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IBO cruiserweight champion Danny Green (31-3, 27 KO’s) had his final six-round sparring session with Jason Robinson today before he flies off to Sydney to make the final preparations to face former world champion Antonio Tarver at the Entertainment Centre in New South Wales, Australia.
Five-weight world champion Floyd Mayweather Jr believes that a win against WBC welterweight champion Victor Ortiz in September will propel him back into the top pound for pound fighters in the world. The 34 year-old faces Ortiz, ten years his junior, after a sixteen month spell out of the ring and aims to win his ninth world title.
WBA light-welterweight champion Amir Khan has once again decided to defend his title on satelitte pay-per-view channel PrimetimeTV after electing not to build bridges with Sky Box Office following their public spat in the build-up to the 24 year-old’s previous defence against Irishman Paul McCloskey.
Olympic Bronze medallist Tony Jeffries is hoping to get back in the ring next month after a disappointing eleven months has seen the Sunderland fighter fight just four minutes of ring action. The 26 year-old is unbeaten in nine contests since turning pro and is looking to start stepping up in class with a view to challenging for domestic titles.
WBA light-weltwerweight champion Amir Khan has revealed his future plans to World Boxing News amidst former opponents Marcos Maidana and Paul McCloskey clambering for a return with the former Olympic silver medallist. The 24 year-old has already signed to fight Zab Judah in a unification and hopes to add more belts to his haul after victory over the New Yorker.
Former European heavyweight champion Audley Harrison is on the verge of accepting a return to ring against Prizefighter – The Internationals champion Mike Perez. Harrison, 39, won the domestic version of the tournament last year and is set to take on the unbeaten Cuban in his first fight since his devastating defeat to WBA champion David Haye.
Amir Khan’s last two opponents have been in contact via Twitter and may be in the early stages of a deal to fight each other in the near future. Interim WBA light-welterweight champion Marcos Maidana, 27, has announced that he may be willing to fight Paul McCloskey on his home soil and has told the Irishman to keep in touch for further talks.
With victories over David Estrada, Pawel Wolak and Randall Bailey, middleweight Ishe Smith would have been on the brink of a world title in anyone's book, but the plain fact is that Las Vegas hardman just loves to fight and will take on anyone. The 32 year-old has five losses on his 27-fight record, all of which have come against top-ranked contenders or world champions.
Former British super-featherweight champion Kevin Mitchell is on the comeback road in July after over a year out and says his fight with former European lightweight titleholder John Murray (31-0) is his first step on the road to a world title in 2012.
Former WBO light-welterweight title challenger Lamont Peterson (28-1-1) will fight Victor Manuel Cayo (26-1) in an IBF 140-pound title eliminator on the undercard of the Amir Khan vs. Zab Judah two-belt unification bout, which takes place on July 23 in Las Vegas. The victor of Peterson-Cayo will be in line to square-off against the main event's winner.