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Golden Boy Promotions President Oscar De La Hoya is very worried about Saul "Canelo" Alvarez's defense of the WBC 154-pound title, which takes place later tonight against former welterweight champion Kermit Cintron in Mexico City.
WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (44-0-1, 31KOs) will defend his title on either January 28th or February 4th, on HBO. The television network wants to place Chavez. Jr. on one of the two dates, after the young Mexican star generated a very high television rating for his HBO televised win over Peter Manfredo Jr. on November 19th. Chavez confirms that he might face the winner of the upcoming rematch between Miguel Cotto and Antonio Margarito, but that wouldn't happen until at least May.
According to reports in Puerto Rico, unbeaten NABA (WBA) welterweight champion Thomas Dulorme (13-0, 10KOs) is planning to return to the junior welterweight division. Dulorme began his career as a lightweight in 2008, and after three pro bouts he made the move to junior welterweight and made his welterweight debut in December 2010. Dulorme fought five times in 2011, including wins over veterans Charlie Navarro and DeMarcus Corley. For several of the fights he weighed 144-145-pounds and his team believes he would be a lot stronger at 140, but standing at 5'10 he might not be there for too long.
Golden Boy Promotions' head matchmaker, Eric Gomez, is in Mexico City for Saul "Canelo" Alvarez's Saturday defense against Kermit Cintron, and discussed Golden Boy's desire to put together a super-fight between welterweight champions Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao. Mayweather is scheduled for action on May 5th at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Gomez told Sal Rodriguez that Top Rank and their CEO Bob Arum are not interested in matching Pacquiao against Mayweather.
Reports in Panama have revealed that WBA cruiserweight champion Guillermo Jones (38-3-2, 30KOs) is traveling to the United States for a scheduled face to face meeting with his promoter Don King in Miami, Florida. The two of them are going to discuss a potential unification with WBO cruiserweight champion Marco Huck (34-1, 25KOs) of Germany. The fight would happen in early 2012. Jones is still sporting a cast on his hand, due to a dislocated finger from his recent knockout victory over Mike Marrone.
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Former champion Joan Guzman, who plans to fight at 140 and 147, is planning to return to the ring in February or March of next year. He wants to have at least three to four fights in 2012. After nearly a year, Guzman (31-0, 18KOs) returned to the ring on November 18th in the Dominican Republic and knocked out Florencio Castellano in one round. Guzman picked up the IBF's vacant Caribbean junior welterweight. He wants to fight a big name at 140, but doesn't rule out a possible fight at 147 with a leading champion.
WBC Diamond middleweight champion Sergio 'Maravilla' Martinez speculates that his prior beating of Top Rank star Kelly Pavlik is preventing a possible fight with the WBC's full champion at 160-pounds, Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. Martinez is the mandatory challenger to Chavez's title, but Top Rank is passing on the Argentine fighter and looking to finalize a deal for an all-Mexican showdown with Saul "Canelo" Alvarez.
Former welterweight champion Kermit Cintron (33-4-1, 28 KOs) feels motivation from the well-known boxing rivalry between Puerto Rico and Mexico. Cintron challenges undefeated WBC junior middleweight champion Saul "Canelo" Alvarez on Saturday night in Mexico City. Cintron is the most experienced opponent that Alvarez has every faced to date. Cintron has watched Mexican boxers winning most of the recent battles against Puerto Rican fighters, but he plans to change that.
Mexico's Antonio Margarito believes WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto is a scared fighter. The rematch, scheduled for December 3rd in New York's Madison Square Garden, was nearly in jeopardy when the New York State Athletic Commission was reviewing Margarito's application for a boxing license. Concerned over his surgically repaired right eye, the NYSAC ordered Margarito to get his eye examined by one of their doctors on Monday. He passed the examination, and on Tuesday afternoon the NYSAC announced their decision to grant Margarito a license.