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Floyd Mayweather Jr. has no concerns about the power of WBA welterweight champion Shane Mosley. The biggest advantages most experts are giving to Mosley are in the categories of power and size. Mayweather follows the belief that great boxing ability will always beat power and size. He won't let Mosley land any of the power, so the advantage in power won't matter.
In a few hours at the Bordelandhalle in Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany, Robert Stieglitz will defend his WBO super middleweight title against Eduard Gutknecht. Stieglitz is looking to get himself in position for a major payday, but he has to beat Gutknecht first.
Some bad blood might be brewing in Germany. WBO super middleweight champion Robert Stieglitz (37-2, 23KOs) is tired of the local press pushing Arthur Abraham (31-1, 25KOs) as one of the best fighters in the country. Abraham is involved in Showtime's Super Six Boxing Classic. He faces WBC champion Carl Froch in the third stage of the tournament in August.
According to multiple reports in the Russian press, negotiations continue to make a mandatory WBC heavyweight eliminator between the seven-foot former champion Nikolai Valuev (50-2, 34KOs) and undefeated Olympic gold medal winner Odlanier Solis (16-0, 12KOs).
Judd Burstein, the lawyer representing WBA welterweight champion Shane Mosley in his ongoing defamation suit against Victor Conte, was not a happy camper on Friday.
At the Wicomico Civic Center in Salisbury, Maryland, a middleweight contest saw Fernando Guerrero (18-0, 15KOs) go right through Michael Walker (19-4-2, 12KOs) in two rounds of a scheduled ten round contest.
At the Wicomico Civic Center in Salisbury, Maryland, a middleweight contest saw Shawn Porter (14-0, 11KOs) destroy Raul Pinzon (17-5, 16KOs) in the first round of an eight round contest. The fight took place at middleweight because Pinzon was very overweight at Thursday's weigh-in, coming at 161-pounds. Pinzon had nothing in the tank. He may have really struggled to make weight for a fight that was originally scheduled to take place at junior middleweight.
At the Omni New Daisy Theater, Memphis, Tennessee, a battle of unbeaten lightweights saw Hank Lundy (18-0-1, 10KOs) won a ten round unanimous decision over Tyrese Hendrix (18-1-1, 7KOs) with three knockdowns. The scores were 98-88, 100-88 and 99-88.
With two weeks until the fight, WBO bantamweight champion Fernando Montiel (40-2-2, 30 KOs) is preparing to leave Mexico. He takes a flight this weeked to Japan to finish up his camp for the unification with WBC champion Hozumi Hasegawa (28-2, 12 KOs) on April 30 in Tokyo. TV Azteca will televise the fight the following day on May 1, packaged with a card from Mexico topped by Omar Chavez vs. Jose Arelis Lopez.
A few days ago, British welterweight Denton Vassell (15-0, 8 KOs) told BoxingScene.com he was looking for the biggest win of his career, and a grand performance, on Friday night. He got both. Vassell won a twelve round unanimous decision over Lee Purdy (13-2-1, 7 KOs) to win the commonwealth title at the Robin Park Centre in Wigan, England. The scores were 117-112, 117-111, and 115-114.