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Latest Boxing News – Friday 5^th November For: Denis Lebedev, Marco Huck, Callum Johnson, Paul Appleby, Ricky Burns, Miguel Cotto, Pacquiao, Margarito, Groves, DeGale, Dereck Chisora, Wladimir Klitschko, Towers, Paul Williams, Sergio Martinez, Ruslan Chagaev,Daniel Jacobs, James Kirkland, David Haye, Lucian Bute, Tyson Fury

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• Paul Appleby for WBO title — Scottish ace Paul Appleby will get the chance to break into the world rankings when he fights on December 4 at the Braehead Arena. The former British featherweight champion will box for the vacant WBO Intercontinental title at super featherweight, joining Ricky Burns as chief support on the card, live on Sky Sports 1HD. If Appleby wins his 12 round fight, he is likely to break into the WBO’s top 15. “I thought I was having a non-title fight on December 4, so this is a nice surprise,” said the 23-year-old. “It will do my ranking with the WBO some good and we will see where we go from there. My dream has always been to be a world champion, and if I had the opportunity to fight for a world title, I would definitely take it. I’m just concentrating on my fight on December 4, and making sure I am in the best possible shape. But I’ve felt great these last few months, and things just keep better and better.”

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• Callum Johnson to turn professional — Commonwealth light-heavyweight boxing champion Callum Johnson, from Benington near Boston, is to turn professional. - The 25-year-old, who won a gold medal for Scotland at the Commonwealth Games in Delhi in October, revealed his decision on Facebook. - Johnson will be represented by renowned promoter Frank Warren. - Boxing commentator John Rawling told BBC Lincolnshire: “If he can progress, it’s a long road but there could be big opportunities for him in the future.” - He added: “Frank Warren is arguably the top promoter in Europe. He’s got the right connections so if Callum has the talent he’s with the right man to go all the way.” - It is thought Johnson could make his professional debut in December.

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• Marco Huck vs Denis Lebedev in Dec 18 battle — Marco Huck (30-1, 23 KOs) will make a fifth defence of his WBO Cruiserweight Title on December 18 when he faces mandatory challenger Denis Lebedev (21-0, 16 KOs) in Berlin. The fight will take place at the Max-Schmeling-Halle. “I look forward to fighting in Berlin again,” Huck said. “Lebedev is a tough challenger with a great record. We are both very powerful and have tremendous KO power so the fans can expect a big battle. I will of course defend my title and leave the ring as the winner.”

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• Miguel Cotto interested in a rematch with Pacquiao and Margarito — World Boxing Association (WBA) junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto (35-2, 28 KO’s) will be at ringside for the Manny Pacquiao vs. Antonio Margarito bout on November 13th at the Cowboys Stadium, in Arlington, Texas. Cotto, 30, would like nothing better than to get a rematch against one or both of the fighters involved, since both Pacquiao and Margarito already stopped Cotto and gave him a terrible beating. By being at the Pacquiao-Margarito fight in ringside seats, Cotto can help try and bring interest in a rematch with one or both of the fighters.

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• Groves and DeGale could be heading for a clash — Unbeaten super middleweight Commonwealth champion George Groves (10-0, 8 KO’s) and unbeaten former 2008 Olympic Gold Medalist James DeGale (8-0, 6 KO’s) could be facing each other for the British super middleweight title in 2011 if they both win their next fights. Groves, 22, is defending his super middleweight Commonwealth title against Kenny Anderson (12-0, 8 KO’s) on the undercard of the WBA heavyweight title bout between champion David Haye and challenger Audley Harrison at the M.E.N. Arena, in Manchester, England.

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• RICHARD TOWERS is in Scotland helping Dereck Chisora prepare for his IBF and WBO heavyweight title showdown against Wladimir Klitschko. — The 6ft 8in unbeaten Hatton Promotions hopeful is even bigger than Klitschko and a valuable asset in the British and Commonwealth champion’s preparations. — Sheffield’s Towers will return home from Fort William on Sunday to complete preparations for his ninth professional fight at Bolton’s Reebok Stadium on Friday November 26. — Towers, 31, said: “It is fair to say I am playing the part of Klitschko and it is an honor to be invited.”- “It is an amazing experience for a fighter like me to be asked by one of Britain’s best boxers to help him train for a world heavyweight title challenge.”- “The Chisora team are treating me brilliantly and it shows what I have to do to become a champion.”- “Every minute Dereck is the gym he trains like an absolute demon and I and learn so much.”- “Right now I feel like I am the luckiest man in the world and that is no exaggeration.”

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• (Paul Williams Vs Sergio Martinez) — On 20th November we finally get to see the rematch of one of the closest and best fights of last year (2009), Paul Williams Vs Sergio Martinez for the Ring Middleweight title.

