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Orlando Cuellar, trainer of Yuriorkis Gamboa and Glen Johnson, is in the running to train Miguel Cotto for his June 5 bout with WBA junior middleweight champion Yuri Foreman. Cuellar was contacted by Cotto's team to see if he was interested in coming on board. Foreman recently hired veteran trainer Emanuel Steward to assist with his training camp.
Floyd Mayweather Jr. is not leaving any stone unturned. During the press tour for the May 1 clash with Shane Mosley, Floyd has outdone himself in the verbal jabs category. He took aim at Mosley over his divorce, his finances and now he even questions his record. Mayweather, in several interviews, was very critical of Mosley's past history with using performance enhancing drugs. Prior to the 2003 rematch with Oscar De La Hoya, Mosley took performance enhancing drugs.
Former welterweight champion Carlos Quintana gives WBC champion Andre Berto a lot of credit for taking such a dangerous fight. Quintana challenges Berto for the title on April 10. Berto was due to have a unification with Shane Mosley in January but was forced to withdraw to handle some family related issues. Berto has family members who were affected by the tragedy in Haiti.
Freddie Roach, trainer for WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao, is predicting a dominating boxing performance that ends with a knockout of Joshua Clottey on March 13. Top Rank CEO Bob Arum spoke with the The Philippine Star and said Clottey will be a harder opponent for Pacquiao than Miguel Cotto, who won a close decision over Clottey last year. Arum has no idea how any fighter can knock Clottey out.
Former champion Joshua Clottey will try to wear down WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao on March 13 at Cowboys Stadium in Texas. Pacquiao's stamina is one of his biggest advantages over opponents. Clottey has figured out a strategy to stop it. He put together a plan to make Pacquiao punch himself out.
Bxoing will return to Yankee Stadium for the first time since Muhammad Ali fought Ken Norton on Sept. 28, 1976. Top Rank CEO Bob Arum, who promotes both fighters and handled the Ali-Norton event in 1976, confirmed to the Associated Press that a deal was reached with the Yankees organization to hold Yuri Foreman vs. Miguel Cotto at the stadium on June 5.
The battle between Universum and WBA middleweight champion Felix Sturm continues. Sturm filed an affidavit with the high court in Hamburg, Germany, stating that he refuses to to make a mandtory defense against unbeaten Gennady Golovkin if Universum is involved in the promotion of the event.
Former heavyweight champion John Ruiz is tired of David Haye talking about his big win over seven-foot Nikolai Valuev. Ruiz challenges Haye for his WBA heavyweight title on April 3 in Manchester. Ruiz said Haye barely threw any punches against Valuev and mostly ran for twelve rounds. He thinks Haye got the decision because of the fans who were in the crowd that were cheering him on with every punch.
Floyd Mayweather Jr. is really high on his chances to beat WBA welterweight champion Shane Mosley on May 1 in Las Vegas. Mayweather fired off some verbal jabs in response to Mosley predicting a win by knockout. Mayweather wants to make an example of Mosley.
Mexican legend Julio Cesar Chavez Sr. plans to take over the training of his two undefeated sons, Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. and Omar Chavez. Chavez was unhappy with his son's recent seven month suspension from the Nevada State Athletic Commission. Chavez Jr. was suspended for using a diuretic prior to a fight last November. A lot of fighters use diuretics to lose weight. Chavez Jr. was unaware the drug was illegal in the state of Nevada.