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WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao will be ready to go on fight night, says his trainer Freddie Roach. Pacquiao defends the title on Saturday night against Joshua Clottey at Cowboys Stadium in Texas. Roach, speaking with Fox Sports, said Clottey has nothing in his boxing arsenal that scares him in the fight. Based on watching hours of tapes, he thinks Clottey does the same moves over and over in every fight.
Trainer Freddie Roach recently spoke to reporters about some possible fights involving WBA junior welterweight champion Amir Khan, who makes his American/HBO debut on May 15 against Paulie Malignaggi at the WaMu Theater in New York's Madison Square Garden.
Welterweight contender Jesus Soto Karass (24-4-3, 16KO) will take on Noberto Gonzalez (18-1, 12KOs) on April 10 in Las Vegas. The show will probably get televised by Fox Sports on the Top Rank Live series. Karass is trying to regain some footing after losing a technical decision to Alfonso Gomez on the Manny Pacquiao-Miguel Cotto undercard last November. Gonzalez is on a two fight win streak after losing a decision to Antwone Smith last February.
According to a report in the Daily Mail, a paper with sources inside the Hatton camp, former two division champion Ricky Hatton plans to call off a recently announced ring return and plans to announce his retirement next week. The report claims Hatton told close friends over the wekend he no longer has the motivation to return. Hatton has been inactive since last May's crushing two round knockout at the hands of Manny Pacquiao.
Junior welterweight Devon Alexander has arrived. This past Saturday, the boxing world took notice as Alexander made quite a debut on HBO. He boxed his way to a eight round knockout of Juan Urango to unify the WBC and IBF titles. Urango had never been stopped in any of previous fights, and that includes taking hard punches in recent fights with Randall Bailey and Andre Berto. Prior to the Alexander loss, Urango had only been down once, against a pure puncher like Bailey, and he still managed to get up and win by knockout.
According to trainer Freddie Roach, WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao is hungry to get Floyd Mayweather Jr. in the ring. Roach told the Washington Post that Pacquiao is still steaming over the failed January negotiations to make a fight. Pacquiao wants to defend his honor by getting Mayweather in the ring. He feels Mayweather tried to ruin his reputation by pushing him to take random drug tests to detect steroids.
Are Golden Boy Promotions setting up a junior welterweight eliminator to leave one man standing? Golden Boy's recent signing, WBA champion Amir Khan will defend his title against former Paulie Malignaggi on May 15 at the WaMu Theater in New York City's Madison Square Garden. Richard Schaefer, the CEO for Golden Boy, recently told Lem Satterfield of AOL's FanHouse, that he will try to make a fight between Ricky Hatton and Juan Manuel Marquez. Schaefer has tried to put this fight together for the last few months.
WBO bantamweight champion Fernando Montiel has spoke out about the unification with WBC champion Hozumi Hasegawa for April 30 in Japan. Despite rumors of a signed contract by the Mexican fighter, Montiel says the deal is not done and he is not going to Japan unless the money is right. Montiel was upset over what he claimed were false reports on the internet that claimed he signed a contract for the fight.
Former champion Daniel Zaragoza has returned to the big leagues of boxing for the first time since his 1997 loss to Erik Morales. As previously reported some time ago, Rafael Marquez hired Zaragoza as his new trainer. Zaragoza replaces the legendary Nacho Beristain. Marquez is being prepared for his fourth meeting with Israel Vazquez, set for May 22 in Los Angeles.
WBA welterweight champion Shane Mosley would like nothing more than to knock Floyd Mayweather Jr. out on May 1 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Mosley will switch-hit that night. He plans to put on a boxing clinic, switching from boxer to puncher at any time. If Mosley manages to get Mayweather in trouble, he will do everything in his power to close the show. He won't let Mayweather off the hook.