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Trainer Floyd Mayweather Sr. is very upset with Manny Pacquiao being honored with the BWAA's [Boxing Writers Association of America] award for fighter of the decade. Mayweather felt that his son, Floyd Mayweather Jr., should have been the recipient.
WBO junior welterweight champion Timothy Bradley is ready for all of the big fights at welterweight, including WBC champion Andre Berto, WBO champion Manny Pacquiao or Shane Mosley.
Promoter Gary Shaw is very upset with the recent admission by Marcos Maidana that his back was never injured. Maidana had two scheduled opportunities to fight WBO junior welterweight champion Timothy Bradley. He withdrew from the first date, scheduled in June, and said his back was injured and he needed more time to recover. A July date was then scheduled and Maidana once again withdrew with a back injury. Bradley will now face Carlos Abregu at 147-pounds on July 17.
Promoter Gary Shaw had a recent meeting with HBO and pitched the idea of a big 140-pound tournament. Based on Shaw's idea, the tournament would include champions Timothy Bradley, Devon Alexander, Amir Khan, and Juan Manuel Marquez - if he beats Juan Diaz next month.
WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao returned back home to the Philippines after vacationing with his family in the United States and Mexico. Upon his return, Pacquiao told reporters that he was ready to fight anyone in November, whether it's Floyd Mayweather Jr. or a rematch with Miguel Cotto, who recently won the WBA junior middleweight title.
Former unified cruiserweight champion Jean Marc Mormeck (35-4, 22KOs) is gunning for a fight with Tomasz Adamek, another fighter who was once the king of the cruiserweight division. Both of them are now making their play in the heavyweight division. Mormeck returned last December after a two year layoff to make his debut at heavyweight. He's beaten veterans Vinny Maddalone and Fres Oquendo since coming back.
Golden Boy Promotions are still putting together the final details for their goal to promote a regular series of shows in the UK. Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer told British boxing scribe Steve Bunce of The Sunday Herald that he plans to go forward with the opening of a Golden Boy UK office in England.
At the Palladium in Hollywood, California, Lance Whitaker (35-6-1, 28 KOs) scored an minor upset with a twelve round split desicion over Andrey Fedosov (21-2, 17 KOs) at the famed Palladium in Hollywood, CA. The scores were 115-112 Fedosov, 115-112 and 114-113 for Whitaker. The crowd was not happy with the final ruling. Fedosov landed the harder punches and floored Whitaker in the fifth round. Whitaker picks up his biggest win in a long time. He was coming off a decision loss to Oliver McCall.
Retired super middleweight king Joe Calzaghe will review the urge to make a ring return if the right offer comes along. A rematch with Bernard Hopkins is not the kind of offer to make Calzaghe return to the ring. Calzaghe retired not long after beating Roy Jones in November 2008.
According to an interview with Carl Froch in the Nottingham Post, the Super Six clash with Arthur Abraham may get pushed back even further, from September 18 to October 2. The fight was going to take place in August but the two sides continue to battle over the site location. Froch wants the fight to happen in Nottingham, America or Canada. Abraham's side want the fight in Germany or an alternate location in Europe.