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According to Aussie scribe Ray Wheatley from World of Boxing, IBO welterweight champion Lovemore Ndou (47-11-1, 31 KOs) has suffered a bad injury during training and his upcoming defense against Mathew Hatton (37-4-1, 14 KOs), scheduled for November 13 in England, will have to be postponed.
On September 19, Floyd Mayweather Jr. returned to the ring after a near two year layoff to dominate Juan Manuel Marquez. He doesn't know who his next opponent will be but he told the Associated Press that he will not sit and wait on the Manny Pacquiao-Miguel Cotto winner, which takes place on November 14 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Mayweather plans to move forward with his comeback, whether that includes the Pacquiao-Cotto winner or another opponent. Shane Mosley has been calling Mayweather out but he is not in the running. Mayweather told the AP, among other outlets, that he is not interested in fighting Mosley.
How tough is Manny Pacquiao's training camp in the Philippines? According to The Philippine Star, trainer Freddie Roach has put a bounty on his own fighter. Roach has offered $1,000 to any sparring partner if they are able to knock Pacquiao down. During some recent sparring at the Shape Up Gym in Baguio City, sparring partners Shawn Porter and Urbano Antillon tried to their best to collect. Roach wants to make sure that Pacquiao's sparring partners are giving him the best work possible. Pacquiao is training for his November 14 bout with WBO welterweight champion Miguel Cotto.
Iván "Choko" Hernández (25-3-1, 15KOs) hopes to beat the odds on October 10 when he challenges Toshiaki Nishioka (34-4-3, 21KOs) for the WBC super bantamweight title at the Yoyogi #2 Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan. Two of Hernandez's three defeats have been at the hands of Israel Vazquez and Fernando Montiel. He wants to return back to Mexico with the title.
Promoter Frank Warren has sent a message to undefeated British lightweight John Murray. He wants him to forget about a potential fight with WBA junior welterweight champion Amir Khan. Warren says an offer was made to Murray in the past and he never got back to them about fight. Now he doesn't want to hear anything from Murray about a potential title shot.
This coming Saturday at the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles, California, Israel Vazquez (43-4, 31KOs) returns to the ring for the first time since last March's win over Rafael Marquez. Vazquez returns after multiple surgeries and a long rehab process to correct a retina injury. His opponent will be lightly regarded Angel Antonio Priolo (30-7, 20KOs). The first bout for Vazquez at featherweight. He is not going to treat Priolo as an easy fight. He plans to treat him like an A-level opponent.
Paul "The Punisher" Williams has a tough fight in front of him on December 5, when he challenges WBO/WBC middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City. Williams tells BoxingScene.com that he wants to fight all of the big names, including Floyd Mayweather Jr., Shane Mosley, Bernard Hopkins and even Arthur Abraham. He wants all of the big names.
According to Orlando Pinero, manager of WBO super bantamweight champion Juan Manuel Lopez, talks will take place for a January 23 unification with WBA/IBF champion Celestino Caballero on Sunday. Lopez defends his title against Rogers Mtagwa on Saturday at Madison Square Garden in New York. Lopez is a heavy favorite to beat Mtagwa. He predicts a win by knockout and left for New York in prime condition at 122.5-pounds, a half-pound over his weight. Caballero and members of his team will be ringside for Juanma's defense.
According to Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer, Bernard Hopkins will face Enrique Ornelas (29-5, 19KOs). Schaefer told the Los Angeles Times that Hopkins-Ornelas will take place on December 2 in Philadelphia, Bernard's hometown. The fight is a tuneup to prepare for an early 2010 rematch with Roy Jones Jr. The two veterans reached an agreement two weeks ago for a rematch of their 1993 bout, which Jones won by decision. Jones fights on the same day in Australia against IBO cruiserweight champion Danny Green. Both Jones and Hopkins would have to win for the rematch to move forward.
The upcoming super middleweight bout between WBC champion Carl Froch (25-0, 20 KOs) and Andre Dirrell (18-0, 13 KOs) is only a few weeks away. October 17 in Nottingham, England, a hometown crowd will cheer Froch on as he makes the second defense of his title.