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At the Agua Caliente Casino in Rancho Mirage, California, WBO junior welterweight champion Timothy Bradley (26-0, 11KOs) moved up to 147-pounds to win a unanimous twelve round decision over previously undefeated Carlos Abregu (29-1, 23KOs). The scores were 118-110, 116-112 and 117-111.
At the Agua Caliente Casino in Rancho Mirage, California, Alfredo Angulo (19-1, 16KOs) got his most impressive win to date when he destroyed former WBA champion Joachim Alcine (32-2, 19KOs) in the first round. The fight was a WBC junior middleweight eliminator.
At the Sport-Und Kongresshall in Schwerin, Germany, Denis Lebedev (21-0, 16 KOs) put himself in line for a title shot with a two round knockout of Alexander Alexeev (19-2, 17 KOs). Lebedev is now the mandatory challenger to WBO cruiserweight champion Marco Huck, who defends his title next month against Matt Godfrey.
According to a report in the Sydney Morning Herald, Anthony Mundine (39-3, 23KOs) vs Ryan Waters (20-2, 12KOs) could become an interim-WBA junior middleweight title fight. The winner would be in line for a fight with full champion Miguel Cotto.
Promoter Kalle Sauerland of Sauerland Event was forced to dig deep for WBC super middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler. Sauerland told Danish tabloid Ekstra Bladet that Kessler vs. Green will take place in Denmark on September 25th. Their fight contract in the Super Six Boxing Classic, called for the contest to take place in the United States. Sauerland had to put some big bucks in play to convince Green and his promoter Lou DiBella to accept the fight in Kessler's home country.
If Paul Williams and Tim Bradley have their hearts set on a possible November fight with WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao, they will have to look elsewhere. Top Rank CEO Bob Arum says Williams and Bradley are not being considered as possible opponents to face Pacquiao on November 13.
Top Rank CEO Bob Arum held his conference call to announce the outcome of the Manny Pacquiao vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr. negotiations for a November 13 showdown in Las Vegas. A proposal was sent to Mayweather a few weeks back. Mayweather was given a July 16 deadline to approve the deal. He never responded.
Former super middleweight champion Carl Froch has continued his verbal attack on promoter Kalle Sauerland of Sauerland Event. Sauerland promotes two of the participants in the Super Six Boxing Classic, Arthur Abraham and Mikkel Kessler. Froch lost a decision and his WBC title to Kessler in his last Super Six outing. On October 2 he will go up against Abraham in the third leg of the tournament.
At the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, welterweight prospect Alex Perez (12-0, 7KOs) won a hard-fought eight round unanimous decision over Edvan Dos Santos Barros (10-10-1, 7KOs). Barros had his moments but Perez used his much taller frame and inside fighting skills to win most of the rounds. The scores were 77-75, 78-74 and 80-72.
According to the Sheffield Star, unbeaten welterweight contender Kell Brook will be electronically tagged for 56-days to prevent him from going out at night. Last month the 24-year-old boxer was found guilty of assaulting a bar manager at a trial at Barnsley Magistrates' Court last month. Brook's promoter Frank Warren wrote a letter to the judge to prevent Brook from having to go through community service, which would have become an issue with his training camp for the WBO eliminator with Michael Jennings on September 18.