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Lee Beard is hoping to patch things up with Ricky and Matthew Hatton. The two fighters dropped Beard as their trainer after he agreed to work with former champion Joan Guzman for the rematch with Ali Funeka on March 27. Beard spoke with Sky Sports and said he has more then enough time to continue training Matthew and said there were no problems on his end.
Trainer Freddie Roach is convinced, Manny Pacquiao will become the first fighter to stop Joshua Clottey. Pacquiao defends the WBO welterweight title against Clottey on March 13 at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Roach has studied dozens of tapes on Clottey and thinks he knows his boxing abilities like a book. He doesn't think the former champion will last to the tenth.
19-year-old welterweight prospect Saul "Canelo" Alvarez (31-0, 23KOs) crushed his keep-busy opponent Brian Camechis with a left hook to the jaw at the 23-second mark of the third. Alvarez packed the house on Saturday night with thousands coming out to see his fight in Chiapas, Mexico.
The retired Joe Calzaghe, who hung up the gloves in early 2009, has once again called for Ricky Hatton to walk away from boxing for good. Hatton has been inactive since Manny Pacquiao knocked him out in two rounds last April. He announced a comeback fight for the summer. Calzaghe wants him to walk away for good.
Hot welterweight prospect Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (31-0-1, 23 KOs) knocked out Brian Camechis (19-3, 8 KOs) of Ohio in three rounds at the Palenque de la Feria, Tuxtla Gutierrez in Chiapas, Mexico. After working him over in round one, Alvarez got him in serious trouble in the second round by dropping him twice. Alvarez then landed a massive lead left hook to drop Camachis in the third for the win.
After Vic Darchinyan (34-2-1, 27 KOs) retained his WBC/WBA super flyweight titles with a battering of Rodrigo Guerrero (13-2-1, 9 KOs) over twelve rounds at the Agua Caliente Casino in Rancho Mirage, California - he sent a message to WBA-interim champion Nonito Donaire. Darchinyan was knocked out by Donaire in five rounds in 2007.
After Devon Alexander knocked out Juan Urango to unify the IBF/WBC junior welterweights titles at the Mohegan Sun Resort and Casino in CT, former two division champion Zab Judah entered the ring to crash the celebration party. While HBO's Max Kellerman was conducting an interview with Alexander, Judah cut in with some comments.
At the Agua Caliente Casino in Rancho Mirage, California, lightweight contender Lenny Zappavigna (23-0, 15 KOs) picked up a twelve round unanimous decision over Fernando Angulo (22-7, 14 KOs) to win the vacant IBO title. The scores were 116-111, 116-111, and 114-113. The fight had a lot of action with the Zappavigna controlling the majority of the first half and Angulo coming back in the late rounds to make it close. Zappavigna was able to hang on and stayed composed to win.
Trainer Freddie Roach got an unexpected surprise on his 50th birthday, a grazing right hand on the chin from WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao. The Philippine Star reports Pacquiao chin-checked Roach during a training routine. Not the first or last time. The paper watched the two hour training routine and reported several shots digging to Roach's body or being to quick for Roach to pull fully away.
At the Mohegan Sun Resort and Casino in CT, former cruiserweight champion Wayne "Big Truck" Braithwaite (24-4, 20 KOs) knocked out Adam Harris (10-3, 7 KOs) in the first round. In the closing moments of the round, a three punch combination sent Harris down for the full count of ten. The junior welterweight unification between Devon Alexander and Juan Urango headlines the show. HBO will be televising.