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Since the day the fight was announced, WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao has been attacked by critics who don't agree with his decision to face "Sugar" Shane Mosley on May 7 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Pacquiao (52-3-2, 38 KOs) is considered a heavy favorite over Mosley (46-6-1, 39 KOs), who observers consider Mosley to be over the hill.
Super featherweight Jason Litzau (28-2, 21KOs) is exploring every road possible. After winning an upset decision over Celestino Caballero in November, the 27-year-old Litzau's "ring worth" has skyrocketed.
The IBF has ordered a Jan. 20 purse bid for a final eliminator between heavyweights Tomasz Adamek (43-1, 28KOs) and Samuel Peter, according to Adamek's promoter, Kathy Duva, CEO of Main Events. The winner would get a shot at Wladimir Klitschko (55-3, 49 knockouts), who holds the IBF, WBO and IBO title belts.
Middleweight contender and WBC silver champion, Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., will return to the ring on Jan. 29 against Ohio's Billy Lyell, at Estadio Banorte in Chavez Jr.'s home town of Culiacan, Mexico. Chavez has a goal of winning the green belt that is currently around the waist of Sergio Martinez, says Chavez's long-time matchmaker Sean Gibbons.
Kathy Duva, CEO of Main Events and promoter of Tomasz Adamek, says the upcoming fight with WBO, IBO and IBF heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko is one of the biggest stories sweeping Europe. The fight would take place in September in a European soccer stadium in Poland that borders Germany.
The upcoming junior welterweight unification, between unbeaten champions Timothy Bradley and Devon Alexander, was called "a signature fight" by HBO's President of Sports Ross Greenburg. Alexander (21-0, 13 KOs) from St. Louis, Mo. will face Bradley (26-0, 11 KOs) from Palm Springs, Calif., on January 29 at the Pontiac Silverdome in Pontiac, Mich. HBO is planning a major marketing campaign for the fight.
The second half of Showtime's bantamweight tournament has found a date, and a home. IBF bantamweight champion Joseph Agbeko will face unbeaten Abner Mares in the final bout of the tournament. The two boxers who were beaten in the first half, former champions Vic Darchinyan and Yonnhy Perez, will collide in the co-feature. The Showtime televised doublheader will take place on April 23 at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles.
According to trainer and manager Emanuel Steward, middleweight Andy Lee (24-1, 18 KOs) of Detroit could possibly face John Duddy (29-2, 18 KOs) of New York on the Sergio Martinez-Sergei Dzinziruk undercard on March 12 at the WaMu Theater in Madison Square Garden.
The light heavyweight division got shaken on Thursday, when WBC president Jose Sulaiman ordered an immediate rematch between champion Jean Pascal and veteran Bernard Hopkins. The two fought to a controversial twelve round majority draw on December 18 at the Pepsi Coliseum in Quebec, Canada.
According to Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer, Lamont Peterson is still the frontrunner to face WBA junior welterweight champion Amir Khan on April 16 in England. Schaefer, who promotes Khan (24-1, 17 KOs), is currently negotiating the terms with Barry Hunter, trainer and manager of Peterson (28-1-1, 14 KOs).