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Top Rank's Bob Arum celebrates his 78th birthday this week. He only has one wish - for Manny Pacquiao to beat Floyd Mayweather Jr. on March 13. Arum is the former promoter of Mayweather. They had a nasty split several years ago and since that time the bad blood has been boiling over between the two.
Joe Calzaghe would like to see his countryman WBA heavyweight champion David Haye fight both of Klitschko brothers in 2010; WBO/IBO/IBF champion Wladimir and WBC champion Vitali. Calzaghe feels that Haye has the skill to fight and beat the brothers but warns that both fighters will be far tougher than the 7'2 giant Nikolai Valuev, who Calzaghe doesn't think could fight very much. Haye must first meet and beat WBA mandatory John Ruiz.
Ricky Hatton is still considering a comeback and won't make a final decision until the first few weeks of 2010. He did confirm that his comeback will be for a single fight. He wants to redeem himself with a win but doesn't want to make it a full comeback campaign. Hatton only wants to set the record straight after being crushed in two rounds by Manny Pacquiao back in May.
Promoter Dan Goossen had to play referee on Saturday night when his two heavyweights, Chris Arreola and Tony Thompson, began to exchange verbal punches during the post-fight press conference to Paul Williams-Sergio Martinez. Arreola stopped Brian Minto in the HBO televised co-feature. Thompson appeared on the undercard and stopped Chazz Witherspoon. BoxingScene.com's Bill Emes caught all of the drama as it unfolded.
Promoter Lou DiBella spoke with BoxingScene.com in the aftermath of Paul Williams vs Sergio Martinez at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City. After twelve back and forth rounds, which saw the fighters trade knockdowns in the very first, Williams won a majority decision.
At Tepic, Nayarit, Mexico, 19-year-old rising prospect Saul Alvarez (30-0-1, 22KOs) won the toughest fight of his career by pulling off a twelve round decision over veteran Lanardo Tyner (21-3, 13KOs) to capture the NABF welterweight title.
At the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, Paul Williams (38-1, 27KOs) won a twelve round majority decision win over WBC junior middleweight champion Sergio Martinez (44-2-2, 24KOs) in a classic. The scores were 114-114 a draw, 115-113 and a very insane score of 119-110 for Williams - what fight was this judge watching.
At the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, Chris Arreola (28-1, 25KOs) knocked out Brian Minto (34-3, 21KOs) in the fourth round of a very action-packed heavyweight contest.
At the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, a battle of heavyweights saw Tony Thompson (33-2, 21 KOs) stop Chazz Witherspoon (26-2, 18 KOs) in the ninth round.
At the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, former WBO welterweight champion Carlos Quintana (27-2, 21 KOs) finally returned to the ring, stopping Jesse Feliciano (15-8-3, 9 KOs) in three rounds.