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Nothing has been heard from the side of Floyd Mayweather Jr., regarding Manny Pacquiao's verbal promise to take random drug tests until a period of 14-days before a planned fight in November. The WBO welterweight champion recently changed his mind. Mayweather and Pacquiao were unable to reach an agreement a few months ago. Mayweather requested the 14-day period. At the time, Pacquiao was requesting 24-days.
The championship brothers, Wladimir and Vitali Klitschko, are both calling WBA heavyweight champion David Haye their "first choice" option for the fall. The two brothers are trying to secure Haye at the same time. While this is ongoing, the Klitschkos are getting other opponents in place.
Negotiations continue to name an opponent for Amir Khan's next fight on July 31 in the UK. The Reeklama paper reports that Khan made a request to Golden Boy Promotions to make him a fight with Marcos Maidana. The request was turned down because Maidana's handlers say the fighter is still dealing with a back injury and won't recover in time to have a sufficient training period for the fight.
WBC champion Vitali Klitschko and his trainer Fritz Sdunek are pressing David Haye to make up his mind on what he wants to do. They say Haye doesn't have the courage to get in the ring and he only has a big mouth. Vitali wants to unify by winning Haye's WBA title.
The manager for WBC champion Vitali Klitschko says former champion Nikolai Valuev should stop being stubborn and accept their challenge. Klitschko's management tried to reach an agreement with Valuev, who made a request for $4 million dollars through his co-promoter Don King. The fight did not happen as a result.
Trainer Freddie Roach was contacted for a status on the negotiations for Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Manny Pacquiao. Roach is usually a very vocal person on the part of Pacquiao when his fights are being negotiated. Roach told Golzka he isn't involved in the present negotiations.
WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (40-2, 38 KOs) made the fourth defense of his heavyweight title with a ten round knockout of Albert Sosnowski (45-3-1, 27 KOs) at the Veltins Arena, in Gelsenkirchen, Germany.
WBO/IBO/IBF heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko is not against the possibilty of taking additional drug tests for a fight with mandatory challenger Alexander Povetkin. The camp of Povetkin have requested the involvment of WADA [World Anti-Doping Agency] and their drug testing procedures in a fight with Klitschko.
The heavyweight champion of the world, Wladimir Klitschko, is not interested in Alexander Povetkin's request for both fighters to take part in random drug tests under the company WADA (World Anti-Doping Agency). Povetkin is Klitschko's official challenger under the International Boxing Federation (IBF).
American promoter Don King announced at a press conference in Lviv, Ukraine that he signed former WBA light welterweight champion Andriy Kotelnik (31-3, 13KOs) to a promotional contract. Kotelnik told BoxingScene.com that his first fight under Don King Productions will be against WBC/IBF champion Devon Alexander (20-0, 13KOs) on August 7 in St. Louis. HBO will televise the fight.