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Ukrainian,Vyacheslav Glazkov’s Russian manager Vladimir Hryunov has announced that he has approached  Nigerian Samuel Peter, to discuss the possibility of Peter taking on the 26 year old undefeated Glazkov, in Moscow on the 4^th of November.

“I am now waiting for an answer” said Vladimir Hryunov

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On Monday, Lindsey E. Tucker, Jr., Championship Chairman of the IBF/USBA sent a letter to representatives of former WBC Heavyweight Champion Samuel Peter, as well as representatives of former cruiserweight/light heavyweight champion and current heavyweight contender Tomasz Adamek inquiring if the two would be available to fight for the #2 spot in their rankings.

The winner of the proposed bout would then fight the winner of a box-off between “Fast” Eddie Chambers and Derrick Rossy (who will battle for the #1 position) for the mandatory shot at IBF champion Wladimir Klitschko.

“Samuel got an early Christmas present from the IBF in the form of this elimination fight and we’ve been going back and forth with Main Events about making it happen,” said Peter’s long-time manager Ivaylo Gotzev.

According to the IBF’s letter, “On September 15, 2010 the IBF ordered a box off in the Heavyweight division between the 4 highest rated available boxers. At the time, the 4 highest rated available contenders were #4, Denis Boytsov, #8, Alexander Dimitrenko, #9, Jean Marc Mormeck and #10, Jonathon Banks. All four of the original challengers have pulled out of the IBF Heavyweight Box Off.”

Thus, Team Peter was given three days to affirm the fighter’s availability, but their response was immediate. “We are

ready willing and able to fight Adamek,” Gotzev continued. “Hopefully he’s ready to do the same. We’re looking forward to making this significant heavyweight matchup a reality. We’re even willing to accommodate Adamek and fight him in his homeland of Poland. This box-off is a terrific idea that involves four top contenders, which will produce one man standing at the end and that will be the legitimate number one mandatory contender.”

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After only five fights, former World Boxing Council (WBC) heavyweight champion Samuel Peter (34-4, 27 KO’s) was released by Top Rank on Friday, according to Dan Rafael of ESPN. Top Rank signed the 30-year-old Peter after he had been beaten in back to back fights by Vitali Klitschko and Eddie Chambers.

Peter rebounded with the help of careful matchmaking by Top Rank to win his next four fights, albeit against 2nd tier opposition. However, when Peter looked terrible in getting stopped in the 10th round by IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko on September 11th, Top Rank decided to cut Peter lose rather than continue to promote him. Peter has tried and lost to the Klitschko’s on three separate occasions.

Peter would most probably do well against most in the heavyweight division he is one of the hardest hitting boxers even if his shots have a tendency to miss their mark. However with the Ukranian brothers he is nowadays vastly outclassed. It is a pity for boxing fans that we will most probably never see Peter up against the likes of Haye, of course this is wishful thinking – Haye is very selective and would never select Peter willing as an opponent.

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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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