Amir Khan has one last shot against Floyd Mayweather

British boxing star Amir Khan knows the possibility of facing Floyd Maywather in the ring this year is remote following the unbeaten champion's announcement limiting his choice to only two challengers which did not include Khan's name.

Earlier Mayweather named Andre Berto and Karim Mayfield as possible opponents for his next scheduled fight. Unconfirmed reports indicate that Mayweather will choose Berto over Mayfield and the official announcement will be made within the week.

Despite Mayweather's announcement that he will be retiring after his Sept. 12 fight, public perception indicate that he will go for his 50th win to break Rocky Marciano's 49-0 career record.

Khan is expected to fight later this year but no one has come forward to challenge the former Olympic silver medalist except Kell Brook who has been calling out Khan for a title fight

But Khan isn't in a hurry to face Brook saying he's looking at 2016 to give him more time to prove himself first against top competitors in the division.

“You’ve got Kell Brook there still. What I’ve said about that is let’s build him up so that the fight is bigger in the future. There’s no point taking a fight now when down the line it could be one of the biggest fights in UK history, Khan toldsport360.com.

“Look at Mayweather-Pacquiao. People waited five years for that and look how much that generated. Around $500 million – 45 minutes for half a billion! With Kell Brook, I want him to fight the likes of Marcos Maidana, Timothy Bradley and beat those guys. I want him to build his name so it’s not only a big fight in the UK, it’s a big fight around the world."

Khan has good points but who will he face when he returns to the ring late this year?

A surprise challenger came forward in Shane Mosley, who nearly won over Mayweather when he wobbled the unbeaten champ in the second round of their title fight in 2010

Mosley had Mayweather in trouble for the first time in his career but managed to stay on his feet until the round was over as Mosley failed to finish him inside round 2.

Mosley said if Mayweather refuses to fight Khan , he will fight Khan after getting over with Ricardo Mayorga (31-8-1, 25 KOs) at The Forum in Inglewood, California next month.

“If Mayweather don’t want to take on @AmirKingKhan then Mosley will. Any1 who wants these hands can get it,” Mosley said on his Twitter. “Everyone knows I would shatter Khan’s jaw.”

Mosley is a good prospect for Khan's year end fight and if he wins, he can then resume calling out Mayweather for his historic 50th fight next year.

GOtv Boxing: Fijabi wins N1m cash prize

Olaide Fijabi on Sunday night emerged as the best boxer of the 3rd GOtv Boxing Night after beating Kazeem Ariyo in their light welterweight contest in the six-bout competition at the National Stadium in Lagos.

Fijabi, who was voted as the best boxer at the second edition of the competition earlier in the year, also went home with the Mojisola Ogunsanya Memorial Trophy on Sunday.

From the first round, Fijabi, who was making his second professional outing, overwhelmed his opponent with deft combinations that left the huge crowd screaming his name.

Ariyo, a decent boxer in his own right, however, found Fijabi too hot to handle.

In another big fight on the night, national light middleweight champion Sule Olagbade retained his title following his victory over challenger, Rasheed ‘Afonja Warrior’ Abolaji in their closely-contested 12-round bout.

The lightweight challenge bout between Nurudeen Fatai and Chibuzor Obi ended in the latter’s favour by unanimous decision. Sunday Ajuwa also defeated Femi Ajayi in an eight-round cruiserweight challenge.

In the heavyweight division, Onoriode Ehwarieme knocked out Adewale Masebinu in the second of their six-round challenge bout. Masebinu was rescued when his trainer threw in the towel in the two minutes into the second round.

Nigerian boxer, Helen Johnson also defeated Ghana’s Gifty Ankrah by unanimous decision in their international women’s bout.

How To Create Abundance Mentality

 remember the day, at the age of 18, when my boss asked me to walk down the road to deposit $5000 cash into the bank.

I refused.

He ended up having to drive me to the bank.

Why did I refuse?

Because I thought it was such a large amount of money, and that if I were to walk down the road with that amount of cash, that there was a possibility that someone would rob me.

Now even as I write about this I recognise in retrospect that I had a very long way to go in the area of having an abundance mentality.

My Personal Struggle With Abundance Mentality

To be totally honest – I have struggled with the development of abundance mentality.

It is something that I have had to really work at.

Not that I ever wanted as a child.

But I was born into a household of minimal means. The house I lived in was constructed of fibro and had two bedrooms. The single garage out the back of the property, at first consisted of a mud floor, and my dad told me of the time that he got bogged in his own garage.

