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NBC SPORTS NETWORK “FIGHT NIGHT”

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3/24 NBC Sports Network Fight Night

Aviator Sports and Events Center, Brooklyn, NY

When the NBC Sports Network presents the second edition of its nationally televised “Fight Night” boxing series on March 24, live at 10PM ET, from the Aviator Sports and Events Center in Brooklyn, Hall of Fame trainer Freddie Roach will once again join Kenny Rice, BJ Flores and Chris Mannix as part of the broadcast team. Roach made his “Fight Night” debut in January, and brings a world of boxing knowledge to his new role as a ringside commentator.

Few people know the game like Roach, who currently trains boxing stars like Manny Pacquiao, Amir Khan and Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr. Prior to that, he had his own 8-year ring career that produced a record of 40-13 with 15 KOs. But more than anything else, Roach is a boxing fan who is always up for watching a good fight.

“I’m a big boxing fan,” Roach said. “So I’m happy to see the NBC Sports Network out there doing such good fights.”

Roach feels that it is the quality of the match that makes a fight worth watching or not. “What people want to see are competitive fights,” Roach said. “They are good for boxing. People don’t want to see blowouts.”

And Roach likes what he sees on this card. The main event is the 12-round Eliminator for the IBF Junior Welterweight Title between former champion Zab Judah and undefeated contender Vernon Paris.

“It’s a great match up,” Roach said. “You’ve got an upcoming guy in with the knowledgeable veteran. The question is, who’s going to pull it off. I know both guys pretty well. Paris was one of my sparring partners for Amir Khan, and of course Zab Judah faced Khan. I think it’s a very interesting fight, and I can’t wait to see who wins.”

In the 10-round co-feature bout, former heavyweight champion Sergei Liakhovich takes on Bryant Jennings, the guy who stole the show on the first “Fight Night” broadcast.

“Bryant is kind of green but the thing is, he makes up for it with heart and conditioning,” Roach said. “I thought he won his last fight because his conditioning prevailed. Obviously Liakhovich is coming off the bigger fights, but once again, it’s the young upcoming guy against the veteran who’s been there. Hey, it’s a very interesting fight and I can’t wait to see it!”

Roach is also looking forward to the third fight of this blockbuster triple-header, an interesting 10-round heavyweight contest between Tomasz Adamek and Nagy Aguilera.

“It’s always interesting to see how people come back after they lose a big fight,” Roach said about Adamek, who is returning from his TKO at the hands of Vitali Klitschko. “Sometimes guys work harder and want to be better than the last time, and sometimes they come back a little depressed. The key to the fight is to see how he took the loss. It should be fun to watch.”

Roach thinks it will be a very good show. “In all three of these fights, we really don’t know who comes out the winner. They all have the chance to go the other way. It’s a competitive card that is good for the sport.”

This not only benefits the fans, it helps Roach as well. “The better the fights, the better we do our job (broadcasting). It kind of pumps us up a little bit,” Roach said.

This boxing show is one not to be missed, whether you watch it on television or are a member of the live ringside audience in Brooklyn, NY.

“There is nothing like taking in the atmosphere of the whole live event,” Roach said. “A lively crowd pumps up the boxers and becomes part of the fight. Plus the young guys need the exposure. This is a compelling card that is good for boxing.”

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World Welterweight Champion Manny Pacquiao is in LA for the second phase of his training for Juan Manuel Marquez Nov. 12, 2011 at the MGM Grand. The fight is promoted by Top Rank in association with MP Promotions and Marquez Boxing available on HBO Pay Per View

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Terms of settlement are confidential

Manny Pacquiao has settled his defamation lawsuit against Richard Schaefer and Oscar de la Hoya on confidential terms. In connection with the dismissal, Mr. Schaefer and Mr. De la Hoya made the following statement: “Richard Schaefer and Oscar de la Hoya, on behalf of themselves and Golden Boy Promotions, wish to make it crystal clear that we never intended to claim that Manny Pacquiao has used or is using any performance enhancing drugs, and further state that we do not have any evidence whatsoever of such use. Manny Pacquiao is one of the greatest fighters of all time, and we apologize if anyone construed our prior remarks as in any way claiming or even suggesting that Manny uses or has used performance enhancing drugs.”

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The world’s number one pound for pound fighter in the ring, Manny Pacquiao has been honored with a military parade organized in recognition of his achievements as an athlete and as a soldier by the Philippine Army. Manny Pacquiao is a Philippine Army reservist with the rank of master sergeant.

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Shane Mosley wasn’t even close tonight in his loss to Manny Pacquiao and the crowd voiced their disapproval

Manny Pacquiao dominated “Sugar” Shane Mosley tonight in a fight that was at times dull and boring to defeat Mosley with a 12-round unanimous decision.

