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Harris was previously arrested in Chicago and freed after posting $7,500 bail March 6 in Las Vegas. The judge on Wednesday increased Harris’ bail to $140,000. Police have said the 33-year-old Mayweather is not a suspect in the shooting. A prosecutor says he isn’t named in the indictment. But Harris’ lawyer, Tom Pitaro, is accusing prosecutors of pressing the case against Harris to try to get Mayweather.
Retired ex-super middleweight champion Joe Calzaghe, retired since early last year and inactive since late 2008, has denied, through a "mystery spokesman," published reports of a possible comeback. BoxingScene.com reported on Tuesday that rumors were circulating in the UK that a Calzaghe comeback fight was being shopped around to the major UK television networks by soccer agent Barry Silkman, and retired Robin Reid was rumored as a potential comeback opponent.
As WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch prepares to face Mikkel Kessler on Saturday in Denmark, he wonders when the British media will begin to give him the recognition he deserves. He finds it hard to stomach that Amir Khan and David Haye are getting masses of television exposure with the British fans, while his fights are cast aside. Froch is not fighting for media or television recognition. He fights to be the best.
Former champion Kostya Tszyu appeared on Long Lunch Today, a television program on Fox Sports News in Australia, and during the program he continued to deny his retirement despite the fact that he's been inactive since the 2005 TKO loss to Ricky Hatton. During the program Tszyu making some wild statements about returning to the sport but only if a fight with Manny Pacquiao, Floyd Mayweather Jr. or even Shane Mosley was on the table.
WBC/WBO middleweight champion Sergio Martinez wants to get revenge for what he considers to be the only true loss of his career. The fight took place ten years ago, in February 2000. Martinez, then a welterweight, was stopped by Antonio Margarito in the seventh round of their fight. Martinez would also love a rematch with Paul Williams, the man who beat him last December by way of a close majority decision.
According to Kyodo News, the team of WBA flyweight champion Daiki Kameda have balked at the WBA ordered title defense against Takefumi Sakata. The WBA scheduled a purse bid on April 29 at the Wynn Resort & Casino in Las Vegas. The issue has to do with the pending civil suit between the Kameda camp and Kyoei Boxing Gym over fight money. The Kyoei Boxing Gym is the current gym of Sakata.
WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch says the retired Joe Calzaghe is itching to make a boxing comeback, but he's too old and too out of shape to do it. Froch had been chasing Calzaghe for several years. His dream of getting his British rival in the ring was crushed when Joe announced his retirement in 2009. Froch thinks Calzaghe is looking for attention because he is no longer a part of the sport.
Former multi-division champion James Toney had to laugh when he heard Bernard Hopkins was calling for a fight with IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute. He doesn't find it amusing because Hopkins wants Bute. He finds it amusing because Hopkins is the master of flip-flopping opponents.
Undefeated middleweight contender Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. is preparing to leave his hometown of Culiacan, Mexico, to fly to Los Angeles, California, to begin working with his new trainer, Freddie Roach, at the Wild Card Gym in Hollywood. Chavez hired Roach to train him for the upcoming fight with "Irish" John Duddy on June 26 at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas.
Kostya Tszyu, inactive since a 2005 loss to Ricky Hatton, continues to train on a regular basis and stays in shape. Although Tszyu is Russian-born, Australia adopted him as one of their own. Tszyu turned 40 in September and insists that he's still not officially retired from the sport. He would consider a ring return, if a strong enough reason presented itself. So far a reason to return has not been there.