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The President of the WBC, Jose Sulaiman, has lashed out at manager/trainer Ignacio "Nacho" Beristain over some of his recent comments regarding sanctioning organizations. Sulaiman is upset that Nacho made a public statement that "sanctioning organizations are formed by bandits and thieves."
Former two division belt holder Ricardo Mayorga has filed as federal lawsuit in Miami, Florida against promoter Don King, alleging that King failed to arrange fights for him. He also alleges violations of the Muhammad Ali Boxing Reform Act with claims that King set up a conflict of interest when he set his son, Carl King, to be Mayorga’s manager.
Oscar De La Hoya says that he is positive that Juan Manuel Marquez is capable of knocking out Floyd Mayweather Jr. on September 19 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. De La Hoya is under the impression that Marquez has more power in his punches than Mayweather. De La Hoya lost a split-decision to Mayweather in May of 2007 and says the "Pretty Boy" is not a hard puncher but his punches are very fast.
Former IBF middleweight champion Arthur Abraham makes his super middleweight debut on October 17 against Jermain Taylor in Germany. Their fight will be part of the first round of bouts for Showtime's "Super Six" tournament. During a Thursday meeting with the press in Berlin, Germany, Abraham promised to not only beat Taylor but to eliminate all of the other participants of the tournament.
If Fernando Vargas (26-5, 22 KOs) decides to make a return to the ring against Hector Camacho Jr. (49-3-1. 27 KOs) in 2010, BoxingScene.com was advised that the fight would have to take place at 175-pounds. As previously reported, Camacho and Vargas exchanged words last week in Ohio during a media event for Camacho's fight against Israel Cardona.
The fight is set, Matthew Hatton will challenge Lovemore Ndou for the IBO welterweight title on November 13 in Manchester. The younger brother of Ricky Hatton will be heading to to Johannesburg to sign the contracts early next week.
Floyd Mayweather Jr. said his opponents need to come up with a new gameplan if they want to beat him in the ring. Juan Manuel Marquez plans to put a lot of pressure on Mayweather when they meet in the ring on September 19 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. He plans to throw a lot of punches to break Mayweather down. Floyd is not worried, he says Ricky Hatton had the same plan in December of 2007. That was Mayweather's last fight, and he stopped Hatton and handed the Manchester fighter his first loss by way of knockout.
Tim Tszyu, the 14-year-old son of former champion Kostya Tszyu, is making waves in the Australian amateur ranks and plans to become a star like his father. Tim is the Australian Golden Gloves junior welterweight champion. Tim has had five fights so far and stopped four of them inside the distance. Kostya has been inactive since being stopped by Ricky Hatton in 2005.
According to some of the latest talk, former junior middleweight champion Fernando Vargas (26-5, 22 KOs) may be considering a return to the ring to face Hector Camacho Jr. (49-3-1. 27 KOs). It's hard to say how legit his return really is. Vargas has been dipping his feet into the promotional game over the last few months and walks around pretty heavy. Camacho has been able to squeeze down to junior middleweight in his last few fights and it would be interesting on what kind of a catch-weight they could come up with for this one.
There appears to be a rift growing in Manny Pacquiao's team. Trainer Freddie Roach has a beef with Pacquiao's advisor Mike Koncz. WBO welterweight champion Miguel Cotto has been training for the November 14 fight with Pacquiao for the last few weeks. Pacquiao has not started his camp and Roach has no idea when Pacquiao will begin his camp and where the camp will take place. Roach blames Koncz for the lack of communication. He is also upset over some recent comments made by Koncz, where he said Roach was "just a trainer."