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Jeff Mayweather, uncle of Floyd Mayweather Jr., recently had a chance to visit his nephew in camp. Floyd is preparing for the May 1 fight with WBA welterweight champion Shane Mosley. Jeff, who trains several of his own fighters, doesn't see why people are making such a big deal over Mosley's win over Antonio Margarito. He said his nephew is already looking great in camp.
A rematch between Cristian Mijares and Jorge Arce might be getting closer. Reports in Mexico have revealed that Mijares is going to fight Jorge's brother Francisco "Panchito" Arce in a ten round contest on April 10 in Durango. Mijares has been fighting at bantamweight but agreed to take the fight at super flyweight.
Ahead of this Saturday's fight for the WBC junior flyweight title, former champion Edgar Sosa has warned Omar Nino to watch out for the intentional head clashes by the champion, Rodel Mayol. Sosa lost his title to Mayol last November in two rounds. There was a bad clash of heads in the second round that split open the side of Sosa's face and sent him down. He never recovered and was stopped within a few moments.
Former three division champion Erik Morales has stepped on the gas in training camp. Morales is in deep training in Mexico for his ring return on March 27 against Jose Alfaro. The first fight for Morales since October 2007. The fight is a welterweight attraction scheduled for a catch-weight of 142-pounds.
For years WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch has fired verbal jabs at Joe Calzaghe. He is not used to Calzaghe firing back in his direction, unprovoked. On Tuesday Calzaghe ripped Froch by calling him a "spoilt little bitch" who always complains about everything. The two have fought through the press for years but a fight between the two of them never had a chance to take place. Calzaghe retired over a year ago.
Danny Green's defense of the IBO cruiserweight title against former champion Manny Siaca has moved. The fight was originally set down for the Sydney Entertainment Centre on April 14. It is now set to take place at Perth's Challenge Stadium on April 18.
During a recent interview with City AM, former super middleweight king Joe Calzaghe let loose on his domestic rival, WBC champion Carl Froch. They two fighters never liked each other but they also never got a chance to fight. Calzaghe says Froch is a spoiled fighter who is mad at the entire world.
Ulli Wegner, the trainer of undefeated super middleweight Arthur Abraham, is questioning the validity of Andre Dirrell's back injury. They were scheduled to fight in the second stage of Showtime's Super Six tournament on March 6. Dirrell withdrew with a back injury. The fight was postponed to March 27.
Trainer Freddie Roach says WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao wants a piece of Floyd Mayweather Jr. in the worst way. Pacquiao wants to pay Floyd back for all of the comments the Mayweather clan had made that attacked his characted by connecting him to performance enhancing drugs.
Trainer Freddie Roach was very upset during a recent appearance on the Leave it in The Ring Radio Show. When the subject of Paul Malignaggi came up, Roach went off. Malignaggi is going to fight WBA junior welterweight champion Amir Khan on May 15.