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WBA heavyweight champion Nikolai Valuev says the Klitschko brothers, Wladimir and Vitali, are not willing to take any risks in the ring. He says both brothers have avoided him and he doesn't see a fight taking place any time soon. Valuev faces David Haye on November 7 in Germany. Haye was scheduled to fight Vitali Klitschko on September 12 but withdrew before the contract was signed and made a backdoor deal for a shot at Valuev.
According to several of the Ohio papers, middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik and his trainer Jack Loew were involved in a minor bar tussle at the East Side Civics Club in Youngstown on Saturday night around 11PM. Ronald Cappitte, 45, filed a police report on Monday and claimed the fighter and trainer assaulted him.
This Friday in Johannesburg, South Africa, Mzonke Fana will face Jasper Seroka in an IBF super featherweight eliminator at Nasrec. Fana, the former IBF champion, wants to regain the title he lost in 2008 to Cassius Baloyi. Baloyi would go on to lose the title to current champion Malcolm Klassen, who Fana beat for the belt in 2007.
Don't count on Carl Froch keeping it quiet. The WBC super middleweight champion launched some verbal bombs in the direction of his countryman, WBA junior welterweight champion Amir Khan. Froch called Khan recent title win over Andreas Kotelnik one of the most boring fights that he's ever seen.
WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko says a fight with undefeated contender Chris Arreola will be even bigger than a potential meeting with David Haye. Last week, Haye threw the Klitschko camp a curveball when he unexpectedly withdrew from what appeared to be a done deal for a clash on September 12 in Germany, and then signed a contract to fight WBA champ Nikolai Valuev on November 7.
In another tragic ring story, overshadowed by the weekend's passing of Vernon Forrest, heavyweight prospect Francisco Montivias (1-1, 1KOs) died on Saturday night from injuries that he suffered in only his second pro bout. Montivias, 21-years-old, fought Bobby O'Bannan last Friday at Hollywood Casino in Bay Saint Louis, Mississippi. The two fighters exchanged knockdowns in the first round, with O'Bannan knocking Montivias out in the fourth. He died the following day from the ring injuries.
IBF bantamweight champion Joseph Agbeko wants to become a legend in his native Ghana by unifying the entire division. He looks up to the legends of his country like Ike Quartey and Azumah Nelson and plans to follow in their foot steps. Agbeko picked up the biggest win of his career a few weeks ago with a twelve round decision over Vic Darchinyan, the undisputed champion at super flyweight.
Additional details have surfaced with respect to the murder of Vernon Forrest. The fighter was shot to death on Saturday night when two men robbed him in Atlanta, Georgia. There were several conflicting reports in the media but the Atlanta Journal-Constitution seems to have patched the entire story together.
ATLANTA, GA - Former two-division world champion VERNON FORREST was shot and killed last night in Northwest Atlanta.