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Larry Merchant reveals what the big question is about this weekend’s Tim Bradley vs. Juan Manuel Marquez clash

Longtime analyst Larry Merchant in Los Angeles on Monday afternoon (Photo: Chris Robinson – www.HustleBoss.com)

By Chris Robinson

This weekend’s welterweight title match between WBO champion Timothy Bradley and Mexico City’s Juan Manuel Marquez appears to be a fascinating stylistic matchup on paper.

In Bradley, we have a determined and athletic champion who is coming off of harrowing give-and-take battle with Ruslan Provodnikov this past March.

At 40 years old, Marquez is ten years Bradley’s senior but he is still enjoying the twilight of his career while coming off of the biggest win of his professional run with a chilling 6th round knockout over Manny Pacquiao last December.

There are several different ways to look at this matchup, whether one would lean towards Bradley’s work rate and persistence or Marquez’s accuracy and superb technique.
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Tim Bradley on his recent sparring session for Marquez, proving himself, preparing for battle, more

More all-access coverage from the Millennium Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, CA, as WBO welterweight champion Timothy Bradley (30-0, 12 KO’s) continues speaking to the media ahead of his big duel with Juan Manuel Marquez
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Angel Heredia shares his insight into the Manny Pacquiao-Brandon Rios clash

Chris Robinson catches up with strength and conditioning coach Angel ‘Memo’ Heredia in Los Angeles, as he speaks further on the Manny Pacquiao vs. Brandon Rios clash, set to go down Nov. 23 in Macau, China
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Tim Bradley on his recent sparring session for Marquez, proving himself, preparing for battle, more

More all-access coverage from the Millennium Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, CA, as WBO welterweight champion Timothy Bradley (30-0, 12 KO’s) continues speaking to the media ahead of his big duel with Juan Manuel Marquez
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Angel Heredia shares his insight into the Manny Pacquiao-Brandon Rios clash

Chris Robinson catches up with strength and conditioning coach Angel ‘Memo’ Heredia in Los Angeles, as he speaks further on the Manny Pacquiao vs. Brandon Rios clash, set to go down Nov. 23 in Macau, China
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Floyd Mayweather Sr. not impressed by Miguel Cotto’s recent victory: ‘He could have did that anyway, without Freddie Roach’

Floyd Mayweather Sr. speaking from the Mayweather Boxing Club (Photo: Chris Robinson – www.HustleBoss.com)

By Chris Robinson

While Miguel Cotto may have looked sensational in dispatching former world title challenger Delvin Rodriguez on HBO’s airwaves this past weekend, not everyone was sold on the Puerto Rican star’s performance.

Cotto faced Rodriguez inside of the Amway Center in Orlando, Fl. and he displayed vintage form, rocking his taller foe with crisp and powerful shots before dropping him at the start of the third round and forcing referee Frank Santore Jr. to wave the action off.

Catching up with outspoken trainer Floyd Mayweather Sr. in Las Vegas on Tuesday afternoon, he couldn’t find it within him to give Miguel any kind of real praise.

“I think it was a good performance for the guy he had in front of him,” stated Mayweather Sr. from the Mayweather Boxing Club. “He didn’t have nobody in front of him. That guy was nobody, man. You already know that.”
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Juan Manuel Marquez responds to Tim Bradley’s claims that Provodnikov is a bigger puncher than him

Speaking from the Millennium Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, Calif. on Monday, Oct. 7, just days away from his bout with Tim Bradley, Juan Manuel Marquez responds to the WBO welterweight champion’s claims that his recent foe Ruslan Provodnikov is a bigger puncher than him, plus more audio coverage
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Gennady Golovkin says Cotto vs. Martinez is an interesting fight; would love to face Miguel himself

Chris Robinson swings through the Summit Gym in Big Bear, CA on Monday, Oct. 7, as WBA middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (27-0, 24 KO’s) shares his thoughts on the recent victory from Miguel Cotto over Delvin Rodriguez, as well as future fights with Sergio Martinez, Saul Alvarez, and himself
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Bob Arum doesn’t feel Floyd Mayweather will be interested in a Miguel Cotto rematch

Chris Robinson catches up with Top Rank promoter Bob Arum, as he shares his thoughts on the return of Puerto Rican fan favorite and three-division champion Miguel Cotto this past weekend on HBO. Cotto stopped Delvin Rodriguez in under three rounds and Arum discusses his future, including possible fights with Saul Alvarez, Sergio Martinez, and Floyd Mayweather
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Larry Merchant reveals the number one question in the Tim Bradley vs. Juan Manuel Marquez fight

