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Renowned trainer Freddie Roach is busy preparing WBC middleweight champion, Miguel Cotto, for his November 21st battle against Mexican matinee idol, Saul Alvarez, in what is the last remaining big fight of 2015. This match-up takes place at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas.
Multiple sources with direct knowledge of the situation have advised BoxingScene.com that Andre Ward (28-0, 15KOs) is no longer scheduled to appear on the Miguel Cotto vs. Saul "Canelo" Alvarez HBO Pay-Per-View, which takes place on November 21 at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. The exact details of what transpired have yet to be confirmed.
The last we saw of Macos Maidana was last September where he lost for the second time against Floyd Mayweather in 2014. And if you've seen recent pictures of 'El Chino' - it seems as though boxing is the last thing on his mind. His trainer, Robert Garcia, doesn't believe he'll be seeing him anytime soon - if ever - in a boxing ring again.
Despite whatever is being reported or whatever claims are being made by Amir Khan and his camp members, those involved with Manny Pacquiao vehemently deny that any agreement has been reached for a fight between the two for April 9th. Pacquiao's promoter Bob Arum of Top Rank has already refuted those claims.
Two weeks ago at the Celebrity Theater in Phoenix, Arizona, heavyweight Jerrell 'Big Baby' Miller made a successful debut on 'ShoBox' by halting Akhor Muralimov in three rounds. It was an impressive outing that moved Miller too 15-0-1(13 KO's). Greg Cohen, who co-promotes Miller alongside Dmitry Salita( Star of David Promotions) believes he has the next blue-chip big man from the States.
After his July 18th victory over Marcos Reyes in El Paso, Texas, Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. underwent surgery on his left hand, which he damaged early on in that fight. Since that point, Chavez Jr. has been out of action but trainer Robert Garcia - who prepared him for that bout - expects him back in the gym soon.
There are those who believe that the disappointing nature of the May 2nd bout between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao - which quite frankly over-promised and under-delivered - has had a negative affect on the rest of boxing as it relates to the pay-per-view aspect of the business.
Saul "Canelo" Alvarez recently caused a bit of a stir by stating that if he's victorious against Miguel Cotto on November 21st for the WBC middleweight title - he'd only consider facing Gennady Golovkin at a catch-weight of 155-pounds (which happens to be the contracted weight for the Cotto-Alvarez fight).
Joining Ortiz-Jennings and the junior lightweight co-feature between former featherweight titleholder Nicholas Walters and power puncher Jason Sosa will be a pair of 10-rounders: Gabriel Rosado (21-9, 13 KOs) against former welterweight titleholder Joshua Clottey (39-4, 22 KOs) in a middleweight fight (at a catch weight of 158 pounds) and light heavyweight contender Yunieski Gonzalez (16-1, 12 KOs) taking on up-and-comer Vyacheslav Shabranskyy (14-0, 12 KOs).
It won't happen on December 12th as expected, but the welterweight battle between WBA 'regular champion Keith Thurman and former IBF beltholder Shawn Porter looks like it's going to happen. "We got a fight with Keith Thurman," stated Kenny Porter, the father/trainer/manager of Shawn, to BoxingScene.com