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Former light heavyweight champion Danny Green has handed his Australian rival Anthony Mundine an ultimatum. If Mundine continues to get out of line, green promises to forget a proposed rematch. Mundine faces Daniel Geale for the IBO middleweight title on Wednesday. He says the fight could be his last in Australia and also said that he doesn't need Green.
Heavyweight contender David Haye has vowed to retire by the age of 30. He doesn't want to become like Oscar De La Hoya or Bernard Hopkins. Haye says the both of them have fought well beyond their best years. Haye, at age 28, face IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko on June 20 in Germany. He wants to beat both Klitschko brothers and walk away from the sport on top like his idol Lennox Lewis. Haye plans to focus his future energy on his company, Hayemaker Promotions.
At the Arena Monterrey in Monterrey, Mexico, WBC super bantamweight champion Toshiaki Nishioka (34-4-3, 21 KOs) of Japan was a man on a mission, taking out former champ Jhonny Gonzalez (40-7, 34 KOs) in three rounds.
According to the Times Online, the junior welterweight bout between Junior Witter and undefeated Devon Alexander will land on the co-feature position of the July 11 Showtime televised card at the BankAtlantic Centre, in Sunrise, Florida. Witter and Alexander collide for the WBC title that was vacated by Timothy Bradley.
According to Allhiphop.com, the comebacking Floyd Mayweather Jr. is now the target of lawsuit over an artist that he signed to his record label, Philthy Rich Records. Just for You Entertainment [JFY], a Long Island-based company, alleges that Mayweather signed Freck Billionaire even though the rapper was signed to them in 2005.
At the Colosseum in Watford, Hertfordshire, Commonwealth middleweight champion Darren Barker (20-0, 13KOs) stopped Darren McDermott (16-2, 9KOs) in four rounds. The fight was a BBBofC British middleweight title eliminator. Barker will now face British middleweight champ Matthew Macklin.
At the Colosseum in Watford, Hertfordshire, heavyweight prospect Tyson Fury (6-0, 6KOs) blew away Scott Belshaw (10-2, 7KOs) in two rounds of action. Fury, instead of targeting the head, made a decision to go to the body and that was key to overcoming the once-beaten, but never previously stopped, Belshaw.
IBO middleweight champion Daniel Geale says the Australian public is begging him to knock Anthony Mundine out. The two meet on May 27 at the Entertainment Centre in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Geale, though unbeaten, is a heavy underdog.
After a near two-year layoff, former heavyweight champion Oliver McCall (52-9, 37 KOs) stopped John Hopoate (11-3, 11 KOs) in two rounds at the Orleans Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. McCall, at age 44, sent Hopoate down twice in second before the fight was waved off.
At the York Hall in London, Nathan Cleverly (16-0, 6KOs) stopped Billy Boyle (12-2, 7 KOs) in the second round of their light heavyweight contest. It was a dominating performance by Cleverly, who hurt Boyle often and pounded his body with sharp punches. After two rounds, Boyle's corner had seen enough and thew in the towel. Next up is a showdown with undefeated Danny McIntosh (10-0, 4 KOs) on July 18. The two unbeatens will face off for the British title.