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Global Boxing News Updates – 30^th May 2012 For: Tavoris Cloud vs Jean Pascal, WBC middleweight world champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., Ricky Hatton & Steve Bunce on Primetime, IBO cruiserweight kingpin Antonio “Magic Man” Tarver, Martinez comments on Williams accident, Hatton predicts Pacquiao victory, Archie Solis Requires More Surgery

• Tavoris Cloud vs Jean Pascal - A light heavyweight world championship showdown-potentially the division’s best matchup in years between two young fighters in their prime-has been confirmed for Saturday, Aug. 11, at Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada, when undefeated International Boxing Federation (IBF) light heavyweight champion Tavoris Cloud (24-0, 19 KOs), of Tallahassee, Fla., defends his title against popular hometown favorite and former World Boxing Council (WBC) light heavyweight titleholder Jean Pascal (26-2-1, 16 KOs) on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING live on SHOWTIME.

• WBC middleweight world champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. has started his own boxing promotions company. It was announced yesterday in Junior’s hometown of Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico, that the first card of “Chávez Jr. Promotions” will take place June 8 in the city’s Parque Revolución Arena. Headlining will be a middleweight ten-rounder between Saul Roman and Alfredo Contreras. The event was announced by promoter Lorena Beltran representing Chavez, who is away training for his June 16 clash with Andy Lee. Beltran stated that this is a project that Junior had in mind for two and a half years.

• Ricky Hatton & Steve Bunce on Primetime - LONDON (29 May 2024) - British boxing legend Ricky Hatton will be on hand to share his thoughts during Primetime’s exclusive coverage of Manny Pacquiao vs. Timothy Bradley on Saturday June 9th, live on Primetime (Channel 480 on Sky and Virgin on Demand). Hatton will be joined in the studio alongside the ever entertaining Steve Bunce and fight game expert Ronald McIntosh. All three are sure to provide a unique and in-depth analysis ahead of what is set to be a great night of boxing from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

• IBO cruiserweight kingpin Antonio “Magic Man” Tarver (29-6, 20 KO’s) hosted a workout for the Southern California media at The Rock in Carson, California, on Tuesday as he winds down preparations for Saturday’s Showtime-televised grudge match against unbeaten Lateef Kayode (18-0, 14 KO’s) at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California.

• Martinez comments on Williams accident - “Upon learning of Paul’s injuries, I was deeply saddened,” said Martinez, who twice shared the ring with Williams, with their first epic battle being named Fight of the Year for 2010. “When you are in the ring with a real champion, you know it, and Paul Williams was a very great champion, in every sense of the word. Paul and his family are in my thoughts and prayers through this very difficult time.”

• Hatton predicts Pacquiao victory - “Manny Pacquiao is the number one pound-for-pound fighter in the world and he goes into this fight as the favourite but Timothy Bradley is a very slick and tidy boxer so this isn’t going to be an easy fight for him. Against Junior Witter we saw how well schooled Bradley was and how he was able to figure out his style so quickly so I think he will cause Pacquiao some problems,” said Hatton.

• Archie Solis Requires More Surgery - The return of Ulysses ‘Archie’ Solís (32-2-3, 21KOs), scheduled for June 23, is now off. The IBF junior flyweight champion has revealed that he will undergo further surgery for one of the fractures that he sustained in last October’s alleged confrontation with WBC 154-pound champion Saul ‘Canelo’ Álvarez. Solis was going to appear in the co-feature to Zanfer’s big show, which has a main event with Hernán ‘Tyson’ Márquez defending his World Boxing Association flyweight title against Arden Diale at the Cum of Hermosillo, Sonora.

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Former WBC champion at light heavyweight Jean Pascal plans to return to the ring on December 17, according to BoxingScene.com referring to Canadian sources.This will be the first fight after the defeat of Pascal on points to Bernard Hopkins in May of this year. Pascal rival is not yet known, but unconfirmed media reports state that Pascal could be taking on IBF champion Tavoris Cloud.

