This week (well last few weeks) in Boxing

I’ve been a little stingy when it comes to boxing lately. I’ve been enjoying the fights but I haven’t had the time to really write anything up. I’m going to try and cover as much as I can thats happened over the last few months in this post. I’ve also been working on the rankings but I can’t promise when they’ll be up. I need the motivation for a good 4-6 hours work on them to get them where I want them and with work and training and other stuff I haven’t had the time. It’s the long weekend this weekend and I’m no big rugby league fan so I might get something done of it this weekend. Then again I’ll probably do what most Aussies do and get smashed all weekend and do nothing.

Juan Manuel Marquez KO11 Joel Casamayor
I didn’t think Marquez had it in him to knock Casamayor out. I thought he might be able to out box him or outwork him but to pull off a knockout in a close fight in that style was impressive! Both of these guys are extremely underrated fighters and I thought this was a great fight. It wasn’t up there with Castillo-Corrales by any stretch of the imagination but for the purists this was an excellent strategic battle similar to Leonard-Benitez. I really want to see Marquez fight Nate Campbell. These are the two top guys currently fighting at this weight class and no other fight makes any sense while Pacquiao is fighting De La Hoya. I personally don’t see what Campbell can bring to the table that Marquez hasn’t seen before but bigger upsets have happened before.

Shane Mosley KO12 Ricardo Mayorga
Mayorga fought a great fight, but even fighting at nearly the best I’ve seen him against one of the flattest Mosley’s I’ve seen he couldn’t get over the line. The finish was spectacular and for any idiots out there who thought Mayorga was robbed of not being allowed to go to a decision go shit in your hat. Mosley knocked him out, there’s no more conclusive end to a fight then that. So what if there was one second left on the clock, Mayorga was out. Mosley was ahead on the cards as well so Mayorga wasn’t robbed of shit especially condsidering the 10-7 round that Mosley would have got anyway. As for the scorecards, I had Mosley up by one. Mayorga was very effective early on, but Mosley was defending well in the second half of the fight and Mayorga wasn’t landing much even though he was frustrating Mosley with his tactics. I’d like to see Mosley retire on this win, he’s 37 years old and his best days are behind him but I’d definately watch him fight again without question if he fights again (which I’m sure he will). I’m really not sure who’d make a good matchup with him? He’s beaten the guys he’s gonna beat and he’s lost to the guys he’s not going to beat. Maybe a rematch with Cotto when he comes back? I wouldn’t mind seeing him fight Margarito either if he drops back down to welterweight and thats a fight I think he’d have a chance in, although I’d be picking Margarito to become the first to stop him.

Mijares takes on Darchinyan
This is the sort of fight you want as a boxing fan; the top guys unifying the titles. Darchinyan is one of my favourites and while I was hoping to see Mijares take on Montiel, this fight is only slightly not as great. Mijares is obviously the favourite with his recent victories but Darchinyan has more then a punchers chance especially if Mijares’ Mexican spirit comes out and he trades with Vic. It’s great to see the lighter weight divisions getting the attention they deserve, I definately can’t wait for November 1st and I think Vic has the tools to cause an upset here!

Steve Cunningham defends against Tomasz Adamek
Cunningham returns from his long blank induced layoff (anyone know why he’s been out so long?) to defend against former WBC Light Heavyweight titlist Tomasz Adamek. Adamek whipped O’Neil Bell earlier this year and is one of the top cruiserweights around right now. This is a very interesting fight that could go either way. I’m backing Adamek though based on his recent form and Cunninghams inactivity.

This week in Boxing will be scrapped
I’m scrapping this part of the site and I will try and cover things as they happen. It probably won’t always happen on time but I’ll do my best. I don’t like just piling it all into the one post if I can avoid it.

This week in Boxing (13th September)

Juan Diaz outfights Katsidis
Juan Diaz won a 12 round split decision over Michael Katsidis for the vacant IBO title last weekend. Katsidis fought a good fight but the difference between the two fighters was that Diaz is a lot more technically sound and doesn’t rely solely on his power. However despite his 2nd consecutive loss, Katsidis was impressive particularily in his attitude after the fight. When asked if he thinks he should take a softer touch in his next fight, he responded with something to the tune of (I can’t find the exact quote ’its a 17 hour flight to the USA from Australia so I don’t want to come all this way for a soft touch.’
On the undercard Rocky Juarez stopped Jorge Barrios in round 11 of a junior featherweight contest. I haven’t seen this fight because we didn’t get it on the coverage down here.

