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Nothing new with Erik Morales calling out fellow countryman Juan Manuel Marquez to a fight. Except in March Morales finally returned from a layoff that lasted over two years, to defeat Jose Alfaro in Mexico. Morales returned two divisions higher, as a welterweight. The two opponents of choice, Miguel Cotto at 147 or Marquez at 144.
WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch predicts a knockout win over Mikkel Kessler in the second stage of the Super Six tournament on April 24 in Denmark. The fight in the third stage of the tournament will have Froch taking on Arthur Abraham. Size sometimes matters, says Froch. He thinks the smaller Abraham will take a pounding when the two of them are matched.
They have an old saying in the boxing circles - "every fighter is a dangerous fighter" - and that old saying rang true on Wednesday at the BB King Blues Club & Grill in the Times Square area of Manhattan in New York City.
Things are heating up between WBA heavyweight champion David Haye and mandatory challenger John Ruiz. Haye defense his title against Ruiz this coming Saturday at the MEN Arena in Manchester. Haye has threatened to take off the head of Ruiz. He told Sportinglife, that Ruiz left his family members at home because he knows a bad knockout loss is coming.
Promoter Lou DiBella, during the New York City summit for the Super Six super middleweight tournament, said the upset wins by Andre Dirrell and Andre Ward have turned the entire tournament upside down. DiBella discussed the round-robin format of the tournament and explained how the format changes the way the boxing fans view the pecking order with each passing fight.
At the Trusts Stadium in Auckland, New Zealand, David Tua (51-3, 43KOs) won a twelve round unanimous decision over Friday Ahunanya (24-6-3, 13KOs) to retain the WBO Asia Pacific and WBO Oriental heavyweight titles. The scores were 119-109, 117-109 and 120-108.
During the Super Six Summit in New York City, British promoter Mick Hennessy told reporters that his fighter, WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch, will be ready for the challenge of Mikkel Kessler and the challenge of Arthur Abraham. Froch will defend his title against Kessler on April. Kessler lost an upset decision in the first stage of the Super Six when he was dominated by Andre Ward. Hennessy says Froch will not underestimate Kessler. They expect a more dangerous Kessler.
When Roy Jones Jr. and Bernard Hopkins step in the ring on Saturday, IBO cruiserweight champion Danny Green will be watching with a lot of interest. In December, Green stopped Jones in the first round of their bout in Australia. The loss appeared to kill an already planned rematch between Jones and Hopkins. Green was on the verge of replacing Jones in the fight, but the deal fell apart when Hopkins made a decision to move forward with the Jones rematch.
WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch is predicting a dominating victory on Saturday for WBA heavyweight champion David Haye, who defends the title against mandatory challenger John Ruiz in Manchester, England. Haye makes the first defense of the title he won from Nikolai Valuev last year.
When WBA heavyweight champion David Haye defends his title against mandatory challenger John Ruiz on Saturday night in Manchester, an army of British fighters will be at ringside to show their support.