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At the City Discotheque in Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico, Jhonny Gonzalez (43-7, 37KOs) destroyed Antonio Davis (26-6, 13KOs) with four knockdowns in the second round to win their IBF featherweight eliminator.
At Mallory Square in Key West, Florida, rising heavyweight contender Odlanier Solis (15-0, 11KOs) will put his undefeated record on the line against experienced Carl Drumond (26-2, 20KOs) in the main event of a "Top Rank Live" telecast on Fox Sports. Drumond has never been stopped and went the distance with former heavyweight champion Ruslan Chagaev. Solis is on the verge of a title shot.
After using his jab to win every round of the fight, Wladimir Klitschko stepped up the pace in the twelfth round to score a brutal knockout of Eddie Chambers in Duesseldorf, Germany. Klitschko retained his WBO/IBF/IBO heavyweight titles.
At the La Palestre, Le Cannet, in Alpes-Maritimes, France, British bantamweight Jamie McDonnell (14-2-1,6 KOs) stopped Jerome Arnould (22-4-1, 14 KOs) in the tenth round to win the EBU title. McDonnell dominated nearly all of the action.
Former champion light heavyweight Antonio Tarver has been sitting back and doing a lot of duties in the broadcast booth for Showtime. Everytime he watches a good fight, the itch to fight again returns. Tarver likes his gig with Showtime and sees it as another career avenue for his post-boxing future.
Former champion Ulises Solis (29-2-2, 20KOs) has vowed to repeat with another win over Bert Batawang (45-14, 37KOs). They first met over two years ago with Solis, then the IBF junior flyweight champion, stopping Batawang in the ninth round. On March 27 in Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico, the collide again in an IBF junior flyweight title eliminator.
Stay tuned to BoxingScene.com for full results and notes from the ESPRIT Arena in Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. In the main event, Wladimir Klitschko (53-3, 47KOs) will defend his WBO/IBO/IBF heavyweights titles against mandatory challenger Eddie Chambers (35-1, 18KOs).
Hot prospects McJoe and McWilliams Arroyo return to action on April 17 at the Coliseo Tomas Dones in Fajardo, Puerto Rico. McJoe (1-0, 1KOs at bantamweight) and McWilliams (1-0, 1KOs) at flyweight, made impressive debuts in February. Their promoters, Puerto Rico Best Boxing, plan to keep them very active. Cruiserweight prospect Carlos Negron (8-0, 6KOs) will also be featured on the card in a six round bout. Puerto Rico Best Boxing is calling the card "Future Champions."
Former champion and boxing hall-of-famer Barry McGuigan says Amir Khan is taking a very big risk with his decision to invade the United States so early in his career. McGuigan questions whether this is the right time for Khan to make such a move. He said Hatton came along at the right time and brought an army of fans with him, and Calzaghe did not have the army of fans but he did have the experience. McGuigan says Khan is lacking in experience and does not have an army of fans who follow him around, and that will make his invasion of America even harder.
Ricky Hatton has been a ghost to the media for the last few weeks. The Manchester star vanished from the public eye while he decides whether or not to fight again. Close friends and his younger brother Matthew have dropped hints in the press that Ricky plans to retire, but the story changes every day.