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Latest Boxing News in Brief: 6 February
February 6th, 2011 | 
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Latest Boxing News – Sunday 6th February, for: Adamek vs McBride, Amir Khan, Chris John, David Price, James De Gale, Jason Booth,Jennings vs Nelson, Joey “Twinkle Fingers” Hernandez, Jose González, Manny Pacquiao, McWilliams Arroyo, Pirog to fight Maciel, Yoan Pablo Hernandez
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- WBA super lightweight champion Amir Khan has announced that he has reached an agreement to fight undefeated European champion Paul McCloskey at the Manchester Evening News Arena on April 16th. “I am delighted that this fight has finally been put together following some tough negotiations,” stated Khan on his website. “This is a matchup the British public want to see and will be a fantastic fight between two of the best light-welterweights in the country.” Khan will leave for his US training camp on February 9th following press conferences in Manchester and Belfast.
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- JAMES DeGALE fears he will never defend his British title if he does not fight bitter rival George Groves next. – The 2008 Olympic gold medallist captured the domestic super-middleweight belt in just his ninth paid fight when he stopped Scouser Paul Smith in December. – But DeGale, 25 (right) may relinquish the belt and move on to bigger titles if a showdown with fellow Londoner Groves cannot be arranged next. – He said: “I’m not too sure if the Groves fight will happen, hopefully it does. I want to win the Lonsdale belt outright by defending the British title three times but, domestically, who is there for me to fight?”
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- Adamek vs McBride will take place at Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. Rumors were flying that, Tomasz Adamek, Jersey City, NJ, 43-1, 28KO’s, would be fighting in Poland this April. Kathy Duva, Adamek’s promoter and Main Events CEO, confirmed that the Polish boxing star will instead return to “The Rock” on April 23rd to take on Irish born, Kevin McBride, Brockton, Massachusetts, 35-8-1, 29 KO’s.
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- Pirog to fight Maciel — World Boxing Organization (WBO) middleweight champion Dmitry Pirog (17-0, 12 KO’s) will finally be defending his WBO title on March 26th against number #9 ranked contender Javier Maciel (18-1, 12 KO’s) at the DIVS, Ekaterinburg, Russia. — Maciel has fought exclusively 2nd tier opposition in Argentina during his four year pro career. Pirog will be a huge step up in class for Maciel and it’s going to be interesting to see how Maciel handles the leap up in class. In May 2009, Maciel was stopped in the 4th round by Matias Ezequiel Franco, a fighter with a 6-1 record.
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- Jennings vs Nelson – Atlantic City, NJ—Heavyweight prospect Bryant “Bye Bye” Jennings, of Philadelphia, PA, goes for his sixth win in as many pro fights when he takes on veteran Terrell “Baby Bull” Nelson, of Plainfield, NJ, in a scheduled six-round contest Saturday evening, Feb. 26, in the Grand Ballroom of Bally’s Atlantic City.
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- The WBA’s featherweight champion in recess, Chris John (44-0-2, 22KOs), will not wait for Yuriorkis Gamboa. In the next few days, John plans to announce the date and opponent for his next fight. He will defend his title for the 14th time in Jakarta, Indonesia. John last fought in December and won an easy unanimous decision over Argentinian boxer Fernando David Saucedo. – Last year the WBA ordered Gamboa and John to fight each other but no agreement has been reached. Gamboa is the “super champion” at featherweight and John is the WBA’s “super champion in recess.” Gamboa will defend his WBA crown, and the IBF’s version, on March 26 against Jorge Solis in Atlantic City. (Source BoxingScene)
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- Yoan Pablo Hernandez (23-1, 12 KOs) will challenge World Boxing Association (WBA) Interim Cruiserweight Champion Steve Herelius (21-1, 12 KOs) on Team Sauerland´s big show in Mulheim, Germany on February 12.
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- Unbeaten lightweight Jose González (15-0, 11 KOs) won by TKO at 2:54 of the fifth round against Derrick Campos (20-12, 11 KOs) on Saturday night in the main event at the Coliseo Rubén Rodríguez in Bayamón, Puerto Rico. Campos was down in the third round and the referee stopped the fight two rounds later. Former amateur world champion McWilliams Arroyo (7-1, 6 KOs) won by TKO at 2:58 of the first round against Manuel Galaviz (3-5) in a flyweight bout. The fight ended after Arroyo knocked down Galaviz, who didn’t respond and the referee stopped the bout.
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- Former world title challenger Jason Booth (36-6, 15 KOs) retained his British super bantamweight title with a twelve round split decision over Jamie Arthur (18-5, 4 KOs) on Saturday at the Leisure Centre in Brentwood, England. Scores were 115-113 and 117-112 for Booth, 115-114 for Arthur. It was Booth’s first fight since unsuccessfully challenging IBF 122lb world champion Steve Molitor in September. - Also Olympic super heavyweight bronze medalist David Price (9-0, 7 KOs) dropped Osborne Machimana (18-7-1, 13 KOs) in round one and finished him in round three.
