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Latest Boxing News in Brief – Thursday 7^th April – for: Don King Coliseum, David Lemieux, The Klitschkos,More muscle for Manny, Wilfredo Vazquez Jr., Team Gevor wants new judges, Rivera Fight Rescheduled,Green vs Tarver is on, Fight Club OC, Solis still in the hospital

Don King Coliseum - Yesterday Wednesday legendary boxing promoter Don King was in Mexico City to join municipal authorities of Texcoco, Estado de Mexico, WBC President Jose Sulaiman and other key members of the WBC to inaugurate the new Don King Coliseum at the Feria Internacional del Caballo. Three world championship fights are already scheduled for the arena to be presented by Dr. Fausto Daniel Garcia’s “Boxing Gala” Promotions.

Unbeaten middleweight contender David Lemieux (25-0, 24 KO’s), faces Marco Antonio Rubio, this Friday at the Bell Centre, in Montreal, Canada.This will be a WBC middleweight title eliminator bout with the winner of the fight becoming the mandatory challenger for the winner of the June 4th bout between WBC champion Sebastian Zbik and Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.

The Klitschkos have finally decided which brother is fighting WBA heavyweight champion David Haye on June 25th or July 2nd, and which brother gets Tomasz Adamek later on in the year in Poland. Wladimir will be the one facing Haye next, while Vitali will take on Adamek in a fight that will possibly take place in September. The Adamek fight is contingent on him beating 37-year-old journeyman Kevin McBride this Saturday night. Adamek shouldn’t have any problems in that fight unless he runs into one of McBride’s big shots before he runs out of steam around the 3^rd round .

More muscle for Manny - According to Abs-cbn news, Alex Ariza, the strength and conditioning coach for Manny Pacquiao, is looking to add more muscle bulk for the Filipino’s May 7th bout against fading 39-year-old Shane Mosley in Las Vegas, Nevada. Ariza reportedly wants to make Pacquiao’s muscles more dense, which he feels will act as a cushion for the shots from Mosley.

WBO Jr. Featherweight Champion Wilfredo Vazquez Jr. will have his 30 day weigh-in and a public workout tomorrow (April 7) at the Miguel J. Frau Gym, adjacent to the Ruben Rodriguez Coliseum in Bayamon, Puerto Rico. The weigh-in will be at noon followed by the workout in preparation for his upcoming mandatory title defense against former three-time world champion Jorge “Travieso” Arce to be held May 7 at the MGM in Las Vegas. The bout is part of the undercard of Paquiao-Mosley promoted by Top Rank.

Team Gevor wants new judges - Five days before the WBO world championship clash between Robert Stieglitz and Khoren Gevor, the Gevor team has asked for a new set of judges “We don’t want anyone to assume anything,” said manager Peter Schulze, “but I think in the interest of fair and honest sport, the same judges shouldn’t always be assigned every time Robert Stieglitz steps into the ring. The judges proposed for Saturday are almost identical to Robert’s last fight. The WBO should pay better attention that different personnel is used. This is ultimately about the credibility of the organization and the sport itself. We’re assuming no evil intentions, but we’re addressing the issue now – in advance of the fight – so it isn’t discussed after the fight, if there should be a close decision.”

Solis still in the hospital - Heavyweight contender Odlanier Solis is still at “St. Wolfgang Hospital” in Bad Griesbach (Germany) waiting for his next knee surgery after suffering a bad knee injury in the WBC heavyweight champioship bout against Vitali Klitschko on March 19th. In a first surgery the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee had been replaced and his meniscus had been sewed. On April 15th the articular cartilage damage will be fixed.

Green vs Tarver is on - IBO cruiserweight champion Danny Green (31 wins/3 losses) will put his world title on the line when he steps onto the canvas to face former light-heavyweight world champion Antonio “Magic Man” Tarver (28 wins/6 loses) at the Sydney Entertainment Centre on Wednesday, July 20. Green is returning to the boxing ring after he had an operation to remove his appendix and a large abscess the size of a softball after suffering severe stomach cramps whilst holidaying down south with family over Christmas and the New Year period that threatened to end his career, however the 38 year-old West Australian declared he is fighting fit and ready for the biggest challenge of his career.

