Khan may be making Mistake with Collazo

Once again Amir Khan is throwing caution to the wind and fighting a bigger heavy handed puncher.  Luis Collazo is a lifetime welterweight and Khan has never fought that high.  He had better options.  Khan could have fought Bungu in the UK.  At least that guy is ranked in the top ten and would have been a better match up.  Khan brings the money and should make the calls.  He's giving these guys pay days and chasing Mayweather.  Mayweather's best win is an under weight Juan Manuel Marquez.  Mosley and De La Hoya were past their prime.  He doesn't have long lasting historical significance as a great.  Khan should be looking to build his own resume versus chasing someone else.

Stevenson has Good Fights Ahead

He may have left Kovalev with HBO but Stevenson took more money to go to Showtime wisely.  The Kovalev fight is always there but looking impressive isn't enough to get Kovalev a title shot.  Kovalev needs to do more.  His resume hasn't earned the shot at Adonis Stevenson.   Bernard Hopkins' has.  It's pretty simple.   Although I do see these two fighting if Kovalev can win impressively against Jean Pascal.  Stevenson will then fight him regardless of if Adonis beats Hopkins or not.

Mayweather gets another layup

The pound for pound list has Tim Bradley, Manny Pacquiao, Sergio Martinez all in and around Mayweather's weight class yet remarkably he picked a guy no where near this list to fight next.  Even Canelo went after Martinez after losing to Mayweather.  As good as his ability to dodge and avoid conflict is in the ring, it's even better outside the ring.  He is above the politics.  He can make fights but chooses to take his ball and go home.

Manny Pacquiao Tim Bradley most interesting fight this year

Pacquiao Bradley will be the most meaningful interesting fight of the year when it comes to pound for pound supremacy.  Given that all the other fights don't involve top 5 pound for pound guys.  Mayweather is not fighting a top guy (as usual), Sergio Martinez isn't,  Canelo isn't top ten himself and ain't fighting no one in that league, Marquez isn't either.  Once again Pacquiao refuses to fight no one but the absolute best.

Provodnikov, Mayfield and Alvarado win big

Danny Garcia's loss was a big win for Provodnikov, Mayfield and Alvarado who each did far better with Herrera.  This further accentuates some problems with Golden Boy and their fighters advisors / management trying to manufacture stars.  Sometimes those stars aren't actually that good.  For example, Top Rank fighters rank highly on pound for pound lists relative to Golden Boy fighters  which could become a problem eventually.  Garcia's win was a sham and unfortunate  for poor Herrera who is a solid talent.

Garcia gets gift decision over Herrera

Danny Garcia was given a gift decision in his home town.  Mauricio Herrera embarrassed Danny Garcia making him miss almost everything and smashing him for 12 rounds.  Dan Rafael was the only one I saw that didn't have Herrera winning.  He had it a draw (blindness).  Another boxing fix is complete.  Paulie called the fix on air.  Mauricio is amazing and deserves the rematch.

These blind decisions are ruining the sport.  More oversight is needed.

Amir Khan Suffers Troubling Loss

Amir Khan did some strange things in his loss to Danny Garcia.  He demonstrated he could out box Garcia easily and then started to let loose and take chances.  It eventually cost him the fight.  It's strange to see such a talented fighter not actually try to win.  Strategy, coaching, advice are all things Khan needs most at this time.  He needs a Floyd Mayweather like take no chances attitude towards boxing.  Khan is not a brawler.  He never was.  He needs to go back to the sweet science that got him to where he is.  He can out box just about anyone in the game and should put laser like focus on that and only that from now on.  With absolutely no exceptions, he needs to rely on his speed, timing and unmatched boxing skills if he expects to become a star like he always wanted to.

Anderson Silva running out of challengers

Anderson Silva has proven that he has an uncanny almost magical way of pulling out wins even when he is not able to dominate every aspect of a fight.  That is what he did against Chael Sonnen.  Anderson is good everywhere in a fight - even though he may not be the best.  He is great standing and keeping distance, solid in the clinch and very good on the ground.  It's hard to beat someone like that because eventually you will have to spend some time standing with him and he will beat you if you do that.  If you are great standing up he has enough to beat you in the clinch or on the ground.  There aren't too many challengers left at middleweight since Anderson defeated Sonnen.  The only way Anderson loses now is if he beats himself by not being prepared or losing motivation which is possible given how long he has been winning.  More importantly, how easily he has been winning.  The second Sonnen fight was easy - make no mistake that Silva was never in trouble.  The first fight may have woke him up.  Let's see how long that lasts.

UFC 148 Preview

Tonight is UFC 148 including the much anticipated rematch between Anderson Silva and Chael Sonnen.  Chael Sonnen was banned after the first fight due to steroids, however, he has been granted an exemption to use steroids in this fight against Anderson Silva.  I think, for me, the steroids make this an interesting fight.  Anderson is big, strong, extremely quick and talented.  I really do think the only way to make an interesting fight with him is to get a very strong wrestler on steroids - enter Chael Sonnen.  I see this fight being competitive early and Anderson doing better in utilizing his vast skill set.  Chael knows only to do one thing and he will do it just like the last fight.  I anticipate Anderson's take down defence to be much stronger to counter Chael's aggression as well.  Expect a close fight with either a close controversial decision (think Bisping-Sonnen) or Silva winning via TKO or submission in the middle to late rounds.