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Boxing News And Updates In Brief For Friday 13^th January, 2012 For: Hot Ticket Sales For Brook vs Hatton, NSAC Revokes Casamayor’s Boxing License, Mayweather Only Wants Pacquiao, Arum Wants To Deal Directly With Mayweather, Brandon Gonzales Replaced, Adamek Says Rematch With Arreola Possible, WBA Orders Rematch Between Khan And Peterson, Burns Defends Title Against Moses, Negron Returns, Bukom Banku Returns, Salido-Lopez Rematch

• Hot Ticket Sales For Brook vs Hatton - Less than three days into the sale of Kell Brook’s fight with Matthew Hatton at the Motorpoint Arena Sheffield on March 17 and the ticket sales have smashed through the 5,000 barrier. Promoter Eddie Hearn announced the huge all-British Welterweight clash between Brook and Hatton on Wednesday afternoon and the phone lines at the Motorpoint Arena Sheffield and at Matchroom Sport have been buzzing ever since with fans snapping up tickets for the event. The Arena was set up for 9,000 fans but after the huge demand for tickets, it is likely that Hearn will open up the full capacity at some point next week.

• NSAC Revokes Casamayor’s Boxing License - The Nevada Athletic Commission has revoked the boxing license of former world champion Joel Casamayor after he tested positive for marijuana following his KO8 loss to Timothy Bradley last November. The 40-year-old Casamayor must pay a fine of $10,000 and may not request a new Nevada license for 12 months.

• Mayweather Only Wants Pacquiao - WBC welterweight champ Floyd Mayweather Jr. says he’s only targeting Manny Pacquiao right now and nobody else. In an interview at fighthype.com, Mayweather states that he doesn’t want Saul Alvarez, Miguel Cotto or a rematch against Juan Manuel Marquez. - Mayweather says he only wants Pacquiao and is wondering why the Filipino star is ducking him so badly. Mayweather also said his management are probably looking someone else for him to fight on May 5th, but he still prefers the Pacquiao fight.

• Arum Wants To Deal Directly With Mayweather - “Right now there’s no development,” Hall of Fame promoter Bob Arum told the Philippine Star in Manila. “Obviously we’re waiting to hear from the Mayweather people, but we’re prepared to do the fight in May. It will be late in May, but the problem remains the same in that no one from Mayweather’s side would guarantee his purse. I can only guarantee Manny’s purse, but if Floyd wants to make a deal with me then I’m open to that. I can guarantee his purse but I then I will have a share in his revenue.” Arum also told the paper that he needs to discuss an alternate opponent if the Mayweather fight doesn’t happen. - Meanwhile Pacquiao has stated the fight is no problem “as long as it’s a 50/50 split,” and both Arum and chief adviser Mike Koncz have ruled out the 17,000-seat MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, insisting on a special 40,000-seat temporary arena. - On the Mayweather front, Golden Boy has reportedly eliminated Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero from consideration as a possible Floyd opponent, should the Pacman fight not happen.

• Brandon Gonzales Replaced - Tom Brown, Goossen Tutor Promotions matchmaker, has added a special 8-round super featherweight attraction between two undefeated prospects Guy Robb (7-0, 3 KOs) and Joel Diaz Jr. (6-0, 5 KOs) after Brandon Gonzales pulled out of his January 20 fight against Caleb Truax due to a leg injury. The card, which will be held at the Pearl at Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, Nev. and broadcast on SHOWTIME, is headlined by a world title bout between WBA super bantamweight world champion Rico Ramos (20-0, 11 KOs), who takes on WBA interim champion and two-time Olympic gold medalist Guillermo Rigondeaux (8-0, 6 KOs). Opening the ShoBox telecast, undefeated Matthew Villanueva (6-0-1, 6 KOs) will fight Mike Ruiz (8-1-1, 3 KOs) in an 8-round junior bantamweight bout.

• Adamek Says Rematch With Arreola Possible - In an interview with the Polish Times, Former two division world champion Tomasz Adamek (44-2, 28KOs) said he is not ruling out a rematch with Chris Arreola (34-2, 29KOs). Adamek won a twelve round majority decision over Arreola in April 2010. It was one of the more exciting heavyweight encounters in the last few years. Adamek plans to return in March, but then he wants to land a televised opportunity on HBO. If the network requests a rematch with Arreola, Adamek is ready to fight.

