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The manager of New Jersey junior middleweight Pawel Wolak, Ivan Edwards, told BoxingScene.com that he would like to see his fighter face either middleweight contender, Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., of Mexico, IBF king, Cornelius Bundrage, of Detroit, or WBA titlist Miguel Cotto, of Puerto Rico, in that order.
In the month since his February 5, unanimous decision over Mexican southpaw, interim WBA titlist Rigoburto Alvarez before Alvarez's partisan fans at the Arena Colseo in Guadalajara, Mexico, southpaw junior middleweight Austin Trout spent time as the sparring partner for southpaw WBA "emeritus" middleweight king Sergio Martinez.
Before achieving his championship status, IBF junior middleweight champion Cornelius Bundrage had to navigate a long, treacherous road prior that has been comprised of as many starts and stops as might a packed street during rush hour in his native Detroit, Mich.
Top Rank's CEO Bob Arum is very happy with the early buyrate figures for last Saturday's Showtime pay per view, which featured Miguel Cotto defending his WBA junior middleweight title against Ricardo Mayorga at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Cotto stopped Mayorga in the twelfth round to retain his 154-pound title. Arum has yet to obtain the full count, but he anticipates the generated buyrate figure to fall around 250,000, or possibly a bit more.
The biggest story of the week is the promotional tug of war for WBC/WBO bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire. Several days ago, Golden Boy Promotions announced the multi-year promotional signing of Donaire, who claimed free agency from Top Rank. Soon after, Top Rank's CEO, Bob Arum, disclosed that his company still has a valid binding promotional contract over Donaire. The matter is clearly heading to a court of law for resolution.
Top Rank's CEO, Bob Arum, is already working on the planned July 16 rematch between WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto (36-2, 29KOs) of Puerto Rico, and his Mexican rival Antonio Margartio (38-7, 27KOs). In 2008, Margarito handed Cotto the first loss of his career with a stoppage victory in the eleventh round.
Promoter Dan Goossen spoke to BoxingScene.com concerning Thursday's announcement by WBA light heavyweight king and former Olympian, Beibut Shumenov, that he has severed ties with Goossen, and, in fact, filed a lawsuit requesting that a Nevada court rule that his contract with Goossen Tutor Promotions be terminated as of January.
BoxingScene.com has learned that a sequel to the academy award-winning "The Fighter" movie, the story of professional boxer, Irish Micky Ward, likely to be called, "The Fighter II," is "definitely in the works," according to a source.
Their clash came during an August reprisal of one of the longest and most contentious rivalries between two of boxing's premiere countries in the sport, this, when hard-punching, Mexican-born, 28-year-old, WBA junior flyweight king, Giovani Segura, of Bell Gardens, Calif., ventured into Coliseo Mario 'Quijote' in Guaynabo, the Puerto Rican hometown of the previously unbeaten southpaw 35-year-old WBO king Ivan Calderon.
Michael Koncz, the adviser to WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao, doesn't agree with the recent comments that were made by Rachel Donaire, the wife of WBC and WBO bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire. During a recent interview with BoxingScene.com, Rachel explained the reasons behind her husband breaking away from promoter Top Rank, and signing with rival outfit Golden Boy Promotions. Some of those reasons include the belief that Nonito was playing second-fiddle to Pacquiao, and the frustration of being denied spots on Pacquiao's undercards.