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Garcia Vs Arnaoutis — On October 8th, undefeated jr welterweight Danny “Swift” Garcia (18-0, 12 KOs) will take on his toughest challenger to date when he battles former world title challenger, “Mighty” Mike Arnaoutis (22-6-2, 10 KOs) in a ten rounder at The Arena (Formally The New Alhambra) in South Philadelphia. The co-feature will showcase undefeated lightweight Michael Perez (9-0-1, 4 KOs) in a six round bout. Also, Anthony Flores (9-1-1, 6 KOs) will see action in an eight round super featherweight bout and lightweight Victor Vasquez (11-4-1, 6 KO’s) will take on Edward Valdez (3-8-2) in a six round bout.

Juan Carlos Burgos  for world title fight — unbeaten #1 rated WBC featherweight Juan Carlos Burgos (25-0, 18 KOs) of Tijuana, Mexico will get his long awaited opportunity at a world title. Burgos will take on former world champion Hozumi Hasegawa (28-3, 12 KOs) of Japan November 26 in Tokyo, Japan for the WBC featherweight title.

On the Ropes Boxing Radio — This week’s 91st edition of On the Ropes Boxing Radio featured an exclusive interview with former two-time WBO welterweight champion Paul Williams (39-1, 27 KOs) who is expected to have a rematch with WBC/WBO middleweight champion Sergio Martinez (45-2-2, 24 KOs). When these two first met in December of last year, Williams was awarded closely contested majority decision in a fight many fans felt could have gone either way. Williams spoke about that fight and reflected back on various moments of his career as well as his future plans. He also provided opinions and views on a variety of other topics pertaining to the current boxing landscape. Here are some excerpts from that interview: (Source – Eastside)

On rumors that he will be having a rematch against WBC/WBO middleweight champion Sergio Martinez:

“As much as I know the fight is going to be November 20. That’s all I know so far. I’m excited to get back in there and do what I got to do.”

‘What Do You Fight For?’  – Everlast, the premier fight sports and fitness brand in the world, today announced Kim Brylow as the winner of their global ‘What Do You Fight For?’ philanthropic social movement and contest.  For her brave story of twice fighting and overcoming triple negative breast cancer, Kim will receive $5,000, which she is donating to the Triple Negative Breast Cancer Foundation, and a VIP trip for her and one guest to the Sergio Mora – Shane Mosley fight at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, CA. on September 18th.

Brian “The Beast” Minto — Former heavyweight contender and WBO cruiserweight title challenger Brian “The Beast” Minto (34-4) returns to the ring on Friday October 29th at Ghost Riders’ Entertainment Complex in Minto’s hometown of Butler, Pennsylvania. Minto will face Corey “The Cobra” Phelps (13-6-1) in the ten round main event for the vacant WBC Continental-Americas cruiserweight title. The Beast has lost consecutively to heavyweight contender Chris Arreola (29-2) and WBO cruiser champ Marco Huck (30-1).

Enzo Maccarinelli, — the former WBO cruiserweight champion, says he is feeling like his old self ahead of this Saturday night’s showdown with the undefeated and highly touted Alexander Frenkel. The exciting Welshman will clash with the Ukrainian on the exciting “Magnificent Seven” bill being promoted by Frank Warren in Birmingham (and available on Sky Sports Box Office), and the cruiserweight clash, for Macca’s European title, might be one of the best of the large number of top bouts taking place.

Jean Pascal Vs Bernard Hopkins — According to Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer, and Canadian promoter Yvon Michel, the contracts for the light heavyweight title fight between Jean Pascal and Bernard Hopkins have been finalized, and the signatures are on their way. The fight is scheduled to happen on December 18, likely at the Pepsi Colesium in Quebec City, Canada.

Kendall Holt To Fight On October 15 — Holt, coming off back to back losses against Timothy Bradley and Kaizer Mabuza, will be back in action on the Tarver-Aguilera undercard. Holt has a new manager – Giants’ running back Brandon Jacobs – who is a bit more reputable than the old one.

Willie Casey-Kiko Martinez Finalized For November 6 — days after winning the European super bantamweight title, Spaniard Kiko Martinez has signed to fight yet another Irishman, Willie Casey. Casey really has no notable wins outside of winning this summer’s Prizefighter tournament at the weight, and is very inexperienced at only 10-0.

Marcos Rene Maidana — According to FanHouse Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer said that a Sept. 21 purse bid request has been granted for WBA interim junior welterweight (140 pounds) champion Marcos Rene Maidana of Argentina in his scheduled, Dec. 11 bout against WBA king Amir Khan of England at the behest of Maidana.

