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WBC welterweight champion Andre Berto is set to return on November 27 against Mexico's Freddy Hernandez at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. If successful, Berto has mentioned a number of desired opponents for 2011. One of the opponents at the top of Berto's list is WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto.
WBA junior welterweight champion Amir Khan is confident about his ability to become the first boxer to knock Marcos Maidana out. Khan defends his title against Maidana on December 11 at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. Khan, along with his trainer Freddie Roach, have studied tapes on Maidana and worked out a strategy to win impressively.
In one of their final sparring sessions prior to leaving the Philippines, Freddie Roach gave WBA 140-pound champion Amir Khan the clear edge over Manny Pacquiao, the WBO welterweight champion. Roach is training both fighters for their upcoming bouts. Pacquiao moves up to junior middleweight to face Antonio Margarito for the vacant WBC 154-pound title at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Khan defends his title against mandatory interim-champion Marcos Maidana at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas on December 11.
Despite reports that Antonio Margarito is the best shape of his career, Hall of Fame trainer Freddie Roach expects WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao to win by knockout on November 13 at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Margarito has been training around the clock and his physical condition looks fantastic. The conditioning will not prevent Pacquiao from exploiting Margarito's defensive flaws, says Roach.
I understand that there was at least one sparring session witnessed by Top Rank Promoter Bob Arum during which Glen Tapia and Michael Medina got the best of Manny?
WBC welterweight champion Andre Berto wants to send a strong message when he makes the fifth defense of his title against Mexico City's Freddy Hernandez on an HBO televised tripleheader on November 27 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. The card will also feature WBO and WBA lightweight titlist Juan Manuel Marquez (51-5-1, 37 KOs) defending against Michael Katsidis (27-2, 22 KOs), and Celestino Caballero (34-2, 23 KOs) rising to super featherweight against Jason Litzau (27-2, 21 KOs).
Unbeaten super middleweight contender Anthony Dirrell (20-0, 17KOs) continues to pile up the wins. He recently stopped Daryl Salmon in three rounds at the Buffalo Run Casino in Miami, Okla. Dirrell's promoter Gary Shaw plans to fight him often. He is expected to return in early 2011.
WBC/IBO light heavyweight Jean Pascal is gearing up for his December 18 title defense against 45-year-old Bernard Hopkins at the Pepsi Colesium in Québec City, Canada. Pascal (26-1, 16 KOs) has won five in a row since losing a decision to Carl Froch in December of 2008. In his last fight, on August 14, Pascal won a career defining bout with a victory over previously unbeaten Chad Dawson (29-1, 17 KOs).
WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto (35-2, 28KOs) is taking off for the rest of the year and plans to return in 2011 against a major name. Cotto returned to the ring in June, with new trainer Emanuel Steward, to win his current title with a ninth-round stoppage of previously unbeaten Yuri Foreman.
According to manager and trainer Barry Hunter, junior welterweight contender Lamont Peterson has accepted an offer to fight Victor Ortiz on December 11 at the Mandalay Bay Hotel in Las Vegas. The fight will be the HBO televised co-feature to Amir Khan's defense of the WBA 140-pound title against interim-champion Marcos Maidana.