RSS 2.0 FeedVol. 3, No. 11, November 2007, Sports
Big-Fight Breather
Local boxing fans, however, will follow the sport from a long distance.
For one of the rare months in history, Las Vegas takes a breather.
Here’s an around-the-globe boxing primer for Vegas fans.
Showtime televises the November 3 Juan Manuel Marquez-Rocky Juarez battle for the WBC featherweight title. Do the names sound familiar? Marquez defeated Marco Antonio Barrera in a fight-of-the-year candidate here in March. This bout was originally set to anchor Mexican Independence Day weekend, but was postponed in August.
The makeup bout occurs in Tucson.
One week later, Shane Mosley commands center stage. The California native and Vegas fight veteran, who has captured titles in the lightweight, welterweight and junior welterweight divisions, opposes fan favorite Miguel Cotto November 10. Mosley ventures into Cotto’s unofficial back yard, New York. Cotto, the pride of Puerto Rico, has been one of the game’s top performers. He comes off an exhilarating June victory over Zab Judah in the Big Apple.
Mosley, whose hand speed and angular movement have confounded most opponents, will enter in the rare role of underdog.
Atlantic City hosts the November tour the following weekend. Joan Guzman and Humberto Soto vie for the WBO super-featherweight title November 17 at the Borgata. Guzman carries a perfect 27-0 record against the game Soto, 43-5-2.
Two animated performers, Fernando Vargas and Ricardo Mayorga, decorate Thanksgiving weekend in Los Angeles. Their November 23 fight will be excellent if it is half as good as the surrounding drama. Mayorga chided Vargas about being overweight at the press conference announcing Vargas’ farewell fight. A mini-brawl ensued right there.
It was a perfect case of hot-blooded instigation. Mayorga, who won his title with one punch as a 10-1 underdog against Vernon Forrest, is flamboyant. He smokes cigarettes in the ring after bouts, talks about insufficient training and tries to get under the skin of his opponents.
Vargas-Mayorga was originally scheduled for September 8, but was moved back. It occurs the night after Thanksgiving and will be televised on pay-per-view.
Casino Connection sports editor Dave Bontempo will broadcast three of the major four boxing events. He will call Marquez-Juarez, Guzman-Soto and the Vargas-Mayorga battle on pay-per-view to a worldwide audience.
Showtime televises the November 3 Juan Manuel Marquez-Rocky Juarez battle for the WBC featherweight title. Do the names sound familiar? Marquez defeated Marco Antonio Barrera in a fight-of-the-year candidate here in March. This bout was originally set to anchor Mexican Independence Day weekend, but was postponed in August.
The makeup bout occurs in Tucson.
One week later, Shane Mosley commands center stage. The California native and Vegas fight veteran, who has captured titles in the lightweight, welterweight and junior welterweight divisions, opposes fan favorite Miguel Cotto November 10. Mosley ventures into Cotto’s unofficial back yard, New York. Cotto, the pride of Puerto Rico, has been one of the game’s top performers. He comes off an exhilarating June victory over Zab Judah in the Big Apple.
Mosley, whose hand speed and angular movement have confounded most opponents, will enter in the rare role of underdog.
Atlantic City hosts the November tour the following weekend. Joan Guzman and Humberto Soto vie for the WBO super-featherweight title November 17 at the Borgata. Guzman carries a perfect 27-0 record against the game Soto, 43-5-2.
Two animated performers, Fernando Vargas and Ricardo Mayorga, decorate Thanksgiving weekend in Los Angeles. Their November 23 fight will be excellent if it is half as good as the surrounding drama. Mayorga chided Vargas about being overweight at the press conference announcing Vargas’ farewell fight. A mini-brawl ensued right there.
It was a perfect case of hot-blooded instigation. Mayorga, who won his title with one punch as a 10-1 underdog against Vernon Forrest, is flamboyant. He smokes cigarettes in the ring after bouts, talks about insufficient training and tries to get under the skin of his opponents.
Vargas-Mayorga was originally scheduled for September 8, but was moved back. It occurs the night after Thanksgiving and will be televised on pay-per-view.
Casino Connection sports editor Dave Bontempo will broadcast three of the major four boxing events. He will call Marquez-Juarez, Guzman-Soto and the Vargas-Mayorga battle on pay-per-view to a worldwide audience.
Casino Connection Sports Editor Dave Bontempo is an award-winning sports writer and broadcaster who calls boxing matches all over the world. He has covered the Philadelphia Flyers in the playoffs, as well as numerous PGA, LPGA and Seniors Golf Tour events, and co-hosted the Casino Connection television program with Publisher Roger Gros.
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