As time passed cement was laid, gardens were planted and trees grew.

Over the years my parents added to the house, built a second story, and ultimately replaced the fibro with brick. But that didn’t happen until I was about 18 years of age.

I received pocket money for doing odd jobs around the house, started mowing lawns at the age of twelve, and continued doing so until I was 25.

At that age I landed a part time job working with young people in a local church, and to pay the rent I delivered newspapers. The following year I was married. Proved to me that she didn’t marry me for my abundance, but rather my potential.

Taking Up The Entrepreneurial Challenge

I owned my first business at the age of 18, but never really took up the entrepreneurial challenge until many years later, once I was married.

Deep down though, I knew that I was destined to be successful. I dreamed big dreams. I pursued those dreams and failed time and time again. I got up. I dusted myself off and went yet again.

I travelled the world and spent countless of thousands of dollars in search of my dreams. Time and again I would leave my shores in search of my dreams’ fulfilment, but it was when I finally realised that I could achieve the next step of my dream in my own backyard, it was an epiphany.

A Balanced Abundance

I wanted to not only be abundant in just finances. I wanted to live an abundant life when it came to relationships, when it came to family, when it came to lifestyle, when it came to influence, when it came to giving, and when it came to living in line with the purpose for which I had been born.

But I had to change the way I thought.

I started. I started to read. I started to associate. I started to try. I started to believe that I would receive. I started to recognize the value of failing time and time again. I also started to understand the importance of reaching for a goal and faltering time and time again.

It didn’t matter how many times I failed, as long as I continued to develop my personal abundance mentality along the way.

I knew that it was not necessarily what I achieved along the way, but rather what I was becoming.

A Person Of Abundance

Little by little I was being transformed into a person of abundance.  I was morphing into a human who owned an abundant mind who spoke with an abundant mouth, saw with abundant eyes, and dreamed of abundant dreams.

So how do you create abundance mentality?

Well here are just a few things that I have learned along the way.

I have not arrived, and yet I sense that I am rich in oh so many ways. However, I am still on this abundance journey myself – and these habits that I am going to share with you have continued to forge abundance into my very being, and I trust that as you make them a part of your daily activity that you will begin to experience a mind change – a mind filled with abundance and prosperity in every area of your life.

1. Read abundance mentality books, websites and blogs.
2. Listen to abundance mentality recordings and webinars.
3. Attend abundance mentality seminars.
4. Associate with abundance mentality people.
5. Speak abundance mentality words.(‘Can’t’ and ‘can’t afford it’ should never leave your mouth.)
6. Think abundance mentality thoughts.
7. Seek out abundance mentality vehicles that will assist you in creating a life filled with abundance – and step aboard that vehicle and wholeheartedly apply yourself to what the experts, who have created abundance through the use of that vehicle, teach you.
8. Make abundance a part of your daily being. Live abundantly. Give abundantly. Work abundantly. Apply an abundance of enthusiasm to everything that you do or say.

Create abundance mentality and you will create abundance. For as you think so you are.

Written by Peter .G.James

Abner Mares, Leo Santa Cruz will meet in L.A. on August 2

For quite some time, fight fans have pondered of the idea of witnessing a match-up between featherweights Leo Santa Cruz andAbner Mares. Both Santa Cruz and Mares have fan friendly styles, and have won titles in multiple divisions. However, there were several hurdles that stood in the way, which prevented the duel from materializing.

For starters, there were issues surrounding weight. Santa Cruz fought at 122 pounds, while Mares reigned supreme at 126. Shortly thereafter, Mares was shockingly blitzed by Jhonny Gonzalez within 1 round. So in an attempt to regain his pre-Gonzalez mojo, Mares took on a few ‘gimme’ fights-three to be exact. So as the ‘Sweet Science’ aficionados stood in limbo, Santa Cruz pulled a page out of Mares’ book. He took a few easy fights to keep busy, while moving up in weight. And just like that the fight was made.

The Mexico-born pugilists, who now call Los Angeles home, will lock horn in the highly anticipated contest that will headline the third installment of the Premier Boxing Champions series on ESPN. The scrap will take place on August 29, at the Staples Center, beginning at 10 pm EST.

Santa Cruz’s last fight took place in the featherweight division. He easily defeated Jose Cayetano, a journeyman opponent, via a 10-round unanimous decision on May 2 on the Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao undercard. Santa Cruz, 30-0-1, (17), now 26 years-of-old, said that Mares was the opponent he has been yearning for quite some time.

