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According to co-promoter Luis DeCubas Sr., a deal is very close for super bantamweight Guillermo Rigondeaux (6-0, 5 KOs) to fight Ricardo Cordoba (37-2-2, 23 KOs) on November 13. The fight will be part of the Manny Pacquiao-Antonio Margarito pay-per-view at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Middleweight Kelly Pavlik and welterweight Mike Jones are expected to have fights on the show.
Antonio Margarito has responded to the numerous predictions made by Manny Pacquiao and his trainer Freddie Roach. Pacquiao and Roach are predicting a knockout victory over Margarito on November 13 at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Margarito doesn't see any chance of Pacquiao being able to win by knockout. The former three time welterweight champion predicts that his pressure style of fighting will break Pacquiao down.
In a strange bit of news, multiple reports out of Mexico are stating that the WBC is going to make Erik Morales the mandatory challenger to lightweight champion Humberto Soto. Strange because Morales' next fight is at welterweight against Willie Limond on November 13 and some international version of the WBC welterweight title is around the waist of Morales.
The "Tijuana Tornado" Antonio Margarito has promised to end the Mexican win streak of Manny Pacquiao on November 13 at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Pacquiao has beaten some of Mexico's best like Marco Antonio Barrera, Juan Manuel Marquez and Erik Morales. The press gave him the nickname of "Mexicutioner" for his many wins over fighters from Mexico. Margarito has made a pledge to stop that streak in Texas. Pacquiao is 10-1-1 against Mexican opponents.
Former welterweight champion Carlos Baldomir has promised to knock unbeaten Saul "Canelo" Alvarez out on September 18 at Staples Center in Los Angeles. Baldomir faces Alvarez for his WBC silver 154-pound title. Baldomir-Alvarez is a co-feature bout to Shane Mosley vs. Sergio Mora.
The World Boxing Council has ordered the winner of the upcoming title fight, between crusierweight champion Krzysztof Wlodarczyk (43-2, 32KOs) and challenger Jason Robinson (19-5, 11KOs), to face undefeated Francisco "The Wizard" Palacios (19-0, 12KOs) of Puerto Rico next. Wlodarczyk-Robinson takes place on September 25 in Poland.
In what could be a bantamweight war, WBA champion Anselmo "Chemita" Moreno (30-1-1, 10KOs) received an offer to face former WBC champion Hozumi Hasegawa in Japan. Moreno's manager, Roberto Grimaldo, confirmed the offer and is trying to work out a better deal for his fighter.
Last Saturday at Luna Park in Argentina, WBA interim junior welterweight champion Marcos Maidana won a very tough twelve round decision over former champion DeMarcus Corley. The scores were 117-110, 117-110 and 115-112. Corley made the fight close when he was able to stand on the inside with Maidana and trade punches. Maidana became very tired in the last four rounds. Corley took advatage of Maidana's lack of strength by pressing the action to win several of those last rounds.
WBA junior welterweight interim-champion Marcos Maidana went over last Saturday's tough twelve round decision win over DeMarcus Corley. Maidana said Corley fought very dirty and said there was some pressure by fighting before a hometown crowd of nearly 15,000 fans at Luna Park in Argentina. Maidana got very tired by the end of the fight because he spent a lot of energy chasing a knockout.
Ivan Calderon is looking ahead to the future after reflecting on his knockout loss to Giovanni Segura last Saturday in Puerto Rico. Calderon suffered the first loss of his career in a high paced junior flyweight unification encounter. A hook to the liver sent Calderon down for the full count in round number ten. He said the shot to the body took everything out of him and he took a knee to avoid taking another bad shot from the hard hitting Segura. He wants to return next year, win a title and then have another unification fight with Segura.