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Two common opponents for Andre Ward and Allan Green are split over the outcome of the super middleweight clash on June 19 at Oracle Arena. Ward defends his WBA title against Green as part of the Super Six Boxing Classic. Green makes his Super Six debut, replacing Jermain Taylor who withdrew from the tourney.
British star Ricky Hatton wants to make Dubai the next mecca of boxing. Speaking with Gulf News, Hatton said he wants to promote regular shows in Dubai with his promotional company, Hatton Promotions. He wants to start the shows small and build them over up a period of time. He thinks Dubai can become the next Las Vegas.
At the Uniprix Stadium in Montreal, Quebec, middleweight David Lemieux (23-0, 22 KOs)continued his rise by destroying Elvin Ayala (20-5-1, 9 KOs) in one round. A combination dropped Ayala in the first minute. He was dropped a few moments later with another hard combination. Ayala was given one final shot to regain some footing by the referee. It didn't last much longer as Lemieux blasted him out with another combination of hard shots.
Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer confirmed BoxingScene.com's story from Thursday - that Amir Khan's scheduled return on July 31 has been put off until December. Schaefer told Ron Lewis of the Times Online that a meeting was held with Sky TV and a July date was not the best direction.
Speaking with The National, former two division champion Ricky Hatton wonders if he should have made the same random drug testing demands as Floyd Mayweather Jr., prior to last May's two round KO loss to Manny Pacquiao.
Former champion Carl Froch claims that he was pushed around into facing Mikkel Kessler in Denmark. As the third stage of the Super Six Boxing Classic approaches, Froch is standing his ground on fighting in Arthur Abraham's backyard of Germany. He doesn't think a decision can be won in Germany. Froch is interested in fighting Abraham at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada on September 18.
Manchester star Ricky Hatton wants to see Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao fight it out. Hatton has only defeats on his record and both came by knockout to Mayweather and Pacquiao. Mayweather stopped Hatton in 2007 in ten rounds and Pacquiao blew Hatton away in two rounds last year.
The most well known veteran trainers in Puerto Rico saw no real changes in Miguel Cotto as they watched him stop Yuri Foreman last Saturday to win the WBA junior middleweight title in Yankee Stadium. There has been some hype that Cotto is a "new" Cotto because of his new trainer Emanuel Steward. Veteran trainers in Cotto's country do not agree.
Adam Booth, the manager/trainer for WBA heavyweight champion David Haye, says his boxer must fight Wladimir or Vitali Klitschko. Booth admits the public will call Haye a coward if a fight doesn't happen with either Klitschko brother. Haye wants to return in October/November. The Klitschko brothers are Audley Harrison are the frontrunners to fight him.
As reported on BoxingScene.com, the WBO ordered a purse bid for this coming Friday to place an immediate push for a fight between WBO bantamweight champion Fernando Montiel and interim-champion Eric Morel. The fight has been talked about since early 2009. The WBO is tired of waiting and wants the fight to happen. Montiel has to fight Morel or give up the full WBO title.