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• Former WBA heavyweight champion Ruslan Chagaev (26-1-1, 17 KO’s) fights on November 19th against a still to be determined opponent in a loaded card at the Universum Gym, Wandsbek, Hamburg, Germany. Chagaev, 32, is looking to become the mandatory challenger for World Boxing Association heavyweight champion David Haye. Chagaev held the WBA title from April 2007 to July 4th 2008. Chagaev was unable to continue to defend the title due to a mixture of illnesses and injuries.

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• Daniel Jacobs 18^th December comeback — Previously unbeaten middleweight contender Daniel Jacobs (20-1, 17 KO’s) will stage a comeback fight on December 18th against a still to be determined opponent at the Pepsi Coliseum, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. Jacobs, 23, was stopped in the 5th round in a failed attempt to capture the vacant WBO middleweight title against Russian Dimitriy Pirog on July 31st in his last fight. Jacobs came into the fight as the predicted winner. However, he was totally dominated by Pirog for four rounds before being taken out in the 5th round of a one-sided fight.

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• ESPN and K2 agree to air Klitschko vs. Chisora on December 11th — According to boxing news from Dan Rafael of ESPN, ESPN and K2, the promotional company of the Klitschko brothers, have reached an agreement to air IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko’s next title defense against unbeaten Britain Dereck Chisora (14-0, 11 KO’s) on December 11th live on ESPN3, and tape delay on ESPN2.

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• Undefeated British heavyweight Tyson Fury spoke about David Haye — In an article at Eastsideboxing.com on their On the Ropes Boxing Radio, Fury had this to say about Haye: “I think David Haye is a blown up cruiserweight who shot his mouth off and got himself a world title shot and beat a very poor champion in [Nikolay] Valuev. If I got to fight Valuev in Quebec, Canada on the 18th, I’d take the fight no problem…He’s [Haye] been avoiding the Klitschkos and he won’t fight them. So David Haye is not a man of honor to me, and he just wants to fight easy fights.”

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• Lucian Bute 3 fight deal - Showtime will announce today Friday that IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute, who remained unbeaten with last month’s ninth-round TKO over Jesse Brinkley at the Bell Center in Bute’s home town of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, will sign a three-fight deal with the network.

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• Junior middleweight James Kirkland is incarcerated again but should be released by the end of the week, according to co-manager Cameron Dunkin. — Kirkland, 26, was released from a federal prison near his hometown of Austin, Texas, into a halfway house on Sept. 30 after serving 17 months for pleading guilty to gun possession by a convicted felon. — Kirkland (25-0, 22 KOs) had been living in an Austin halfway house and training for his comeback fight against Delray Raines, which is scheduled for Dec. 11 on the Amir Khan-Marcos Maidana undercard in Las Vegas.

“[Kirkland] was at the gym and ran down to get a custom mouthpiece from a dentist in town when the probation officer came by and he wasn’t there,” Dunkin said. “I guess that’s a violation and the probation officer said they were going to have a hearing on this because you’re not allowed to leave the gym at all when you’re in training. You’re supposed to be where you’re supposed to be. He was gone for an hour or something, not a big deal, but he got punished.” — Dunkin said the incident happened late last week and he was informed of it by co-manager Michael Miller. — “He’s got to do a week at the county jail, so he should be out in a couple of days,” Dunkin said. “He didn’t lose his bed or his spot at the halfway house.”

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Latest Pro Boxing Updates – 29^th October For: David Lemieux, Hector Camacho, Kevin “Kingpin” Johnson, Antonio Margarito, Matthew Macklin, “Battle at the Beach”, Alexander Dimitrenko, Román “Chocolatito” González, Gary Russell, Nelson Ramos, DeGale, Guillermo Rigondeaux, George Groves

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• Lemieux vs. Camacho Jr. tonight — Number #3 WBC/WBA middleweight contender David Lemieux (23-0, 22 KO’s) will be defending his World Boxing Council International middleweight strap tonight against 32-year-old Hector Camacho Jr. (52-3-1, 28 KO’s) at the Bell Centre, in Montreal, Canada. Lemieux, only 21, won’t be fighting for any of the major titles for some time to come, because his manager wants to wait until he’s had at least 40+ fights before he takes on one of the champions.

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• Kevin “Kingpin” Johnson Returns To Action — Former WBC heavyweight title challenger Kevin Johnson, 22-1-1(9) makes his return to the ring tonight Friday in Charlotte, North Carolina, when he will face little-known journeyman Charles Davis over a scheduled eight-rounds. “Kingpin,” aged 31, fights for the first time since his terrible fight with Vitali Klitschko; which he lost by near shut-out last December. Taking no chances in his first comeback fight, Johnson should have no problems with 39-year-old Davis, 19-20-2(4) - even if the man from Tucson is a southpaw.

