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• Manny Pacquiao’s strength and conditioning coach, Alex Ariza, about Pacquiao – Margarito - Ariza doesn’t think Margarito will last more than eight rounds against Pacquiao

In an article by writer Ronnie Nathanielsz at www.inquirer.net, Ariza says “Once we are done preparing Manny - for fight night, I don’t see Margarito lasting more than eight rounds. I really don’t. I don’t think he’ll be able to take Manny’s power. And as far as Margarito pushing him, I think it’s going to be Manny pushing him.”

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• WBA world heavyweight champion David Haye has responded to a YouTube video posted by title challenger Audley Harrison, and claimed his fellow Londoner needs to “bring an axe” when the pair swap blows on November 13 in Manchester, live on Sky Sports HD.

Harrison recorded and published a video on Monday, featuring footage of him preparing for an uphill run at his Big Bear training camp in California, armed with an axe for protection..

Harrison- “It’s six o’clock in the morning and we’re here on the track to do a 45-minute uphill run,” explained Harrison in the video. “We are 7,500-feet above sea level, and you don’t get this in London where David Haye is training - coming out of his posh palace and going down to his gym.

“This is the mountains. I’ve got an axe – it ain’t for David Haye, it’s for the bears. We’re in the wilderness and we ain’t playing. David Haye better be ready for a serious, serious fight. We are as serious as a heart attack.”

Before setting out on his run, Harrison revealed an axe in his pocket

Haye- “We’re going to contact the British Boxing Board of Control (BBBC) and request that Audley be allowed to use the axe in the ring on November 13,” responded Haye - “I’m deadly serious about this. At least if Audley has an axe in his left hand, I might have something to look out for. Even with an axe in his hand, Audley doesn’t stand a chance. What good is an axe if you’re too scared to throw it? - “It’s a shame he couldn’t have used the axe to cut through the rubbish that has been coming out of his mouth recently.”

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• Paulie “Magic Man” Malignaggi — announced that an agreement has been reached to promote former World Champion Paulie “Magic Man” Malignaggi. Malignaggi, who will begin his assault on the welterweight division under the Golden Boy banner, will also serve as one of the company’s “ambassadors” to New York, assisting in the promotion of events in his hometown in conjunction with Golden Boy’s recently announced deal with The Barclays Center in Brooklyn.

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• Amir Khan — WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (23-1, 17 KO’s) will be defending his title against the hard-hitting knockout artist Marcos Maidana (29-1, 27 KO’s) on December 11th, at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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• Former World Champion Paul Williams (39-1, 27 KO) and reigning World Boxing Council (WBC) Sergio Martinez (45-2-2, 24 KO) shared their thoughts on their scheduled fight that is to take place on Saturday, November 20, at Atlantic City’s Boardwalk Hall.

As the main event of the evening, Sergio “Maravilla” Martinez will defend his title against Paul “The Punisher” Williams in a rematch of their December 5, 2023 which had both fighters knocked down in round one and Williams winning by majority decision after twelve balanced rounds.

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• Roy Jones Jr. — On October 7th, boxing great Roy Jones Jr. (54-7, 40 KO’s) will resume his sinking career against little known fighter Danny Santiago (31-4-1, 19 KO’s) in a scheduled 10 round bout at the Civic Center, in Pensacola, Florida. Santiago should be weak enough for the 41-year-old Jones to end his two-fight losing streak and finally get a win.

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• Juan Carlos Gomez available to take on Wladimir Klitschko — If IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (55-3, 49 KOs’s) still hasn’t found an opponent for his next fight in December, 37-year-old former World Boxing Council cruiserweight champion Juan Carlos Gomez (48-2, 36 KO’s), is interested and has sent out a press release today saying he’s available to fight the 34-year-old Wladimir next in December.

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• Zappavigna to face Kim — Unbeaten lightweight Lenny Zappavigna (24-0, 16 KOs) will be in action against former world title challenger Ji-Hoon Kim (21-6, 18 KOs) in an IBF eliminator at the Olympic Park Sports Center, Homebush, Sydney, NSW, Australia on October 31. On the same show, American-based Russian and former IBF 154 pound champion Roman Karmazin (40-3-2, 26 KOs) will clash with Daniel Geale (23-1, 14 KOs) in an IBF middleweight eliminator.

