, 2009]
Fire Away, TSS Universe—How'd You Score It?

Can Mikkel Kessler Win the Whole Super Six?  [Friday Oct 30, 2009]
F-LO: At this point, it's between Kessler and Arthur Abraham as to who's the favorite to win the tournament.

Paul Williams-Sergio Martinez Is A Go For Dec. 5  [Friday Oct 30, 2009]
Martinez Was At The Ready In Case Pavlik Couldn't Go

Marlon Starling Recalls The Last Title Fight In Hartford, CT*  [Friday Oct 30, 2009]
STARLING TO DAWSON: "He has to not get into a fight with the tough guys. He has to keep them in the middle of the ring.”

David Haye: A Freak Doing It His Own Way   [Friday Oct 30, 2009]
Drop A Pred Here

Iron Mike And The Last Don, Together Again  [Friday Oct 30, 2009]
KING: “Oh what a glorious day. My prodigal son has returned. It may be Halloween, but this is no trick."

Pacquiao, Cotto Weigh In On Halloween Costume Choices  [Thursday Oct 29, 2009]
HALLOWEEN WISH LIST: Manny Wants A GEORGE FOREMAN Costume, Cotto Chooses MUHAMMAD ALI

Chad Dawson Looks Past Glen Johnson A Tiny Bit  [Thursday Oct 29, 2009]
SHAW: "I know he'd be welcomed into the tourney and would win it convincingly, even though I have Andre Dirrell."

IBF’s King Kong Agbeko Fights Yonnhy Perez On Sat.  [Thursday Oct 29, 2009]
UPDATE: Both Fighters Weigh In At 118 Pounds

Thirty Five Years Later The Magnitude Of Ali Over Foreman Realized  [Thursday Oct 29, 2009]
F-LO: George coined the names "Deep Sleep" for his left and "Instant Death' for his right; he was certain Ali would be fall victim to one.

Kessler Coming To Cali  [Wednesday Oct 28, 2009]
KESSLER: “For the last couple of weeks I have been sparring with a rather tough guy, Sergej, from Lithuania."

It's Great Arreola Is Back So Soon...But...  [Wednesday Oct 28, 2009]
F-LO: Now that Arreola has agreed to fight on December 5th, his management has to be careful in regards to who he fights next.

Jennifer Barber Fights Gloria Ramirez; Other Women Bouts  [Wednesday Oct 28, 2009]
Jennifer Barber Fights Gloria Ramirez; Other Women Bouts coming up in the next two months.

Opportunity "Flu" Out The Window Against Cintron, But Angulo's Back  [Wednesday Oct 28, 2009]
PLUS: Duddy's Old Trainer Is New Again

Roach Says A Win Over Cotto Puts Manny In All-Time Top 5  [Wednesday Oct 28, 2009]
Roach: "At this weight, he's punching so much harder than he ever has. Cotto's defense isn't good enough, he's hittable."

Hopkins Rooting For The Phillies As He Gears Up For Dec. 2 Fight  [Tuesday Oct 27, 2009]
B-HOP: "I've been a Phillies fan my whole life and seeing them in the World Series gives me extra incentive to make Philly proud too."

Tim Bradley-Lamont Peterson Clash Dec. 12  [Tuesday Oct 27, 2009]
Drop A Pred Here, Y'all!

King Offers Halloween Undercard PPV Online  [Tuesday Oct 27, 2009]
Readers, Weigh In...What Do You Think Of King Offering Agbeko-Perez Undercard On A Low-Priced Online PPV?

Amir Khan's Growth From Arrogance  [Monday Oct 26, 2009]
F-LO: Before finding out he was made of flesh like other mortals, Khan felt that his skill-set would always be the difference.

Cotto Trainer Santiago's Point: The Fighters Will Do The Fighting  [Monday Oct 26, 2009]
FOLSTAD: Wasn’t Santiago a nutritionist or something? So how did he get this job? Well, he pretty much inherited it.

UFC 104: Lyoto Machida Beats Shogun, Velasquez Wins Too  [Sunday Oct 25, 2009]
UFC 104: Lyoto Machida Beats Shogun, Velasquez Wins Too. Large L.A. crowd not satisfied with outcome. Rematch?

TSS BOOK REVIEW: "Life In The Ring"—by John Oden  [Sunday Oct 25, 2009]
SPANAKOS: The book describes the preparation, concentration, goal setting, challenges, loss, and perseverance found in every champ.

Presenting The Second Best Boxing Doc Of All Time  [Sunday Oct 25, 2009]
This Is The Counterpoint To When We Were Kings

Does This David Have A Chance Against Goliath?  [Sunday Oct 25, 2009]
F-LO: Valuev, who wasn’t very good to begin with, seems to be going through a fairly rapid decline.