Mosley was put down hard in the third round, but came off the canvas. Shane only had sparse moments of any real offense and was totally unable to pull the trigger against the obviously faster and stronger Pacquiao. In the middle rounds and on, Mosley looked tired and every bit of his 39 years, as he went in defensive mode looking to survive the fight. Kenny Bayless did call a knockdown of Pacquiao in the 10th round, but it was obviously a shove from Mosley. It is rare that a Pacquiao fight is booed but this one was booed as the crowd showed its disapproval. - Pacquiao landed 182 of 552 total punches, compared to Mosley’s 82 of 260. It was a total domination.

Fight Results

Saturday 7 May - MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States.

Welterweight - Manny Pacquiao def Shane Mosley on UD 12 / 12 - WBO welterweight title (supervisor: Leon Panoncillo)

Light welterweight - Mike Alvarado def Ray Narh by RTD 3 / 12. Time: 3:00 - Vacant WBC Continental Americas light welterweight title (supervisor: Craig Hubble)

Super bantamweight - Wilfredo Vazquez Jr lost to Jorge Arce by TKO 12 / 12. Time: 0:55 - WBO super bantamweight title (supervisor: Luis Perez)

Super middleweight - Kelly Pavlik def Alfonso Lopez on MD 10 / 10

Super flyweight - Rodel Mayol def Javier Gallo on MD 10 / 10

Light welterweight - Pier Olivier Cote def Aris Ambriz by TKO 4 / 8. Time: 0:46

Lightweight - Karl Dargan def Randy Arrellin on UD 6 / 6

Light welterweight - Jose Benavidez def James Hope by TKO 5 / 6

• In a war, former two-division champion Jorge Arce (57-6-2, 44 KOs), at 31, scored the upset of the night by stoping previously unbeaten WBO jr featherweight champion Wilfredo Vazquez Jr. (20-1-1, 17 KOs) in round twelve to win his third title. Arce came in hard and Vazquez, the son of Puerto Rican boxing legend Wilfredo Vazquez, responded. This fight featured furious and exciting exchanges throughout. Vazquez floored Arce with a big left hook at the end of round four, but Arce came on strong late battering Vazquez in the twelfth round and Vazquez senior in the corner threw in the towel even though his son had seemed to weather the storm. Time was :55. Official scores at the time of stoppage were 107-102 Arce, and 104-104 on the other two cards.

• Former middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik (37-2, 32 KOs) won a ten round majority decision over previously unbeaten Alfonso Lopez (21-1, 16 KOs). Pavlik, now the WBC #1 super middleweight, needed a few rounds to get the rust off, but overcame a game and difficult Alfonso Lopez, closing strong with a great tenth round to win the decision. Scores were 99-91, 98-92 and 95-95.

• Mike Alvarado (30-0, 22 KOs) won by TKO when WBC #6 Sugar Ray Narh (25-2, 21 KOs) surprisingly quit on his stool after three rounds. Narh seemed to quit for no solid reason. Alvarado wins the vacant WBC Continental Americas belt.

Off TV Results

• Former flyweight world title holder Rodel Mayol won a 10 round majority decision over Javier Gallo. Mayol (28-5-2, 21 KO’s) would beat Gallo (17-4-1, 9 KO’s) to the punch early in the fight, but Gallo countered effectively in the later rounds. One judge scored the fight 95-95, while the other two judges scored the bout 98-92 in favor of Mayol.

• Former amateur star Jose Benavidez, Jr. stopped game James Hope in the fifth round of a scheduled six round bout. Hope (6-8-1, 4 KO’s) was able to get a few punches in, but it was all Benavidez (11-0, 10 KO’s) the rest of the way as he landed vicious combinations. In the fifth, Benavidez pinned Hope in a corner, landing hard punches until referee Vic Drakulich stepped in and stopped the bout at 1:43.

• Canadian super lightweight Pier Oliver Cote stopped Aris Ambriz in the fourth round of a scheduled eight round bout. Cote (16-0, 11 KO’s) hurt Ambriz in the second and dropped him in the third with a left-right combination. In the fourth, Cote landed two hard right hands to the head of Ambriz (15-2-1, 8 KO’s), prompting referee Tony Weeks to stop the fight at 46 seconds.

• Lightweight Karl Darganwon a six round unanimous decision over Randy Arrellin. Dargan (9-0, 4 KOs) outworked the shorter Arrellin (8-5, 4 KOs), who pressed the fight during a majority of the fight. All three judges scored the bout for Dargan with scores of 59-55, 59-55, and 60-54

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