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On Saturday night, undefeated John Murray retained his European lightweight championship with a ninth round stoppage of Andriy Kudriavtsev in Wigan. The Manchester favorite is now looking to get himself in line for a major title shot by Christmas.
Speaking with The Philippine Star, trainer Freddie Roach explained why he's predicting Manny Pacquiao will stop Antonio Margarito within eight rounds on November 13 at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Even with Margarito's massive advantage in size, Roach says that Margarito's lack of basics will wcost him dearly in the fight.
At the Castle Leisure Centre in Bury, Lancashire, hometown favorite Scott Quigg (20-0, 14KOs) continued his unbeaten run with a third round stoppage of Argentinian Santiago Allione (16-7-1, 6) to win the vacant WBA international super bantamweight title. Quigg rocked Allione with counters in the third on route to getting the TKO win. Over 1,000 fans packed the Castle Leisure Centre to support Quigg, who moves one step closer to getting a shot at the WBA title which is held by Poonsawat Kratingdaeng.
According to a report in The Philippine Star, Manny Pacquiao was taken to the Cardinal Santos Medical Center Friday evening after complaining of pain on his left foot shortly after going through a two hour workout at the Elorde Gym in Quezon City. Pacquiao had an MRI done and there was no sign of a serious injury.
At the Tokyo Big Sight in Tokyo, Japan, WBA flyweight champion Daiki Kameda (18-2, 11KOs) won a dominating twelve round unanimous decision over mandatory challenger and former champion Takefumi Sakata (36-6-2, 17KOs). It was the first defense of the title that Kameda won in February. The scores were 118-110, 116-112 and 117-112. Kameda started strong, cut Sakata over his right eye in the third and continued to outbox the challenger as the fight played out until the bell.
"The Cobra" Carl Froch has lashed out at his Super Six opponent, "King" Arthur Abraham. Their third stage bout in the Super Six Boxing Classic was officially postponed to November 27 in Helsinki, Finland. The fight was set for October 2 and postponed when Froch suffered a back injury in training camp. Froch is very upset with Abraham for questioning his back injury. He told livefight.com that he plans to make Abraham pay in November.
Marcos Maidana has no desire to make it a boxing match when he faces WBA junior welterweight champion Amir Khan on December 11 at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. He is coming to the ring with one goal in mind, to win the contest by knockout. He doesn't think much of Khan's chin and expects a single punch to close the show.
Promoter Frank Warren is furious with the British Boxing Board of Control for allowing Ricky Hatton to keep his promoter’s license. Warren made a recent radio appearance on Talk Sport and gave his opinion on Hatton's Thursday hearing with the BBBoC. The BBBoC scheduled a hearing to punish Hatton for the widespread video which showed the Manchester star snorting several lines of cocaine. The BBBoC stripped Hatton of his boxing license, and his manager's license, but allowed him to keep his license as a promoter. They also fined him £20,000.
WBA junior welterweight champion Amir Khan is defending his good friend Ricky Hatton. He felt the recent decision by the British Boxing Board of Control was too harsh on Hatton. During a Thursday hearing, the BBBoC stripped Hatton of his license to box and his license as a boxing manager.
If Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer has his way, there will be an explosive HBO televised co-feature to Amir Khan's defense of the WBA junior welterweight title on December 11 at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. Schaefer has expressed his interest in matching Victor Ortiz against John Murray (29-0, 17KOs) in a junior welterweight contest.