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Branco Sports Productions won the rematch of the IBF purse bid for the trilogy between IBF junior featherweight champion Steve Molitor and challenger Takalani Ndlovu. Branco put in a bid of $320,000, while Top Rank bid $227,500. The previous bid was held on November 30, 2010, and won by Top Rank with $215,000. Branco had bid $154,240.
Over the weekend, Golden Boy Promotions President Oscar De La Hoya took to his Twitter account to discuss his frustrations with being unable to make a fight between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. "Sugar" Shane Mosley recently left Golden Boy in order to finalize a deal to face Pacquiao on May 7 in Las Vegas.
British star Ricky Hatton is looking over the contract for his younger brother's potential fight with Saul "Canelo" Alvarez (35-0, 26KOs) on March 5 in Los Angeles, California. Matthew Hatton has received an offer to face the unbeaten Mexican star. Alvarez's promoter, Richard Schaefer of Golden Boy Promotions, told BoxingScene.com a few days ago that a deal was close.
Former champion Kermit Cintron has responded to the recent comments of WBC welterweight champion Andre Berto. During an interview with Suge Green of OnTheGrind Boxing Radio, Cintron discussed Berto's recent response, where the unbeaten champion said he "doesn't fear Cintron" but he doesn't have too much interest in the fighting him either.
Freddie Roach has fired back at WBC junior welterweight champion Devon Alexander over his critical comments about WBA king Amir Khan. Alexander is not buying the hype that surrounds Khan and his accomplishments. He said Khan an "okay" fighter but not much more than that.
Actor Christian Bale took home a Golden Globe Award, earning high praise for his role as Dickie Eklund, a former boxer addicted to drugs in the motion picture "The Fighter," a movie on the early years of "Irish" Micky Ward. Bale thanked co-star and producer Mark Wahlberg, who played Ward in the movie. Ward is Eklund's older half brother. Critics have called "The Fighter" the best boxing movie since Raging Bull.
A few days ago, former welterweight champion Kermit Cintron appeared on BoxingScene.com and ripped into WBC champion Andre Berto. Cintron was very angry after reading reports that a deal was being negotiated for Berto to defend his title against 140-pound contender Victor Ortiz on April 16. Cintron has been calling out Berto for a while.
Undefeated Dereck Chisora believes he can persuade WBA heavyweight champion David Haye to postpone his plan to retire this coming October. Since 2009, Haye has vowed to retire by October of this year. Chisora thinks the possibility of earning a huge check with an all-British battle is enough to keep Haye around.
As we recently reported on BoxingScene.com, former light heavyweight champion Antonio Tarver (28-6, 19KOs), who is now a heavyweight contender, has called out WBA champion David Haye (25-1, 23KOs). Tarver sent a personal message to Haye, making a direct challenge for an April fight.
Unbeaten British heavyweight Dereck Chisora is confident about his ability to knock Wladimir Klitschko out. He plans to charge the WBO/IBO/IBF heavyweight champion in the very first round. The fight is scheduled for April 30 at the SAP-Arena in Mannheim, Germany. They were previously set to face each other on December 11, but Klitschko withdrew with a an injury.