Say Hello to the Latest Heavyweight Contender  [Sunday Oct 25, 2009]
ADAMEK: "I could fight either of the Klitschko brothers in about a year."

Hernandez, Fonseca Post Wins On ShoBox  [Saturday Oct 24, 2009]
UPDATE: Seeger Suffered Slight Brain Bleed, Was Scheduled For Surgert

Out-Weighed By 42 Pounds, Adamek Takes Out Golota, Via 5th Round TKO  [Saturday Oct 24, 2009]
Adamek, Who Just Gave Up His IBF Cruiserweight Crown, Is Now 39-1; Golota Drops To 41-8-1

Hall Of Fame Inductions: Rijker, Herrera, Mitchell, Canizales  [Friday Oct 23, 2009]
Hall Of Fame Inductions: Rijker, Herrera, Mitchell, Canizales make the grade.

The Fascinating Dynamic Between Evander Holyfield And Tyson  [Thursday Oct 22, 2009]
TYSON: "I want the world to know that this is a beautiful guy, I just want you to know it's just been a pleasure being acquainted with you."

Agbeko Talks, Promises He'll Deliver Sweet Halloween KO  [Thursday Oct 22, 2009]
AGBEKO: “I predict a knockout because I’m going to knock him out.”

Adamek - Golota : A Probable "Nokaut" However You Say It  [Thursday Oct 22, 2009]
WEIGHTS: Golota Is A Career-High 256 Pounds, Adamek Is 214.2 Pounds

Dawson-Johnson II: It's All About Dawson This Time  [Thursday Oct 22, 2009]
F-LO: From a style vantage point Dawson and Johnson are the perfect foil for each other.

Al Seeger Fighting For First Time Since Ring Tragedy  [Thursday Oct 22, 2009]
SEEGER: “I have not said a prayer since that fight that doesn’t include me praying for the entire Flores family.

A "Hall" Of A System: Canastota Curiosity  [Thursday Oct 22, 2009]
The System Is Flawed—Perhaps Mr. Brophy Will Fold In Some Of Kimball's Helpful Suggestions

UFC 104 Back In L.A. With Machida and Shogun!  [Wednesday Oct 21, 2009]
UFC 104 Back In L.A. With Machida and Shogun! Don't look for empty seats this time.

A "Meaningless" Fight That Might Be Worth Watching  [Wednesday Oct 21, 2009]
KEENAN:It takes a hard sell to effectively market matchups involving desperate pugs, especially those with McCall’s notoriety.

Boxing Being Run Smoothly—Right Into The Ground  [Wednesday Oct 21, 2009]
BORGES: How is that good management? How is that acting in the best interest of your fighter?

Kelly Pavlik-Paul Williams Postponed Again  [Wednesday Oct 21, 2009]
The Staph Infection Hasn't Healed

Joe Goossen Looks To Overhaul Edison Miranda  [Tuesday Oct 20, 2009]
Miranda Has Been Working With Goossen For 4 Months

THE KIMBALL CHRONICLES: WHAT'S UP WITH THIS DOC? Ali-Holmes  [Tuesday Oct 20, 2009]
Kimball Watched Ali-Holmes (Or, Holmes-Ali, In Holmes' World) With Red Smith

Hard Hitting On Froch-Dirrell  [Tuesday Oct 20, 2009]
F-LO: Where did Froch earn the rep as someone who could fight at the upper level? Aside from mauling, he didn’t show me a thing.

Three Who Were Ready And Refused To Be Denied  [Tuesday Oct 20, 2009]
F-LO: Below are three examples in which the winner fought a perfect fight strategically, and refused to be denied physically.

Kessler, Ward React To Saturday's Fights  [Tuesday Oct 20, 2009]
KESSLER: "Of course, a 3-0 European lead would make a statement on the global boxing scene."

Tyson Now A Gentler Figure, Wiser And (Mostly) Humbled  [Monday Oct 19, 2009]
TYSON: “I thought I was a god.“

Vitali Klitschko Will Fight Kevin Johnson  [Monday Oct 19, 2009]
Klitschko/Johnson---Dec. 12--In Switzerland---THOUGHTS TSS UNIVERSE? Will Johnson Fare Better Than Arreola?

"Fight, Because You Will Get No Favors"  [Monday Oct 19, 2009]
CARVILL: Certainly, Dirrell should quickly learn the rule for travelling into enemy territory: Fight, because you will get no favors.

