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20-1 California super flyweight Rocco Santomauro signs with Ryan Roach’s Fighter Locker

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Boston (February 23, 2021) – Ryan Roach’s Fighter Locker has announced it has signed California super flyweightRocco “So Cal Kid” Santomauro (20-1, 6 Koó) to an exclusive managerial contract.

The 33-year-old Santomauro, fighting out of Apple Valley, Pērā i, is riding a 7-fight win streak since suffering his only loss as a professional to then 14-0Diego De La Hoya nearly five years ago.

“I’m 33,” Santomauro said, but I definitely feel I’m in my prime. My skill level is at its best and I’m always improving. When it comes to getting in there with top guys, I’ve been in the ring with many world champions, outside of fights, and I’ve more than held my own. It’s all a matter of timing and I feel mine is here. I believe I’m very close to a major fight right now at super flyweight. It’s all a matter of getting myself in the right position and I feel like, tika i teie nei, I have the right team to do so with Ryan Roach and Fighter Locker backing me.

“I signed a managerial contract with Ryan and his Fighter Locker because I knew it was a good move. After managing myself the last year and a half, I knew I needed trustworthy help to get to the next level. Ryan and I were friends on social media. I was aware he was signing fighters with Fighter Locker, so I began to watch and study him to see how he was with his fighters. Having liked what I saw – Ryan being there for his fighters and building a good relationship with him talking from time to time — we were able to come to an agreement to take me to that next level and get a major fight.”

“I’m excited to add such a veteran fight to our stable,” Roach commented. “Rocco checks all the boxes in terms of what a manager looks for in a fighter. He has great ring IQ. He’s fast with great defense, and Rocco a very energetic fighter. He is close to a world title shot; one or two more fights and we will be fighting top super flyweights. Rocco has what it takes to beat those guys.”

The son of an Italian father who wanted his son to be an “animal,” Rocco was born with a fighting spirt, aggressive in nature as a child, and inspired byRocky Marciano.  Rocco got into boxing, in large part, due to following in the footsteps of his older brother, who was a decorated amateur boxer. He first boxed because of his brother, then through a local boxing club in Hesperia (Pērā i), in addition to practicing at home as he watched his favorite fighters on ESPN Classic.

Santomauro’s amateur career never really took off. He lived in an area with very little boxing, and needed to travel to box, which resulted in him deciding when he was older to take control of his boxing career by moving to Las Vegas. He developed his skills there and decided in 2009 to turn pro after suffering what he felt was a bad decision at the USA Nationals.

An energetic boxer who is a smart, aggressive counter puncher, Santomauro also checks in on the body, and brings excitement into the ring. His best fight to date was his most recent (Nov. 7, 2020), ka mutu iaChristian Omar Henriques (10-4-2) in the sixth round of their fight in Tijuana.

“I was backed by Fighter Locker and my team,” Rocco noted. “I went in focused and mentally trained properly to do what I had to do against a game, younger opponent with a winning record. I knocked him out! We did it intelligently and were able to hit all the marks performance-wise.”

Training and fighting during a pandemic have been challenging, to say the least, and being a super flyweight only compounds the problem.

“It’s been very difficult getting fights as an American super flyweight,” Santomauro added, “especially coming down in weight from featherweight and then junior featherweight. Nobody was willing to give me the opportunity, nor did they think I could fight at that weight class having debuted as a junior lightweight. I was basically put on the shelf, turned down left and right as a free agent with 14-1 record at that time. I reached a 1 ½ year layoff, getting only lowball offers against short notice opponents. My trainer, Julian Chua, and I decided it would be smart to start fighting in Mexico, where there were super flyweights to fight.

“Training during the pandemic has been absolute hell for me, closed out of almost all gyms but grateful for being able to visit, from time to time, the Wild Card Boxing Gym and Churchill Boxing Club. But that wasn’t what I was used to. I had to do a lot of what I call ‘Rocky 4’ training on my own to stay fit. I was also lucky enough to build good relationships in Mexico with my promoter, so I was blessed to always have the option of staying busy in Tijuana. And I did.”

Na, Roach and Fighter Locker have Santomauro’s back, and his future is promising.

Fighter Locker’s growing stable of gifted boxers includes, Troy, NY ABF American West super lightweightRay Jay “The Destroyer” Bermudez(12-0, 9 Koó), Toronto, Canada welterweight West Haven, CT super welterweightJimmy “Quiet Storm” Williams (16-5-2, 5 Koó), whitu super“The Amazing” Shawn McCalman(6-0, 4 Koó), U.S. Army super bantamweightDaniel Bailey, JR. (2-0, 1 KO), KōmāmāLeonel de los Santos (2-0, 2 Koó),, te 2-time Dominican Republic Olympian, pro-debuting Boston featherweightTroy Anderson, JR., pro-debuting Dominican Republic welterweight Juan Solano, and Salt Lake City, Utah brothers, super KōmāmāIgnacio Chairez (7-0-1, 4 Koó) and lightweightGabriel Chairez (3-0, 2 Koó). 

KŌRERO:  

WEBSITE:  fighterlocker.com, punch4parkinsons.com 

FACEBOOK:  /fighterlocker, /roccosantomauro

TWITTER:  @RoachRyan, @RoccoSantomauro

INSTAGRAM: @RyanRoach82, @RoccoSantomauro

ABOUT FIGHTER LOCKER: Whakapumautia i roto i te 2019, Fighter Locker is a comprehensive sports agency that manages professional boxers. Fighter Locker also helps to brand boxers by finding their voice with a 100-percent customized service. Fighter Locker does not really believe in working models. It believes in partnership optimization models in motion.

Fighter Locker uses four creative steps because it believes in “the foundation is everything”: 1. wisely conceived, 2. creatively restrained, 3. Proudly judged, 4. sharply targeted.

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Class o 2018 inducted into New York State Boxing Hall of Fame

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NYSBHOF Class o 2018: (L-R) seated: Charley Norkus, JR. (accepting for Charley Norkus), Melvina Lathan, Herb Goldman, Bob Goodman and Jake Rodriguez; tu: Joe Mesi, Al Cole, Ron Scott Stevens, Pete Brodsky and Joseph McAuliffe (accepting for Jack McAuliffe)
Pikitia katoa e Peter Frutkoff
NEW YORK (Kia 1, 2018) — Twenty-three members of the Class of 2018 were inducted into the New York Stare Boxing Hall of Fame (NYSBHOF), this past Sunday afternoon during the seventh annual NYSBHOF induction dinner, i te Russo On te Bay i roto i te Howard Beach, New York.