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- Manny Pacquiao (52-3-2, 38 KO’s) will not be choosing to defend his recently won World Boxing Council junior middleweight title and will instead be reportedly vacating the belt after having beaten fellow Top Rank stable fighter Antonio Margarito for the strap in November of last year to capture the vacant title. Pacquiao is facing 39-year-old Shane Mosley on May 7th at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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- Miami junior middleweight Joey “Twinkle Fingers” Hernandez (17-1-1, 10 KOs) has signed to fight IBO #52-ranked Mexican middleweight veteran Angel “El Toro” Hernandez (30-9, 17 KOs) of Chicago for the vacant IBO International junior middleweight belt. The fight will take place in Chicago on March 25th. Joey Hernandez stopped Mexican Saul Duran (37-18-2, 30 KOs) during the second round of his last fight in October at the Seminole Hard Rock casino in Hollywood Florida. Angel Hernandez looks to rebound from two consecutive losses; including a stoppage suffered against Peter Manfredo (37-6, 20 KOs) at the Mohegan Sun casino in Uncasville, Connecticut last May. The fight is contracted at the light middleweight limit of 154 pounds. No TV is announced at this time.
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Latest Boxing News – Monday 8th November for: Floyd Mayweather Sr, Joe Calzaghe, Antonio Margarito, Robert Guerrero, Lennox Lewis,Frank Warren, James de Gale, Zab Judah
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- Floyd Mayweather Sr. hospitalized — 8countnews.com, Floyd Mayweather Sr. was hospitalized since Saturday. Mayweather Sr. says he experience pain in his lungs, that traveled down to the rib area. Floyd Mayweather has experience pain before due to a current lung problem he has had for the past couple of years. He says the doctors said it might have something to do with his heart.
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- Unbeaten IBF/WBA/WBC/WBO super middleweight champion Joe Calzaghe (46-0, 32 KO’s) has reiterated that he won’t be making a comeback. In an article at the Southwalesargus.co.uk, – Calzaghe says “I won’t fight again. Money was never my goal and I feel contended and blessed to come out of boxing without being all smashed up. I’m done. Being world champion for 10 or 11 years is a long time and I made a promise to my family….I lost the love for boxing before the Jones fight. I didn’t want to fight anymore. I fought that fight because it was the perfect way to end against a legend at Madison Square Gardens. To retire on your own terms is very rare. I I came back, I’d have money in the bank but I’d get beat.” – Calzaghe finished his career two years ago with a 12 round decision over Roy Jones Jr. in November 2008.
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Zab Judah, Post Fight Press ConferenceVideo
Robert Guerrero at the Guerrero-Escobedo Post Fight Press Conference
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- Antonio Margarito – Thousands of fans turn out to meet three-time world champion Antonio Margarito in Dallas, Texas on Sunday at the Tamale Festival. Margarito takes faces Manny Pacquiao on November 13, at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington,Texas. Pacquiao vs Margarito is promoted by Top Rank in association with MP Promotions and Cowboys Stadium. The Pacquiao vs Margarito telecast will be available live on HBO Pay Per View.
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- In an interview on BBC radio, all-time great Lennox Lewis Says Haye-Harrison Will Be A Very Close, Great Fight – “I think when it comes down to it, Audley realises it’s now or never,” Lewis said. “And he’s really giving some good talk about what he says he’s going to do in the ring. Now, what we really want to see from you [Harrison], is what you’ve spoken about; can he go in the ring and do all these things? I think it’s going to be a good fight myself”.
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- (By Frank Warren) – JAMES DeGALE was this week goaded by Victoria Derbyshire into saying he would take a 50 per cent pay cut to have his fights on the BBC. — No one in boxing wants to see the sport on one channel only, but we must not forget what a brilliant supporter of boxing Sky has been.
Believe me, DeGale’s a lovely guy, but sometimes being ‘nice’ can get you compromised.- His comments on Five Live are a case in point. What really annoys me is Derbyshire’s line of questioning when BBC TV have long since abandoned boxing. Even if he took a pay cut would they be there? The answer is a big ‘No’! — I have held meeting after meeting with executives there in a bid to get fights back on to terrestrial TV. But they are simply not interested, despite the excellent viewing figures boxing delivers. — Their attitude to the sport – which smacks of patronising arrogance – was best summed up by their decision not to send a commentary team to New Delhi for the boxing at the recent Commonwealth Games. — Plenty of minority sports had a commentary team out in India – but boxing was done from a studio in the UK. — The BBC’s disgraceful decision was undermined by the medal count, with the Home Nations, as usual, doing exceptionally well. — If the BBC were banging down the doors of promoters, I could understand why Derbyshire would put the question to DeGale. — But as they are not, she should have kept her mischief making to herself or asked her bosses why they aren’t televising the sport!
