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The final leg of Manny Pacquiao's training camp is under way. Pacquiao challenges WBO welterweight champion Miguel Cotto for his title on November 14 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Pacquiao and his team arrived in Los Angeles over the weekend to start training at Freddie Roach's Wild Card Gym in Hollywood, California.
At the World Trade Center in Veracruz, Mexico, Tomas Rojas (32-11-1, 22 KOs) won a dominating twelve round decision over previously undefeated Evans Mbamba (16-1, 8 KOs) of South Africa. The scores were 117-109, 117-109 and 119-108.
At the Atlas Arena in Lodz, Poland, cruiserweight king Tomasz Adamek (39-1, 27KOs) made the big move to heavyweight and battered Andrew Golota (41-8, 33KOs) for a fifth-round TKO to win the vacant IBF International heavyweight title.
WBA junior welterweight champion Amir Khan may follow in the footsteps of his countryman Audley Harrison by leaving Britain and making a permanent move to America. During a recent interview, Harrison claimed to have left the UK because the boxing media and the fans were so negative that he found it impossible to continue his career in the country.
According to the Jakarta Post, unbeaten WBA super featherweight champion Chris John has been hospitalized for the last two days with dengue fever. John is being treated at Telogorejo Hospital in his city of residence Semarang, states his wife Anna Maria Megawati.
In the opinion of retired boxing great Barry Mcguigan, WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch, and contender Andre Dirrell, will do better in their upcoming fights in the Super Six tournament. Froch beat Dirrell with a split decision last weekend in Nottingham.
Even though Juan Manuel Marquez was dominated in his last ring outing with Floyd Mayweather Jr. in September, trainer Freddie Roach says a trilogy bout is possible with Manny Pacquiao for March 2010. Pacquiao returns on November 14 against WBO welterweight champion Miguel Cotto. There is a tentative return date for Pacquiao in March of next year.
WBO welterweight champion Miguel Cotto has hit back at his rival, Antonio Margarito. During a recent interview with ESPN Deportes radio, Margarito expressed his desire to land a rematch with Cotto in the first quarter of 2010 - if the Puerto Rican star is able to beat Manny Pacquiao on November 14 in Las Vegas. He said Cotto has to take a rematch to avenge his only loss but the fight will end with yet another defeat. Margarito handed Cotto his only loss with an eleven round stoppage in July 2008.
WBO welterweight champion Miguel Cotto is not bothered by the big talk of Manny Pacquiao's trainer Freddie Roach. In a recent interview with BoxingScene.com's Ronnie Nathanielsz, Roach said Pacquiao stood a chance of knocking Cotto out in the first round of their bout on November 14.
WBA junior welterweight champion Amir Khan has compared the style of his next opponent, unbeaten Dmitriy Salita, to ex-champ Andreas Kotelnik. Khan defends against Salita on December 5 in Newcastle. Khan says the style of Salita is going to hurt him due to a suspect defense. Khan says Salita will provide him with the perfect fight to showcase his skills.