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There were no excuses from former welterweight champion Carlos Quintana. He was stopped in eight rounds last Saturday when he challenged WBC champion Andre Berto. Quintana said Berto was simply a better fighter. He hit a lot harder than Quintana expected, and his defense was a lot better too.
WBA heavyweight champion David Haye is making a very unusual request to the Klitschko brothers. Younger brother Wladimir released a video on Monday, baiting Haye to accept his challenge. In response to the challenge, Haye is asking the two brothers to fight each other, or in the alternative for one brother to pass off his belts to the other. Haye wants to fight one brother with all of titles at stake. Wladimir has the IBF/WBO/IBO titles and Vitali is the WBC champion.
WBO/IBO/IBF heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko is only interested in fighting WBA champion David Haye. He doesn't want Alexander Povetkin, or Samuel Peter, or any other possible challenger. Klitschko tells Lem Satterfield of AOL's FanHouse that he released a video on Monday in order to send a strong message to Haye.
WBO super flyweight champion Jorge Arce is not looking past his April 24 opponent, Cecilio "Boga" Santos. Arce defends his title at the Centro de Usos Multiples in Ciudad Obregón, SON, Mexico. Arce (53-6-1, 40 KOs) already has a big fight lined up for June 26. He will move up in weight to challenge WBO interim-bantamweight champion Eric Morel on the undercard to Julio Cesar Chavez Jr-John Duddy at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. To get there has has to beat Santos (24-13-3, 14 KOs), a heavy underdog in the fight.
WBA heavyweight champion David Haye got the message loud and clear on Monday. IBO/WBO/IBF heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko issued a press release video where he dared the British fighter to accept his challenge. Haye's manager Adam Booth plans to begin immediate negotiations for the fight.
Jose Reynoso, manager of unbeaten welterweight Saul "Canelo" Alvarez, is expecting a possible war in Las Vegas. Alvarez appears on the HBO pay-per-view undercard on the Floyd Mayweather-Shane Mosley undercard on May 1. The opponent will be the once-beaten Jose Miguel Cotto (31-1-1, 23 KOs), older brother of two-division champion Miguel Cotto.
The Klitschko brothers, Wladimir and Vitali, have no shortage of possible opponents. Everyone is chasing them for a fight. Two of the recent names to hit the press are Evander Holyfield and Audley Harrison. On Friday in London, Harrison won the vacant EBU title with a brutal knockout of Michael Sprott. On Saturday in Las Vegas, Holyfield stopped Francois Botha in eight rounds. Both of the fighters called for the Klitschkos after their wins.
Floyd Mayweather Jr. made his big return to HBO's reality series, 24/7. This time the series follows Mayweather and his May 1 opponent, WBA welterweight champion Shane Mosley, as the two fighters prepare for their HBO pay-per-view mega-bout. Mayweather's trash talk in previous editions of 24/7 made the series a must watch show. As usual, Mayweather held nothing back during the program.
At the BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise, Florida, Andre Berto (26-0, 20KOs) knocked out former champion Carlos Quintana (27-3, 21KOs) in the eight round to retain his WBC welterweight title.
At the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas, a crowd of around 2,000 fans saw a battle of veteran former champions, Evander Holyfield (43-10-2, 28 KO) knocked out Francois Botha (47-5-3, 28 KO) in the eight round.