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At the Choctaw Gaming Center in Durant, Oklahoma, super middleweight prospect Edwin Rodriguez (14-0, 10 KOs) kept his undefeated streak going by destroying George Armenta (13-6, 11 KOs) in 47-seconds of the first round with a hook to the body that sent him down for the count.
At the Leigh Indoor Sports Village in England, Martin Lindsay (16-0, 7 KOs) dominated Jamie Arthur (16-3, 4 KOs) over twelve rounds to keep the British featherweight title. The scores were 118-108, 119-108 and 117-110. Arthur went down twice in the second round and showed some heart by lasting the full distance. Lindsay was in full control and punished Arthur in several spots of action.
In an IBF welterweight eliminator at the Lotto Arena in Merksem, Antwerpen, Belgium, Randall Bailey (41-7, 36KOs) destroyed Jackson Bonsu (31-4, 24KOs) in 90-seconds of an IBF eliminator for the number two position in the rankings. Jackson went down hard from a Bailey combination in the early going. He was given a chance to get to his feet but he was quickly dropped again for good with a hard left hook.
WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko is ready and willing to give WBA champion David Haye the homefield advantage. If Haye defeats mandatory John Ruiz on April 3, and Klitschko beats Albert Sosnowski on May 29, there could be some fireworks in England at the end of the year.
WBA-interim junior welterweight champion Marcos Maidana is in training for his upcoming clash with undefeated Victor Cayo on March 27 in Las Vegas. Maidana is not underestimating Cayo. He views him as a very good opponent.
WBA heavyweight champion David Haye has fired back at WBO/IBO/IBF champion Wladimir Klitschko over his recent trash talk in the British press. Klitschko told reporters that Haye "b*tched" out in two fight opportunities and questioned the British champion's chin. Haye fired back telling Wladimir to look in the mirror.
The weights are in and the first big heavyweight clash of 2010 is ready to go at the Espirit Arena in Dusseldorf, Germany. Over 46,000 tickets have been sold at the 51,000 seat venue and the event promoters are expecting a sold out crowd by fight time. Klitschko stepped on the scales to weigh 244-pounds. Chambers weighed-in at 209-pounds, which is very light and shows the slick boxer is in very good shape. It's only half a pound above his fighting weight for last July's upset of previously undefeated Alexander Dimitrenko.
IBF/IBO/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko is ready to go. After nearly ten months away from the ring, Klitschko returns on Saturday night at Duesseldorf's Espirit Arena. It was reported on Friday that 46,000 of the 51,000 available tickets have been sold. Klitschko's trainer Emanuel Steward has a lot of respect for Chambers. He called Chambers the best fighter Wladimir has fought in his career, but the trainer predicts a knockout within eight rounds.
WBO/IBO/IBF heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko has a big defense this Saturday against Eddie Chambers in Germany, and then has a mandatory defense against Alexander Povetkin, but WBA champion David Haye is still on his mind. Wladimir's older brother Vitali has the WBC title. They both want Haye's title and recently traded words over which brother would get him first.
When WBA heavyweight champion David Haye steps in the ring on April 3 in Manchester against mandatory John Ruiz, he will not be overconfident. Haye is still having thoughts about his 2004 knockout loss to 40-year-old Carl Thompson. Haye wants to keep the loss to Thompson fresh is his head to keep himself from repeating the mistake of being overconfident in a fight.