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IBO cruiserweight champion Danny Green (29-3, 26KOs) will defend his title against countryman Paul Briggs (26-3, 18KOs) on July 21 in Sydney. Briggs is coming out of a three year retirement to take the fight with Green. The fight was rumored to be in negotiations last month.
Ricky Hatton sat down for an interview with Zoo Today and said he had no idea where the Floyd Mayweather Jr. rumors came from. Several weeks back a few of the UK papers quoted Hatton as saying that he would consider a comeback if a Mayweather rematch was on the table.
According to Fernando Beltran, president of Zanfer Promotions, Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. is being positioned to fight the winner of this Saturday's fight beween WBA junior middleweight champion Yuri Foreman and challenger Miguel Cotto. Chavez would fight the winner in September and possible sites include Las Vegas, Los Angeles and San Antonio.
The dispute is finally over. A deal has been reached for WBA flyweight champion Daiki Kameda (16-2, 11KOs) to make a title defense against former champion Takefumi Sakata (36-5, 17KOs). The date and the venue has to be worked out. The fight is expected to take place after the summer is over.
Fresh from his TKO win over Zsolt Bedak last Saturday in Puerto Rico, WBO super bantamweight champion Wilfredo Vazquez Jr. (19-0, 16KOs) is ready for the next step in his career and he wants the big fights, which include WBO/WBC bantamweight champion Fernando Montiel (41-2-2, 31 KO's), bantamweight Jorge “Travieso” Arce (54-6-1, 41 KO's) and featherweight Celestino “Pelenchín” Caballero.
A day before their court case was supposed to start, WBC super middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler has reached a settlement with his former manager Bettina Palle, and former promoter Mogens Palle. The Palle family was of the opinion that Kessler had improperly broken their contracts before signing a promotional contact with Team Sauerland and therefore they sued Kessler.
Trainer Emanuel Steward expects former champion Miguel Cotto to shock the critics with han impressive performance this Saturday against WBA junior middleweight champion Yuri Foreman at New York's Yankee Stadium. Everyone wants to see what Cotto has left in the tank after taking a lot of punishment against several recent opponents like Manny Pacquiao, Joshua Clottey and Antonio Margarito.
Former champion Israel Vazquez took a look at one of the biggest fights in the featherweight division, Juan Manuel Lopez vs. Rafael Marquez. He sees it as an "interesting" fight and says experience will be a big factor in the contest.
Super middleweight Carl Froch and Arthur Abraham continue to battle over fight location for their showdown in the third stage of Showtime's Super Six tournament. The latest offer thrown on the table from Abraham's promoter, Kalle Sauerland of Sauerland Event, would see the event take place in a bull ring in Majorca. Froch quickly turned it down.
Felix "Tito" Trinidad, during a photo shoot at the Wifredo Gomez boxing Gym in Puerto Rico, predicts that Miguel Cotto will become the next Puerto Rican fighter to become a three division champion by beating WBA belt-holder Yuri Foreman on June 5 at New York's Yankee Stadium.