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WBA/WBO lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez has no problem traveling to Manchester to challenge junior welterweight Ricky Hatton, says Golden Boy Promotions president Oscar De La Hoya.
Junior middleweight prospect Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. is very motivated to challenge WBC champion Sergio Martinez. WBC president Jose Sulaiman recently revealed that Chavez Jr. would become the mandatory challenger to Martinez in 2010, and the fight will be ordered by the sanctioning body in the next couple of months.
The fight Oscar De La Hoya wants to make is a welterweight clash between WBA champion Shane Mosley and comeback kid, Floyd Mayweather Jr. De La Hoya says Mayweather-Mosley is the fight that has to be made. Mayweather returned last Saturday in Las Vegas to dominate Juan Manuel Marquez. After the fight was over, Mayweather and Mosley exchanged words before a live pay-per-view audience. The hype for the two of them to fight is heavy.
The talking is now done. Both fighters have weighed-in for their heavyweight clash on Saturday at Staples Center in Los Angeles. WBC champion Vitali Klitschko weighed 252-pounds. Undefeated challenger Chris Arreola was a pound less at 251 and appeared to be in much better shape than we've seen in his last couple of fights. Both fighters have promised an action-packed contest.
According to a report in USA Today, last Saturday's bout between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Juan Manuel Marquez was not a sold out event and it performed below expectations with the live gate at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. The gate generated a total of $6,811,300. The total attendance was 13,116. Only 12,009 of those tickets were sold at face value, 895 were comps and 2,645 went unsold. It was Mayweather's first fight in nearly two years. He dominated Marquez to pick up a twelve round decision.
Miguel Cotto's trainer Joe Santiago is under the impression that Manny Pacquiao is a blown-up featherweight. He says the streak of Pacquiao has been impressive so far, but everything will come to an end when Pacquiao steps in the ring with Cotto on November 14 in Las Vegas. He says Cotto's strength is going to be one the key factors in their victory.
Trainer Freddie Roach sees a flaw in Miguel Cotto. He doesn't think the Puerto Rican star can take body punches. Manny Pacquiao challenges Cotto for his WBO welterweight title on November 14 in Las Vegas. Roach has studied some of Cotto's fights and saw that he doesn't like to get hit to the body. After his TKO loss to Antonio Margarito, Cotto said he was badly hurt by combinations to the body, and not the head.
BoxingScene.com has spoken with David Higgins, director of Duco Limited, the company promoting the October 3 heavyweight clash between New Zealand rivals David Tua and Shane Cameron. Higgins denies the recent stories going around in the New Zealand press; regarding Tua sending sparring partner Israel Garcia to the hospital.
If Manny Pacquiao beats Miguel Cotto on November 14, the stage will be set for what may be the toughest fight negotiations in the current era of the sport. Both Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao believe they deserve the much bigger piece of the money. Neither guy is willing to budge from their position and neither guy wants to do an 50-50 even split.
As undefeated heavyweight prospect Chris Arreola prepares for the biggest fight of his life; Saturday's WBC title shot against Vitali Klitschko, he is ready to go all out in what should be a very exciting fight. For months Arreola has seen the critics take shots at his weight, his style and his determination. He doesn't care what the critics say. He plans to go in the ring at Staples Center and bring the belt back to the United States.