• WBA Orders Rematch Between Khan And Peterson - The World Boxing Association has decided to order an immediate rematch between Khan and the current IBFWBA light welterweight champion Lamont Peterson (30-1-1, 15 KO’s). This comes after Khan was beaten by Peterson on December 10th by a 12 round split decision in a fight where Khan was docked two points for pushing off. Khan and his promoters from Golden Boy filed an expensive appeal after the fight, pointing to the point deductions, which they felt was needless and scoring problems and the presence of the mystery man, Mustafa Ameen, who was seen sitting and talking with WBA supervisor Michael Welsh during the fight. Ameen should not have been permitted to sit with Welsh during the fight, says Golden Boy.

• Burns Defends Title Against Moses - WBO interim lightweight champion Ricky Burns will make his first defense of his belt against former WBA champion Paulus Moses on March 10 at the Braehead Arena in Glasgow, Scotland. Burns, who became Scotland’s first two-weight world champion in twenty years when he sensationally defeated Michael Katsidis last year, makes the first defence of the title on home soil after a year on the road.

• Negron Returns - Carlos Negron (13-1 and 9KOs) will reprise his career in 2012 by returning to the cruiserweight division, where the fighter hopes become world champion while promising to train in the United States in order to secure better sparring. Negron, standing at 6’6, admits that despite his height, his physique is not the traditional full-span of a heavyweight, which leaves him at a disadvantage against the ‘mastodons’ weighing 240 pounds onwards. “I felt like I was inflated. I will return on February 3 at a function in San Sebastian (Puerto Rico) at 200 pounds. In addition, there are plans to train in U.S. for sparring and to further develop myself as a boxer.

• Bukom Banku Returns - World Boxing Organization (WBO) African boxer of the year Braimah Kamoko AKA Bukom Banku makes a return to the ring on February 25 when he makes a defence of his WBO Africa Light heavyweight belt against Kenyan Hamza Wandera in Accra. Victory for the unbeaten Kamoko, 22-0, 16 KOs will move him closer to a fight against world champion Nathan Cleverly later in the year. Banku’s fight is the headliner of the first promotion of the year in Ghana put up by Golden Mike Boxing Promotions led by CEO Mike Tetteh slated for the plush Accra International Conference Centre.

• Salido-Lopez Rematch - The rematch between World Boxing Organization (WBO) featherweight champion Orlando Salido (37-11-2, 25 KO’s) and Juan Manuel Lopez (31-1, 28 KO’s) will be taking place on March 10th at the Coliseo Roberto Clemente, in San Juan, Puerto Rico. This will be another home fight for the 28-year-old Lopez despite the fact that he was badly beaten and stopped in the 8th round last time he fought the 31-year-old Salido last year in April 2011.

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Latest Boxing News in Brief for: Australian Boxing: Caparello, Delic and Singh, Carl Froch vs Glen Johnson, Former lightweight champion Juan Diaz, Golovkin vs N’Jikam, Hanna Gabriel vs. Melisenda Perez, Keb-Hernandez signed, Marco “Captain” Huck, Middleweight contender Benjamin Simon, Mijares for May defense, Ohashi regains OPBF 122lb belt, Samuel Peter vs. Robert Helenius, Vassell defeats Ushona, Yuriorkis Gamboa

• Australian Boxing: Caparello, Delic and Singh - This Friday 1 April 2024 sees an action packed night of boxing at the Malvern Town Hall, Melbourne, Australia featuring a number of leading fighters on the domestic scene. Headlining the night is undefeated light heavyweight Blake Caparello (6-0-1, 2 KOs), fresh off his points decision victory in a winner takes all bout over Michael Bolling earlier this month. Caparello, who has fast established his name as one of the premier light heavyweights in the country, will take on Thai Komgrit Nanakorn (16-15, 6 KOs) over 10 rounds.