Khan KTFO, Cook wins title
Amir Khan got exactly what he deserved for thinking that his fights are pay per view material and got KTFO (KTFO is ‘knocked the fuck out’for any NOOBs out there) in the first minute of his fight by unknown Argentinian and 9-1 underdog Breidis Prescott. I only wish that this would happen to certain Australian fighters who think their mismatches are worthy of $50 PPV prices. Now I did like Khan from the Olympics and I’d hoped he did well as a pro, but you’ve got to earn PPV slots, not just put yourself on one because you think you’re that good. Khan needs to go back to fighting on undercards against guys who will make him work and make him learn and then earn his spot. On the undercard Nicky Cook won a 12 round decision over Alex Arthur to take his WBO 130lb title.

Week of lightweights sort of ruined
Joan Guzman has failed to make weight for his fight with Nate Campbell. The fight is still on, but it won’t be for any titles and it has the potential to throw a massive spanner in the works of the best division in boxing if Guzman manages to win. With Marquez fighting Casamayor for his linear title this weekend as well, it had the potential to set-up a major fight between the winners of those two fights. Now we have to hope Campbell wins his fight for anyone to be that interested in seeing the Casamayor-Marquez winner take him on. I think Guzman will still be too classy and frustrate the very inconsistant Campbell en route to winning a decision. In the other fight I’m picking Marquez to outwork Casamayor, but its a very tight fight to call.

Other fights this weekend
And theres a lot of them. First, Sergio Mora rematches with Vernon Forrest for the WBC 154lb title. I think Forrest will come out with something to prove in this fight and he needs to because a loss will probably be the end of the line for him. I’m picking Forrest to win inside the distance in this fight. Forrest KO10.
Andreas Kotelnik also makes his first defence of his WBA 140lb title, taking on Norio Kimura. With a name like Kimura I’m surprised he didn’t get into Judo instead of boxing. I’ve not heard of Kimura or know anything about him, so I assume Kotelnik beats him, probably over the 12 rounds.
Even though theres like 10 ‘world titles’ up for grabs this weekend, I’m only going to comment on the Timothy Bradley fight as well. He takes on dangerous but limited lightweight Edner Cherry in the first defence of his WBC world junior welterweight title. Despite only a 50% KO ratio, Cherry can punch. He could take the title if Bradley makes a mistake. I think Bradley will handle him pretty easily as he is a class above him. Bradley via 12 round unanimous decision.

This week in Boxing (6th September)

Results from last weekend
I haven’t seen any of these fights yet. If anyone has a link to a youtube clip or something like that please let me know via comment or Email (angryfightfan@hotmail.com). Ivan Calderon defended his title with a technical decision win over Hugo Cazares. From what I understand Calderon was having a much easier time of things this time around and Cazares just couldn’t mount any sort of consistant attack on him.
In the other good matchup of last weekend, Cristian Mijares defended his WBA/WBC 115lb titles against Chatchai Sasakul with a 3rd round knockout. I really want to see Mijares in the ring with Fernando Montiel or Vic Darchinyan (I’d say it’ll be Montiel) and I’m sure that a fight between him and one of those guys could be made. Hopefully the sanctioning bodies are man enough to let the fight be for all of the titles instead of doing what they normally do and stripping them for fighting other titlists.
John Ruiz lost to Valuev again, thats all I’m going to say on the fight because thats all the mention it deserves.

Lightweight Matchups start this weekend
Former WBO, WBA and IBF lightweight champion Juan Diaz returns from his shock loss to Nate Campbell to take on former WBO interim lightweight champion Michael Katsidis this weekend. This fight should be a barnburner and if it weren’t for the UFC being on this weekend I’d be watching it live. I think Katsidis will be in the fight for 4-5 rounds but Diaz has a lot more boxing skill and that should be the difference. Katsidis is tough though and I think this fight will go the distance (at 3.5-1 I’m hoping it does as well) but Diaz will be the clear winner.
There’s an interesting fight on the undercard between junior lightweight contenders Rocky Juarez and Jorge Barrios. This is another fight that could be a war. Both guys like to come forward and mix it up on the inside and this is a tought fight to call. I’m leaning towards Barrios though because he’s the bigger, stronger man and I think it will play a big factor in the later rounds. Barrios to win this fight on points in a highly entertaining battle.
Also in action this weekend in the UK is a fight for the WBO (interim?) with British fighters Alex Arthur and Nicky Cook doing battle. Arthur should be the favourite in this fight. He’s more experienced and he has a size advantage, however Cook looked good early in his career and could have something to prove after losing to Luevano last year for the vacant WBO Featherweight title. I think Arthur will retain his title on points. Amir Khan is on the undercard against some Colombian up and comer.