Fight Club OC - Junior welterweight Antonio Orozco (9-0, 6 KOs) of San Diego, California by way of Mexico will step back into the ring on Thursday, April 21st against Hensley ‘The Bruiser’ Strachan (5-8-1, 1 KO) of the Bahamas at the Hangar at the Orange County Fair and Event Center in Costa Mesa, California, in the next edition of ‘Fight Club OC’ which is being presented by Roy Englebrecht Promotions.

Rivera Fight Rescheduled - The Paxton Promotions fight card previously scheduled for April 9th and headlined by Worcester’s own former three-time world champion, Jose Antonio Rivera (39-6, 24 KOs) has been postponed and rescheduled for Friday night May 20th at the Worcester Palladium in downtown Worcester, MA. Tickets purchased for the April 9th show will be honored on Friday May 20th or can be refunded if you cannot make the show May 20th. Limited seats are still available and can be purchased at the Worcester Palladium box office, any FYE store, or at tickets.com

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Boxing News in Brief – Wednesday, March 23 – for: Adama vows to defeat Upshaw, Juan Manuel Lopez vs. Orlando Salido, Junior lightweight José Pedraza, Khan’s trainer Freddie Roach, Mayweather Jr. reported price tag 100 million, Namus-Muñoz result changed,South Africa’s Thomas Oosthuizen, Sylvester vs. Geale, USA Boxing Finalizes the 2011 Pan American Games Squad, Ward-Abraham set for May 14

• Khan’s trainer Freddie Roach will be taking a break from his training camp with Manny Pacquiao to travel to Manchester, England to be with WBA Super World light welterweight champion Amir Khan (24-1, 17 KO’s) for his fight against unbeaten EBU light welterweight champion Paul McCloskey (22-0, 12 KO’s) on April 16th, at the M.E.N. Arena.

• Mayweather Jr. reported price tag 100 million - Unbeaten Floyd Mayweather Jr. has reportedly asked for $100 million to fight Manny Pacquiao in a mega fight that unfortunately will not be happening any time soon. Mayweather who is obviously looking to get as much as he can for the fight is asking to much and his price will have to come down to a more realistic level if he really wants this fight to happen. Someone in the Mayweather camp had secret talks with Bob Arum [Pacquiao's promoter] recently but the approach did not quite pan out form what Arum is saying. - In an interview at mpboxing.com, Arum said “Went through negotiations with Mayweather, nobody knew about it. Some group came in and they wanted to put it on in a particular country and Mayweather asked for a number that was so high, it indicated that he didn’t want to fight. Take a guess at the number that he asked for, for himself? One hundred. That’s right, $100 million. F–k, I mean, who’s going to pay him $100 million? I mean, unless Manny Pacquiao fights for nothing, how can you do the fight? He [talking about Mayweather] can’t say no, he doesn’t want the fight, so you price yourself out.”

• Junior lightweight José Pedraza (1-0, 1 KO), the highly touted 2008 Olympian and former amateur star who turned pro in his last fight, will face Corbin Page (1-1) in the main event on March 29 the BB King Blues Club in New York City. He is co-promoted by Javier Bustillo, Gary Shaw and Lou DiBella.

• Ward-Abraham set for May 14 - Arreola vs Aguilera in co-feature - The Super Six World Boxing Classic Semifinals are set to begin. Andre Ward, Arthur Abraham, Carl Froch and Glen Johnson are all one victory from the tournament final en route to 168-pound supremacy. On Saturday, May 14, Ward will defend his WBA super middleweight world title against European superstar Abraham to kick off the Semifinals of the groundbreaking tournament LIVE on SHOWTIME® at 10 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast) from The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif.

