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According to a source close to the negotiations, speaking with AOL's Fan House, the March 13 super fight between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. will be finalized as early as this week.
According to WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko, there is a preliminary agreement in place to face WBA champion David Haye in a unification bout in 2010. Klitschko and Haye was set to meet in September but the British fighter withdrew and instead took a fight with 7'2 Nikolai Valuev. Klitschko instead fought and stopped Chris Arreola. Last weekend Klitschko won an easy twelve round decision over Kevin Johnson.
In a battle of former champion on February 13, Eric Morel has promised to punish Gerry Penalosa in a bantamweight eliminator at the Las Vegas Hilton in Las Vegas. The winner will get a shot at WBO champion Fernando Montiel. Morel and his father/trainer Cirilo Morel, have a feeling the fight fight Montiel will never happen. The winner of Morel-Penalosa is due to fight Montiel in June. Morel has been Montiel's mandatory for a long time.
Everything has been set for David Tua to face Friday “the 13th” Ahunanya in March showdown in New Zealand. Duco Events, who are putting the event together in New Zealand, informed BoxingScene.com that everything is set for the fight to take place.
Bantamweight Alejandro Valdez (21-3-3, 15 KOs) wants to make the best of a second chance. In his last outing, he was robbed of a knockout win over WBO champion Fernando Montiel. After pulling off a three round stoppage of Montiel, the decision was later changed to a techincal no-decision. On Saturday at the Arena Itson in Ciudad Obregon, Sonora in Mexico, he challenges Venezuelan Nehomar Cermeno (18-0, 10 KOs) for the WBA's interim-bantamweight title.
WBA junior welterweight champion Amir Khan will not go any further in the war of words with WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch. Over the last year, the two British fighters have exchanged plenty of words in the press. It all started when Froch was critical of Khan's loss to Breidis Prescott and his title win over Andreas Kotelnik. Khan has called Froch a jealous fighter. Froch shot back over the weekend and told Khan to "grow up." He vowed to continue speaking his mind on Khan's career.
Promoter Frank Warren is always good for a few one-liners in the press. In his recent "Frankly" Speaking" column, he took a good swipe at Dmitriy Salita and his promoter Roy Jones Jr. Two weeks ago, Salita was knocked out in less than a round by Amir Khan. In the same week, Salita's promoter Roy Jones Jr. was also stopped in the first round by Danny Green.
WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko can't wait to get David Haye in the ring for a fight in 2010. After disposing of Kevin Johnson this past Saturday, Klitschko is looking for his next challenge. Haye is facing his WBA mandatory challenger John Ruiz in the first quarter of the coming year.
WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch has continued the war of words with WBA junior welterweight champion Amir Khan. Froch and Khan will both be present at the awards ceremony where heavyweight champion David Haye has been nominated for the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award.
Former champion Cristian Mijares (38-6-2, 17KOs) continued his comeback by battering Filipino fighter BJ Dolorosa (8-3, 1KOs) over six rounds to get the stoppage win at Plaza de Toros Rea in Sinaloa, Mexico. After suffering three defeats in a row, a knockout loss to Vic Darchinyan and dropping two decisions to Nehomar Cermeno, Mijares is working his way back. Mijares returned last month to knock out Jesus Vidal in three rounds.