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IBF super middleweight world champion Lucian Bute (26-0, 21 KOs) faced off with mandatory challenger Jesse Brinkley (35-5-5, 22 KOs) at a news conference Wednesday in Montreal for their world title clash on Friday at the Bell Centre. “I’m ready,” vowed the unbeaten champion. “We spent six weeks in Florida to train. I’m prepared. I took it seriously and it will be quite a show.” Brinkley warned Bute not to count him out. “It doesn’t bother me that people think I’m the underdog,” said Brinkley. “Lucian has his hands full with me.”

Bute is defending his super middleweight belt in his adopted homeland of Canada against Jesse Brinkley, an honest pugilist if there ever was one and a man who has revived his career since leaving “The Contender” by sharply and entertainingly outboxing and outfighting Curtis Stevens earlier this year. On paper, he is no match for Bute’s power, speed and versatility.

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Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. possibly fighting Manny Pacquiao next year — In a statement to Mexican news outlet Notimex, WBC silver middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. says a possible fight with Manny Pacquiao, in 2011, was the reason he ruled out a trip to the Philippines to spar with the Filipino fighter. Both Pacquiao and Chavez are trained by Freddie Roach and promoted by Top Rank. Chavez,

“I’m getting ready for my fight against Alfonso Gomez on December 4 in Anaheim, California. I was supposed to go to the Philippines and do sparring with Pacquiao, which is something very important for me, but at the same time, it has been said that Manny could be my opponent next year, and I think in helping him with sparring would be complicated,” said Chavez Jr.

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• Odlanier Solis vs Ray Austin — It’s official: unbeaten Cuban heavyweight Odlanier Solis will face tough veteran Ray Austin on December 17th in Miami, with the winner set to face WBC heavyweight king Vitali Klitschko some time next year. — Solis promoter Ahmet Oner announced the fight today, reports Fightnews.com, and the WBC final eliminator is, in his opinion, a fight the Miami-based Cuban will win in commanding style.

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• Bute-Brinkley Presser — IBF super middleweight world champion Lucian Bute (26-0, 21 KOs) faced off with mandatory challenger Jesse Brinkley (35-5-5, 22 KOs) at a news conference Wednesday in Montreal for their world title clash on Friday at the Bell Centre. “I’m ready,” vowed the unbeaten champion. “We spent six weeks in Florida to train. I’m prepared. I took it seriously and it will be quite a show.” Brinkley warned Bute not to count him out. “It doesn’t bother me that people think I’m the underdog,” said Brinkley. “Lucian has his hands full with me.”

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• Maritime Heavyweight Championship — On October 16, heavyweights Emile Arsenault (2-0-0) of Shediac, NB, and Julien Colette (4-1-0) of Bouctouche, NB, come together for New Generation Productions’ vacant Maritime heavyweight championship at Louis-J-Roubichaud high school in Shediac, New Brunswick. Despite being a ‘title’ fight, the contest is only scheduled for six rounds. New Generation’s cruiserweight Maritime title will also be on the line, as defending champion Guy Desforges (3-2-0) of Dalhousie, NB, takes on undefeated challenger Chris Norrad (5-0-0) of Boisetown, NB, in another six round affair.

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• Bill Caplan joins Golden Boy — Golden Boy Promotions has announced that Hall of Fame publicist Bill Caplan, who has over 40 years of experience in boxing and sports publicity, has joined Golden Boy Promotions as a Public Relations Consultant. Caplan has worked with virtually every major fighter over the years and is known for his long-standing relationships and work with George Foreman and Oscar de la Hoya. “We are extremely excited to add Bill to our public relations team at Golden Boy Promotions,” said Richard Schaefer, CEO of Golden Boy Promotions. “He has the experience, knowledge and expertise to bring Golden Boy’s public relations efforts to the next level.”

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• Vitali Klitschko looks really slow in media workout By Dave Lahr: WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (40-2, 38 KO’s) looked as slow as molasses in the media workout today in Frankfurt, Germany. Klitschko, 39, danced around the ring, with music playing and tons of reporters snapped photos and took video of it. But Klitschko’s foot movement and hand speed were totally missing. Vitali honestly looked like he was punching in slow motion as he flicked out painfully slow arm punches. That’s pretty much all Vitali threw was arm punches as he danced to the music and frolicked around. He threw punches for awhile at his trainer while was holding puncher’s mitts, but it was still mostly arm punches that Vitali was throwing. (Source Boxingnews24).

