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At the Mohegan Sun Casino in Uncasville, Connecticut, heavyweight Nicolai Firtha (18-7-1, 7 KOs) stopped Tony Grano (17-2-1, 13 KOs) in two rounds. Grano went down from a bomb he never saw coming at the end of the first round. Firtha finished him off in the second with another knockdown and a battering before it was stopped.
At the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas, Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (41-0, 30KOs) busted up John Duddy (29-2, 18KOs) for twelve rounds to win a unanimous decision, and picked up the WBC's silver middleweight title. The scores were 120-108, 116-112 and 117-111.
At the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas, former three division champion Marco Antonio Barrera (66-7, 43KOs) beat Adailton De Jesus (26-5, 21KOs) with a one-sided ten round unanimous decision. The fight was fought at a catch-weight of 141-pounds. The scores were 100-90, 98-92 and 99-91.
English heavyweight champion Tyson Fury (11-0, 9KOs) is flying high after erasing the doubt over his controversial decision win over John McDermott in September 2009. On Friday night, Fury overcame some tough moments to knock McDermott out in the ninth round of their rematch. Fury was so focused on erasing the stain of the first fight that he vowed to retire from boxing if McDermott was able to win the rematch.
Speaking with the Derby Telegraph, WBA heavyweight champion David Haye denied recent reports that he was scheduled to fight countryman Audley Harrison on November 13. Haye is still trying to speak with the Klitschko team for a fight with either WBC champion Vitali Klitschko or WBO/IBO/IBF champion Wladimir Klitschko.
WBO junior welterweight champion Timothy Bradley (25-0, 11KOs) makes his welterweight debut on July 17 against the dangerous Carlos Abregu (29-0, 23KOs). If Bradley is able to get past Abregu, a possible fight with WBC champion Andre Berto (26-0, 20KOs) has been mentioned to him by promoter Gary Shaw.
Heavyweight veteran David Tua, during a recent appearance on BoxingScene.com's official audio show, Leave It In The Ring Radio, said he would love to fight Chris Arreola in the near future. He returns against Monte Barrett on July 17 in Atlantic City. He wants to continue winning on route to a title shot.
Former BALCO founder Victor Conte, regarded as one of the leading experts on performance enhancing drugs, believes Floyd Mayweather Jr. is justified in requesting random Olympic style drug testing for a potential fight with Manny Pacquiao.
At Club Nokia in Los Angeles, California, Golden Boy Promotions presented another edition of their Fight Night Club series. In the opener, junior welterweight prospect Jamie Kavanagh (2-0, 1KO) beat a tough Luis Sanchez (0-2) over four rounds to win a unanimous decision. The scores were 40-36, 40-36, and 39-37.
The Kameda brothers doubleheader is set for July 25 at the Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium in Japan. Former champion Koki Kameda (22-1, 14KOs) moves up to super flyweight to face Cecilio Santos (24-14, 14KOs) of Mexico. Koki wants to test out some new waters after losing his WBC flyweight title in March to Pongsaklek Wonjongkam. Koki is also a former WBA junior flyweight champion.