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A few days ago, WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch lashed out at Joe Calzaghe over some of his recent comments on Showtime's Super Six tournament. Calzaghe said WBA champ Mikkel Kessler was by far the best fighter in the round-robin tournament and he felt Froch was not capable of dealing with the Danish fighter. Calzaghe has responded to Froch's comments in his recent Campaign Series byline.
Contrary to the reports coming out of Japan, former WBA flyweight champion Eric Morel (41-2, 21KOs) says that he did not agree, at least not yet, to fight WBC champion Hozumi Hasegawa (27-2, 11KOs) on December 18 at the World Memorial Hall in Kobe, Japan. Morel is going the legal route to force WBO bantamweight champion Fernando Montiel to get in the ring. Morel is the mandatory challenger but the fight has been postponed a number of times and Montiel has scheduled other fights during the time period.
Two of the victims in the fallout of Kelly Pavlik's bout with Paul Williams, are Carlos Quintana and Joshua Clottey. They were scheduled to fight in the televised co-feature on December 5 at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City. Pavlik withdrew from the fight on Wednesday with a staph infection in his left hand. Because Pavlik withdrew, the Quintana-Clottey was bounced off the date witrh Top Rank [Clottey's promoter] no longer being involved.
WBO welterweight champion Miguel Cotto tells Primera Hora that he doesn't have an issues with his corner. There have been some articles about his corner not being in proper order for the November 14 clash with Manny Pacquiao. Cotto will be in his second fight with Joe Santiago as head trainer and the very experienced Joe Chavez has been added to the team as the new cutman.
At the Tachi Palace Hotel & Casino in Lemoore, California, super middleweight Edison Miranda (33-4, 29 KOs) returned for the first time since his decision loss to Andre Ward, and stopped Francisco Sierra (20-3, 19 KOs) in the first round with a crushing right hand. Miranda is now being trained by Joe Goossen and co-promoted by Warriors Boxing and Goossen Tutor Promotions. Miranda would like to enter the Super Six tournament being put together by Showtime - if Jermain Taylor is unable to continue.
Kermit Cintron had an uninvited visitor at his final press conference for Saturday's bout with Julian Ramos in Puerto Rico. WBA junior middleweight champion Daniel Santos interrupted the "Broadway Boxing Puerto Rico" press conference to issue a challenge to Cintron, and insults went back and forth.
Former three-time welterweight champion Antonio Margarito is counting down the days until his suspension is up. His license was revoked in February over a plaster-like substance being discovered in his hand wraps about thirty-minutes prior to his fight with Shane Mosley on January 24. The suspension is up on January 23 and Margarito is then free to apply for a new license.
WBA junior welterweight champion Amir Khan and his challenger Dmitry Salita came face to face in Newcastle and London to officially announce their December 5 championship clash. A lot of the media is still stuck on the fact that Khan is a proud Muslim, and Salita is a very devoted orthodox Jew. Both boxers want the media to keep their focus the fight and not the religious beliefs of the fighters.
WBC interim-super flyweight champion Tomas Rojas (31-11, 22KOs) has a very dangerous fight on Saturday night. He faces unbeaten Evans Mbamba (16-0, 8KOs) on at the World Trade Center in Veracruz, Mexico. Dangerous because Mbamba is regarded as a tough fighter, and Rojas is already set to face WBA and full WBC super flyweight champion Vic Darchinyan (32-2, 26KOs) on December 12 at the Agua Caliente Casino in Rancho Mirage, California. Darchinyan-Rojas is going to be televised by Showtime.
In what may be a quick night of work, WBC lightweight champion Edwin Valero (25-0, 25KOs) officially announced that he will defend his title against Mexican slugger Hector Velazquez (51-13, 35KOs) on December 19 in Caracas, Venezuela.