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Trainer Freddie Roach says WBA heavyweight champion David Haye needs to come out swinging punches from the very first round. He didn't like what he saw when Haye moved around for twelve rounds to win a close decision over Nikolai Valuev to win the heavyweight title last year. Roach says Haye needs to return to his old style of fighting by attacking Ruiz with hard power shots.
And we all thought WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik was the bad boy of Ohio. Undefeated lightweight prospect Adrien Broner, 20, is facing a robbery charge which stems from a incident on March 9. According to the Cincinnati Enquirer, who obtained court documents, Broner (14-0, 11KOs) was arrested for "purse snatching."
WBA heavyweight champion David Haye see two flaws in WBO/IBO/IBF champion Wladimir Klitschko, and neither of those flaws are his chin. Haye doesn't view Klitschko as a big finisher. He says the Eastern Euro champ sticks to using his jab because he doesn't have the "killer instinct" to finish an opponent off. Another reason Haye says, is because Klitschko is fighting scared to win.
At the Polideportivo José María Vargas in La Guaira, Venezuela, WBA bantamweight champion Anselmo Moreno (29-1-1, 10KOs) came to hostile ground to win a close twelve round split-decision over previously undefeated interim-champion Nehomar Cermeno (19-1, 11KOs). Cermeno was riding quite a streak, including two wins over Cristian Mijares and a win over Alejandro Valdez. The scores were 114-113, 115-112 for Moreno and 115-112 for Cermeno.
At Casino Rama in Rama, Ontario, Canada, heavy hometown favorite Steve Molitor (32-1) reclaimed the IBF super bantamweight title with a twelve round unanimous decision over South Africa's Takalani Ndlovu (30-6). The scores were 116-112, 117-111 and 115-113. Molitor lost the title two years ago when he was knocked out by Celestino Caballero in four rounds. Ndlovu was no stranger to Molitor. He was knocked out by the Canadian fighter in nine rounds back in 2007.
Later tonight at the La Explanada Del Palacio Municipal in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, former three division champion Erik Morales returns for his first fight since October of 2007, taking on Jose Alfaro at the welterweight limit of 147-pounds. Morales returns from a four fight losing streak for one final title run.
At the Plaza Pueblo Antiguo in Ensenada, Mexico, Ulises "Archie" Solis (30-2-2, 21 KOs) stopped Bert Batawang (45-15-3, 37 KOs) in five rounds of action in an IBF junior flyweight eliminator. After an action-packed first three rounds, Solis took over with the harder punches in the fourth to deck Batawang and battered him in the fifth round. Batawang was unable to come out for the sixth round.
In a breaking scandal over in England, retired super middleweight king Joe Calzaghe has admitted to using cocaine and living the party lifestyle to undercover reporters who were posing as would-be sponsors. The Telegraph and News of The World have both jumped on the story.
At the Sporthalle in Alsterdorf, Hamburg, Germany, Denis Bakhtov (33-5, 22KOs) made Steffen Kretschmann (14-2, 13KOs) quit in the ninth round of their rematch. Last year Bakhtov knocked Kretschmann out in the first round. Bakhtov wins the PABA heavyweight title.
Later tonight at the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan, super middleweight Andre Dirrell (18-1, 13KOs) will challenge the Super Six tournament leader, undefeated punching-machine Arthur Abraham (31-0, 25KOs). Abraham returns from the brutal knockout of Jermain Taylor. Dirrell suffered a close points loss in the first round to ubeaten WBC champion Carl Froch. Abraham vs. Dirrell is the first fight in the second stage of the Super Six.