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• Tarver vs. Aguilera on Friday: light heavyweight champion Antonio Tarver (27-6, 19 KO’s) begins Friday what he’s hopes will lead to a big money title shot against the world champion Klitschko brothers when he takes on Nagy Aguilera (16-4, 11 KO’s) at the Buffalo Run Casino, in Miami, Oklahoma. Tarver will be turning 42 on November 21st, and yet he hopes to get a world title shot if he can beat two or three heavyweights to prove himself.

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• James DeGale vs. Paul Smith on December 11th — 2008 Olympic Gold Medalist James DeGale (8-0, 6 KO’s) will be taking a slight step up in competition on December 11th against British super middleweight champion Paul Smith (29-1, 15 KO’s) in a bout at the Echo Arena, in Liverpool, according to The Mirror.

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Latest Boxing News For: Kazuto Ioka, Masayoshi Segawa, Lucian Bute, Pacquiao, Ryan “The Irish Outlaw”, Don Thibodeaux, Mayweather, Jesse Brinkley.

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• Unbeaten 21-year-old Kazuto Ioka a Japanese light-flyweight prospect, WBC#7/WBA#9 (6-0, 4 KOs), 108, impressively acquired the vacant Japanese national 108-pound belt in a display that proved that boxing is indeed the “Sweet Science” boxing scientifically, hitting without getting hit by Masayoshi Segawa (19-3, 8 KOs), a durable southpaw, whom he floored in the third and was finally awarded a TKO win because of Segawa’s bad gash caused by a legal shot at 1:57 of the tenth and final round on Sunday in Osaka, Japan.

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• Lucian Bute Vs Jesse Brinkley — Montreal — On October 15th at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada, current IBF super-middleweight champion Lucian Bute, will fight mandatory contender Jesse Brinkley. For Brinkley, not only is it his shot to become champion, it’s also chance to make history in his home state. Yerington is a small farming town in Northwestern Nevada. A population of about three thousand, this is where Brinkley was born and raised

Boxing has practically become Nevada’s state sport. Thousands of world-title fights have taken place there over the years, and most agree that Las Vegas is currently the Mecca for big fights. So many title fights, yet it is believed that not one of the great champions who fought in Nevada was a Nevadan. New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Southern California, all hotbeds of boxing have their home champions and legends. Curiously enough, this is not the same for the “Silver State”. Brinkley wants to change that. - “I want to bring a world title home.” says Brinkley. “It would mean so much to me. My family, friends, fans and supporters back home deserve it too.”

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• Ryan “The Irish Outlaw” — Undefeated WBC USNBC cruiserweight titleholder Ryan “The Irish Outlaw” Coyne (16-0 6 KOs) will next appear in the ring on the Devon Alexander-Tim Bradley undercard on January 29th. “I will fight anybody out there. This was a stay busy fight and I did what I had to do and I took care of business,” Coyne stated minutes after his second round KO over Shane Steele (7-3, 5KOs) on Saturday in his hometown of St. Louis , MO.- “I want to step up my level of competition on Devon’s (Alexander) undercard,” he added. “Let’s see who wants to step up and fight me on January 29th. Anybody who wants it, can get it.” Coyne is looking to face a top 20 challenger in his next fight. It is rumored that the Alexander-Bradley unification title bout will land in Miami, Florida.

Coyne successfully defended his title, destroying challenger Shane Steele by way of a crushing, 2nd round knockout. Coyne, who concentrated on both his defense and power in training for this fight, displayed the new focus, picking off shots with his gloves, sitting down on his punches and firing his ripping right hooks.

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• Don Thibodeaux, who helped Emanuel Steward in training and guiding the early careers of Kronk stars Thomas Hearns, Hilmer Kenty, Mickey Goodwin and others, passed away Friday night here in Detroit. Thibodeaux had been in ill health for much of the last 20 years, suffering a variety of aliments including heart trouble and diabetes. He was 69 years old.

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• Mayweather to Pacquiao: “Let us both take the test!” — In a radio interview at SIRIUS Satellite Radio yesterday, Floyd Mayweather Jr. insisted that both of them undergo blood test before the mega fight could happen. - “I’m not saying Pacquiao is on nothing, I never said Pacquiao was on something. The only thing I’m saying is this, If I’m cheating or he’s cheating, then we’re cheating the fans, so let’s show the fans that the sport of boxing is clean. Let us both take the test!”, said Mayweather Jr.