Longtime HBO analyst Larry Merchant speaks on the Oct. 12 Tim Bradley vs. Juan Manuel Marquez fight and reveals what is the number one question in his mind heading into the pay per view attraction
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Juan Manuel Marquez responds to Tim Bradley’s claims that Provodnikov is a bigger puncher than him

Speaking from the Millennium Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, Calif. on Monday, Oct. 7, just days away from his bout with Tim Bradley, Juan Manuel Marquez responds to the WBO welterweight champion’s claims that his recent foe Ruslan Provodnikov is a bigger puncher than him, plus more audio coverage
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Angel Heredia isn’t sure whether Tim Bradley has recovered from his war with Ruslan Provodnikov

Strength and conditioning coach Angel ‘Memo’ Heredia speaks ahead of his fighter Juan Manuel Marquez’s challenge of WBO welterweight champion Tim Bradley on Oct. 12 in Las Vegas
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Ruslan Provodnikov workout highlights ahead of HBO showdown with Mike Alvarado

All-access coverage from the Wild Card Gym in Los Angeles in late September as Russia’s Ruslan Provodnikov (22-2, 15 KO’s) puts in work with trainer Freddie Roach ahead of his Oct. 19 HBO date with Mike Alvarado in Denver
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Miguel Cotto says he and Freddie Roach went ‘back to basics’ for Rodriguez [Post-fight coverage]

Post-fight coverage from Orlando, FL, as three-division world champion Miguel Cotto addresses the media following his 3rd round TKO victory over Delvin Rodriguez. Hear what Cotto had to say about his performance and how he and his trainer Freddie Roach ‘went back to basics’ in training camp in Los Angeles
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Ruslan Provodnikov workout highlights ahead of HBO showdown with Mike Alvarado

All-access coverage from the Wild Card Gym in Los Angeles in late September as Russia’s Ruslan Provodnikov (22-2, 15 KO’s) puts in work with trainer Freddie Roach ahead of his Oct. 19 HBO date with Mike Alvarado in Denver
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Miguel Cotto says he and Freddie Roach went ‘back to basics’ for Rodriguez [Post-fight coverage]

Post-fight coverage from Orlando, FL, as Mohammad Wahid captures three-division world champion Miguel Cotto as he addresses the media following his 3rd round TKO victory over Delvin Rodriguez. Hear what Cotto had to say about his performance and how he and his trainer Freddie Roach ‘went back to basics’ in training camp in Los Angeles
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Freddie Roach eyes Floyd Mayweather vs. Miguel Cotto part II: ‘I would love to have that rematch’

Freddie Roach with Miguel Cotto on Saturday night (Photo: Chris Farina – Top Rank)

By Chris Robinson

This past weekend, Puerto Rican fan favorite Miguel Cotto made a resounding return to the ring by dispatching former title challenger Delvin Rodriguez in under three rounds at the Amway Center in Orlando, Fl.

Showing vintage form in what turned out to be more of a showcase bout on HBO’s airwaves as opposed to a real challenge, Cotto (38-4, 31 KO’s) ripped Rodriguez’s body early with abandon and left him dazed at the end of the second round after a whistling left hook caught his temple.

The end came moments into the third frame, as Cotto pounced on the lanky Dominican along the ropes before dropping him to the canvas with another potent left. Seconds later, referee Frank Santore Jr. would waive the contest off.

While much of the talk at the post-fight press conference and within boxing circles centered around the possibility of Cotto facing either lineal middleweight champion Sergio Martinez or Mexican superstar Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez in the future, those weren’t the only big names in the play.
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Brandon Rios speaks after ten rounds of sparring; reveals what he’s been working on for Pacquiao

Chris Robinson catches up with former lightweight champion Brandon Rios (31-1-1, 23 KO’s) as he speaks on his recent sparring session at the Robert Garcia Boxing Academy in Oxnard, CA. Hear what Rios had to say about his work ahead of his Nov. 23 clash with Manny Pacquiao
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Fighters from the Mayweather Boxing Club leaning towards Juan Manuel Marquez over Tim Bradley

Chris Robinson swings through the Mayweather Boxing Club in Las Vegas and gets some thoughts on the Oct. 12 welterweight title clash between WBO champion Tim Bradley and Mexico City’s Juan Manuel Marquez. Continue on to the video for insights from Lydell Rhodes, Lanell Belllows, J’Leon Love, Luis Arias, Mickey Bey, and others
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Brandon Rios takes a few jabs at Freddie Roach before training [Behind the scenes footage]

More all-access coverage from the Robert Garcia Boxing Academy in Oxnard, CA as former lightweight champion Brandon Rios (31-1-1, 23 KO’s) speaks a little bit before training ahead of his Nov. 23 clash with Manny Pacquiao
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