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Former junior welterweight champion Paulie Malignaggi has unloaded some verbal combinations at WBA champion Amir Khan and his trainer Freddie Roach. During a recent interview with BoxingScene.com, Roach made a bold prediction when he said Malignaggi will "not be able to last three rounds" when he faces Khan on May 15 at New York's Madison Square Garden.
Trainer Freddie Roach is hungry to get WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao in the ring with Floyd Mayweather Jr. First order of business for Mayweather, he has to beat Shane Mosley on May 1 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas - and Roach expects him to do so.
WBA welterweight champion Shane Mosley is not taking chances in his upcoming fight with Floyd Mayweather Jr. on May 1 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. He wants to end the fight in the strongest way possible, by keeping the outcome away from the judges and ending things with a strong knockout.
Floyd Mayweather Jr. is digging deep to break the focus of Shane Mosley. Their fight takes place this Saturday at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. During a recent interview on ESPN radio, Mosley, tired of Mayweather's verbal jabs regarding the BALCO scandal, fired off some verbal fire of his own by telling the listeners that Mayweather may have “dabbled” with performance enhancing drugs and said Mayweather's security team have the appearance of steroid abusers.
According to the South Yorkshire Star, members of Junior Witter's camp believe there might be a chance the WBC orders some type of eliminator with Alfonso Gomez. Witter, now a welterweight, is preparing for a return after a three-month layoff following ligament surgery. Witter, 36, is back in training and currently sparring with several fighters at the Ingle gym in Wincobank.
Trainer Freddie Roach is predicting a dominating knockout win in Amir Khan's second defense of the WBA junior welterweight title. Roach's champion is making his American debut on May 15 at New York's Madison Square Garden against former champion Paulie Malignaggi. Roach doesn't think Malignaggi will able to deal with the power and pressure and sees him folding within three rounds.
WBA junior welterweight champion Amir Khan is convinced that he will end the career of challenger Paulie Malignaggi when the two fighters meet on May 15 at New York's Madison Square Garden. Khan wants to best his domestic buddy, Ricky Hatton, who stopped Malignaggi in eleven rounds in 2008. Khan not only wants to stop Malignaggi, he wants to give him a beating with so much damage that it forces him to retire afterwards.
Hall of fame trainer Emanuel Steward is giving WBA welterweight champion Shane Mosley a very good shot to beat Floyd Mayweather Jr. this Saturday at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. At a recent HBO meeting, Steward was surprised that most of the HBO crew had Mosley (46-5, 39 KOs) as an 8-1 underdog in the fight. He thinks Mayweather (40-0, 25 KOs) is going to have a very tough time.
WBA junior welterweight champion Amir Khan is rubbing plenty of salt in the wounds of Carl Froch. After Froch lost his WBC super middleweight title to Mikkel Kessler last Saturday in Denmark, Khan couldn't wait to go after him on the social networks. Following the loss, Khan blasted Froch on Twitter and Facebook. Amir was waiting to get some revenge for the numerous times that Froch attacked him in the press.
WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao is on the campaign trail. Pacquiao is campaigning to land a seat in the Philippine Congress. The elections are scheduled for May 10. Nine-days prior to the elections, Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Shane Mosley will clash at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. The biggest fight in boxing would pit Pacquiao against the winner of Mayweather-Mosley.