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On Saturday night in Quebec, Canada, former IBF junior welterweight titlist Paulie Malignaggi made his welterweight debut. He stopped Michael Lozada in the sixth round of a one-sided fight. The 30-year-old Malignaggi (28-4, 6 KOs) has switched promoters, having left Lou DiBella for Golden Boy Promotions. Coming into the fight, Lozada (39-7-1, 29 KOs) had won his last three fights, all by knockout.
A deal is close to being completed for WBC middleweight champion Sergio Martinez to defend his title against southpaw Andy Lee in an HBO televised event at the WaMu Theatre in New York's Madison Square Garden, according to Lee's trainer and manager Emanuel Steward.
As reported a few days ago, and now confirmed by additional sources, contender Pawel Wolak (28-1, 18KOs) is the frontrunner to face WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto (35-2, 28KOs) of Puerto Rico on March 12. Wolak is leading the race among the four possible choices, which include Vanes Martirosyan, Rigoburto Alveraz and IBF junior middleweight king Cornelius Bundrage.
WBC welterweight champion Andre Berto (27-0, 21 KOs) battered his past two opponents in devastating fashion. There was the 27-year-old's eighth-round stoppage in April over southpaw former world champion, Carlos Quintana, of Puerto Rico, followed by November's first-round knockout of Freddy Hernandez.
According to Emanuel Steward, manager and trainer of southpaw middleweight contender Andy Lee of Detroit, a deal is very close for a fight with WBC middleweight champion Sergio Martinez for March 12 on HBO. Earlier this week, Sampson Lewkowicz, the adviser of Martinez (46-2-2, 25 KOs), said his boxer was going to honor his mandatory obligation against interim-champion Sebastian Zbik. The fight fell apart after HBO rejected Zbik as an opponent.
According to Golden Boy Promotions' CEO Richard Schaefer, Mexico's Saul "Canelo" Alvarez (35-0-1, 26KOs) will return to the ring in March, perhaps in Los Angeles and potentially against WBA welterweight champ Vyacheslav Senchenko or Matthew Hatton, the younger brother of British superstar Ricky Hatton. HBO is going to televise Canelo's next fight.
Former IBF junior welterweight champion, Paulie Malignaggi (27-4, 5 KOs), of New York, has a Dec. 18 bout opposite Michael Lozada (39-6-1, 29 KOs). Promoted by Golden Boy Promotions, Malignaggi-Lozada will be on the undercard of the Showtime televised main event featuring WBC light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal of Canada against 45-year-old ex-titlist, Bernard Hopkins, at the Pepsi Coliseum in Quebec, Canada.
On January 29 at the Pontiac Silverdome in Pontiac, Michigan, WBO junior welterweight king, Tim Bradley (26-0, 11 knockouts), of Palm Springs, Calif., and, WBC titlist, Devon Alexander (21-0, 13 KOs), of St. Louis, Mo., are headed for an HBO televised clash that will go a long way toward determining which of them should be considered the best fighter in their division.
Eight-division king Manny Pacquiao will fight on May 7, rather than, April 16, in an HBO pay per view televised bout from Las Vegas, likely against 39-year-old, five-time titlist "Sugar" Shane Mosley. Trainer Joe Goossen, who once worked with Mosley, believes Pacquiao-Mosley is a good fight.
On January 29 at the Pontiac Silverdome in Pontiac, Mich., 27-year-old WBO junior welterweight king, Tim Bradley (26-0, 11 knockouts), of Palm Springs, Calif., and, 23-year-old, southpaw, WBC titlist, Devon Alexander (21-0, 13 KOs), of St. Louis, Mo., are headed for an HBO televised, clash that will go a long way toward determining which of them should be considered the No. 1 man in the division.