Edwin Valero moving up to lightweight
The lightweight division is getting more interesting by the day with the news that WBA 130lb titlist Edwin Valero has relinquished his title and will fight for the WBC interim Lightweight title against the winner of the Antonio Pitalua-Jose Armando Santa Cruz bout. With boxers like Manny Pacquiao (assuming he comes back down after he fights Oscar), Juan Manuel Marquez, Joel Casamayor, Nate Campbell, Juan Diaz, Michael Katsidis, Joan Guzman and David Diaz already in this division, Valero is an unnecessary but more then welcome addition to the most exciting division in boxing right now.

Joey Giardello passes away
Former World Middleweight Champion Joey Giardello passed away on Thursday at the age of 78. had a twenty year professional career and defeated such great fighters as Sugar Ray Robinson, Dick Tiger and Rubin Carter just to name a few. After previously splitting fights with Dick Tiger and drawing with Gene Fuller in 1960 (in his first shot at the championship), Giardello won the third fight with Tiger and the Undisputed Middleweight Title in 1963. Despite what the movie ‘The Hurricane’ says, Giardello beat Rubin Carter in his one and only defence of the title in 1964 via 15 round decision before he lost the title to Dick Tiger in 1965. Giardello is a very underrated fighter who was among the best middleweights of all-time. RIP.

This week in Boxing (30th August)

Oscar De La Hoya takes on Manny Pacquiao on December 6th
The fight was announced yesterday. Manny Pacquiao will move up to welterweight to take on Oscar De La Hoya. I’ve made my opinions very clear on this fight so if you want to know how much of a mismatch I think this pointless fight is, check out these posts:
http://angryfightfan.wordpress.com/2008/08/23/this-week-in-boxing-23rd-august/
http://angryfightfan.wordpress.com/2008/08/16/this-week-in-boxing-16th-august/
For the record anyway, all of my frustration is aimed towards the De La Hoya team for this fight. I have tremendous respect for Pacquiao for taking such a hard fight and I really hope he can find a way to knock De La Hoya out. If he can there’s no one who can really question that this man is an all-time great. I just don’t see how he can do it and don’t see at all why this is such a big fight. I’d much rather see Margarito take on Paul Williams or Cristian Mijares take on Fernando Montiel then watch this fight.

Olympic Boxing Results
Well for the first time in who knows how long the Cubans didn’t win a Boxing Gold Medal in an Olympics they competed in. The Chinese and Russians topped the Boxing Medal Tally with two gold medals each. The United States continued their fall in Amateur Boxing by securing only one Bronze Medal this Olympics.
Here’s the full results of the Gold Medal fights:

Junior Flyweight
Gold: Shiming Zou (China)
Silver: Serdamba Puredjorj (Mongolia)
Bronze: Paddy Barnes (Ireland), Yampier Hernandez (Cuba)

Flyweight
Gold: Somjit Jongjohor (Thailand)
Silver: Laffita Hernandez (Cuba)
Bronze: Georgy Balakshin (Russia), Vincenzo Picardi (Italy)

Bantamweight
Gold: Badar-Uugan Enkhbat (Mongolia)
Silver: Yankiel Leon Alarcon (Cuba)
Bronze: Bruno Julie (Mauritius), Veaceslav Gojan (Moldova)

Featherweight
Gold: Vasyl Lomachenko (Ukraine)
Silver: Khedafi Djelkhir (France)
Bronze: Shahin Imranov (Ajerbaijan), Yakup Kilic (Turkey)

Lightweight
Gold: Alexey Tishchenko (Russia)
Silver: Daouda Sow (France)
Bronze: Yordenis Ugas (Cuba), Hrachik Javakhyan (Armenia)