• Adama vows to defeat Upshaw - Ghana’s former 3-time Africa Boxing Union (ABU) champion Osumanu Adama 18-2 (13KOs) has sworn to defeat American Marcus Upshaw 13-4 (6KO’s) when the pair square off in an International Boxing Organisation (IBO) middleweight world title eliminator this Friday March 25 at Hanging Gardens, River Grove, Illinois, USA. The 30 year old Adama popularly called Ozzie Adams who defeated Angel Hernandez for the IBO International Middleweight title just last December 17, hopes to claim the USBO Title, also on the line will be the Vacant USBA Middleweight title & Vacant IBO Intercontinental Middleweight title.

• Namus-Muñoz result changed - The Uruguayan Boxing Federation decided on Monday to declare a no contest in Saturday’s bout in Montevideo, Uruguay, between Uruguayan Chris “Bombon Asesino” Namus (14-1, 6 KOs) and Spaniard Loly Muñoz (9-8-1, 6 KOs) after a very controversial majority decision win by the local boxer. Both fans and the press alike expressed outrage saying that Munoz had a ‘clear superiority’ throughout the fight and the outcome ‘hurt not only the credibility in the judges but the whole of Uruguayan boxing,’ prompting the government, through the ministry of Turisimo and Sports, to request the change. Two of the three judges scored for Namus by 97-93 and 96-95 and a third had it a draw. The 23-year-old Namus is one of the country’s sports idols and holds the WPBF female light welterweight title.

• USABoxing Finalizes the 2011 Pan American Games Squad - (COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO.) – The 2011 United States squad for the first 2011 Pan American Games Qualifier, March 25-29, in Cumana, Venezuela has been finalized. All 13 Olympic weight divisions will be represented at the event with boxers in the 10 men’s weight divisions and three women’s weight classes competing for a berth in the 2011 Pan American Games October 13-30, in Guadalajara, Mexico.

• South Africa’s Thomas Oosthuizen will have his second crack at winning the IBO super middleweight belt when he meets Evert Bravo of Colombia for the vacant belt at Emperors Palace, Kempton Park on Saturday night. In November last year the southpaw Oosthuizen drew against Malawian Isaac Chilemba in a clash for the vacant belt. The 21-year-old Oosthuizen has three belts in his collection, the IBO Youth light heavyweight, IBO Youth super middleweight and the WBA Pan African super middleweight.

• Sylvester vs. Geale - IBF Middleweight Champion Sebastian Sylvester (34-3-1, 16 KOs) will return to the ring on May 7 when he defends his title against mandatory challenger Daniel Geale (24-1, 15 KOs) in Neubrandenburg, Germany. The two camps struck a deal last weekend before the official purse bid was due. It will be Sylvester´s first fight since a clear points victory over Mahir Oral last October. A virus infection forced him to pull out of his clash with Mehdi Bouadla in January. “It was not a good start to the year but I took a long break and now I am ready to fight again,” Sylvester said. “I really look forward to returning to Neubrandenburg. I have to make up for the late cancellation last time with an entertaining performance and a big win.”

Juan Manuel Lopez vs. Orlando Salido - SHOWTIME Championship Boxing - April 16 - Boxeo

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Latest Boxing News in Brief – Monday 7^th March for: Alvarez wins WBC 154lb title, Blake Caparello Defeats Michael Bolling, Chavez-Zbik, Cody Richard, Skip Scott, George-Taylor, Humberto “Zorrita” Soto, Judah wins IBF jr welter belt, Klitschko-Chisora, Maderna beats Acosta, Narvarez vs. Seda, Saul Hammers Hatton, Solis vs. Klitschko

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• Narvarez vs. Seda - WBO super flyweight champion Omar “El Huracán” Narváez (33-0-2, 19 KOs) of Argentina will defend his title against César “Junito” Seda (20-0, 15 KOs) of Puerto Rico. The bout will take place April 15th at the Polideportivo Municipal in the city of Monte Hermoso, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

• Klitschko-Chisora off - IBF, IBO, WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko has to cancel his title defense against British and Commonwealth titleholder Dereck Chisora. The bout was supposed to take place on April 30 in the SAP Arena Mannheim, Germany. The reason is the not yet fully healed injury Klitschko suffered last December. Originally the fight against Chisora was scheduled for December 11, 2010. A few days before the bout, three-time champion Klitschko suffered a torn abdominal muscle. After cancelling the fight, it was rescheduled for April 30, 2011. Since the recovery process is not yet in a stage that Klitschko can start training again, the fight has to be called off again.

