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Juan Manuel Marquez, the world lightweight champion of WBA/WBO is finished with his training camp in Mexico and is now in Los Angeles to make his final training runs before a he faces Juan Diaz in a rematch of last year's Fight of The Year bout, won by Marquez in nine rounds by knockout. Marquez-Diaz takes place this Saturday at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas.
The team of WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto are planning to meet with Floyd Mayweather Jr., who is on vacation in Puerto Rico. Attorney Gabriel Peñagaricano, who is Cotto's adviser, confirmed the meeting to reporter Joseph Sanchez.
The talks are over and the wait is on for opponent who will face Manny Pacquiao in his next fight on November 13. Top Rank CEO Bob Arum has spoken to the management of Miguel Cotto and Antonio Margarito, the fight proposals have gone to Pacquiao and a decision is expected by this coming Monday.
Manager Richard Mota is confident that his fighter Giovanni Segura, the WBA junior flyweight champion, will win his unification fight with WBO champion Ivan Calderon by knockout. A deal was reached for the unification fight to take place on August 28 in Puerto Rico.
Colombian boxer Aristides Perez (17-2, 10KOs) has replaced Ira Terry as the opponent for former world champion Jhonny Gonzalez (44-7, 38KOs). The fight happens on Saturday in Campeche, Mexico for Gonzalez's WBC FECARBOX featherweight title. Perez promises to bring the belt back to Colombia.
José Morales, father and trainer of three-time world champion Erik "Terrible" Morales, has studied his son's next opponent, Scottish fighter Willie Limond, who will face Morales on September 11 in Tijuana or Mexico City.
WBO/WBC bantamweight champion Fernando Montiel and his challenger Rafael Concepcion were in very good shape as they easily made weight for Saturday's clash in Mexico. Both champion and challenger weighed in at the division limit of 118-pounds. The fight will be televised on the "Top Rank Live" series in the United States. Concepcion, a former interim-champion, is a late replacement for Eric Morel who withdrew last Friday with a leg injury.
According to Zanfer Promotions, Humberto "Zorrita" Soto will defend his WBC lightweight title on September 4 in Chetumal, Mexico. Both Soto and Marco Antonio Barrera are taking fights before a possible meeting at the end of the year in Mexico. Several possible candidates are being discussed for Soto's next fight. Barrera is being set to return on September 15 in Mexico as part of a special Mexican Independence Day card. Zanfer has tried to get former champion David Diaz to fight Barrera on the card.
WBO super bantamweight champion Wilfredo Vazquez Jr. (19-0, 16KOs) is ready for the challenge of Nonito Donaire. Recently BoxingScene.com reported the plan of Top Rank's CEO Bob Arum, who wants to match Donaire against WBO/WBC bantamweight champion Fernando Montiel. If Donaire wins, Arum would like to put him in the ring with Vazquez.
According to former champion Erik Morales (49-6, 34 KOs), his fight with Willie Limond (32-2, 8KOs) stands a very good chance of taKing place at the Plaza de Toros de Mexico on September 11. Morales fought at the venue in 2003 when he destroyed Eddie Croft in three rounds. A big event will be planned to celebrate Mexican Independence Day.