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Boxing Talk With Tavoris Cloud

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By Daniel Ciminera

Speaking to Tavoris Cloud today, he indicated he’d be fighting “real soon, possibly March/April”, though didn’t give much away with regards to who, naming Chad Dawson, Jean Pascal, Bernard Hopkns, Beibut Shumenov, and Jurgen Braehmer as possible candidates. Which is basically the top 5 ranked guys without him and Nathan Cleverly included. As generic an answer as is possible, almost.

We can pretty safely rule out Brahmer who has a mandatory defence to make against Nathan Cleverly, the interim WBO title holder, who was interestingly left out from Cloud’s shortlist. When I asked him “what if Cleverly beats Braehmer?”, he wryly responded with “we’ll see” indicating he does not think that Cleverly can beat Braehmer or that he knows something we do not about the Braehmer/Cleverly clash. He also said he wants to unify the WBO title “this year” so we can assume that Braehmer or Cleverly are definitely on the cards in 2011.

We can also probably rule out Dawson for March/April after suffering his first career loss at the hands of Jean Pascal last summer. A well rested, and eager to get back on winning ways Dawson would be a very dangerous fight for anyone in the division to take. I can’t see the young Cloud taking this fight.

This leaves WBA and IBA title holder Shumenov, off the back of a 6th round KO versus experienced William Joppy, also a dangerous proposition, but with high reward in terms of title unifications. More so than fighting either Pascal or Hopkins who drew with each other last month. Pascal put an end to Dawson’s unbeaten run in 2010 and in gaining a draw with the ever-wiley Bernard Hopkins has cemented himself among the top light-heavyweights, and as we all know, Hopkins can make anybody look bad.

So for me, of these three, Shumenov is the only one worth going after right now in terms of “risk v reward” at least anyway, with a winter bout with the winner of Braehmer v Cleverly for a massive unification bout which would likely be one of the best fights of the year. And would be another shining-light example of top boxers not avoiding each other for the sake of it!

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Latest Boxing News – Wednesday 3^rd November, for: Carl Froch, Arthur Abraham, Andre Ward, Johnson, Green, Marquez, JuanMa, “La Bomba” Rodriguez, James McGirt, Nathan Cleverly, Tavoris Cloud, Lucian Bute, Miguel “Títere” Vázquez, Ricardo “Pelón” Domínguez,President Jose Sulaiman, Luis Orlando “Orlandito” Del Valle, Tony Thompson, Haye, Harrison, “PacMan”, Tijuana Tornado” Antonio Margarito

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• Super Six Tournament fighters - Carl Froch and Arthur Abraham will be getting a glimpse of what Andre Ward has in his arsenal for them in the near future when Ward takes on super middleweight contender Sakio Bika (28-4-2, 19 KO’s) in a non-Super Six tournament fight on November 27th at the Oracle Arena, in Oakland, California.

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• TODAY! JuanMa-Marquez / Johnson / Green MGM Grand Arrivals — Undefeated World Boxing Organization (WBO) featherweight champion JUAN MANUEL LOPEZ and two-division world champion RAFAEL MARQUEZ, the pride of Puerto Rico and México, respectively, will make their official Grand Arrivals, Today! Wednesday, November 3, at the Front Lobby Porte Cochere of the MGM Grand. Marquez and Lopez will arrive at Noon PT and 12:30 p.m. PT, respectively.

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• “La Bomba” Rodriguez Vs James McGirt — When unbeaten prospect Edwin “La Bomba” Rodriguez steps into the ring Friday (5^th Nov) night to fight James McGirt for the vacant WBC USNBC super middleweight title on ShoBox: The New Generation, the dangerous Dominican boxer will be fighting for his most significant victory as a professional, as well as a major step forward towards a top 15 rating in one of the major boxing organizations.

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• Cloud’s more than welcome Says Cleverly — Light heavyweight contender Nathan Cleverly has welcomed the attention from IBF light heavyweight champion Tavoris Cloud – but says he would love to shut the American up. Last week, Cloud called out the unbeaten Welsh star, telling him “I’l knock you out in the UK.” But Cleverly, who will challenge for the interim WBO World Light-Heavyweight title on December 11 in Liverpool, has fired back. “Cloud’s more than welcome to come to Wales and try and knock me out,” he said. “But quite a few fighters have tried before and got nowhere.”

