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Inactive since last January's decision loss to Roy Jones Jr, former three division champion Felix "Tito" Trinidad is still looking for big fights. A lot of his critics are telling him to walk away, Trinidad says that he stays in shape and is still fully capable of taking on the big fights.
Elias Nassar, manager of undisputed super flyweight champion Vic Darchinyan, says negotiations are now underway for Darchinyan to move up to bantamweight and fight Panama's WBA champion Anselmo Moreno (24-1-1 8KOs) or IBF champ Joseph Agbeko (26-1, 22KOs). Nassar was waiting for ten stitches to come out Darchinyan's right eyebrow, suffered during the stoppage of Jorge Arce from a few weeks ago.
In a strange bout that comes out of left field, former UFC heavyweight champion Tim Sylvia will face Olympic gold medal winner and former WBO heavyweight champion Ray Mercer on May 30 at the Trump Taj Mahal Resort and Casino in Atlantic City.
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WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko is battling back against the sanctioning body. Klitschko has to make a mandatory defense of his title against Juan Carlos Gomez on March 21 in Stuttgart, Germany. The WBC would issue an order that the winner of Klitschko-Gomez would have to face Oleg Maskaev within four months - in yet another mandatory.
Junior middleweight prospect Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (39-0, 29KOs) wants to put forth an impressive performance against undefeated Luciano Cuello (23-0, 10KOs) on March 28 in Tijuana. The fight is the main event of Top Rank's Tijuana Thunder pay-per-view, that also features Fernando Montiel, Humberto Soto and Jose Luis Castillo.
According to the word coming come out of Mexico, the upcoming fight between Edwin Valero and Antonio Pitalua will have the full WBC lightweight title at stake. The fight was previously scheduled for the interim title, but is going to be changed due to the recent decision by Manny Pacquiao to vacate the full title.
IBF welterweight champion Joshua Clottey is planning to go war if WBO champ Miguel Cotto agrees to fight him on June 13 at New York's Madison Square Garden. Clottey, along with Kermit Cintron and WBC champ Andre Berto, are the three fighters in the running to fight Cotto in June.
WBO welterweight champion Miguel Cotto is sizing up one of his potential opponents for June 13, which may be IBF champion Joshua Clottey. Cotto says it doesn't matter if Clottey is in the other corner, he expects another victory. The tentative plan is for Cotto to return in New York's Madison Square Garden on the eve of the Puerto Rican Day Parade.
WBO super flyweight champion Fernando Montiel (38-2, 28KOs) has promised a new and improved look when move up in weight to fight Diego Oscar Silva(24-1, 12KOs) for the vacant WBO interim-bantamweight title on March 28 in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico. Montiel had previously moved up in weight in 2006, but lost a close split-decision to then WBO bantamweight champ Jhonny Gonzalez.