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We've heard of all this in the past, many times, but the promoters for Kelly Pavlik and Arthur Abraham are promising that both fighters will come together to unify their titles in the fall. Kelly Pavlik will defend his WBC/WBO middleweight titles against Sergio Mora on June 27 at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, and Abraham will make a mandatory defense of his IBF title against Giovanni Lorenzo in the summer.
Ricky Hatton has left for Las Vegas to finish up the remainder of his training camp with Floyd Mayweather Sr. Hatton says that he is in the best shape of his life for the upcoming May 2 showdown with Manny Pacquiao. He predicts that everyone will see a performance more impressive than his career defining win over Kostya Tszyu.
At the Buffalo Run Casino in Miami, Oklahoma, super middleweight Andre Dirrell (18-0, 13KOs) stopped Derrick Findley (13-3, 8KOs) after six rounds.
In a shocker, Top Rank’s Bob Arum, following Julio Cesar Chavez’s ten round decision over Luciano Cuello in Tinjuana, Mexico - said Chavez might fight Manny Pacquiao at the end of the year in a major event with a Mexico vs. Philippines theme. Chavez is a junior middleweight and Pacquiao has only fought once above 135-pounds, when he stopped Oscar De La Hoya last December at welterweight. Pacquiao seems too small for Chavez, even though the Mexican prospect has plenty of flaws.
At the Plaza de Toros, Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico, Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (39-0, 29KOs) won a ten round unanimous decision over previously undefeated Luciano Cuello (23-1, 10KOs). The scores were 98-92, 96-94 and 96-95.
At the Buffalo Run Casino in Miami, Oklahoma, Harry Joe Yorgey (22-0, 10KOs) kept his undefeated record by knocking Ronald Hearns (21-1, 17KOs) out in the ninth round.
At the Plaza de Toros, Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico, WBC super featherweight champion Humberto Soto (47-7-2, 30KOs) stopped veteran Antonio Davis (26-5, 13KOs) in four rounds.
At the Plaza de Toros, Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico, Fernando Montiel (39-2, 29KOs) knocked out Diego Silva (24-2, 12KOs) in the third round to capture the WBO interim-bantamweight title.
Not every war takes place in the United States. Last week we saw a war between Bernard Dunne and Ricardo Cordoba in Ireland. This week it was Tony Quigley (13-1, 6KOs) stopping Tony Dodson (24-5, 12KOs) in the twelfth round to capture the vacant British super middleweight title at the Liverpool Echo Arena.
Former three time welterweight champion Antonio Margarito has been talking it up during the recent media events for the Latin Fury 8 pay-per-view in Tijuana, Mexico. Margarito is not making any comments on the recent lab results that confirmed "plaster elements" were present in the confiscated "hard gauze blocks" there were found in his hand wraps prior to the January 24 loss to Shane Mosley.