 

 

 

“Those being honored tonight are humble, honorable people,” NYSBHOF president Bob Duffy mea. “We do this as an act of love. Many of the inductees are here today and those no longer with us are represented by family members. This is our way of saying thank you to all the inductees for what they have done for boxing in New York.”

 

 

 

Class o 2018 living boxers inducted heading into the NYSBHOF included (Island roa) WBA marama taumahamaha Lou “Honey Boy” Raorao (36-6-2, 22 Koó), (Central Islip) IBF Junior Welterweight World Champion Jake Rodriguez (28-8-2, 8 Koó), (Brooklyn) ao kaiwero taitara Kōmāmā Terrence Alli (52-15-2, 21 Koó), tūturu, No.; 1 nguha taumahamaha “Baby” Joe Mesi (Buffalo) and former world cruiserweight champion al “Ice” Cole (Rockland County).

 

 

 

Posthumous participants inducted were NBA & NYSAC World mā whitu Champion (Manhattan) Kid “Cuban Bon Bon” Chocolate (136-10-6, 51 Koó), (New York City) 20thtaumahamaha rau James J. “taata Jim” Corbett (11-4-3, 5 Koó), (Williamsburg) World Kōmāmā Champion Jack “Ko te Napoleon o te Paraihe Ring” McAuliffe, (Kingston) WBC Super Kōmāmā Champion Billy Costello (40-2, 23 Koó), (Mori) NYSAC Light Heavyweight World Champion Melio Bettina (83-14-3, 36 Koó), (Brooklyn / Yonkers) whitu-ao te piha haapiiraa Ralph “Tiger” Jones (52-32-5, 13 Koó) a (Port Washington) nguha taumahamaha Charley “Ko te rererangi Bayonne” Norkus (33-19, 19 Koó).

 

 

 

Living non-participants now in the NYSBHOF are (Troy) Pulitzer paraihe-toa sportswriter Dave Anderson, (Brooklyn) kaiwhakangungu / kaitohutohu Pete Brodsky, (Rockaway) mekemeke tumu kōrero / ētita Herb Goldman, (Bronx) matchmaker Bobby Goodman, (Ardsley) NYSAC heamana / whakawa Melvina Lathan, a (Brooklyn) NYSAC Chairperson/matchmaker/promoter Ron Scott Stevens.

 

 

 

Posthumous non-participant inductees were (Brooklyn) auvaha mowhiti Johnnie Addie, (Brooklyn) matchmaker Johnny Bos, (Bronx) publicist mekemeke Murray Goodman, (New York City) mekemeke kaituhi / kōrero Bert Randolph Sugar a (Lower Te Tai Rāwhiti taha) irirangi & pāho pouaka whakaata / kairīpoata Sam Taub.

 

 

 

Ia inductee te haere (ranei uri whakaheke o) received a custom-designed belt signifying his or her induction into the NYSBHOF.

 

 

 

Te 2017 tīpakohia inductees i te taha o nga mema o te komiti whakaingoa NYSBHOF:Bobby Cassidy, JR., Randy Gordon, Henry Hascup, Don Majeski, Ron McNair, a Neil Terens.

 

 

 

kaimekemeke katoa e hiahiatia ana ki te kia hohekore mō tau i te iti rawa e toru ki te kia āhei hoki NYSBHOF arataki, a me inductees katoa kua noho i roto i te New York State mo te wahi nui o to ratou mahi mekemeke i te pirimia o to ratou mahi tēnā ranei.

 

 

Boxers who attended the seventh annual NSBHOF included NYSBHOF past inductees Iran Barkley, Junior Jones, Mustafa Hamsho, Bobby Cassidy, Sr., Bobby Bartels, a Renaldo “Mr.” Snipes, me te Monte Barrett, Ray Mercer, Dennis Milton, Richard Kiley, Scott Lopez, Michael Corleone, Tommy Rainone, Kevin Collins, Cletus Seldin, James Duran, Victor Paz, a Jaime Dugan. Other notable attendees from the boxing world included Mike Reno (FDNY Mekemeke ), Darryl Peoples (IBF), international judges Steve Wesisfeld a John MacKay, and NYSBHOF inductees Tommy Gallagher a Bobby Miller, and Emmy-award winning producer Bobby Cassidy, JR.

 

Rawiri Diamante served once again as Master of Ceremonies. Special presentations were made to the daughter of the late Steve Acunto, Donna Acunto, and Miller’s close friend, Dave Wojcicki.

 

Korukī & PICTURES FROM THE NYSBHOF INDUCTEES

 


(L-R) – Ron McNair, Jake Rodriguez and Bob Duffy
JAKE RODRIGUEZ: “I want to thank Ring 8 for the opportunity for me to be here. I’d also like to thank my wife for always being there for me, and my trainer.”

(L-R) – Herb Goldman, Don Majeski and Bob Duffy
HERB GOLDMAN: “If I have made any contributions to boxing – I hope I have – I did by redefining record keeping and creating a new perspective on boxing history. I’m proud of that, but I didn’t do it alone.”
(L-R) – Joe Mesi, Jack Hirsch and Bob Duffy
JOE MESI: “I have so many people to thank for this honor. I’m a Buffalonian. There’s nobody more in favor of one New York, but it’s not. This is special for me because it’s the New York State Boxing Hall of Fame. This solidifies me and makes me think I’m not just a local boy. There was a huge disadvantage coming from a small city, sparring wasn’t the same as in the gyms of New York City, but I had an advantage coming from Western New York. Nobody was welling out like we did in Buffalo with 10,000, ka 16,00 and finally 18,000 te iwi. They were always behind me and I share this with them because their support made me. My dream was to fight in Buffalo and to continue to fight there.
“One of the highlights of my life was fighting Monte Barrett on HBO in Madison Square Garden. He was one of the greatest fighters in the world who fought for the world title. I always wanted to get my world title shot, but I never got it. That’s okay, I was little bitter for a while, but I couldn’t be happier with my career. The best part of boxing is the brotherhood we share.

