Terence Crawford-Raymundo Beltan on Nov. 29

After Raymundo Beltran scored a one-sided unanimous decision over Arash Usmanee in April, the lightweight contender had his sights on a shot this summer against unbeaten WBO titleholder Terence Crawford.

Although Beltran (29-6-1, 17 knockouts) will not get Crawford (24-0, 17 KOs) as soon as he desired, it appears that the opportunity will come, nonetheless, on Nov. 29, according to Top Rank CEO Bob Arum.

In facing Beltran, Crawford will return to the CenturyLink Center in his native Omaha, Neb., where he scored four knockdowns on the way to a come-from-behind ninth-round technical knockout victory over former featherweight beltholder Yuriorkis Gamboa (23-1, 16 KOs) before 10,943 of his partisan fans.

“The target date is Nov. 29, and I think that as enthusiastic as the crowd was the first time, I think that there will be even more excitement the second time for Terence,” said Arum of Crawford, who floored Gamboa once each in the fifth and eighth rounds and twice in the last.

“You have to remember that the first time, we were selling to people on the fight who hadn’t seen one ever before. I would say that a great majority of the people who attended the fight, that was the first fight show that they had ever seen.”

Crawford-Gamboa represented the first title fight in Omaha since heavyweight champion Joe Frazier beat Ron Stander by fifth round knockout in 1972, and Crawford is the state’s first titleholder since Perry “Kid” Graves from won the vacant welterweight crown in 1914.

“It’s going to be the Saturday after the Thanksgiving weekend, so that makes a lot of sense. So, now, the people there are more familiar with boxing, so it builds,” said Arum.

“If you give them good stuff, one thing builds on the other, so I think that they crowd will be even more enthusiastic, and we’ll open up more of the building.”

Crawford was coming off a unanimous decision that dethroned Ricky Burns as WBO beltholder on Burns’ turf in Glasgow, Scotland, in March. Against Usmanee, Beltran, rebounded from last September’s controversial draw with Burns, whom he floored in the eighth round in Glasgow.

Burns’ jaw was badly broken in the fight, requiring the surgical implantation of titanium plates in advance of his next defense against Crawford. Crawford ended Burns’ streak of eight consecutive title defenses.

SOURCE: BOXING NEWS ON STRAIGHT WRITES

METTA WORLD PEACE REPORTEDLY CHANGING NAME TO PANDA FRIEND

Metta World Peace is looking to change his name in anticipation of his move to the Chinese Basketball Association, and one Chinese newspaper is reporting the man formerly known as Ron Artest will now be called Panda Friend.

So far China Daily is the only source to report the new name, so it may not be real, but Peace did tweet out that he would be adopting a new Chinese name, and has already made plans to visit the adorable endangered animals with his daughter.

 SOURCE: WICKEDJUMPSHOT

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Fat Joe Talks Drake's Career: "I Think We Aint Seen Nobody Like Him Yet"

TS head honcho Fat Joe recently discussed how long he feels Drake will be hot in HipHop. He even expressed anticipation forDrake's upcoming debut album, Thank Me Later.

"He's just moving at a way faster pace than other artists have in the past," Joe explained.He's putting out maybe five, six, seven hit records. You know how hard it is for a person to have one hit? So imagine what his album is like..."

Joe also compared Drake to 50 Cent and says he believes Drake will be a bigger mainstay than 50 is.

"Two very different artists...As far as I'm concerned, [50 Cent] had one hot album, and his first album was a classic and that's it. After that everything else was bubble gummed down. So Drake, I think he will outlast 50 Cent. If you talk about 50 Cent on top really making hotmusic it didn't even last two, three, four years. Looking at the quality of the music that Drake is making and the different lanes--he wrote that song for Alicia Keys, 'Unthinkable'--I think we ain't seen nobody like him yet."

Styles P. Announces New Release 'Ghost Dub Dime'

Yonkers, New York rapper and Lox member Styles P. has announced he is releasing a new mixtape with E1 Music this May.

The mixtape, titled The Ghost Dub-Dime, is the latest project from the rapper, who also recently inked a book deal with Random House to release a fictional novel titledInvincible.

In addition to the book, Styles P. will drop a soundtrack for the novel, which is due in stores and on StylesP.net on June 1st.


“I am staying in tune with the streets and providing bars that most rappers won’t,” Styles said of The Ghost Dub-Dime.

The first single from the mixtape is titled “That Street Life,” which features Raleigh, North Carolina singer Tyler Woods.

Styles P. is also in the recording studio working on a new solo album, in addition to a new album from his group The Lox.

“I’m proud to be operating as an independent where I have total control of my project,” Styles P. said of his independence.

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