• Solis vs. Klitschko - Unbeaten Cuban Odlanier Solis (17-0, 12 KO’s) can really ruin WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko’s world on March 19th by beating him, taking his title and keeping Vitali from being an alternate for the fight between his brother IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko and WBA heavyweight champ David Haye in June or July.

• George-Taylor - Popular Chicago fan favorite and super middleweight contender Donovan “DA BOMB” George returns to action on Friday April 1st to battle Baltimore’s Maxell “THE GENERAL” Taylor at Chicago’s UIC Pavilion, it was announced today by Dominic Pesoli, President of 8 Count Productions, HOME OF THE BEST IN CHICAGO BOXING. Tickets for WINDY CITY FIGHT NIGHT 16, priced at $100, $75, $50 and $30 are now on sale through Ticketmaster (www.ticketmaster.com, the UIC Pavilion Boxing Office (312-413-5740) and the 8 Count Productions’ Office (312-226-5800).

• Chavez-Zbik - Trainer Freddie Roach is hoping to get Julio César Chávez Jr. (42-0, 30KOs) in training camp by April 2. Roach doesn’t want Chavez to be rusty when he challenges Sebastian Zbik for the WBC middleweight title on June 4. “We are not gong to fight as expected [on March 19], but the work in the gym must be very hard get past his inactivity. Based on the last thing I heard, the fight would take place over here, in Las Vegas. I hope that on April 2, we’ll begin preparing,” Roach said.

• Cody Richard, Skip Scott Return To Action - Chalmette, Louisiana……Silver Lining Entertainment in association with The Sigur Center in Chalmette, Louisiana and Keeppunching Entertainment will present a professional boxing show featuring a TRIPLE MAIN EVENT at the SIGUR CENTER in Chalmette, Louisiana April 1st. The main events will feature one of the top amateurs in the country who is now a professional in Michael Martinez from Snyder, Texas, an incredible display of fistic fury from knockout artist Chad Trahan from Lafayette, Louisiana and Chalmette’s own exciting Gary Bergeron.

• Alvarez wins WBC 154lb title - In a clash for the vacant WBC super welterweight title, #1 rated Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (36-0-1, 26 KOs) scored a one-sided unanimous decision over European welterweight champion Matthew Hatton (41-5-2, 16 KOs) on Saturday night at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California. The heavy-handed 20-year-old punished the very game but outgunned Hatton the whole fight, but couldn’t stop the scrappy brother of Ricky Hatton. Alvarez was deducted a point for a low blow in round seven. All three judges scored it 119-108.

• Saul Hammers Hatton - Though he will have to do a lot more to be recognized as a genuine, legit world champion in the opinion of many fans, Mexico’s Saul Alvarez grabbed his first belt last night in California. Hammering out a near-shutout over a game, naturally smaller Matthew Hatton, “Canelo” made boxing history by becoming the youngest ever holder of a “world” light-middleweight title at just 20-years-of-age.

• Maderna beats Acosta - Unbeaten Ezequiel Osvaldo Maderna (13-0, 9 KOs) of Argentina won his biggest fight to date by defeating countryman and former wrold title challenger Ruben Eduardo Acosta (24-6-5, 8 KOs) by 10 round unanimous decision. The official scores were 98-96.5, 98-93, and 99-93.5. The main event bout was competively fought but Maderna clearly won.

• Judah wins IBF jr welter belt - Former two-division world champion Zab “Super” Judah (41-6, 28 KOs) claimed the vacant IBF junior welterweight championship with an impressive seventh round TKO over over Kaizer Mabuza (23-8-3, 14 KOs) on Saturday night at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. Now working with former champion Pernell Whitaker, Zudah put on a very “Sweet Pea”esque performance displaying outstanding speed and defensive skills for the first six rounds, then exploded in the seventh to put Mabuza out on his feet and get the stoppage with his follow up barrage. Time was :59.