(L-R) – Randy Gordon, Ron Scott Stevens and Bob Duffy
RON SCOTT STEVENS: “I know people always say it, but this is the truth: I owe so many people who have supported me throughout my career. Boxing has always been home away from home for me and today I feel like I’m home.
“Ko ahau 30, living in Brooklyn Heights, and back driving a taxi a waiting on tables. A light went off in my head: boxing is the sport of the underdog and I’m an underdog. The next day I went to Gleason’s Gym – the center of the universe. I made my way around all the gyms in the city, meeting promoters, managers and trainers. I started making matches for promoters and then Cedric Kushner hired me from 1980-2002. I roto i te 2002, I got a call to work for the New York State Athletic Commission as its Community Co-Ordinator and Director of Boxing. Na, I was made chairman and I served two terms. I teie mahana,, I’m extremely proud to be part of the New York State Boxing Hall of Fame.

(L-R) – Bob Duffy, Henry Hascup, Bob Goodman and Tommy Gallagher
BOB GOODMAN: “I can’t believe this crowd. In order to do what we do, the sacrifices and support you get from your family is so important and (in Goodman’s case) was for so many years. They allowed us to do what we do. All of us love boxing!”

(L-R) – Ray Mercer, Penny Allen, Al Cole, Clay Jenkins and Bob Duffy
AL COLE: “I thought boxing was the stupidest and dumbest sport ever. Who wanted to get punched in the face? I started boxing late. I played around some and people said I was pretty good. I started boxing when I was 20, in the Army, stationed at Ft. Hood. Four years later, I was on the Olympic Team. The reason why is I had a great sparring partner, Ray Mercer. If I was going to be in the ring everyday with Ray, I was either going to get beat up, or get better.
“I remember Bob Arum giving me his business card. I didn’t know him. I only knew of three people in boxing: Don King, Muhammad Ali a Sugar Ray Leonard . I didn’t follow boxing and the only reason I boxed was I would have had to sleep in the woods if I didn’t (in Army). Boxing is: hit him, before he hits me.”

(L-R) – Bobby Cassidy, Jr., Jaime Drubin and Pete Brodsky
PETE BRODSKY: “I want to thank the board. I’m going to be 70 and started in boxing when I was 18. It created a new direction in my life. I’m so proud to be in company with guys who didn’t just talk it, they loved it. If you really love this sport, you really have to learn it. Any man who stepped in the ring, plus all the roadwork, time in the gym and sacrificing what they eat, did it to be the best they can be.
“I te mekemeke, you’re not going to win every fight, but whether a fighter wins or loses, if he gives 100-percent, he’s a winner. They work a job, run five miles day, workout at the gym, and then went home to spend time with his family. Friends and family always have your back.”

(L-R) – Darryl Peoples & Melvina Lathan
MELVINA LATHAM: “I’m speechless. It’s wonderful. Randy (former NYSAC chairperson Gordon), do you remember this story? There were only three judges and, kāore, one called in sick. I was sitting at ringside with no responsibilities. Randy said I had to workte po nei. I said that I wasn’t licensed and couldn’t do it. Randy said, ‘Raise your right hand’, and it was on. I was thrown in there, but it was okay.
“My greatest accomplishments are my children and husband. I couldn’t ask for a better situation. Na Ralph Petrillo is part of my family; he was my second in command. I also had the best officials: deputy commissioners, inspectors, judges and referees. I wouldn’t be here with without them. Bob Duffy put this whole thing together. I personally think he’s amazing. My journey continues, I am blessed.”
NYSBHOF
CLASS o 2012: Carmen Basilio, Mike McCallum, Mike Tyson, Jake LaMotta, Riddick Bowe, Carlos Ortiz, Vito Antuofermo, Emile Griffith, “Sugar” Ray Robinson, Gene Tunney, Benny Leonard, Tony Canzoneri, Harold Lederman, Steve Acunto, Jimmy Glenn, Gil Clancy, Ray Arcel, Nat Fleischer, Bill Gallo a Arthur Mercante, Sr.
CLASS o 2013: Jack Dempsey, Johnny Tanitī, Sandy tera hōiho, Maxie Rosenbloom, Joey Archer, Iran Barkley, Mark Breland, Bobby Cassidy, Doug Jones , Junior Jones, James “Buddy” McGirt, Eddie Mustafa Muhammad, Bob Harumu, Shelly Finkel, Tony Graziano, Larry Merchant, Teddy Brenner, Mike Jacobs, Tex Rickard a Don Dunphy.
CLASS OF 2014: Floyd Patterson, Tracy Harris Patterson, Billy Backus, Kevin Kelley, Juan Laporte, Gerry Cooney, Mustafa Hamsho, Howard Davis, Jr., Lou Ambers, Jack Britton, Terry McGovern, Teddy Atlas, Lou DiBella, Steve Farhood, Gene Moore, Angelo Prospero, Whitey Bimstein, CuS D'Amato, William Muldoon a Tom O'Rourke.
CLASS OF 2015: Haora Mamby, Joey Giamba, Johnny Persol, Harold Weston, Lonnie Bradley, Paora Berlenbach, Billy Graham, Frankie Genaro, Bob Miller, Tommy Ryan, Jimmy Slattery, Bob Duffy, Mike Katz, Tommy Gallagher, Bruce Silverglade, Charley Goldman, Jimmy Johnston, Cedric Kushner, Harry Markson, Damon Runyon ko Al Weill.
CLASS OF 2016: Arona Davis, Charles Murray, Vilomar Fernandez, Edwin Viruet, Hector “macho” Camacho, Rocky Graziano, Rocky Kansas, Joe Lynch, Joe Miceli, ed Brophy, Joe DeGuardia, Randy Gordon, Dennis Rappaport, Howie Albert, Freddie Brown, Howard Cosell, Ruby Goldstein ko Jimmy Jacobs.
CLASS OF 2017: Gaspar Ortega, Renaldo “Mr.” Snipes, Doug DeWitt, “Ko te rererangi Bronx” Alex Ramos, Dick Tiger, Jose Torres, “Nonpareil” Jack Dempsey, Don Majeski, Ron Katz, Stan Hoffman, Bobby Bartels, Hank Kaplan, Al Gavin, Arthur Donovan ko Rana Parker.
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Son/father Bob & Murray Goodman to be inducted into Class of 2018 New York State Mekemeke Hall o te Rongonui