Junior Welterweight
Gold: Felix Diaz (Dominican Republic)
Silver: Manus Boomjumnong (Thailand)
Bronze: Alexis Vastine (France), Roniel Iglesias Sotolongo (Cuba)

Welterweight
Gold: Bakhyt Sarsekbayhev (Kazakhstan)
Silver: Carlos Banteaux Suarez (Cuba)
Bronze: Silamu Hinati (China), Jungjoo Kim (South Korea)

Middleweight
Gold: James Deagle (Great Britain)
Silver: Emilio Correa Bayeaux (Cuba)
Bronze: Vijender Kumar (India), John Sutherland (Ireland)

Light Heavyweight
Gold: Xiaoping Zhang (China)
Silver: Kenny Egan (Ireland)
Bronze: Yerkebulan Shynaliev (Kazakhstan), Tony Jeffries (Great Britain)

Heavyweight
Gold: Rakhiem Chakhkiev (Russia)
Silver: Clemente Russo (Italy)
Bronze: Deontay Wilder (United States), Osmai Acosta Duarte (Cuba)

Super Heavyweight
Gold: Roberto Cammarelle (Italy)
Silver: Zhieli Zhang (China)
Bronze: Vyacheslav Glazkov (Ukraine), David Price (Great Britain)

Medal Tally
Countey (Gold-Silver-Bronze)
1. China (2-1-1)
2. Russia (2-0-1)
3. Italy (1-1-1)
4. Mongolia (1-1-0)
5. Thailand (1-1-0)
6. Great Britain (1-0-2)
7. Kazakhstan (1-0-1)
8. Ukraine (1-0-1)
9. Dominican Republic (1-0-0)
10. Cuba (0-4-4)
11. France (0-2-1)
12. Ireland (0-1-2)
13. Armenia (0-0-1)
14. Ajerbaijan (0-0-1)
15. India (0-0-1)
16. Mauritius (0-0-1)
17. Moldova (0-0-1)
18. South Korea (0-0-1)
19. Turkey (0-0-1)
20. United States (0-0-1)

Cazares-Calderson II, Mijares returns this weekend
The big rematch between the top two Junior Flyweights (108lbs) in the World takes place this weekend. Ivan Calderson puts his undefeated record and WBO 108lb title on the line against former champion Hugo Cazares in Puerto Rico. I think Calderon will be much more adjusted to the weight (for guys this small that extra kilo makes a difference) and I also think Cazares is struggling to make weight. Calderon should win the rematch more comfortably.
Also in action this weekend is the top Junior Bantamweight (115lbs) in the World Cristian Mijares. Mijares is one of the few titlists who is willing to fight other guys with titles and fight top fighters on a consistant basis. This is one of the reasons I think he deserves a spot in the top ten Pound for Pound best fighters in the World. Recently he’s beaten Jorge Arce, Katsushige Kawashima and Alexander Munoz and not only that, he fights every few months so he can stay sharp. Other champions could learn a lot from this guy! Mijares takes on former WBC flyweight titlist Chatchai Sasakul (64-3).

Big two weeks of Lightweights starts next weekend
All of the top lightweight contenders (bar Manny Pacquiao) will do battle over a period of eight days starting next weekend when Juan Diaz and Michael Katsidis fight to try and get back in the title picture. This is then followed by a fight for the Linear Lightweight title between Champion Joel Casamayor and two weight titlist and top pound for pound fighter Juan Manuel Marquez. Also on the same day, multi alphabet belt holder Nate Campbell gives Joan Guzman a chance to win his third world title. Two of the junior welterweight titles go up for grabs on the same day with Timothy Bradley and Andreas Kotelnik defending their respective belts. Despite the few weeks without a big fight, September 13 is doing its best to make up for lost time!

This week in Boxing (23rd August)

Olympic Boxing Gold Medal Matches
I bitched about the scoring last week so I’ll leave my opinions of that out this week. The Romanian boxing judge though has been suspended for ‘suspected foul play’ which is a big blow for any chances of Olympic boxing taking place at London. Something will have to change for boxing to have any chance at remaining in the Olympics. The Gold Medal matches will take place over the remaining games at the Olympics. Here’s how they shape up:

Junior Flyweight
Shiming Zou (China) vs Serdamba Puredjorj (Mongolia)
Bronze: Paddy Barnes (Ireland), Yampier Hernandez (Cuba)

