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Saul "Canelo" Alvarez has continued to push himself in training as he prepares for his this coming Saturday's clash against the dangerous Luciano Cuello at the Arena VFG in Guadalajara. Fans gathered to watch Alvarez trainin in Tepic, Nayarit. He worked the pads for seven rounds and was assisted by Jose Luis "Shilling" Cruz and Ivan Perez.
According to several reports in the Mexican press, Erik Morales (46-6, 34 KOs) has announced that he will defend his international WBC welterweight title against Willie Limond (33-2, 8KOs) on September 11 in Mexico City or Tijuana. Morales says he will be focused to put on a very strong performance for Mexican Independence Day.
WBO super featherweight champion Roman "Rocky" Martinez has reached an agreement to stage his mandatory defense of the title against Ricky Burns in the challenger's country on September 4 at the Kelvin Hall in Glasgow, Scotland.
WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao likes the idea of a revenge fight with Miguel Cotto, now the WBA champion at junior middleweight and trained by Emanuel Steward. Pacquiao's adviser Michael Koncz informed Primera Hora that he spoke with Pacquiao about a Cotto rematch and the Filipino fighter liked the idea. Pacquiao knocked Cotto out in the twelfth round last November in Las Vegas.
WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto is going to sit back and enjoy a summer vacation until the negotiations are finished between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao. Cotto's legal counsel Gaby Peñagarícano told reporter Reymund Colon that Top Rank [who also promote Pacquiao] have yet to make a decision on Miguel's next opponent and probably won't until the Mayweather-Pacquiao talks are done.
First he spoke his father-coach Manuel "Cochul" Montiel, who was excited and ended with moist eyes. "Me siento orgulloso de este muchacho y de todos mis hijos. Fernando, desde que iba en la primaria hacía dibujos en alusión a que sería campeón del mundo. Estos momentos no los cambio por nada" y ya no pudo hablar más. "I'm proud of this boy and all my children. Fernando, since he was in elementary school drawings made in reference to be world champion. These moments do not change for nothing" and could not talk anymore. Tocó el turno al "Cochulito": Me gusta dar peleas del agrado de la gente. Was the turn "Cochulito" fights I like to please the people. La rivalidad México-Puerto Rico existe y voy a salir triunfador. The Mexico-Puerto Rico rivalry and I'm going out there winning. Morel es gran boxeador arriba y abajo del ring, pero su padre ya se pasó de la raya, se ha expresado mal de mí. Morel is a great fighter up and down the ring, but his father already crossed the line, has spoken ill of me. Dice que en nuestro país hay mucha delincuencia. He says that in our country there are a lot of crime. Debería preguntarle a los peleadores que han venido a México si les han hecho algo. You should ask the fighters who have come to Mexico if they have done something. Todo esto me molesta y no le tendré piedad a Morel". Al término de la conferencia declaró: "No dejaré dudas, lo noquearé antes de la mitad del pleito". This bothers me and I will not pity Morel. "At the end of the conference said:" I will certainly knock him out before the middle of litigation. " -¿Qué título defenderás? - What title will defend? "Los dos". "Both." Calificó a Éric como "escurridizo, difícil, pero si hay que atacarlo lo haré. Si quiere el cetro que venga por él". He described Eric as "elusive, difficult, but I will have to attack it. If you want the rod to come for him." Volvió a lanzar un reto a Vic Darchinyan: "Es un tipo hablador", He returned to throw a challenge to Vic Darchinyan: "It's a talkative fellow,"
Former WBO welterweight champion Carlos "El Indio" Quintana tells Reymond Colon that he plans to a ten round fight in the month of September in the 154-pound division. Quintana has begun training and wants to put the April knockout loss to Andre Berto behind him.
Teiken Promotions has announced that WBC super bantamweight champion Toshiaki Nishioka (36-4, 23KOs) will make a mandatory defense of his title against British fighter Rendall Munroe (21-1, 9KOs). Munroe won a title eliminator in April over Victor Terrazas. The fight will take place on a date in September or October depending on television and venue availability. There are ongoing talks on whether the fight will take place in Japan or Britain.
There is talk in the Mexican press that a lightweight clash between Marco Antonio Barrera and WBC champion Humberto Soto is being discussed for the month of September in Mexico.
Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer recently spoke about the reasons why the public never saw a third fight between Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez. The first fight ended in a draw. Pacquiao won a twelve round split decision in the rematch. Schaefer thought the wrong man got the decision and stated - "I thought Marquez won" as he discussed the outcome of the second fight.