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According to the Nottingham Post, Carl Froch's super middleweight clash with Arthur Abraham has been pushed back until September. The fight was scheduled to take place on August 21 in the third stage of Showtime's Super Six Boxing Classic.
According to veteran scribe Paul Upham of Seconds Out, trainer Freddie Roach is the frontrunner to replace Lennox Lewis as an HBO expert analyst for their “Boxing After Dark” series. HBO hired Lewis as an expert analyst for their televised shows four years ago. It was revealed on Friday, by Lewis, that he gave notice to the network and was leaving to concentrate on his personal ventures. Multiple sources have reported otherwise. They report Lewis was let go by the network and they refused to renew the former champion's contract. They were not pleased with his level of work during their televised broadcasts.
Super middleweight Carl Froch spoke to our good friends at livefight.com and disclosed that his promoter Mick Hennessy is in discussions with Sauerland Event to stage the Arthur Abraham bout in Nottingham. The fight is set for the third stage in the Super Six Boxing Classic.
Trainer Freddie Roach is going to have Amir Khan target all of the champions at junior welterweight. Khan defends his WBA title against Paulie Malignaggi next Saturday at New York's Madison Square Garden. Roach doesn't see anything that Malignaggi brings to the table as being a problem for them in the fight. Everything Malignaggi does, Roach says his fighter can do better.
The trainer of Tomasz Adamek, Ronnie Shields, wants his fighter to get a shot at WBA heavyweight champion David Haye. Shields is confident in his fighter's abilities after applying a perfect gameplan to win a twelve round decision over the much larger Chris Arreola last month in California. Haye is currently in talks for a shot at WBO/IBO/IBF heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko. If those talks fall apart, HBO has already expressed their interest in Haye-Adamek.
WBO/WBC middleweight champion Sergio Martinez is willing to fight Floyd Mayweather Jr., if the fight comes along, but it would have to happen after a rematch with Kelly Pavlik. Last month in Atlantic City Martinez won a unanimous decision over Pavlik to capture the titles. There was an immediate rematch clause in the contract. Until Pavlik makes a decision on the rematch, Martinez has to assume that Pavlik will be the next fight. After last Saturday's win over Shane Mosley, Mayweather mentioned a move to middleweight to challenge Martinez as a "possible" option if a fight with Manny Pacquiao doesn't happen.
Former junior welterweight champion Paulie Mlaignaggi has lashed out at trainer Freddie Roach, trainer of WBA champion Amir Khan. Roach made a recent prediction that Khan will stop Malignaggi "in three rounds" on May 15 at New York's Madison Square Garden. Roach doesn't think Malignaggi will be able to deal with Khan's combination of speed, power and ring ability.
The "Punisher" Paul Williams plans to put a beating on Kermit Cintron this Saturday at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California. The two former welterweight champions have pledged to stage a war in the early rounds of the contest. Williams expects a war and told BoxingScene.com's Daniel Morales to expect some early fireworks.
A few days ago, we ran a story with a partial quote from WBA junior welterweight champion Amir Khan. In the quote, Khan made a comment about catching the best opponents when they were "off their peak." The comment caused a lot of controversy because Khan was basically stating that he wanted to fight the best boxers when they were easier to beat. He didn't want to fight these guys when they were at their best.
A few days ago, we ran a story with a partial quote from WBA junior welterweight champion Amir Khan. In the quote, Khan made a comment about catching the best opponents when they were "off their peak." The comment caused a lot of controversy because Khan was basically stating that he wanted to fight the best boxers when they were easier to beat. He didn't want to fight these guys when they were at their best.