• WBC lightweight champion Humberto “Zorrita” Soto (56-7-2, 32 KOs) scored a one-sided ten round unanimous decision over Fidel Monterrosa (25-3, 19 KOs) in a non-title on Saturday night at the Palenque de la Feria in Tepic, Nayarit, Mexico. The fight was a rematch of Soto’s hard fought decision win over Monterrosa in last September. This time Soto dropped Monterrosa in round one and was in mostly in command. Monterrosa was deducted a point in round eight for hitting Soto low. Scores were 98-92, 100-90, 100-88.

• Blake Caparello Defeats Michael Bolling - In Melbourne, Australia on Friday night, Blake Caparello (6-0-1, 2 KOs) kept his undefeated record intact by defeating Michael Bolling (12-2, 10 KOs) via unanimous decision over 8 rounds in a high stakes light heavyweight bout. The bout was a ‘winner takes all’ contest and in defeating Bolling, Caparello took the $10,000 prize which went to the victor.

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Latest Boxing News in Brief – Thursday 13^th January for: “Dr. Steel Hammer” Klitschko, Bob Arum and Don King, David Haye, Duddy vs. Lee, Felix Sturm, Jhonny Gonzalez, Manny Pacquiao vs. Shane Mosley, Matthew Hatton, Ronald Hearns, Saul Alvarez, South African Boxing, Steve Herelius, Takefumi Sakata, Yoan Pablo Hernandez

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• Legendary rival promoters Bob Arum and Don King are set for their first co-promotion in five years. Next week, Arum and King will be officially announcing a pay-per-view extravaganza headlined by WBA super welterweight champion Miguel Cotto defending his world title against two-division world champion Ricardo Mayorga on March 12 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. It will be produced and distributed live on SHOWTIME PPV. Joining Cotto and Mayorga at the news conference will be former WBA super welterweight champion Yuri Foreman and his opponent Pawel Wolak, plus female legend Christy Martin who will be featured on the pay-per-view broadcast going for her landmark 50th professional victory.

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• WBA Middleweight Champion Felix Sturm (34-2-1, 14 KOs) and his challenger Ronald Hearns (26-1, 20 KOs) met face-to-face for the first time at the kick-off press conference for their February 19th world title clash at the Porsche-Arena in Stuttgart, Germany. Both fighters expressed their confidence at the presser. - “Everybody knows that Marvin Hagler is my boxing idol,” Sturm said. “The fight between Hagler and Ronald’s father Thomas was a brutal war and one of the greatest fights in the history of boxing. But Hagler destroyed Hearns – and now I will do the same to his son.”

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• Former -WBA flyweight champ Takefumi Sakata has announced that he is hanging up his gloves for good today (Thursday) in Tokyo, Japan. Having failed to win back his WBA 112-pound belt from compatriot Daiki Kameda this past September, Sakata, 30, was deeply considering whether to go on fighting. The busy-punching fighter managed to win the WBA belt in his fourth attempt, having lost twice to Lorenzo Parra both by a majority decision here and to Roberto Vasquez by a split verdict in Paris. The persistent Japanese finally gained the world belt by stopping his grudge rival Parra in Tokyo in 2007. Since then, he successfully defended it four times against Vasquez (W12), Denkaosen Kaowichit (D12), Shingo Yamaguchi (W12) and Hiroyuki Hisataka (W12). But it was his previous challenger Denkaosen of Thailand that annihilated and dethroned Sakata with a single lethal shot on the very last day of 2008.

