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Former undisputed heavyweight champion Mike Tyson was joking around when he mentioned the possibility of a ring return while speaking to Showtime last Saturday night in Las Vegas. Tyson said "anything is possible" when asked about a potential return in the future.
According to a report in Namibia Sport, Paulus “The Hitman” Moses (25-0, 17KOs) will defend his WBA lightweight title against Marco Antonio Barrera (65-7, 43KOs) in early January 2010. [Juan Manuel Marquez is the WBA's super champion at the weight]. The fight will take place in Los Angeles, California. Moses’ promoter and trainer Nestor Tobias held a press conference in Windhoek on Tuesday to announce the fight.
During a recent interview with Telegraph Sport, trainer Freddie Roach predicted a huge victory for David Haye. He thinks Haye will dominate and destroy WBA heavywieght champion Nikolai Valuev on Saturday night in Germany. He says Haye is too fast, too strong, too athletic for the 7'2 giant. And yes, Roach says Haye will become the first man to knock Valuev out.
Natalia Klitschko, the wife of WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko, is living in fear. She feels her husband's life is in danger. Not because of his conquests in the ring but because of his battles in the world of politics. On October 14, Klitschko and his reform group, who are trying to rid Ukraine of political corruption, were involved in a wild televised brawl at Kiev's city council. They clashed with legislators from the mayor's party, loyal to Leonid Chernovetsky.
As expected, a legal battle has exploded over the estate of the late Arturo Gatti. The two sides have drawn their battle lines. Gatti's family vs. Amanda Rodrigues, the widow of the former champion, at the Quebec Superior Court. Gatti was found dead by his wife on July 11 at the condo they were renting on a resort in Brazil. She was arrested and held as the lead suspect in his death. An autopsy would rule Gatti's death as a suicide and Rodrigues was released from police custody.
Heavyweight contender David Haye has gone back on the attack, blasting away with plenty of verbal damage on WBA heavyweight champion Nikolai Valuev. Haye is not worried about Valuev's 7'2 frame, or his 320-pound body. He is worried about Valuev's forrest of body hair. Haye wishes that he could bring a lawnmower to shave Valuev's hair before they fight this Saturday in Germany.
With less than two weeks to go, WBO welterweight champion Miguel Cotto is getting a mountain of support from his countrymen, experts and other fighters. Cotto defends his title against pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao on November 14 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
Former three division champion Felix "Tito" Trinidad is picking WBO welterweight champion Miguel Cotto to retain his title on November 14 when he faces pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. There have always been rumors of a rivalry between Cotto and Trinidad. Tito has always laid praise on Puerto Rican fighters like Ivan Calderon and Juan Manuel Lopez but it wasn't very often that he praised Cotto. For the biggest fight in Puerto Rico since Trinidad fought Oscar De La Hoya over ten years ago, Tito is backing his countryman to win.
WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch is backing his countryman David Haye to defeat WBA heavyweight champion Nikolai Valuev on Saturday night. He gives Haye a lot of credit for his speed and movement. When the two of them used to spar, Froch was unable to catch Haye with any punches. He said the bigger man was also the quicker man.
According to the word coming down in Mexico, hard punching flyweight Hernan "Tyson" Marquez (26-0, 19KOs) could be facing Jean Piero Perez (14-3, 10KOs) in some form of a title eliminator in his next fight. Two of Perez's defeats have been to Rafael Concepcion. Marquez's promoter Fernando Beltran is trying to get him in position for a title shot. Marquez stopped Darwin Zamora on Saturday night in six rounds.