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Boxing News and updates for: Amir Khan, Marcos Maidana, Lucian Bute, Daniel Ammann, Oscar Siale, Antonio Tarver, Nagy Aguilera,WBC, Carl Froch, Arthur Abraham, JESSE MAGDALENO, “Baby” Joe Mesi, Daniel Dawson, Frank La Porto, Haroon Khan, Danny Green, Andre Berto, Celestino Caballero, Julio Cesar Chavez Jr, Lovemore Ndou, Saul Alvarez

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• Amir Khan conference — At yesterday’s (5^th October) press conference, WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (23-1, 17 KO’s) explained what he’s going to do in his next fight against WBA light welterweight interim champion Marcos Maidana (29-1, 27 KO’s) in their December 11th clash in Las Vegas, Nevada. In the press conference Khan seemed to be saying that he’s going to go out and try and slug with Maidana.Khan said “When people say I have a weak chin, I respond by saying that Pacquiao gave me his best shot and couldn’t wobble me. I’m going do something different in this fight, something nobody’s ever seen me do. I’m changing my style. I’m going to come in and be the big puncher. This fight, is going to be explosive.”

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• Lucian Bute news — According to the latest boxing news gossip, IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (26-0, 21 KO’s) will be moving up to the light heavyweight division soon to campaign in that division instead of the super middleweight division. What this means is that Bute won’t be facing the winner of the Super Six tournament. Apparently, the tournament is taking too long to complete. Bute would like to fight WBC light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal, and that’s a fight that will likely be taking place in late 2011.

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• Daniel Ammann vs Oscar Siale — Australian cruiserweight champion Daniel Ammann (19-4-1, 4 KOs) will clash with Oscar Siale (12-6, 4 KOs) of New Zealand over ten rounds at the Newcastle Basketball Stadium in New South Wales, Australia on Friday (8^th October). Ammann is coming off a ten round points decision loss to former world rated heavyweight Shane Cameron in 2010 and lost in two rounds to world rated Alexander Alexeev in Germany in 2009. Sial was featured in one of the best Australian fights for 2010 when he dropped a close twelve round points decision to Dominic Vea in a nationally Foxtel televised Commonwealth cruiserweight title bout.

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• Antonio Tarver Vs Nagy Aguilera — Former undisputed Light Heavyweight Champion Antonio Tarver and heavyweight Nagy Aguilera participated in a national media conference call to discuss their upcoming heavyweight bout on Friday, Oct. 15, at Buffalo Run Casino in Miami, Okla., on ShoBox: The New Generation, live on SHOWTIME® (11 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast). Tarver, a former undisputed light heavyweight champion and the first man to knock out future Hall of Famer Roy Jones, Jr., will be fighting for the first time as a heavyweight after a hugely successful campaign at 175 pounds. Tarver, of Tampa, Fla., took more than a year off from fighting after his last bout in 2009 and has been serving as an expert commentator for SHOWTIME.

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• WBC Turnabout — In a complete turnabout the World Boxing Council (WBC) have announced that Carl Froch (26-1, 20 KO’s) and Arthur Abraham (31-1, 25 KO’s) will be fighting for the vacant WBC super middleweight title on November 27th instead of Andre Dirrell (19-1, 13 KO’s) and Andre Ward (22-0, 13 KO’s). This will not be pleasing to boxing fans as the talent and the credibility of the Super Six lies in Dirrell Vs Ward fight. Dan Rafael of ESPN, broke this news, saying “Yet another reason the WBC is disgusting: 1st it says Ward-Dirrell is for vacant 168, Froch-Abe 4 #1. Now, suddenly, Froch-Abe for vacant.” This is so bad. How can you have Froch, who already lost the WBC title to Mikkel Kessler in his last fight in April, being given another immediate shot at the WBC title?

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• JESSE MAGDALENO — World amateur sensation JESSE MAGDALENO signed a long-term exclusive promotional contract with Top Rank today. Magdaleno, who campaigned at 119 pounds through most of his career, leaves the amateur ranks with a 120-16 record and six major national titles, including the National Golden Gloves and the U.S. Nationals.