• Yuriorkis Gamboa (20-0, 16 KOs) successfully defended his WBA featherweight title with a fourth round destruction of Jorge Solis (40-3-2, 29 KOs) on Saturday night in front of a packed house at the Boardwalk Hall’s Adrian Phillips Ballroom in Atlantic City, New Jersey. In the co-feature, Miguel Angel Garcia (25-0, 21 KOs) took the NABF and NABO featherweight titles after fellow contender Matt Remillard (23-1, 13 KOs) could not answer the bell for the eleventh round of their scheduled twelve round bout.

• Former lightweight champion Juan Diaz (35-4, 17 KO’s) reportedly plans on giving it another shot at resurrecting his career and hopefully capturing another title before he hangs it up. Only 27, Diaz, has lost four out of his last six fights and looked pretty unremarkable in all of the fights. He wants to take on some of the top fighters in the division like Michael Katsidis, Roberto Guerrero, Humberto Soto or Urbano Antillon.

• Samuel Peter vs. Robert Helenius - Former WBC heavyweight champion Samuel Peter (34-4, 27 KO’s) has a make or break fight on Saturday against unbeaten 6’6″ German based contender Robert Helenius (14-0, 9 KO’s) at the Gerry Weber Stadium, Halle, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. Helenius, ranked #7 IBF, #7 WBO and #11 WBA, is fighter with the same height and reach as the Klitschko brothers, both of which beat Peter in the past.

• Vassell defeats Ushona - Unbeaten Commonwealth welterweight champion Denton Vassell (17-0, 9 KO’s) successfully defended his title for the first time on Saturday night beating 29-year-old challenger Bethuel Ushona (23-1, 8 KO’s) by a 12 round unanimous decision at the Robin Park Centre, in Wigan, Lancashire. The final judges’ scores were 118-111, 117-113, and 117-112.

• Mijares for May defense - Mexican star Cristian Mijares is expected to defend his IBF super flyweight world crown on May 14 in Ciudad Obregon, Sonora, against a challenger to be named. This would be a voluntary defense, although sources say Mijares may want to go straight to official IBF challenger Raul ‘The Cobra’ Martinez (28-1, 16 KOs), who earned the title shot by winning an eliminator against Mexican Rodrigo Guerrero. Frenchman Malik Bouziane (13-1-1, 1 KO) had previously been mentioned for the first defense of Mijares, who won the belt in December against compatriot Juan Alberto Rosas.

• Keb-Hernandez signed - The bout between current champion Gilberto Keb Baas, of Yucatan, and his challenger Adrian “The Confessor” Hernandez, of the State of Mexico, will be held on April 30th in a venue in the State of Mexico to be announced in a few days. The agreement was reached by the representatives to the aforementioned fighters, Pepe Gomez representing the champion, and Salvador Briman, representing the official challenger and fighter who is ranked number one in the division by the WBC. The details of the signed contract will be announced soon.

• Ohashi regains OPBF 122lb belt - Former OPBF super-bantam champ, WBC#14 Hiromasa Ohashi (24-9-3, 15 KOs), 121.5, regained the OPBF belt when he barely pounded out a split decision over OPBF#2 Filipino national titlist Jhunriel Ramonal (9-3-1, 6 KOs), 121.75, over twelve hard-fought rounds on Sunday in Kariya, Japan. - Scores: Referee Wansoo Yuh (Korea) 117-111 and judge Yuji Fukuchi (Japan) 115-113, both for Ohashi, and Delbert Peligrino (Philippines) 115-114 for Ramonal.

• Hanna Gabriel vs. Melisenda Perez - Sampson Boxing LLC President, Sampson Lewkowicz announced from Las Vegas, Nevada the privilege of hosting the REMATCH boxing event scheduled for Thursday, March, 31 2011 at the inauguration week of the Costa Rica National Stadium in San Jose, Costa Rica. In the main event, undefeated WBO Jr. Middleweight Champion from Costa Rica, Hanna Gabriel vs. (Mexican) pugilist Melisenda Perez. The rematch was born as a promise between the two pugilists after an exciting first bout. Sampson stated: “I’m proud to be part of the festivities in Costa Rica that would not have been made possible without the support & loyalty of Manager/Cousin Kathy Sanchez Cunningham as well as Ezequiel Obando, Trainer of Hanna Gabriel.”

