Miranda Sick of Middleweight Paper Champions

Boxing has always been a tough business.  It’s even tougher when those who claim to be ‘champions’ continue to run from real challenges in search of easy paydays that keep deserving contenders from getting their opportunity to shine.  People’s middleweight champion Edison Miranda is not shy about discussing this topic.

“The middleweight division always had proud champions willing to fight everyone, like Marvin Hagler, Carlos Monzon, and Sugar Ray Robinson,” said Miranda.  “Now we’re stuck with paper champions like Jermain Taylor and Arthur Abraham, who are disgracing this division.”

‘Pantera’, who is taking a well-deserved rest after his most recent win, a dominating victory over highly touted Allan Green in an HBO-televised bout on March 3rd, was just getting started.

“Arthur Abraham talks a lot about fighting me again, but if he is so serious, why is he asking the IBF for an exception so he can avoid me again,” asks Miranda, who broke Abraham’s jaw in two places in their highly controversial first bout last September.  “I know why.  Every time he looks in the mirror, he sees what I gave him in our first fight and it hurts him just to think about going through that pain again.  He should just retire if he doesn’t have the guts to face me.”

As for Taylor, who is recognized by many as the undisputed middleweight champion, Miranda refuses to mince words.

“He’s going to fight Cory Spinks,” Miranda asks incredulously, referring to Taylor’s reported next opponent.  “I’ll give Taylor this, after beating Kassim Ouma and if he can beat Cory Spinks, he will definitely be the best junior middleweight in the world.  Unfortunately for the rest of us, he’s supposed to be the middleweight champion.  It’s disgraceful that the powers that be in this sport allow fights like these to happen while true contenders have to wait for the shots they earned.”

Miranda has a final comment for his faithful fanbase.

“I want my fans to know that when I become champion, I will fight anyone and everyone who rightfully deserves a shot at the title.  I won’t hide behind my belts like Abraham and Taylor have, and my reign will live up to that of the last true middleweight champion, Bernard Hopkins.”

Press release posted on Mar 22, 2007 at 07:16 AM
KO Corner News • Weight Classes • Middleweight • Arthur Abraham • Cory Spinks • Edison Miranda • Jermain Taylor

Comments:

  1. Whoever wrote these articles regarding Arthur Abraham is obviously an Armenian hater.  Please refrain yourself from writing such ridiculous posts.  Arthur Abraham is the true champion and he proved it.  Just go back and watch the fight.  Fuking NIGGER MIRANDA is just pussying out that he lost…fuck him and the person that made is this site.  This whole site is biased.  One more question…...WHERE IS VIC DARCHINYAN in your CURRENT RANKINGS>.....FUCK YOU AND FUK YOUR MOM YOU DICKHEAD THIS SITE IS BULLSHITZ!!!!!

    Posted by ARMENIAN on Apr 26, 2007 at 06:49 PM

  2. Are you retarded?  It’s a press release, the site didn’t write it.

    And they have Darchinyan at #3 http://www.kocorner.com/boxing/entry/ko-corner-world-rankings-april-2007/

    So much for bias.

    Posted by M on Apr 26, 2007 at 07:20 PM

  3. They have Darchinyan at #3….LMAOOOOOO….PATHETIC…look at the real boxers in that class.  Please this is biased site…all the way.  If you read carefully, the previous comments, not the quotes, the author of the article made comments regarding Armenians and the current mental and emotional state of Abraham, he reffered to Abraham as a pussy, in more political correct words.  So refrain yourself from posting such stupid things such as “So much for bias.”

    Posted by ARMENIAN on Apr 26, 2007 at 07:44 PM

  4. Alright, you don’t seem to get it: this site didn’t write this, it’s a press release, Miranda’s people wrote it.  Releases are all over, here’s this one everywhere else:
    http://www.eastsideboxing.com/news.php?p=10333&more=1
    http://www.15rounds.com/boxing/press/2007/03/miranda-032107.php
    http://www.talkingboxing.com/releases/2007/0321.html#miranda
    http://www2.adcombat.com/article.html?id=12811
    http://www.boxing24.com/2007/03/miranda-sick-of-paper-champions-at-160-pounds-vows-to-clean-house-once-he-has-the-belts/

    Darchinyan’s #2 from The Ring Magazine:
    http://www.thering-online.com/ringpages/ratings2.html
    Can’t see why being #3 is off at all.

    Posted by M on Apr 26, 2007 at 08:20 PM
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