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According to the Las Vegas Review Journal, Top Rank CEO Bob Arum is considering a fight, between WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto and unbeaten Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., for December 4 in Las Vegas at the MGM Grand. No offer has been made as of yet to MGM officials.
If the junior middleweight bout between Manny Pacquiao and Antonio Margarito takes place in the United States on November 13, it will not be in Las Vegas. According to the Las Vegas Sun, Top Rank, who promote both boxers, withdrew a request to the Nevada State Athletic Commission add Margarito's application for a provisional one-fight license to its August 9 agenda.
When BoxingScene.com caught up with Oscar De La Hoya, the president of Golden Boy Promotions, he was asked about the "biggest junior welterweight threat" to WBA champion Amir. Among the many names in the loaded 140-pound weight class, De La Hoya was most impressed by WBC/IBF champion Devon Alexander. He said Alexander is the could be the biggest threat not only to Khan, but to every fighter at the weight.
According to former heavyweight champion Shannon Briggs, he received a bout agreement on Wednesday to face WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko on October 16, likely in Germany. Briggs says that he wants to end the career of Vitali, and then wants to hold a unification bout with WBA champion David Haye.
Junior welterweight champion Timothy Bradley and Amir Khan waged a war of words on twitter over the last few hours. Bradley said enough was enough when he saw an article where Khan said he would clean his clock if they met in the ring [click here to read]. The two 140-pounders have been waging a verbal war for the last few days.
According to the Los Angeles Times, former three time welterweight champion Antonio Margarito filed an application on Wednesday to have his license reinstated by the California State Athletic Commission. Last February the CSAC revoked Margarito's license to box when they found him liable for a January 2009 incident - when officials found two hard inserts containing a plaster-like substance in his hand wraps prior to a bout with Shane Mosley at Staples Center.
Speaking to The Philippine Star, WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao said that he wants to face Antonio Margarito in his backyard of Monterrey, Mexico. The fight is going to take place on November 13 for the vacant WBC junior middleweight title. There will be a catch-weight of 15-pounds involved.
According to the Manchester Evening News, welterweight Craig Watson (18-3, 8KOs) is targeting a rematch with European welterweight champion Matthew Hatton (40-4-2, 15KOs). Watson won a clear twelve round decision over Hatton in 2008. It was the last time Hatton was defeated. Since the April 2009 defeat, he won seven fights in a row, including a recent decision over former champion Yuriy Nuzhnenko. Hatton though, wants a shot at WBA champion Vyacheslav Senchenko.
In what is sure to change the entire playing field in the Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Manny Pacquiao negotiations, HBO Sports President Ross Greenburg has spoken out for the first time since Mayweather-Pacquiao drama unfolded.
Australian heavyweight Kali Meehan has challenged IBO cruiserweight champion Danny Green to a fight. Meehan has lashed out at Green for his recent farce of a fight with Paul Briggs, which ended in 29-seconds of the first round when Briggs went down from a glancing blow. Meehan called Green and his trainer Angelo Hyder a ''disgrace to boxing.''