Marco Antonio Barrera vs Robbie Peden

[TNB]

Marco Antonio Barrera vs Robbie Peden takes place in around 3 hours.

The undercard has fights such as:

Shane Mosely vs Jose Luis Cruz and Levander Johnson vs Jesus Chavez

Looks like I'll have to wait up till 2am to watch them as they're taking place in the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

[Sikotic™]

Damn, didn't know about this fight. Good lookin'.

[Vegasmac25]

yea baby im rolling to the fight to see it in person.Barrera is the best pound for pound.

[ωεεźγ ғ]

I am going fo Barrera dog

[Sikotic™]

If mosley loses tonight, he better retire.

[Hittman2001]

Looks like Mosley doesn't have to retire anytime soon?

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2005/more/09/18/mosley.barrera.ap/index.html


LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Shane Mosley was anything but sweet. He was a winner, though, with his sights set on bigger things.

Mosley won his second straight fight since moving back down to welterweight Saturday night, beating Jose Luiz Cruz on a unanimous decision.

The fight was held just after a bout at the MGM Grand hotel-casino in which IBF lightweight champion Leavander Johnson suffered a brain injury and underwent surgery at a local hospital to relieve pressure on his brain.

Also on the card, Marco Antonio Barrera defended his WBC super featherweight title with a decision win over IBF champion Robert Peden of Australia.

Mosley won his 10-round fight easily on all three scorecards but was unimpressive in beating Cruz. One judge had it 98-92, the second scored it 97-93 and the third 96-94.

Still, he said he was ready to take on the best in the 147-pound division.

"I wish I would have knocked him out but I'll take the win," Mosley said. "I feel like I'm definitely at the top now. I'll fight anybody, (Antonio) Margarito (Zab) Judah."

Mosley, who moved down from 154 pounds after losing two decisions to Winky Wright, showed little of the speed that marked his early career and landed only one punch at a time.

But it was good enough to up his record to 41-4 and hand Cruz his first loss in 35 fights.

"I felt I was boxing pretty good," Mosley said. "The one thing about the Mexicans is they always come to give you a good fight."

Mosley and Cruz entered the ring with no idea that Johnson had been injured in the previous fight. Johnson walked from the ring under his own power before collapsing in his dressing room and being taken to University Medical Center.

His promoter, Lou DiBella, said the fighter was undergoing surgery late Saturday night.

"He's not in good shape," DiBella said. "The brain started swelling and they were inducing a coma."

Johnson took a beating in his fight with Jesus Chavez before the bout was stopped 38 seconds into the 11th round. Johnson had taken about two dozen unanswered punches to the head while on the ropes before referee Tony Weeks finally stepped in to stop it.

Chavez dominated the fight, landing big punches to Johnson's head from the opening bell. Punch stats showed him landing 409 punches to 148 for Johnson.

After the fight at the MGM Grand hotel-casino, Johnson said in the ring that "I'm all right," but later collapsed in his dressing room.

Barrera, meanwhile, defended his 130-pound title and added the IBF version of the crown with a unanimous decision over Peden.

Barrera dominated the fight, winning 119-109 on one scorecard and 118-108 on two others. In the final round he hit Peden with a left hook that staggered the Australian and battered him about the ring before the final bell sounded.

Barrera improved to 61-4 while Peden fell to 25-3.

[TNB]

I thought the 3 matches were pretty poor.  Barrera never had to step up a gear to beat Peden & Mosely looked very slow, was it a bad night? or his career declining?

[Sikotic™]

Mosely lost his edge, man. Or maybe he was nothing to begin with since the only big name he could ever figure out was De La Hoya.

[TNB]

Possibly lost his edge.  I've just heard Levander Johnson had to get brain surgery after his fight.  He collapsed in his dressing room after the fight. More information can be found here:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/boxing/4257270.stm

I can't wait for next week, for these fights:

24 September: Atlantic City, New Jersey, Miguel Cotto v Gianluca Branco (WBO light welterweight), Wladimir Klitschko v Samuel Peter.

[Sikotic™]

I hope Johnson comes out ok. That's a shame.

Every Cotto fight I've seen has been worth watching. This guy is probably gonna be on the top someday. Vitali is probably my favorite Klitschko, but Wladamir is my nigga too so I can't wait to see both of those fights

[TNB]

Another hot night of Boxing is on October 1st:

October 1: Las Vegas, Roy Jones Jr v Antonio Tarver.

Reno, Nevada, Chris Byrd v DaVarryl Williamson (IBF heavyweight), James Toney v Dominick Guinn, Rafael Marquez v Silence Mabuza (IBF bantamweight).

[Sikotic™]

I thought Roy Jones was done lol. I'm not a fan of his but I hope for his sake, he actually wins.

[TNB]

If Roy Jones Jnr loses this one, I think his career will be officially over. I thought he had retired after his last fight too.