Klitschko vs. Johnson: Johnson Next In Line To Find Out Vitali Can Fight  [Monday Oct 19, 2009]
F-LO: To date the 30 year-old Johnson just hasn't shown anything that would indicate he can push the 38 year-old Klitschko off the cliff

Will Jermain Taylor's Real Friends Step Up, And Step In?  [Sunday Oct 18, 2009]
BORGES: Taylor needs a friend who will tell him the truth, which is simply this: it’s all over.

For Jermain Taylor It's A Hellish Time  [Sunday Oct 18, 2009]
F-LO: If you were Jermain's best friend, could you look him in the eye and say, "You just got caught and that happens to all fighters?"

Dirrell Has Never Been Up Against A Tested Pro Like Froch  [Saturday Oct 17, 2009]
BORGES: Dirrell is all speed and flash, only occasionally sitting down on his punches and doing business the way Froch does it.

Super Smackdown: Arthur Abraham Takes Out Jermain Taylor In The 12th  [Saturday Oct 17, 2009]
Taylor May Be All Done; Four Losses In His Last Five Fights May Spell The End For JT

Carl Froch Barely Edges Out Impressive Andre Dirrell Via Split Decision  [Saturday Oct 17, 2009]
TSS-EM Gave The Fight To Dirrell 114-113; How'd You See It, Fight Fans?

Andre Dirrell Outfoxed, Not Outboxed  [Saturday Oct 17, 2009]
Andre Dirrell Outfoxed, Not Outboxed. He's got Arthur Abraham next.

Floyd Mayweather The New Crossover Star  [Friday Oct 16, 2009]
Floyd Mayweather The New Crossover Star for the sport of boxing.

Dirrell Is Extrememly Feisty Ahead Of Froch Fight  [Friday Oct 16, 2009]
DIRRELL OVERWEIGHT: Dirrell Weighs 168.4, Gets Time To Get Under 168, Re-Weighs At 167.5; Froch Weighs 167.4

Arthur Abraham Is Slow, Not Fluid, Very Deliberate...But Also Very Tough  [Friday Oct 16, 2009]
NOTE: Both Make Weight--Abraham Is 168, Taylor Is 166 1/4

BORGES: I'm Tired Of Taylor's Constant Excuses  [Friday Oct 16, 2009]
PREDICTION PAGE: Put Your Taylor/Abraham And Froch/Dirrell Preds HERE!

Cotto Getting Ready In Florida; Arum Says Pacquiao's Trainer Gives Edge  [Thursday Oct 15, 2009]
FOLSTAD: Arum said Pacquiao’s biggest advantage going into the fight was having trainer Freddie Roach in his corner.

In A Near Disaster, There Is Profit  [Thursday Oct 15, 2009]
Vazquez And Lopez Both Looked Beatable Saturday; That Might Actually Make Them More Money In The Short Run

Povetkin To Receive Shot At IBF Interim Title  [Thursday Oct 15, 2009]
With Wlad Shelved By A Shoulder Problem, Povetkin Will Fight TBA For The Interim Crown

NEWS BULLETIN! Pacquiao Bloodies Castillo's Nose In Sparring!  [Thursday Oct 15, 2009]
F-LO: Castillo had a bloodied nose after three rounds, I guess Pacman might as well skip to fighting one of the Klitschko brothers.

Steward, Lee Are Still A Team  [Thursday Oct 15, 2009]
KIMBALL: Lee is working with Kronk assistant Joey Gamache and Steward's nephew and aide-e-camp Javon (Sugar) Hill.

Famed Oddsmaker Picks Super Six Favorites  [Wednesday Oct 14, 2009]
Weigh In! Agree Or Disagree With Sheridan?

Froch Doesn't Get Hatton/Calzaghe Love  [Wednesday Oct 14, 2009]
KEENAN: Froch arguably enjoyed greater UK exposure before he burst onto the American boxing scene earlier this year.

TAYLOR: "There Is Nothing Special About Abraham"  [Wednesday Oct 14, 2009]
TAYLOR: “I've been in Berlin for about a week and lots of people have come up to me and let me know they will be cheering for me."

Ward Rooting For Americans In Super Six Kickoff  [Wednesday Oct 14, 2009]
WARD: “I think Jermain has worked on his stamina problems...I just feel like Jermain is the bigger, stronger man."

Jorge Linares Loses?? The Golden Boy Jinx Continues  [Wednesday Oct 14, 2009]
Jorge Linares Loses?? The Golden Boy Jinx Continues on and on. Who's next?

Hopkins Takes A Stay-Busy Fight, With Ornelas  [Wednesday Oct 14, 2009]
Is A Fight With Ornelas, "A Mexican Joe Frazier," Too Risky, Considering A Fight With Roy Jones Is On The Table?

