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Lightweight contender Alex Arthur is planning to return on the undercard of Ricky Burns's first defense of the WBO super featherweight title on December 4 at the Braehead Arena. Burns will face Andreas Evensen. Arthur's opponent has not been determined yet.
WBA junior welterweight champion Amir Khan is planning to end 2011 in a big way. After his December 11 defense against Marcos Maidana, he wants the winner of January's 140-pound unification between Tim Bradley and Devon Alexander. Once that is finished, he wants to to get a mega-fight at 147-pounds against Floyd Mayweather Jr. or Manny Pacquiao.
At the Tachi Palace Hotel & Casino in Lemoore, California, welterweight contender Michael Dallas Jr. (16-0-1, 6 KOs) continued his undefeated run with a second round knockout of overmatched Lenin Arroyo. After dominating the first, Dallas let his hands go in the second round, dropping Arroyo three times before the referee stepped in to stop the slaughter.
Ken Hershman, the general manager of Showtime Sports, has announced that Andre Dirrell has withdrawn from the Super Six Boxing Classic with an injury. The nature of the injury was not disclosed. Hershman said WBA super middleweight champion Andre Ward will still fight on November 27 against a replacement opponent.
WBA heavyweight champion David Haye continues to tell British reporters that he plans to retire by next October. Now Amir Khan, the WBA champion at junior welterweight, is stating that he plans to retire by age 28. That gives the 23-year-old Khan about five years to achieve his remaining goals in the sport.
The war of words continue between 2000 Olympic gold medal winner Audley Harrison and WBA heavyweight champion David Haye. Harrison has vowed to knock Haye out on November 13 at the MEN Arena in Manchester. He said most of the heavyweights are pushing to get Haye in the ring because they know he has a glass jaw and is much easier to beat than the Klitschko brothers.
WBA junior welterweight champion Amir Khan was mobbed by media upon arriving to the Philippines to join trainer Freddie Roach and WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao in training camp.
At BB Kings in the heart of Times Square in New York City, welterweight prospect Gabriel Bracero (12-0, 1 KO) won an eight round decision over Terry Buterbaugh (6-4-1, 3 KOs). The scores were 79-71, 79-72 and 79-72. Bracero's fight replaced the injured Mark "TNT" Tucker.
Speaking with thisisnottingham, super middleweight Carl Froch was delighted with getting the opportunity to fight for the vacant WBC title on November 27 against Arthur Abraham in Helsinki, Finland. Froch had lost the title to Mikkel Kessler, who withdrew from the Super Six Boxing Classic with an eye injury. Froch complained about the judges that officiated his fight with Kessler in Denmark, but there are going to be three American judges for the fight with Abraham.
BoxingScene.com's Ronnie Nathanielsz reports that WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao is skipping out on training to rest off a possible sinus infection. Pacquiao reportedly woke up with cold-like symptoms. Trainer Freddie Roach, while not too concerned, has ordered him to rest and wants to prevent outsiders from entering the training camp. Nathanielsz says there should be some concern because Pacquiao has a habit of avoiding medicine and places his faith in natural healing.