As for Mares, 29-1-1, (15), the soon to be 30-year-old, had faced top opposition prior to losing to Gonzalez. Mares defeated the likes of Joseph Agbeko, Anselmo Moreno, and Daniel Ponce De Leon all while in the process of reaching the summit of the 126 pound landscape.

Mares-Santa Cruz is a must see fight, that could potentially open up the doors for other great matchups against elite fighters such as Guillermo Rigondeaux, Vasyl Lomachenko, Scott Quigg, Carl Frampton, Gary Russell, Jr., and Nicholas Walters. Mares and Santa Cruz have taken the first step, not to mention that it can be seen on free television.

Who wins: Wladimir Klitschko versus Tyson Fury?

TYSON FURY made quite a splash at last week’s press conference in Germany to officially announce his October challenge of heavyweight king Wladimir Klitschko, and the unbeaten Fury is full of self belief. But can the vocal challenger pull off the win?

Here, ten names from the world of boxing tell us what they think will happen in Dusseldorf:

Harold “The Shadow” Knight, former co-trainer of Lennox Lewis:

“I got for Klitschko by late stoppage, around the 11th round. Fury has no chin, he was dropped by Steve Cunningham, who is only a cruiserweight. Also, Fury has been largely inactive recently. Fury has not fought quality world class fighters. Fury’s size is what keeps him in the fight as long as the 11th. I think he should take the whipping, take the experience and the money, and move on.”

Al “Ice” Cole, former IBF cruiserweight champion:

“To me there is no way Fury will win. Today’s fighters, they don’t think about winning or believe they can win. Their managers just try to set up their fighters to get a chance to fight for the title and make some money. Because these fighters have no skill or heart or desire to fight, they only try to make money. Also, today’s trainers are people who didn’t fight themselves or if they did were not any good – so they cannot teach. I cannot teach a person how to do subtraction if I cannot do addition!”

Tony Thompson, current heavyweight contender and former two-time challenger of Klitschko:

“I definitely give him [Fury] a shot. I wouldn’t write him off, not with his size. With his size he won’t have to work chasing  Wladimir down. From the outside he can maybe hold his own and match Wladimir’s jab. I heard he is maybe going to fight Wladimir from a southpaw stance, and with his stronger hand being the jab, maybe he can overcome Wladimir’s jab.”

Chris Arreola, current heavyweight contender:

“I give him [Fury] a shot – you can’t teach size! I just hope they get a good referee who won’t allow all the holding [from Klitschko]. I think that could be an awesome fight. Fury’s a ballsy fighter and I’m sure he wants to get down and fight. The problem is, whenever he [Klitschko] fights in Germany, he gets away with all the holding and it becomes boring to watch.”

James “Quick” Tillis, former heavyweight title challenger and the first man to take Mike Tyson the distance:

“I like Klitschko. I’m not sure if it will be a KO or points, but my pick is Klitschko to win.”

Peter McNeeley, 1990’s heavyweight tough guy and former Mike Tyson foe:

“A pure and simple win for Klitschko, due to his great experience. Do I see a Klitschko KO? I hope so, I can’t stand Fury and I don’t want to hear him sing any more either!”

Clinton Woods, former IBF light-heavyweight ruler:

“I go for Klitschko to win by early KO. He is well past his best but he still has too much power for Fury. But I hope I’m wrong, I love watching Fury, he is great entertainment.”

Antonio Tarver, former light-heavyweight ruler and current heavyweight contender:

“Come on, man; Klitschko’s just giving Fury a payday! He’s [Fury] just big, a brute. But once Klitschko chops that tree down, that’s it. He don’t have no skills, I don’t think, and he don’t have no punch. As soon as Klitschko hits that chin, it’s a wrap.”

Eric Molina, recent WBC heavyweight title challenger:

“I think Fury’s size will get to Klitschko. Even though Klitschko is very strong, the game changes when you face a fighter who is bigger than yourself. Let’s see how he [Klitschko] can adjust to being the smaller, shorter man in the ring.”

Charles Brewer, former IBF super-middleweight champion:

“Giants do fall! First off, I don’t like Fury as I think he’s arrogant as hell. Nor am I a fond Klitschko fan. But in my opinion Klitschko is more skilled and he has faced better opposition. My pick is Klitschko by 8th-round TKO.

What Is Money?

hat’s money? A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and goes to bed at night, and in between does what he wants to do.’ – Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan asked the question, ‘What’s money?’

