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Top Rank CEO Bob Arum believes the biggest fight in boxing, Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Manny Pacquiao, can happen if Don King is involved. Twice Arum tried to make it, and twice the fight fell through. Arum and King have put together some of the biggest fights in the history of the sport, including Muhammad Ali-Joe Frazier in Manila and Felix Trinidad vs. Oscar De La Hoya in Las Vegas.
"Sugar" Shane Mosley has a plan to bring Manny Pacquiao to the table. But first, Mosley returns on September 18 on HBO pay-per-view against fellow former champion Sergio Mora. The Staples Center event will revolve around the celebration of Mexican Independece Day.
If Juan Manuel Marquez wants a trilogy fight with Manny Pacquiao, he has to prove himself at a higher weight division. Last Saturday in Las Vegas, Marquez picked up a one-sided twelve round decision over Juan Diaz. The fight was held at 135-pounds and Marquez weighed in, the previous day, at 133.5. Two divisions north, Pacquiao has become a solid welterweight with wins over bigger men like Oscar De La Hoya, Joshua Clottey and Miguel Cotto. Pacquiao is now going to make catch-weight leap to junior middleweight to fight Antonio Margarito on November 13.
The temperature in the middleweight division is started to rise once more with the grand arrival of Dmitry Pirog (17-0, 14 KOs) of Russia. Last weekend in Las Vegas, Pirog knocked out previously undefeated Daniel Jacobs (20-1, 17 KOs) in five rounds to capture the vacant WBO middleweight title.
The opponent for Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. has been switched again. Carlos Nascimento of Brazil is out, and Pawel Wolak of New Jersey is back in. Wolak was the orginal choice to face Chavez in a twelve round middleweight bout on September 11 in Mexico. The fight fell through when the two sides could not agree on the money. Wolak wanted $90,000 for the bout and Top Rank was only offering $75,000 max.
A deal to finalize a unification bout between WBC and IBF junior welterweight champion Devon Alexander (20-0, 13KOs) and Tim Bradley (26-0, 11KOs), who holds the WBO's version of the title, is getting close, according to Bradley's promoter, Gary Shaw. HBO Sports President Ross Greenburg wants to televise the fight on January 29.
Before a fight with Sergio Mora was locked and sealed for September 18, former three division champion Shane Mosley was trying to make a fight with WBC welterweight king Andre Berto. When the two fighters were set to meet in January, they agreed on a 60-40 split in Mosley's favor. Berto withdrew from the fight to support his family members who were affected by the earthquake in Haiti.
Before Juan Manuel Marquez (51-5-1, 37 KOs) explores the possibility of moving up in weight to challenge WBA junior welterweight champion Amir Khan (23-1, 17 KOs) on December 11, the WBA/WBO lightweight king will take a look at his mandatory Michael Katsidis (27-2, 22 KOs), and a possible catch-weight trilogy bout with WBO welterweight champ Manny Pacquiao (51-3-2, 38 KOs).
LAS VEGAS - A war of words has continued to escalate between junior welterweight champions Amir Khan (23-1, 17KOs) and Timothy Bradley (26-0, 11KOs). Last week, Bradley tore into Khan during an interview with BoxingScene.com. The British champion has come back firing.
Promoter Gary Shaw is not impressed with the recent boasts from the tongue of WBA junior welterweight champion Amir Khan. Shaw doesn't believe Khan's talk of fighting WBO champion Timothy Bradley or WBA-interim champion Marcos Maidana. Khan is currently in Las Vegas and plans to sit ringside at the Mandalay Bay to watch Juan Manuel Marquez (50-5-1, 37 KOs) defend his WBA/WBO lightweights titles against Juan Diaz (35-3, 17 KOs). If Marquez wins, he is expected by most to fight Khan on December 11.