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• Former heavyweight contender “Baby” Joe Mesi has been appointed as a deputy commissioner with the New York State Athletic Commission by Chairperson Melvina Lathan. Mesi will be assigned to work in upstate New York overseeing the commission’s rules and regulations, physicals and payments to boxers. “I am honored to be appointed to a great commission, this will keep me close to the boxing game that I love so much,” said Mesi. He feels his biggest contribution in the unpaid position is to make sure the young fighters are treated right and paid accordingly. Mesi has had some well documented problems with the NYSAC in the past but that is all behind him now and he looks to help the Commission in any way he can. “I have had issues with the NYSAC and it is ironic I am a part of it now,” explained Joe. “I see great things with Melvina at the helm and look forward to seeing the sport continue to grow in the State (source fightnews).

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• Daniel Dawson Vs Frank La Porto — Australian junior middleweight and former world title challenger Daniel Dawson (34-2, 24 KOs) will return to ring action on Saturday when he will clash with Frank La Porto (12-4-2, 5 KOs) over twelve rounds at the Joondalup Arena, in Western Australia. In his most recent ring outing, Dawson was stopped in ten rounds by WBO 154 pound champion Serhiy Dzinziruk in May. — In the main supporting bout, Australian lightweight Erin McGowan (13-0, 7 KOs) will punch it out with Lyndsey Scragg (10-2, 3 KOs) of England over ten rounds with the WBO female lightweight title up for grabs. - Former IBF 140 pound challenger Naoufell Ben Rabah (30-3, 15 KOs) formerly of Tunisia but now based in Perth, Western Australia will be in action against Marco Tuhumury (7-8-1, 2 KOs) over six rounds in a welterweight contest.

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• Amir Khan’s kid brother Haroon made a convincing start to his bid for boxing gold. — (Source Daily Star & BoxingScene) The 19-year-old flyweight is fighting for Pakistan after being snubbed by England but stopped Tanzania’s Sunday Elias in the third round when he was leading 12-1 on points.Haroon’s world champion big brother was straight on the phone to his dad Shah, who was ringside, for a full report.But he also had words of advice for Haroon, who will now face Mauritius’ Gilbert Bactora, before the fight.“He said, ‘Concentrate on the boxing, don’t rush in, don’t dive in with big punches’,” said Haroon. “We do have a laugh,Amir and me, about our rivalry. One day my Commonwealth gold will be next to his Olympic silver medal.”Their proud dad said: “If Haroon gets a gold medal, it will mean the world to us. We have hundreds of medals and trophies at home in England, Haroon’s as well as Amir’s.“A gold from Haroon to go with Amir’s Olympic silver, that would be beautiful. Unfortunately it is not with England – he is boxing for Pakistan. Why is that? You will have to ask the ABA. - “It is politics. Obviously they didn’t rate Haroon.”

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• Danny Green news — According to Jean Bedard, President of Groupe Sportscene Inc. and InterBox, IBO cruiserweight champion Danny Green is at the top of the list for IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute in 2011. Green would have to meet Bute at a catch-weight and defeat BJ Flores on November 17. Bute defends against Jesse Brinkly on October 15 at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada.

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• Andre Berto Vs Celestino Caballero — On Saturday, November 27, two of the best young champions in the world – WBC Welterweight World Champion Andre Berto and WBA Super Bantamweight World Champion Celestino Caballero – will both step into the ring on the televised undercard of WBA/WBO/Ring Magazine Lightweight World Champion Juan Manuel Marquez’s title defense against WBO Interim Lightweight World Champion Michael Katsidis from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.

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• Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. — Top Rank promoter Bob Arum says he’s going to match unbeaten middleweight contender Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (41-0-1, 30 KO’s) up with World Boxing Association (WBA) junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto next in 2011 if Chavez can beat welterweight Alfonso Gomez (22-4-2, 11 KO’s) in their fight on December 4th. In an article at the Orange County Register, Arum says “If he [Chavez Jr.] wins this fight, I’m going to put him in against Miguel Cotto. Cotto is a terrific fighter and he won’t be intimidated by Chavez’s name. Is Julio ready for a challenge like that? I don’t know. I think Freddie [Roach] thinks there’s a lot of potential there, and the last fight [Chavez's 12 round decision win over fringe middleweight contender John Duddy] was definitely a big step.”

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• Saul Alvarez Vs Lovemore Ndou — Unbeaten welterweight/light-middleweight sensation Saul Alvarez of Mexico will take another step up in class in his next fight, when he will meet the experienced Lovemore Ndou on December 4th in Mexico. The 20-year-old, 34-0-1(26) is coming off his impressive 6th-round KO of former welterweight king Carlos Baldomir.

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