Flyweight
Laffita Hernandez (Cuba) vs Somjit Jongjohor (Thailand)
Bronze: Georgy Balakshin (Russia), Vincenzo Picardi (Italy)

Bantamweight
Yankiel Leon Alarcon (Cuba) vs Badar-Uugan Enkhbat (Mongolia)
Bronze: Bruno Julie (Mauritius), Veaceslav Gojan (Moldova)

Featherweight
Khedafi Djelkhir (France) vs Vasyl Lomachenko (Ukraine)
Bronze: Shahin Imranov (Ajerbaijan), Yakup Kilic (Turkey)

Lightweight
Daouda Sow (France) vs Alexey Tishchenko (Russia)
Bronze: Yordenis Ugas (Cuba), Hrachik Javakhyan (Armenia)

Junior Welterweight
Felix Diaz (Dominican Republic) vs Manus Boomjumnong (Thailand)
Bronze: Alexis Vastine (France), Roniel Iglesias Sotolongo (Cuba)

Welterweight
Carlos Banteaux Suarez (Cuba) vs Bakhyt Sarsekbayhev (Kazakhstan)
Bronze: Silamu Hinati (China), Jungjoo Kim (South Korea)

Middleweight
Emilio Correa Bayeaux (Cuba) vs James Deagle (Great Britain)
Bronze: Vijender Kumar (India), John Sutherland (Ireland)

Light Heavyweight
Xiaoping Zhang (China) vs Kenny Egan (Ireland)
Bronze: Yerkebulan Shynaliev (Kazakhstan), Tony Jeffries (Great Britain)

Heavyweight
Clemente Russo (Italy) vs Rakhiem Chakhkiev (Russia)
Bronze: Deontay Wilder (United States), Osmai Acosta Duarte (Cuba)

Super Heavyweight
Zhieli Zhang (China) vs Roberto Cammarelle (Italy)
Bronze: Vyacheslav Glazkov (Ukraine), David Price (Great Britain)

De La Hoya vs Pacquiao still in negotiations
The De La Hoya camp has reduced their proposed 70-30 split to a 67-33 split for their fight against Manny Pacquiao. It sounds like De La Hoya really wants to beat up on another smaller fighter. Why would he face someone of Antonio Margarito’s caliber when he can fight a guy who fights the same way but is 15lb lighter? If De La Hoya is to lose to Pacquiao, it’ll seriously tarnish his legacy in my eyes and if he wins, anyone who knows jack about boxing will know it’s no career defining win.

Pound for Pound Rankings
There’s that little going on in boxing this week that I decided to share my current Pound for Pound Rankings. I was planning on putting a monthly ranking set up at some point including all divisions, but thats been put off for now. Here’s my pound for pound list though:

1- Manny Pacquiao
2- Joe Calzaghe
3- Juan Manuel Marquez
4- Israel Vazquez
5- Kelly Pavlik
6- Bernard Hopkins
7- Rafael Marquez
8- Ricky Hatton
9- Cristian Mijares
10- Antonio Margarito

A lot of people rank Margarito higher, but everyone above him on that list deserves to be there. Margarito only recently lost to Paul Williams which in my opinion keeps him down on the list behind these other guys who are above him. Should he avenge that loss, Margarito is likely sitting in the top five. The Pavlik-Hopkins winner will likely take third place behind Calzaghe, it all depends on how clear cut the victory is as well though.

Ruiz takes on Valuev next week
There is so little going on this week that I’m going to talk about a fight thats happening next week (I also don’t wanna waste a slot in a good week of boxing talking about John Ruiz, actually it really shows how little is happening in boxing when I have to talk about John Ruiz the week before he fights to fill up a post). This fight should be your typical God-awful heavyweight title fight filled with lots of holding (from Ruiz’s part anyway), not much punching and the taste of vomit in everyone’s mouth after its over. Valuev should win the rematch as well, he seems to have improved from their last fight.

This week in Boxing (16th August)

I decided to start a new feature on this site. Each Saturday I’ll post a wrap-up of what happened during that week in boxing (outside of the really mega stories which I’ll post as they happen/when they happen) and give my take on it. I read quite a few different sites as well so I’ll comment on the odd article that I find to be stupid and put crap on the author. I’m hoping this segment will actually get someone to comment on the site because I’m feeling a little lonely. I might also do an MMA version of this segment, although right now I’ll keep it to boxing because there aren’t a lot of good boxing matches happening over the next few weeks.

