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Trainer Emanuel Steward thinks a rematch between Miguel Cotto and Manny Pacquiao is very possible, if Cotto manages to beat WBA junior middleweight champion Yuri Foreman on June 5 at Yankee Stadium in New York. Pacquiao knocked Cotto out in the twelfth round to win the WBO welterweight title last November. He thinks Pacquiao can be lured to 154-pounds in chase of another divisional title.
Could an in-house struggle take place for Antonio Margarito? The Mexican fighter returns on May 8 in Mexico against Roberto Garcia. Margarito is a frontrunner possibility for WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao in the fall. Top Rank promotes both of the fighters. The promotional firm has a lot of interest in making that fight. Another Top Rank fighter, WBO/WBC middleweight Kelly Pavlik, returns on Saturday against Sergio Martinez.
Nate Jones, the assistant trainer for Floyd Mayweather Jr., is predicting a knockout win on May 1 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Those who are picking Mayweather to beat Mosley, are picking him to win by decision. Few, if any, are picking Floyd to win the fight with a KO. Jones thinks his fighter can pull it off.
Flyweight prospect Alonso "Finito" Lopez (8-0, 6KOs) has been added to the Jorge Arce vs. Cecilio Santos undercard, taking place on April 24 in Mexico. Alonso is the son of Mexican boxing legend Ricardo "Finito" Lopez. The 24-year-old prospect is trained by Nacho Beristain and promoted by Zanfer.
According Leonard Ellerbe, the adviser for Floyd Mayweather Jr., the fighter didn't know about the rematch clause with Shane Mosley until the contract was finalized for their May 1 mega-fight. Ellerbe is speaking out in response to the comments which were made a few days ago by Naazim Richardson, the trainer for Mosley.
If WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik (36-1, 32 KOs) happens to get past Sergio Martinez on Saturday at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, he will try to get Paul Williams (38-1, 27 KOs) in the ring. Pavlik and Williams were set to fight twice last year. Both of the fights were canceled when Pavlik was unable to go forward due to a staph infection.
WBO/IBO/IBF heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko thinks David Haye is scared to take a chance by signing a contract for a unification bout. Haye, the WBA champion, was challenged by Klitschko on Monday. Klitschko wants to set all of his other possibilities aside to get Haye in the ring but he thinks the British fighter is running scared.
Puerto Rico's Jose Miguel Cotto (31-1-1, 23 KOs) is confident about his chances to beat undefeated welterweight prospect Saul Alvarez (31-0, 23 KOs) of Mexico. The fight takes place on the Floyd Mayweather-Shane Mosley pay-per-view undercard on May 1 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
Danny Green retained the IBO cruiserweight world title by knocking out Manny Siaca in three rounds at the Challenge Stadium in Perth. Green controlled the pace in the first round and began cruising in the second when he let his hands go, dropping Siaca with a hard right hook. After staying down on one knee, Siaca beat the count and survived until the bell. Green continued the damage in the third round, pounding on Siaca in the corner and sending him down again in the final minute of the round. This time Siaca stayed down for the full count.
According to multiple reports in Mexico, a rematch between Rodal Mayol and Omar Nino is being negotiated for the possible date of June 19 in Mexico. Back on Febfruary 27 at the Coliseo Olimpico de la UG in Guadalajara in Jalisco, Mexico, Nino (28-3, 11KOs) and Rodel Mayol (26-4, 20KOs) fought to a three round technical draw. Mayol kept his WBC junior flyweight title. The ending was very controversial and the announcers, at first, called Romero the winner by TKO.