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British super middleweight Carl Froch plans to change up his style of fighting for his bout with Arthur Abraham in the third stage of the Super Six Boxing Classic. Froch and Abraham are set to fight in the fall, but nobody is sure of the exact date because the two fighters are innvolved in an ongoing dispute over the location.
If a fight with Manny Pacquiao is back on the table, Floyd Mayweather Jr. wants more money than previously offered at the start of the year. Earlier this year Mayweather agreed to a 50-50 split on the money. This second time around the former five division champion wants a bigger slice of the pie. If Mayweather wants more than 50-50, Pacquiao's lawyer and business manager have said the fight "will never happen."
WBC champ Vitali Klitschko and his younger brother, WBO/IBF/IBO champion Wladimir Klitschko, are hungry to get their hands on Britsh heavyweight David Haye, the WBA's champion. In 2009, Haye agreed to fight Wladimir, and later agreed to fight Vitali. For one reason or another, he withdrew from both fights.
In a very interesting bit of news, BoxingScene.com was advised that Miguel Cotto and Oscar De La Hoya have reached a deal to co-promote boxing events in Puerto Rico. Cotto and De La Hoya will unite under their promotional companies, Miguel Cotto Promotions and Golden Boy Promotions. Very interesting to some because Cotto is promoted by Golden Boy's biggest competitor, Top Rank.
IBO light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson (29-0, 17KOs) is still willing to drop down to 168-pounds to fight some of the big names in the super middleweight division. The light heavyweight division is running a little dry and most of the big names are veterans who are past their best.
Featherweight Bernabe Concepcion knows the odds are stacked against him on July 10 when he travels to Puerto Rico to fight unbeaten Juan Manuel Lopez for the WBO title. Concepcion vs. Lopez headlines a Showtime televised doubleheader. The 22-year-old boxer has no problem with fighting outside of the Philippines.
An all-Mexican junior middleweight clash is still on the mind of promoter Gary Shaw. He would love to match his boxer Alfredo Angulo against Antonio Margarito with Staples Center in Los Angeles, California as the fight venue. The two similiar fighting styles would create fireworks very early.
According to a report in ABS-CBN, WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao was hospitalized on Sunday in Manila after complaining of severe stomach pain. Pacquiao is preparing for his new job as congressman after being elected on May 10 to represent the southern province of Sarangani in the Philippines.
Top Rank CEO Bob Arum told the Star-Telegram that Floyd Mayweather Jr.'s refusal to fight Manny Pacquiao at Dallas Cowboys Stadium in Texas is not a deal-breaker for a November mega-fight. Mayweather will demand a Las Vegas venue. Arum is open to making the fight at the MGM Grand.
Manager Frank Espinoza had seen enough on Saturday night at Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. He sat ringside and watched his fighter, featherweight Israel Vazquez, take a bloody three round beating at the hands of Rafael Marquez.