Good question.

To ask the best questions will always position you to receive the best answers.

Make it your mission to perfect the art of questioning. Fine-tune the questions that you ask of yourself and the questions that you ask of life.

Questioning is a skill that requires great diligence and consistency of effort.

So when it comes to the question ‘what is money?’ or the question ‘what does success mean to me?’ may I suggest that there are a few other questions that you need to ask first and foremost before you arrive at the best answer.

Those questions are actually drawn from the wisdom already shared in the quote by Bob Dylan.

So here they are..

What do I love doing?

Have you ever stopped to ask yourself this question? I recently read a quote by Robert Kiyosaki on Twitter that went like this –  ‘School prepares students to be hungry for money rather than hungry for learning.’

Notice I have asked the question ‘what do I love doing?’ Not ‘how much money should I make in a year?’

Happiness in my daily endeavors is so much more important to me than just the money. However, the funny thing is, that the more I pursue what I love doing the more money I have positioned myself to make. And the more I do that which I love doing, the less it feels like work.

So what do you love doing?

Personally, I love creating new things. That’s why I am as happy creating gardens, books, successful business men and women through coaching, music, speeches, businesses, personal development courses, blog articles as I am creating multi-million dollar property deals.

How can I position myself to do what I love doing?

Positioning is vital if you wish to secure enduring success.

One of the key things that I have done throughout my life is to attach myself to a mentor or a coach. Some I have paid. Others I have taken out for a meal or a coffee. I have gone armed with written questions, and as they spoke I have taken copious notes. I have not wasted their time. I have respected their expertise by respecting their time.

I have had coaches in the areas of music, business, publishing, franchising, property, shares, blogging and more.

Whenever I have embarked on a completely new area in my life I have sought out a coach.

Every mentor I have had has added incredible value to my life.

Who will pay me to do what I love doing?

You and I must eat. So I must decide, that if I am going to spend most of my waking hours doing what I love then I am in some way going to have to earn an income.

So one of the first things I have done is identify the ultimate buyer of my products or services. I have located my niche. I have done this in every business I have owned, and it is for that reason that they have succeeded.

What is the point of having a business that sells a product or service that no one wants or can use?

I often advise those who are working a job, and who wish to become an entrepreneur, that they should develop their business on the side and double the job income before they take the leap, although I have never followed that rule. Rules are for breaking, didn’t you know? However, I still live to tell the story. But what I have just mentioned is wisdom that may be worth heeding if you wish a smoother transition.

How can I expand on what I love doing?

Never stop learning. My mother taught me this. She was the first in our family to embrace technology and even to this day is constantly interested in learning more and more so she can keep up with my children, my grandchildren and me.

Learning expands you. Learning prepares you to be flexible. Learning helps you to adapt. Never stop learning and you will continue to experience exponential growth in the area of doing what you love for the rest of your days.

Do what you love and love what you do. That is money. That is success.

Young Fury keep winning

Young Fury keep winning

Briitish heavyweight Hughie Fury had to go ten rounds to beat George Arias on points in Derby, England, on Saturday night.

Up against a 41-year-old opponent, Fury won 100-90 on the referee’s scorecard to improve to 16-0, including eight wins inside the distance.

The 20-year-old Fury, who is 1.98m tall, is related to Tyson Fury, one of the leading heavyweights in the UK. As an amateur, the youngster won a gold medal at the 2012 world youth championships.

Arias suffered the 13th defeat of his 69-fight career but is nowhere near the record of Kristian Laight, who fought on the undercard.

Laight was beaten for the 202nd time in a career that includes nine wins and seven draws. He lost to Nathan Kirk, a six-fight novice, and has not won once in his past 29 bouts.

Middleweight Nick Blackwell stopped Damon Jones in the sixth round of a middleweight bout, improving to 18-3, with one draw and eight wins inside the distance. Jones dropped to 13-1; 3.

HAWAIIAN PUNCH STILL HAS KICK

In Hollywood, California, Brian Viloria stopped Omar Soto in the first round of a flyweight bout. The “Hawaiian Punch”, who has held four “world” titles, improved to 36-4, including 21 wins inside the distance.

Soto, who had lost on a split decision to Viloria in 2010, dropped to 23-12-2, with seven knockouts.

In a lightweight bout, Brazilian William Silva knocked out Adam Mate, a Hungarian, in the fifth round to remain undefeated after 22 fights, including 13 knockouts. Mate fell to 15-5; 8.