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• Top trainer Freddie Roach is featured in the October issue of Playboy (on newsstands now). The feature—The Un-stompable Roach—talks about how Roach grew up among a family of fighters (including his mother, who was New England’s first female boxing judge) and went on to become a fighter. Says Roach of his childhood: “Tough household…She broke up one of our fights with an aluminum baseball bat. Hit my brother over the head with it twice—clang, clang!” Roach’s career as a boxer in Las Vegas is detailed in the article as well as his other thoughts/experiences as a trainer. Roach is currently best-known as a trainer to Manny Pacquiao. In the article, he talks about how Manny could defeat Floyd Mayweather.

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• 28 September the final press conference was held in Panama City for Saturday’s big WBA KO Drugs XXII boxing night festival at the Roberto Duran Arena featuring 14 fights. WBA executive vice president Gilberto Jesus Mendoza and Rogelio Espino of Promotions y Eventos del Istmo have combined efforts for this event, which will include boxers from Mexico, Thailand, Puerto Rico, Uzbekistan, Argentina, Venezuela, Argentina, Colombia, Nicaragua, United States, Russia and Panama. Panama will be the world boxing Capital this weekend.

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• Barrios Vs Alcorr — Former WBO super featherweight champion Jorge “La Hiena” Barrios (49-4-1, 35 KOs), currently world ranked #11 in the lightweight division, will now face Wilson Alcorro (26-12-3 , 17 KOs) on Friday night in Corrientes, Argentina. The bout will be televised on Telefutura’s “Solo Boxeo” series.
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Boxing news For: John Nolasco, Andy Murray, Amir Khan, Marcos Maidana, Saul “Canelo” Alvarez, “Sugar” Shane Mosley, Amir Khan, Ricky Hatton, Julio Cesar Chavez, Martinez, Paul Williams, Krzysztof Wlodarczyk, Jason Robinson, Freddy Hernandez, Ramon “Principe” Garcia, Manuel “Chango” Vargas.

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• John Nolasco is set to take on Andy Murray — The green light was finally given for the fight between European lightweight champion Andy Murray (21-0, 12 KOs) and his dangerous Dominican rival John Nolasco (18-4-4, 8 KOs). Indeed, the Irish Embassy in Washington DC finally gave Nolasco the visa to travel to Ireland where he will clash with Murray in Letterkeny on October 2nd after over three weeks of uncertainty. Nolasco is excited by the fact that Murray who has never fought a Latin boxer. “This will be a fight between a man and a boy,” said the 34-year-old Dominican, “the man is me and I’m going to give the boy – Murray – a good spanking. His record is pretty enough but he has never faced the kind of opposition I have faced.”

Rafael Lantigua, Nolasco’s new manager said, “Johnny is finally going to fulfill his promise as a pro when he beats Andy Murray in Ireland come October 2nd. His skills are intact and so is his physique. All he needs now is to take advantage of this opportunity and beat that young man. And that is just what he’s going to do.”

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• Amir Khan Vs Marcos Maidana – December 11 — WBA Super Lightweight World Champion Amir “King” Khan and WBA Super Lightweight Interim World Champion Marcos “Chino” Maidana in a press conference on September 23, 2024 in London, announced officialy their December 11, 2023 world title fight at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada which will be televised live on HBO’s World Championship Boxing.

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• Saul “Canelo” Alvarez going up & “Sugar” Shane Mosley on his way out says Sulaiman. — After Mosley’s two recent performances, against Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Sergio Mora, WBC President Jose Sulaiman thinks the former three division champion is on his way out, and Alvarez is starting to become a force. Both Alvarez and Mosley are promoted by Golden Boy Promotions. Within two or three fights, Sulaiman said Alvarez will be ready for a major title shot.

“Mosley is on his way out, and ‘Canelo’ is coming in. But ‘Canelo’ is still two or three fights away before he’s ready to fight for a world title,” Sulaiman said.

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• Amir Khan on Ricky Hatton – Decision of the “British Boxing Board of Control” too harsh. — During a Thursday hearing, the BBBoC stripped Hatton of his license to box and his license as a boxing manager.

The BBBoC allowed him to keep his license as a promoter. Hatton runs regular shows in the UK with his Hatton Promotions company. Hatton was punished for the recent video which showed him snorting several lines of cocaine. The Manchester fighter has since entered a rehab to clean up his life.

Khan speaking to ESPN UK.said ”I bet there are footballers and cricketers who have done the same silly things, made the same mistakes as Ricky but they are still playing their sports,” - “It all seems very harsh and it makes the situation around Ricky look 100 times worse than it is. It’s a real shame what happened and I am 100 percent behind him.”

