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Ross Greenburg, president of HBO Sports, says Floyd Mayweather Jr. should not take Juan Manuel Marquez lightly on September 19. Marquez moves up by nearly two weight divisions to face Mayweather at the catch-weight of 144-pounds. Marquez has been listed as a serious underdog in the fight.
In preparation for the November 14 bout with WBO welterweight champion Miguel Cotto, Manny Pacquiao has requested some sparring help from the UK. Edinburgh southpaw Gary McMillan received a training camp invite to become a sparring partner for Pacquiao. He was used in Pacquiao's training camp for the David Diaz fight.
The weights are in for Friday's big doubelheader at the Hard Rock in Hollywood, Florida. In the light heavyweight battle for the vacant IBF title, Tavoris Cloud came in at 174-pounds and Clinton Woods was 173-1/2lbs. The big co-feature saw IBF junior welterweight champion Juan Urango come in at 139lbs. Challenger Randall Bailey was half a pound more at 139-1/2lbs.
In a follow-up to a story reported earlier in the week, Floyd Mayweather Jr's name has been swirling in the middle of an ongoing investigation regarding a Monday night shooting outside of the Las Vegas Boulder Highway roller rink. Quincey Williams, 24, was the target and made allegations that Mayweather threatened his life less than an hour before shots were fired in the parking lot. Nobody was hurt.
Bob Arum of Top Rank is pushing for the fight between WBC lightweight champion Edwin Valero and WBC super featherweight champ Humberto Soto to take place on the November 14 undercard to Manny Pacquiao-Miguel Cotto. Ricardo Jiminez of Top Rank said Arum wants the fight but bothe fighters want the right kind of money and talks are ongoing.
Temecula, CA - Three-Time World Heavyweight Champion, James “Lights Out” Toney (71-6-3, 43 KOs) will once again step into the ring at Pechanga to do battle with Matthew Greer (12-5, 11KOs) in a special 10-round heavyweight attraction on a special Saturday primetime edition of ShoBox: The New Generation, on SHOWTIME. Having scored some of his most legendary bouts at Pechanga, fight fans are looking for another classic match-up from Toney, one of the sport’s most colorful characters and talented fighters.
The wife of the late Arturo Gatti, Amanda Rodrigues, is going to sue the state of Pernambuco in Brazil for having her imprisoned for 18 days in a local jail and for telling reporters that she likely killed her husband. Rodrigues found Gatti dead in their rented condo in the resort town of Porto de Galinhas on July 11.
WBO welterweight champion Miguel Cotto is ready for a war against Manny Pacquiao on November 14 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Cotto is not impressed with Pacquiao's record and ran it down during a recent interview with the Manila Bulletin.
Fernando Montiel can forget about his plan of getting Vic Darchinyan or Joseph Agbeko. At the ongoing WBO convention in Budapest, Hungary, WBO president Paco Valcarcel ruled that Montiel must defend his WBO bantamweight title against the mandatory Eric Morel.
In what he says is his final trip to Great Britain, boxing legend Muhammad Ali visited Ricky Hatton's new gym in Hyde, Great Manchester. Reports says the visit brought the entire town to a halt. Ali is making the rounds in the UK to raise money for some of his favorite charities. He is attending a dinner at Old Trafford. He has engagements set for Dublin and Stoke-on-Trent and plans to watch the European Jumping and Dressage Championships in Windsor.