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• Antonio Margarito Update — IBF/WBO welterweight champion Antonio Margarito (38-6, 27 KO’s) is ready to fight Manny Pacquiao (51-3-2, 38 KO’s) right now, says Margarito’s trainer Robert Garcia. Margarito has been in peak condition for the past two weeks and you can see that he’s done a remarkable jobs of getting into shape quickly. It’s not as difficult for Margarito to get in peak condition compared to other fighters because he tends to keep his weight low in between fights, and he trains that much harder than other fighters do. Antonio Margarito needs to Ko Pacquiao or win very convincingly to star undoing the damage from his hand wrap issue when they face off on November 13th at the Cowboys Stadium, in Arlington, Texas.

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• Macklin vs. Varon - Birmingham star Matthew Macklin has vowed to win a world title in 2011. — The two-time European middleweight king defends his title on December 11 against challenger Ruben Varon in Liverpool on Frank Warren’s huge 30th anniversary show.

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• “Battle at the Beach” — New promotional company, Southeast Boxing Promotions, will promote their first professional boxing show “Battle at the Beach” on November 20 at the Myrtle Beach Convention Center, in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. With a full card of ten bouts, which includes at least one female fight, the show will feature local talent. According to female Boxing Promoter, Jennifer MacKenna, “It will be an action-packed night for boxing fans. We have many local talented fighters on the card, we are excited to have them represent boxing in our area.” Tickets are priced starting at $25 and can be purchased by calling (843) 458-2032, or at the door. The fights start at 7 PM, with doors opening at 6 PM.

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• Dimitrenko vs Sosnowski Bid is Won By Universum — Universum Promotions put in the winning bid for Alexander Dimitrenko’s mandatory defense of the EBU title against challenger Albert Sosnowski (46-3-1, 28 KOs) of Poland. No date or venue has been announced as of yet. Dimitrenko (30-1, 20 KOs) turned down the opportunity to enter the IBF’s tournament to crown a mandatory challenger to champion Wladimir Klitschko. He wanted to make the first defense of the title he won in July.

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• Román “Chocolatito” González, a rising star in Nicaragua, returned home to attend a press conference, in which he also spoke of God, money and his relations with the government and President Daniel Ortega. “Firstly, I feel a great satisfaction because I think I’ve done my duty to have defeated Rosas. Before I left, I said I was well prepared, now the story would be different than in Oaxaca, where I was in poor health and I said that Rosas would not last long the second time around,” Gonzalez said. — “Now what I can do is think about my future, my next fight. And honestly, I want to fight against Giovanni Segura (108 super world champion in the WBA and WBO), rather than with Juan Carlos Reveco (the regular 108 champ of the WBA). The stock market decides everything, but if I could choose I would go with Segura. I want that fight and I know I can win.”

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• Result, Russell defeats DeLeon — Featherweight Gary Russell won a convincing six round unanimous decision over Guadalupe DeLeon on the 28 Oct, at Club Nokia at L.A. Live in Los Angeles, CA. It was all Russell (13-0, 9 KOs) as he was too quick and strong with his punches. DeLeon (8-12, 4 KOs) attempted to fight Russell on the inside, but Russell just beat him to the punch. Russell hurt DeLeon at the end of the third round, but was not able to follow up. Although DeLeon was game, his face reddened throughout the fight due to the punches landed by Russell. All three judges scored the bout 60-54 in favor of Russell.

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• Result Ramos defeats Selders — Middleweight Nelson Ramos, 5-1 (2 KOs), outboxed previously undefeated Tyrone Selders, 5-1 (5 KOs), over six action rounds on the 28^th Oct, at the Houston Club. After three evenly-contested and balanced rounds, Ramos, 24, let go in the fourth, hiting Selders’ head repeatedly with two-fisted barrages. Selders, 27, did not retreat or clinch but gamely came back with both fists, but it was Ramos who was clearly getting the upper hand in the exchanges. Despite being out-gunned, Selders continued did not give up, but Ramos made an elusive target continually moving not allowing Selders to find his target. While Ramos fluidly rattled off combinations which found their mark. At the end of the day, it was Ramos’ superior ring skills and trigger that won him the fight.

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• DeGale says he can’t stand Groves, the “ugly ginger kid” - Unable to get a fight with unbeaten 22-year-old Commonwealth super middleweight champion George Groves (10-0, 8 KO’s), unbeaten former 2008 Olympic Gold Medalist had some choice things to say about Groves in an article today at the thesun.co.uk, saying “He’s [Paul Smith] never bad mouthed me, unlike that ugly ginger kid George Groves. Groves is the kind of boxer I can’t stand because he’s trying to live off my name and by Olympic Gold Medal.” DeGale, 24, is in the fast lane with his pro career scheduled to face British super middleweight champion Paul Smith (29-1, 15 KO’s) on December 11th at the Echo Arena, in Liverpool, England. (Source Boxingnews24).

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Rigondeaux Houston Workout — Guillermo Rigondeaux, two-time Olympic Gold Medalist, trains and spars in Houston, TX on October 28 with trainer Ronnie Shields in preparation for his world title fight on November 13 at Cowboys Stadium in the undercard of Pacquiao vs. Margarito. – (Video: Ed Keenan/EMC).

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