*Juan Manuel Marquez (47-3-1, 35 KOs) vs. Rocky Juarez (27-3, 19 KOs), Sept. 15, Las Vegas, HBO PPV: *Vitali Klitschko (35-2, 34 KOs) vs. Jameel McCline (38-7, 23 KOs), Sept. 22, Munich, Germany, Showtime: *Jermain Taylor (27-0, 17 KOs) vs. Kelly Pavlik (31-0, 28 KOs), Sept. 29, Atlantic City, HBO: *Manny Pacquiao (44-3-2, 35 KOs) vs. Marco Antonio Barrera (63-5, 42 KOs), Oct. 6, Las Vegas, HBO PPV: *Oleg Maskaev (34-5, 26 KOs) vs. Samuel Peter (28-1, 22 KOs), Oct. 6, New York, Showtime: *Sultan Ibragimov (21-0, 17 KOs) vs. Evander Holyfield (42-8-2, 27 KOs), Oct. 13, Moscow, Showtime: *Juan Diaz (32-0, 16 KOs) vs. Julio Diaz (34-3, 25 KOs), Oct. 13, Chicago, HBO: *Joe Calzaghe (43-0, 32 KOs) vs. Mikkel Kessler (39-0, 29 KOs), Nov. 3, Cardiff, Wales, HBO: *Miguel Cotto (30-0, 25 KOs) vs. Shane Mosley (44-4, 37 KOs), Nov. 10, New York, PPV: *Joan Guzman (27-0, 17 KOs) vs. Humberto Soto (42-5-2, 26 KOs), Nov. 17, El Cajon, Calif., HBO: *Floyd Mayweather (38-0, 24 KOs) vs. Ricky Hatton (43-0, 31 KOs), Dec. 8, Las Vegas, PPV: All I can say is... WOW. :shock: I know we talk about these fights, individually. But when I saw the whole picture, and saw the almost surreal, boxing fan's dream type of final stretch that we'll be having the remaining months of 2007, I was truly impressed. This is gonna be fun! :happy
Its gonna be shown here in the Philippines on FREE TV! Slightly delayed telecast with a ton of commercial ads, but who cares? We all just sit here and relax, 10:00 on a Sunday morning, watching the fights beamed live, via satellite.
This has by far been one of the better years in boxing - do we have the MMA to thank for this or the promoters? Whom ever it is - need a big pat on the back.
Pacquiao has something to do with this & we have to thank him for signing with GBP & Toprank. He's intrumental for making this 2 promotions to work together to enable for this matchup to be made.
definitely a very good year for us fans, and a much needed adrenaline shot for the sport. could be the strongest year of the 2000's for the sport. now if only the major networks would start showing these kind of matches for again, then boxing would become mainstream again.