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Rātapu, April 29, Dinner arataki
Chocolate Kid, James J. Corbett, Jack McAuliffe and Sam Taub head new class

(L-R) – Bob and Murray Goodman
NEW YORK (March 26, 2018) – Boxing lifers Bob Goodman me tona papa, te mutunga o Murray Goodman, are among 23 members of the Class of 2018 being inducted into the New York State Boxing Hall of Fame (NYSBHOF) i runga i Rātapu ahiahi (12:30-5:30 p.m. AND), April 29.
The seventh annual NYSBHOF induction dinner will be held once again at Russo’s On The Bay in Howard Beach, New York.
A legendary boxing publicist, Murray Goodman (Bronx) brought his son into the sweet science when Bob was only eight years old. The rest was historic for the Goodmans, who are both inductees in several Halls of Fame, including the International Boxing Hall of Fame.
“This is a great honor for me and my father,” Bob said. “I wish he were alive today to be there. I’m a boxing lifer. I was eight years old going to all the training camps with my father, who was a boxing writer and sports editor for the INS (Hearst News Service) ratonga. The joke is I was conceived at Grossinger’s (Catskill Resort Hotel training camp). Boxing just came into my life. My dad and I had some businesses in promotions and public relations, all different kinds of sports-related businesses, but there was always boxing.
“I’m the luckiest guy in the world. I was brought up doing the very things I loved. How many people can say that? I met and became friends with Joe Louis, Marcel Cerdan, Sugar Ray Robinson, Rocky Graziano, Rocky Marciano and so many others. I’d stay in camps for weeks. I’d get up to run with the boxers and got a chance to be around my heroes. I also got to know trainers and others in boxing and later fans. I got to know everybody. I was brought up in boxing, my whole life was boxing, 65 years in the business.”
Bob is, pea, best known as Vice President and Matchmaker for Madison Square Garden (1985-1994), as well as a quarter-century serving as Vice President of Boxing Operations, Matchmaker and Director of Public Relations for Don King Productions. He also promoted many world champions as President of his own company, Garden State Boxing.
“I remember going away to training camps for weeks at a time,” the 78-year-old Goodman fondly remembered. “I’d take pictures, write stories every day and use my telecopier to send them to AP and UPI. I did so much being brought up un the business, even loading trucks up with chairs, te mowhiti, speakers and more. My father was the Publicity Director for the International Boxing Club at Madison Square Garden. I worked there when I was a teenager.
“I’m honored to be inducted into the New York State Boxing Hall of Fame with my father and so many boxing guys. They’re different from people in any other sports. One of the awards I’ve won that I’m most proud of is the James J. Walker Memorial Award for Long and Meritorious Service to Boxing (BWAA in 1960).
“I’m fortunate to have transcended various eras in boxing. It was a different world back then, we had 20-30 writers stay for weeks at training camps. I got to know old-time boxers and trainers.”
Bob Goodman (L) checking Muhammad Ali’s weight and on right with Rocky Marciano
Goodman, who served in the U.S. Coast Guard from 1958-62, stays active today working with veterans’ groups. He is President of the Weymouth Township Veteran’s Advisory Board, and also active with the American Legion and part of the Honor Guard with the Korean War Veterans Association.