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• “Dr. Steel Hammer” Klitschko - today launched a stinging tirade against Haye and his manager Adam Booth; saying he “does not trust these guys any more.” Wladimir went further, calling Haye “a piece of s**t, and “a liar who is playing the media. - Wladimir has today said he is more than happy to face Haye on July 2nd. In Klitschko’s mind, the fight is not yet “dead,” because he feels Haye’s constant talk of retiring in October of this year is nothing but another “lie.” - Wladimir says fighting Derek Chisora on April 30th and then Haye, nine weeks later on July 2nd, would be no problem for him. - “I don’t take David Haye as a super-special fight,” Klitschko told Sky Sports. “I don’t need half a year to prepare for this fight. I’m always in shape anyway. Me fighting Chisora first is good promotion for the fight with Haye because this guy is also British and very loud. He [Haye] could give [Ruslan] Chagaev step-aside money and then I’m going to be there with nobody to fight.

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• The 26-year-old Cruiserweight Yoan Pablo Hernandez (23-1, 12 KOs): WBA World Rankings leader in the Cruiserweight division will challenge Steve Herelius (21-1-1, 12 Kos, France) in Mülheim/Duesseldorf on February 12. Hernandez successfully obtained the right to a mandatory challenge from the World Boxing Governing Body WBA after a KO victory over Ali Ismailov in Berlin in December. The opportunity to fight Herelius soon emerged,” explained Sauerland Event CEO Chris Meyer. “We immediately tried to realise this opportunity and we managed to bring this fight to Germany.” - Alexander Frenkel will also be on the monster Sauerland Event card. The European Champion in the Cruiserweight division, who won the European crown in September with a stunning KO victory in the seventh round against the ex-World Champion Enzo Maccarinelli in Birmingham last September, will defend his title for the first time. – Also on the undercard, Super Middleweight King Arthur Abraham will fight a ten-round contest.

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• EBU welterweight champion Matthew Hatton (41-4-2, 16 KO’s) has decided to risk all and go after unbeaten knockout artist Saul Alvarez (35-0-1, 26 KO’s) next instead of going after easier targets like WBA welterweight champion Vyacheslav Senchenko or Junior Witter. The contracts for the Alvarez fight will reportedly be signed in the new few days. The bout will be taking place on March 5th.

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• The fight contracts for the Manny Pacquiao vs. Shane Mosley bout have reportedly been finally signed and the bout is set to ahead for May 7th at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Pacquiao, 32, is guaranteed a minimum of $15 million for the fight and the 39-year-old Mosley could end up making as much as $7 million or more if it brings in more than 1 million pay per view buys.

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• Jhonny Gonzalez — Former World Boxing Organization (WBO) bantamweight champion Jhonny Gonzalez (47-7, 41 KO’s) is looking to challenge WBC featherweight champion Hozumi Hasegawa (29-3, 12 KO”s) next. According to fightnews, a purse auction will take place this Friday for the two fighters at the WBC headquarters in Mexico City. The bout could take place in Mexico, but it’s still up in there air right now in terms of where they want to put this fight.

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• First South African Boxing Tournament 2011 — At a luncheon held at the Wanderers Club near Johannesburg on Thursday Rodney Berman of Golden Gloves Promotions announced the final bill for the first tournament of the South African boxing year which will be held at Emperors Palace, Kempton Park on January 27. The tournament is a tribute to Baby Jake Matlala and also to help him pay off his huge medical bills after being struck down with illness. - Hekkie Budler (17-0, 5 KOs) will be making the second defence of his IBO junior flyweight belt against IBO strawweight champion Gideon Buthelezi (10-2, 4 KOs). Florante Simba will be hoping to make it 9-0 when he faces Sting Gonorenda Chomunorwa 6-8; 4. - Stephen Castle 5-1-2; 2 meets Elvis Moyo 0-3-1 in a scheduled six-rounder.

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• Duddy vs. Lee — Trainer Emanuel Steward says that the winner of the March 12th bout between his fighter middleweight contender Andy Lee (24-1, 18 KO’s) and fringe middleweight contender John Duddy (29-2, 18 KO’s) will be facing World Boxing Council (WBC) middleweight champion Sergio Martinez next, according to the latest news. Lee, 26, was supposed have been selected to fight Martinez this time around, but HBO didn’t like the idea of a fight between Lee and Martinez.

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