“He knows he has done wrong, the likes of Ricky and Joe Calzaghe know they have done wrong. After a few drinks we might all do stupid things” said Khan.

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• Julio Cesar Chavez Jr could face winner of the Sergio Martinez-Paul Williams fight. — WBC President Jose Sulaiman has stated that Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. could easily get the opportunity for a mandatory shot at the winner of the Sergio Martinez-Paul Williams rematch, which takes place on November 20 in Atlantic City. Chavez is the WBC’s silver champion at the weight. He defends that interim-type title on December 4 against Alfonso Gomez.

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• Krzysztof Wlodarczyk Vs Jason Robinson — On Saturday 25 September, the Polish Cruiser weight Krzysztof Wlodarczyk will defend his WBC World title against the American boxer Jason Robinson at the - Torwar Sport Hall, Warsaw, Poland.

Robison is the current NABF cruiserweight champion which he took last April by defeating John McClain by a UD decision.

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• Freddy Hernandez — According to BoxingScene, Multiple sources in Mexico are reporting that Freddy Hernandez (29-1, 20KOs) is under serious consideration to fight WBC welterweight champion Andre Berto (26-0, 20KOs) on November 27. Hernandez returned last week to stop Mike Anchondo in four rounds. Hernandez has not been beaten since a split decision loss to Golden Johnson in 2005.

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• Garcia, Vargas both predict victories at Top Rank Press Conference. - Thursday in Tijuana, current world champion Ramon “Principe” Garcia and former world champion, Manuel “Chango” Vargas both predicted a victory when they clash this Saturday 25 September at the Foro in Tijuana in a battle for the WBO Interim junior flyweight championship in the main event of “Top Rank Live” that will be televised in the United State by Fox Sports Espanol. With no clear favorite in this fight, Guillermo Brito of Zanfer Promotions said he expected a fight of the year type battle from the young champion Ramón “Príncipe” García Hirales (13-1-1, 8 KOs) of Ensenada and the very experience Manuel “Chango” Vargs (28-5-1, 13 KOs) of Lagos de Moreno, Jalisco.

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• Mercito “No Mercy” Gesta face tough test — In his next step towards a world title, unbeaten WBO Youth lightweight champion Mercito “No Mercy” Gesta (19-0-1, 9KOs) takes on the rugged Ivan “Relampago” Valle (28-9-3, 24KO) at the Four Points Sheraton Hotel in his hometown of San Diego, CA on Friday, October 22nd. The eight round main event will be televised live by Telefutura’s “Solo Boxeo Tecate” broadcast and presented by Don Chargin Promotions with Jorge Marron Productions in association with Golden Boy Promotions and Bobby D. Presents.

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Miguel Cotto / “Boxeo Boricua in Salinas” — Promoter and world champ Miguel Cotto, together with Héctor Soto, announced their famous Puerto Rican series, “Boxeo Boricua in Salinas” coming up this Saturday, September 25 at the Angel “Cholo” Espada Coliseum in Salinas today. The heavyweight contender, Victor Bisbal (17-1, 12 KOs) will fight Brock Stodden (18-16-1, 9 KOs) while junior lightweight sensation Marcos “El Tigre” Jiménez (16-2, 10 KOs) will make his come back fight against veteran warrior Robert Daluz (13-30-3, 9 KOs). Juan “El Puma” González (9-0,8 KOs), Abner “Pin” Cotto (8-0,4 KOs) and Jonathan “Pitbull” Vidal (11-0,7 KOs) will also be fighting.

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• Junior lightweight Humberto Gutierrez (27-2-1, 20 KOs) will now face Rene ‘Chirizo’ Gonzalez (27-2-1, 21 KOs) in the TV-opener on Saturday’s “Top Rank Live!” telecast on Fox Sports Espanol. The main event is a WBO interim light flyweight championship clash between beltholder Ramon Garcia (13-1-1, 8 KOs) and Manuel Vargas (28-5-1, 13 KOs).

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• Kelly Pavlik — By James Slater - When it was announced that former middleweight king Kelly Pavlik had been added to the November 13th card topped by Manny Pacquiao-Antonio Margarito, the fans cheered. When it was announced who the opponent would be - Haiti’s Daniel Edouard - the fans booed. No real disrespect was aimed at “The Haitian Sensation,” it was just that a more visible name was what the fans wanted to see “The Ghost” going up against in his first fight back since that tough loss to Sergio Martinez.