Bob Goodman (tawhiti tika) was inducted into the IBHOF in 2009, his father Murray in 1999
Among the world champions Bob has worked with are Muhammad Ali, George Foreman, Joe Frazier, Larry Holmes, Ken Norton, Pirika Trinidad, Roberto Durán, Evander Holyfield, Lennox Lewis, Bob Foster, Salvador Sanchez, Sugar Ray Leonard , Julio Hiha Chavez, Wilfredo Gonez, Ricardo Lopez, Bernard Hopkins and so many more.
kaimekemeke ora ahu ki te NYSBHOF ngā (Valley Spring) IBF Cruiserweight World Champion al “Ice” Cole (35-16-3, 16 Koó), (Island roa) WBA marama taumahamaha Lou “Honey Boy” Raorao (36-6-2, 22 Koó), (Central Islip) IBF Junior Welterweight World Champion Jake Rodriguez (28-8-2, 8 Koó), (Brooklyn) ao kaiwero taitara Kōmāmā Terrence Alli (52-15-2, 21 Koó), a (Buffalo) taumahamaha o tūturu ao-te piha haapiiraa “Baby” Joe Mesi (36-0, 29 Koó).
kaiuru murimate te whakangungu e NBA & NYSAC World mā whitu Champion (Manhattan) Kid “Cuban Bon Bon” Chocolate (136-10-6, 51 Koó), (New York City) 20thtaumahamaha rau James J. “taata Jim” Corbett (11-4-3, 5 Koó), (Williamsburg) World Kōmāmā Champion Jack “Ko te Napoleon o te Paraihe Ring” McAuliffe, (Kingston) WBC Super Kōmāmā Champion Billy Costello (40-2, 23 Koó), (Mori) NYSAC Light Heavyweight World Champion Melio Bettina (83-14-3, 36 Koó), (Brooklyn / Yonkers) whitu-ao te piha haapiiraa Ralph “Tiger” Jones (52-32-5, 13 Koó) a (Port Washington) nguha taumahamaha Charley “Ko te rererangi Bayonne” Norkus (33-19, 19 Koó).
Living non-participants heading into the NYSBHOF are (Troy) Pulitzer paraihe-toa sportswriter Dave Anderson, (Brooklyn) kaiwhakangungu / kaitohutohu Pete Brodsky, (Rockaway) mekemeke tumu kōrero / ētita Herb Goldman, (Ardsley) NYSAC heamana / whakawa Melvina Lathan, a (Brooklyn) NYSAC Chairperson/matchmaker/kaiwhakatairanga Ron Scott Stevens.
Murimate inductees kaiuru-kore e (Brooklyn) auvaha mowhiti Johnnie Addie, (Brooklyn) matchmaker Johnny Bos, (Bronx) mekemeke kaituhi / kōrero Bert Randolph Sugar a (Lower Te Tai Rāwhiti taha) irirangi & pāho pouaka whakaata / kairīpoata Sam Taub.
Ia inductee te haere (ranei uri whakaheke o) ka riro i te whitiki ritenga-hoahoa hei whakaatu i tona ranei tona arataki ki te NYSBHOF.
Te 2017 tīpakohia inductees i te taha o nga mema o te komiti whakaingoa NYSBHOF: Bobby Cassidy, JR., Randy Gordon, Henry Hascup, Don Majeski, Ron McNair, a Neil Terens.
kaimekemeke katoa e hiahiatia ana ki te kia hohekore mō tau i te iti rawa e toru ki te kia āhei hoki NYSBHOF arataki, a me inductees katoa kua noho i roto i te New York State mo te wahi nui o to ratou mahi mekemeke i te pirimia o to ratou mahi tēnā ranei.
NYSBHOF
CLASS o 2012: Carmen Basilio, Mike McCallum, Mike Tyson, Jake LaMotta, Riddick Bowe, Carlos Ortiz, Vito Antuofermo, Emile Griffith, “Sugar” Ray Robinson, Gene Tunney, Benny Leonard, Tony Canzoneri, Harold Lederman, Steve Acunto, Jimmy Glenn, Gil Clancy, Ray Arcel, Nat Fleischer, Bill Gallo a Arthur Mercante, Sr.
CLASS o 2013: Jack Dempsey, Johnny Tanitī, Sandy tera hōiho, Maxie Rosenbloom, Joey Archer, Iran Barkley, Mark Breland, Bobby Cassidy, Doug Jones , Junior Jones, James “Buddy” McGirt, Eddie Mustafa Muhammad, Bob Harumu, Shelly Finkel, Tony Graziano, Larry Merchant, Teddy Brenner, Mike Jacobs, Tex Rickard a Don Dunphy.
CLASS OF 2014: Floyd Patterson, Tracy Harris Patterson, Billy Backus, Kevin Kelley, Juan Laporte, Gerry Cooney, Mustafa Hamsho, Howard Davis, Jr., Lou Ambers, Jack Britton, Terry McGovern, Teddy Atlas, Lou DiBella, Steve Farhood, Gene Moore, Angelo Prospero, Whitey Bimstein, CuS D'Amato, William Muldoon a Tom O'Rourke.
CLASS OF 2015: Haora Mamby, Joey Giamba, Johnny Persol, Harold Weston, Lonnie Bradley, Paora Berlenbach, Billy Graham, Frankie Genaro, Bob Miller, Tommy Ryan, Jimmy Slattery, Bob Duffy, Mike Katz, Tommy Gallagher, Bruce Silverglade, Charley Goldman, Jimmy Johnston, Cedric Kushner, Harry Markson, Damon Runyon ko Al Weill.
CLASS OF 2016: Arona Davis, Charles Murray, Vilomar Fernandez, Edwin Viruet, Hector “macho” Camacho, Rocky Graziano, Rocky Kansas, Joe Lynch, Joe Miceli, ed Brophy, Joe DeGuardia, Randy Gordon, Dennis Rappaport, Howie Albert, Freddie Brown, Howard Cosell, Ruby Goldstein ko Jimmy Jacobs.
CLASS OF 2017: Gaspar Ortega, Renaldo “Mr.” Snipes, Doug DeWitt, “Ko te rererangi Bronx” Alex Ramos, Dick Tiger, Jose Torres, “Nonpareil” Jack Dempsey, Don Majeski, Ron Katz, Stan Hoffman, Bobby Bartels, Hank Kaplan, Al Gavin, Arthur Donovan ko Rana Parker.
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FNU COMBAT SPORTS WHAKATAKI: Lou Duva Tribute Show, Psychic Tom Padgett absolutely crushes UFC 209 Predictions, Garcia vs. Thurman Recap and Analysis

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Tony Penecale (mahue) and Lou Duva (matau) at the Brockton, Massachusetts dedication of the Rocky Marciano statue.

Our show this week was dedicated to Lou Duva (above right with our co-host Tony Penecale). Lou died earlier this week at the ripe old age of 1994. He was a great friend to Rocky Marciano, a promoter of 19 toa te ao, and a man who had all his irons in the one fire that lit his life: mekemeke. The promoter/trainer/manager/legend appeared on the FNU Combat Sports show years back, but unfortunately the audio is grainy and spotty. If you listen closely the gems our talk contains outweigh the difficult spots to hear.

The full Lou Duva interview is here:

http://hosts.blogtalkradio.com/fightnewsunlimited/2009/07/03/joey-giambra-the-uncrowned-champion

I’m also posting a couple specific remastered clips here:

 

 

 

 

 

Tom, Tony and Rich also recap Garcia vs. Thurman, The latest on Mayweather vs. McGregor, UFC 209 and the many controversies attached, GSP’s dark warning about weight cutting, and Tony Bellew’s shocking upset of David Haye.

 

Here’s the tape: (THE TAPE DOESN’T LIE)

 

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FNU COMBAT SPORTS SHOW FEATURING AUTHOR JEFF DANIELS

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Our latest interview with a true class act. Jeff Daniels took to the task of telling his older brother Terry Daniels’ amazing story with a passion for posterity and a supreme sense of attention to detail. Despite having no book-writing experience, Daniels created what he considered to be as classic as a Beatles album when he finished crafting his masterpiece about a bygone era in the sport of boxing and his brother’s battles with some of the biggest names in the heavyweight division. You can buy the book here: http://amzn.to/1WQMNFO, access Jeff’s site here: http://jeffdanielscompany.com/index.php/about-the-author and watch a short YouTube video promoting the book here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PDH_Laa6lY. Jeff shares some insights into the writing process during our interview here and takes us back in time in this amazing episode.

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Author Jeff Daniels Joins the FNU Combat Sports Show

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Our guest on this week’s podcast is a true class act. Jeff Daniels is a man who knew his brother’s story needed to be told and took to the task with a passion for posterity and a supreme sense of attention to detail. Despite having no book-writing experience, Jeff created what he considered as good as a Beatles album when he finished crafting his masterpiece about a bygone era in the sport of boxing. You can buy the book here: http://amzn.to/1WQMNFO, access Jeff’s site here: http://jeffdanielscompany.com/index.php/about-the-author and watch a short YouTube video promoting the book here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PDH_Laa6lY. Jeff shares some insights into the writing process and takes us back in time in this episode. Tom, Tony and Rich are also back together to chat about the boxing and mixed martial arts news and events. We discuss the heavyweight divisions in both sports and end with a discussion on MMA and fighter pay.

