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Former four division world champion Roy Jones Jr. has had enough from Floyd Mayweather Jr. During an interview with Super Star News TV, Jones - once regardined as the pound-for-pound king of boxing - lashed out at Mayweather - the current pound-for-pound king - over his two fights with Marcos Maidana, the inability to make a super-fight with Manny Pacquiao, and his style of fighting in the ring.
A very interesting heavyweight battle is being put together for March 14th, with 30-year-old Ukrainian Vyacheslav Glazkov (19-0-1, 12KOs) taking on former cruiserweight world champion, 38-year-old American veteran Steve Cunningham (28-6, 13KOs). This fight will be an IBF title eliminator for a future shot at IBF/WBO/WBA/IBO champion Wladimir Klitschko.
Strength and conditioning coach Justin Fortune, who works side by side with trainer Freddie Roach at the Wild Card Gym in Hollywood, is very impressived with the boxing talents of undefeated junior welterweight Viktor Postol (26-0, 11KOs) of Ukraine. Postol is the mandatory challenger to WBC/WBA champion Danny Garcia. The World Boxing Council ordered the two of them to fight and scheduled a purse bid date, but Postol was paid a step-aside fee and their purse bid was postponed until next year.
On November 28th in Moscow, local boxing fans will witness the professional ring return of 62-year-old Hollywood actor Mickey Rourke . His opponent will be 29-year-old American middleweight boxer Elliot Seymour (1-9, 1KO). The show is headlined by a battle of former champions with Ruslan Provodnikov facing Jose Luis Castillo.
Ruslan "Siberian Rocky" Provodnikov (23-3, 16KOs) was very happy with the way his Wild Card stablemate, Manny Pacquiao, handled Chris Algieri (20-1, 8KOs) on Saturday in Macau, China. Algieri was knocked down six times and lost a very lopsided twelve round decision on scores of 120-102, 119-103, 119-103. Provodnikov, who held the WBO 140-pound champion, faced Algieri back in June. He dropped Algieri twice in the first round and came close to finishing him off but Algieri survived and managed to pull out a twelve round split decision win. Provodnikov, and his trainer Freddie Roach (who also trains Pacquiao), believe they were robbed on the cards.
On December 11, Moscow will host a night of boxing in which the 37-year-old Belarusian heavyweight Alexander Ustinov (29-1, 21KOs) will face 40-year-old American Kevin Ferguson, who is better known by his alias of of Kimbo Slice (7-0, 6KOs). Slice has been inactive since last January and Ustinov was last seen in action last November when he won a unanimous decision over David Tua. Ustinov is a giant of a fighter with a huge experience edge in the contest. Slice, better known for his street fight videos on Youtube and some various
Oleg Hermann, manager of WBA/IBO/WBC-interim middleweight champion Gennady "GGG" Golovkin (31-0, 28KOs), is not worried about their ability to secure a shot at the full WBC title. Golovkin became the mandatory challenger last month after knocking out Marco Antonio Rubio in the second round of a final eliminator. The current WBC champion is Miguel Cotto, who is likely going to fight Saul "Canelo" Alvarez in his next fight.
Oleg Hermann, manager of WBA/IBO/WBC-interim middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (31-0, 28KOs), is hoping his fighter lands an HBO Pay-Per-View main event in 2015. The three targets are Miguel Cotto, Saul "Canelo" Alvarez and Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. Golovkin is the mandatory challenger to Cotto's title, but the Puerto Rican star is likely going to face Canelo in the first half of 2015. Golovkin return on February 21 in Monaco against Martin Murray. Hermann says a second potential return date would fall on May 16th.
Trainer Rudy Hernandez, who works with WBA featherweight champion Nicholas Walters (25-0, 21KOs), is not in favor of seeing the feared puncher face Vasyl Lomachenko (2-1, 1KOs), the WBO's champion, in the immediate future. Last month Walters made a big statement with a sixth round knockout of Nonito Donaire, who was once regarded as one of the best pound for pound boxers in the sport. Lomachenko, a two-time Olympic gold medal winner and viewed as one of the best amateur fighters in history, capture a world title in only his third pro fight with a twelve round decision of Gary Russell Jr. in June. Lomachenko return on November 22nd in Macau, when he faces Chonlatarn Piriyapinyo (52-1, 33KOs) on the Pacquiao-Algieri undercard.
Veteran trainer Rudy Hernandez predicts an easy victory for WBA/IBO/WBC-interim middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (31-0, 28KOs) - if he steps in the ring with Mexican superstar Saul "Canelo" Alvarez (44-1-1, 31KOs). Golden Boy Promotions President Oscar De La Hoya has stated in several interviews that Canelo is more than willing to face Golovkin. Both boxers have exclusive contracts with HBO. Canelo will return in May, hoping to get Miguel Cottto. And Golovkin will take on Martin Murray in February.