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The fear is now over. A deal has been struck for WBA mandatory John Ruiz to step aside and allow the heavyweight clash between champion Nikolai Valuev and challenger David Haye to go forward without a hitch on November 7. Valuev's manager, Boris Dimitrov, had been worried about the fight going through. Chris Meyer, CEO for Sauerland Event [Valuev's promoters], issued the statement regarding the deal.
Promoter Oscar De La Hoya says Juan Manuel Marquez can put himself in position to be compared to the Mexican legend himself, Julio Cesar Chavez, if he manages to beat Floyd Mayweather Jr. on September 19 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. De La Hoya says Marquez has his entire future riding on this fight. He expects his fighter to beat the odds by beating Mayweather.
The return of former champion Israel Vazquez (43-4, 31KOs) won't be pretty. Comeback opponent Al Seeger (28-4, 22KOs) won't know what him after this fight is over. As previously reported, the return is set for October 10 at the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles, California. After multiple surgeries to correct a detached retina injury, Vazquez returns for the first time since last March's trilogy bout with Rafael Marquez.
During the recent WBO convention in Hungary, WBO president Paco Valcarcel predicted that Floyd Mayweather Jr. will have some struggles during his September 19 meeting with current WBO/WBA lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez. Marquez moves up by nearly two weight division to meet Mayweather at 144-pounds. Many see the fight as an easy night of work for Mayweather but not Paco. He predicts that Mayweather will have his hands full with making the weight. Mayweather has not fought below the welterweight limit for several years.
During the WBO's convention in Budapest, Hungary, it was ruled that WBO lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez would have to face the winner of Michael Katsidis vs Vicente Escobedo - if he loses to Floyd Mayweather Jr. Marquez challenges Mayweather at the catch-weight of 144-pounds on September 19 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Katsidis vs. Escobedo takes place on the undercard, with the WBO's interim-lightweight title on the line. If Marquez loses to Mayweather and fails to meet the winner of the that fight, the winner would become the full champion.
While he isn’t a suspect right now, things may change in the future with the way the investigation is playing out. Quincey Williams, 24, the target of a Monday night shooting outside of the Las Vegas Boulder Highway roller rink, is alleged that Floyd Mayweather Jr. threatened his life less than an hour before shots were fired in the parking lot.
The hard road begins for WBO welterweight champion Miguel Cotto. His physical conditioning coach Phil Landman has arrived in Puerto Rico and is very pleased with Cotto's workrate in the gym and his mental state of mind. In previously interviews, Cotto said the arrival of Landman is the point where his camp would enter the second and more excruciating phase. Cotto faces Manny Pacquiao on November 14 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
Justice will be served. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that all three of the men responsible for the July 25 robbery/murder of former champion Vernon Forrest will face the death penalty. The Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard informed the paper that all three of the men will be indicted on Tuesday. Charmon Sinkfield, 30, Jquante Crews, 25, and DeMario Ware, 20, are all going face the ultimate price for their roles in tragedy that took place near gas station in Atlanta, Georgia. Sinkfield is the alleged shooter who pumped seven to eight bullets into Forrest.
Earlier today, Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer announced that Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Juan Manuel Marquez, on September 19, will be available in movie theaters across the nation. Schaefer said this was project that he was working on for a very long time and waited for the right fight to make it happen. Schaefer wanted to bring boxing back to movie theaters.
Gale Van Hoy, the Texas judge in the center of the Paulie Malignaggi-Juan Diaz controversy, has spoken out. Several days before the fight, Malignaggi blasted Golden Boy Promotions for selecting Van Hoy as a judge for the fight. Malignaggi said Van Hoy was very pro-Texas judge and would likely score the fight by a huge margin for Diaz. When the fight was over on Saturday at the Toyota Center, Malignaggi was right. Van Hoy's score was 118-110 in favor of Diaz, a score so bad that even Oscar De La Hoya, Diaz's promoter, threw the judge under the bus. The majority of the viewing audience saw Malignaggi as the winner.