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If Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. are unable to reach a deal for a 2010 clash, Pacquiao's trainer Freddie Roach says the Filipino fighter should retire and walk away from boxing while he's still on top. He admits that he would rather have Pacquiao beat Miguel Cotto to capture the WBO welterweight title on November 14 - and then beat Mayweather in a career-ending fight.
WBA junior welterweight champion Amir Khan has backed Manny Pacquiao to beat Floyd Mayweather Jr. Khan and Pacquiao share the same trainer in Freddie Roach and often spar. Roach plans to use Khan for Pacquiao's training camp to prepare the Filipino warrior for the November 14 clash with WBO welterweight champion Miguel Cotto. Khan has trained in the past with Mayweather. Going by his experience of working with both, he says Pacquiao would come out on top.
He may be older, at age 38, than his younger brother at age 33, but doesn't stop WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko from being a very active fighter. He stopped mandatory Juan Carlos Gomez in nine rounds in March, then last weekend he stopped unbeaten Chris Arreola after ten, and now Vitali looks to return on the tentative date of December 12 in Germany.
Some people still can't believe it. Sixteen-years later, Bernard Hopkins and Roy Jones Jr. are ready to get in the ring to fight for a second time. The first bout in May of 1993 was won by Jones via a twelve round decision to pick up the vacant IBF middleweight title. Last week they finally signed the necessary documents for a second meeting in the first quarter of 2010. Jones still has to beat IBO cruiserweight champion Danny Green on December 2 in Austalia. Hopkins plans to have a tuneup fight in Philadelphia, also on December 2.
WBO president Francisco "Paco" Valcarcel had ordered two bantamweight eliminators with two bouts where the winners will face each other in 2010. The reasoning is for the constant stall for a fight between WBO bantamweight champion Fernando Montiel and mandatory Eric Morel. The fight has been postponed a number of times. After Montiel suffered a bad cut during his recent defense against Alex Valdez, he didn't think he could heal in time and withdrew from a November 14 defense against Morel.
According to manager/trainer Nacho Beristain, Golden Boy Promotions is trying to put together a fight between Juan Manuel Marquez and Ricky Hatton in Manchester. There are several options being discussed for Marquez, with Hatton at the top of the list. Marquez could also defend his WBA/WBO lightweight titles against mandatory Michael Katsidis.
If Shane Mosley thought last weekend's stunt will lure Floyd Mayweather Jr. into a fight - he was wrong. Following Floyd's dominating win over Juan Manuel Marquez last Saturday at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Mosley and his Golden Boy Promotions partner Bernard Hopkins entered the ring. A war of words broke out between Mosley/Hopkins and Mayweather.
At the UIC Pavilion in Chicago, David Diaz (35-2-1, 17KOs) pulled out a majority decision over Jesus Chavez (44-6, 30KOs) in a battle of former lightweight champions. The scores were 97-93, 96-94 for Diaz and 95-95 for the draw. Diaz made his return for the first time since being stopped by Manny Pacquiao last June. Chavez appeared like he was going to retire after the April TKO loss to Michael Katsidis. He returned against Diaz, made a decent showing and will likely continue.
At Staples Center in Los Angeles, WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (38-2, 37KOs) stopped previously undefeated Chris Arreola (27-1, 24KOs) after ten rounds of action.
In what many expected to happen if a bomb was landed early, Poonsawat Kratingdaenggym (39-1, 28KOs) knocked out Bernard Dunne (28-2, 15KOs) in three rounds at The O2 in Dublin, Ireland, to capture the WBA's "regular" super bantamweight title. Celestino Caballero is the "super champion."!