Robert "The Ghost" Guerrero: A Real Fighter That Needs To Fight But Can't  [Tuesday Oct 13, 2009]
F-LO: Guerrero, all he wants is to do what he's always done, fight.

LOU DIBELLA: "Jermain Will Definitely Win"  [Tuesday Oct 13, 2009]
JERMAIN TAYLOR: "You can expect a lot of fireworks in the ring on Saturday night."

Denis Boytsov: The Next Big Thing or Not?  [Tuesday Oct 13, 2009]
WOOLY: Boytsov still seems too much of a walloping work in progress to tackle any of the division's elite.

The Common Opponent Myth  [Tuesday Oct 13, 2009]
F-LO: It's interesting to hear what a common opponent of both fighters has to say, but they get it wrong as much as they do right.

Mike Tyson Tells Oprah Why He Bit Evander Holyfield  [Tuesday Oct 13, 2009]
F-LO: It wasn't like Tyson was gonna get stronger and fight better as the fight progressed a la Marciano or Frazier.

FROCH: "I'll Drag Dirrell Into A Fight"  [Tuesday Oct 13, 2009]
FROCH: "I'm feeling as strong as I've ever done and punching harder than ever.”

Caballero Keeps Pressing For JuanMa Fight  [Tuesday Oct 13, 2009]
Caballero hopes one last plea to Lopez will turn the tide and give fans a 122-pound superfight in 2010.

Dirrell Offers Columbus Day Message To Froch  [Monday Oct 12, 2009]
DIRRELL: "Froch is going to discover on October 17 that his new world really is flat ... flat on his back."

Dirrell Predicts Him And Kessler In Super Six Final  [Monday Oct 12, 2009]
DIRRELL: “I favor Mikkel Kessler to get to the final, I don't favor him to beat me of course, I don't favor anybody to beat me.”

Johnson: "First Fight Stolen Because Of Boxing Politics, Crooked Judges"  [Monday Oct 12, 2009]
JOHNSON: "I was off of my game for a little bit of a year or so. I am sharp now."

GET TIX NOW! 13th Annual Atlas Dinner Is Nov. 19  [Monday Oct 12, 2009]
Purchase Tix For The Nov. 19 Dinner!

Israel Vazquez’s Late KO Saves The Day  [Sunday Oct 11, 2009]
Israel Vazquez’s Late KO Saves The Day as rust gets in the way of return.

Arum's Obvious Agenda: Use Mosley To Bait Mayweather  [Sunday Oct 11, 2009]
F-LO: If I were Arum I too would be using every trick hoping that I could nudgeFloyd into thinking his only option is fighting my fighter.

El Maestro Edges Mookie In Jr. Welter Showdown  [Saturday Oct 10, 2009]
El Maestro Edges Mookie In Jr. Welter Showdown. Expect one or both somewhere down the line in a title fight. (Photo by Kat Rodriguez.)

FIGHT OF THE YEAR! JuanMa Escapes With Win In NYC  [Saturday Oct 10, 2009]
Mtagwa Had JuanMa Out On His Feet Late In The 11th And Most Of The 12th

Could Rogers Mtagwa Get A Rematch With Juan Manuel Lopez?  [Saturday Oct 10, 2009]
TOP RANK MATCHMAKER MORETTI: "Once is enough!"

Floyd Is The New Oscar Says HBO’s Greenburg  [Friday Oct 9, 2009]
Floyd Is The New Oscar Says HBO’s Greenburg, Money is the new ppv king and has 1 million households to prove it.

Pacquiao/Cotto Undercard Announced  [Friday Oct 9, 2009]
Chavez Jr., Santos, Foreman, Gomez To Fight On Pacquiao/Cotto Undercard

Clottey-Quintana: The Welterweights Are Back In The Day  [Friday Oct 9, 2009]
F-LO: What is great about this fight is how easy it seems to have been to put it together.

How Much Longer Will JuanMa Stay At 122?  [Friday Oct 9, 2009]
ALL MAKE WEIGHT: Lopez 121, Mtagwa 121; Gamboa 124.5, Garcia 124.5; Duddy 161, Martinez 160

Chad Dawson Says HBO Didn't Make Him Take Johnson Rematch  [Friday Oct 9, 2009]
WILL DAWSON STAY AT 175? "I’m stuck here for now unless I go down or want to go up to cruiserweight."

Bernard Hopkins Books Fight For Dec. 2  [Friday Oct 9, 2009]
Hopkins Takes A Stay-Busy Fight Before His 2010 Bout With Roy Jones Jr.

We Love Comebacks And Train Wrecks  [Friday Oct 9, 2009]
There's little reason to expect much from Priolo but there was little reason to expect much from Gomez the night he beat Gatti.