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WÄTEA KATOA: Mayweather vs. Arokite Ataata hopearaa Berto

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“I’ve been looking back on my career. Everything you taught me from day one, Ka mahara tonu ahau. "

 

He MIHI whakaaro huritao Floyd Mayweather tona papa, Kokonga MUA PAHONORAA I TE WHAKAMUTUNGA BELL: http://s.sho.com/1V0KQtq

 

WÄTEA KATOA: Mayweather vs. Berto hopearaa PremièresRāhoroi,

I muri tonu Mayweather vs. Berto I 9 p.m. AND/PT I SHOWTIME®

 

Credit Photo: Esther Lin / SHOWTIME

WÄTEA KATOA reveals a special moment in the instant before Floyd Mayweather answers the final bell of what is expected to be the final fight of his illustrious boxing career. Check out this preview clip fromRāhoroi o tuatahitia o WÄTEA KATOA: Mayweather vs. Berto hopearaame te rangi i roto i tenei Rāhoroi i runga i SHOWTIME hoki atu i te raupapa Emmy Award-toa.

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"A IT mana" - Floyd Mayweather ka ta Tuhinga MURI hinga Andre Berto

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Mayweather TE FIGHT WHAKAMUTUNGA PLUS RŌMANA Martinez vs. Orlando SALIDO II slugfest KI TUATAHI ON SHOWTIME®Tenei SATURDAY AT 9 P.M. AND/PT

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Mayweather vs. Taringa roa, Berto telecast tonu te whai i te

"URU KATOA: Mayweather vs. Berto hopearaa "

 

Pāwhiritia HERE Hoki te Arokite Video O hopearaa:http://s.sho.com/1OhdqCt

 

Whawhai whakamutunga Floyd Mayweather o, he tuuraki aravihi o Andre Berto, will premiere on SHOWTIME this Rāhoroi, E whitu. 19 i 9 p.m. AND/PT.

 

"E mea mōhiohio ... i ki te mohio, no te ki te whakairi ai ki runga koe,'' Korerotia Mayweather SHOWTIME Sports® pūrongo Jim Gray i muri i tona wikitoria loto whakatau mo Berto Rāhoroi whakamutunga i runga i SHOWTIME PPV® i te MGM Grand Garden Arena i Las Vegas.

 

"Kua kua ahau i roto i tenei hākinakina 19 tau, kua he toa ao 18 tau, wahia te pūkete katoa. There’s nothing else to prove in the sport of boxing.”

 

Ko te telecast roa o Mayweather vs. Berto ka whakauru i te teina rematch Kōmāmā taitara ao i waenganui i Martinez Roma me Orlando Salido, tetahi Whawhai o te kaitono Tau i roto i tenei matarohia Puerto Rico vs. Mexico totohe i mahue pā me te whawhai minamina he toru matchup.

 

Mayweather vs. Ka Berto kia whai tonu i te tuatahitia o "URU KATOA: Mayweather vs. Berto hopearaa. "Ko te Sports Emmy®Tohu-toa "Hopearaa" whiti te rama whakawā ki runga whawhai wiki, me tango kaimätakitaki i roto i te taura, ka ki te ngakau o te prizefighter rite kahore whakaatu atu i runga i te pouaka whakaata.

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Floyd “MONEY” Mayweather faaoti TOROA faahiahia WITH WIN OVER Andre Berto ME APA 49-0 RECORD IN MAIN EVENT OF SHOWTIME PPV® FOUR-FIGHT TELECAST FROM THE MGM GRAND GARDEN ARENA IN LAS VEGAS