Maidana (29-1, 27 knockouts) had been unhappy with the financial terms being asked for by Khan (23-1, 17 KOs), for whom Maidana is the mandatory challenger.

In accordance with WBA rules, Maidana was granted his request for a purse bid, which would award a split of 55-to-45 in favor of Khan and take place at the organization’s offices in Panama.

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“200: Celebrate and Dominate” Mosley vs. Mora

Kaliesha West will return home to fight in Southern California on Saturday, September 18 to face South Carolina’s Angel Gladney for the vacant WBO Bantamweight World Title on the off-television portion of the “200: Celebrate and Dominate” Mosley vs. Mora undercard at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles.

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Ricky Hatton – no comeback.

Former world champion Ricky Hatton has told BBC Radio Manchester that he will probably never fight again. “You can never say never, but if I was to put my last pound on it I would say ‘no, I think that’s me done,’” he said. “…I’ve been retired, if that’s what you can call it, for 16 months. I announced I was going to make a comeback and I came back off holiday and went into a training camp for three or four weeks, but it just wasn’t the same.” He added that he’s renewed his boxing license just in case he changes his mind.

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Boxing Results Australia.

Former world heavyweight challenger Kali “Checkmate” Meehan (36-4, 29 KOs) outpointed Evans “The Sandman” Quinn (18-5-1, 16 KOs) over twelve rounds to capture the IBF Pan Pacific title on Thursday at the La Montage Reception Center, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

Australian featherweight champion “Aussie” Joel Brunker (16-0, 10 KOs) was impressive in stopping Indonesian Carlos Lopez (20-7, 7 KOs) in two rounds to capture the vacant WBO Youth title.

IBF #4 featherweight Billy Dib (28-1, 16 KOs) scored a stoppage over courageous import Ceferino Lambarda (19-2, 7 KOs) when the towel came into the ring at the start of the sixth round from Lambarda’s corner.

Former 2004 Athens Olympian Adam Forsyth (9-0, 8 KOs) forced a fourth round stoppage over American Chris “Cold Steel” Thomas (17-13-2, 14 KOs) in a scheduled eight round bout.

Former world water skiing champion and model Lauryn Eagle (1-0, 1 KO) made a successful professional debut at welterweight and stopped prison guard Kay Hodgson (0-2) in round one. .

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Dmitriy Salita defeats Franklin Gonzalez.

Former world title challenger Dmitriy Salita (31-1-1, 16 KOs) pounded out an eight round unanimous decision over Franklin Gonzalez (13-6, 9 KOs) on Wednesday night at the Oceana Hall in Brooklyn, New York. Salita showed no effects from his blowout loss to Amir Khan in December.

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Andre Berto Vs Selcuk Aydin in the works.

A welterweight showdown between unbeaten WBC welterweight champion Andre Berto (26-0, 20 KO’s) and unbeaten welterweight contender Selcuk Aydin (20-0, 15 KO’s) could take place on the undercard of the lightweight championship match-up between WBA/WBO lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez vs. WBO lightweight interim champion Michael Katsidis on November 27th at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada. According to Dan Rafael of ESPN, the fight is in the works. Also, WBA bantamweight champion Celestino Caballero could also be on the card against a still to be determined opponent.

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Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. – official challenger.

The World Boxing Council is announcing that in its next ratings it will grant #1 rated Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. the status of official challenger of WBC middleweight world champion Sergio Martinez. The bout will take place after the next voluntary defense of Martinez, a fight that has already been scheduled.

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TV Channel “Russia 2″ will be broadcasting live the Klitschko Vs Peter fight.

Public TV channel “Russia 2″ (former “Sports”) will broadcast live the boxing match between world heavyweight champion Ukrainian Vladimir Klitschko and former champion Samuel Peter of Nigeria, which will be held on September 11 in Frankfurt, Germany. On September 11 – 22.40, Moscow time.

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Nikolai Valuev – Turned Actor.

Former world boxing champion heavyweight champion Nikolai Valuev has agreed to a major role in the film “Strange Wilderness.” According to the radio station “Mayak”, shooting will begin this week in St. Petersburg.

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Bob Arum’s still missing.

Bob Arum’s 49 year old lawyer son John Arum is still missing – John a well known environmentalist and experienced mountain climber was reported missing on Monday by family members.

His 78 year old father abandoned the Antonio Margarito-Manny Pacquia media tour after the first stop in Beverly Hills on Tueday. Arum and his wife Lovee, who is Arum’s third wife and not John’s mother, jetted off to Seattle to meet up with air and ground search teams in North Cascades National Park.

Now, on Wednesday, searchers have located and identified a day or “fanny” pack belonging to Arum. Four helicopters, two with infrared capabilities for detecting body heat, have been added to the search.

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