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The proposed bout between WBC champion Vitali Klitschko and challenger David Haye is said to be very close, according to Haye and his manager/trainer Adam Booth. The fight will land on HBO but Haye's team need to make a deal with a UK outlet to televise the fight. Haye had a deal with Setanta Sports before the network went under.
According to Guillermo Brito, CEO for Tijuana's Zanfer Promotions, the bout between Fernando Montiel and Eric Morel, for the vacant WBO bantamweight title, will have to wait even longer to take place. The fight was scheduled for the Latin Fury 9 card on June 27 but an injury to Montiel postponed the fight.
Former three time welterweight champion Antonio Margarito told The Record that he believes the agreed upon catch-weight of 145-pounds will be an issue for WBO welterweight champion Miguel Cotto when he steps in the ring with Manny Pacquiao on November 14 in Las Vegas.
A proposed deal for a welterweight showdown between Manny Pacquiao and Miguel Cotto, for November 14 in Las Vegas, is inching closer to a deal. The bout, scheduled for a catch-weight of 145-pounds, is being negotiated by Bob Arum of Top Rank, who promote both fighters.
At the Color Line Arena in Altona, Hamburg, Germany, Eddie Chambers (35-1, 18KOs) won a tough twelve round majority decision over the much larger Alexander Dimitrenko (29-1, 19KOs) in a WBO heavyweight title eliminator to land a mandatory shot at WBO/IBF champion Wladimir Klitschko. The scores were 113-113, 116-111 and 117-109
At the Parc des expositions in Poitiers, Vienne, France, WBA bantamweight champion Anselmo Moreno (26-1, 8KOs) of Panama won a split decision over hometown hero Mahyar Monshipour (31-4, 21KOs) to retain his title. Monshipour returned to boxing in December, which was almost three years after his brutal fight with Thailand’s Somsak Sithchatchawal in March 2006.
At the Color Line Arena, Altona, Hamburg, Germany, cruiserweight contender Alexander Alekseev (18-1, 16KOs) stopped Kendrick Releford (20-13-2, 10KOs) after three rounds. After being outclassed in the early going, Releford, bruised and cut, made a decision to not come out for the fourth round.
Former champion Jhonny Gonzalez plans to return to the ring on August 21 in Chihuahua, Mexico. Gonzalez appeared to be very down his luck in the aftermath of May's third round knockout to WBC super bantamweight champion Toshiaki Nishioka. There were some who thought Gonzalez would retire but he appears to be back in the hunt for another title shot.
After getting banged up in a minor car accident, Rafael Marquez took some time to heal some bumps and bruises but he is now back in the Romanza boxing gym in Iztacalco, Mexico and training very hard for his next fight, which he hopes will come in the form of a fourth meeting with Israel Vazquez.
Akihiko Honda, head of Teiken Promotions, would love to pit his fighter, WBC super bantamweight champion Toshiaki Nishioka, against former champ Israel Vazquez. When Vazquez was out of the ring due to injury, the WBC made him the champion emeritus and said that he could go directly into a title shot upon his return. The problem with making this fight is that Vazquez is unable to make the super bantamweight limit and plans to resume his career in the featherweight division.