• Carl Froch vs Glen Johnson - The second “Super Six” semi-final, between WBC 168-pound champ Carl Froch and ageless wonder Glen Johnson, will go ahead on June 4th at Atlantic City, New Jersey. Originally looking like going ahead on May 21st, the new date will allow both boxers a little extra time in which to prepare for what could well be an extremely hard night’s work for both fighters.

• Marco “Captain” Huck will defend his WBO Cruiserweight Title against Ran Nakash on April 2. After Giacobbe Fragomeni pulled out due to a cut injury from sparring, Huck (31-1, 23 KOs) will now make his sixth defence against the unbeaten challenger from Israel (25-0, 18 KOs). “I don´t care about the late change,” Huck said. “It will not exactly be a walk in the park, but as the world champion, I will find a way to deal with it. I will be prepared for Nakash and I will defeat him just like I defeat anybody who wants to take the belt away from me.

• Golovkin vs N’Jikam - According to Oleg Hermann, manager of sparkling Kazakh middleweight banger Gennady Golovkin (20-0, 17 KOs), his protégé will fight Hassan N’Dam N’Jikam (25-0, 17 KOs) of France in his next outing. A thrilling clash between two undefeated prospects will also be a partial unification of the WBA title: N’Jikam, 27, is the WBA interim champion, and the former amateur superstar Golovkin, 28, holds the “regular” title. Quotes are necessary as the World Boxing Association not-so-surprisingly has three beltholders in this particular weight class. The “super” title belongs to German stalwart Felix Strum (35-2-1, 15 KOs), 32.

• Middleweight contender Benjamin Simon suffered a serious hand injury in the last week of sparring for his IBF elimination bout against Sam Soliman (scheduled for April 1st in Berlin). “The capsule of Simon’s left hand is bruised with odema in tenderparts and an intraarticular haematom“, said Dr. med. Robert Stelzer adding that Simon will be out of training – and fighting, of course – for „at least 6 – 8 weeks“. “Iron Ben“ recognized that something was wrong when he had to stop training due to a terrible pain in his left hand followed by an immediate swelling. Still the IBF intercontinental champion was shocked when he heard the diagnosis: “This is simply terrible“, says Simon. „I had hoped that they can do something to make sure that I can fight. I am in perfect shape and very well prepared for Soliman. I want this fight. This is my big chance.“ Simon’s trainer and manager Robert Rolle adds, “Of course, this is a shock for Ben. I will do my best to help him deal with this injury. This is sport. Injuries can happen any time. It’s a pity because I am sure that Ben would have knocked Soliman out which would have taken us one step closer to challenging IBF champion Sebastian Sylvester. But there’s nothing we can do about it at the moment. We hope that the hand heals as fast as possible so we can find a new date for the fight against Soliman.“ (Source Boxing Scene)
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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.”

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Latest Boxing News in Brief – Monday 24^th January for: “Ali – Frazier” award, Charles defeats Vasquez, Chavez vs. Lyell, Diego Magdaleno, Evander “The Real Deal” Holyfield, Freddie Roach, Gamboa vs. Solis, Jose Antonio Rivera, Juan Carlos Reveco, Martinez ‘Fighter of Year’, Oquendo destroys Santos

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• Gamboa vs. Solis - WBA Super World/IBF featherweight champion Yuriorkis Gamboa (19-0, 15 KO’s) will be taking on WBA interim super featherweight champion Jorge Solis (40-2-2, 29 KO’s) on March 26th at the Boardwalk Hall, in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

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• Chavez vs. Lyell - Unbeaten middleweight contender Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (41-0-1, 30 KO’s) is probably facing the best opponent of his eight year pro career this Saturday night against 26-year-old Billy Lyell (22-8, 4 KO’s) at the Estadio Banorte, Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico. Chavez, 24, has effectively been filling in for not having much of an amateur career by extending his time facing B and C level fighters.

