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Trainer Freddie Roach will not allow WBO welterweight champion Miguel Cotto to use the weight tactic of Floyd Mayweather Jr. Last Saturday in Las Vegas, Mayweather weighed 146-pounds for his fight with Juan Manuel Marquez. The fight was agreed upon for a catch-weight of 144-pounds. At the late hour, the Marquez camp was informed that Mayweather was unable to make 144 and a deal was reached for the fight to move forward.
WBA welterweight champion Shane Mosley is still tearing into Floyd Mayweather Jr. Mosley is not impressed with Mayweather's comeback domination of Juan Manuel Marquez. The Mexican warrior moved up by two weight division to face Mayweather. During a recent interview with Michael Rosenthal of The Ring Online, Mosley said Mayweather only fights hand-picked opponents who are smaller men like Marquez and Ricky Hatton or fighters who don't present a threat. He says Mayweather has ducked the real welterweights of the division, like Antonio Margarito, Miguel Cotto and others.
Is the old David Tua back? According to reports from New Zealand, Tua sent sparring partner Israel Garcia to the hospital with head swelling that came from a day of vicious sparring. Tua is finishing up his training camp for the October 3 clash with New Zealand rival Shane Cameron.
Former undisputed heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis doesn't think David Haye wll find it very easy to overtake the land of the heavyweights. Haye challenges 7-foot Nikolai Valuev for the WBA heavyweight title on November 7. Haye has promised to knock Valuev out but Lewis is not so sure of Haye's boasts.
Because of the controversy regarding the recent decision in the British heavyweight title fight between unbeaten prospect Tyson Fury and John McDermott, the British Boxing Board of Control has ordered a rematch. Even though it appeared that McDermott won the majority of the rounds, referee Terry O'Connor awarded Fury the decision with a score of 98-92.
Former WBO junior flyweight champion Hugo Cazares (30-6, 22KOs) is preparing to travel to Japan to challenge WBA super flyweight champion Nobuo Nashiro (13-1, 8KOs) on September 30 in Osaka. Cazarez has been training in Los Mochis, Mexico. He made his way to Mexico City to get his visa in order to travel out to Japan.
WBC executive secretary Mauricio Sulaiman said last Saturday's fight was nothing more than both fighters getting a big payday and the event was very misleading to the public because Juan Manuel Marquez had no chance to beat Floyd Mayweather Jr. He was outraged that nobody, including Marquez's people, were protecting him when Mayweather weighed-in at two pounds above the agreed limit of 144, noting that Mayweather refused all requests for a weight check on the night of the fight.
WBA junior flyweight champion Edgar Sosa plans to defend his title on November 21 in Tuxtla Gutierrez, Mexico. One of the opponents being discussed is Rodel Mayol. The Filipino fighter has just finished two back to back fights with WBO champion Ivan Calderon. He gave Calderon some fits during the contest. Both of fights ended early due to head clashes that opened up big cuts on Calderon.
Floyd Mayweather Sr. is confident that his son, Floyd Mayweather Jr., showed the entire boxing world last Saturday that he is on another level in comparison to the skills of Manny Pacquiao. In his first fight in nearly two years, Mayweather dominated Pacquiao's rival Juan Manuel Marquez for an easy twelve round decision.
Felix Trinidad Sr, father and trainer of Felix "Tito"" Trinidad, says that his son will soon announce his retirement. Trinidad has been out of the ring since last January's decision loss to Roy Jones Jr. The fight with Jones was his first in nearly three years. Trinidad has retired twice in the past. The first time was in 2002. He returned in 2004 and retired again in 2005 after his loss to Winky Wright.