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Pāwhiritia HERE No te Photos – Credit: Esther Lin / SHOWTIME
Pāwhiritia HERE No te Photos – Credit: Idris Erba / Whakatairanga Mayweather
Las Vegas (E whitu. 13, 2015) – Floyd “Money” Mayweather fakahoko kotahi faahiahia whakamutunga i runga i Rāhoroi ora i runga i SHOWTIME PPV® i roto i te mea whakanonoi ia ko te whawhai whakamutunga o tona mahi taiea-tau 19.
I mua 13,395 pā i te MGM Grand Garden Arena, Pai ake Mayweather ki 49-0 (26 Koó), ōrite te lekooti o te toa taumahamaha o te mutunga o Rocky Marciano ki te whakatau 12-a tawhio noa runga i te toa o mua rua-wā Welterweight ao Andre Berto (30-4, 23 Koó). I roto i te katoa mana i te tīmatanga, Ko te wikitoria Mayweather i te kaute o 120-108, 118-110 a 117-111.
I muri i te pere whakamutunga, Maturuturu iho Mayweather ki ona turi i roto i te whakaata o tona ohipa hopea.
“I ki te mohio, no te ki te whakairi ai ki runga koe,” ka korerotia e ia SHOWTIME o Jim Gray i roto i te whakakai muri iho. “Au patoto ahau i te tatau; Ahau tata ki 40 tau.
“Kua ahau i roto i tenei hākinakina 19 tau, kua he toa ao 18 tau, wahia te pūkete katoa. He te kahore ki te whakamatau i te hākinakina o te mekemeke atu.
“Toku 49-0 Ko record he wahi o te mekemeke. Hanga e Records ki te pakaru. Tūmanako hoź mahana e nehenehe tatou e ite i te muri Floyd Mayweather.
“Na te reira te wā ki te noho tahi toku utuafare e tamariki, kia tino whiwhi ratou i te mātauranga tika. E hiahia ana hoki ahau ki te āwhina i te whawhai i raro i te Mayweather Whakatairanga kara.
“Au mahue ahau i te takaro ki oku aravihi katoa; Au koi me te atamai tonu ahau. Kua ahau oti nga mea katoa i roto i tenei hākinakina, i reira te mea ke atu ki te faaoti i.
“Kāore Money hanga ahau. Meinga ahau te moni.
“E kore ahau e hiahia ki te hopohopo ahau, engari ko ahau te pai i mekemeke.
“E hiahia ana ahau ki te whakawhetai nga pā katoa i puta mai i roto i ki te tautoko i tenei kaupapa. Hoki 19 e kore e tau taea ki te rave i te reira, kahore enei pā ahau.
“Andre Berto he ngakau, he kauwae rahi. E kore e takoto ia ki raro,, ko reira te whawhai pai. Ko ia te whakataetae uaua, engari wheako He wāhi nui i te po. He aha ahau e nehenehe e mea? I was the better man tonight. Kore e mea faufaa te reira, ki te kino ia e ahau toku ringa maui ranei toku tika, Ko runga toku mahi. Ko te mōhiohio.”
Makona Berto i tona mahi, otiia whäki kihai ko ia i te taumata o Mayweather.
“Takaro Experience he wahi nui i roto i tenei whawhai,” ka mea ia. “E hiahia ana ahau ki te whakawhetai ki toku rōpū katoa, toku hapu me katoa o Haiti kei te matakitaki e.
“Ko ahau i roto i te āhua mō tenei whawhai; ko ia fifi noa ki te pupuri i runga i ki. Te pahekeheke ia. Whakamahia ahau he rota o te tere engari te ia tinihanga tūturu. I te whakamahi i ia mea iti ki te tiki i ahau atu toku manawataki.
“He taata rite ahau he rota o te whakapehapeha. I told him that every time I caught him with a good shot that I was here to stay. I put on a great performance, peia ia ki te rohe. Ko, hinga matou poto.”
I roto i te rua o taitara rua ao o whawhai i runga i te undercard utu-ia-tirohanga, Roma “Rocky” Martinez (29-2-3, 17 Koó) mau tona taitara WBO Junior Kōmāmā ki te 12-a tawhio noa nuinga Unuunu fakafiefia i roto i te rematch ki te toa-wā e wha ao Orlando “Siri” Ka haere(42-13-3, 29 Koó).
Kato ake te wahi i mahue e ratou, no te whawhai ratou i roto i te whawhai o te kaitono Tau April whakamutunga, i riro i Martinez, whakawhiti e rua whawhai nifó mō 36 meneti o te mahi kai kino. Haere ki raro ia i roto i te toru o tawhio. I te mutunga o te slugfest, i roto i nei neke atu i te 1,700 i maka nifó, piro kotahi whakawa reira mo Martinez (115-113), TA kotahi Salido (115-113) i roto i te mua, me te tahi atu huaina ana a reira ara (114-114).
Whakaaro e rua Martinez me Salido kia kua ka ratou te whakatau me te he i roto i te manakohia o te whawhai te toru o.
“Riro tino ahau te whawhai,” Said Martinez, i hanga i te korero tuatahi i roto i tona ngārahu toru rite WBO Junior Kōmāmā World Champion. “Kiia ratou he knockdown kihai ko e tino he knockdown.
“Maka ana e ia he rota o te nifó engari te nuinga o ratou kihai i hono, ka u ratou ki runga ki oku ringa. Hea e hiahia ana koe e whawhai tuatoru i waenganui ia tatou, Ka tangohia e ahau te reira.”
Said Salido, he rua-wā toa mā whitu ao nei ko te kaipahua, puta noa, ka tukua atu atu 1,000 nifó, “I ahau i te mahi katoa a whakaaro ahau riro ahau i te whawhai. Whakaaro ahau te tokorua tuatahi o rauna i ara, engari ka mau ahau ki te mana o te whawhai muri.
“I tino rapu ahau mo te taitara. Ka rite ki a koutou katoa i kite maka ana e ahau atu o nga nifó, a whakaaro ahau riro ahau i te whawhai.
“Ahau whakatapua kia nui hoki tenei whawhai, hoki ki te tangohia atu e te reira ratou e kore e ahau i ataahua. Tino, Ko ahau rite mo te whawhai tuatoru.”
I roto i te tahi atu whawhai taitara ao, Badou Jack “Ko te Ripper” (20-1-1, 12 Koó) pai te awhina tona taitara WBC Super whitu Ao ki te pakeke-whawhai, 12-a tawhio noa nuinga whakatau mano-ahuareka mo kaiwero whakahauanga “Saint” George Groves (21-3, 16 Koó). Jack, nei maturuturu iho Groves te mutunga i roto i te taka noa tuatahi, hira e nga kaute o 116-111, 115-112 a 113-114. Ko te pakeke-waimarie Aherimi, nei koimutu rere te mowhiti i roto i te ti'aturi ore i muri i te faaararaa, hinga ki 0-3 i roto i te taitara te ao whawhai.
Ko Jack faahiahia i roto i te mea e kua tona whawhai uaua ki te rā.
“Groves he rota o te ngakau,” Na ka mea a Jack, i hanga i te korero tuatahi o te whitiki WBC ka mau ia i Anthony Dirrell i April.
“Kei te haere te mahi Body toku waitohu. Kihai i ahau whai hua nui no te mea kahore ahau i taea e patoto ia i roto i. Ua ite au i rite i muri i te a tawhio noa tuatahi taea e ahau ko ahau e kore e taea noa. Kihai ahau i haere ki te tinana nui.
“Kihai i whakaaro ahau e pā ana ki toku whawhai muri ano, engari i reira te he rota o te nui whawhai hoki ahau. Rongo ahau Julio Hiha Chavez Jr. e hiahia ana ki ahau whawhai. E hiahia ana ahau ki te oaoa i tenei wikitoria engari ka tetahi whawhai ahau.”