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• Comeback Jose Antonio Rivera. The Pride of Worcester, Massachusetts. 37-year-old former WBA World Light Middleweight Champion, and former WBA World Welterweight Champion. - After his retirement in 2008, with a professional record of 39 wins, against 6 losses, 1 draw and 24 knock outs, “El Gallo” has kept his guard up, as a Security Officer for the Worcester Housing Court - Rivera Returns on April 9th fight against a yet to be named opponent, on a boxing card promoted by Isperduli’s Paxton Promotions.

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• The WBA has affirmed that light flyweight champion Juan Carlos Reveco will continue to be recognized as champion for the moment. Reveco, who has been involved in a managerial dispute, is long overdue for a title defense and fought a non-title bout against WBA rules. “Everyone should be given the chance they deserve to seek justice,” stated WBA executive vice-president Gilberto Jesus Mendoza. He explained that Reveco will be asked to explain his actions, “and then the matter will be put to a vote.” He added that these “were flagrant violations,” and the process will take about a week. — Mendoza also clarified the situation involving former champion and #1 rated featherweight Celestino “Pelenchin” Knight, saying that Caballero is not the mandatory challenger. “The regulation is clear, and until the Committee acts, he isn’t the mandatory.

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Saturday night’s title fight between Evander “The Real Deal” Holyfield and Sherman “Tank” Williams abruptly ended after three rounds due to a cut over Holyfield’s left eye that he suffered in the second round. Holyfield was unable to continue after three and the fight was declared a no contest because the cut was caused by an accidental head butt and the fight didn’t go minimum four rounds.

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• Charles defeats Vasquez - Osnel Charles (6-2) withstood a late surge by Victor Vasquez (12-5-1, 6 KOs) to win a majority decision in the six round lightweight main event Saturday night at Harrah’s Casino and Racetrack in Chester, Pennsylvania. In the co-feature, Zeferino Albino (4-12-2, 2 KOs) stopped “Big” John Poore (21-5, 18 KOs) after two completed rounds of a scheduled four round cruiserweight bout. The seven-bout card, which drew a standing-room-only crowd, was promoted by Joey Eye Boxing Promotions in association with David Feldman. It was the first-ever boxing event at the venue.

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• BWAA: Martinez ‘Fighter of Year’ - For Sergio Martinez, 2010 was a year to remember. He started by winning the world middleweight title from Kelly Pavlik, then successfully defended it with a sensational one-punch knockout of Paul Williams. As a result of Martinez’s success, the Boxing Writers Association of America have voted him recipient of the “Sugar Ray Robinson Fighter of the Year” award. Martinez becomes the second boxer from Argentina to receive this prestigious honor, the first being Carlos Monzon in 1972.

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• BWAA Awards - Freddie Roach maintained his perennial position as the “Trainer of the Year.” Roach won the for the third year in a row and fifth time overall. The award has always had special meaning for Roach as it is named after his mentor Eddie Futch.

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• BWAA Awards - “Ali – Frazier” award for “Fight of the Year.” - Amir Khan and Marcos Maidana. For the intensity and fury shown in December, when Amir Khan was pushed to the limit in winning a unanimous 12-round decision over Marcos Maidana.

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• BWAA Awards - Robert Guerrero had put his career on hold to deal with his wife Casey’s health issues. With her Leukemia in remission, Guerrero made a successful return to the ring. How he coped with the situation impressed the BWAA electorate who voted him the “Crawford” award for “Courage in Overcoming Adversity.”

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• Oquendo destroys Santos - In a clash for the NABO title on Saturday night at the Bayamón Correctional Complex 1072 in Bayamón, Puerto Rico, super bantamweight Jonathan Oquendo (21-2, 14 KOs) won by KO when he sent Cecilio Santos (25-17-3, 15 KOs) to the canvas with a body punch in the first round and Santos didn’t beat the count. Time was 2:46.

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Diego Magdaleno - The Dallas Event Center at the Texas Station Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas on Saturday night featured a sold-out crowd. Magdaleno did not disappoint the raucous hometown crowd of 1505 in one of his most impressive performances to date. One of Top Rank’s fast rising stars captured the title and again showcased a more punishing demeanor as he earned a resounding fifth round TKO victory and claimed the title while improving to 18-0 with his 6th knockout.

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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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