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• Lucian’s Bute three fight deal — Unbeaten IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (27-0, 22 KO’s) and his promoter Jean Bedard from Interbox are reportedly working on a three fight deal with Showtime to have Bute fight the best fighters in the super middleweight division in 2011. There still in the process of negotiating the contract.

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• Miguel “Títere” Vázquez Vs Ricardo “Pelón” Domínguez — The world lightweight champion of the International Boxing Federation (IBF), Miguel “Títere” Vázquez (26-3, 12 KOs) is ready to make the first defense of his title against Ricardo “Pelón” Domínguez (32-6-2, 20 KOs), tentatively to take place in Tijuana, Mexico on November 27. Ricardo Dominguez is a native of Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico, and this will be his second chance to win a title. The first chance was against Humberto Soto. — Vazquez won the vacant 135-pound title on August 14 in Laredo, Texas, defeating Korean boxer Kim Ji Hoon by unanimous decision. — Vázquez will be the co-main event with the new WBA junior flyweight champion of the World Boxing Association (WBA), Giovanni Segura, who makes the first defense of his title on the same card, and then takes on Ivan Calderon in a rematch on April 23 in Puerto Rico.

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• Sulaiman makes it in Guinness World Book of Records — Within the framework of the World Boxing Council 48th Annual Convention that is being held at the Royal Hotel of this city, WBC President Jose Sulaiman was recognized as the “Longest Serving President of a Global Sports Organization.” The corresponding certificate was presented to Sulaiman by Carlos Martinez, representative of Guinness World Records. - This recognition is of extraordinary relevance, as the Guinness Book of World Records is published annually, 100 million copies of it are printed, it is sold in 100 countries, and is written in 37 languages.

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• Featherweight prospect Luis Orlando “Orlandito” Del Valle (10-0, 8 KOs) has been added to the Paul Williams-Sergio Martinez undercard, set for Saturday, November 20 at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey. — He will be facing experienced Mexican Arthur Trevino (5-5-3, 2 KOs). Trevino went the distance with former world champion Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero.

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• Tony Thompson thinks Haye will defeat Harrison easily — Former heavyweight title challenger Tony Thompson thinks WBA heavyweight champion David Haye is going to easily beat Audley Harrison on November 13th, saying in an article at Boxrec.com “I couldn’t have been more impressed with David in sparring, and he was twice the fighter I first thought he was. I just think this is going to be an easy win for him on November 13.”

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Fight Camp 360º Episode 8 - Super Six: Abraham, Froch, Green, Johnson — In Helsinki Finland, the cameras of Showtime Sports follow the fight camps of Arthur Abraham and Carl Froch for an inside look at the Super Six tournament. Plus, meet the latest addition to the tournament Glen Johnson as he prepares to take on the hard hitting Allan Green.

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HOLLYWOOD, CALIF. (November 2, 2023) - Fighter of the Decade, boxing’s No. 1 pound for pound fighter and seven-division world champion CONGRESSMAN MANNY “PacMan” PACQUIAO took time from training for his upcoming World Super Welterweight Championship rumble with three-time welterweight champion “The Tijuana Tornado” Antonio Margarito to make his third appearance in the past 12 months on ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live! On Monday.

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Light heavyweight titlist Tavoris Cloud will make his second defense against Fulgencio Zuniga on Dec. 17 with an eye toward bigger fights in the future.

The fight, signed Tuesday and approved by the IBF, will take place on the Don King-promoted card at the American Airlines Arena in Miami. In the main event, 2004 Cuban Olympic gold medalist Odlanier Solis (16-0, 12 KOs) and former title challenger Ray Austin (28-4-4, 18 KOs) meet in a heavyweight title elimination match with the winner becoming the next mandatory challenger for titleholder Vitali Klitschko.

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