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WBA heavyweight champion is open to the possibility of a rematch with Nikolai Valuev - if the the British champion is unable to get a fight with either of the Klitschko brothers, Wladimir or Vitali. Valuev has an outstanding rematch clause from their 2009 title fight. Haye wants to retire by age 31, with or without the Klitschko brothers. Haye turns 30 in October.
Arthur Abraham's third fight in Showtime's Super Six Boxing Classic will come against WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch on August 21 in Nottingham, England. Froch has yet to complete his second stage fight, which takes place on April 24 in Denmark against Abraham's stablemate Mikkel Kessler.
According to several reports in Mexico, if the returning Antonio Margarito is able to grab a quick win over Roberto Garcia in the "Latin Fury 14" main event on May 8 in Aguascalientes, we shouldn't be surprised to see him land on the June 26 edition of Latin Fury, where Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. will face John Duddy in the main event at the Alomodome in San Antonio, Texas.
Former welterweight champion Carlos Quintana is in great shape as he heads to Florida for Saturday's fight against WBC champion Andre Berto. Quintana has been fighting as a junior middleweight but agreed to drop in weight for the Berto opportunity. He weighed 148-pounds on Wednesday; only one pound under the welterweight limit. Quintana expects no problems with making weight on Friday.
WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch is not overlooking his April 24 opponent, Mikkel Kessler. The Danish former champion returns from a bad one-sided decision loss at the hands of Andre Ward. Froch takes the fight in Kessler's home country of Denmark.
WBA/WBC super flyweight champion Vic Darchinyan is hungry to get his hands on WBA interim-champion Nonito Donaire. Top Rank and Darchinyan's promoter Gary Shaw are in the process of finalizing a rematch for the month of August. Donaire knocked Darchinyan out in five rounds in 2007.
The Australian bad boy Anthony Mundine is heading to Los Angeles to train under Freddie Roach at the Wild Card Gym, reports The Daily Telegraph. No exact reason was given for Mundine's move to train overseas with Roach or how long Mundine plans to stay in the United States. There are tentative plans for Mundine to take a fight in the month of May.
Former two-division champion Miguel Cotto has officially announced on the social networks that Emanuel Steward will be coming in as the new head trainer. Cotto will go for his third divisional title on June 5 against undefeated WBA junior middleweight champion Yuri Foreman. The Puerto Rican star captured belts at 140 and 147-pounds.
According to some of the newspapers in Eastern Europe, there is a big rumor floating around that Alexander Povetkin could be paid a "step aside fee" in order for a unification fight to take place between WBO/IBO/IBF heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko and WBA champion David Haye.
According to trainer Floyd Mayweather Sr., there are rumors floating around that WBA welterweight champion Shane Mosley is getting beat up in training camp by his sparring partners. Mosley defends his title against Floyd Mayweather Jr. on May 1 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Mayweather Sr. doesn't give Mosley a shot at beating his son. He said Mosley has trouble with black fighters and points his record, where four defeats have come at the hands of black fighters; Vernon Forrest twice and Winky Wright twice.