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At the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Floyd Mayweather Jr. (40-0, 25KOs) won an easy twelve round unanimous decision over Juan Manuel Marquez (50-5, 37KOs). Mayweather was too big, too strong, too fast and too good. The scores were 118-109, 120-107 and 119-108.
At the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, WBA featherweight champion Chris John (43-0-1, 22KOs) won a twelve round decision over Rocky Juarez (28-5-1, 20KOs) to retain his title. The scores were 114-113, 119-109 and 117-111.
At the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Michael Katsidis (26-2, 21KOs) won a twelve round decision over Vicente Escobedo (21-2, 13KOs) to capture the interim-WBO lightweight title. The scores were split. Escobedo took a 116-112 nod on the first card, and Katsidis took 114-113 and 118-110 on the final two cards.
At the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, a ten-round featherweight bout saw Cornelius Lock (19-4-1, 12KOs) stop previously undefeated Orlando Cruz (16-1, 7KOs) in five rounds.
At the Jahnsportforum in Neubrandenburg, Germany, Sebastian Sylvester (32-3, 15KOs) pulled out a twelve round split decision over Giovanni Lorenzo (27-2, 19KOs) to capture the vacant IBF middleweight title that Arthur Abraham had vacated. The scores were 116-112 Sylvester, 116-112 Lorenzo and 115-113 for Sylvester. Lorenzo had his moments but he was outboxed when it mattered and couldn't rally strong enough to turn the tide in the championship rounds.
The fight is not even here yet and Floyd Mayweather Jr. is hit with a lawsuit a few hours before his long awaited return on HBO pay-per-view against Juan Manuel Marquez at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
Carl Froch is confident that on October 17 at the Trent FM Arena for Nottingham, he will batter mandatory challenger Andre Dirrell. Froch says training is going very well. He doesn't like some of the trash talking that Dirrell has been doing over the last few weeks. He doesn't think Dirrell will be able to deal with pressure of fighting overseas in such an important fight.
If Fres Oquendo is booked to fight heavyweight prospect Odlanier Solis on the October 10 Latin Fury card at Madison Square Garden - it's news to him. BoxingScene.com was advised that Oquendo has not been approached about the fight or presented with any contract for such a fight. Oquendo has no idea where this rumor started.
If Juan Manuel Marquez is able to pull off the upset of the year on Saturday night in Las Vegas, he might get the prize he wants - Manny Pacquiao. Trainer Freddie Roach would like to have a trilogy between Pacquiao and Marquez.
The WBA heavyweight title fight between David Haye and champion Nikolai Valuev is heading over to the Nuernberg Arena in Nuernberg, Germany on November 7. Valuev won a decision over Sergei Liakhovich at the same arena last February.