In Las Vegas, Beibut Shumenov beat BJ Flores 116-112 on each of the cards in a cruiserweight bout, moving his record to 16-1; 10. Flores now stands at 30-2, with one draw and 20 shortcut wins.

Jean Pascal beat Yuniesky Gonzalez 96-94 on each of the scorecards in another light-heavyweight bout. Pascal, a former WBC champion, improved his record to 30-3, with one draw and 17 wins inside the distance. Gonzalez, a Cuban, dropped to 16-1; 12.

On the undercard, Isiah Thomas beat Jordan Shimmel on points, also in a cruiserweight bout, to remained unbeaten after 15 fights.

Andrew Tabiti had to go the distance for the first time in his career when he beat Roberto Santos on points in a cruiserweight contest. Tabiti now stands at 11-0, with ten wins inside the distance. Santos dropped to 12-2; 5.

Featherweight Claudio Marrero knocked out Rico Ramos, a former “world” champion, in the third round to improve to 19-1; 14. Ramos fell to 24-5; 12.

IN LOS MOCHIS, Mexico, Moises Fuentes stopped Oswaldo Novoa in the sixth round of a flyweight bout between two former champions. Fuentes improved to 22-1, with one draw and 12 shortcut wins. Novoa now stands at 14-6-2, with nine wins inside the distance.

Manny Pacquiao wants new direction; Floyd Mayweather still remains mysterious

While Floyd Mayweather is still hesitant to reveal his future opponent, Manny Pacquiao, who has loss to Mayweather on May 2 is thinking of the possibility of running to a much higher position in the Philippine government. In an interview with Ben Serrano ofphilstar.com Saturday, July 25, the Sarangani, Province representative confirmed that he is still undecided to run for senator in next year’s elections.

“Frankly from scale 1 to 100, it’s still 50-50 in my chances to run for senator in 2016 although I must admit I have plans but it will all depend on the plans and wishes of our creator for me,” Manny Pacquiao said.

Allegedly, the future hall of famer and former pound pound king is still waiting for a sign from God before he announce his candidacy. Manny is not new to politics, in fact, he serves his constituents (as a congressman) while he is also attending his duties in the boxing ring. In short, Manny can handle his commitments to people in and outside the boxing ring.

After his unanimous decision loss to Floyd Mayweather on May 2nd, Pacquiao visit his fellow Filipino in Indonesia, (an alleged victim of the African-American Drug Syndicate). In the Philippines, Manny has offered his hard earned money just to build houses not only for his constituents but also for the less fortunate.

Right now, he is spreading the word of God and recovering from his rotator cuff injury. Manny is expected to return to the ring next year. He still wants to have a rematch with Floyd Mayweather, but because of the latter’s announcement, the rematch is impossible to happen. Incidentally, Floyd is scheduled to fight this coming September; and if a report is really true, he will step in the ring with Andre Berto.

Beibut Shumenov claims vacant interim cruiserweight title

Former light heavyweight titlist Beibut Shumenov looked like a new fighter Saturday in his second bout with Cuban trainer Ismael Salas, and the result was a world title in a new weight class.

Shumenov (16-2, 10 KOs) boxed from the outside and circled away from B.J. Flores' heavy counter shots, recording a unanimous decision win at the Palms Casino and Resort in Las Vegas. All three judges scored the bout 116-112 for Shumenov.

The Premier Boxing Champions main event was contested for a vacant interim cruiserweight title.

Despite being outlanded by Flores 114-104, according to CompuBox, Shumenov received the nod on the scorecards in just his second fight at 200 pounds.

 I knew B.J. is a cruiserweight, and I knew he would be a very strong guy," said Shumenov, who held the light heavyweight belt from 2010 to 2013 but moved up because of problems making weight. "It was a great fight, but people saw that I scored more points. He was more lunging and looking for a knockout. I fought a smart fight and looked for points. I did enough to win the fight."

Shumenov, a native of Kazakhstan who fights out of Las Vegas, was wobbled into the ropes late in Round 12 from a Flores right hand. Flores (31-2-1, 20 KOs) landed the harder shots throughout and was disappointed with the scorecards.

"Beibut always comes forward, he is always aggressive and a really strong fighter," Flores said. "But tonight he ran all night. It's just tough to win a fight when you go backwards the whole night, in my opinion.

"My punches were visibly hurting him, and he was just touching me. The whole fight he is just backing up. It's very tough to corral a guy that doesn't want to fight. You have to want to fight. The PBC is about guys who want to fight."