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Amir Khan is gearing up for his rematch with Lamont Peterson which will take place on May 19th in Las Vegas, NV at the Mandalay Bay resort and casino. Their first bout was a thrilling affair that was unfortunately then draped in controversy over point deductions and the judging.
Orlando Salido and Juan Manuel Lopez put on an exciting fight this past Saturday night that most fans are still buzzing about. What they are also still talking about are Lopez's comments after the fight where he accused referee Robert Ramirez of being a gambler and not doing a good job officiating the bout. The WBO has since suspended Lopez for one year and have given him 5 days to state his case to have the suspension lifted.
Vernon “The Iceman” Paris has an important fight coming up against Zab Judah on March 24th as they headline NBC Sports Network televised card in Brooklyn, NY. While training camp and preparation are going great for Paris, he recently got into a “fight” before stepping in the ring as he and Kendall Holt took to Twitter to spew insults to each other.
On the latest edition of The Boxing Lab, BoxingScene.com's official audio show, we welcomed WBO featherweight champion Orlando Salido. The 31-year-old Mexican defeated Juan Manuel Lopez this past weekend in a fight that is an early candidate for "Fight of The Year" honors.
Floyd Mayweather’s tweet regarding Jeremy Lin may have got him in hot water when he suggested Lin’s hype was mostly due to him being Asian. But his recent comments regarding Mexican boxing fans should have a better response.
WBA Junior Middleweight champion Miguel Cotto has agreed to undergo random Olympic style drug testing in route to his showdown with undefeated pound for pound king Floyd Mayweather Jr on May 5th. USADA (United States Anti Doping Agency) will once again be administering the tests and Cotto has absolutely no problem with the testing; he actually supports it.
When Floyd Mayweather Jr prepared to fight Victor Ortiz last year, he vowed he wouldn’t move and would stay in the pocket and trade with Ortiz. To his credit, that’s exactly what he did and even though the fight only lasted four rounds, Floyd was pretty offensive and was even the aggressor at times.
Former lightweight champion Jorge Linares who hasn’t fought since his loss to Antonio DeMarco back in October of last year has resumed training at the Wild Card gym in hopes of getting back in the ring on March 31st in Cancun, Mexico.
Brandon Rios was on the most recent edition of BoxingScene’s official audio show The Boxing Lab to talk about his upcoming fight with Cuban sensation Yuriorkis Gamboa on April 14th at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, NV.
Timothy Bradley is on a collision course with superstar Manny Pacquiao as they will battle it out on June 9th at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. During the press tour which started at the Beverly Hills Hotel in Los Angeles, Bradley spoke to BoxingScene.com and made it clear that even though he’s moving up to 147 pounds, he’s not the smaller fighter.