Well, as ESPN.com’s Dan Rafael reported a few days back, Edouard is now out for Nov.13th and Team-Pavlik are looking for a replacement. Today, via his Twitter page on ESPN.com, Rafael has reported how tough, durable and world class Giovanni Lorenzo is the fighter Pavlik’s gang have contacted about the date going free in November. (Source: EastSide Boxing).

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• Sergio Martinez Vs. Paul Williams II — The rematch of 2009’s Fight of The Year, Sergio Martinez Vs. Paul Williams II. All signed and sealed for November 20th, the potential barnburner will take place at The Boardwalk in Atlantic City, the scene of the first fight between the Argentine and the man from Georgia, USA.

According to ESPN.com, the fight will be for Martinez’ world middleweight title, but the two fighters have agreed to meet at a catch-weight of 157-pounds.

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• Degale counter offer — Hayemaker Boxing have made a counter-offer to James Degale for a Commonwealth title challenge against champion George Groves in December.

Adam Booth for Hayemaker Boxing made the counter-offer to promoter Frank Warren this morning (Tuesday) at 11.08 a.m, and insists the purse involved was substantially more than the one received from Warren on Monday afternoon.

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• Miguel Vazquez — According to BoxingScene Miguel Vazquez’s (26-3) first IBF lightweight title defense may come against Philadelphia’s “Hammerin’” Hank Lundy (19-1).

Vazquez won the vacant title when he defeated Ji-Hoon Kim via unanimous decision in Laredo, Texas in August.

Lundy suffered his first pro defeat when he lost via TKO to John Molina in July. Lundy bounced back in a big way by routing Omri Lowther 6 weeks later. He accepted the fight with less than a week’s notice and won 100-90 on two scorecard and 98-92 on the other scorecard.

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• Golden Boy Promotions — On Tuesday, Golden Boy Promotions filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court of Nevada against Top Rank Promotions, Top Rank CEO, Bob Arum, and Top Rank CFO David Lopez, accusing the duo of racketeering and fraud and seeking damages in the range of $3 to $5 million plus attorneys fees related to money generated from three Manny Pacquiao fights.

In accordance with a settlement between the two companies in 2007, Golden Boy owns a percentage of Pacquiao’s promotional contract. In the legal papers, Golden Boy claims their company is owed millions of dollars from Pacquiao’s 2008 lightweight title bout against David Diaz, his 2009 welterweight title bout against Miguel Cotto and his March welterweight title defense against Joshua Clottey. Golden Boy claims further, that Top Rank has often failed to report revenue from Pacquiao’s fights and falsely inflated expenses to avoid paying their company the agreed upon percentage from their 2007 settlement.

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• Unbeaten Isaac Rodrigues (17-0, 13 KOs) will face hard-hitting Samuel Miller (20-4, 17 KOs) on Saturday, October 2 in the Event Center at Turning Stone Resort and Casino in Verona, NY in a twelve round middleweight bout. At stake will be the vacant WBC USNBC middleweight title.

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• Nazareno dethrones Manfa — PABA#3 super light Dan Nazareno Jr. (14-4,10 KOs) celebrated his 21st birthday with his surprise victory over Manfa Looksaikongdin (16-8,11 KOs) to capture the PABA super lightweight title on Monday 19 September at Countryhome Village in Pak-hai, Ayutthaya, Thailand. The new champion made a good start as he floored the Thai fighter with a right straight in the opening round. The game turned to Manfa from round three when he landed vicious bodyshots which almost dropped the Filipino many times in rounds four and five. But the action was unexpectedly finished in round six as Nazareno surprisingly attacked the Thai fighter, dropping his foe with a vicious left hook and then displaying one-side assault to destroy the now former champion at the early of round six.

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Garcia Vs Arnaoutis — On October 8th, undefeated jr welterweight Danny “Swift” Garcia (18-0, 12 KOs) will take on his toughest challenger to date when he battles former world title challenger, “Mighty” Mike Arnaoutis (22-6-2, 10 KOs) in a ten rounder at The Arena (Formally The New Alhambra) in South Philadelphia. The co-feature will showcase undefeated lightweight Michael Perez (9-0-1, 4 KOs) in a six round bout. Also, Anthony Flores (9-1-1, 6 KOs) will see action in an eight round super featherweight bout and lightweight Victor Vasquez (11-4-1, 6 KO’s) will take on Edward Valdez (3-8-2) in a six round bout.