Olympic Boxing Results
Not really results, I just wanted to vent my frustration about the scoring. I really don’t think there will be boxing at London 2012. The scoring system has somehow managed to break the rock bottom it hit at Athens 2004 and get worse. The way they do it just isn’t logical. These fighters sacrifice so much to get there, only for their dreams to rest on whether or not three judges react to a punch within a second of each other in order to score a point. Not only do they have to worry about scoring with their shots and making the other boxer miss, they have to hope that their point is scored by this completely random scoring system. Go back to round-by-round scoring if you have to and make it three-three minute rounds instead or let the judges keep their own cumulative score over the four rounds based on punches landed on the target area and then score it for the fighter who the majority of the judges think won. Anything will work better then the current method!

Jorge Arce returns in September
Again this isn’t really about Arce, it’s about what the WBA are doing with this fight. Okay try and follow this; Cristian Mijares unified the WBC and WBA titles with a points win over Alexander Munoz. The WBA do what they always do and make Mijares ‘super champion’ because he holds the WBA belt plus another title which is their fucked up policy. Now get this, without even filling the ‘regular’ WBA title, the WBA have announced Alexander Munoz will fight for the regular title, and Arce will fight for the interim title. How fucked up is that? To make matters worse, both guys are fighting average fighters. Why don’t the WBA just make these two fight because the winner will definately be the next top fighter behind Mijares and Montiel. That would be an excellent fight and something that boxing needs to happen more often; two top fighters fighting each other for the right to face the champion. Sanctioning bodies suck and as long as organisations like the WBA are allowed to do shit like this boxing will always be a second rate sport!

Joe Calzaghe to retire should he defeat Roy Jones jnr
I’m a bit pissed off by this. There are plenty of good fights for Calzaghe to take part in (well there’s at least one and possibly two). The winner of Dawson vs Tarver would make an excellent opponent for Calzaghe as would Kelly Pavlik should he defeat Bernard Hopkins (I really couldn’t sit through a rematch between Calzaghe and Hopkins). Jones jnr won’t test Calzaghe, he’s old and washed up. Calzaghe’s got plenty of fight left in him if he wants to keep going, and a win over who I think will be a top pound for pound fighter in boxing for the next five or so years will add enormous amounts to his legacy. Pavlik has to get by Hopkins first and I’m really not sure he can at the higher weight. Hopkins spoiling style and physical strength will make things ugly for Pavlik who will be forced to fight at a lower pace then he likes to. I’d love nothing more to see Pavlik mop the floor with both Hopkins and Calzaghe in his next two fights though.

Vic Toweel passes away
Arguably South Africa’s greatest boxer (I don’t know a lot about their boxing history but no other names came to mind) and former Undisputed World Bantamweight champion Vic Toweel passed away yesterday at age 80. Toweel went 298-2 as an amatuer (one of those losses came in the form of a disputed decision at the 1948 Olympics) before turning pro. He won the World Bantamweight Championship in 1950 with a 15 round points win over Bantamweight great Manuel Ortiz. ‘The Benoni Atom’ made three defences of his title before losing it to Jimmy Caruthers in 1952. During his reign he had troubles making the weight and had many fights above the Bantamweight limit. Toweel retired with a 28-3-1 record (14 knockouts) and lived the last 20 years of his life in Australia. RIP.

De La Hoya vs Pacquaio likely off
The ‘mega’ fight between top ranked junior middleweight Oscar De La Hoya and top ranked lightweight Manny Pacquiao is likely off after both parties couldn’t come to an agreement. Good Riddance! I really don’t know why people were so keen to see De La Hoya beat up a man who is 20lbs naturally smaller then him no matter how good he is in his weight division. The last thing I needed to hear on the occasions I visit message boards is how much greater De La Hoya is after a knockout win over Pacquiao. It’s bad enough as it is that people think he’s up ther with guys like Ray Robinson and Henry Armstrong (I personally don’t think he’s the greatest welterweight or lightweight of the last 15 years) without this overhyped mismatch taking place. Pacquiao will instead fight Humberto Soto, who is a good fighter but will likely test the pound for pound king Pacquiao. De La Hoya will probably make Felix Trinidad saw his leg off to make welterweight and avenge that loss in his farewell fight which might infact be worse.