Ko te wikitoria mai i te mamae i te mate ana'e o tona mahi i runga i te tuatahi-a tawhio noa mate knockout rawa ki o te wha i roto i te rarangi Jack Derek Edwards i roto i te Hui-tanguru 2014.
Groves, nei anake te tahi atu parekura i roto i te hoki-ki-hoki whawhai ki reira-ao toaCarl Froch, kihai i tautohetohe te knockdown engari i te raruraru ki te whakatau.
“Whakaaro ahau riro ahau i te whawhai ia faaoti-,” ka mea ia. “Whakaaro ahau te mana ahau te whawhai ki toku werohanga, me te ko ahau i roto i te mana puta noa, ahakoa, it appeared closer to the judges.
“Ko te he knockdown legit i roto i te taka noa tuatahi. U ia te ringa matau ki runga ki te tihi, engari i ahau tinana pai, me te whakaaro e ahau hoki ahau i roto i te mana o taua a tawhio ka. Ko nama katoa ki a ia, ahakoa te kaute i te knockdown i roto i te taka noa tuatahi.
“Congrats ki Badou. Te ti'aturi nei e ahau ia he kingitanga angitu rite toa. Hiahia aroha ahau ki te whawhai ki a ia ano, me te tūmanako ahau ka mahi i te wā pai muri. E haere ana ahau ki te tango i etahi wa ki te mahi i roto i te mea te muri. Ngaro i te whawhai taitara ao ko te kino mana'o i roto i te ao nei.”
Puerto Rico o Honatana “Puehu” Oquendo (26-4, 16 Koó) patua knockdown te tuatahi-a tawhio noa, piro te knockdown o tona toa ao e rua-wehenga ake, me te pouri o muaJhonny Gonzalez (58-10, 49 Koó). Oquendo won a 10-round majority decision in a good action fight that opened the pay-per-view telecast. Riro Oquendo te a'ee nui o tona mahi i nga kaute o 95-93, te roto-o-aho 98-90 a 94-94.
Hoki Oquendo, te wikitoria i roto i tona ahua ono i MGM Grand Garden Arena ko te 12th i roto i tona whakamutunga 14 whawhai.
“Ite ahau rawa hari,” Said Oquendo, i maturuturu iho e te matau mahue ki e pā ana ki te kotahi meneti i mahue i roto i te tuatahi. “Jhonny Gonzalez Ko te toa nui. I knew I had to throw a lot of punches and work to get inside to get the victory. I was able to implement that game plan tonight.”
Gonzalez, he rua-wā mā WBC mua, me te WBO whā World Champion, I riri hoki ki te piro me te nga headbutts pohehe katoa. I maturuturu iho ia e tika i te ringa matau i pā ana ki te 2:00 tohu o te tuarua.
“Titiro atu nga kaiwhakawa ia rawa nui,” Ka mea a Gonzalez. “Puritia upoko ia aki i ahau. Te reira tika kihai i pai te haere. A, ka te patototanga iho ahau e ia, kahore tupu. Ahau tika tika hoki ake ka.”
I roto i te whawhai Rāhoroi e Whakapāho i roto i “Countdown LIVE” i runga i SHOWTIME te aroaro o te telecast utu-ia-tirohanga, maoro nguha whitu teina Vanes Martirosyan (36-2-1, 21 Koó), o Glendale, Calif., piro e rua knockdowns en huarahi ki te toa i te nuinga whakatau 10-a tawhio noa ki runga ki IBF papatu 154-pauna o mua Ishe Smith (27-8, 12 Koó) o Las Vegas, i nga tatau o te 97-91 rua me te 95-95.
“I feel awesome. I worked hard and it paid off. I hadn’t seen my family in 10 weeks. I was in training in the Bay Area,” Ka mea a Martirosyan. “I i kai 100 ārai i te a tawhio noa. I knew he was a Mayweather fighter and I was going into the fight already down five rounds.
“I mohio ahau i ahau ki te riro. Ka korerotia e toku kokonga ahau ki te haere i roto i, me te ngahau, engari hiahia ahau ki te patoto ia i roto i.
“Kau mohio ahau rite u ahau te knockdown tuatahi i ahau ki te pupuri i haere. Kihai i whakaaro ahau e whiwhi ia ki runga i te rua o nga knockdown. I kore i marere ia i te aroaro o. Kua whawhai ia he rota o te whawhai nui, ka maturuturu iho ahau ki a ia rua.”
Smith, te Māori tuatahi Las Vegan ki te hopu i te taitara te ao, nui kita ongo'i ko te whawhai.
“Kihai i nui te knockdown tuatahi. Ia mau noa i ahau i roto i te hoki o te matenga. Ko te tetahi tuarua ko legit, engari ka e ahau ki runga rite ki te haere mai hoki i a ia,” Ka mea a Smith.
“E ono ngā Ko wawau. Whakaaro ahau ko reira ofi ki 95-95 ranei 95-94. Ahau i whakaaro noa ko reira te rota ofi atu aua kaiwhakawa e rua, me toku kokonga rongoatia ki korero ko reira tūturu tata. Na whanga matou he whawhai uaua i roto i te (Martirosyan). Te ia te roa, rangy me te puncher pai, engari e te aha hiahia ahau ki te tiki i roto, ka whawhai ki a ia i reira.
“Whawhai noa ahau he o te whawhai ki te No te reinga. 3-toa runga i roto i to tatou wehenga. Ahau kua he rota mahue. Au e aki ana ahau i enei ko eé ki te rohe. Ahau e tango atu tetahi mea i a ia. Te ia tetahi o te pai i roto i te ao, me te ahau he toa mua ao. Hoatu matou nga pā he whawhai tenei po nui, me te ka waiho hoki i ano ahau hohoro.”
Ano i runga i “Countdown LIVE,” fafau hinga kore Kōmāmā Gervonta Davis o Baltimore pai ake ki te 12-0 ki 11 knockouts mā te rēhita i te 1:34, TKO tuatahi-a tawhio noa ki rungaRecky Dulay (8-2, 5 Koó), o Manila, Philippines.
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“Tĭtĭ HIGH: Mayweather vs. Berto,” he 12-a tawhio noa a'ee aito te ao Welterweight mō WBC me WBA taitara 147-pauna o Mayweather, was promoted by Mayweather Promotions LLC. The event took place Saturday, Mahuru 12 at MGM Grand in Las Vegas and was televised by SHOWTIME PPV. The undercard featured a WBO Junior Lightweight World Championship fight, i ko i te rematch i waenganui Martinez Roma me Orlando Salido. Also featured on the PPV telecast was a WBC Super Middleweight title bout between Badou Jack and George Groves, i whakatairangatia ana i roto i te feohi ki Team Sauerland. Riri te te a'ee PPV whakatuwheratanga toa mua ao Jhonny Gonzalez ki Puerto Rico a Honatana Oquendo i roto i te 10-a tawhio noa mā super a'ee. SHOWTIME “Countdown Live” whakaurua he 10-a tawhio noa Welterweight super pupūtanga i waenganui Ishe Smith me Vanes Martirosyan.
Mō ētahi atu pārongo'a'ahi www.mayweatherpromotions.com, www.SHO.com/Sports awww.mgmgrand.com and follow on Twitter at @floydmayweather, AndreBerto, BadouJack, StGeorgeGroves, @ Romancito77, siri_salido, jhonnygbox, JonathanOquenmayweatherpromo, SHOSports MeSwanson_Comm ranei hei te mea powhiriwhiri i runga i Facebook, i www.facebook.com/FloydMayweather,www.Facebook.com / TheRealAndreBerto,www.facebook.com/MayweatherPromotions a www.facebook.com/SHOsports.