Juan Carlos Burgos for world title fight — unbeaten #1 rated WBC featherweight Juan Carlos Burgos (25-0, 18 KOs) of Tijuana, Mexico will get his long awaited opportunity at a world title. Burgos will take on former world champion Hozumi Hasegawa (28-3, 12 KOs) of Japan November 26 in Tokyo, Japan for the WBC featherweight title.

On the Ropes Boxing Radio — This week’s 91st edition of On the Ropes Boxing Radio featured an exclusive interview with former two-time WBO welterweight champion Paul Williams (39-1, 27 KOs) who is expected to have a rematch with WBC/WBO middleweight champion Sergio Martinez (45-2-2, 24 KOs). When these two first met in December of last year, Williams was awarded closely contested majority decision in a fight many fans felt could have gone either way. Williams spoke about that fight and reflected back on various moments of his career as well as his future plans. He also provided opinions and views on a variety of other topics pertaining to the current boxing landscape. Here are some excerpts from that interview: (Source – Eastside)

On rumors that he will be having a rematch against WBC/WBO middleweight champion Sergio Martinez:

“As much as I know the fight is going to be November 20. That’s all I know so far. I’m excited to get back in there and do what I got to do.”

‘What Do You Fight For?’ - Everlast, the premier fight sports and fitness brand in the world, today announced Kim Brylow as the winner of their global ‘What Do You Fight For?’ philanthropic social movement and contest. For her brave story of twice fighting and overcoming triple negative breast cancer, Kim will receive $5,000, which she is donating to the Triple Negative Breast Cancer Foundation, and a VIP trip for her and one guest to the Sergio Mora – Shane Mosley fight at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, CA. on September 18th.

Brian “The Beast” Minto — Former heavyweight contender and WBO cruiserweight title challenger Brian “The Beast” Minto (34-4) returns to the ring on Friday October 29th at Ghost Riders’ Entertainment Complex in Minto’s hometown of Butler, Pennsylvania. Minto will face Corey “The Cobra” Phelps (13-6-1) in the ten round main event for the vacant WBC Continental-Americas cruiserweight title. The Beast has lost consecutively to heavyweight contender Chris Arreola (29-2) and WBO cruiser champ Marco Huck (30-1).

Enzo Maccarinelli, — the former WBO cruiserweight champion, says he is feeling like his old self ahead of this Saturday night’s showdown with the undefeated and highly touted Alexander Frenkel. The exciting Welshman will clash with the Ukrainian on the exciting “Magnificent Seven” bill being promoted by Frank Warren in Birmingham (and available on Sky Sports Box Office), and the cruiserweight clash, for Macca’s European title, might be one of the best of the large number of top bouts taking place.

Jean Pascal Vs Bernard Hopkins — According to Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer, and Canadian promoter Yvon Michel, the contracts for the light heavyweight title fight between Jean Pascal and Bernard Hopkins have been finalized, and the signatures are on their way. The fight is scheduled to happen on December 18, likely at the Pepsi Colesium in Quebec City, Canada.

Kendall Holt To Fight On October 15 — Holt, coming off back to back losses against Timothy Bradley and Kaizer Mabuza, will be back in action on the Tarver-Aguilera undercard. Holt has a new manager - Giants’ running back Brandon Jacobs - who is a bit more reputable than the old one.

Willie Casey-Kiko Martinez Finalized For November 6 — days after winning the European super bantamweight title, Spaniard Kiko Martinez has signed to fight yet another Irishman, Willie Casey. Casey really has no notable wins outside of winning this summer’s Prizefighter tournament at the weight, and is very inexperienced at only 10-0.

Marcos Rene Maidana — According to FanHouse Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer said that a Sept. 21 purse bid request has been granted for WBA interim junior welterweight (140 pounds) champion Marcos Rene Maidana of Argentina in his scheduled, Dec. 11 bout against WBA king Amir Khan of England at the behest of Maidana.

Maidana (29-1, 27 knockouts) had been unhappy with the financial terms being asked for by Khan (23-1, 17 KOs), for whom Maidana is the mandatory challenger.

In accordance with WBA rules, Maidana was granted his request for a purse bid, which would award a split of 55-to-45 in favor of Khan and take place at the organization’s offices in Panama.

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